2026 Commencement Program

Widener University Commonwealth Law School

CONTENTS Candidates for Juris Doctor Degrees………….………………………………………………….....………...…...………3 Widener University History………………………………….…………………………………….……….………….…...4 Academic Dress………………………………..…………….………………………………..……...….…….………..…...4 Order of the Procession………...…………………………….…………………………………….…….…………….…...5 Commencement Speaker……...…...………………………….……………………………….…….………...……….…...6 Academic Awards…………………………..…………….……………………………………………….….….……….….7 Board of Trustees………...………………..…………………………….…….……………………….……………….…..14 Administration…………………………..………………………………………………...…….…….……………….…...15

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CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION JURIS DOCTOR DEGREES The list of degree candidates in this program is not an official indication of graduation. Since final action cannot always be taken before the publishing of the program, the University reserves the right to add or remove names and academic honors.

Abigail Emily Hoben

Emanuel O. Akins-Atewogboye

West Chester University, BS West Chester University, MS

Towson University, BA

Grace Emma Andrefski

Sally M. Hornik

Albright College, BA

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Stetson University, BA

Carey M. Anspach

Max Davison Oeler

Lycoming College, BA Bloomsburg University, MBA

Paige Marie Oustrich

Darryl G. Hunt Jr.

Chestnut Hill College, BS

Elizabethtown College, BA Elizabethtown College, MPP

Gianna Matrice Ianni

Maggie Noelle Peiffer

Noah Christopher Baia

Liz Jacob

Katrina Paige Perea

4

Michael A. Bekhit

David K. James IV

Shana Monet Perez

3

Alex Oldham Benson

Precious A. Johnson

American University, BS Millersvile University, BSN

Emilie J. Baerga

2

Pennsylvania State University, BA

Brooke Jones

Colin P. Black

Rachel L. Brady

University of Central Florida, BA

Tara Cochran

University of Maryland, BA

Austin H. Crowley

3

JamesOwen Cutts

Christian James Ross

2

Christian M. Kline

3

Olivia Kathleen Kline

2

Sydney Elaine Kline

Tanya M. Scannelli

3

Gabriel C. Kuehn

Myranda Mae Shifflett

3

Lacey Lynn Lawrence

Tara R. Smith

Brianna Marie Maia

2, 4

Emily Anne Sweeney

Joseph Michael Marrero 3

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, BA

Misericordia University, BS

Allison P. McClain

Tripat Kaur Gill

Corinne Ellis Webster

Lock Haven University, BS

Pennsylvania State University, BA

Aaron Peter McLaughlin

University of Maryland, BA

Noah Gabriel Glattke

Elizabeth A. Wenger

Stockton University, BA

Georgetown University, BS

Madison A. Milano

Robert Morris University, BA

Juneidy Gomez Gonzalez

Ellen McElhaney White

Widener University, BA

Montclair State University, BA

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Carl Michael Grab

University of Pittsburgh, BA

Alvernia University, BA University of Cincinnati, MS

Connor Wallace

Saint Joseph's University, BA

Muhlenberg College, BA

Justine Quinn Trevino Karyna Vadalazkava

St. Mary's College of Maryland, BA

Jemarjo Mayor

Arianna Gambacorta

Lebanon Valley College, BA East Stroudsburg University, BA

Temple University, BA

Mount St. Mary's University, BA

University of Tampa, BS

University of Colorado, Boulder, BA

Alyse Taylor Thompson

Raquel E. Martinez

University of Scranton, BS

Edward D. Fracasso 3

Pennsylvania State University

2, 4

Natalie Solano Martinez

Portland State University, BS

Pennsylvania State University, BA

Sydney Blayne Lippe

University of South Carolina, BS

3

Griffin L. Smeltz

Molly Elizabeth Smith

Franklin & Marshall College, BA

Central Penn College, BS

Kiera Rose Flannery

2

Lebanon Valley College, BS

Cana G. Fasick

1

Pennsylvania State University, BS

Albright College, BA East Stroudsburg University, BS

Seton Hall University, BA

Brent James Finkbeiner

Pennsylvania State University, BA

Madison Nicole Levengood

Melissa Linda Esposito

1

Shippensburg University, BA

Angel M. Sanchez

Karen Elizabeth Kreis

University of Delaware, BS

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, BA

Pennsylvania State University, BA Pennsylvania State University, BS

