2021 SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT C O M M E N C E M E N T

Graduate Ceremony Undergraduate Ceremony

Friday, May 14 Saturday, May 15

5:00 P.M. 9:00 A.M.

UB Stadium UB Stadium North Campus North Campus

Paul E. Tesluk Dean Baird Point is an outdoor, Greek-style amphitheater located on the southern shore of Lake LaSalle. It was a gift to the University from the Baird Foundation and the Cameron Baird Foundation. The marble columns on the concrete platforms were once part of the old Federal Reserve Bank in downtown Buffalo. Following their relocation to the lake, the columns were dedicated as a memorial to servicemen and servicewomen.

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Processional Remarks

Selections of Pomp and Circumstance George G. Chamoun from Sir Edward Elgar CEO, ACV Auctions

Open Declaration Conferring of Academic Degrees

Paul E. Tesluk A. Scott Weber Dean, School of Management

UB Alma Mater National Anthem Anna Fernandez, BFA ‘21 Anna Fernandez, BFA ‘21

Closing Declaration Greetings Paul E. Tesluk A. Scott Weber Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Recessional

Selections of Pomp and Circumstance Remarks from Sir Edward Elgar

Paul E. Tesluk

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SUNY Trustee and UB Officials

Eunice Ashman Lewin Jeremy M. Jacobs Satish K. Tripathi A. Scott Weber Michael E. Cain Joseph J. Zambon, DDS, PhD Member of the State University of New York Chairman of the University President Provost and Executive Vice President Vice President for Health Sciences Dean Board of Trustees University at Buffalo Council for Academic Affairs Dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Biomedical Sciences President and co-founder Jeremy M. Jacobs was An internationally As provost and Michael E. Cain, MD, came of Impacto Consulting appointed to the UB distinguished researcher executive vice president to the University at Buffalo Associates, Eunice Ashman Council in 1997; in 1998, and higher education leader, for academic affairs, in 2006 from Washington Lewin joined the SUNY then-Gov. George Pataki Satish K. Tripathi, PhD, is the A. Scott Weber, PhD, University School of Board of Trustees in named him chairman. University at Buffalo’s 15th serves as the university’s Medicine in St. Louis, where February 2010. She helped Jacobs is chairman of president. chief academic officer, he was director of the reinstate the Student Life Delaware North, a global responsible for leading Cardiovascular Division and Tripathi, who served as UB’s Committee, on which she is hospitality company with the development and Tobias and Hortense Lewin provost from 2004-2011, was co-chair. In that capacity, customers in the United implementation of the Professor of Medicine. dean of the Bourns College she spearheaded the creation of the Food States, Australia, New Zealand and the university’s academic vision. Weber provides of Engineering at the University of - Cain is a graduate of Gettysburg College Insecurity and the Mental Health task forces. United Kingdom. The company’s operations leadership across the academic enterprise and received his medical degree from Riverside from 1997-2004. Previously, he spent Lewin serves on the board’s Executive include food and retail at airports and including research, scholarship and creative George Washington University School of 19 years as professor of computer science at Committee and the committees for academic sports venues, sports facility ownership and activities; undergraduate, graduate, Medicine and Health Sciences. He completed the University of Maryland, including seven affairs, communications and external affairs, management, operations of parks and major professional and international education; training in internal medicine and cardiology years as department chair. community colleges, and academic medical tourist attractions, hotel ownership and faculty development; diversity and inclusion at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington centers and hospitals. management, gaming operations and fine Tripathi graduated at the top of his class from initiatives; and university libraries. University School of Medicine. He was a dining. Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He holds a A member of UB’s faculty since 1983, Weber clinical/research fellow in clinical cardiac A former commissioner of the Niagara master’s degree and a doctorate in computer electrophysiology at the University of Jacobs owns the Boston Bruins and serves as is an innovative scholar and teacher and Frontier Transportation Authority, Lewin science from the University of Toronto, as Pennsylvania School of Medicine. chairman of the National Hockey League’s former chair of UB’s Department of Civil, was a founding member of the Roswell well as master’s degrees in statistics from Board of Governors. In 2018, he received the Structural and Environmental Engineering, An internationally recognized physician- Park Alliance and a board member of the the University of Alberta and BHU. A fellow sport’s highest honor when he was inducted where he helped establish UB’s scientist, Cain specializes in cardiac Buffalo Urban League and Hispanics United of the IEEE and the American Association into the Hockey Hall of Fame. transportation engineering program and electrophysiology, the examination of the of Buffalo. She is a member of the Hispanic for the Advancement of Science, he holds oversaw the department’s significant rise in heart’s electrical system. He is a translational Women’s League and the Greater Buffalo An alumnus of UB’s School of Management honorary doctorates from the Indian Institute of national rankings among U.S civil researcher, clinician and educator. His Racial Equity Roundtable. Earlier this year, and Harvard Business School’s Advanced Information Technology, Allahabad, and Brock engineering programs. Weber has held research, funded by the National Institutes of she was named to the Western New York Management Program, Jacobs holds University in Canada. progressively responsible administrative Health, has been directed at the Health Equity Task Force to coordinate honorary doctorates in humane letters from electrophysiological determinants of A leader in the national higher education roles at UB, including senior vice provost vaccine distribution for the region’s counties. UB, Canisius College, Niagara University and ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation in the community, Tripathi serves as chair of the Mid- and vice provost for academic affairs, Johnson & Wales University. In 2015, his family setting of healed myocardial infarction. American Conference Council of Presidents where he was instrumental in the creation A retired bilingual social worker for the donated $30 million to advance UB’s medical and on the boards of the NCAA Division I, of the UB Curriculum and the nationally Cain is a fellow of the American College of Buffalo Board of Education, Lewin is a school, which was renamed the Jacobs NCAA Board of Governors and College Football recognized Finish in 4 program; and vice Cardiology, the American Heart Association and champion for STEM education. School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Playoff Board of Managers. A member of Gov. president for student life, where he the Heart Rhythm Society. He is a past president Jacobs has served Western New York for Andrew Cuomo’s Reimagine NY Commission, focused on enhancing the student of the Association of Professors of Cardiology Born in Guantanamo, Cuba, Lewin and the Heart Rhythm Society, and past chair of more than four decades with his business he has served on the boards of the Association experience on campus and promoting immigrated to the U.S. with her family in the board of directors of The Sarnoff expertise and philanthropic leadership, of American Universities, the Association of overall student wellness. 1967. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Endowment for Cardiovascular Science. and Delaware North has received multiple Public and Land-Grant Universities and the sociology from Marymount Manhattan Weber’s research focuses on awards for social responsibility, community Council for Higher Education Accreditation. In He has received the Hans-Peter Krayenbuehl College and master’s degrees in American biodegradation of chemicals in water and service and environmental stewardship. 2011, Gov. Cuomo appointed Tripathi inaugural Memorial Award for Research in Cardiac and Puerto Rican studies, and in educational soil and the reclamation of environmentally co-chair of the Western New York Regional impacted brownfield sites. He earned Function from the International Academy of administration, from UB. A longtime friend and supporter of UB, Cardiology, the American Heart Association’s Economic Development Council, a position he bachelor’s and master’s of science degrees Jacobs has served as chairman, trustee and Arthur E. Strauss Award, the 2012 Resident/ held until 2017. in civil engineering from Virginia director of the UB Foundation, chairman of Fellow Achievement Award from Washington Polytechnical Institute and a PhD in civil the President’s Board of Visitors and adviser University School of Medicine and the 2013 engineering from the University of to the School of Management. Leadership Buffalo Value Award for Inclusion. California, Davis.

