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Academic Excellence Award Ceremony Academic Excellence Award Ceremony Thursday, October 22, 2020 • 7 PM • Virtual Presentation INTRODUCTION Dr. Ross Wheeler Director of Honors Programs INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER President Frank H. Wu KEYNOTE ADDRESS Ricardo “Rick” L. Cortez, CIMA Co-Chief Executive Officer, Broadmark Asset Management Virtual Presentation of Presidential Scholars WELCOME Dr. Elizabeth Hendrey Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Eva Fernández Associate Provost for Innovation and Student Success Virtual Presentation of Provost Scholars Dr. Adam Rockman Vice President for Student Affairs Virtual Presentation of Dean’s List Scholars MUSICAL PRESENTATION Opening & Closing “Tunnels” / Jazz Ensemble with Professor Antonio Hart (intro, Professor David Schober) All Presentations of Scholars Edvard Grieg, Sonata no. 3 in C minor for Violin and Piano / II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza: Zhiyi Emma Dong (BM, violin) and Aya Sasaki (BM, cello) Photo Montage “Status Quo Ante Bellum” for brass ensemble: original composition by Brian Ross (BM, horn) 2 3 Ricardo “Rick” L. Cortez, CIMA ’72 (Math) Co-CEO, Broadmark Asset Management LLC Ricardo L. Cortez is the co-chief executive officer of INTERESTS Broadmark Asset Management. He is primarily responsible Cortez is a trained classical guitarist and performed on for business development as well as management of the tours in the 1970s. Although he did not pursue music as firm’s sales and marketing efforts. As co-CEO, Cortez a career, Cortez continues to play for pleasure and is a shares in the oversight of the firm’s business operations. collector of guitars. Cortez also has an interest in physics Additionally, he is a member of the investment team and and philosophy. He wrote an essay highlighting his serves as the firm’s chief risk officer. principles which was referenced in the 2019 book by space philosopher and author Frank White called The Cosma Cortez joined Broadmark in 2009 as president of global Hypothesis: Implications of the Overview Effect. Cortez is distribution and was named co-CEO in 2013. Prior to also a long-time tennis fan. Broadmark, he was president of the private client group at Torrey Associates, LLC. He has held roles including vice EDUCATION president at Goldman Sachs as a product manager for the Queens College, BA 1972, cum laude (Math) firm’s global multi-manager strategies program, and senior The Wharton School, Certificate in Investment vice president at Prudential Investments overseeing product Management Analyst (CIMA) 1993 development and sales for the investment management services division. QC NOTES Cortez joined the QC Business Advisory Board in 2009. He is an adjunct faculty member at Harvard University and He led the Advisory Board as chairman beginning in 2014. has been a guest lecturer on investment policy and hedge He has since stepped down as chairman but continues funds at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. to serve on the Board. Since 2012, Cortez has returned Since 2014, he has volunteered his time and expertise to to campus multiple times as a guest lecturer in the Risk American Corporate Partners helping military veterans Management graduate program at QC. make the transition to the private sector through mentor- mentee programs. He also serves as an executive education mentor for the Money Management Institute. 