Chase Franklin Runyan

Salisbury University, BA

Jason D. Dratch

Alexander Hayden Fefolt

Liberty University, BA

Kaden P. Rude

Pfeiffer University, BS Pfeiffer University, BA

Kutztown University, BA

1

Allegheny College, BA

3

Mansfield University, BA

Pennsylvania State University, BA

3

Rowan University, BA

Adam Klinger

Clemson University, BA

James Donegan 3

Shippensburg University, BA

Temple University, BA

Chestnut Hill College, BA

University of South Florida, BS

Lindsey M. Keegan

Towson University, BS

Iona University, BA

Veronica Porter

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Shippensburg University, BA

University of Florida, BA

4

Florida International University, BA

4

Aidan A. Reisser

Nico George Cavalari Ashton L. Clark

Wilkes University, BA

Emily Ann Karper

Shippensburg University, BS York College of Pennsylvania, BS

Sarah Michelle Phillips

Nathalie Polo

West Virginia University, BA

Allen C. Kapit

Dickinson College, BA

Jessica M. Cossaboone

University of Maryland, BA

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Temple University, BA

Central College, BA Grand Canyon University, MPH

3

Stevenson University, BS

High Point University, BA

Montclair State University, BS

Alexander C. Columbia

Shippensburg University, BS

McMaster University, BS

St. John’s College, BS

3, 4

Pennsylvania State University, BS

Wofford College, BS

Kelly A. Monaghan

Nicole Whittle

Pennsylvania State University, BA University of Phoenix, MBA

University of Pittsburgh, BA

Jermaine Dountaye Harris, Jr.

Aubrey R. Morris

Sierra Williams

Cassidy Faith Hartle

Austin Thomas Myers

Tomyra M. Wilson

Christopher Andrew Higgins

Rishi I. Nayee

Christopher Stephan Yurchak

Pennsylvania State University, BS Dickinson College, BA

Millersville University, BA

Hampton University, BA

University of Akron, BA

West Chester University, BS

Duquesne University, BA

Pennsylvania State University, BS

Rutgers University, BS

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Evan A. Novacek

University of Pittsburgh, BA

Temple University, BA

1 Summa Cum Laude

2 Magna Cum Laude

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Ely Zeigler

3 Cum Laude

4 Mid-Year Graduate

WIDENER UNIVERSITY HISTORY Founded in 1821 as a preparatory school for boys in Wilmington, Delaware, the institution moved to Pennsylvania in 1862, and was granted collegiate powers and privileges. Known from 1892 to 1972 as Pennsylvania Military College, the name Widener College was adopted and the Corps of Cadets disbanded in 1972. Graduate programs were introduced in 1967 and the Delaware Law School was acquired in 1975. In recognition of its comprehensive offerings, Widener College became Widener University in 1979. In 1989, Commonwealth Law School opened in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Widener has grown into an esteemed university that connects curricula to social issues through civic engagement. It comprises seven schools and colleges that offer liberal arts and sciences, professional and preprofessional curricula leading to associate's, baccalaureate, master's, and doctorate degrees. The university's campuses in Chester and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, serve more than 5,000 students.

ACADEMIC DRESS The history of academic dress begins in the early days of the oldest universities. A statute of 1321 required all “Doctors, Licentiates, and Bachelors” of the Portuguese University of Coimbra to wear gowns. In England during the second half of the 14th century, the statutes of certain colleges forbade “excess apparel” and prescribed the wearing of a long gown. It is still a question whether academic dress finds its sources chiefly in ecclesiastical or in civilian dress. Gowns may have been considered necessary for warmth in the unheated buildings used by medieval scholars. Hoods may have served to cover the tonsured head until superseded for that purpose by the skull cap. The cap was later displaced by a headdress similar to ones now recognized as “academic.” European institutions continue to show great diversity in their specifications of academic dress.