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Lewin implementation of the Professor of Medicine. implementation of the He has championed new university’s academic vision. Weber provides university’s academic vision. Weber provides academicCain is a graduate programs, of including Gettysburg an Collegeexpanded leadership across the academic enterprise and received his medical degree from leadership across the academic enterprise set of interdisciplinary master’s programs and including research, scholarship and creative George Washington University School of including research, scholarship and creative graduate certificate programs. Under Tesluk’s activities; undergraduate, graduate, Medicine and Health Sciences. He completed activities; undergraduate, graduate, leadership, the school has risen in rankings professional and international education; training in internal medicine and cardiology professional and international education; as one of the world’s leading public business faculty development; diversity and inclusion at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington faculty development; diversity and inclusion schools, increased its alumni engagement and initiatives; and university libraries. University School of Medicine. He was a initiatives; and university libraries. philanthropic support, and made a significant A member of UB’s faculty since 1983, Weber clinical/research fellow in clinical cardiac A member of UB’s faculty since 1983, Weber impactelectrophysiology on organizations at the andUniversity the business of is an innovative scholar and teacher and is an innovative scholar and teacher and community.Pennsylvania School of Medicine. formerformer chairchair ofof UB’sUB’s DepartmentDepartment ofof Civil,Civil, A faculty member since 2011, Tesluk served as Structural and Environmental Engineering, An internationally recognized physician- chairscientist, of the Cain school’s specializes Organization in cardiac and Human where he helped establish UB’s Resourceselectrophysiology, Department. the examination He also founded of the and transportationtransportation engineeringengineering programprogram andand servedheart’s aselectrical academic system. director He isof athe translational Center for oversaw the department’s significant rise in Leadershipresearcher, andclinician Organizational and educator. Effectiveness. His national rankings among U.S civil research, funded by the National Institutes of engineering programs. Weber has held With an extensive career of scholarly and Health, has been directed at the progressively responsible administrative academic leadership, Tesluk received UB’s progressively responsible administrative electrophysiological determinants of rolesroles atat UB,UB, includingincluding seniorsenior vicevice provostprovost Exceptional Scholar Award for Sustained and vice provost for academic affairs, ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation in the and vice provost for academic affairs, Achievement,setting of healed and myocardial his research infarction. has been where he was instrumental in the creation supported by such agencies as the National of the UB Curriculum and thethe nationallynationally ScienceCain is a Foundation fellow of the and American the National College Institutes of recognizedrecognized FinishFinish inin 44 program;program; and vice ofCardiology, Health. the American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. He is a past president president for student life, where he Teslukof the Associationhas considerable of Professors experience of Cardiology in focusedfocused onon enhancingenhancing thethe studentstudent designing,and the Heart leading Rhythm and Society, teaching and executive past chair and of experience on campus and promoting corporatethe board ofdevelopment directors of programsThe Sarnoff on topics overall student wellness. involvingEndowment teams, for Cardiovascular leadership development, Science. Weber’s research focuses on organizationalHe has received change the Hans-Peter and innovation. Krayenbuehl biodegradation of chemicals in water and Memorial Award for Research in Cardiac soilsoil andand thethe reclamationreclamation ofof environmentallyenvironmentally Previously, Tesluk was on the faculty in the impacted brownfield sites. He earned RobertFunction H. from Smith the School International of Business Academy at the of impacted brownfield sites. He earned Cardiology, the American Heart Association’s bachelor’s and master’s of science degrees University of Maryland. He earned a bachelor’s bachelor’s and master’s of science degrees Arthur E. Strauss Award, the 2012 Resident/ in civil engineering from Virginia degree in industrial and labor relations in civil engineering from Virginia Fellow Achievement Award from Washington Polytechnical Institute and a PhD in civil from , and doctoral and Polytechnical Institute and a PhD in civil University School of Medicine and the 2013 engineering from the University of master’s degrees from The Pennsylvania State engineering from the University of Leadership Buffalo Value Award for Inclusion. California, Davis. University, where he majored in industrial/ organizational psychology and minored in management and organization.

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Subject to the completion of all degree requirements, degrees will be conferred as indicated upon those individuals listed herein who were identified by April 3, 2021, and upon such others as may meet the requirements of their respective degrees. Candidates are listed according to actual date of degree conferral (August 2020, February 2021 and June 2021).

Undergraduate Latin Honors

Subject to completion of all degree requirements and satisfaction of the following minimum criteria, Latin honors may be conferred as indicated upon the individuals listed herein and upon such others as may meet the requirements. To qualify for Latin honors, students must present a minimum of 60 credit hours of UB undergraduate coursework, at least 54 of which must be graded credits (i.e., not satisfactory or unsatisfactory [grades of ‘S’ or ‘U’]). The UB GPA must be a minimum of 3.2 (to 3.499) for cum laude, 3.5 (to 3.749) for magna cum laude and 3.75 (to 4.0) for summa cum laude. To receive the Latin honors designation in the printed 2021 commencement programs, candidates for the June 2021 degree conferral date must qualify based upon their UB cumulative GPA through the Winter 2021 session and total number of UB credit hours projected through the Spring 2021 semester. Standings for Latin honors MAY change once final grades are posted or degrees conferred.

Legend Cum laude is denoted by † Magna cum laude is denoted by †† Summa cum laude is denoted by †††

School of Management Non-Academic Recognition

Class Gift The undergraduate class embraced the UB School of Management annual class gift program setting a new level of commitment, leadership and philanthropy to the school.

(*) Denotes student donor to Class Gift

(L) Denotes student made a Leadership gift of $20.21 or more to the Undergraduate Class Gift

(LL) Denotes student made a Leadership gift of $20.21 or more to the Undergraduate Class Gift for two years or more.

(♦) Denotes member of Undergraduate Giving Council

6 COMMENCEMENT 2021 Baccalaureate Degrees

Recommending Candidates for Degrees Alex Flores Keith Prindle †† Paul E. Tesluk Zachary Foster † Paco Pun † Dean Madeline Gampp † Collin Rambler † Christopher Glazowski †† L Tyler Ramirez Bachelor of Science in Accounting Kevin Hanley ††† Melanie Rattiner Collier Hansen Nicholas Redchuk † September 2020 Grace Hausladen † Tanner Rees † L Alexis Chica † Dale Heady †† Rebekah Reid † Gordon Lam † Brandon Hernandez † Christopher Salvatore Jacob Hooton † Edward Sanchez February 2021 Jia Hui Huang † Andrew Santoro †† Kai Ming Janny Chan † Jason Hughes ††† Michael Scavulli †† Yaling Chen † Martin Hutchison † Dana Scofield † Simon Li † Andrew Hwang †† Seung Wan Seo † Ramanadhan †† Jason Hwang ††† Patrick Shanks †† L Thomas Routledge †† Haniya Jaffri Joseph Shilen † Matthew Paul Johnson ††† Joshua Simons † June 2021 Rohit Khemlani ††† Stephen Southworth † Mujtaba Aminalhaq †† Paul Kim Austin Sternhell ††† . Amrita † Victoria Kozicki Anna Sunar ††† Tucker Anderson L Katherine Kriner ††† Jerry Tong Jonathan Archer ††† Mason Lampka Dylan Torres † Matthew Armitage Quinton Landers † Erick Tseng † Martin Axelrod † Hyeonjae Lee † Danielle Varga Mark Baldy † Daniel Lema †† Emily Wang †† Catherine Bautista †† Jay Lethin † Danielle Waykoff †† Liam Blicher † Jason Li Zhouhongyi Wei †† Atira Boos ††† Jiamei Li ††† Michael Weng †† Joseph Bradica †† Jiayi Li ††† Victor Weng † William Brinkerhoff † Shunpeng Li Steven Worshoufsky Donell Carter †† Siya Li ††† Kai Yang Keith Cassot Eric Lin ††† Gary Yeung † Matthew Cavallaro † Jacky Lin † Hui Zhang † James Cavanagh †† Mary Lin †† Junhao Zhen †† L Jialin Chen †† Daniel Mascaro ††† Andy Zheng ††† Ying Chen † Jeremy Miller ††† Junying Zheng †† Yinglan Chen † Luke Miranda † Brandon Zielinski † Benny Chow †† Bret Morseon †† Daniel Colasurdo Jack Moser † Melanie Conroy † Joseph Nasby † Bachelor of Science in Business Connie Cui †† Evan Neighbour †† Administration Scott Daigler Logan Nelson ††† Rachel Dale †† Joseph Oppee ††† September 2020 Shibin Dong Kayla O’Rourke †† Ariana Antoniou Conner Doyle Bradley Pacer †† Daniel Barbieri † Kevin Duffy Jr Audrey Parks †† Nathaniel Bennett †† Elijah Dunbar Joseph Parpheniuk † Garret Brown Samantha Eaton † Joseph Patterson †† Xinyi Bu † Rachel Ellison †† Austin Pomerenke † McKenna Carberry †

