The Ledger DANCE

PHILLY’S GOT TALENT On Oct. 6, the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design brought Philadelphians to their feet for an immersive public dance per- formance inside the Barnes Foundation. The all-day spectacle explored the tension between public and private experiences by uniting professional and amateur dancers to perform work by re- nowned modern dance choreographer Boris Charmatz (pictured here leading a warm up). Charmatz is one of the most important figures in modern dance working today and his company has presented major performances at the Museum of Modern Art and the Tate Modern in London, among others. This second annual Philadelphia Museum of Dance project was organized at the Barnes in partnership with Drexel’s dance program.

Number of dancers who participated, including 200+more than 60 Drexel students. 2,000 Number of people who came to watch the performances. $300,

Duration in hours of the public 000 Grant from the Pew Center of Arts & performances inside the Barnes. 6 Heritage in support of the event. 2 Drexel Magazine JACQUES-JEAN TIZIOU WINTER/SPRING 2019 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS UP FRONT

FEATURE STORY THE VIEW FROM MAIN

I am so impressed when young Drexel graduates hit the ground running, and each year’s “40 under 40” list provides new and inspiring examples — as you will discover in this issue of Drexel Magazine. From my perspective, learning about the many paths taken by our alumni also reaffirms the steps your alma mater is taking to better prepare tomorrow’s graduates. Our approach is rooted in the classroom and lab, as well as the workplace and in our neighborhoods — as you might expect from a university that excels in ex- periential learning. Since the Drexel co-op is career-making for so many of our students, we are always looking for ways to grow the ranks of corporate and nonprofit partners who make possible these experiences. At the same time, we want to encourage entrepreneurship at ev- ery turn. Both goals are wrapped up in our plans for Schuylkill Yards, which is coming together now, just outside 30th Street Station. Look for the dedication this spring of a beautiful new public park, Drexel Square, the centerpiece of the new development and the first major construction project. Meanwhile, the gene therapy startup, Spark Therapeutics, will be the first anchor tenant at Schuylkill Yards, creating 500 new jobs at the refurbished Bulletin Building at 3025 From the cannabis industry Market Street. to robotics and virtual I see great potential for co-op placements and start- reality, our 40 Under 40 up ventures at Schuylkill Yards. In the meantime, the honorees show how $750 million Campaign for Drexel offers exciting Drexel’s co-op education possibilities to support student success, research dis- prepares graduates for a covery and innovation, teaching and learning, and 22 changing world. other University priorities. This is a campaign that is squarely focused on human capital — specifical- ly, student scholarships, endowed faculty chairs and academic program funds. We reached $500 million in August, less than a year following the Campaign’s DEPARTMENTS public launch, and we can thank many alumni and friends for helping us make such great strides. 1 Ledger 4 Editor’s Letter 6 Crosswalk 18 From the DAC 46 Cross Roads 56 Crossword I hope you join me in sharing the excitement about A numerical and Safety for first responders, Drexel ranking, social startup, News from Drexel Athletics. The founders of Drexel’s Archi- For clues to this Drexel’s overall progress and momentum, and the illustrated tour public school grant, patents, fundraising, soldiers and sui- tecture Alumni Association talk crossword, look to Campaign. Congratulations to our “40 under 40” of Drexel. cide, athletic buildings, data task force, new podcast, Galanos Drexel Athletics about the value of their pro- the 40 Under 40. alumni, and thank you for your continued support. exhibit, NUAVNow.org, WELL Center, Jenkins camp, Buddy Just Did It gram’s tight-knit connections. Project, Business Solutions Institute, community center. A deal with Nike means Sincerely, student-athletes will don the 48 Class Notes 9 Research Blazars and neutrinos, athletic villages, swoosh this year. Keep up with fellow alumni’s kidney transplants, academic research, marijuana attitudes, careers, weddings, families spray-on antennas. She Minds and traditions. John A. Fry / President Footballers’ Menus 13 Rad Grad Jennifer Cline ’17 is providing Nutritionist Leslee Sholomskas 54 Friends We’ll Miss care to homeless populations where they live. ’16 teaches football players what to eat to perform like 16 Show and Tell Jacob Zeitzew ’18 Super Bowl champions. delved into virtual reality at his co-ops.

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MAGAZINE MAGAZINE

Help for Kensington Drexel medical students are bringing the opioid problem down to size by training bystanders to be EDITORIAL STAFF Jobs of the Future first responders. EDITOR If you live in the region, chances are you’ve seen a bus or a bill- Sonja Sherwood board or a television spot about Drexel’s co-op program. The STAFF CONTRIBUTORS high-profile branding push is part of Drexel’s refreshed Ambi- FALL 2018 Beth Ann Downey

tion Can’t Wait message, which uses current events and realism FALL 2018 1 Alissa Falcone to emphasize that our graduates come out of college already Britt Faulstick adapted to an evolving economy and a changing world. I have a fondness for good alumni magazines and I’ve never included Lara Geragi In fact, preparing students for the future has been the mis- Drexel’s in that list before. But the fall 2018 issue is stellar. I loved the Niki Gianakaris sion of co-op since 1919, when Drexel President Hollis Godfrey article on the Beneficial Savings bank reclamation — it was our bank Lauren Ingeno created the program in a spirit of patriotism, post-Armistice, for years when we lived in the city — and the article on the efforts of the Emily Storz to give students the technical preparation to make their ser- Naloxone Outreach Project in Kensington, the factoids on the space pro- DESIGN vices of more value to the country. gram and the clean-up at the Academy of Natural Sciences were all of Pentagram This fall, we’ll begin a year-long celebration of that mission to interest. Keep up the good work. I’m passing this issue along to a friend; ADMINISTRATION mark the 100th anniversary of the program (more on that later). I’ve never before felt the magazine merited that tribute. Congratulations PRESIDENT In the meantime, we have superb evidence that the mission on a really fine issue. John A. Fry of the Drexel Co-op Program is alive and well today in the suc- JUDITH HAHN TOMAN cesses of the 40 Under 40 featured in this edition. BS home economics ’72, MS home economics ’74 SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, A striking number of the honorees this year have careers Charlotte, North Carolina UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Lori Doyle in fields that barely existed not long ago. Fields like virtual reality and artificial intelligence require an inventive and- en Drexel Magazine, Vol. 29, Edition 1 trepreneurial mindset that flourishes in Drexel’s curriculum. Classy glossy mag. The Kline Law building beautifully captures the rich Drexel Magazine is published Meanwhile, rapid changes in the legal status of marijuana have architecture and detail of the historic Beneficial Savings bank building, now three times yearly by the Office of University Communications, A name you know, meant opportunities for people like Kate Steinberg, who does well restored and commissioned to a new use. 3141 Chestnut St., Suite 309 outreach for the medical marijuana dispensary Curaleaf; and Drexel’s core science program manifests in four astronaut alumni, as well Philadelphia, PA 19104. for the inventors of GrowFlux, an agricultural lighting system; as probably thousands of engineering alumni like me who have worked in the care you can trust. and for an alumnus who is using a robotics degree to build can- space program for decades. The International Space Station is a marvel of CHANGE OF ADDRESS nabis plant pruning machinery. engineering and ingenuity — an immense structure orbiting some 245 to 250 Drexel University Records, It’s easy to follow a path well-trod; Drexel’s approach to edu- miles (recent average 405 km equals 248 miles) above Earth in an orbit having Gifts and Stewardship For the health care needs of you and your cation is to anticipate where trails will be blazed next. an about 51-degree inclination, which allows it to overfly Drexel on occasion. 3141 Chestnut St., Room 310 family, go to the name you trust — Drexel So, while Drexel prepares for a grand party next year to com- Thus, it is about 245 to 250 miles distant from whatever location on Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.1694 memorate co-op’s centennial, I know that many graduates honor Earth it is directly above, but that cannot be the “average distance” from Fax: 215.895.4966 Medicine. By providing compassionate, co-op daily through successful careers and satisfying work, and anywhere on Earth as asserted in the spread on the opening page of the Email: [email protected] I’d be happy to hear from alumni of all ages about what co-op magazine. With an orbital period of about 92 minutes, only 46 minutes after personalized care from a renowned network meant to you. Drop me an email, or leave a comment online at it passes over Drexel and is 245 to 250 miles away, it is half way around the OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS of more than 275 physicians working in 18 drexelmagazine.org, and share your favorite co-op story. We’d Earth and so it is the diameter of the Earth plus 245 to 250 miles (about Peck Alumni Center 3141 Chestnut St. love to include some co-op memories in the fall magazine. 7,918+248 = 8,166 miles) away. Philadelphia, PA 19104 areas of primary and specialized medicine, we CLEMENT BERARD JR. Tel. 215.895.ALUM (2586) MS electrical engineering ’69 Toll-free: 1.888.DU.GRADS (384.7237) proudly advance Drexel University’s legacy of Glen Allen, Virginia Fax: 215.895.2095 innovation and excellence. Email: [email protected] Sonja Sherwood / Editor Editor’s note: It seems as if there are as many estimates for the space sta- tion’s “average distance” from Earth on the internet as there are stars. This LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [email protected] Get well. Stay well. editor finally went with 240 miles because it was cited in NASA’s “Reference 215.571.4104 DNE SE 18 Dragons draped party at the Barnes 1 for fi rst responders 6 IN NIE Guide to the International Space Station:”

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That estimate can only be accurate when the ISS is directly over Drexel, of course.

WINTER/ SPRING 2019

ABOUT THE COVER Illustrated collage by Ryan Olbrysh. CORRECTION In the fall 2018 issue, William Norman (BS ’05, MS ’07) was 1.866.DREXEL2 • drexelmedicine.org incorrectly listed in Friends We’ll Miss. Happily, he is alive and well.

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CIVIC SAFETY

Safety for Lifesavers A Drexel research group is developing measures to prevent violence against ambulance workers. By Frank Otto

In one moment, Ben Vernon was walking up to a routine call. In the next, he was struggling to breathe after an attacker with a knife put a hole in his lung. Three years after that terrifying incident, Vernon spoke at a conference where Drexel University researchers are hoping to final- ize a checklist to help medics like him recover from — and ultimately avoid — on-the-job attacks. Last summer, Drexel’s Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends (FIRST) invited representatives from fire departments with EMS services across the country to a Drexel conference to discuss the best ways to protect their workers. Hosted by the center’s director, Dornsife School of Public Health Associate Professor Jennifer Taylor, the goal of the event was to compile a system-level protocol that fire departments can use to identify, assess and prevent violence against JEFF FUSCO JEFF EMS personnel. FUSCO JEFF

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ARTS AND SCIENCES Research

“We anticipate that it will improve morale, decrease burnout and inspire greater communication between UNDERSTANDING leadership and the rank and file on the issue of workplace stress and violence.” —Jennifer Taylor OUR ORIGINS A new way to look at the universe — by studying high-energy particles called

(CONT.) RANKINGS ENTREPRENEURSHIP “neutrinos” — is opening up thanks to researchers working with a South Pole observatory. Through the IceCube particle “The checklist will provide everything from Drexel Lands detector, College of Arts and Sciences’ training on what to expect on the job, to communi- Assistant Professor Naoko Kurahashi cation innovations, to after-care for physical — and in Top mental — injuries,” Taylor says. “It has a large em- Neilson and her team were able to show phasis on policy development and training so that that neutrinos originate from blazars members feel prepared and supported.” — giant, oval-shaped galaxies theorized to For example, one part of the checklist asks de- have spinning supermassive black holes partments whether they have a system in place to at their center that blast out radiation. flag certain locations where violence against first -re That’s significant because “everything sponders has occurred in the past. If so, it then asks that dispatchers be trained to warn crews heading 8% we know about astronomy is photons,” to the scene of the hazard so that they’re prepared. on List of according to Neilson. Other parts of the checklist cover how depart- ments might manage the aftermath of a violent American attack, including strategies for mindfully handling New Civic SPORT sivity of these patients with of Democrats PUBLIC HEALTH abuse,” says tennas, made lingering anxiety and stress. Universities by 5.9 percent- Taking such precautions is of the utmost impor- MANAGEMENT compounds Medicaid cover- age points; identified uni- Philip Massey, from a type of tance because medics in fire departments are 14 This year’s Wall Street Journal and may further age who were while new versities as a an assistant two-dimen- Downfall of times more likely to be violently injured on the job Times Higher Education College segregate placed on the white listings primary source professor in sional, metallic Startup ‘Athletic athletes from kidney trans- increased only of behavioral the Dornsife material called than their firefighter colleagues, past research by Rankings saw Drexel jump to 74th Villages’ Shifting FIRST found. out of 968 other colleges and uni- In his pre-junior year, Evan Ehlers, one of the the campus plant waiting 1.4 percentage health research School of Public MXene, that Karen Weaver, Attitudes perform as “I think workers downplay this violence and the versities across the country, landing first matriculated members of Drexel’s Charles D. population, list, according points. information, Health. associate clini- Toward Pot well as those community doesn’t know about it and the stress that in the top 8 percent of America’s Close School of Entrepreneurship’s inaugural class, possibly caus- to a new study while just 19 cal professor in A new report being used in it causes,” Taylor explains. “Workers have internal- institutions of higher education. experienced something that changed his life so pro- ing significant led by Drexel PUBLIC HEALTH percent of Re- ENGINEERING Drexel’s Center publicans did. shows that mobile devic- ized the belief that getting attacked is ‘part of the When compared solely to private foundly that he was inspired to take the knowledge social and University re- for Sport Man- “Historically, young peo- es, wireless job’ because nothing has changed for so long and no universities, Drexel ranks 36th. he’d learned in class and the experience he gained personal draw- searchers. The Universities agement and university re- ple’s attitudes routers and one had been paying attention to their plight.” “Drexel’s continued strong on co-op to form his own socially charitable startup. backs. study suggests and Policy co-author of that Medicaid searchers have toward pot portable trans- Conference attendees from the three munici- showing is a result of the many In an effort to use up meal swipes that were about Dornsife School the study “Big MEDICINE expansion may of Public Health mainly asked have become Spray-On ducers. “The pal fire departments brought the checklist back to improvements we have made to expire, he went to the dining hall and swiped his Time Athletic have helped to Assistant Pro- research ques- more positive Antennas? ability to spray their firehouses to test it out and determine how recently in the quality of our teach- card until he couldn’t swipe it anymore. He then Villages — bridge racial fessor Jonathan tions that are in recent years A breakthrough an antenna on well it addresses the violence, stress and anxiety ing and experiential learning, as took all those meals, piled them up in his car and Gated Commu- and socioeco- Purtle sur- of interest to as more states by researchers a flexible sub- that too many EMS workers deal with on the job. well as in attracting and retaining drove around the city giving the containers of food nities Emerging nomic health veyed 475 state themselves and including Penn- in the College strate or make Taylor and her team are working closely with the outstanding students,” President out to people who needed it. He soon realized he on Campus,” Kidney Trans- disparities. legislators and other university sylvania have of Engineering it optically Philadelphia, Chicago and San Diego fire depart- John Fry says. “The ranking also could do this every day — and on a bigger scale, is raising the plant Access In expansion found that just researchers,” legalized med- could make transparent demonstrates the critical value of ments to implement the checklist and hope that it and with more students involved, to help even more alarm about the When states states, the pro- 27 percent use says Purtle. “I ical marijuana installing means that is adopted nationally and internationally. the Drexel Co-op program.” people. That realization led Ehlers in 2016 to found concept of “ath- expanded Med- portion of new research from think legisla- — but that shift an antenna we could have “We anticipate that it will improve morale, The methodology used by The Sharing Excess, a standardized donation program letic villages,” icaid to cover black listings higher educa- tors don’t turn in attitudes as easy as a lot of new decrease burnout and inspire greater communica- Wall Street Journal and Times that allows students to donate excess meal swipes which coaches more low-in- with Medic- tion to inform to university doesn’t seem applying some places to set tion between leadership and the rank and file on Higher Education values the to community members in need. In April 2018, the believe will come individ- aid coverage their policy researchers to have affected bug spray. up networks,” the issue of workplace stress and violence,” Taylor outcomes of student success, company also found a home at the Baiada Institute enhance the uals under the increased by work. His study because they use. “This In research says Kapil is important says. “My hope is that the organizations for whom especially after graduation. This for Entrepreneurship, a startup incubator in the togetherness Affordable Care 4 percentage in Psychiatric don’t think published Dandekar, who because many the medics work will take a long look inside to see differs from other rankings, such Close School. of their team. Act (ACA), there points, and the Services also they’ll have in Science is a co- people fear that what more they can be doing to have the backs of as the U.S. News & World Report’s “I couldn’t think of a better thing to get up for in Instead, Weaver was a signifi- proportion of broke down information Advances, the author and a legalizing mar- their workers out in the community doing such de- annual “Best Colleges” list, that the morning,” says Ehlers. and co-author cant boost in new Hispanic survey respons- that is relevant group reports professor of ijuana will lead manding and hazardous work.” place more emphasis on college Ehlers and Sharing Excess were named one of the Jordan Tegt- the number listings with es by political to the policy on a method electrical and to greater use placement test scores and accep- winners at The Philadelphia Inquirer’s 2018 Stellar meyer warn of chronic Medicaid cover- party and found decisions they for spraying in- computer engi- that the exclu- face.” and potential tance rates. StartUps Competition. ICECUBE/NSF kidney disease age increased that 34 percent visibly thin an- neering.