In the United States, the practice of wearing academic apparel dates back to colonial times, but there was no uniform standard of approved attire until 1895 when a commission of leading American educators devised a code of academic dress. Although modified in 1932 by the American Council on Education, this code continues to govern the style of academic dress today.

GOWNS The gown for the bachelor’s degree has pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The gown for the master’s degree has an oblong sleeve, open at the wrist, with the sleeve base hanging down in the traditional manner. The rear part of the sleeve’s oblong shape is square cut, and the front part has an arc cut away. It may be worn open or closed. The gown for the doctor’s degree has bell-shaped sleeves and may be worn open or closed. Bachelor’s and master’s gowns have no sleeve trimmings. The doctor’s may be faced on the front with black or colored velvet and with three bars of the same across the sleeves. If color is used, it is the color distinctive of the subject to which the degree pertains, and it matches the edging or binding of the hood. The colors associated with the different disciplines include the following: Arts, Letters, and Humanities—White Commerce, Accountancy, & Business—Drab Brown Economics—Copper Education—Light Blue Engineering—Orange Fine Arts—Brown Journalism—Crimson Law—Purple Library Science—Lemon Medicine—Green

Music—Pink Nursing—Apricot Philosophy & Psychology—Dark Blue Physical Education—Sage Green Physical Therapy—Teal Public Administration—Peacock Blue Public Health—Salmon Pink Science—Golden Yellow Social Work—Citron Theology & Hospitality Management—Scarlet

HOODS Hoods are worn by those receiving graduate degrees. The colors used in the satin linings are drawn, customarily, from the official colors of the granting institution. Widener University’s colors are blue and gold. The trimming on the hood varies in color and usually indicates the field of study.

CAPS Tams are generally worn as part of the academic costume. The long tassel fastened to the middle point of the cap’s top is black or a color appropriate to the subject, except that the doctor’s cap may have its tassel of gold threads. It is customary for degree candidates to wear the tassels on the right front side before degrees are conferred and to shift them to the left when the degrees are awarded.

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HONOR CORDS

Academic Honors—Blue & Gold Twist Appellate Advocacy Honor Society—Green Center for Equity & Justice—Black Military Veterans—Red, White, & Blue

Pro Bono—Red Student Ambassadors—Orange Student Bar Association—Silver Trial Advocacy Honor Society—Brown

Widener Commonwealth Law Review—White THE MACE A ceremonial staff, the mace, is carried by the Grand Marshal to open and close academic convocations.

ORDER OF PROCESSION The audience will remain seated for the Processional but rise for the singing of the National Anthem.

Prelude Performed by Mary-Clare Chun Lee, Mary-Grace Autumn Lee, and Mary-Kate Spring Lee Grand Marshal and Academic Mace Bearer Mary Kate Kearney, Professor of Law Procession “Pomp and Circumstance”, Elgar National Anthem Sung by Carly Lafferty ORDER OF EXERCISES Opening of the Ceremony andré douglas pond cummings, Dean of Widener Law Commonwealth and Professor of Law Alumni Advisory Board Welcome Mark Kovalcin ’17 Chair of the Alumni Advisory Board Student Bar Association Remarks Ely Zeigler ’26 Valedictorian’s Remarks Kiera Rose Flannery ’26 Commencement Speaker’s Address The Honorable Dave Sunday ’07 Pennsylvania Attorney General Introduced by Douglas Wolfberg ’96, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees

President’s Remarks Stacey Robertson, President of Widener University Conferral of Degrees President Robertson Each candidate is announced by Randi Teplitz, Assistant Dean of Students and hooded by Professor Robyn Meadows and Professor Christian Johnson

Dean’s Remarks Dean cummings Recession 5

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

Alumnus Dave Sunday serves as the attorney general of Pennsylvania, the commonwealth’s chief law enforcement officer, where he leads with a vision grounded in accountability, public safety and the belief that the justice system must also create pathways for redemption. He graduated from the law school in 2007.

A Republican, Sunday was elected attorney general on November 5, 2024, and sworn into office on January 21, 2025, succeeding Michelle Henry ’94, a fellow Widener Law Commonwealth graduate. His election represents the culmination of a career built in service, from the military to the courtroom to public leadership at the county and federal levels.