COMMENCEMENT 2021 7 Baccalaureate Degrees

Benjamin Cavert † Valiery Ayrapetov Alexis Hofmeyer †† Nan Chen †† Jun Hyung Bae †† Darrius Holmes Ming Zhen Choong † Enitan Bankole Sweta Rubama Hossain Thomas Clark † Brittany Bannister † Yuan-Chih Hu † Christopher Cook Noah Barclay Haoran Huang Anthony Deni Krystal Bhola †† Isha Arief Hussain Karimatou Diallo Edwin Biju Joseph Imanuel † Erik Eisenhuth Blaine Billings Hawa Jobateh Conor Estrada Jacob Bogert † Hunmin Jung Cole Evans Julien Bourassa Adrian Kahaner Mariyam Ferdousi † Christopher Boyd Tae Hoon Kang Anthony Guarnieri Trevor Brill ††† Sophia Kao Katel Vindhya Sri Vimala Burugupalli † Bryce Kazmierczak † Jeehun Kim † Samantha Caccamise Farham Khademi † Jie Ling Jacqueline Koh Yang Cai Yoones Khanjani Wenyao Koh †† Jingci Cao ††† Takatomo Kiya † Marco Kwan Megan Charrois Meltem Kocak † Justin Lawrence Benjamin Cheal Shu Qing Charmaine Lau † So-Young Lee ††† Liam Cheasty Jisun Lee † Marvin Li Evan Chen †† Vincent Le Kai Lee †† Anushka Mathur †† Ruiquan Chen † Yu Ling Kimberly Lee †† Tori Meyer Soyoung Choe † Hongbo Lian † Shannon Nelson William Wei Lian Choo ††† Eveline Lim †† Anthony Notaro Jr Wen Feng Chow Gang Sheng Lim Jeremiah Ok Wei Hern Chua †† Kenny Lin Riley Pallar ††† Brian Collins Valeria Linggoraharjo †† . R Pravin † Nicholas Darlak Chunguang Liu Patrick Reagan ††† Grant Davine Shimeng Liu † Jason Ren † Keith Dickes †† Faith LoHouse † Dominic Rygiel Jordan Drasin Andres Lopez-Crane †† Shivani Sharma Ryann Driscoll Colin Macgillivray Ranjit Singh Eric Dye Negin Mahallati Insil Song Jenna Eckman Doumit Mahfoud Swee Ling Tay ††† Brooke Fillenwarth † Kevin Mahoney Eric Tu Daniel Finnegan †† Gaetano Mancuso † Marcus Unger Ashante Fortune James Marley Alex Wu Adam Frick Gabriel Martin Sher Ning Yip † Ashley Friedman Maxwell Mastrangelo Boxiao Yu Sanyami Gaitonde Emily McClinsey Huiyan Zhang † Ming Huang Gee †† Gavin Medole † Eric Geier † Shruti Harish Mehta Shamera Gentle-Ramirez Brendan Mescall † February 2021 Shawna Gordon Halim Zul Hakim Bin Mohamed Soib ††† Hamza Aamir David Gou Jake Molinich Christopher Acosta David Grayson II Matthew Mooney Armando Aguilar Joshua Griffen Christopher Morel Michael Ambetsa † Livia Chrestella Halim Michael Morog † Dylan Arena Amelia Hartanto ††† Andrew Mulder David Asante Brandon Hassid Jennifer Narciso † Kayode Awosika Jason Hoffman Son Nguyen

8 COMMENCEMENT 2021 Akshay Nitin Dhulia ††† Jican Wang ††† Haiqa Aziz Tyler Nosbisch † Shenghang Wang Daniel Azizian Kai Ono Steven Wang Alexander Babel Gage Ouellette Yufei Wang Kevin Balthasar † Mikael Padang Yunlin Wang †† Alex Barbaro Pei Lin Briana Pak † Benjamin Warda Jared Barnett Kaitlyn Palm Andrew Warnick Anthony Battaglia Michael Paolini Cassandra Warren †† Laura Battaglia † Mohit Patel Lixuan Wei †† Prabhnoor Bawa Zun Yang Gregory Pek †† Deqing Weng † Chelsea Beane Samantha Yuan Xuan Phua † Kyle Wilk Brittney Beetcher ††† Kevin Phung Steven Wind Nahida Begum Taylor Pohleven ††† Alyssandra Yemima Gabe Winyoto †† Dondre Bell Olivia Prusaczyk † Eric Wisniewski †† Alejandro Benitez Anthony Puccio † Caitlin Wong †† Malcolm Bennink †† L Hailey Randle ††† Shi Yuan Wong ††† Emma Benson ††† Denise Rinelli Allison Wozniak Sarah Berkowitz †† Eric Rooney † Yang Xie †† Fawaz Zubair M Bin Moeen † Mi Nadi Wang Oung Rott Sumaiya Yasmin Eric Black † Brandon Ryan Brian Yeh Damir Bligen † Kunjesh Saad ††† Summer Yu Kayla Boron Matthew Saleh Shorukh Zaripov †† Frank Bowkowski Shawna Schie Linda Zhang Tyler Boyer † Andrea Schmitt †† Ruojun Zhang Alexander Brown Yan Yee See Toh † Yezi Zhang † Prince-Khalil Brown Ryan Sellinger † Yudi Zhang † Michael Buffone † Mohammed Zaid Bin Shameem † Tingyu Zheng † Benjamin Bukai ††† Matthew Shawver John Burke † Bao Xuan Charmane Sia †† June 2021 Richard Cabana III † L Jarred Simmons † Andre Hong Rei Aathar ††† Henry Calleo Sally Sireno †† Dany Abraham Santhosh Caleb Canazzi ††† Nikhita Sridhar Dorai † Christanna Adams Benjamin Carmichael † Jacob Stasko Shima Aggi † LL Max Carrol . Su Myat Myint Zu Ryan Ahart Michael Celmer Gautham Suchetha Nair Manesh † Mohammed Ahmed Christian Cerio †† Rachel Sudyn ††† Navid Ahmed †† Eric Chambers Aloysius Wei En Tai Jonathan Albarracin Guo Wei Chan †† Ridge Weihan Tan †† Alexandra Aldinger † Hui Lynn Steffi Chan †† Yong Heok Tan ††† Karina Alfaro † Ting Hsun Chang † Yuefung Tan † Alex Allesi Binghui Chen ††† Salim Tareq Karina Almonte Brandon Chen Shao Qiang Eric Teng † Alaina Aloni Eric Chen Kei Yuan Tham † Christopher Amico L Hanbing Chen † Celia Thomas Jonathan Andre Jinnan Chen Taylor Trunzo Sheikh Moizullah Ansari ††† L Jonas Chen Brian Turner Nicolas Arizmendi Meiyun Chen Cesar Valdez † Nicholas Arroyo † Shania Chen † Kyle Vantrease Saleem Asfour Shiyu Chen †† Laurel Velasquez † Ali Askar Shuangshuang Chen Louis Volpe † Eric Aufseeser ††† Tony Chen

COMMENCEMENT 2021 9 Baccalaureate Degrees

Samuel Chinelly Nicholas Foci Kyle Hughes † Xuan Ting Clarice Chow †† Ryan Frazer Ryan Hughes ††† L L Jack Cino Joseph Fronczak Abbas Husain ††† L Shane Conlon †† Morgan Fumerelle Eli Irmihaev ††† Jacob Coon L Jacob Gall Andre Irvine † Lynette Cordero † Thomas Gallo Shamsul Islam † Richard Correnti Jr † Minghao Gan † Matthew Jackson Steven Costner Evan Gantley † Tomas Jackson † Brendan Coyne Claire Gates-Sandburg Noah Jakson Emma Cremean ††† Michael George ††† Rachana Ramanath ††† Jhalen Crisp † Khalid Ghanim Usman Jangana Katie Crook †† Jacob Giacobello Donte Jarvis Jr †† L Melissa Cryan L Jacob Giller Krzysztof Jasiukajc †† Schuyler Daggs Cameron Giruzzi ††† John Javorowsky Christopher Darling † Cheng Yi Goh †† Kevina Jayaravin †† Christiana Davies Jacob Gordon Erik Jerez Robert Deforge Iii Carina Grace Tingyi Jia †† Trevor DeJager Jack Grifo Xiaotong Jia Joshua Denz Dewey Groover † Shellea Johnson Kevin Depalma Michael Gruttolori Jessica Jones Atit Dholakiya Lesslie Guamantario † Tyler Jones †† Lonceny Diaby Nicholas Guarino † Christopher Jordan Diareatou Diallo Caitlyn Guillotte Tochukwu Jude-Ibe †† Nicol Diaz † Jiayi Guo Sanghyuk Jun Alexis DiCarlo †† Matthew Haberstro †† Inha Jung † Max Dienes Gary Hadjiyane Tiranke Kaba Nicholas Dingey † Zhonghan Han Swarna Kalyanaraman †† Aaron Djaker Cameron Harszlak Kaire Kane Himani Dodeja † James Harte ††† Hanna Kapoor †† Eric Doescher Marques Hartley Devin Karnath †† L Denny Dong †† Tyler Hartman Simran Kaur Kyle Donlin Jordan Hartter † Sulun Ke Emily Dowdall † Douglas Hazlitt †† Cade Kennedy Christopher Dunbar † Mingsheng He † Liam Kent † Jillian Dunn † Matthew Heddon † Asad Khan ††† Daniel Dyett † Sung Woo Heo ††* Mahin Khan Nick Edusei Jessica Hewitt † Divya Khanna ††† Zahale Edwards Erin Hill †† Amy May Juen Khoo †† Saad Elahi Rachel Hillery †† Hui Ting Khoo † Pei Wen Amerlin Er †† Benjamin Ho Jr Samantha Khoury Samantha Erickson L Hieu Hoang †† Sang Hoon Kim † Michael Faliero † Daniel Hoffman † Garrett Kimball Meagan Faulkner †† Tyler Holcomb Ekaterina Kolesnikova Julia Feuerstein Lars Valdemar Yksel Holm †† Sarah Ling Wei Kong † Evan Finegan † Zhongyu Hou † Alanna Kramer † Ryan Fiorella † Kai Hu †† Albert Kramp IV † L L Jeffrey Fisher ††† Chia-Jung Huang James Krawczyk Jr Anthony Fleglar Wenjie Huang † Dylan Krieg † Gladys Flores L Yi Shan Huang †† Luke Kuchinski John Florez Elizabeth Hughes ††† Ashleigh Yong Liann Kwek ††