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The Triangle has remained editorially UE Lifesciences’ iBreastExam was and financially independent from the “I don’t think many other schools put developed from University since its first issue in 1926. as much effort into their veterans as technology invented by Drexel does.” — Paul Gabby a Drexel professor.

COMMUNITY TRIANGLE FUNDRAISING RANKINGS CONSTRUCTION Support for Thanks Armory: A New Local Public ACTIVISM Schools for Your A Solo Run to Home for Athletics A long-standing Drexel program RESEARCH that supports University City’s Support! Stop Soldier public schools received an addi- tional $300,000 grant from PECO Drexel recently reached a major Suicide Drexel and the Exelon Foundation. milestone in its ambitious fund- The Drexel Exelon Foundation/ raising Campaign, “The Future Is Paul Gabby, an undergraduate Advances PECO Community Education a Place We Make.” With a total of nursing student in the College of Collaborative aims to improve ed- $420 million, the Campaign is two- Nursing & Health Professions, ran on Top 100 ucational outcomes over the next thirds of the way toward its $750 a six-day, 120-mile ultramarathon two years for students at Morton million goal. through parts of the Rocky Moun- patents list McMichael School and Samuel tains this past August for a cause Powel Elementary with a particu- close to his heart. Gabby com- Drexel once again ranked in the lar focus on STEM education. pleted the TransRockies Run in world’s top 100 universities for This is the third grant award- Colorado in order to raise money patents granted in the United ed to the program from PECO and bring awareness to veterans’ States in the current year’s and Exelon Foundation since it mental health issues through the ranking by the National Acade- launched in 2011. Save The nonprofit Stop Soldier Suicide. my of Inventors and Intellectual PECO and Exelon Foundation As an active-duty member of Property Owners Association. provided an initial contribution in the military having served in the The University moved up 18 the form of a $1 million grant and Navy for nearly 12 years, Gabby is spots from its rank last year. a second grant of $500,000 was Portion of the $750 million goal well aware of issues surrounding The report, which uses Unit- awarded to support the initiative 2/3 veterans’ mental health — and The hub of athletics activity on Drexel’s University City campus will ed States Patent and Trademark that has been raised to date. in 2014. Triangle the ways they are exacerbated by soon have a new look. Office data to demonstrate The impact of this investment The Campaign better positions isolations and stigma. Renovation plans were announced for the two-block stretch of 33rd how patents reflect university can be seen in both the stron - On Jan. 25, the editorial staff Drexel University’s student-run newspaper the University to nurture talent and Through the race and the Street adjacent to the University’s indoor varsity and recreational sports research and innovation, ranked ger school climate and learning The Triangle announced they didn’t have the funds to continue printing opportunities that can creatively fundraiser, Gabby wanted to call complexes, which will expand its athletics and events space, and bring Drexel at 54, as compared to environment at Powel Elemen- the weekly publication, and they’ve called on students and alumni to help address emerging societal needs attention to veterans’ being less in US Squash, the national governing body of the sport of squash, as a last year’s standing of 72. In this tary, and the growing culture change that. and Drexel’s own growth. Since likely to raise the red flag when new tenant and developer of the Pennsylvania Armory. year’s list, Drexel is in a three- at McMichael of an individual- “We were able to avoid this situation a few times before,” says current its quiet phase began in Decem- they’re struggling. The comprehensive plan reimagines 33rd Street between Lancaster way tie with Emory University ized learning approach for all Triangle Editor-in-Chief Mike Avena, a fifth-year information systems ber 2013, approximately 22,300 Gabby’s goal to raise $2,200 Avenue and Race Street as a locus of sports for the University com- and Indiana University. students. major in the College of Computing & Informatics. alumni have engaged with Drexel (veterans are at a 22 percent munity and beyond. Drexel will construct a seasonal, domed athletics “Drexel’s ranking among the The successes at Powel and The paper’s financial troubles have been going on for years. It costs by attending events, volunteering or higher risk for suicide than their facility and continue to work with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania top universities in the world is a McMichael made possible by this roughly $1,000 a week to print the 93-year-old paper. In the past, they donating. The fundraising effort has peers) was surpassed by $600, to complete restoration of the Pennsylvania Armory throughout the direct reflection of the creativity, grant were important components been able to scrape by, but now they are asking Drexel students, alum- also supported over 150 new en- thanks in part to support from the current academic year. US Squash will begin construction of the Arlen innovation and entrepreneurship in the neighborhood’s ability to ni, faculty and friends for support so they can continue printing until dowed scholarships and more than Drexel community. Specter US Squash Center in spring 2019. of our faculty and students,” says secure a $30 million grant for a they’ve come up with a sustainable long-term publishing approach. eight endowed professorships. Gabby said he has enjoyed Funded by the generous support of alumnus and Athletics Hall of Senior Associate Vice Provost for West Philadelphia Promise Zone In the meantime, the staff are working with Drexel’s Office of - In Though the Campaign is project- being a part of the tight-knit vet- Famer Robert Buckley (’58) and trustee Stan Silverman (’69, ’74), the Technology Commercialization from the federal government in stitutional Advancement, which is helping to promote the fundraising ed to conclude on June 30, 2021, it erans community at Drexel, which dome on 33rd street, along with a similar structure, installed concur- Bob McGrath of Drexel Ventures. 2016, and for leveraging millions campaign through the Drexel Fund website, as well as through market- has already surpassed the Univer- is fortified by its participation in rently at Vidas Athletic Complex on 43rd and Powelton Avenue, will “Their drive to find novel solu- of dollars in private sector support ing outreach and purchasing ad space in the paper to raise awareness of sity’s previous campaign record of the Veterans Task Force and the provide Drexel with 44,572 square feet of programming space with tions to challenges and problems for needs there. the campaign. To donate or advertise, visit thetriangle.org/donate. $455 million. Yellow Ribbon Program. sport-specific surfaces, lighting and climate control. makes all of this possible.”

10 Drexel Magazine WINTER/SPRING 2019 11 To listen to the first season of “Drexel’s 10,000 Hours,” visit the10000hours.org. CROSSWALK BRIEFS Jennifer Cline DPH ’17 Rad Grad HOMELESSNESS Aroutis Foster of the School of Education was a guest on Drexel On view were John University Online’s “Drexel’s Galanos’ ensembles 10,000 Hours” podcast. alongside a rich INTRODUCING For her job, Jennifer Cline DPH ’17 because there is a lot of bias from array of sketches and B. REX. carries around a backpack. Not the community and people who photographs. You’ve heard of T. rex. necessarily a big, hulking, hiking don’t want ‘these people’ next But what about B. rex? backpack, but a relatively large one. to them,” says Cline. “There are And it needs to be filled with every- patients who couldn’t meet my Scientists from the ENGAGEMENT COLLECTION COMMUNITY “My doctoral thing she needs on a given day. eye at first because they were so Academy of Natural Narcan nasal spray, which can ashamed and now they have so Sciences were part of help reverse an opioid overdose. much confidence.” a team that described Sanitary wipes. Saline rinse. Though Cline had years of Data for workBothriolepis rex, a new was all Wound care supplies. Ace wraps. volunteering experience, she Neosporin and other topical didn’t begin working full-time with giant in the group medications. Over-the-counter homeless populations until after Experts Safer Antiarchi, which are medications. Tylenol and Advil. Per- she graduated from Drexel. Before extinctrelated fish with external, to oxide for wound cleaning. Foot care starting at the University, Cline bony armored plates supplies for blisters and calluses. had built up a 34-year nursing Streets covering their head, Ointments for burns. Heat and cold career. She completed Drexel’s packs. Cotton pads. Suture kits. program while still living in Ken- shoulders and front Shine Through a partnership between homelessness “What I put in my backpack tucky and maintaining her active Philadelphia nonprofit Congreso and fins. The researchers is constantly changing, because clinical practice. Drexel’s Urban Health Collaborative identified the new there’s always something that “My doctoral work was all at the Dornsife School of Public fish from fossils first needs to be added or replaced,” related to homelessness because Health, researchers have charted because I she says. I saw a huge disconnect between discovered in 2000 on in New neighborhood-specific violence Cline is a board-certified nurse mainstream health care and those numbers in parts of eastern North Ellesmere Island in practitioner working as the only individuals,” she says. Philadelphia that are home to the Nunavut,saw Canada. a huge health care provider for “Open One of her last practicum expe- city’s Latino population. Door: Homeless to Home,” an riences was with Welcome House Those numbers were un- innovative new mobile homeless of Northern Kentucky, which offers Podcast veiled publicly on a new website, street outreach program in north- “Open Door: Homeless to Home.” A new podcast called “Drexel’s 10,000 Hours” from NUAVNow.org, accessible to disconnect ern Kentucky that formed in 2017. Just as she was wrapping up her Drexel University Online lets students and outsiders neighborhood-based community Since graduating with her doctorate degree the organization received see professors in a whole new light. organizations, which can use the of nursing practice from Drexel’s unsolicited funds to create a mo- Named after the popular Malcolm Gladwell con- data and maps in back-up requests College of Nursing and Health Pro- bile homeless team, and Cline was cept that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to gain Designing a for grants. Standing for “Neigh- between fessions in 2017, Cline has worked invited to develop the team she expertise, the series aims to give faculty an informal, borhood United Against Violence,” as part of a three-person team that now works on. non-academic platform to discuss their work and Legendary Tribute NUAV aggregates data from different regularly roams the streets (and “It’s so serendipitous that every their lives. The end result is a personal (and often sources, all customized to describe the woods, and the parking lots, class I had, I could relate some- humorous) narrative that connects their research to The Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Col- violence and related factors in mainstream and under bridges and anywhere thing to homelessness and then their identities outside of the classroom, digging into lection of Drexel’s Westphal College of Media Arts & eastern North Philadelphia, and they need to be) to provide medical my project perfectly lined up with their childhoods, first jobs and hobbies. Design presented a retrospective exhibition of work by displayed through mapping. The care, prescriptions, social work and the timing of the research team The first season features six 20-minute episodes, renowned fashion designer James Galanos, consid- neighborhoods are spread across mental health services to homeless being formed,” she says. each focusing on different faculty members. The ered by his peers to be one of the greatest and most multiple city police and public health health care populations. Cline’s team recently won a series is hosted by Maurice Baynard, a research sci- creative of American designers of the 20th century. districts, so numbers specific to this Cline is constantly seeking out highly competitive large grant to entist, educator and ed-tech entrepreneur who has The exhibition, James Galanos: Design Integrity, community are not easy to find. and treating people with a wide create a mobile clinic, or a “little taught at Drexel in the past. placed his work in the context of American fashion NUAVNow also includes a contin- and those range of medical problems, and clinic on wheels,” as she described The podcast isn’t just a way to help students feel from the post-war period through the 1990s and cel- uously updated, map-driven directory because it’s just her and her back- it, to provide their physical, mental more connected to the faculty, however. It’s also a ebrated his innovative approach to construction and of violence prevention resources pack, that means she has to be and social services in a more chance for Drexel to show off a bit. embellishment. The exhibition drew heavily from the such as behavioral health programs prepared for, well, anything. secure and private manner. The “Drexel faculty are known worldwide for their ex- primary materials of the James G. Galanos Archive and youth development services. individuals.” “My clinic is my backpack,” says van will be parked in strategic cellence and expertise,” says Susan Aldridge, president at Drexel, creating an immersive experience and “We hope it becomes a go-to Cline. locations at set times of the day so of Drexel University Online. “With this podcast, they allowing for a greater understanding of this intensely source for anyone trying to figure out In one typical 10-month period, people will know where to go for have a platform to talk about their work in a different private designer. trends,” says Amy Eusebio, director Jennifer Cline is treating homeless populations in Cline treated about 250 individu- help when they need it. way and reach an entirely new audience. We hope this The exhibition was made possible by support of Family Wellness at Congreso, als, with about 450 to 500 contacts Cline will still carry around also gives those outside of the Drexel community the from the Richard C. von Hess Foundation, the Coby which seeks to boost the economic her area of northern Kentucky as the leader of an on- total including repeat visits. her backpack, of course — “I opportunity to learn from them and engage with sub- Foundation Ltd. and the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor self-sufficiency of the city’s Latino the-street team that provides support whenever and “The rewarding thing is to don’t think that will go away,” she

jects they may not have been exposed to before.” Foundation. community. UNIVERSITY. DREXEL AT ARCHIVE GALANOS G. JAMES THE COURTESY 1960. CIRCA JONES, PAT MODEL WITH GALANOS JAMES OF PORTRAIT wherever it is needed. — Alissa Falcone engage them as human beings, laughs.

12 Drexel Magazine WINTER/SPRING 2019 13 CROSSWALK BRIEFS Send letters to the editor to [email protected].

Gabby Frost in a Buddy The purchase of the West Philadelphia Project Malcom Jenkins interacting Community Center will supplement shirt she with youth at a Young the University’s community programs; designed. Dragons camp in 2016. among them, youth karate classes.

PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING COMMUNITY Mental Drexel WELL Wellness, Acquires West Center One Tweet at A Campus and Philadelphia Clinic a Time Community Since she was 15, Gabby Frost, a Center junior music industry major in the Industry Nexus Opens COMMUNITY Westphal College of Media Arts & Four years after the Dana and David Design, has been running Buddy Combining academics with co-op and indus- business and societal challenges. By supporting Dornsife Center for Neighborhood The standard advice on weight Project (buddy-project.org), a try connections is what Drexel does best, and comprehensive partnerships with industry, the insti- Partnerships opened its doors to loss — count calories, exercise nonprofit she founded that pairs LeBow College of Business took those relationships tute will help create more relevant interdisciplinary the Powelton and Mantua commu- daily — only works if people can Jenkins, Drexel young adults struggling with men- a step further this year with the launch of the Drexel programs and enable firms to effectively address nities, Drexel announced plans to stick with it, and there are plenty tal health issues with available Business Solutions Institute. The institute, in part- their needs. The institute will also be Drexel’s gate- expand programming offered to the of psychological obstacles that resources, support and “buddies” nership with the Steinbright Career Development way for industry to reframe co-op partnerships, and community with the purchase in can get in the way, according to talk with online. Center, will draw upon faculty and students from its work will have a direct, beneficial impact on stu- June 2018 of the West Philadelphia to Evan Forman, a psychology Expand Camp After seeing for herself how across the University to provide organizations with dents’ experience by fostering a business-solutions Community Center. professor in Drexel’s College of people talk about suicide and talent pipelines and development solutions, and approach that better prepares them for success in a The center is a two-story, Arts and Sciences. Similarly, The Malcolm Jenkins Foundation expanded its partnership with Drexel’s mental health issues on social me- with interdisciplinary research-based solutions to rapidly changing society. 37,000-square-foot facility at 3512 those with eating disorders have Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center and dia, Frost started Buddy Project by “We look forward to its leveraging Drexel’s exten- Haverford Ave. that has been home problematic eating patterns and Lindy Center for Civic Engagement to offer a summer camp for local stu- creating a Google Doc that people sive assets to enhance the University as a center of to childcare services and af- psychological relationships to dents to learn, experiment and experience the interplay between science, could add their names to in order innovative learning and high-impact research,” says ter-school and summer programs food that are remarkably difficult technology, engineering, arts, athletics and mathematics (STEAM). to be paired with a “buddy” to chat President John Fry of the institute. for the neighborhood since 1986. to change. Initially piloted with the ExCITe Center in 2016, Summer STEAM with on Twitter or Instagram based Caring People Alliance (CPA) owned To address this, Forman and offers middle school students living near Drexel’s campus the opportu- on similar interests and ages. and operated the space but will be his colleagues opened the WELL nity to participate in arts-science learning activities. Starting in 2017, In the first 12 hours, over 3,000 Gerri C. LeBow Hall will relocating to another facility. The Center Clinic — a new outpatient the Young Dragons program merged the Summer STEAM curriculum people signed up. Today, the num- house the Drexel Business programs run by CPA will continue clinic located at 3101 Market St. with the established literacy and enrichment programs of the Lindy ber is over 225,000. Solutions Institute. at the center for another year while in University City — that provides Center for Civic Engagement for a free six-week camp. The day camp “I just thought it would be the University works with local res- evidence-based treatment for — open to students entering fifth through eighth grades — was held at something I did when I wasn’t idents to determine how the facility weight management, eating dis- Drexel again this past summer. doing anything else,” says Frost. can enrich both Drexel faculty and orders and related conditions, all As part of the camp, students in Young Dragons explored music “But now I can’t imagine not being students engaged in communi- under one roof. technology (acoustics and sound synthesis), visual arts (geometry and involved with Buddy Project.” FUSCO JEFF ty-facing research, teaching and © The clinic is an offshoot of drawing/painting), computer game design and coding, dance (biology Buddy Project has grown service, and residents from Mantua Drexel’s Center for Weight, Eating and movement) and athletics (sports science and technology). New offline to include a campus rep and Powelton Village and through- and Lifestyle Science (WELL modules illustrated the basics of engineering behind the design of program in which volunteers out West Philadelphia.

Center), which aims to develop sneakers and building music-playing robots. in middle school, high school HALL LEBOW The purchase was made possi- new behavioral and technological The Young Dragons program has been designed specifically to meet and college spread awareness ble with the support of a gift from solutions for treating obesity and the needs of children living in close proximity to Drexel. This two- about mental wellness on their Dana and David Dornsife, who are disordered eating. square-mile is a federally designated “Promise Zone” due to challenges campuses. also the benefactors of Drexel’s

It offers treatment strate- it faces associated with persistent poverty. “I’m hoping that in the future, SHANNON LEXI Dornsife Center for Neighborhood © gies that include behavioral “The Malcolm Jenkins Foundation is thrilled to be part of this more people are open to talking Partnerships, Dornsife School of weight loss treatment, cognitive unique collaboration that is having a tremendous impact on Philadel- about mental health and support- Public Health and Dornsife Office behavioral therapy and accep- phia youth,” says Malcolm Jenkins, Eagles safety and the founder and ing platforms that foster those of Experiential Learning in Drexel’s

tance-based behavior treatment. chairman of The Malcolm Jenkins Foundation. conversations,” she says. FROST GABBY LeBow College of Business.

14 Drexel Magazine WINTER/SPRING 2019 15 Show and Tell CO-OP PROGRAM

JACOB ZEITZEW THE TAKEAWAY SENIOR, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ’18 In my co-ops, I’ve had to learn in software development roles even though it’s not Every year, more than 5,700 students discover technically my major, and I know I really like working with people who develop that their careers through the Drexel Co-op kind of software. After graduation, I’m program — a signature model of education focusing on my startup company, UpTalk. that balances classroom theory with job We’re automating marketing software. A experience within a buzzing network of lot of people use customer relationship nearly 1,700 co-op employers in 52 countries. management technologies as databases, What does a Drexel co-op look like? In this but there’s a lot of functionality you can do with that by utilizing machine learning. regular feature, we ask a student fresh off a And so our goal is to make software that recent co-op to show us. — Alissa Falcone you don’t have to think about using — be- cause the learning curve to use that kind of software is very real. We’re trying to THE CO-OP make software that essentially uses itself. One of the things I worked on at Exelon was to display one of the startups that we were incubating, plus I built a virtual reality (VR) app. We had created partnerships with Nis- san and BMW and took VR cameras to shoot 360-degree footage that I stitched together to make software to display it. And then I used Unity, a game development platform, to publish an app with some interesting funcationality that displays the footage.

Google Glass smart glasses

THE OBJECT I’m holding Google Glass smart glasses because wearable technology, augment- ed reality and VR were related to each of the three co-ops I had at Drexel. My first co-op was in France for a startup called Optivent that manufactured, designed and implemented smart glasses. We created technology for hospitals to use when EMTs were transporting patients, so doctors and nurses would be prepared to receive the patient. My second co-op was at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylva- nia, where I built applications for smart glasses — one of the things I did there was build pediatric medical devices and then a VR app to treat amblyopia (lazy eye) with new dichoptic methods. My third co-op was an “intrapreneurship” co-op at Exelon, which incubated new energy startups. That was focused on VR as well. JEFF FUSCO JEFF

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Drexel Athletics “If you walk in our hallways, all the student-athletes are wearing the same Nike workout gear. It creates Just Did it a sense of home.” — Nick Gannon A new agreement between Drexel and Nike means that student-athletes will wear the best schwag of them all: the swoosh. By Mike Unger

Over the summer, the Drexel Athletics Department signed a five-year deal that will ensure (almost) all Dragon student-athletes will wear Nike when they compete, train and travel. coach, Bill Bowerman, founded Nike, its name has become nearly synonymous with sports. “If Nike offers it, our teams are using it or wearing it,” says Nick Gannon, deputy ath- The Beaverton, Oregon-based company has more than 74,000 employees and in 2015 re- letic director. ported revenue of more than $30 billion. It counts some of the world’s most popular athletes, The partnership, which began July 1, includes numerous incentives in the form of including Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Serena Williams, on its roster of endorsers. discounts and rewards for on-field achievements, along with additional marketing and pro- Brendan Armstrong, Drexel’s head equipment manager, thinks that most athletes — motional opportunities. While several of the University’s teams wore Nike in the past (both regardless of their ability — like wearing the brand. He has worked at other, non-Nike basketball teams have been outfitted by Nike for years), the deal, which includes supplier schools, and he believes Nike to be the best. BSN SPORTS, formalizes the relationship between the school and the iconic company. “Kids want to go to a place that has good schwag,” he says. “They want their uniforms to “This agreement further boosts the brand of Drexel Athletics,” Director of Athletics Eric be a positive reflection of them and their playing careers. Nike has been doing it so long. Zillmer said in a statement. “By partnering with these industry leaders we really believe that They’re the world leaders. It’s performance enhancing. A lot of the items they come out this will enhance the experience of our student-athletes. Drexel Athletics is committed to with get copycatted by other manufacturers. It breathes really well, it fits really well and it the advancement of our programs and this agreement is part of the process.” looks really good.” When the Drexel Athletics Department began examining signing an all-sports apparel That visual identity will be seen around the globe on the torsos, legs and feet of Drexel deal, Gannon says it considered Nike, Adidas and Under Armour. student-athletes. The men’s basketball team traveled to Australia in August. Previously, it “Because of the brand power of Nike, as well as our history with Nike, we went in that visited China and Turkey. direction,” he says. “Cementing the relationship from a financial standpoint helps us, but associating with Men’s lacrosse, which will continue to wear New Balance and Warrior, is exempt from Nike, the largest apparel company in the world, from a branding standpoint is a no- the deal. In addition, the swimming and crew teams also won’t wear Nike while compet- brainer,” Gannon says. “Uniformity across teams is a great thing. If you walk in our hall- ing, but team members will sport the swoosh when they’re in the weight room or heading ways, all the student-athletes are wearing the same Nike workout gear. It creates a sense to a competition. Club sports will be encouraged — but not required — to wear Nike. of home, which is what we’re trying to build here. There’s a common commitment, and I

More than 40 years after former University of Oregon runner Phil Knight and his college LEONARDI TOMMY think Nike is another unifier.”

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“I realized my real passion was more for how food affects the body .... and Drexel had the only master’s program in Pennsylvania that counted toward a registered dietitian credential. So it was Drexel or bust for me.” — Leslee Sholomskas

SPORTS NUTRITION She Minds Footballers’ Menus Working behind the scenes first at the Super Bowl for the Philadelphia Eagles and now for the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers, nutritionist Leslee Sholomskas ’16 teaches football players how to eat the perfect balance of calories to perform like champions. By Mike Unger

During her year as a sports performance nutrition intern for the Phil- muscle, and if they needed to gain weight we’d add elements like pea- adelphia Eagles, Leslee Sholomskas says she had her “finger in a lot of nut butter and oats to give them extra calories,” she says. “Each guy was different pies.” completely different. I felt like I was the ‘Rain Man’ of shakes — by the To be clear, there were no sweets involved. Hydration products, re- end of the season I knew Lane Johnson wants this, or this guy is having covery shakes and protein-rich superfoods: yes. Sugary desserts: no. a tough week so I need to add more calories to his.” “Every player on the team got an individualized recovery shake, Whatever she brewed, it worked. The Eagles, of course, tore through which I created based on their preferences and body composition the NFL en route to the Super Bowl. When the team traveled to Min- goals,” says Sholomskas, who is a registered dietitian and licensed di- neapolis for the big game, Sholomskas went with them. Philadelphia’s etitian with a master’s in science. “I would make them after every single Super Bowl headquarters were at the University of Minnesota, and the practice or every single lift. I managed the fueling bar, I would do meal school’s director of sports nutrition, John Parenti II, took note of Sho- and supplement plans, and a lot of player education.” lomskas’ attention to detail and organization. Sholomskas got her undergraduate degree in biology from Penn “She just had the ‘it’ factor,” he says. So after the Super Bowl, he hired State, and thought she wanted to be a doctor. But while she was her to be an assistant director for the Golden Gophers. working at a cancer lab at the University of Pennsylvania, she started “Her demeanor, personality and vision of what she wanted to do, spe- spending all her free time in the gym and online researching nutrition cifically for our football team and nutrition department, aligned with to ward off stress. what we are trying to accomplish,” he says. “I realized my real passion was more for how food affects the body,” But there was still one game remaining in her Eagles career. Sho- she says. “That’s when I knew I wanted to become a registered dieti- lomskas was on the sideline before the game, and she watched from the tian, and Drexel had the only master’s program in Pennsylvania that stands as the team won their first Super Bowl. It was a dream come true counted toward a registered dietitian credential. So it was Drexel or for a Philadelphia native and lifelong Eagles fan. bust for me.” “All my most successful athletes on the team had firm plans, routines Sholomskas landed the what-was-supposed-to-be-a-two-week in- and habits that they followed, and nutrition was always a part of those ternship with the Eagles in April 2017, but the team asked her to stay plans,” she says. “They know that nutrition has to be a priority in their on through training camp. When the season started she became the lives to perform at such an elite level, so they’re very good about listen- franchise’s first-ever sports performance nutrition intern. ing to what I had to say.” She won’t divulge the specifics of her recovery shake recipes (Cow- So when the final whistle sounded and confetti fell from the rafters boys or Giants could be reading this article), but they were generally of U.S. Bank Stadium, did she allow the players to eat anything they protein-based concoctions with additional supplements. wanted?

ERIC MILLER ERIC “There was fruit in there for the antioxidants, protein to help rebuild “We had quite an after party, so I’ll say yes,” she laughs.