Before taking office statewide, Sunday served more than a decade in the York County District Attorney’s Office, including seven years as district attorney. There, he led major crime prosecutions, supervised the Felony Narcotics Unit, and advanced initiatives to combat the opioid epidemic, protect older Pennsylvanians, and strengthen partnerships addressing mental health challenges.

In 2013, he was appointed as a special assistant United States attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, prosecuting federal gang, gun and drug cases. He also led Operation Sunrise, a large-scale, multi-jurisdictional effort that resulted in the arrest and prosecution of more than 100 members and affiliates of the Latin Kings gang operating in York County.

Sunday’s commitment to public service began with his enlistment in the United States Navy, where he was deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Strike and later to South America for counter-narcotics operations. He went on to serve as a legal intern with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations and began his legal career as a law clerk in York County.

Across his career, Sunday has tried approximately 50 felony jury trials to verdict, including high-profile homicide cases and complex prosecutions involving violent crime, narcotics trafficking, fraud and conspiracy.

Today, as attorney general, he brings that experience to the commonwealth’s highest law enforcement office, advancing an approach centered on holding individuals accountable while also recognizing the importance of second chances and stronger communities.

Attorney General Sunday and his wife reside in York County with their son.

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JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE CANDIDATES ATTAINING ACADEMIC HONORS SUMMA CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

Alexander Hayden Fefolt Brent James Finkbeiner Kiera Rose Flannery

Alex Oldham Benson Alexander C. Columbia Jessica M. Cossaboone JamesOwen Cutts Jason D. Dratch Cana G. Fasick Arianna Gambacorta Olivia Kathleen Kline Gabriel C. Kuehn Lacey Lynn Lawrence Joseph Michael Marrero Kelly A. Monaghan Sarah Michelle Phillips Kaden P. Rude Justine Quinn Trevino

MAGNA CUM LAUDE Carey M. Anspach Gianna Matrice Ianni Christian M. Kline Sydney Elaine Kline Max Davison Oeler Griffin L. Smeltz Tara R. Smith Emily Anne Sweeney Ely Zeigler

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATIVE/ CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Alex Oldham Benson Brent James Finkbeiner Lacey Lynn Lawrence Kelly A. Monaghan Austin Thomas Myers Paige Marie Oustrich Chase Franklin Runyan Corinne Ellis Webster

BUSINESS ADVISING

LEGISLATION & PUBLIC POLICY

Ashton L. Clark Jessica M. Cossaboone Jason D. Dratch Gianna Matrice Ianni Emily Ann Karper Allison P. McClain Kaden P. Rude Elizabeth A. Wenger

Brent James Finkbeiner Chase Franklin Runyan

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ADVOCACY

Veronica Porter

Gabriel C. Kuehn Madison Nicole Levengood Katrina Paige Perea Christian James Ross

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING Brent James Finkbeiner

2026 ACADEMIC AWARDS Valedictorian Award — Kiera Rose Flannery President's Award — David Duggan

Dean's Award — Rishi I. Nayee & Ely Zeigler

Distinguished Service Award — Natalie Solano Martinez

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Eric D. Turner Award — Jermaine Dountaye Harris, Jr. Awarded to the who best exemplifies the positive attributes of a matrimonial lawyer: academic excellence, competence as a practitioner, commitment to the practice and development of family law.

Appellate Advocacy Honor Society Outstanding Executive Board Member — Cana G. Fasick Awarded by the Appellate Advocacy Honor Society to an outstanding executive board member for distinguished service and contributions made to the society.

Commonwealth Court Historical Society Judge Alexander F. Barbieri Award — Brent James Finkbeiner who has demonstrated excellence in administrative law.

Dean Anthony J. Santoro Outstanding Service Award — Sarah Michelle Phillips

International Academy of Trial Lawyers Student Advocacy Award — Gabriel C. Kuehn

James S. Bowman American Inn of Court Award — Brooke Jones John A. Fillion Memorial Award — Allen C. Kapit

Legal Research & Writing Award — Cassidy Faith Hartle & Sydney Elaine Kline Awarded to a regular division graduate for significant achievement in legal research and writing.