10 COMMENCEMENT 2021 Yi Qian Kwek †† Lucy Liu Tony Ni † Andy Kwong † Xuanang Liu Amber Niecpiel †† Frank Ladonna Yuhao Liu Yanyi Niu Natasha Lai †† Tian Wei Wilson Long † Gillian Nolasco Vincent Lalama Sin Yee Rachel Low †† Christopher Nowak ††† Devin Lam Chengyue Lu Dennis O’Brien Evan Lam Xueying Lu † James Obrochta † Justin Lam † Noah Luciano † Jacob Ohman Joseph Lamorte Nga Sze Lui Samuel O’Keefe †† Brian Lander Shutian Luo †† Su Ying Ong †† Yash Rakeshkumar Lapsiwala John Lupo Wilda Willian Ong †† Bryan Roe Hou Xian Lee † Allan Lvov Derek Osman Haein Lee † Yilun Lyu †† Hsien-Pin Ou Jennifer Lee † L Jingyuan Ma John Owens † Jia Yi Lee ††† Nathan Macdonald Olivia Palumbo †† Jia Zhen Eunice Lee ††† Tom Lorenzo Lazo Magbanua ††† Fuhai Pan †† Junpyo Lee Griffen Magnan †† Yijia Pan †† Jun Sung Lee Juilliane Deelo Malibago †† Vincent Perfetto Lawrence Lee Nicholas Mangino †† Pestle Lin Yuan Olivia Lee ††† Makayla Marchiano Michael Petronis Sheldon Lee Taylor Marcoccia †† Nguyen Thien An Pham †† Junzhe Lei †† L L Daniel Marielle Abigail Phelan † Max Leising Isabella Matro †† Nathan Phillips Emily Leland ††† Zachary Mayer Matthew Pickard †† Marissa Lemieux † Marah Mayle † Zachary Pieklik Morgan Lennon Trevor Mcewen † Nicholas Pilon †† Stephen Levano †† Amit Mehta Frank Pirnat Jack Li Catherine Merletti † Ashley Plantone †† Jiacheng Li Mohammed Milan Eddie Poon Justin Li Sean Miller Gabriel Portugal Sandy Li ††† Grace Mines †† Ethan Powlen Wing Ching Li Archana Mohan ††† Liam Powlen Yitong Li † Kyle Monahan Jacob Pray L Yuxin Li Cameron Monks Sophia Prince † Zhichao Li Gordon Montgomery II †† Zachary Prue Kang Ni Lim †† Mary Morgan † James Przybyszewski †† Neal Wei Siang Lim † Samantha Morgan † Peng Qiu Yi Cheng Nicolas Lim † Akira Morioka Jiana Qsouse L HaoQing Lin †† Samantha Moser ††† Danny Qu †† Ivy Lin †† Ryan Moyka Priscilla Wan Ting Quah †† Jacky Lin Md Mubeen Anthony Quale Janice Lin Patrick Muirhead Joseph Quinn † Jing Ting Lin †† Connor Mulholland Patrick Redden Kevin Lin Emily Muscarella †† Quinton Reeb ††† Sarah Lin † . Myat Thet Htar † Dylan Rendina † Shirley Lin † Elizabeth Myers † ♦ L L Samantha Rock ††† Yuheng Lin † Daniel Nachamie Alexander Roliczek †† Brianna Ling ††† Ahmad Naeem † L Daniel Rondel Chi Shieng Ling ††† Chinyelu Nebolisa Joseph Rooney † Jian Liu †† Eliza Jia Zhen Ng Christian Roth Jr

COMMENCEMENT 2021 11 Baccalaureate Degrees

Mikayla Roundy Elizabeth Szinger † L Jenna Williams John Ryan † Matthew Taboni ††† L Sydney Williams †† Tristan Saade Hannah Tai †† Christian Wilson † Haisan Said Jeremy Michael Hock Boon Tan David Wolanin ††† Ritik Saklecha †† Judah Xin Zheng Tan †† Nicholas Wolga Elijah Salem Jun Xian Xavier Tan ††† Enver Jun Young Wong † Raviraj Milind Salokhe † Kimberly Jee Ching Tan †† Vicki Wong Olivia Sapio ††† Ryan Eiichiro Tan †† Vanessa Wong Huiwen ††† Riddhiman Sarawgi Xinmin Tan † Amanda Woo †† Tousib Sarker Mohammed Tanbir † Michael Woods †† Lauren Schepperly †† Angel Shu Ting Tang ††† Madeline Wozniak Daniel Schmitz Sarawut Tankham Addison Wright †† Joshua Seefried † Shanel Tanks Jinquan Wu Bokyung Seo Cindy Tapay † Yuqiang Wu † Jeongrae Seo Nicole Tartick Erik Wuest Zara Shah Brian Tatar Kenny Xie Keren Shen † Emma Taylor Xiaokang Xie Madelyn Sherlock † Trung Thai † Huailue Xiong Sonam Sherpa Samantha Thomas Yubin Xiong Levi Shetler Cyrus Jian Wen Thong ††† Xinyuan Xu †† Mackenzie Siccardi †† Annabel Tidmus Huangzhexuan Xue † Sunil Pillai Sidhesh ††† Kevin Todaro Dingyi Yang † Gabrielle Silverstein ††† Alan Townsend Tiffany Yang Shamsher Singh Minh Tran † Suhas Yarlagadda † Shaunpal Singh †† Jordan Trichon Dennis Ye Varun Singh Sara Trzepkowski † Claudia Shan Cheng Yeo †† Shobika Sivasamy † Jada Turner Shawmann Yeo ††† Gabriel Smith Matthew Turner ††† Brian Yiep † Tyler Smotrinsky Allison Van Cott Karina Yip David Solazzo Evan Vannatta Christian Yu Zheyu Song † Venessa Velazquez-Terhaar Yi Yu ††† Manno Sor ††† L Heather Velie Tommy Yuan Alan Sorokin Manuel Vilarinho Emily Zhai Sydnie Sovinsky †† Erikah Vilceus Haoming Zhai Bradlee Specht Alyssa Vitko †† L Bingqian Zhang † Jacob Spencer † Nicole Waddington ††† Chi Zhang Zekeriya Spoth † Pengcheng Wan † Clare Zhang † Jack Steinmetz †† Chenzhu Wang † Hui Zhang † Lubomyr Stelmakh Jiannan Wang Shiyin Zhang Justin Stephens Jingwei Wang † Wanying Zhang Tyler Stephens Sally Wang Zezhong Zhang Julia Streeter Tianli Wang † Chenhui Zhao † Allison Streng Xiaoya Wang Ashley Zheng †† Suzanne Suess Shakina Ward Jin Zheng † Sean Sullivan †† Emily Welch Ruth L Jintao Zheng † Haotian Sun Jing Ning Weng ††† Kefan Zheng William Sun † Xena Weng †† Shannon Zheng Yufei Sun † Ye Ying Weng † Shuxuan Zheng † Shreeya Surapaneni † Jeffrey White Jr L Jiawei Zhu Richa Zirath ††