20 Drexel Magazine WINTER/SPRING 2019 21 DARING TO INVENT FRESH EXPERIENCES... DOING WHAT NO ONE HAS DONE BEFORE... BRAVING SELF- DOUBT AND THE RISK OF FAILURE... ONCE AGAIN DREXEL GRADUATES ASTOUND US WITH THEIR ENTREPRENEURIALISM, CREATIVITY AND BOLDNESS. THOUGH JUST STARTING OUT THEIR LIVES, THEY ARE LIVING THE SELF- STARTER ETHOS THAT MAKES DREXEL A UNIVERSITY WHERE AMBITIONS DON’T WAIT. MY GREATEST be marketable. Universities ACCOMPLISHMENT are places of learning, but The signing of the Kigali Joint they’re also tasked with When Thanksgiving and Christmas came around, Statement on Farmer-Led preparing us for the next 35 Ama Marfo ’11 would sit alone in the dorm. Home Irrigation in 2018, which I years or so of our career. I was in Ghana: 5,000 miles and a $2,000 plane ride worked on for over a year. have had opportunities that away. She didn’t have the upfront cash to buy a plane This lays out ministerial would never have materi- ticket and as a student, her credit card didn’t stretch support to drastically scale alized were it not for the far, either. up inclusive and sustainable combination of on-the-job As she watched her friends post social media pic- irrigation by Africa’s small- realities I gained through tures of happy family gatherings, Marfo formulated holder farmers — led by co-op along with the focused a business plan. farmers, driven by the private guidance, specialized “I thought, there had to be a way for people to sector, and supported by coursework and support that travel without either having money saved or having governments and partners. came from the custom- the luxury of a credit card with an extensive line of designed major program. credit,” says Marfo. MIK HOW DREXEL HELPED The In 2015, Marfo launched Airfordable. The busi- SCHULTE co-op program and Pennoni WHERE I’LL BE IN FIVE ness now counts some 300,000 active users, drawn Honor College’s custom- YEARS Five years ago, I there by its simple premise: Book your flight today MS CORPORATE POLICY designed majors programs thought my destiny was 31 for only a fraction of the cost upfront and pay the AND ENVIRONMENTAL are easily Drexel’s compet- going to look very different rest in installments before you fly. RISK MANAGEMENT itive advantage. I sell this and not focused on water “I was familiar with the layaway concept in re- ’15 (PENNONI CUSTOM to employers every time I sustainability and creating tail stores, and I thought it made sense to apply this MAJOR) do an interview —because a water and food-secure concept to flights given the uniqueness of airfare I’m always asked how I have world for all. Five years BS pricing,” she says. OPERATIONS ANALYST, the work experience I do from now I want to be able BUSINESS As a business administration major, Marfo had THE WORLD BANK for being my age. Drexel to say three things: I see ADMINISTRATION come to Drexel with an eye on a career in accounting. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) accelerated my timeline to significant increases in ’11 Her four co-op experiences in different industries farmer-led irrigation in taught her a lot about the nuts and bolts of how busi- Africa to unlock opportunity nesses operate, and also taught her something about for millions of families; I herself: While she loves numbers, the monthly rou- have worked with private tine of accounting is a little slow for her taste. companies to expand the The career services counselors at Drexel helped breadth of my experience to her put the pieces together, to see how her love of drive this forward; and my WHEN SHE numbers, her general business sense and her grow- family and friends are still WAS AN ing interest in technology all could come together. willing to put up with me! INTERNATIONAL They steered her toward work as a financial technol- STUDENT LIVING ogy consultant for several Fortune 500 companies, FAR FROM HOME, and those experiences in turn helped her to launch AMA MARFO her own business. DREAMT UP A Marfo tried to go it alone at first, to learn coding My Greatest strategy within professional BUSINESS PLAN and actually program her own software for Airford- Accomplishment Finally soccer, whether it’s with the TO GET HER able. Eventually she brought in outsourced help to finding an industry and Andrew Union, MLS or some league WHERE SHE build a prototype of the product, which in turn helped a profession that keeps Zwarych overseas. With the 2026 LONGED TO BE. her partner with Airfordable’s co-founder Emmanuel me engaged and tests World Cup on the horizon, HER COMPANY, Buah, a seasoned entrepreneur with a background in my various skillsets on a 29 being part of its organiz- AIRFORDABLE, technology. daily basis.26 I am able to ing committee would be a IS AN ONLINE “It takes a leadership team with solid technical challenge myself in many BS ELECTRICAL dream come true. TRAVEL expertise and business acumen to build, scale and actu- different areas of my ENGINEERING ’13 PLATFORM ally get Airfordable out on the market,” she says. “That field. With an ever-chang- THAT OFFERS A was my biggest challenge, finding a partner who had ing digital landscape, being DIGITAL MANAGER, PAYMENT PLAN that expertise and was ready to take a chance on this passionate about what I PHILADELPHIA UNION FOR FLIGHTS business model.” am doing is the ultimate BEFORE YOU FLY. With Buah on board, the wheels started turning accomplishment. and now the business is in full flight, adding new experience and the con- customers every day and booking flights to over 120 How Drexel Helped Drexel nections I made, I currently countries. has helped me in many am going into my second “I love being able to see the direct impact on people’s ways, particularly the co-op season as the MLS team’s lives,” Marfo says. “Every day I get emails from custom- program. My experience digital manager, overseeing ers saying how Airfordable has changed their lives. One with the Philadelphia the digital strategy of the woman had moved from Thailand and hadn’t been Union introduced me to organization. back to visit her mom in 20 years, and we were able the sports industry and to make that happen for her. That’s very rewarding.” the importance of mar- Where I’ll Be in Five Years — Adam Stone keting. Because of this I plan to still be doing digital JEFF FUSCO JEFF

24 Drexel Magazine the items I chose to buy. From that point on, everything MY GREATEST grew up in a low- I was in a lab, I purchased was something I really thought long and ACCOMPLISHMENT income family and learning pharma- hard about, and my relationship to consumer goods Obtaining a faculty recognize that the ceutical industry became very intentional and much more minimal.” position that allows biggest discoveries techniques, making Professionally, Dworkin absorbed everything she me to explore many are made by teams myself immediately could as brand director at Messeca. But in the back- of the interests I’ve filled with scien- competitive for the ground, a vision began to take shape of what it would developed over the tists from diverse job market. 2BS8 ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS ’13 be like to strike out on her own. course of my sci- backgrounds with “I started to develop an idea for what an intention- entific training. Not diverse experiences. WHERE I’LL BE IN FOUNDER AND CEO, GRAVITY GROUP al brand of footwear would look like, and from that NATHAN T. only do I get to con- FIVE YEARS My moment on, starting my own brand became my driv- tinue my research HOW DREXEL research program ing force,” she says. FRIED on chronic pain, but HELPED When will hopefully pio- MY GREATEST Metrics, one of the “Life is short” is a lesson she learned from the fire, I’m also exploring I first arrived at neer new ways to ACCOMPLISHMENT leading social data Dworkin explains, and so in 2017, she went full steam BS BIOLOGY ’08 new ways of teach- Drexel, I had no ask questions about Gravity Group. analytics companies ahead and launched her own brand of sustainably ing undergraduates idea what being a how sleep affects Gravity Group is the in the world. I was minded, ethical footwear called Sylven New York. PHD NEUROSCIENCE ’15 to become sci- scientist meant. I chronic pain, by parent company of also a partner at “The company is rooted in the idea that we should (THOMAS JEFFERSON entists with a immediately found studying fruit flies. Dil Mil, the fast- Finantric Capital, a coexist with our environment,” she says. UNIVERSITY) particular focus on a mentor in Senior I hope this will help est-growing dating successful invest- Many of the footwear styles are designed to be helping students Vice Provost for us find new non- app for South Asians ment fund. I’ve waterproof, and Dworkin uses a lot of recycled and ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, from disadvantaged Research Aleister addiction alterna- across the world, worked for a num- upcycled materials. Comfort and durability are par- DEPARTMENT OF backgrounds. This Saunders, who tives to opioids for with more than ber of financial and amount, she says. BIOLOGY, RUTGERS is near and dear to is also interested pain relief. Key to five million match- investment firms “I approach my decision-making process for my UNIVERSITY–CAMDEN my heart because I in the study of this is that I’m de- es made and $4 and have started company much like I approached rebuilding my life Alzheimer’s. He veloping “bite-sized million raised from several businesses. I after the fire, making sure that everything serves helped me navigate authentic research investors. The com- became a better en- a purpose as well as serves the good of the world,” academia to be- experiences” for pany also recently trepreneur thanks to Dworkin says. come competitive undergraduates to launched Jamifi, a Drexel, and many of As often as she can, Dworkin uses deadstock, which for a neuroscience be the main drivers music app and pro- the things I learned is leftover material from larger brands, and she slows doctoral program at of this research. In duction studio for during my time at down the production process, which means less waste. Thomas Jefferson five years, hopefully aspiring artists. Drexel still guide me Sylven New York is an online business, but Dwor- University studying we’ll be one step today (such as fail kin occasionally has opportunities to get her boots on migraines. The closer to under- HOW DREXEL fast and fail often!). the ground (she approves this pun) at pop-up shops co-op program standing pain, one HELPED around the city. The pop-ups make it all feel real for was also key to this step away from Drexel gave me WHERE I’LL BE IN Dworkin. because while so relying so much on the flexibility to FIVE YEARS Pursu- “Having my own company was part of my 10-year many students at opioids, and mul- explore various ing my passion for plan,” she jokes, “not my five-year plan. But I think other universities tiple steps of my industries and ca- technology and en- my life circumstances have pointed me in this di- were only learning students entering reers through the trepreneurship both rection and taught me that there is no time like the course material, graduate programs. co-op program and as a founder and present.” — Katie Clark various campus investor of innovative organizations. Prior companies helping It’s not easy for her to talk about, but a 2015 apart- to creating Dil Mil, I to make an impact ment fire that destroyed everything she owned My Greatest Accomplishment I took this How Drexel Helped I had the great plea- led growth at Union on the world. helped Casey Dworkin truly zero in on what she 32 position in 2015 to improve the services sure of playing varsity softball at Drexel, wanted from this life. Amanda E. for families raising children with autism which supported my interpersonal Not long after, she took her first big risk. She’d BS PSYCHOLOGY ’08 in Washington, D.C. I was disheartened growth and leadership skills. Prior to been working for two years running sales and op- seeing access to quality services being entering my junior year of college, I was erations for a small luxury footwear line called Ivy CLINICAL Hastings determined by a family’s socioeconom- named a team captain. My coaches, Kirzhner in New York City, a great first gig after PSYCHOLOGIST ic status. So, from the ground up, with Terry Deturo and Kim Camara-Harvey, earning her degree in creative studies, which was a AND BOARD- the help of many colleagues, we have saw qualities in me that I didn’t see in 27 marriage between product design and design and CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR created a unique place where a family myself. As a team captain, I was given merchandising. But the owner of a new contempo- ANALYST, HSC can obtain a diagnosis of autism for the rare opportunity to inspire and lead rary shoe company, Messeca, invited her on board to PEDIATRIC CENTER their child, begin therapeutic interven- others prior to entering the workforce. BS serve as a brand director, a role she knew would af- (WASHINGTON, D.C.) tions quickly, access parent coaching It was a monumental stepping stone for CREATIVE STUDIES ford her more creative control. for behavior challenges, and meet other my career. ’13 “I wasn’t sure if I could do it,” she says, “but I told families experiencing similar stressors myself ‘I’ll be damned if I don’t try.’” — from toddlerhood to young adulthood Where I Hope to Be in Five Years I will On a personal level, the fire left Dworkin - per — all under one roof. It takes a village to still be leaning in — hopefully raising manently changed. “My relationship to material raise a child; and it takes an extra special some of my own children while con- LOSING EVERYTHING GAVE possessions was flipped totally on its head,” she recalls. village to raise a child with special needs. tinuing to advocate for better service CASEY DWORKIN THE CLARITY “Starting over from scratch not only changed my per- I truly believe our hospital has created delivery for families raising children TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW spective in terms of being grateful for the things I still something special. with special needs. FROM SCRATCH. did have, but it made me so much more conscious of

26 Drexel Magazine PORTRAIT ILLUSTRATIONS BY RYAN OLBRYSH WINTER/SPRING 2019 27 MY GREATEST als as the most effective WHERE I’LL BE IN FIVE JUAN BAEZ ACCOMPLISHMENT My vehicle to have a broad YEARS I will be at the Business Center’s Finance Sym- greatest accomplishment impact across the pharma- beach more — I really want posiums. I am currently forming a isn’t characterized by a ceutical industry. to learn to surf with my strategic partnership with Drexel single defining moment or wife and kids! Profession- University Online, which will allow achievement, but rather HOW DREXEL HELPED The ally, however, I will be in me to use my platform to make finding a continuous and MS-CROM program helped a role much like I am now JD ’10 an impact in the lives of minority growing strategic fit across by giving me a deep foun- —orchestrating an excellent businesses nationwide in provid- all the various opportuni- dation of knowledge in all team of people to execute DEPUTY MANAGING ATTORNEY, AIDS LAW ing discounted online programs ties I have had throughout aspects of clinical devel- the creative ideas that arise PROJECT OF PENNSYLVANIA to minority business development my career. From learning to opment. By understanding from my unconventional agencies, business centers and manage, analyze and inter- the “why” and the history perspective on the uniquely MY GREATEST AC- self-starters the minority businesses we serve. pret data as a scientist at behind various aspects of human endeavor of devel- COMPLISHMENT who created an My Greatest Accomplishment I Lastly, it is because of Drexel that Pfizer and clinical research drug development, I have oping and commercializing Believing in environment of work hands-on with minority 39 I met a fellow alumna who later specialist at Merck & Co. to been able to apply systems medicines. myself and never go-getters, and businesses with annual gross asked me to join her engineering developing and managing thinking to develop and seeing obstacles that atmosphere revenues of $1 million and above MBA ’16 advisory board. I’ve found that high-performing teams implement ideas that will as endpoints, but gave me the providing their businesses with ac- Drexel supports its graduates and as head of operations at shape the future of the rather as oppor- confidence to be cess to capital, access to contracts EXECUTIVE their endeavors and facilitates con- WriteResult and The Avoca industry. Additionally, pur- tunities with new involved and be a and strategic business consulting. DIRECTOR, nections between fellow alumni. Group, each position I have suing an advanced degree directions. leader. I’ve come to know my clients very MINORITY BUSI- held has built upon the while aggressively pursuing well and have been very instru- NESS DEVELOP- Where I’ll Be in Five Years I’ve success of the prior one a career helped me further HOW DREXEL WHERE I’LL BE IN mental in advocating on their MENT AGENCY’S managed to accomplish a lot in my and enabled broader and refine very pragmatic HELPED I’m FIVE YEARS I see behalf to get them the support and BALTIMORE BUSI- current role in a short period of more impactful achieve- time-management skills naturally a quiet myself continu- exposure they need. I’ve assisted NESS CENTER AND time. This role has given me expo- ments. Most recently, as that become essential with person. I shy away ing to serve the several clients with overcoming L.S. CALDWELL & sure and a platform to meet and an adjunct faculty mem- the increasing depth and from the spotlight public through challenging situations that had a ASSOCIATES INC. work with hundreds of minority ber in Drexel’s College of breadth of responsibilities and attention — a the work of the direct impact on their business, (WASHINGTON, D.C.) businesses, both small and large, Medicine, I have had the I now hold as a COO of The person of few AIDS Law Project their families and their employees. across the country. Through these opportunity to commu- Avoca Group, an industry words. Drexel of Pennsylvania. Assisting these businesses with connections and relationships nicate complex topics in authority on quality and welcomed me and My job allows me tools to grow outweighs any single formed I’m constantly approached clinical research in simple, compliance in clinical re- provided me with the satisfaction to accomplishment. with new opportunities that engaging formats. That is search and development. the resources I help many people: expand my reach and broaden my an especially important needed to come people living with How Drexel Helped Drexel has platform. I’m grateful to be in this accomplishment for me out of my shell, HIV, the LGBT supported me in allowing me to position and have no doubt my im- since I come from a family even if ever so community and use its Washington, D.C., center pact will be taken to new heights of educators and recognize slowly. Drexel poor residents for business events such as my in the next five years! teaching young profession- reminded me that of Pennsylvania everything starts and Southern with an individual. New Jersey. I take The entrepre- great pride in our neurial spirit of work. Advocating never stopping and giving our and always look- clients a sense of ALICIA ROBERTS ing for solutions dignity and hope was at the core fulfils me. In the My Greatest Accomplishment Becoming the first in my family to graduate away suddenly from a heart attack at age 54. Heart health is a message I DENNIS of what I learned. distant future, I from college while self-financing my education was a huge accomplish- champion for him and so many who are at risk. SALOTTI I was the second hope to one day 37 ment. In addition, I was the first in my family to earn a postgraduate Finally, I am a proud “rescue mom” and volunteer my time with local class of a brand become a judge degree, graduating debt free from Drexel thanks in part to scholarships I animal shelters including PAWS (Chicago) and Best Friends (Atlanta). I new law school. and continue my MA PUBLIC earned as Miss Philadelphia 2003 and first runner up at Miss Pennsylva- also serve on the board of directors for the Miss Philadelphia Scholarship MS CLINICAL RESEARCH My law school journey of pro- COMMUNICATION ’05 nia, a local Miss America affiliate. Organization. ORGANIZATION MANAGE- classmates were moting justice. As an on-air TV broadcast journalist, I have had an incredible ca- MENT ’08 ANCHOR AND reer as an anchor and sports reporter working for affiliates with NBC How Drexel Helped Drexel allowed me to study my field in a way that REPORTER, CBS 46 (Tampa), ABC (Cleveland) and CBS (Atlanta) as well as the Tampa Bay deepened and broadened my knowledge base. My job forces me to think CHIEF OPERATING OFFI- ATLANTA Rays and Atlanta Braves and Falcons. Highlights in my career include critically about a variety of topics every day from politics, business, re- CER, THE AVOCA GROUP covering the 2008 World Series when the Phillies beat the Rays to win ligion, and culture and repurpose information quickly and accurately. (PRINCETON) the championship, as well as the 2008 and 2016 elections, 2009 Super Drexel’s curriculum gave me the chance to do that with professors who Bowl and 2017 Rose Bowl. brought “real-world” experiences into the classroom. One of my favorite My favorite part of the job is connecting with the people in the com- classes featured the then–Deputy Mayor of Philadelphia who challenged munities I work. I volunteer with many organizations and try to use us to break down policy headlines from the perspective of civil, moral, fi- the platform I have for positive change. For example, I am active in my nancial and resource considerations. community serving as an ambassador for the American Heart Associ- ation. Three months before I graduated from Drexel, my father passed Where I’ll Be in Five Years Anchoring full-time at a network affiliate.