Legal Research & Writing Award — Justine Quinn Trevino Awarded to an extended division graduate for significant achievement in legal research and writing.

Outstanding Clinical Advocacy Award — Nico George Cavalari Awarded to the graduate who has demonstrated excellence in scholarship and oral advocacy, and participated in clinical programs involving pro bono responsibilities.

Outstanding Law & Government Student Award — Alex Oldham Benson Awarded to the graduate who has demonstrated academic excellence in Law and Government studies.

Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award — Justine Quinn Trevino Awarded to the graduate who has excelled in providing pro bono service.

The Pennsylvania Bar Association Business Law Section Professor Louis Del Duca Memorial Award — Kaden P. Rude Awarded to the graduate who has demonstrated academic excellence in business law studies.

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Robert & Audrey Dernbach Memorial Award for Environmental Law & Sustainability — Sarah Michelle Phillips & Veronica Porter Awarded to the student who has demonstrated both academic excellence and service to the Law School or the community concerning environmental law and sustainability.

Trial Advocacy Honor Society Outstanding Executive Board Member — Madison Nicole Levengood Awarded by the Trial Advocacy Honor Society to an outstanding executive board member for distinguished service and contributions made to the society.

Widener Commonwealth Law Review Award for Distinguished Legal Scholarship — Kiera Rose Flannery Awarded to the graduate of the Widener Commonwealth Law Review for demonstrating distinguished service and legal writing abilities.

Widener Law Commonwealth Outstanding Service Award Awarded to those graduates who demonstrated exemplary service to the Law School.

Emilie J. Baerga Alex Oldham Benson Ashton L. Clark Jermaine Dountaye Harris, Jr. Gianna Matrice Ianni Brooke Jones

Sydney Elaine Kline Madison Nicole Levengood Tara R. Smith Emily Anne Sweeney Elizabeth A. Wenger

2026 ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS The Michael J. Aiello Scholarship — Zoey Albertson Awarded to a student who demonstrates an outstanding academic record through hard work and dedication to their studies.

George C. Blissman Sr. & Hannah K. Blissman Memorial Scholarship — Katrina Paige Perea This prize is awarded to a student who is specializing or has an interest in the field of tax law at Widener Law Commonwealth.

The Pamela K. Karpouzis Memorial Scholarship — Alyssa Morales Awarded to a student who has demonstrated the highest academic merit upon successful completion of the Trial Admissions Program.

The Captain Shane Mahaffee Scholarship for Excellence — Eugene Deimler Awarded to an active duty student or student veteran in memory of U.S. Army Captain Shane Mahaffee, ’94 who was killed in the line of duty in Iraq in 2006.

Professor Robyn Meadows Endowed Scholarship for Student Success — Carey M. Anspach

Bruce M. & Elizabeth M. Monroe Intellectual Property Scholarship — Christian M. Kline Awarded to a student who has demonstrated academic achievement in intellectual property law.

The Page, Wolfberg & Wirth (PWW) Emergency Service Scholarship — Cory Lightfoot Awarded to a Widener Law Commonwealth student with a demonstrated outstanding academic record and who prior to attending law school was employed as emergency services personnel.

The Doug M. Wolfberg Scholarship — Angelo Mahaffey This prize is awarded to an incoming or returning student who is pursuing a degree in law, and has an outstanding academic record.

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CALI AWARDS Carey M. Anspach Jessica M. Cossaboone JamesOwen Cutts James Donegan Cana G. Fasick Alexander Hayden Fefolt Brent James Finkbeiner Kiera Rose Flannery Arianna Gambacorta Noah Gabriel Glattke

Jermaine Dountaye Harris, Jr. Cassidy Faith Hartle Gianna Matrice Ianni Christian M. Kline Sydney Elaine Kline Olivia Kathleen Kline Karen Elizabeth Kries Gabriel C. Kuehn Joseph Michael Marrero

Shana Monet Perez Nathalie Polo Christian James Ross Griffin L. Smeltz Tara R. Smith Justine Quinn Trevino Connor Wallace Corinne Ellis Webster Ely Zeigler

The CALI Excellence for the Future Award is given to the highest scoring student in each law school class.