12 COMMENCEMENT 2021 Master’s Degrees

Recommending Candidates for Degrees Rachel Matthews Nishtha Jain Paul E. Tesluk Nicole McGraw Hongjian Jin Dean Russell Mistretta Aditya Dilip Joshi Dillon Morris William Edward Knopf Master of Science in Accounting Christina Nicolette Joshua Lawson Joel Oommen Fernando Lemonje Westrupp Craig Adriaansen Noelle Ortiz Zi Ang Li Lauren Aldrich Juandy Peralta Fan Lin Elizabeth Beikirch Bailey Popovski Chang Liu Jack Blazey Michael Poturalski Wei Luo Kirsten Byman Sarah Richmond Om Bhagwan Mahale Hannah Carboni Lauren Rivera Alabh Kaushik Mehta Stephanie Cozzolino Shannon Salem Justin Michael Metzger Alexander Cubillo Simranpreet Salh Yang Mi Zachary Daddino Emma Schultz Edward Francis Miller Abigail Daniels Ashley Seymour Jasmine Mohan Tenzin Deckyi Ashley Silva Kapil Glenn Mukhi Cassidy Eichhorn Mary Smith Vamsi Neelagiri Christopher Ellis Jaret Stankowski Tianyu Pei Olivia Fitzpatrick Harley Sternberg Hayden Arthur Podkulski William Gaulin Gary Stiles Sudharsan Ramani Milad Ghanatios Zachary Surowiec Niyati Raghuraman Rao Eric Green Claire Tilley Saloni Deepak Shah Jack Griffith Devin Towlson Christian Spagna Haley Harrington Zakary Utley Nathan Stutz Stephen Hastings Qiting Xie Sanjana Sudhir Theresa Hill Quan Ye Suryakutsav Trilok Anthony Januska Jehad Zatar Darshan Madhusudan Udeshi Tongchen Jiang Shijia Zhang Turya Vardhan Michael Juszczak William Christopher Villa Brendan Kelly Zhenyang Yu Han Kyeol Kim Master of Science in Finance Jing Zhang Carol Kojsza Lin Zhang Gordon Lam Chayan Arora Bingbing Zheng Matthew Lambert Jordan Artope Junjie Zheng Allen Lau Roshit Badjatiya Qiwei Zhu Haolin Li Ankit Bhandari Keying Lin Shreya Vinay Chandak Jie Lin Feng Chen Master of Science in Management Janet Lin Si Yu Chen Information Systems Carly Linsner Wei Cheng Yizhi Lu Thomas Clark Zacharia Ahmed Alamari Scott MacEntee Ashana Dave Senna Alsadam Jeremiah Machelski Tanya Dheer Suakshay Rakesh Bahal Christopher Maggiore Daksh Sanjay Doshi Alyssa Brouillet Samyukta Mahendra Kumar Baris Genc Robert Bryan Casal Benjamin Makosy Ryan Philip Hazard Nan Chen Dominique Matarese Guodong Huang Samuel James Cruver

COMMENCEMENT 2021 13 Master’s Degrees

Kara Marie Daly Master of Science in Management Master of Business Administration Richa Gambhir Science: Business Analytics and Mayuri Garg Systems Ronald Aucapina Bryce C Gatto Michael Austin Anubhav Ghosh . Akshay Venugopal Robert Bailey Anthony James Guarnieri Neelima Baburaj Kwame Boakye-Yiadom Kanika Gulyani Eldho Baby Maxwell Bowersox Andrew Hu Udaya Balupunuri Harley Carrol Dewan Islam Sai Pramod Balupunuri Aritra Chakraborty Adrika Florine Israel Priyadharshan Chandrasekaran Imran Chaudhry Fei Ji Rajan Chandrashekhar Anthony Cheff Janet Joseph Sruthi Chenicheril Veetil Kelechi Chillis-Ihenko Akanksha Ajay Joshi Sri Vaishnavi Chetlapalli Alan Christie Aditi Samiran Katti Sumanth Gandikota Michael Collet Phu Le Navaparvathi Gnanashekar Austin Crosby Gunju Lee Satish Ivani Jalasia DeMember Anna Nicole Lisske Aishwarya Jai Rebekah DePugh Prasanna Maragani Reshmi Janardanan Samantha DeStefano Zhi Ling Ni Jishnu Jayakumar Nair Jacob Donn Ruben Ocana Mythili Jayanthi Subramanian John Dracup Kumar Parameshwaran Annijasmin John Bosco Michael Dubin Soyeon Park Sri Lahari Mallam Austin Duger Vinisha R Parswani Arjun Manoharan Peter Farruggia Paul Prawdzik Joel Mathew Johnson Anton Fisher James Robert Quinn Reshma Maya Ajay Janelle Fore Nicholas Richter Mounika Mittai Farhad Foroutan Matthew A Sassoon Arvind Murughavel Steven Gabriel Jackson Schuck Sri Dhruthi Nallani Kyle George Wengie Shao Nikhitha Nayini George Guan Ankit Sharma . Nayna Shikhar Gupta Shreeram Sridharan Prashasti Prabhakar Edward Hadaly Adarsh Srivastava Bilna Purupuruthan David Intini Carmen Tang Hari Krishnan Radhakrishnan Veena Danial Khan Sagarika Suresh Thimmanayakanapalya Priyanka Rajakumar Jake Kinley Marcus Unger Shalini Madhusudhan Rangaswamy Stefan Kothe Cindy Vu . Ranjithprasad Hariprasad Andrea Kraft Adam J Wilk Balaji Rengarajan Elizabeth Lepertine Jonathan Wong . Rthushobha Pradeep Ashley Levine Inness Wu Amrita Sadanand Chris Luther He Yuan Niraimathi Gandhi Sampath Ryan Lutz Lisa Zhu Anagha Sanil Cameron Macleod Sarah Zhu Sukanya Sasikumar Cassidy Malough Govind Udayakumar Shenoy Katherine Mazurek Shivanand Shivalli Neal McCallum Snigdha Singh Geoffrey Mercene Rajshree Sundararajan Adam Messina Sunithamol Manoj Vadim Morogai Navami Suresh Matthew Mulhern Lakshmipriya Thulaseedharan Theresa Munroe

14 COMMENCEMENT 2021 Matthew Munschauer Lee Cadby Matthew Peterson Michal Muzyk Joaquin Canay Tim Phoenix Jamison Nelson Benjamin Carella Kimberly Podpora Melanie Nguyen Alyssa Catlin Brian Popelka Savannah Nichols Aubrey Charbonneau Durga Poudel Ogbonnaya Ogbonnaya Cara Clayback Rachel Redhead Peter Okorozo April Contreras Travis Rubbelke Mehmet Ozel Chinmay Das Juliana Scotto di Carlo Nil Patel Eric Decker Kristen Sharkey Megan Pofi Christine Dombrowski Kyrill Shvetsov James Pufpaff Andrea Doyle Hanna Simon Brianna Purcio Denzil Dsouza Harrison Steinwald Collin Rampado Dawn Evans James Talty Megen Rose Rependa Daniel Exford Jackson Taylor . Roli Nath Aaron Falk-Mahapatra Kevin Tevens Anders Rosen Gregory Foederer Landon Wayne Jamie Rosner James Ford Lisa Zambotti Adrian Ross Miles Foster Kione Zeigler Michael Ryman Jonathan Gesicki Soumaila Sanogo Jordan Good Stephen Scurti Ian Gray Executive Master of Business Melissa Sicurella Brian Hasselbaum Administration Meenakshy Sivaguru Krista Hoff Dominic Skakal James Hoffmann Jason Benedict Seth Snyder Brian Hohl Rachael Brown Jordan Sobon Asantewa Holley Laura Caley Evan Spector Joe Hrab Matthew Hamed Yihui Sun Nicolas Jackson Deepa Hari Vignesh Kumar Swaminathan Fawad Jamal Katie Hurley Will Swartwood Matthew Janik John Kalonaros Sonya Tareke Charles Jordan Anubhav Khare Christa Trautman Jiyeon Jung Mark Kuska Rich Van Amrit Jutla Alexander Ljungberg Anivrita Veeraghanta Paul Krisk Grant Loomis Daniel Wurman Jason Kromer Pierre Michel Ryan Young Michael Krupski Sabrina Misso Joseph Lafever Michael Molea Thomas Lederman Ernane Piccolo Professional Master of Business Ling Lin Robert Piscatelli Administration Russell Manzella Michael Rakoska Ajay Matta Omar Raza Jonathan Adams Tyler McAlinn Dustin Skare Benjamin Adams Omotoke Missih Marna Taylor Ankit Ahuja Emily Mistretta Maria Torgalski Kyle Badger Anderson Nguyen Michelle Unger Kelsey Battaglia Tamara Normile Donald Vinson Zachary Bischoping Amy Numrich Keith Weinsaft Robert Blue Brandon Nunnery Abis Zaidi Kathryn O’Malley