4 5 PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS Samantha Baratz Jianhui Chen (GPA 3.9–4.0) David Baron Qi Chen Michelle Barraza Ryan Chen Deena Abittan Aviva Barth Shao Chen David Abramov Destany Batista Susan Chen Rivkah Adler Katherine Batista Mina Cheung Natalie Aghajani Alysse Batts Bee Sim Chew Jennifer Aghavian Shira Baum Min Jung Choi Christie Ahn Ahuva Bechhofer Sharon Choi Rivka Aizenman Dov Bechhofer Arzoo Choudhry Christine Ajodha Anacristina Bedoya Chaya Chrein Daniel Akilov Ryan Beltran Chris Chromak Lauren Akshlomo Shirin Benyaminpour Hannah Chu Lutfi Alam Ilana Berger Ganling Chu Ng Sara Alexander Michael Berke Howard Chung Rasheed Ali Yael Berkowitz Chava Cohen Sayeed Ali Hannah Debra Berman Erkan Comlekci Trina Alimi Pawan Bhatta Keith Condon Annael Alvarez Misbah Bibi Soraya Contreras Elana Alyaszadeh-Cohen Milan Birinbaum Benjamin Csillag Lesly Amaro Stephanie Biscaglia Bruno Cuomo Asma Amin Jinky Blando Antonio D’Alessandro Isakhar Aminov Danielle Bohensky Avishag Dan Michael Amrami Dina Boutehsaz Melissa D’Angelo Stavros Anastasiou Elena-Maria Bran Emily David Nicole Andrade Amanda Brand Jacob David Adil Ansari Arielle Brandel Benjamin Davidson Constantina Antoniadis Atara Brandspiegel Elisheva Davis Esther Appel Ashley Brier Kennedy Davis-Nealy Jacob Appel Joseph Brier Michael Davydov Beatrice Arana Lauren Burrows Myndee Diamond Denisa Ardeljan Aliyah Busgith Jordan Dickson Ashira Farkash Erica Gambino Leora Greenberg Katheryn Arias Amy Butler Molly Digiacomo Zainab Farooqi Yining Gao Sharon Grimes Daniela Ariza James Byrne Liat Dilamani Ian Favilla Cindy Garcia Batya Temima Gros Chaim Aronov Michael Cai Elena DiLorenzo Melissa Feder Gavriella Gewirtz Yael Grosberg Gillian Aronov Senhuang Cai Taylor DiMaria Temima Feder Haniya Ghauri Michael Grossman Ashima Arora Christina Calabrese Jiaqi Dong Daniel Fedida Marisa Gill Zvi Grossman Alexis Arroyo Carolina Cando Alexander Dorfman Melanie Feliz Kaussaun Gilmore Jing Gu Hrishav Aryal Xuekai Cao Christian Dorta Carmen Feng Karen Gimenez Rocco Karina Guerrero Cristian Asencio Mordechai Caplan Weronika Drzewucka Alexandra Filingeri Kate Glickman Leila Hadjeb Chelsea Astudillo Jonathan Cappell Charlie Dubbeldam Louis Fineberg Olivia Gluck Shawn Haghnazari Yamina Attab Kevin Cardenas Giacomo D’Urbano Daniella Finkel Aaron Goldblatt Courtney Hakimian Hermun Atwal Nolan Carey Rory Edelson Nemesio Flores Joseph Goldblatt Jonathan Hakimian Renee Austin Orquidea Carmona Pamela Elayni Erin Foo Fiona Golden Sarah Hakimian Alyssa Aviles Miguel Caro Hana Elwarari Shelly Forkosh Atara Goldstein Shmuel Halbfinger Esty Awendstern Lauren Cassidy Allison Eng Gianna Fraccalvieri Angelica Gonzalez Yael Halbfinger Noshin Azimi Emma Castellano Donna Episcopio Alexia Francis Francisco Gonzalez Christine Han Tammy Babad Adiv Cederbaum Danielle Erlich Miriam Fried Ingrid Gonzalez Moya Andrew Hana Viktor Babak Aviva Chait Rakel Faaland Eliana Friedman Emiliano Gonzalez Valdez Karishma