PRO BONO DISTINCTION

Alex Oldham Benson

Brooke Jones Nathalie Polo Christian James Ross

Nico George Cavalari

Justine Quinn Trevino

Ashton L. Clark

Karyna Vadalazkava

Grace Emma Andrefski Michael A. Bekhit

Elizabeth A. Wenger Ellen McElhaney White Tomyra M. Wilson

Widener Law Commonwealth recognizes graduates who have completed 60 hours of pro bono community service. These graduates provided legal services to community organizations and received neither pay nor academic credit for their work.

They are recognized today by the red cord they wear to signify their contributions.

MILITARY SERVICE & FIRST RESPONDER GRADUATES Alexander C. Columbia, US Army Judge Advocate General’s Corp.

Brent James Finkbeiner, U.S. Army Combat Medic Edward D. Fracasso, US Army Judge Advocate General’s Corp.

Christian James Ross, United States Army, Army Reserves In gratitude, Widener Law Commonwealth recognizes those members of the Class of 2026 who are first responders, who have served, are serving, or will serve our country in its armed forces.

STUDENT AMBASSADORS Emilie J. Baerga Kiera Rose Flannery Gianna Matrice Ianni Brooke Jones

Brianna Marie Maia Angel M. Sanchez Justine Quinn Trevino

Madison Nicole Levengood

Ely Zeigler

Tomyra M. Wilson

Widener Law Commonwealth recognizes the student leaders who assist the Admissions Office in welcoming prospective students and visitors to our campus.

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WIDENER COMMONWEALTH LAW REVIEW Kiera Rose Flannery Editor-in-Chief

Jason D. Dratch Business/External Managing Editor

Brent James Finkbeiner Executive Managing Editor

Arianna Gambacorta Internal Supervising Advisor

Joseph Michael Marrero Internal Managing Editor

Carey M. Anspach Sydney Elaine Kline Internal Supervising Editors

Christian M. Kline Max Davison Oeler Katrina Paige Perea Emily Anne Sweeney Senior Staff Members

Membership in The Widener Commonwealth Law Review offers students, who maintain high academic achievement and attention to detail, the opportunity to hone their legal research and writing skills while advancing legal scholarship. Students gain admission to law review by demonstrating exceptional legal research, writing, and editing skills.

APPELLATE ADVOCACY HONOR SOCIETY Brianna Marie Maia President Cana G. Fasick Vice President of External Competitions Cassidy Faith Hartle Vice President of Internal Membership Gianna Matrice Ianni

Allen C. Kapit Olivia Kathleen Kline Madison Nicole Levengood Kelly A. Monaghan Paige Marie Oustrich Katrina Paige Perea Tara R. Smith Emily Anne Sweeney

Tomyra M. Wilson Members

Appellate Advocacy Honor Society members participate in national competitions with students from other law schools while working closely with professors and alumni to improve their writing and oral advocacy skills.

TRIAL ADVOCACY HONOR SOCIETY Madison Nicole Levengood External Vice President Gabriel C. Kuehn Treasurer

Karen Elizabeth Kreis Colloquium Coordinator & Secretary Alexander C. Columbia Jessica M. Cossaboone

Carl Michael Grab Abigail Emily Hoben Brooke Jones Tomyra M. Wilson Members

Trial Advocacy Honor Society members participate in external competitions and the annual Hugh B. Pearce Competition while working closely with professors and alumni to be trained in the art of litigation, courtroom skills, etiquette, and confidence.

ORDER OF THE BARRISTERS Cana G. Fasick Carl Michael Grab Cassidy Faith Hartle

Brooke Jones Gabriel C. Kuehn Madison Nicole Levengood Brianna Marie Maia

Paige Oustrich Katrina Paige Perea Tomyra M. Wilson

National membership in The Order of Barristers honor society is limited to graduating law students and practicing lawyers who attained high honor through the art of oral advocacy by demonstrating exceptional skill in trial advocacy and brief writing.

