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management field. Parwulski resides in Clarence Center, N.Y. Kristy Berner, JD 2002 & MBA 2002, is senior vice president and general counsel at BERNER First Niagara Financial Group Inc. She resides in Hamburg, N.Y. Timothy Dietrich, BS 2002, is associate principal at Wendel, an architectural and DIETRICH engineering firm. He is a certified energy manager with more than 12 years’ experience in energy performance contracting. Dietrich lives in Henrietta, N.Y.
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Kevin Majchrowicz, BS 2002, earned his designation as a certified valuation analyst at Brock, Schechter & Polakoff LLP. He is also a certified information technology professional. Majchrowicz resides in Lancaster, N.Y. S. Philip Unwin, JD 2002, was designated as a Medicare set-aside certified consultant at Goldberg Segalla LLP. Unwin is also a speUNWIN cial counsel for the firm and a member of its workers’ compensation practice group. He lives in Rochester, N.Y. Ilana Lane, PhD 2003 & EdM 1994, is president-elect of the New York State Association of Teacher Educators. She is employed at Medaille College as an associate professor and dean of the School of Education. Lane lives in Buffalo, N.Y. Jason Bird, BA 2004, is a certified financial planner at the Williamsville, N.Y., office of New England Financial. A member of the BIRD UB Alumni Association board of directors and assistant basketball coach for The Park School of Buffalo, Bird has worked in financial services for more than seven
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years. He lives in Tonawanda, N.Y. Felix Castro, BS 2004, is a realtor for Citi Habitats in New York, N.Y., where he resides. Todd Kashdan, PhD 2004 & MA 2000, is recipient of the 2013 American Psychological Association’s distinguished scientific award for early career contributions to psychology in the area of individual differences. He lives in Centreville, Va. Michael Klanac Jr., BS 2004, is team leader for GripeO, a website and mobile application available to consumers and businesses. He resides in League City, Texas. Wendy Manhardt, BS 2004, has joined the architectural group at Foit-Albert Associates, Architecture, Engineering and Surveying PC. With more than nine years of professional experience in the architectural MANHARDT design field, Manhardt will work on concept designs at Erie County Medical Center. She lives in Buffalo. N.Y. Norris Poleon, MBA 2004 & BS 2002, is vice president at Engineered Facility Solutions in Buffalo, N.Y. and lives in East Amherst, N.Y. Timothy McCorry, PhD 2005, is president of the New York State Sociological Association. He is assistant professor of social sciences at Medaille College. McCorry resides in Buffalo, N.Y. Kara Rafferty, BFA 2006, is creative services associate at Carolee Jewelry, where she recently designed the firm’s signature textile pattern for tote bags, cosmetic bags and umbrellas sold at Bloomingdale’s. She resides in Fairfield, Conn. Geanne Blazkow, JD 2007, is an associate at the Buffalo office of Phillips Lytle law firm. She resides in Buffalo, N.Y. Siobhan
Counihan-McGee, BA 2007, received the Rising Star Award from the Advertising Research Foundation during the foundation’s 2013 Re:think conference. Counihan-McGee was recently promoted to account manager at Keller Fay Group, where she has been working
for the past four years. She resides in New Brunswick, N.J. Gavin Fulmer, PhD 2007, is assistant professor of curriculum, teaching and learning at Singapore’s National Institute of Education. Previously, he served as associate program director of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s division of research on learning. Fulmer lives in Singapore. Sean Janis, BS 2007, was promoted to studio architect on FarmVille 2 at Zynga Inc., where he works across engineering, art, and product and design disciplines. FarmVille 2 is Zynga’s first 3D social game and is played by 50 million monthly active users. He resides in Lafayette, Calif. David P. Marcoux, MArch ’07 & BS ’05, joined Foit-Albert Associates architectural group. He specializes in modern design within historically significant buildings. He lives in Buffalo, N.Y. Joseph Salamon, DDS 2007, was named the Nashville Area Dental Provider of the Year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service. Salamon serves as the chief dental officer based at the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation Health Center. He resides in Buffalo, N.Y. Mark Adler, CEL
2008, MA 1983, MBA 1982 & BA 1979, is founder and president of Why Not Marketing LLC in Williamsville, N.Y. He lives in Williamsville. Jeremy Blecha, BS 2008, is a supervising senior accountant at Tronconi Segarra & Associates. He lives in Buffalo, N.Y. Lisa DeLucia, DDS 2008, was winner of the Golisano Foundation 2012 Healthcare Leadership Award. In addition to her private practice in Webster, N.Y., she teaches pediatric dentistry residents at University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health. DeLucia resides in Rochester.
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