COMMENCEMENT 2021 15 Master’sDoctoral Degrees Degrees

RecommendingDouglas O'Hair Candidates for DegreesExecutive Master of PaulJordan E. TeslukPytlak Business Administration DeanMichael Quinn Austin Barnett Danielle Rhoney (Snell) Christopher Donacik Meiling Jiang Katia Rodriguez Reyes Carl Drechsel BS, Applied Mathematics, Central South UniversityJustin Sammarco Siddhartha Kambala MA,Zachary Mathematics, Schalberg University at BuffaloRajkumar Kanniah L ThreeRachelle Essays Schmitt on Availability-aware OptimalConnie Kotas Resource Allocation and Pricing Strategy in Alexander Seward Keith McShea ♦ Cloud Computing Omar Shall Brandon McCormick ErzhouJoshua Snyder Wang Laura McDowell BS,Matthew Human Stanko Resource Management, Antonio Ocampo UniversityJacob Steffen of International Business andJohn Pastore Economics Brian Sullivan Yash Ruparel MS, Human Resource Management, Nathan Sutorius Jatinder Singh University of TennesseeL MS,Stephanie Industrial Tisdale and ♦Organizational Kayleigh Terranova Psychology,Alex Tomasik Purdue University Gary Thomas AKelsey Socially Trautwein Embedded Model of PowerRajesh Vasudevan Cognitions Based on Cognitive-Affective Ekaterina Vansuch Daniel Wagner Processing System Theory: Meta-Analyzing theMitchel Critical Victor Paths and Contingencies Jeff Wojtasik Wei Wang* Meghan Whalen Brock Wilkinson Timothy Wilson Carissa Zamerski

1617 COMMENCEMENT COMMENCEMENT 20202021 Undergraduate Honors

Beta Alpha Psi 2020-2021 Beta Gamma Sigma 2020-2021 Beta Alpha Psi, the National Accounting The University at Buffalo Gamma Fraternity, is a scholastic and professional Chapter for scholars in management was organization whose primary objective established in 1932. The purpose of Beta is to encourage and give recognition to Gamma Sigma is to recognize outstanding scholastic and professional excellence in management students of high scholarship the field of accounting. In order to achieve and good moral character. Election to these goals, the organization promotes the membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the study and practice of accounting; provides highest scholarship rank that a student in opportunity for association with practicing management can attain. accountants; and encourages a sense of ethical, social, and public responsibilities. Elizabeth Hughes Ryan Hughes Membership in the organization is open to Sandy Li all undergraduate and graduate accounting Manno Sor majors who have attained the appropriate cumulative grade point average and are School of Management Honors in the top 35 percent of their class in all Program University courses completed. Mujtaba Aminalhaq Sheikh Moizullah Ansari Tucker Anderson Malcolm Bennink Joseph Bradica Emma Benson Ying Chen Sarah Berkowitz Yinglan Chen Benjamin Bukai Connie Cui Rachel Ellison Jason Hughes Christopher Glazowski Rohit Khemlani Dale Heady Daniel Lema Jason Hughes Jay Lethin Donte Jarvis Jiamei Li Matthew Paul Johnson Siya Li Samantha Moser Eric Lin Kaylia Neilly Jacky Lin Keith Prindle Mary Lin Quinton Reeb Scott MacEntee (Masters of Science Matthew Taboni Accounting) Nicole Waddington Renuka Ramanadhan Danielle Waykoff Melanie Rattiner Michael Weng Nicholas Redchuk Andy Zheng Emily Wang Ashley Zheng Zhouhongyi Wei Junhao Zhen Andy Zheng Junying Zheng

COMMENCEMENT 2021 17 Graduate Honors

Beta Gamma Sigma 2020-20212019-2020 TheThe UniversityUniversity at BuffaloBuffalo GammaGamma Chapter for scholars in Chaptermanagement for scholars was established in management in 1932. was The purpose of Beta establishedGamma Sigma in 1932. is to The recognize purpose outstanding of Beta management Gammastudents Sigmaof high is scholarship to recognize and outstanding good moral character. managementElection to membership students of in high Beta scholarship Gamma Sigma is the highest andscholarship good moral rank character.that a student in management can attain.

ElectionMasters to membership in Beta GammaPhD Sigma is the highest scholarship rank that a Brooke Bojanowski Li Ting Chiu student in management can attain. Kevin English Seungoh Han Khaled Fathallah Albert Lee MastersLawrence Gersz Pavankumar Mulgund Swapnil Eknath Kapse Xunyi Wang BenjaminConnie Kotas Adams Jonathan Adams Victoria Liberty Jason Benedict RachaelAleem Jamil Brown Merani AndreaJohn Vincent Doyle Pastore DawnJoshua Evans Snyder GregoryJacob Steffen Foederer James Ford MatthewAlex Tomasik Hamed JamesRajesh Hoffmann Vasudevan KatieDaniel Hurley Wagner Michael Krupski Cameron Macleod Russell Manzella Matthew Munschauer Travis Rubbelke

PhD Meiling Jiang

18 COMMENCEMENT 2021 COMMENCEMENT 2020 20 Graduate Honors Undergraduate Awards Presented Prior to Commencement

Beta Gamma Sigma 2019-2020 SUNY Chancellors Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key for Student Achievement Award The University at Buffalo Gamma Chapter for scholars in Award for Student Academic Excellence This award is presented to a student who management was established in 1932. The purpose of Beta Excellence This award is presented to students who has demonstrated scholastic excellence and Gamma Sigma is to recognize outstanding management have complied the highest grade point has rendered outstanding extracurricular students of high scholarship and good moral character. Matthew Taboni average of those eligible to graduate. service to the school and the university. Election to membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest Bachelor of Science in scholarship rank that a student in management can attain. Business Administration Brittney Beetcher Ryan Hughes Cameron Giruzzi Masters PhD Matthew Taboni of Matthew Paul Johnson Brooke Bojanowski Li Ting Chiu Tonawanda, N.Y., graduates with a Bachelor Adriana Ilyse Thaler Memorial Senior of Science in Business Administration. A Award in Marketing Kevin English Seungoh Han constant advocate for his fellow students, University at Buffalo Accounting This award is presented to a student Khaled Fathallah Albert Lee Taboni served as co-chair of Blue Table, Association Michael S. Dockery who has best demonstrated academic Lawrence Gersz Pavankumar Mulgund helping to create and expand the UB food Memorial Senior Award excellence, leadership, marketing Swapnil Eknath Kapse Xunyi Wang pantry used by dozens of students each This award is presented to a senior professionalism and personal motivation. Connie Kotas week. As president of the Residence Hall accounting student who has contributed Association, Taboni was named President An Pham Victoria Liberty in a superior way to the Institute of of the Year by the National Association of Management Accountants, the accounting Aleem Jamil Merani College and University Residence Halls profession, fellow students and the School John Vincent Pastore for his efforts to implement a scholarship of Management. William H. Wendel Memorial Award Joshua Snyder for residential students and start an for Student Excellence in Human Jacob Steffen alternative spring break program. In Katie Kriner Resources Management addition, Taboni established UB’s first Alex Tomasik This award is presented to a student who Mental Health Awareness Week to educate has made the greatest contribution to the Rajesh Vasudevan students on resources available, winning the Eddy Lin Memorial Award field of human resources management. Daniel Wagner Outstanding Campus Impact Award from This award is presented to an accounting UB Student Engagement for the program. student who is focusing on an accounting Juilliane Deelo Malibago career with a mid-size public accounting firm. This student also actively mentors others, exhibits scholastic excellence, and a passion for learning.

Katie Kriner

COMMENCEMENT 2020 20 COMMENCEMENT 2021 19 Graduate Awards Presented Prior to Commencement

Charles H. Diefendorf Award in Dr. Marcel and Mrs. Kathryn Finance Vinokur Award to Promote Global This award is presented to the student who Understanding has made the greatest contribution to the This award is presented to an MBA student finance discipline. born outside of North America. The student promotes global understanding among Chayan Arora MBA students.

.Roli Noth Sidney N. Kahn Memorial Award for MBA Student Excellence in Sales and Marketing Dr. Jerry and Mrs. Dina Wind This award is presented to an MBA student Award to Promote International who has made the greatest contribution to Understanding field of sales and marketing. This award is presented to an MBA student born in North America. The student Shikhar Gupta contributes to promoting international understanding among MBA students.

Drs. John and Arlyn Myers Award Janelle Fore This award is presented to an MBA student who demonstrates excellence in the field of marketing.

Rebekah DePugh

Student Achievement Awards This award is presented to a student within each degree program. The student recipient has demonstrated scholastic excellence and has rendered outstanding extracurricular service to the school and the university.