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WIDENER UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2025-2026 Antoinette Leatherberry Principal, Deloitte & Touche, LLP (retired)

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD Paul S. Beideman ’79, ’14H Chair Chairman & CEO Associated Banc-Corp (retired)

Christian Nascimento ’97 Senior Vice President, Comcast Corporation

Cynthia H. Sarnoski, PhD ’74 Vice Chair Senior Vice President, Global Compliance & Quality Systems, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals (retired)

Miguel O. Peña ’99, ’14 President & CEO, Tenex Technologies, LLC

Douglas M. Wolfberg, Esq., ’96L Vice Chair Founding Member, Page, Wolfberg, & Wirth, LLC

Catherine Pulos ’84 Executive Vice President & Chief Operations Officer, Wawa, Inc. (retired)

Dexter Hamilton, Esq., ’83 Secretary Member, Cozen O’Connor

The Honorable Scott Reid, Esq. ’02L United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Nancy G. Hesse ’80 Treasurer Chief Nursing Officer

Louis Rodriguez Jr. ’91 President & Founder, Rodriguez Consulting, LLC

Iraklis Prokopakis Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Operations Officer, Vice Chairman of the Board, Danaos Shipping Company

Timothy Speiss ’83, ’89 Partner, Eisner Advisory Group (retired)

John H. Tilelli Jr. ’63, ’96H Past Chair General, U.S. Army (retired), Chairman Emeritus, Cypress International, Inc.

Min S. Suh, Esq., ’95L Member, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, LLC

Stacey M. Robertson President, Widener University

Richard L. P. Tan ’09H Founder & President, Pacific Millennium Group David Velazquez, ’81 President & CEO, PECO (retired)

BOARD MEMBERS Domenic C. Colasante ’10 CEO & Founder, 2X

Kevin Wiggins, ’95 Chief Financial Officer, Power Home Remodeling Group

Jack Dwyer ’78 Founder & CEO of Capital Funding Bancorp, Inc. and CFG Bank

Marcia Zaruba-O’Connor ’90 CEO & Founder, The O’Connor Group

Damon Edwards II Student Trustee

HONORARY TRUSTEES

James J. Hargadon ’75 Retired Executive Vice President & CFO Oki Data Americas, Inc. (retired)

Thomas H. Bown II ’67

Ira Harkavy Eugene D. McGurk Jr., Esq. ’78L

J. Matthew Hartley Board of Advisors Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania

Ronald S. Stead Vito R. Verni ’61 Karol M. Wasylyshyn ’82

James W. Hirschmann III ’82 President & CEO, Western Asset Management Company

Stephen M. Wynne ’77, ’08H Peter B. Zacharkiw ’72, ’77

Susan Larkin ’88 Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Independence Blue Cross

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WIDENER LAW COMMONWEALTH EXECUTIVE TEAM 2025-2026 Stacey Robertson President

Jill E. Family Associate Dean for Faculty Research & Development, Faculty Advisor for the Law and Government Institute, and Professor of Law

andré cummings Dean of Widener Law Commonwealth and Professor of Law Katie Herschede Vice President for Strategic Initiatives & Chief of Staff

Anna Hemingway Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of the Legal Methods Program, and Professor of Law

Joseph Howard Vice President for Enrollment & Technology

Matthew V. Kerns Associate Dean for Admissions

Michael Janes Associate Vice President for Human Resources

Molly M. Acri Assistant Dean for Administration & Registrar

Michelle Meekins-Davis Vice President for Inclusion & Belonging

Nicole R. Antos Assistant Dean for Career Development

Heather Meier Vice President for Administration & Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Randi B. Teplitz Assistant Dean for Students

Mark Nicosia Provost Gregory Potter Associate Vice President for University Relations Terry Travis Vice President for University Advancement