28 Drexel Magazine WINTER/SPRING 2019 29 33 Denice Frohman doesn’t fit into a box. In fact, give the in communications at the Franklin Institute. Once in box to this New York-born queer mixed-Latina poet, Philadelphia, Frohman was invited to teach a poetry writer, performer and educator, and she’ll flip it over class at SLA. MS and stand on it, and invite you to stand with her and “I fell in love,” she recalls. “There are moments SCIENCE OF speak your truth. That’s just her style. when your path becomes very clear and your passion INSTRUCTION Frohman’s work explores the intersections of race, fills the room. I knew this wasn’t going to go away. I ’12 gender and sexuality, inspired by her experience as a loved being in the classroom with young people.” queer woman from a Puerto Rican and Jewish back- Frohman continued working in communications, ground. It was during her childhood surrounded by eventually landing at Drexel, where she pursued her music, street performers and the diversity-rich gritti- master’s in education. ness of New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen that the seeds of Outside of work, Frohman was immersing her- her creativity were planted. self in the Philadelphia poetry scene, showing up It took a while for Frohman to find her way to on stages across the city and beyond, honing her poetry. In high school, she was limited to intro- craft and cultivating a network. She got involved ductory Shakespearean-esque stuffiness that didn’t in the Philly Youth Poetry Movement, a volun- interest her. Around that time, she attended a live teer-run nonprofit founded in 2006 that empowers performance at the Nuyorican (blend New York and young people through spoken word and literary ex- Puerto Rican together) Poets Café, and the seed be- pression. In 2013, she was crowned Women of the gan to sprout. World Poetry Slam champion. In 2015, she won a “That was my first time experiencing poetry in real highly competitive CantoMundo Fellowship, which time on stage and I was in awe,” she says. “But at the connected her to a whole new world of inspiring time, I was focused on my athletic career.” Latinx artists, she says. Frohman’s basketball skills in high school earned After Hurricane Maria, she helped to organize a her a full scholarship to Dowling College on New benefit for #PoetsForPuertoRico, a diasporic -move York’s Long Island, where she majored in English. ment of Puerto Rican poets that has raised more than “I was introduced my freshman year to a pletho- $20,000 for those affected by the disaster. ra of books and writers who spoke my language,” she Frohman spends most of her time on the road at explains. “Those writers helped me to step into the speaking engagements. Occasionally, unexpected gigs power of my own voice and showed me I could write pop up, like her involvement in the #HereWeAre Twit- about myself, write about my own language — I didn’t ter campaign that ran during the 2018 Oscars. When have to write about or pretend to be someone else.” she’s not traveling, Frohman makes time for polishing After a year of playing professional hoops in Puer- her craft at writing residencies and fellowships. to Rico, the college graduate began leafing through a “I really want to continue to grow as a writer, and book on the topic of “What to Do With an English really expand what’s possible for me on the stage, Degree.” Then she got a break. Her mentor Chris Leh- and on the page,” she says. “There are a million po- mann, founding principal of Philadelphia’s Science ems left unwritten at the end of the day, and I hope to Leadership Academy (SLA), connected her to a job chase down as many of them as I can.” — Katie Clark

POET AND WRITER DENICE FROHMAN My Greatest Accomplishment five years, this concept went exposure helped me to realize that CRISSCROSSES THE Professionally, starting RideKleen, from a small Philadelphia-based my calling was within the world COUNTRY TO SEND a mobile car wash company. The operation to a national footprint of entrepreneurship and leadership A MESSAGE: CLAIM idea started with just a passion extending coast to coast, which early on. THE POWER TO BE for cars and the ambition to build was recently acquired by Cox WHO YOU ARE. a company from the ground up. In Automotive, a multi-billion dollar Where I Hope to Be in Five Years corporation. The journey brought I always say entrepreneurs are a many sleepless nights but tons of different breed of individuals and lifelong learning experiences. It it’s not for everyone. The hunger has been a humbling experience to and excitement to be part of the have reached the ultimate goal for building process for a compa- PRATIK PATEL a startup and continue innovating ny will never go away and is while revolutionizing an industry. something that will always be of BS GENERAL STUDIES ’06 interest for me. I see myself being How Drexel Helped The best ex- involved with more startups and CEO, RIDEKLEEN perience I gained from Drexel was early-stage companies. I am also having the opportunity to partici- very excited about a long-term pate in the co-op program. In my opportunity with the Cox Automo- opinion, being able to gain work tive family and helping to make experience is just as important as an impact within the space we are hitting the textbooks. That early aggressively pursuing. JEFF FUSCO JEFF 30 Drexel Magazine 35 WINTER/SPRING 2019 31 My Greatest Accomplishment For my com- I use in my daily work today. Knowing how 28 munity-based master’s project at Drexel’s to analyze and present data in a way that is Dornsife School of Public Health, I worked scientifically sound and widely understood is MPH EPIDEMIOLOGY ’15 with the College of Engineering to conduct crucial when investigating endemic dis- research on the incubation period of Ebola eases such as foodborne “bugs” as well as APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGIST, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT virus disease (EVD) during the 2014 West when responding to novel infectious disease OF HEALTH IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY African outbreak. Using data obtained from outbreaks such as Zika virus. My coursework PHD MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ’14; the Ministries of Health of Liberia, Sierra Le- well-equipped me with the skills necessary MS/BS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ’09 one, Guinea and Nigeria, and weekly reports for the “disease detective” work of applied published by the World Health Organization, epidemiology. SCIENTIST, UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH I created prediction models to examine the ASSOCIATION (MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA) Danielle role of measurement error and reporting Where I’ll Be in Five Years I intend to obtain bias on the incubation period of EVD of 2–21 a PhD in Health Informatics, as I think strong Fernandez days. The findings of this project suggest data systems and surveillance are our MY GREATEST objects (construction that the incubation period of EVD may be up best line of defense against future disease ACCOMPLISHMENT As materials for a habitat) to 31 days. In 2016, I presented my research threats. I am also particularly interested in a mechanical engineer- and custom designs at the annual Council for State and Terri- working in the global health field — ing student, I worked (ergonomic splints). torial Epidemiologists in Alaska and had integrating my interests in international with Albert Soffa Chair the opportunity to discuss the findings and development, data and infectious disease Professor Dr. Wei Sun in HOW DREXEL HELPED implications with world-renowned subject epidemiology — and conducting my PhD his Biofabrication Lab Drexel assumes its stu- matter experts. research abroad if given the opportunity. to design and patent dents are ambitious and Further out, I have my sights set on more a method to 3D print capable — as evidenced How Drexel Helped During my career at permanent international work — running a living cells that has by the co-op program. Drexel, I received training in data sciences, CDC field office in Northern Africa, perhaps since been licensed for I took advantage of gaining a solid foundation in many comput- — but I am willing (and excited) to go where commercial develop- the classes to gain er programs and statistical software that the work takes me. ment. I translated this technical competency, method from regen- research opportunities erative medicine to to face the unknown, industrial design in and leadership posi- in just a few days. It was life changing for me to see GEORGE C. MY GREATEST have the privilege In addition to a solid support of human space tions to prioritize the firsthand how it’s helping.” ACCOMPLISHMENT of leading an engineering foun- missions in the 2020s. actions of a group. Advocates like Steinberg say cannabis can act as MCCONNELL As a research interdisciplinary dation, I benefited Within NASA’s Space a sedative, calming people with anxiety. It can in- scientist at Duke team of graduate, tremendously from Science and Astrobiolo- WHERE I’LL BE IN FIVE duce appetite and reduce nausea in cancer patients BS/MS BIOMEDICAL University, I undergraduate and the co-op program gy Division, I use biology YEARS I want to know if undergoing chemotherapy, and it can help those suf- ENGINEERING ’03 serendipitous- high school stu- with a wide va- and 3D printing to life on Earth came from In some circles, the industry to which Kate Steinberg fering from mental health issues like depression. ly discovered a dents in research riety of research manufacture objects for Mars — and if we can has so thoroughly committed herself remains stig- Not everyone who uses medical marijuana be- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, promising therapy studies focused on experiences — from habitats where natural return. To detect life matized. But when she encounters a person who rolls comes glassy-eyed and giggly. It’s the THC in STEVENS INSTITUTE OF for Parkinson’s understanding and computational resources are scarce and study its origins, we their eyes when she mentions that she works in the marijuana that makes users “high,” but CBD oil can TECHNOLOGY disease using deep advancing novel neuroscience to and that are inacces- need to explore and to medical marijuana field, she doesn’t get angry. be extracted from the plants and used to treat pa- brain stimulation, neural stimula- collecting and sible to supply chains. see Earth from another She gets energized. tients who want to avoid the euphoria commonly which led to my tion therapies for analyzing large Three-dimensionally perspective. Someday, “At the end of the day my goal is education,” says associated with THC. first federally neurological and functional neuro- printed biological sys- Martian colonizers will Steinberg, 25, who is manager of outreach for Cura- Steinberg sees the benefit in both. funded award. This psychiatric dis- imaging datasets. tems convert sunlight use 3D print biology to leaf, a nationwide dispensary with several locations “We have some patients who have been in the work was instru- eases. Those positive into products that need build their world, rev- in Massachusetts. “I love helping people understand program for three years and have only used CBD mental in securing experiences played replacing during a olutionizing what both 25 that cannabis really is a therapeutic alternative products, so they have never felt high,” she says. “We a tenure-track HOW DREXEL a pivotal role in my multi-year mission (e.g. “uninhabitable” and treatment option.” have patients who prefer to use THC, so they do faculty position at HELPED My decision to complete filters, socks), large “scarce” mean. Steinberg started working at Curaleaf’s New Jer- encounter that euphoria. If you have terminal cancer, Stevens Institute professors in the a PhD in biomedi- BS sey dispensary before she graduated from Drexel, if you have severe PTSD, sometimes that euphoria is of Technology, School of Biomed- cal engineering at PSYCHOLOGY ’16 where she majored in psychology and minored in what you need to bring yourself to a better place.” which I consider ical Engineering, Georgia Tech. culinary arts. She was immediately struck by how In her outreach role, Steinberg speaks to patient my greatest ac- Science and Health effective cannabis was for patients who had tried support groups, physicians interested in the complishment. I Systems taught me WHERE I’LL BE IN conventional drugs — with mixed results — to man- program, and recently organized the first community the importance of FIVE YEARS In five KATE STEINBERG HAS age their pain. One such person was her sister, who blood drive at a dispensary in Massachusetts. studying physiology years, I hope to SEEN FIRSTHAND contracted Lyme disease. “I am so passionate about this,” she says. “We had from a systems collaborate with HOW THERAPEUTIC “To see how much relief she got from the pro- a patient I spoke with at an ALS symposium. He point of view and clinicians, scientists TREATMENT WITH gram was such an inspiration,” Steinberg says. “Once was initially very wary about using cannabis, but he with an engineering and engineers to MEDICAL MARIJUANA I started working at the dispensary I had one ado- decided to give it a try. His wife told me that before mindset. This is the design new technol- TRANSFORMS LIVES lescent patient... They had severe autism; they were he was diagnosed he would whistle all the time, but same perspective ogies that enable us YOUNG AND OLD, AND SHE nonverbal and would get very violent. We sent the after his diagnosis he had stopped. Just the other that I teach in the to better understand NOW SPENDS HER DAYS parents home with cannabis oil and they called me week his wife walked downstairs and heard him classroom today. the brain. SPREADING THE WORD back crying because they were now looking at Dis- whistling again. There is something so beautiful ABOUT ITS BENEFITS. ney World vacations. Everything changed so rapidly about that to me.” — Mike Unger

32 Drexel Magazine WINTER/SPRING 2019 33 MY GREATEST able to make HOW DREXEL pressure, both ACCOMPLISHMENT the transition HELPED The edu- characteristics In life, being a to becoming an cation I received at that continue to husband and father executive for a Drexel is second serve me well in of two children. major motorsports to none. As a four- my career today. Professionally, league, where I ar- year member of MBA ’05 becoming a range agreements the NCAA Division WHERE I’LL BE successful sports, with new race I basketball team IN FIVE YEARS CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, GRAB.IN (MUMBAI, INDIA) litigation and venues, promoters while at Drexel, I Wherever my My Greatest Accomplishment corporate lawyer and media partners had to balance the beautiful wife and Within the past four years since MY GREATEST cities, more than and then being for IndyCar. on-court demands two wonderful graduation, I’ve contributed as a ACCOMPLISH- 5,000 delivery STEPHEN against a very children take video freelancer within live sports MENT I took a executives and STARKS demanding aca- me. They run this broadcast production, features, significant risk more than 250 demic curriculum. show. Wherever digital media and photography for by ending a employees. BS BIOLOGY Accordingly, in that is, perhaps I 27 the four major Philadelphia sports successful stint ’01 addition to leaving will be fortunate teams: 76ers, Eagles, Phillies and at BlackRock HOW DREXEL Drexel much enough to have BS FILM AND Flyers. During my time at NFL to pursue my HELPED I was VICE PRESIDENT, smarter than when been selected to VIDEO ’14 Films, I won a National Sports entrepreneurial a teaching and PROMOTER AND MEDIA I arrived, I also lead a company. Emmy as an associate producer dream of building research assistant PARTNER RELATIONS was more disci- Alternatively, PRODUCER/ for HBO’s “Hard Knocks.” In 2017, a technology with the Market- FOR INDYCAR LLC plined and better maybe I will have EDITOR, I helped Sports Illustrated launch platform with a ing Department My Greatest Accomplishment equipped to handle decided to start my PHILADELPHIA a new streaming media network rider network while I was Spearheading the creation of the 33 own business. 76ERS for documentaries and live shows for enterprise pursuing my MBA Congressional Caucus on Black called SI TV. With the SI team, I logistics in India. at Drexel. My Women and Girls — the first-ever JD ’13 traveled to produce live short- and I Kickstart’d the instruction from congressional caucus dedicated to long-form Super Bowl 52 content. venture during the the highly knowl- making health, education, safety and DEPUTY CHIEF OF I’m very proud to have a Super Bowl days when digital edgeable faculty, opportunity for black women and girls STAFF AND LEGIS- ring that I earned while working as commerce was the opportunities a priority. I strive to ensure that black LATIVE DIRECTOR TO a camera operator for the Phil- still nascent and to interact and the women’s voices are centered in policy CONGRESSWOMAN adelphia Eagles. In April 2018, I mobile phones overall program discussions. Through the caucus, I SUSAN WILD (PA-7) had the tremendous opportunity to were a luxury. were the fuel to educate and I construct legislative and join the Philadelphia 76ers where I From starting up kickstart my pro- programmatic proposals to address film, produce and edit features and in a single city, fessional journey. systematic obstacles that black women digital content. with five delivery and girls face. Most recently, under executives, and a WHERE I’LL BE the leadership of Rep. Bonnie Watson total team of sev- IN FIVE YEARS Coleman, the first African-American How Drexel Helped Gaining pro- en people, Grab Grab’s goal is to Congresswoman from New Jersey, fessional experience through the has surpassed ob- become an Uber I led two conferences for girls. The co-op program while still in college stacles, failed and for businesses “&Girls” conference brought together My Greatest Accomplishment Taking the risk to follow my eight-year- helped me excel my career early. learned, and rode to deliver their more than 400 girls between the ages OLUWATOYIN long dream of obtaining a master’s in public health. During the two-year I had a full list of contacts from the Indian digital products. We want of 10 and 23 to discuss neighborhood MPH program I was raising a toddler, working as a clinical pharmacist networking that helped me have a boom to become to empower Indi- safety and leadership qualities. The “In and ultimately also pregnant — thankfully with the support of an un- job lined up after graduation. India’s largest an businesses of Her Power” conference empowered FADEYIBI derstanding husband. In the realm of accomplishments, three things sector agnostic all sizes to cater girls in middle school by fostering are of great value to me — my faith in Jesus, my family and the ability Where I’ll Be in Five Years I hope delivery service to the delivery healthy relationships and providing to serve the poor and overlooked in society. As such, any day that I can to be an executive producer in the for businesses. demands of 1.5 self-advocacy tools to help students 34 live out my faith, connect with my family and serve the underprivileged sports filmmaking and production We now have a billion Indians. combat the impact of the school-to- around me is a day rich in accomplishment. industry. presence in 45 prison pipeline. MPH ’16 How Drexel Helped Prior to attending Drexel, I had been practicing How Drexel Helped While a student, I DIRECTOR OF pharmacy in a hospital setting for six years while concurrently co-lead- interned and completed a co-op with PHARMACY ing a nonprofit in Philadelphia. My desire to pursue training in public the New Jersey state legislature. These INITIATIVES, health was fueled by the medical missions locally and abroad that La- use my clinical and public health skills to serve Philadelphia’s residents experiences exposed me to the process COMMUNITY bakCare led, and also by a dream to one day aid in the strengthening who are underprivileged and on Medicaid. The experiential training of crafting a legislative agenda with BEHAVIORAL HEALTH of my home country Nigeria’s health care and public health infrastruc- embedded in Drexel’s programming also taught me the value of com- legislative members and leadership. (a division of tures. The training I received from the Dornsife School of Public Health munity engagement, inclusion and buy-in, generosity of heart and the Philadelphia’s Department provided me with the framework, tools, coaching and confidence often underestimated impact that policy has on the health of the pub- Where I’ll Be in Five Years I will of Behavioral Health and to always look beyond health needs and into the social factors that lic. These lessons have become a fabric of any work I set my heart to do. continue to look for opportunities to Intellectual disAbility determine health conditions. In addition, hands-on experience in pro- reduce disparities. I seek to promote Services) grammatic design and evaluation helped to position me for my current Where I’ll Be in Five Years I hope to be still doing fulfilling public health equity and justice through government, non-traditional-pharmacist role in a quasi-governmental agency. As work that impacts the most vulnerable in society — whether right here corporations and communities. the first pharmacist in Philadelphia’s behavioral health department, I in Philadelphia or across the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria — ideally, both!

