The Suffield Bell 2017 Commencement Edition Volume LXXXIII, NO. 5
Established 1835
May 26, 2017
2017 Commencement Speaker: William A. Burke III P’13, ’15, ’17, ’19 The Suffield Academy community is very pleased that Bill Burke will speak at the 2017 Commencement. Bill is the Chief Operating Officer of Newell Brands, one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. The company has a large portfolio of well-known brands including Sharpie, Paper Mate, Parker, Elmer’s, Yankee Candle, Coleman, Marmot, Rawlings, Oster, Sunbeam, Mr. Coffee, Graco, Baby Jogger, Calphalon, Contigo, First Alert, Jostens, and Rubbermaid. Prior to taking on this Newell Brands role, Bill served as President for the newly acquired Jarden company. Bill has a sustained record of outstanding leadership in companies delivering consistent growth. He is known for scaling businesses globally, leading complex organizations, building brands, improving operational excellence, and developing talent. He is recognized as a coach and mentor, and as a transformational leader of large scale change initiatives. Prior to Newell Rubbermaid Bill spent 20 years at Black and Decker in various roles, including Vice President and General Manager of the Product Service Division and Global Vice President of Marketing. Bill holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees from Loyola University. He and his wife, Cindy Burke, have had four children attend Suffield: Hailey ’13, Kelsey ’15, William ’17, and Christopher ’19. Cindy is on Suffield’s Board of Trustees and Bill is a trustee at Springfield College and Loyola University New Orleans. Bill has completed six marathons (the last with Hailey) and three sprint triathlons. He is also an inventor with three United States patents. Headmaster Charlie Cahn said, “Bill is an excellent leader with a deep connection to Suffield. We are fortunate to have him as a key part of our 2017 Commencement activities. I know this is especially meaningful for Bill, as his father spoke at his graduation from St. Sebastian’s School in 1978.”
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CLASS OF 2017 College Destinations Sarah Elizabeth Alaimo | Boston University Hannah Nana Akua Essilfua Arthur | Brown University Cameron McCane Auchinachie | University of Denver Nina Lucile Begley | University of Rhode Island Cuba Maxwell Birnbaum | Dickinson College William Ambrose Burke IV | Loyola University Maryland Bryce Jeffery Butler | Susquehanna University Riley Melissa Carrier | Endicott College Phakorn Chansrichawla | University of California, Los Angeles Yulin Chen | Fashion Institute of Technology Emmanuel Uchennagaeme Chukwu | University of Guelph Alexander Magarick Clarke | Loomis Chaffee (PG Year) Rebecca Jen Collins | University of North Carolina at Wilmington Alexis Hara Corcoran | Bryant University Eva Shae Crouse | Columbia University Luca Gregory Curry | Savannah College of Art and Design Cari Patricia Cyr | Nichols College Noah Philip Cyr | University of Connecticut Brian Raymond Daddario | Elon University Kaelena Faith Daniels | Bentley University Matthieu Teunis Nicolai de Haan | Western New England University Laura Lina De Los Santos | Stevens Institute of Technology Aboubacar Cassama Diaby | Clarkson University Arseniy Aleksandrovich Dolgin | New York University Kirill Aleksandrovich Dolgin | New York University Nadezda Olegovna Dolyakova | The American University of Paris Christopher Quentin Donohue | Tufts University Hannah Grace Durhager | University of Colorado at Boulder Tharin Durongkapitaya | Boston University Luc Philippe Dutranoit | College of Charleston David Richard Emerson | Suffolk University Christopher Robert Ennis | Northeastern University Marissa Eleni Flevotomos | Loyola University Maryland Tonny Geng Zhu | Syracuse University Emerson McCabe Genovese | University of Rhode Island Benjamin David Godin | Stevens Institute of Technology Jeremy Louis Greer | Wake Forest University Kevin James Haley | Boston College Siyu Hang | Parsons School of Design Benjamin Nishi Hart | St. John’s University Brad William Hawkins | University of Michigan Allison Nicole Hayden | The University of Alabama Brooklynn MacKenzie Hayes | Connecticut College Samuel James Henderson | Bowdoin College Lauren Elizabeth Henzy | University of Vermont Amelia Helen Hern | Tufts University Robert Harrison Hildreth | Elon University Winfield Freeman Francis Hunter | Pitzer College Morgan Sierra Islam | The George Washington University Robert Alan Johnston | Bentley University Matthew Steven Jusczyk | Salve Regina University Katherine Rose Kalill | College of the Holy Cross Casey Rose Kaplan | Wheaton College Madeline Rose Kauffman | University of Denver Peter Richard Kelley | Loyola University Maryland Kristen Alicia Kertanis | University of Rhode Island Kirsti Elizabeth Kokko | The University of Alabama at Birmingham Griffin John Kornaker | Middlebury College Daria Kovaleva | California Institute of the Arts John Robert Kuzmeski | Rochester Institute of Technology Lea Heljesdatter Kvadsheim | 13th year in Norway
Jae Woo Lee | Fordham University Joao Ji Won Lee | New York University Shanghai Brandon Liao | Dartmouth College Jonathan Lopez | Georgetown University Jason Tereso Louro | Northeastern University Louis John Luba | Syracuse University Ian Auld Mactaggart | Fordham University Benjamin William Marciano | Fairfield University Nicholas Christopher Mayo | University of Colorado at Boulder Andrew Joseph Mercein | Fordham University Jacob Etienne Michel | Gap Year Alayna Celeste Miller | University of New England Daniel Geoffrey Mittelman | Boston College Zachary Charles Mooney | Dickinson College Tanner Daisy Moore | University of Richmond Henry Luis Moreno | Bentley University Sergey Morozov | New York University Athena Ryder Mosby | University of Oregon Ameera Waleed Moumina | Parsons School of Design Abigail Rose Mulhern | Clark University Julia Lee Murphy | Providence College Drake Langevin Muth | Colorado School of Mines Jinwoo Oh | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Emma-Liza Sonia Okojie | Parsons School of Design Lily Rose Overacker | Ithaca College Sarah Pajouh | Northeastern University Yash Sanjay Patel | Northeastern University Emma Elizabeth Paul | Northeastern University Jonah Markl Perry | IE University Isabella Iliade Pesaresi | University of Miami Subhachote Pornprinya | Georgia Institute of Technology Brandon Hou Qiu | Dickinson College Matthew Nicholas Redhead | Franklin & Marshall College Jayda Parker Reisman | University of Colorado at Boulder Isabelle Alexandra Ricke | Wake Forest University Andrew Joseph Robitaille | Northeastern University Chloe Nicole Rogalin | College of Charleston Kayla Jean Rosenkranz | University of Colorado at Boulder Elizabeth Rachel Sacco | Loyola Marymount University Nicholas Arthur Saluti | New York University Ashley Brooke Sarris | Tulane University Tyreek MyJewel Scott-Grayson | Undecided Jeongwon Seo | Boston College Graham Danahey Shannon | Miami University Margrete Thomine Skaugen | Northeastern University Panukorn Sriorathaikul | Boston University Garrett Harry Stephenson | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Zeyan Tang | Hamilton College Benjamin Cheshire Toczydlowski | Marist College Maxwell John Toczydlowski | Trinity College Lane Spear Tryon | University of Denver Megan Elise Varney | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Pawan Virameteekul | Syracuse University Dat Tien Vo | Indiana University at Bloomington Anna Frances Wilson | Washington University in St. Louis Eman Wong | Military Service in Singapore Caleb Huebner Wurster | University of Connecticut Xinzi Yan | University of California, San Diego Ivan Zakharov | Western New England University Yinzhou Zeng | Miami University