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WIDENER LAW COMMONWEALTH FULL-TIME FACULTY 2025-2026

WIDENER LAW COMMONWEALTH ADJUNCT FACULTY 2025-2026

Randall Brandes, Esq., BS, JD

Robert Altenburg, Esq. ’08 The Honorable William Arbuckle William Behe, Esq. Olivia Unger Bort, Esq. ’15 The Honorable Martin Carlson Scott Caron, Esq. Joel H. Cheskis, Esq. Christie Corado, Esq. ’93 Pamela F. Cross, Esq. Vincent C. DeLiberato, Jr., Esq. James Demmel, Esq. ’03 Kara Eshenaur, Esq. ’19 Terrance J. Fitzpatrick, Esq. Crystal Fox, Esq. ’03 Kevin M. Gold, Esq. ’93 Rachel Haynes-Pinsker, Esq. Brent Johnson, Esq. Stephen Hladik, Esq. Michele L. Kluk, Esq. ’06 Jonathan Koltash, Esq. ’07 Mark Kovalcin, Esq. ’17 Dan Kunze, Esq. ’12 Catherine Law, Esq. Sarah Lockwood, Esq. ’20 Guadalupe T. Luna, Esq., JD The Honorable Edward M. Marsico Jr. Nicholas Matash, Esq. ’01 The Honorable Karoline Mehalchick The Honorable Royce L. Morris David Mueller, Esq. Andrew Norfleet, Esq. ’99 Stephanie Patton, Esq. ’21 Jennifer Ann Robinson, Esq. ’14 Catherine E. Rowe, Esq. Troy Sellars, Esq. Richard J. Seneca, Esq. ’13 Craig R. Shagin, Esq. Todd J. Shill, Esq. ’93 Elizabeth Simcox, Esq. Randi Teplitz, Esq. ’95 Robert F. Teplitz, Esq. John Thomas, Esq. Rhodia Thomas, Esq. ’97 David Unkovic, Esq. Jamie Lee Zadra, Esq.

Faculty Fellow

Michal Buchhandler-Raphael, Esq., SJD, LLM, LLB

Associate Professor of Law John J. Capowski, Esq., BA, JD Emeritus Professor Michael J. Cozzillio, Esq., BA, JD Emeritus Professor andré douglas pond cummings, Esq., BS, JD Dean of the Law School and Professor of Law John C. Dernbach, Esq., BS, JD Emeritus Professor James W. Diehm, Esq., BA, JD Emeritus Professor Michael R. Dimino Sr., Esq., BA, JD Professor of Law Jill E. Family, Esq., BA, MS, JD Associate Dean for Faculty Research & Development, Faculty Advisor for the Law and Government Institute, and Professor of Law Rebecca Feldmann, Esq., BA, JD Associate Professor of Law F. Lee Francis, Esq., BA, MMA, JD Assistant Professor of Law Ann E. Fruth, Esq., BA, JD, ’92 Emerita Professor John L. Gedid, Esq., BA, JD, LLM Emeritus Professor Anna Pribitkin Hemingway, Esq., BA, MA, JD Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of the Legal Methods Program, and Professor of Law Michael J. Hussey, Esq., BA, JD, LLM Associate Professor of Law Christian A. Johnson, Esq., BA, MACC, JD Commonwealth Professor of Business Advising, Director of the Business Advising Program, and Professor of Law Mary Kate Kearney, Esq., BA, JD, LLM Professor of Law Greg Randall Lee, BS, JD Professor of Law Kellyn O. McGee, Esq., BBA, JD Faculty Director of the Center for Equity and Justice and Associate Professor of Law Robyn L. Meadows, Esq., BA, JD, LLM Professor of Law Chiara Pappalardo, Esq., SJD, LLM, LLB Co-Director of the Environmental Law & Sustainability Center and Assistant Professor of Law D.S. Pensley, Esq., AB, JD, MA Co-Director of the Environmental Law & Sustainability Center and Assistant Professor of Law Robert C. Power, Esq., AB, JD Emeritus Professor Susan Raeker-Jordan, Esq., BA, JD Professor of Law Mary Catherine Scott, Esq., BA, JD, ’94 Associate Clinical Professor, and Director of the Central Pennsylvania Law Clinic Amanda Sholtis, Esq., BS, JD Assistant Director of the Legal Methods Program and Associate Professor of Law Rebecca Waldemar, Esq., BA, JD, ’08 Assistant Clinical Professor

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Nicole Antos Robert Brown Scott Caron Bob Dolbin Stephanie Engerer Brian Fearnbaugh Thomas Foley Valerie Hawkins Paula Heider

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