34 Drexel Magazine WINTER/SPRING 2019 35 MY GREATEST listened to student concerns ACCOMPLISHMENT Although I and helped them advocate spent 15 years as an intel- for what mattered to them. ligence officer with the U.S. The Drexel community, in Central Intelligence Agency particular the faculty and prior to attending law school, I staff at the Kline School Before every Metallica concert for the past year have found that my law degree of Law, instilled in me the and a half, the band spends about 45 minutes has allowed me to serve my confidence I needed to make in a small backstage room with Jon-Michael community and country in change happen. Marino. As enhanced experience director for ways I was never able to do the heavy metal band, he leads a small group of before. I can openly advocate WHERE I’LL BE IN FIVE mega fans who shell out big bucks for a back- for the underserved and seek YEARS As a non-traditional stage pre-show hangout with James Hetfield, Lars justice for all without the veil student, I came to Drexel Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo (all of of government bureaucracy. with an established career whom he describes as “genuine and caring guys.”) My greatest accomplishment and life experience. I knew For a longtime fan who has loved Metallica has been using my govern- where my life was going to since his uncle first took him to see them live when ment and legal experience take me before I ever walked he was 13, his job is a true rock-and-roll fantasy. to campaign in the 2018 through those doors. The “I still don’t know what I want to do when I Democratic primary for law degree and connections SHELLY grow up,” the 31-year-old says. the opportunity to run for I received firmly established A music industry major who also got his MBA 31 Congress in Pennsylvania’s the path forward for me. In CHAUNCEY at Drexel, Marino started working security at 5th Congressional District. five years, I will still be ad- JD ’17 concerts around Philadelphia as an undergrad- Being a candidate gave me a vocating for my community uate. His first full-time gig in the business was public platform to advocate within the legal and political ASSOCIATE AND PRO with Philadelphia-based CID Entertainment, for change in ways that would realm through my continued BONO DIRECTOR, LOWEY which curates VIP experiences for music fans. MBA ’10; better serve those in our com- connections within the Phil- DANNENBERG One of his many projects over seven years with BS MUSIC munity who need it the most. adelphia legal and political CID was creating a “MUSEum” for the Brit- INDUSTRY ’09 community. ish band Muse. Metallica later partnered with CID HOW DREXEL HELPED What I to create their own program. More than a year and found most inspiring and help- two massive tours later, Marino left CID to work ful about Drexel was the open for Metallica directly. and inclusive environment that Among his duties was creating a Metallica mu- faculty and staff created. Pro- seum that travels with the band on tour. It features fessors always had their doors memorabilia like the late Cliff Burton’s signa- open, whether for a therapy ture bass and interactive exhibits that include SELF- session or career advice. Staff playable guitars through the band members’ own DESCRIBED effects boards, and a properly staged full drumkit METALHEAD photo opp. JON-MICHAEL “After several years of developing programs for MARINO TOURS My Greatest a variety of country, EDM, jam bands, rock tours WITH THE Accomplishment My and festivals, [I’ve learned that] the items and LEGENDARY greatest accomplishment Pareshkumar experiences that fans always enjoy the most are BAND as a student was helping the ones that are the most intimate,” Marino says. METALLICA, the Drexel team in the Brahmbhatt “Unique vantage points such as a front of house CREATING DARPA Robotics Challenge Where I’ll Be in Five platform or inner barricade pit, intimate facetime ONCE-IN-A- compete against other 29 Years I imagine myself to with artists, or access to personal effects that peo- LIFETIME world contenders. It was BS PHYSICS ’13 be an executive or director ple don’t even get to see at the Rock & Roll Hall of EXPERIENCES a competition to have of engineering helping to Fame…it’s one thing to see wardrobe and set lists FOR DIEHARD team members control a SENIOR ROBOTICS SOFTWARE lead a company from idea of your musical heroes behind glass, but to actual- FANS. search-and-rescue robot in ENGINEER, BLOOM AUTOMA- to product creation. ly be able to strap a guitar on and let it rip through a mock nuclear power plant TION INC. a pair of headphones and have it sound like it’s disaster scenario modeled supposed to, is a pretty special experience.” after the Fukushima power How Drexel Helped Drexel As glamorous as touring with Metallica around plant disaster. Currently, taught me perseverance, the world appears, it can also be a grueling job. I work at an agricultural courage and, at the same Still, when Marino sees the smiles on satisfied tech startup called Bloom time, humility by giving fans’ faces, nothing else matters. Automation that is bringing me the opportunity to “It takes a special breed to go out there and do robotics and advanced reach higher. I was able 18-hour days and switch back and forth between automation to the medical to meet great professors sleeping on a bus and sleeping in a hotel in different cannabis industry. Our and become friends with time zones,” he says. “On this tour, more than any mission is to trim plantings like-minded individuals other I’ve worked on, what we’ve created has sur- with the precision of a who gave me the courage passed people’s expectations. To have thousands of human, but the efficiency of to keep going after my examples of overwhelmingly positive musical expe- a machine. dream. riences, that’s what keeps me going.” — Mike Unger

36 Drexel Magazine 37 MY GREATEST wealth of technical ACCOMPLISHMENT knowledge, it also ADAM CARLSON Earning the oppor- taught me problem- MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT ERIC EISELE AND ALEX ROSCOE’S tunity to be part of solving skills that My involvement in ensuring that STARTUP GROWFLUX AIMS TO a trailblazing tech I often find myself U.S. banknotes are secure and REVOLUTIONIZE HORTICULTURE startup company relying upon in both durable led me to recognize that WITH AN INTELLIGENT GREENHOUSE that is working on a legal and business there was a need for the addi- LIGHTING SYSTEM THAT CAN head-mounted vir- settings. My senior BS ELECTRICAL3 ENGINEERING1 ’11 tion of a critical process at the OPTIMIZE YIELDS, SAVE ENERGY AND tual retinal display design project al- Bureau of Engraving and Printing REACT TO PLANTS’ NEEDS. that superimposes lowed me to directly PATENT ENGINEER, MAGIC LEAP (BEP) in the Department of the 3D computer-gen- participate in the Treasury. This new process, Since 2014, GrowFlux has been perfecting a hor- erated imagery over innovative process failure modes and effects analysis ticulture lighting system that combines connected real-world objects. from ideation to WHERE I’LL BE IN somewhere at the (FMEA), identifies design and spectrum tunable LED lights with sensors and cloud- As a patent engi- prototype and test- FIVE YEARS The intersection of en- process failures and classifies the based software. The lights and sensors are engineered neer at Magic Leap, ing, and ultimately field I work in is gineering, law and severity of their consequences. to precisely deliver light to plants only when crops are I have the unique to pursuing patent both multidimen- business. I hope to I carved out a multidisciplinary using it most efficiently, saving energy and boosting privilege of working coverage on our sional and dynamic, continue to work team comprised of quality lab yields in energy-intensive cultivation operations such alongside some work. Working with which makes it with cutting-edge technicians, press operators, as greenhouses and legal cannabis farms. of the best and Drexel’s patent exciting. In the technologies in a banknote designers, scientists With an investment round closed and several pat- brightest in the in- attorneys was my next five years, I similar capacity as I and engineers to conduct risk ents pending, CEO Eric Eisele and Chief Technology dustry and studying first real exposure plan to be working currently am. assessments. Structured across Officer Alex Roscoe began marketing their $1,300 the technologies to the field of intel- multiple technology platforms in LED lights this past summer from their headquar- and experiences lectual property. The research and development, I also ters in ic@3401, a business incubator managed by they’re creating. experience helped standardized the methodology. I Drexel and the Science Center. I take great pride me to see this field am now applying this process to “I think we are kind of at the cusp of the next in helping to build as an alternative technology projects at BEP and frontier of agriculture,” says Roscoe. a patent portfolio career path that serve as the liaison between in- GrowFlux’s sensors “have the potential to save that both protects uniquely catered ternal offices, the Federal Reserve 34 tremendous amounts of energy in the greenhouse the intellectual to my engineering Board and the U.S. Secret Service. market as the industry is projected to consume up- property behind background, pas- This procedure is revolutionizing ward of 2 percent of the U.S. grid energy in coming these innovations sion for innovation, the BEP’s R&D system by sup- BS years,” says Eisele. and adds value to curiosity for new porting elimination or reduction of ELECTRICAL The technology is a no-brainer, Eisele says, when the company. technologies and product defects and spoilage. ENGINEERING considering both the growth of greenhouse farming communication ’13 and the way climate change could impair the global HOW DREXEL skills. HOW DREXEL HELPED Drexel of- food supply. HELPED Drexel’s fered in-class education, lab work One of their R&D tactics has been to collaborate engineering pro- and extensive on-the-job experi- closely with universities that are on the leading edge gram not only ence. The co-op program allowed of optical sensing technologies. provided me with a me to pursue different technical “For example, we are translating this fascinating experiences and niches within technology out of Cornell University into one of our my field, leading to a dynamic ré- ambassador in Germany under tive classes at Drexel. My exposure sensor products that accurately detects very minute My Greatest Accomplishment To create sumé and a greater advantage in the Fulbright-Hays Act, I gar- abroad helped prime me to assume light signals from plants,” explains Eisele. “We can 34 and sustain a critical care ultrasound finding employment. In addition, nered academic, professional a significant role in an increasingly actually detect plant stress in real time.” training course in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Drexel’s STAR method had me and international experience. The global economy and interdependent The groundwork for GrowFlux was laid over many MD ’10, MPH ’14 That launched my global health career, well prepared for the interview German language is undoubtedly world as an engineer. years in Drexel’s College of Engineering and at the (UNIVERSITY OF which has led me to Ethiopia with the process. Following graduation, important to be versed in as an duo’s early jobs in Philadelphia. Before GrowFlux, ILLINOIS) East African Training Initiative, and soon Drexel supported my transition engineer. This fellowship offered WHERE I’LL BE IN FIVE YEARS I fore- there was Summalux, an LED lighting-related startup to Sierra Leone and Nepal. into the Congress-Bundestag an exciting way to further develop see myself in a senior level working Eisele began as an undergrad with Drexel engineer- CLINICAL Youth Exchange for Young Pro- my German language skills, which on the final stages of development ing Professor Adam Fontecchio. After he exited, INSTRUCTOR AND How Drexel Helped Drexel supported my fessionals fellowship. As a young were first introduced through elec- for our new U.S. banknotes. Eisele worked in product development at a Philadel- CENTER FOR GLOBAL initiative to create and partake in a one- phia architecture firm. There he met Roscoe, who was HEALTH SCHOLAR, month international rotation in my fourth doing his co-op and had wireless sensor experience UNIVERSITY OF year of medical school, which solidified FARRAH 32 stemming from an extracurricular project with Ka- PENNSYLVANIA my career path into global health. MOLDOVER pil Dandekar, an engineering professor and associate dean at Drexel. After Roscoe graduated, he worked Where I’ll Be in Five Years My pas- BS MATERIALS SCIENCE ENGINEERING ’11 BS at Comcast Corp. as a wireless engineer — until the sion to create sustainable education in MATERIALS “stars aligned,” allowing him to join GrowFlux with resource-limited settings will no doubt GENERAL ENGINEER, U.S. DEPARTMENT SCIENCE AND Eisele in early 2018. continue to grow and in the next five OF THE TREASURY, BUREAU OF ENGRAVING ENGINEERING “Is it cheesy to say we are trying to transform years I see myself creating a long-term AND PRINTING ’09 agriculture?” Roscoe muses, to which Eisele didn’t initiative that can be implemented hesitate: “Our sweet spot is data plus light and there’s through MedGlobal, the nonprofit organi- tremendous opportunity there.” —Lauren Hertzler zation I am working with.

