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Laboratories. She has more than 30 years of clinical laboratory experience within the community hospital and academic medical center settings.
With Marvel’s Black Panther movie and the CW’s Black Lightning TV show making headlines, the Encyclopedia of Black Comics by SHEENA HOWARD (M.A. ’07) could be the perfect read for those looking for more about writers, illustrators, and creators of black comic books and strips. bit.ly/sheena-howard
2010s
Hartford (Conn.) Mayor Luke Bronin named CHERESE CHERY (M.B.A. ’08) director of human resources for his office. Previously, she served as chief human resources officer for Norwalk public schools. DAVID DARLING (M.S. ’08) is
vice president and chief human resources officer for offshore support vessel operator Tidewater Inc., with headquarters in Houston. He has more than 24 years of domestic and international human resources experience. U.S. Army veteran JUSTIN PIERCE (B.P.S. ’08) works as a cybersecurity engineer at NASA. “No, we don’t hack E.T., but we do make sure that he can’t get into our systems,” he says. Pierce chose NYIT because of the rich legacy of its Computer Graphics Lab (CGL) and the groundbreaking work of pioneers Ed Catmull, Malcolm Blanchard, Alvy Ray Smith, David DiFrancesco, Ralph Guggenheim, and Bill Reeves. “NYIT and its CGL is known to us IT geeks, especially by Apple nerds.” Pierce credits his NYIT education with putting him “shoulder to shoulder with some of the most brilliant cybersecurity minds at NASA.” JANE HERMANSEN (M.B.A. ’09) is
manager of outreach and network development at the Mayo Clinic/Mayo Medical
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Greenville News (S.C.) profiled MICHAEL a former NYIT Bear who is back coaching Eastside High School’s lacrosse team after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. He underwent surgery last September and is now happy to be back on the sidelines. bit.ly/michael-mccallan
MCCALLAN JR. (B.S. ’12),
Courtesy Ziqian Dong
entry into Long Island’s first “smart home” to be owned by a municipality. Schieren is CEO of EmPower Solar, based in Island Park, N.Y.
VISHAL AHIRRAO (M.S. ’10) serves
as manager of customer energy integration at National Grid in Waltham, Mass.
Comedian CHRIS DISTEFANO (D.P.T. ’10) is living proof that doctors—specifically, physical therapists—have a sense of humor. In March, he brought his standup act to Comix Mohegan Sun for four performances. He also stars in The Bay Ridge Boys, a web series set in Brooklyn. JOSEPH SCARINCI (B.ARCH. ’10) is
a vice president in interior design and architecture firm MKDA’s New York office. He was recently ranked among 2018’s Rising Stars of Real Estate by Real Estate Weekly.
NELLI GLUZMAN (D.O. ’11) is a pediatric hospitalist at Orange Regional Medical Group in Middletown, N.Y.
Bump it up! KEVIN CARDOZA (B.S. ’12) was named assistant coach of the University at Albany volleyball team. His coaching career has also taken him to University of Tennessee, University of Maryland, Concordia College, and NYIT. RACHEL IMBRIALE (B.S. ’12) joined Simon Real Estate Group as director of marketing and business development at Round Rock Premium Outlets, a 430,000-square-foot shopping mall located in Round Rock, Texas.
ROBERT PINKERTON (B.S. ’12) (pictured
center with alumni and faculty), vehicle systems engineer for SpaceX, returned to his alma mater on April 15 to speak with admitted students and their parents at the NYIT-Manhattan Preview Day. He writes that students interested in NASA (contractor/civilian positions) or in joining the Army, can reach out to him via NYIT’s Campus Tap app. MIRIAM HUBBARD (B.ARCH. ’13) is
an architectural designer and project manager who works in the New York City metro area. “My degree from NYIT made it possible to have a lucrative career doing what I love every day and to give back to the community by mentoring middle school students.” she says. Hubbard mentored students from Columbia Secondary School competing in the Future City Competition. The team, Cosmopolis, won the New York City regionals.
JOHN SANTAMARIA (B.F.A. ’13, M.A. ’14)
is the technology teacher at St. Dominic