Hardeen Samy Bahabishi Ashley Chang Jaslyn Fan Danielle Fuentes Rebecca Gorovoy Esther Harooni Aliyah Baksh Usva Chaudhry Lihua Fang Alyssa Gafur Marni Gottesman Syed Hassan Sandra Bala Adam Chen Shoshana Farber Erin Gal Ralph Granata Syeda Aimen Hassan Johanna Balbontin Davis Chen Alessa Farinella Ciara Gallagher Marcella Grancaric Isabella Hawkins Kristen Bamberger Jessica Chen Katalin Farkas Shira Galler Aliza Greenberg Lennox Haye 6 7 Atara Hecht Labiba Khurshid Vivian Kuang Aaron Leyman Rudolph Molina Paul Piao Ernie Henriquez Fathay Kiawu Tokhir Kuliev Emily Liang Kerri Moloney Ezra Pierre-Antoine Ezra Hermann Hanmin Kim Daniel Kurman Yuqin Liang Andre Montes Nancy Platt Kelly Herrera Jacqueline Kim Eliana Kutner Arielle Lieberman Renuka Moonalall Gideon Pollack Leah Herzberg Jong Hyun Kim Ariella Kutoff Rong Lin Sharona Moradi Tamar Pollock Natascha Hey Esther Klein Israel Lallouz Bing Liu Santino Morrone Regina Poodoon Cailyn Hinds Haley Klein Lok-See Lam Choumeizi Liu Nava Moskowitz Erin Price Chaya Hirsch Julia Klein Esther Lamm Menghong Liu Deena Motechin Lang Qi Yea In Hong Rebecca Klein Jaime Landsman Tracey Livingstone Rafeena Muntaz Hasina Rahi Joseph Horowitz Shaindel Kleinkaufman Joey Yee Yen Lau Michael Loccisano Daniel Muras Rawdah Rahim Rebecca Horowitz Alicia Ko Brianna Lawrence Arina Logosh Daniel Murdakhayev Yahya Rahimi Chendi Hu Ilan Kogan Sarina Lazzinnaro Sean Lomba David Musheyev Fahim Rahman Jiayue Hu George Kokkinos Kelly Lee Annamaria Lombardi Benjamin Mushyakov Rabia Rahyab Albert Huang Mikhael Kolber Lydia Lee Daniel Lopez Erum Nadeem Sonia Rai Shuqi Huang Dana Komsky Yanling Lei Jingqiu Lopez Tenzin Namgyal Emily Ram Xin Huang Benjamin Koppel Anna Lelonek Yanhao Luo Tejpattie Narayan Shivani Rambharat Maya Hussein Vanessa Kordmany Alexandra Lesser Kaylen Luu Sophia Nath Kevin Ramdarie Anne Hwang Kayla Kranz Adira Levine Vagner Machado Brian Naula Angela Ramos Santodomingo Joshua Hwang Georgina Kritikos Daniel Levine Jun Mark Magbual Stephen Naula Aaron Rampersad Julia Ianculovici Shadia Kronfel Abigail Levy Jeita Maharjan Kseniya Nazarenko Daniel Rand Ashley Illicete Peter Kropf Adira Lew Mazharul Mahe Melanie Nektalov Anisa Rashid Dina Inoyatov Maria Mahmood Christopher Nemeth Stephanie Razo Milana Inoyatova Kyle Mai Joseph Neuman Angelo Regidor Alexandra Iskhakov Rachel Maidi Shayna Newmark Hannah Reich Ahona Islam Sophia Maimon Humeyra Neyha Leib Reiss Mehedhi Islam Maciej Majda Kayla Nieves Kristen Reyes Courtney Isler Alexa Malave Nicholas Nieves Sophia Riaz Hasanat Jahan Sara Malek Ilianna Nikolaou-Tudela Emma Richter Fatema Jahura Stacey Malone Mario Nikolic Bradley Riley Darpan Jain Dalia Mandelbaum Berenice Nunez Evangelia Rizou Isatou Jaiteh Vanessa Mangru Jasmine Nunez Annmarie Roberts Chassity James Addison Manion Yaritza Nunez Vincent Roccisano Barnabas Jang Kalavathi Manjunatha Danielle Nussbaum Diana Rodriguez Lauren Javaheri Lily Manzueta Meira Nussbaum Karina Maria Roman Nicole Javaheri Michelle Markman Claire O’Connor Richard Romano Kaila Jedwab Sarah Marmol Jennifer Oppenheimer Elena Romero Tiffany Jee Maria Martins Ana Orellana Luis Alejandro Rosario Dahyeon Jegal Nasita Maywalall Michelle Osojnak Josephine Rose Kerry Johnson Cory