38 Drexel Magazine WINTER/SPRING 2019 39 MY GREATEST studying in the 38 ACCOMPLISHMENT College of Comput- Making lemonade ing and Informatics BS DESIGN AND MERCHANDISING ’03 out of the lemons life at Drexel. I want has given me. I am to ensure the next CEO/FOUNDER, KALI ACTIVE INC. a first-generation generation of 25 college student. My African-American parents didn’t attend females entering My Greatest Accomplishment Starting 3MD9 ’04 college but made a the tech industry this company, because taking the first BS MECHANICAL ANGELA way for me to attend have access to a initial step [toward a goal] can be the PHYSICIAN, INTERVENTIONAL ENGINEERING ’16 college. My mother quality education. biggest hurdle to overcome. Coming GASTROENTEROLOGY; ASSISTANT CLINICAL HARRIS died from stomach from an upbringing that puts a lot PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND PEDIATRICS, PROGRAM cancer when I was HOW DREXEL of importance on getting a “good CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER/DAVID GEFFEN MANAGEMENT BS INFORMATION 3 years old, and my HELPED I received a job” with a “good company,” starting SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UCLA (LOS ANGELES); AND ANALYST, ARAMARK; SYSTEMS ’02 father died from quality education at your own brand is not something that ADJUNCT ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF FORMER CO-FOUNDER prostate cancer at Drexel and formed gets fully supported right away. PEDIATRICS, KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC AND COO, WEGARDN PORTFOLIO the beginning of lifelong friendships. ANALYST, my senior year at My degree gave me How Drexel Helped Drexel most MY GREATEST for residency. INDEPENDENCE Drexel. Statistics a solid foundation to definitely helped in establishing a ACCOMPLISH- I also formed BLUE CROSS indicate childhood start my career and solid foundation for my professional MENT Working great friendships grief increases the access to a strong career. I am always grateful for the collaboratively from my years at likelihood of criminal alumni network. post-college prep Drexel instilled with physicians Drexel’s College behavior, school un- in us. Learning interviewing skills and families from of Medicine that der achievement and WHERE I’LL BE IN and how to be professional in a work across the country continue today substance abuse. I FIVE YEARS Living environment is something that has and internation- (it’s where I met beat the odds and I my best life. I ex- helped me throughout my career in ally to study and my wife, Ann Zera managed to grad- pect to be striving the creative industry. research some of Tan, MD ’04), and uate a term early as a leader and the most chal- I continue to work while managing my philanthropist in Where I’ll Be in Five Years I am hoping lenging medical together with our father’s affairs and the tech industry. to grow my company into a global conditions. These alumni today. attending classes. I am passionate multi-product brand and use it as a conditions include I’ve since obtained a about supporting vehicle to get more involved in charity pancreas diseases WHERE I’LL BE master’s degree and and increasing the work and community building. It always and the field of IN FIVE YEARS I My Greatest Accomplishment Directly out of college I started a scholarship number of women feels good to directly impact your sur- gastrointestinal hope to continue created my second startup, WeGardn, an on-demand for African-Ameri- of color working in roundings in a positive way. My goal for endoscopy. Having collaborating farmers’ market in Philadelphia. I was motivated by can female students the tech industry. this company has always been to give the privilege to with colleagues the concept of making local food accessible to a busy back and I hope to get to that stage. work and partici- nationally and urban population and more affordable by cutting out the pate with experts internationally in middleman. During this process, I identified a problem, across the country my field and con- developed a solution, built a service and created a busi- on research and tributing to the ness that was subsequently acquired. My Greatest Accomplishment As a project manager in Morgan Stanley’s Financial Crimes committees has evolution of field Technology Division in New York City, my primary role is to create innovative solutions that allowed me to and patient care. How Drexel Helped As a mechanical engineering ADITYA allow real-time transaction monitoring that screens, identifies, assesses and mitigates unde- contribute to the student, I lacked experience on how to start, operate sirable financial behavior on a global scale. These surveillance technologies have a huge global medical research and grow a business. Joining the Baiada Institute impact and protect the firm against threat agents like money laundering, tax evasion, identity field and provide startup incubator within the Close School of Entre- VIKRAM impersonations and frauds. My work brings me great satisfaction in knowing that the technolo- patients with the preneurship allowed me to become surrounded by gy solutions I create directly contribute to enhancing the security and safety of client assets and most up-to-date small business operators, academics and like-mind- KASHYAP helps to protect the firm against global threats. care. ed individuals who helped to develop me into an entrepreneur. This was the single best resource for How Drexel Helped I attended Drexel as an international student from 2010–13. Throughout HOW DREXEL building my network, gaining practical skills and 27 my time in the LeBow College of Business I was encouraged by my professors to leverage my HELPED The Col- overall being part of a community. strengths. Drexel’s core values of entrepreneurship through education played a significant role lege of Medicine BS BUSINESS in creating a solid foundation. The faculty provides instruction with a hands-on and practical provided me with Where I’ll Be in Five Years Currently I’m transitioning ADMINISTRATION ’13 approach that played a major role in creating a mindset that viewed every challenge as an op- an invaluable from an entrepreneur into an intrapreneur position portunity to succeed. From the very beginning I realized that the strength and intensity of the foundation for my with Aramark, where I’m dedicated to proving that PROJECT MANAGER, business program transcends its academic repertoire. This helped me to learn new skills and medical knowl- innovations have just as much of a place inside an or- FINANCIAL CRIMES develop the competencies required for success in highly competitive business environments — edge and training. ganization as they do externally. As a long-term goal, TECHNOLOGY, and also enabled me to quickly acclimatize to my new surroundings. The teachers, I hope to create my own innovation studio in Phila- MORGAN STANLEY physicians and delphia where businesses can work together with Where I’ll Be in Five Years I want to be among the top five global leading subject matter ex- professors helped entrepreneurs and engineers to develop products and perts creating innovative, state-of-the-art technologies aimed at the prevention and detection to guide me solutions, launch business models and overall, create of criminal activities. I would like to leverage the power of artificial intelligence to prevent and through the pro- a better future. detect financial crimes and thereby help build a more secure world. cess as I prepared

40 Drexel Magazine The company that the Lauren Raske founded in 2014, Wilmington-based 7textures, designs “experi- ences.” Some describe it as a for-hire art department, with the ability to design and style a wedding, gala or other event. Raske and business partner Britt Killeen work with a roster of about 70 contractors MATT VIGNOLA to create luminous spaces and fill them with lavish entertainment and decor. 28 “People come to us because they have an idea of something they would like to see happen,” says BS CULINARY SCIENCE ’13 Raske, 33. “We do the art direction, we work in their spaces to create the experience they are looking for.” PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT How Drexel Helped A native of River Vale, New Jersey, she graduated MANAGER, F&S PRODUCE CO. During my sophomore Drexel in 2007 with a major in design and merchan- year at Drexel I switched dising, and a minor in fine arts. While at Drexel a My Greatest to a new major that friend taught her the unlikely skill of fire-eating and Accomplishment Upon had been added to the she became a sought-after fire performer — her first graduation, I entered curriculum — culinary step toward a career in event design. an industry that was in- science. It opened many “Fire is a very pure, elemental material that ev- triguing, challenging and doors for me and made erybody connects with,” she says. “And there’s the extremely motivating. it possible to find a danger aspect. People like to be amazed, they enjoy Within a few years I had place in a field that has the thrill of it.” made a name for myself become my passion. It As a performer, she helped to put people in touch at Chelten House Prod- combined the inventive, with other performers and creative types. The business ucts and successfully fast-paced and delicious model grew organically from there, as Raske began to led the product devel- atmosphere of culinary formally assemble teams for performances. Her early opment team through arts with the realistic gigs included the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and she the largest and most in- and research-based also helped curate live art experiences at Spruce Street fluential project in the world of food science Harbor Park on Philadelphia’s riverfront. company’s history. I also where I learned to think While 7textures undertakes most of its work played a significant role outside the box. Drex- for private customers at exclusive venues, many in 33 in multiple award-win- el helped provide me Philadelphia know the company’s site-specific work ning product ideas with a career that I love through its highly acclaimed production, The Ghost- rising above power- and it also gave me the ly Circus, which this summer celebrated its fifth BS house companies such opportunity to meet my annual performance in Laurel Hill Cemetery. With DESIGN AND as Litehouse, Marzetti fiancée Rachel. I feel patrons seated amongst the tombs, performers put MERCHANDISING and The Clorox Co., to fortunate that Drexel was on an otherworldly display of fire dancing, aerial ac- ’07 name a few. Being a part able to pave the way for robatics and other surprises. of that amazing team so many positive lifelong The show is a special favorite for Raske, who em- and helping the com- results, both personally braces the opportunity to make pure theater. “It’s a pany grow by about 140 and professionally. show that doesn’t have a client, it’s just a showcase WHATEVER percent in six years led event where we get to put together these acts for the LAUREN me to my current position Where I’ll Be in Five sake of art,” she says. “It’s pretty incredible to see what RASKE DOES, at F&S Produce Co. I’m Years My plan is to seek we can do when we all come together as a group.” SHE DOES IT sharing my knowledge a job as a director of Raske’s co-op work as an assistant to a bridal de- BOLD, BIG AND and helping to build their food product develop- signer had a direct impact on her career trajectory. “I BRILLIANT. newly formed product ment in my field. I fully really loved the event production, the fashion shows WHAT DOES development depart- expect to be in the kitch- and the behind-the-scenes work that helped to sup- SHE DO? THAT’S ment from the ground en getting my hands port the beautiful gowns that we were producing,” TRICKIER. up. I take pride in being dirty and loving every she recalls. “That’s a lot of what my career has turned part of a family-owned minute of it while help- into. Whether it’s a fashion production or a circus company’s growth and ing the company to grow production, it’s all about the experience.” success while developing and providing the type Most recently, 7textures brought The Ghostly Cir- products that are clean of invaluable mentoring I cus indoors as dinner theater for the first time, in a label, on trend, innova- received throughout my performance at 2300 Arena. “It’s a way of taking the tive and sustainable. early years. experience to the next level, to make it even more delicious,” she says. — Adam Stone

42 Drexel Magazine WINTER/SPRING 2019 43 MY GREATEST the freeway with bridge’s expansive third co-op I ACCOMPLISH- new single-span width, landscaping was able to do MENT Throughout composite steel and park ameni- instrumentation, 29 my seven years plate girder bridg- ties. Construction 3D modeling and working at Pennoni, es. Pennoni was began early 2015 analysis of bridg- I have worked on the lead engineer and was complet- es, and this is BS a number of very for the project and ed at the end of where I realized I 40 MATERIALS interesting and responsible for the 2018, a year ahead wanted my career SCIENCE ’11 complex bridge design of the larg- of schedule. to be in structural UNDER CARL design proj- est of the spans, bridge engineer- MS AND PHD ects. One I am most the 20th Street/Ben HOW DREXEL ing. Also, thanks APPLIED PHYSICS OBERG proud of was the Franklin Park- HELPED Drex- to Drexel’s co-op ’15 (CALTECH) I-676 Vine Street way/Free Library el’s engineering program, I had a BS CIVIL AND Expressway Bridge Bridge. This project program, in my job waiting for me ARCHITECTURAL Rehabilitation Proj- was complex opinion, is the best with Pennoni’s PRINEHA NARANG’S ENGINEERING ’11; ect in Center City and challenging in the nation. The Bridge Division MATERIALS Philadelphia. The because the bridge, program provided upon graduation. RESEARCH GROUP MS, CIVIL ENGINEERING $65-million project when completed, me the fundamen- 40 AIMS TO DELIVER BIG ’16 consisted of the re- would be 96 feet tal knowledge and WHERE I’LL BE WHAT’S YOUR STORY? BREAKTHROUGHS placement of seven long and 643 feet skills to be suc- IN FIVE YEARS What does it take to be named FROM THE STRUCTURAL BRIDGE two-span non-com- wide, carry four cessful. It was also Designing bigger, one of Drexel’s 40 Under 40? SMALLEST THINGS ENGINEER, PENNONI posite adjacent different roadways, very beneficial to longer, more IN THE UNIVERSE. ASSOCIATES concrete box beam accommodate have the majority complex bridg- bridges spanning pedestrian and of my professors es. Bridges are Past honorees include authors, bicycle traffic, and have backgrounds my passion and I filmmakers, fashion designers, create enhanced as practicing can’t see myself and founders of companies and urban park spaces engineers. I also doing anything nonprofits. They are leaders, with planter boxes, cannot say enough else. I also hope inventors, scientists and athletes. plantings, a lawn about Drexel’s to be a mentor for We’re incredibly proud of their area and an am- co-op program. My younger engi- stories, because they show how phitheater. Many second and third neers as well as far a person can go with a great You know the saying, “It’s not quantum physics?” unique design co-ops were with inspire younger mind and a solid education. For Prineha Narang, it is. features were Pennoni, the com- generations to We’re looking for our next group She’s a computational materials scientist, which implemented to pany I currently pursue careers in of accomplished young alumni. If means she studies materials at the quantum level, accommodate the work for. For my engineering. that’s you, or someone you know, using mathematics, physics and computing power to we want to hear from you. create models and experiments that allow scientists to engineer technologies of the future, atom by atom. prise. “Among the thousands of students that I have ELIGIBILITY Her field has the potential to discover new mate- had the fortune of observing in my 25-year career as My Greatest Accomplishment Being How Drexel Helped Drexel set me apart • Must be 39 years or younger as rials and applications that could change everything, a professor and administrator, Pri is unquestionably able to pioneer and establish the field of from day one; its art therapy program is of March 15, 2020. Narang says, from our daily gadgets, to our space and at the top of our graduates in terms of her accom- art therapy in my home country of Egypt unique and intense. It gave me the most energy technologies, to even what we ingest. plishments and the potential for a globally successful based on formal clinical and academic pristine level of education I could ask • Must have received a degree. “Using quantum measurements, we have the career in academia,” wrote A.W. Grosvenor Professor standards, which we have been lacking for along with strong internship oppor- chance to isolate one molecule instead of many,” she Antonios Zavaliangos, who nominated Narang. in the past years. Art therapy is becom- tunities, which bolstered my training • Should have achieved demon- says. “When it comes to water to drink or swim in, for Yury Gogotsi, Distinguished University and Carol ing very popular now in Egypt. I continue foundation by bridging the gap between strated success in business, the example, we could maybe figure out with greater ac- Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor and director to raise awareness about the field’s theory and practice. I had specifical- private or nonprofit sector, the curacy whether it’s safe or not.” Researchers are also of the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute, mentored ethical practices through educational ly picked Drexel because it was the arts, community involvement or studying materials that could vastly speed up smart- Narang when she worked as a student researcher at Hammal workshops I’ve been offering since 2012, first graduate art therapy program in the advocacy. phone processing or recharging speeds, she says. the institute and helped her join IBM’s Thomas J. which helped create further interest in world and it still continues to train gen- In the meantime, Narang is charging ahead in her Watson Research Center during her final years as a 36 pursuing formal training in art ther- erations of art therapists until today. This • Must submit nominee’s high own life and career. The five-time Ironman triathlete student. “She just had such a firm grasp of concepts apy as a career. For now, prospective was definitely a legacy I wanted to be resolution photograph and and runner has been a tireless researcher, first while and an absolute need to take things further,” recalls MA ART THERAPY students have to pursue their master’s part of and carry on after I moved back to résumé. a student at Drexel, and now as an assistant professor Gogotsi. “There are those who want to take it easy AND COUNSELING ’14 abroad until we see the day when we my country, and I hope to one day initiate and leader of a research lab investigating quantum during those years — she wanted to push herself.” have the first graduate art therapy pro- the same legacy in Egypt. Nominations can be submitted materials at Harvard University, where she was one She’s pushing others, too, to open doors to fe- ART gram in Cairo. I also feel very proud that at drexelmagazine.org/40U40 of the university’s youngest appointments. males in STEM fields, and encouraging women to PSYCHOTHERAPIST, Egypt has now been set on the global Where I’ll Be in Five Years Hopefully or sent to the following mailing Just 29 years old, she has been named a Forbes “30 enter science programs. She’s a mentor for the Har- BEHMAN HOSPITAL art therapy map through my TEDx talk running Egypt’s first graduate art therapy address by Aug. 30, 2019. under 30” honoree for science, an MIT Rising Star vard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (CAIRO) in 2014 and through an official visit by program to train many future art thera- in Physics and a DARPA Rising Star, in addition to program and has also contributed to the Women in Second Lady of the United States Karen pists in Egypt and the surrounding region academic honors too numerous to detail. “There are Computer Science and Girls Who Code programs. Pence in Cairo in 2018 as part of her while continuing my work on a revolu- DREXEL MAGAZINE times where you ask yourself, ‘Did they really mean “As much as anything, we have to encourage that initiative “Art Therapy: Healing with the tionary digital art therapy project that I’ve 40 Under 40 Nominations me?’” she says. “You consider yourself lucky.” these areas are fun,” she says. “We can change the HeART,” which aims to raise awareness created and developed in collaboration 3141 CHESTNUT STREET Back at Drexel, her success has come as no sur- world through knowledge.” — Eric Butterman about art therapy on a global level. with Artocene in the United Kingdom. MAIN BUILDING · SUITE 309 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 44 Drexel Magazine WINTER/SPRING 2019 45 CROSS ROADS

The Network that Architects Built Caitlin Youngster ’14 (CY), Sam Emory ’15 (SE) and Brian Nunziato ’14 (BN) talk about founding and running Drexel’s Alumni Architecture Association, what the group means to architecture graduates, and what it means to them.