MS – Anthony Guarnieri MBA – Anders Rosen

20 COMMENCEMENT 2021 Undergraduate Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships Given by the School of Management Prior to Commencement

Lisa Friedman Memorial Award The John G. and Elizabeth Gibbons The Arthur and Louise Wasserman Family Scholarship Scholarship Rebekah Reid Jonathan Archer Atira Boos Atira Boos Daniel Dyett New York State Society of CPAs Binghui Chen Shellea Johnson Awards Cameron Giruzzi Christopher Nowak Rohit Khemlani Matthew Paul Johnson Katherine Kriner Archana Mohan Joseph T. J. Stewart Global Citizenship Logan Nelson Scholarship The Challen Family Scholarship Joseph Oppee Kaitlyn Palm Sarah Berkowitz Yaling Chen Hailey Randle Emma Cremean Ryan Hughes Samantha Rock Diareatou Diallo Asad Khan Gabrielle Silverstein Ryan Hughes Daniel Mascaro Sara Trzepkowski Ashley Zheng Heather Velie Nicole Waddington The Hsinchun Chen and Hsaio-Hui Emily Welch Ruth Barot Undergraduate Scholarship Chow Scholarship The Amena and Hatim Nakhoda & Sydney Williams Benjamin Bukai Family Scholarship Nan Chen Yi Shan Huang Quealy Family Scholarship

The Michael Christopher Family Catherine Bautista Scholarship The Charles W. Pearson Family Scholarship Award Kyle Donlin Cameron Giruzzi

COMMENCEMENT 2021 21 Graduate Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships Given by the School of Management Prior to Commencement

Federation of Schools of Accountancy Gloria and Oscar Goldstein Memorial Gerry and Barbara Murak Scholarship Award Fellowship Robert Piscatelli Milad Ghanatios Juandy Peralta

Schomburg Fellowship New York State Society of CPAs Elizabeth M. and Jospeh P. Ivers Awards Management Scholarship Kelechi Chillis-Ihenko

Noelle Ortiz .Roli Nath School of Management Dean’s MBA Scholarship Victor and Joan Brown Accounting Irene and Jeff Jacobson Family Masters Scholarship Scholarship Vignesh Swaminathan

Jie Lin .Roli Nath Carly Linsner WNY Prosperity Fellowship Dr. Arun K. and Mrs. Jean M. Jain Connection to Excellence Scholarship Andrea Kraft Fellowship Peter Okorozo Generously funded in partnership with Rich Jordan Sobon Products and M&T Bank Elizabeth Lepertine

Cameron Macleod Anders Rosen Kaleida Health Resident/MBA Scholar Soumalia Sanogo Ashley Levine Helen Crosby Scholarship William C. and Gloria K. King Tyler Penberthy Scholarship

Seth Snyder

22 COMMENCEMENT 2021 Faculty and Staff

Laura Amo Aisha O’Malley Nanette Derry Beth Ranney Alex Apmadu Philip Perry Diane Dittmar Hayley Rosario Muriel Anderson Scott Ptak Rebecca Donoghue Melissa Ruggiero Prasad Balkundi Ram Ramesh Derek Donovan Caitlin Rush Brian Becker Dominik Roesch Karen Drass Christopher Salem Katerina Bezrukova Mary Ann Rogers Olivia Emrich Jay Schwartzkopf Michael Braunscheidel Martha Salzman Melissa Falgiano Aaron Shaw Kee Chung G. Lawrence Sanders Jaimie Falzarano Cynthia Shore Frank Ciccia Raj Sharman Jessica Farley Samantha Smith Dianna Cichocki Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah Hailley Fenski Richard Steinberg Ann Cohen Natalie Simpson Katie Fox Lori Sullivan Michael Dambra Sanjukta Das Smith Carrie Gardner Andrew Swanson Alan Dick Harold Star Emily Gearhart Richard Szafran Haimonti Dutta Sudhir Suchak Jacqueline Ghosen Ann Marie Tobin Supradeep Dutta Inho Suk Jason Gilbert Jacqueline Tomaszewski Issac Ehrlich Nallan Suresh Constance Hanel Cheryl Tubisz Veljko Fotak Brandon Szerwo Kevin Hartman C. Gregory Vogelsang Joana Gaia Debabrata (Debu) Talukdar Ann Hayes-Montesano Loreta Vukadin Philip Glick Ian Tarrant Margaret Herdzik Courtney Walsh Emily Grijalva Paul Tesluk Jill Illenz Meghan Wood Indranil Goswami John Thomas Caitlin Janik Carrie Zaenglein Debora Grossman Cristian Tiu Marina Jarnot Cindy Zenosky Feng Gu Min-Hsuan Tu Amy Johnson Michelle Zglinicki Cheryl Hall Danielle Tussing Kaye Lawrence Zielinski William Hayden Aditya Vedantam Malinda Keidel Arlene Hibschweiler Charles Wang Melissa Korte Rose Hu Mingchen Wei Pamela Krakowiak Sahn-Wook Huh Chunchi Wu Jessica Labella Nicole Hunter Szu-Yin (Jennifer) Wu BobbyJo LaDelfa Feng (Jack) Jiang Weihong Xu Sara Langston Alan Katerinsky Sunyee Yoon Julie LoTempio Joshua Khavis Nicole Zeftel Debra Lowe Kenneth Kim Kevin Manne Myungsun Kim Staff Deidre Marriner Pianpian Kong Denise Adamski Robin Marti Richard Kraude Molly Anderson Kristina Martin William Kross April Anthony Craig Mathis Frank Krzystofiak Gwen Appelbaum Caitlin McNulty Arun Lakshmanan Nicole Balzer MaryAnn McQuade G. James Lemoine Nicholas Battaglia Catherine Moody Winston Lin Matthew Biddle Cindy Mruk Charles Lindsey Megan Bragdon Thomas Murdock Timothy Maynes Julia Braun Jennifer Musone Lorrie Metzger Harrison Cheung Jeanne Myers Jesse Miller Eugene Colucci Erin O’Brien Pavankumar Mulgund Dave Costello Rebecca Ott David Murray Candida Davis Michael Paolini Kathy Nesper Jacqueline DeMarco Jeff Piscitelli Robert Neubert Anthony DeSimone Charles Pustelnik Jerry Newman

COMMENCEMENT 2021 23 School of Management 2021 Dean’s Advisory Council

Chair Ms. Donna L. DeCarolis Mr. Robin Hunter Mr. Steven H. Shepsman Mr. Gregg S. Fisher President Special Advisor Executive Managing Director Founder and Portfolio Manager National Fuel Gas Distribution Pushnami. New World Realty Advisors, LLC Quent Capital, LLC Corporation Cooper City, F.L. Great Neck, N.Y. Scarsdale, N.Y. Williamsville, N.Y. Mr. Howard D. Koenig Mr. David F. Simon Mr. Kenneth M. Barna Mr. Louis A. DiBerardino, Jr. CEO Chief Legal Affairs Officer Counsel Retired, Partner Perspecta Philadelphia College of KP Law, P.C. Ernst & Young LLP San Francisco, C.A. Osteopathic Medicine Boston, M.A.. West Roxbury, M.A. Philadelphia, P.A. Mr. Charles Koller Mr. Thomas M. Barney, Jr. Mr. Edward Dianhui Dong Chair Ms. Sujata Yalamanchili COO Patina Restaurant Group Founding Chair, US-China CEL Advisory Board Partner and Practice Area Delaware North Committee Elma, N.Y. Leader, Real Estate Finance and Buffalo, N.Y. The International Leadership Bankruptcy Practice Area Foundation Mr. James P. Lederer Hodgson Russ LLP Mr. Sachin Barot Arcadia, C.A. Retired, Executive Vice Buffalo, N.Y. Chief Financial Officer President AudioEye Mr. Richard M. Ferranti Qualcomm Inc. Tucson, A.Z. CEO , C.A. Rich Products Corporation Mr. Douglas C. Bean Buffalo, N.Y. Mr. Gerry E. Murak Vice Chairman, Chief Brand Principal Officer Mr. Glenn A. Fosdick Murak & Associates, LLC Mower Principal Getzville, N.Y. Buffalo, N.Y. Glenn A. Fosdick Consulting, LLC Mr. Michael J. Murray Mr. Joseph H. Bell Ann Arbor, M.I.. Retired, Managing Partner Retired, Group VP and General Ernst & Young LLP Manager, Space & Defense Ms. Dottie E. Gallagher Hamburg, N.Y. Group President & CEO Moog, Inc. Buffalo Niagara Partnership Mrs. Sharon D. Randaccio East Amherst, N.Y. Buffalo, N.Y. President & CEO Performance Management Ms. Laura E. Berrady Mr. Barry B. Goldstein Partners, Inc. President Chairman & CEO Buffalo, N.Y. School of Management Alumni Kingstone Companies, Inc. Association Kingston, N.Y. Mr. Mark C. Rizzo Buffalo, N.Y. Senior Vice President Mr. Richard S. Gold Commercial Banking Leader, Mr. George G. Chamoun President & COO Northeast Division Chief Executive Officer M&T Bank Corporation Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ACV Auctions Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo, N.Y. Ms. Kathleen Hamm John R. Scannell Michael W. Cropp, M.D. Former Board Member Chairman and CEO President & CEO Public Company Accounting Moog, Inc. Independent Health Oversight Board Buffalo, N.Y. Williamsville, N.Y. Arlington, V.A.

