THE HELEN AND WILLIAM O’TOOLE DEAN
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Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING
Cathy J. Toner
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION
Shannon M. Wilson CONTRIBUTORS
22 FEATURES 2 COVER STORY Meet Dean Russell, the new Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova School of Business
8 FACULTY SPOTLIGHT Shawn Howton, PhD, faculty director, The Daniel M. DiLella Center for Real Estate and professor, Finance
10 FACULTY FOCUS 14 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS 16 INSIDE VSB 22 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Brady Acton ’18 VSB, an entrepreneur you’re going to want to follow
24 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTS Stephen Wemple ’16 VSB Patricia Lo ’82 VSB
26 DONOR SPOTLIGHT Kevin M. Curley ’80 VSB transforms the Exchange
Carrie Adkins-Ali Siobhan Arnold Claire Asmussen ’16 VSB Nicole DiPaolo ’18 VSB Lizandra Fiske ’16 VSB Lauren Higgins Ian MacPherson ’20 VSB Isabel Manfredonia ’17 VSB Maddie Martini ’19 CLAS Madison Meyer ’18 VSB Thomas D. Rodriguez ’16 VSB Brad Warmhold DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
Matthew Schmidt Design
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Cover: Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD; The Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova School of Business. Photography: Ed Cunicelli
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