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Miriam Alvarez Retires

I began my career at RBS in 1996 in the MSIS department as the department secretary and worked there for a couple of years. I must thank Dottie Torres who helped me a lot when I first joined RBS. There were a few others who welcomed me and assisted me who are no longer with RBS. I then moved to the CIMIC Research Center in 1998 and worked there for about 3 years. That research center is currently under the leadership of Professor Vijay Atluri. I learned a lot there and then was recommended for a position in the Office of MBA Student Services, and after consideration, I moved to the Office of MBA student services as the Administrator, handling all scheduling matters for RBS graduate and undergraduate Newark and NB programs. I began working for the MBA Student Services Office in 2001 and have been in the same office for the last 20 years. During the 20 years with MBA Student Services, I also learned a lot and was promoted to Assistant Director and then Assistant Dean. I have served in the Assistant Dean role for the last 10 years. During my time in MBA Student Services, I enjoyed my work with the students. I met a lot of wonderful and amazing students. I saw them come in with talents, skills and experiences, learn, thrive and become more confident. They were transformed as they went through the program.

I will miss the excitement of graduation and watching their families cheer them on. Thanks to all the faculty and staff who assist students during their time at RBS in all programs. Thanks to Dean Lei and the rest of the wonderful administration at RBS, like Yaw Mensah, Can Uslay, Melissa Rivera, Dana Harris, Corinne Schiavo, Nicole McCray, Ken Retino, Jennifer Diaz, Luke Greeley, Jenny Roberts, Deidre White and Shari Rynar for all their help and support throughout the years. I want to thank the Marketing and Communications Department, Dan Stoll, Steven Stone, Kendra Clarke, Joshua Charles, Jessica Harrigan and Prof. Ronald Richter for working together with Helen Pensavalle and me to ensure the NB undergraduate students and all graduate students, Newark and New Brunswick had a great virtual graduation experience for the last two years. A special thank you to Helen Pensavalle for being great to work with and for providing information during a very difficult time. It would not have been a success without their assistance. I would also like to thank the RBS OTIS Team for all their support throughout the years, especially Sophia D’Rozario, Jay Badiani, Irving Roman, Shevon Jackson, and Joe Bassano, especially during the pandemic.

Within the MBA Student Services Office, I want to thank Marc Limata, who is now the acting Assistant Dean of the FT MBA Program, Jillian Ryan, PT MBA Advisor, Mary Ann Albanese, who retired a few years ago, Idalia Algarin, who has also recently left RBS, Sharon Lydon, who was the Associate Dean of the MBA programs during most of my time as Assistant Dean, and also Doug Miller, our new Associate Dean of MBA programs, for all their support and assistance throughout the years. I would also like to thank Kathleen Price, Cyndi Geborde, and Julia Conroy, in the New Brunswick MBA Office for their support and collaboration, and Yulissa Ortiz, Tishawn Brown Hatchett, Al Turner, Stephan Kolodiy, Ronald Kwan, and the rest of their team in

the graduate admissions office for all their support and collaboration throughout the years, and Melinda Lawson, Dean Vera, Andy Gogates, in the MBA Office of Career Management for all their hard work to ensure our MBA students become highly competitive MBA candidates. I will miss our great MBA Team!!!

I want to thank all the departmental administrative staff for all their hard work to assist us, like Luz Kosar, Dawn Gist, Karen Walters, Audrey Louis, Dorothy Torres, Jacqueline Perkel-Joseph, Marla Schachtman, Dornell Haurey, and Sabrina Kelley. I want to thank the department chairs and vice chairs, like Ivan Brick, Lian Qi, Petra Christmann, Chao Chen, Ajai Gaur, Michael Katehakis, Shen Yeniyurt, for their support of our programs and participation in our FT MBA orientations during our “Lunch with Faculty,” as well as the professors from each department who join us and share information about their concentrations with our students, like Erich Toncre and Chan Choi. Thanks for all the support throughout the years. I want to thank Rosa Oppenheim for her consistent delivery of the Calculus and Statistics Modules/Workshops to our MBA students each year, even during the pandemic year. I would also like to thank Prof. Farrokh Langdana for delivering many lectures during our FT MBA orientations, and Kenneth Freeman for his delivery of Excel workshops to our FT MBA’s during the pandemic. It really takes a lot of people working together towards the same goal to make our programs successful.

I also want to thank the Specialty Master’s Program directors and administrative coordinators for all their collaboration and support throughout the years to ensure students had a great experience as well as their support during certification periods and graduation every year. I will miss working with Kathleen Harmon, Devon Powell, Goncalo Filipe, Monnique Desilva, Jane Foss, Cheryl Daniels, Katriana Rivera, Gal Atia, Brody Sheldon, Thomas Hill, Marcie Kachur Werner, Angie Rodriguez, Trudy Morris-Hewitt. It’s been great working with all of them.

I have enjoyed my time at RBS. I met and worked with a lot of wonderful colleagues and will miss them all!! I want to wish all RBS Staff and Faculty continued success, much happiness and good health. Continue to do your best, collaborate and assist each other. They are all amazing!! Though I am looking forward to this next chapter in my life, I know that I will miss working with the entire great RBS Team!!!

With sincere appreciation,

Miriam Alvarez

Please welcome the following RBS member(s):

Name Ortega, Viviana Shaikh, Uzma Title

Department Unit Administrator/Specialist Center for Women in Business CARES Act Program Coordinator NJ-SBDC

Good luck and farewell to the following staff members:

Name Adcock, Erin Algarin, Idalia Alvarez, Miriam Guenter, Jeremy McKenzie, Sam Stone, Steven Title Director

Department Development Unit Administrator/Specialist MBA Student Services Assistant Dean Administrative Coordinator Director Edit/Media Specialist MBA Student Services MITA Program Development OTIS

Current RBS Job Opportunities

https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/136501 Assistant Dean - 06 - Executive MBA