24 COMMENCEMENT 2021 The Mace UB Alma Mater

Designed to tell the story of the university Verse 1: and the Niagara Frontier, the UB mace The pride of our spirit and tradition, was fashioned by silversmith Hudson Our alma mater’s truth and name declare. Roysher of Arcadia, California. It was used for the first time in the 1962 general Celebrate our history and wisdom, commencement. O let us all prepare to sing her glory.

The mace is silver with accents of lapis Refrain: and howlite to represent the university’s colors. It is topped by a miniature walled To Buffalo all hail to thee, structure representing the City of Buffalo. Noble and strong it’s our university! Engraved atop the city are three arrows To blue and white pledge loyalty, bound together, symbolizing the unity of Singing, I will always remember thee! UB and the city.

A band of alternating jewels of lapis Verse 2: and howlite encircles the head of the We’ll ever keep our standards high, mace and bears the founding dates of And sing UB’s praises to the sky. the thirteen divisions that composed the university in 1962. Receiving the finest education, Our knowledge we impart unto the nations. The UB arms appear on the front of the (Repeat refrain) head. On the back are the arms of the , encircled by the name Millard Fillmore and the dates during Verse 3: which he was U.S. president and UB Our friends we’ve made with ties that bind, chancellor. A union of our spirit, heart, and mind. Together we’ll continue life’s journey, The discovery of Lake Erie in 1669 by Louis Joliet and early explorations by Robert de LaSalle are O may dear Buffalo forever be. symbolized on the left side of the head. A crest on (Repeat refrain) the right side is symbolic of the university’s role as a dynamic center of human growth and welfare. By Walter S. Goodale, MD, 1903 The wild rose, the official flower of the state, is Lyrics adapted by UB students in 2006 depicted in a floral motif at the top and bottom of for contemporary use the mace’s head. Encircling the ends of the shaft are three wavy lines representing intellect and water, the latter a reference to the Niagara River and the Great Lakes.

The motto “University and City: Community” is lettered in Latin around the knob of the shaft.

Traditionally used in university ceremonials, the mace is a symbol of “enlightened authority.” The mace bearer is the chair of the university’s Faculty Senate.

COMMENCEMENT 2021 25 Congratulations! On behalf of the School of Management Alumni Association, I applaud you and your accomplishments over the past several years. You have completed a rigorous education at a top-ranked business school and now have the knowledge and skills to make your mark on the world.

Welcome to the School of Management alumni family — a group of nearly 44,000 graduates living and working in 87 countries. Wherever you go, you will find School of Management alumni who are willing to help you navigate your way to continued success.

Though you may be leaving campus today, you are not leaving UB behind. I encourage you to take advantage of the many ways to stay in contact with your alma mater:

• LinkedIn group (University at Buffalo School of Management Alumni) • Facebook (University at Buffalo School of Management) • Twitter (@UBSchoolofMGT) • Attending events in a city near you (mgt.buffalo.edu/alumni) • Buffalo Business and At Buffalo magazines • UB Connect, the online community exclusively for UB alumni

I also encourage you to keep your information up to date either online or by contacting the Office of Alumni Engagement and External Relations so that you can receive emails about alumni events and programming happening near you. You can contact the Office of Alumni Engagement and External Relations at 716-645-3224 or [email protected].

Best wishes for your continued success.

Sincerely,

Laura E. Berrady, EMBA ’07 President, School of Management Alumni Association

26 COMMENCEMENT 2021 The State Christopher H. Koch Graham L. Hammill Jean Wactawski-Wende* Trustees Brenda W. McDuffie Academic Affairs School of Public Health Mason P. Ashe* University of Mike Montoro* and Health Professions Jason L. Bird* Christina R. Hernandez* Samantha L. Bonano* New York Emeritus Members Student Life (Interim) Joseph J. Zambon* Helen M. Cappuccino* Sheila H. Battle School of Dental Medicine Gregg S. Fisher* Board of Trustees Roger I. Blackwell Laura E. Hubbard Claudia D. Fosket* Merryl H. Tisch Robert T. Brady Finance and Vice Provosts Kathleen T. Grimm* Chairman Randall L. Clark Administration Craig W. Abbey Daniel M. Hamister Frank N. Cuomo* Institutional Analysis and Louis M. Jacobs Cesar Perales Pamela Davis Heilman* Lee H. Melvin Planning Kathie A. Keller Vice Chairman Gerald S. Lippes* Enrollment Management Dale M. McKim III* Mary E. Randolph Ann M. Bisantz David R. Pfalzgraf Jr.* Joseph W. Belluck* Rose H. Sconiers* Despina M. Stratigakos Undergraduate Education Vikki L. Pryor* Courtney E. Burke John N. Walsh III Inclusive Excellence Thomas S. Quealy Jr.* Eric Corngold Robert Granfield Nagendra Raina Marcos A. Crespo Deans Faculty Affairs Justin Reich* Robert J. Duffy University at Aviva Abramovsky Murray S. Rosenthal* Christy Fogal Buffalo School of Law Graham L. Hammill Steven H. Shepsman* James F. Haddon Academic Affairs; Eileen S. Silvers* Bradley Hershenson Satish K. Tripathi Michael E. Cain Graduate School Daniel A. Sperrazza* Gwen Kay President Jacobs School of Medicine Satish K. Tripathi Eunice A. Lewin* and Biomedical Sciences Evviva Weinraub Lajoie D. Scott N. Warman Stanley S. Litow A. Scott Weber University Libraries Richard Socarides Provost and Executive Kemper E. Lewis Directors Edward M. Spiro Vice President for School of Engineering Lee H. Melvin Beverly Foit Albert-Cox* Cary F. Staller Academic Affairs and Applied Sciences Enrollment Management Sheldon M. Berlow Camille J. Varlack* Ashok G. Kaveeshwar* Vice Presidents and Marsha L. Lewis Despina M. Stratigakos Anthony B. Martino* System School of Nursing Inclusive Excellence Cabinet Members Marjorie E. Winkler* Administration Margaret W. Wong* Jim Malatras Mark Alnutt James M. O’Donnell John J. Wood* Athletics Chancellor School of Pharmacy and International Education Emeritus Trustees Pharmaceutical Sciences (Interim) Randall I. Benderson* F. Shadi Shahedipour- J. Brice Bible Chief Information Officer Dianne Bennett* Sandvik Suzanne N. Rosenblith Lawrence P. Castellani Provost-in-Charge Graduate School of University at Michael E. Cain Ellen E. Grant* Education Health Sciences Buffalo Mark E. Hamister Jeremy M. Jacobs* Robin G. Schulze Foundation John N. Walsh III University at Beth Del Genio* College of Arts and Chief of Staff to the Sciences Gregory M. Bauer* Buffalo President Non-voting Members Chairman Michael E. Cain Council Robert G. Shibley John DellaContrada Rodney M. Grabowski School of Architecture Robert E. Denning* Laura E. Hubbard Jeremy M. Jacobs* University and Planning Vice Chairman; A. Scott Weber Chairman Communications Treasurer Nancy J. Smyth *UB alumnus/alumna Julie M. Bargnesi* Venugopal Govindaraju* School of Social Work Jean C. Powers* Michael W. Cropp* Research and Economic Secretary Jonathan A. Dandes* Development Paul E. Tesluk Scott E. Friedman School of Management Edward P. Schneider* René F. Jones Rodney M. Grabowski Executive Director University Advancement

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28 COMMENCEMENT 2021 The University at Buffalo has come a long way since its founding in 1846 as a small, private medical school in downtown Buffalo. Today it is an internationally renowned public research university-the largest institution

in the State University of NewYork system-with three vibrant campuses, 13 schools and colleges, and most

importantly, upward of 30,000 students every year developing the knowledge, confidence and passion to

make the world a better place.

In the words of President Satish K.Tripathi, "UB has always been definedby our community's intellect,

innovations and contributions to humanity. And it will continue to be for the next 175 years-and beyond."