alumni
1976
Northfield Bank in Woodbridge, N.J., has hired Joseph Mulrooney as chief risk officer. He is a member of the New Jersey Bankers Association’s enterprise risk management committee. Dr. Edward Buch of Somerville has been welcomed to Somerset, N.J., Medical Center’s board of trustees. He is currently chief of the vascular laboratory at the medical center and has also served as chief of surgery and chief of vascular surgery. He maintains a private practice in Hillsborough and is a member of numerous general surgery and vascular societies.
1977
Stephen J. Gobbo has been sworn in as the chair of the State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly for 2011-2012. He has previously served as director of the State of Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs’ Bureau of Commercial Services legal affairs division. Michael Lynch has been appointed facilities director of Darien, Conn., schools. An active community member, he has previously served four terms as fire chief and three as fire department president, as well as served as a member of the Katonah-Lewisboro facilities planning committee, co-chair of the long-range facilities planning committee and town council representative.
1978
The Producers Group hired Vince Vitiello as executive vice president of the Producers Group East, where he will be based at the company’s new New York City office. Vitiello brings more than 25 years of experience to this position and has previously served as senior vice president of MetLife and executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Allianz of American and the National Life Group. Thomas A. Reilly has been promoted to managing director at Jones Lang LaSalle. An office leasing specialist, he played an 44 N FALL 2011
instrumental role as part of the team that launched Jones Lang LaSalle in New Jersey.
1979
Richard J. Poccia has been elected to lead the board of directors for Junior Achievement of New York. He has been a member of the board of directors since 1996 and succeeds Anré Williams, who had previously served as chairman since 2007. Peter Zipf will be honored with the Dr. John L. Buzzi engineering award. As chief engineer and director of engineering at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Zipf is responsible for the design, structural integrity and construction of the Port Authority’s facilities.
responsibility for the North American sales and marketing team, which also encompasses coordination with HCP regions in the UK, France and Asia. Robert N. D’Alessandro has been appointed fellow by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). D’Alessandro is director of process technology at Evonik Degussa Corporation and is active on AIChE’s Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems. Milo Riverso has been named president and chief executive of architectural, engineering and construction management firm STV Group, Inc., where he takes responsibility for the firm’s day-to-day operations.
1980
Joseph Walsh has been certified as a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a group for trial lawyers whose membership is limited to attorneys who have won million- and multimillion-dollar verdicts, awards and settlements. Walsh is currently chairman of Cohen and Wolf’s Personal Injury Group and a member of its Litigation Group. Thomas E. Hoban has received the Timothy J. Coughran Outstanding Alumnus Award from St. Mary’s High School in Port Washington, N.Y. The award, presented in memory of Tim Coughlin, a classmate of Tom’s who was lost on Sept. 11, 2001, is given to an alumnus who exemplifies the true spirit of Christianity through dedication to St. Mary’s and service to others.
1981
Eric Kreuter has been appointed partner and is also forensic accounting specialist at New York-area accounting firm Marks Paneth & Shron LLP. He will help lead litigation and forensic work, as well as utilize his experience in management, commercial damages and human resources issues. Al Lustrino has been appointed president of sales and marketing for North America by HCP Packaging USA. Lustrino will assume all
Scott’s Hope Scott Burton ’91 was known for his love and dedication to his family and his three sons, twins Matthew and Christopher, 7, and Danny, 4. Whether shown through lacrosse games, treasured ski trips or family hikes, Burton demonstrated the deep love he had for his children. His brother and fellow Jasper Michael Burton ’84 discovered that the Friday before Scott’s sudden passing on July 10, he had set up a college savings program for his children. In response to requests from friends, family and community on how they could help Burton’s family, Michael decided that the best way to honor his loving spirit was to help finish what he started by establishing a scholarship foundation, aptly named Scott’s Hope, to help provide Scott’s children with the bright future he envisioned for them. More information is available on the website at www. scottshope.com.