In 2016, three young alumni started reminiscing about their Drexel What makes this affinity group a valuable resource for days. That led to them forming the University’s first official professional architecture graduates? affinity group — the Drexel University Architecture Alumni Association SE There’s a unique quality to the connections that arise out of the ar- (DUAA). Now, Youngster, Emory and Nunziato are working hard to keep chitecture program. We’re all very tight-knit. Maintaining that social the thousands of architecture alumni who have graduated from the pro- and professional network was definitely on our minds when forming gram together to network, learn and grow as professionals. the group.

Why did you start the Drexel University Architecture Alumni Association? CY Every industry says they’re based on relationships, but it’s espe- BN We were hanging out discussing our time at Drexel. That conversa- cially true in architecture. You form networks of people you work well tion drove our initial outreach to the University, to see how we could get with, and you foster those relationships because it makes for more involved and make the program better. We also wanted to stay connected successful projects. with all the people we built relationships with in school. What was the process for formally establishing the group? CY There were already smaller networks of architecture alumni, but CY We first thought about formalizing the group ourselves. But we we couldn’t believe there wasn’t a framework for all these individual decided we needed administrative help so that as the leadership groups to come together. We looked at other universities with presti- changed over time and people graduated, there was a central contact gious architecture programs, and they have robust alumni associations. that would hold all the information and alumni contacts. We hadn’t We thought having something similar at Drexel would give more gravi- jumped that logistic hurdle yet, but Drexel’s alumni relations office

SHIRA YUDKOFF SHIRA tas to the program. made it very easy.

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For more information about Drexel’s professional affinity groups, visit drexel.edu/alumni or contact the CROSS ROADS CLASS NOTES Office of Alumni Relations [email protected].

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Lourdes M. Santoni, RN nursing BN Lauren Villanueva was the first person we con- 50s ’79, MSN nursing anesthesia ’97, tacted. It was very helpful to work with the alumni Vilma E. Barr, BS retail manage- was hired as a healthcare provider From DU to I Do office because when we had questions, Lauren was ment ’57, was named as collection researcher at Actify Neurotherapies there to help, to provide us with information or ideas. editor for sustainable building de- in Princeton. What is a sign for Momentum Press, publisher What kinds of events does the group organize? professional of books on science, engineering SE First, we had a traditional happy hour, but it didn’t affinity group? and the built environment. 80s attract the full range of architecture alumni. So now, Professional Richard C. Altus, BS accounting affinity groups by layering networking events onto professional de- ’81, joined IMC Construction as the connect Drexel velopment events and educational opportunities, we graduates 60s company’s first chief administrative attract a broader alumni base. in similar Joel L. Schwartz, MD medicine officer. industries or ’65, released the book, “Shrink BN We developed the Architecture FIRM-entation professions Unwrapped.” Mark S. Moschella, BS civil engi- series to connect more closely with architectural and provide neering ’82, was hired at RETTEW firms. The events take place at a firm with a Drexel them with William R. Abt, BS business as a transportation engineer in the opportunities connection, whether a Drexel graduate runs the firm, administration ‘69, endowment Philadelphia-area office. to meet one or a large group of alumni work there. The alumni another, manager for Carthae College in present on the work that they do and their experienc- network and Kenoska, Wisconsin, was featured Martin G. Belisario, BS mechanical es coming out of school and working in the field. stay up-to-date in Bloomberg Business Week about engineering ’85, partner at Panitch The tour we organized at the Raymond Farm on the trends how Carthae’s returns beat Har- Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP, Center for the Living Arts [in New Hope, Penn- in a particular vard’s $37 billion endowment and was named among the 2019 Best sylvania] was an event that let people experience a field. most others. Lawyers in America. historic place that’s also relevant to the architecture Current groups field. We provided time after the tour for alumni include Edward Koehler, MS engineering to ask questions of the presenters and mingle with Real Estate 70s management ’85, released his fellow alumni. It also highlighted a professor and a Alumni Frank M. Stearns, MS biological second novel, “Felix Leiter CIA,” They met over a can of paint. graduate of the architecture program [Jennifer Shin Network chemistry ’72, PhD ’78, retired CEO on Amazon. This is a follow-up to Jim Vecchione, BS business administration ’10, and Maggie Regan ’13] who were integral to starting the center. // Drexel of the American Red Cross National “Felix Leiter USMC.” Vecchione, MS learning technologies ’12, didn’t know each other as Marketing Testing Laboratory, published Drexel students. They were both employees at the University when Alumni Group CY “In Memoriam: Herbert J. Eichel For the Nakashima Woodworkers tour, we were // Alumni in Maggie’s roommate, who worked in the Office of Alumni Relations, or- able to leverage our networks and go on a private Hospitality (1924–2017) a Passion for Discov- 90s ganized an alumni community service event to spruce up a playground tour to see buildings that aren’t typically open to the // Drexel ery,” in the Journal of Eukaryotic Katherine K. Wilkinson, MB and recreation center in West Philadelphia. public. The event was partially subsidized by Drexel University Microbiology. business administration ’90, was Maggie, then an instructional technologist at the LeBow College of because we’re a formally organized alumni group, so Architecture elected as new board president of Business, just happened to sign up as a volunteer. Jim, who was work- we were able to make it more affordable for everyone. Alumni Nolan Kaplan, BS mechanical engi- Delaware College Scholars. ing as Drexel’s executive director of facilities, brought all the supplies. Association neering ’73, was named director of “I noticed Maggie,” remembers Jim, “because she and her friend // Alumni in What do you get out of your involvement with the group? mechanical and process engineer- Michelle Eskridge-Davis, BS Academia took all day to paint the door of the recreation center. I went over to BN It’s satisfying to be involved in making the pro- ing at HOH Engineers in Chicago. computer science ’91, was elected help them finish.” gram we experienced better because we would’ve Groups in chairman of Red Hat Inc., the world’s Maggie chuckles, “Yes, we were a little challenged in the painting wanted somebody to do that for us. process of Robert A. Jurenka, BS civil engi- largest open-source company, based department.” forming neering ’77, was promoted to water on outstanding middleware architec- In the months that followed, Maggie and Jim would see each other CY The architecture field is founded on mentorship include: treatment group manager at the ture evangelizing. around campus occasionally. “I even asked him to come to my office to and collaboration, so this association is providing Public Sector // Bureau of Reclamation in Denver. fix my broken desk drawers,” Maggie recalls. Entrepreneur- Gina Furia Rubel, BS Corporate more of that for the alumni community. The part ship // Health Then they started dating. Drexel and the City of Philadelphia made we’re playing in that is personally rewarding. Sciences // Marlene R. Wolf, MD Medicine ’77, Communications ’91, CEO of for a perfect backdrop. “It was a really special time for us, and we had a Interior Design presented “Targeting the Patient Furia Rubel Communications lot of good times together at and around Drexel,” says Jim. SE People come back to Drexel and feel like their de- Experience” at the American Inc., was named among the 2018 They often met for lunch at their favorite place on campus, a park- gree is alive and valuable and continuing to thrive. Association of Physician Specialists Lawdragon Global 100 Leading like green space that Jim’s facilities team installed by the volleyball That’s an important experience to offer alumni, and Inc. annual scientific assembly in Consultants and Strategists to the courts at 33rd and Arch streets. Says Maggie, “It was the perfect spot to it’s very satisfying to be a part of it. Nashville. Legal Profession. This fall, she go to, to get out of the office and enjoy the campus together.” presented changes to ABA Ethics “And then after work,” adds Jim, “we could just walk down Market Rocco Biancaniello, BS accounting Rules at the Delaware Valley Law Street and find a great spot for a date.” ’79, was promoted to executive vice Firm Marketing Group as well as Maggie and Jim were married in September 2017 in Rhode Island president, director of internal audit crisis communications at the LMA where Maggie grew up and where they now live. Still working in higher at Firstrust Bank in Conshohocken, Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference education, Maggie is as an instructional designer at Brown University, and Pennsylvania. in Washington, D.C. Jim is executive director of facilities at Bryant University. — Louisa Wilson

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Neha Sirohi, MD medicine ’14, and Ryan Campbell were married June 2, 2018, at Lucien’s Manor in Berlin, New Jersey.

Johnathan Corle, BS business administration ’70, and Diane Aumiller Corle, BS business ad- ministration ’90, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They took a cruise in Northern Europe to mark the occasion. David D. Armstrong, BS electrical engineering ’65; Clark H. Bach, BS electrical engineering ’65; John A. Kukulka, BS electrical engineering ’65, MBA business administration ’70; John A. Newell, BS electrical Cameron R. Wicks, engineering ’65; Richard D. Norman, BS electrical engineering ’65, met in August after 53 years for an BS film and video afternoon of reminiscence and reacquaintance. production ’06, and Andrea Wicks welcomed daughter Jim Maccariella, BS architectur- Amber M. Racine, BS history and Madeline Grace al/civil engineering ‘92, MS civil 00s politics ’04, of Raynes Lawn Heh- Wicks on March 31, engineering ’96, was promoted John Lamb, MS library and in- meyer, received the Judge Doris 2018. to professor at Mercer County formation science ’08, previously May Harris Image Award from the College. He also presented a paper assistant professor at the Uni- Philadelphia Chapter of the Nation- Benjamin Cheng, at the 2018 American Society for versity of Alaska Southeast, was al Bar Association Women Lawyers BS mechanical Engineering Education Conference promoted to associate professor Division. engineering ’11, in Salt Lake City, which outlined the of Library Science with Tenure in and Corina Lam, progress of his National Science August, 2017. In December 2018, Frank Falzone, BS civil engineer- BS business Foundation S-STEM grant. he received an MFA in Creative and ing ’05, project manager in Traffic administration ’10, Literary Arts from the University of Planning and Design Inc.’s access welcomed daughter John D. Simmons, BS electrical Alaska Anchorage. design department, was named the Chloe Lam Cheng engineering ’92, partner at Panitch 2018 Young Engineer of the Year by on Sept. 18, 2018. Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP, Ian B.K. Martin, MD medicine ’00, The Pennsylvania Society of Profes- was named among the 2019 Best was appointed president-elect of sional Engineers. Christine Coving- Lawyers in America. the Society of Academic Emergency ton-Hoess, BA Medicine. Meredith Clark, BS business ad- anthropology ’11, Malik J. Rose, BS teacher edu- ministration ’06, was promoted to MS communications cation ’96, HD ’09, former San Michelle Swanson Brown, BS vice president at Urban Engineers. ’11, and Michael Antonio Spurs power forward, commerce and engineering ’02, Hoess welcomed was inducted into the San Antonio senior financial analyst in the office daughter Vienna Sports Hall of Fame. of the chief information officer at Esther Hoess on Exelon Corp., was awarded the July Aug. 31, 2018. James A. Schmidt, BS accounting 2018 Urban Empowerment Award ’99, joined the University of Tampa by Year Up Baltimore. as an adjunct professor.

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Peter Douglass Yeomans, MS clin- Ross M. Goren, BS biological Agent Central. The national award Daniel Fornace, BS digital me- ical psychology ’06, PhD clinical science ’10, joined Weber Gallagher highlights bright and promising dia ’11, was listed among Forbes psychology ’08, was mentioned this week as an associate in the professionals in the travel industry. Magazine’s 30 Under 30 Leading a in The New York Times Magazine Workers’ Compensation Group. Technological and Artistic Revolution. on June 13, 2018 for developing Annmarie Chavarria, MSN nursing a treatment for veterans to help Jena Jenofsky Pashak, BS interior ’11, was appointed senior vice Greg Lobanov, BS digital media ’14, unburden themselves of shame and design ’10, was promoted to strate- president and chief nursing officer was listed among Forbes Magazine’s deliver the truth about war to their gic business response design lead at at Abington – Jefferson Health. 30 Under 30 Leading a Technological fellow citizens. Advanced Office Environments. and Artistic Revolution. Tyler W. Haughey, BS photography Cecilia Vernes, MS library and infor- ’12, published his first book, “Every- Jennifer Pesch Waters, MS en- 10s mation science ’10, was selected as a thing Is Regional.” gineering management ’11, was Raghava Rao Gollapudi MD ’99, recipient of the Sewell Travel Award, named to the board of the Society Hirsch S. Mehta MD ’07 and Arvin a scholarship that gives librarians David I. Singh, BS history and of Women Environmental Profes- P.S. Narula MD ’10 are fellow working in public health information political science ’12, joined Wisler sionals. Dragons who all work at San Diego an opportunity to attend the Ameri- Pearlstine LLP as an associate. Cardiac Center, a private group can Public Health Association Annual Diana A. Silva, JD law ’11, was practice in California. Meeting and Exposition in San Diego. Eric John Gremminger, BS psychol- promoted to partner at the environ- ogy ’18, will be opening a new center mental, energy and land use law firm Timothy Bohinski, BS chemistry Selena Brancifort-Bohinski, BS for the Sanctuary Health Group in the of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP, ’10, was promoted to new product hospitality management ’10, vice Poconos of Pennsylvania. located in the Philadelphia region. development manager at Ametek president at First Class Travel based Energy and Process Instrumenta- in Deptford, New Jersey, was named tion in Newark, Delaware. a 30 under 30 Travel Agent by Travel

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William R. Bogdan, BS electrical Peter H. Neumann, MD medicine Roy C. Green, MD medicine ’61 Louis V. Brown, BS business Thomas G. Mulcavage, BS 1980s Donna Rae May Neron, MS Friends engineering ’57, MS aerospace ’58 Raymond R. Jones, MS physics and administration ’71 mechanical engineering ’70 John William Golden, BS technology and science engineering ’67 William W. Olsen, BS mechanical atmospheric science ’63 Michael J. Crowley, BS mechanical Shirley Neal-Parker, MD medicine economics ’85 communication ’90 We’ll Miss Bradford W. Bowman, BS business engineering ’51 Marvin A. Krein, MBA business engineering ’73 ’79 John F. Monahan, BS mechanical Stephen Patrick O’Neill, MS administration ’52 Rosaline Resnick Joseph, MD administration ’66 Philip J. D’Oria, BS business Hans G. Nilsen, MBA business engineering ’83 technology and science 1930s John F. Bradley, BS electrical medicine ’53 Robert E. Leber, MD medicine ’61 administration ’70 administration ’79 Arthur R. Newmark, MS communication ’90 K.C. Kenneth Lau, MD ’37 medicine engineering ’59 Alan F. Richter, BS civil engineering John V. Lesniewski, BS mechanical Wayne E. Faux, BS electrical Elisabeth Potts Brown, MS library mathematics ’83 Charles Joseph Saile, MS library Elisabeth McCutcheon Ullberg, BS Arlene Brands Parker, BS home ’57, MS ’64 engineering ’61 engineering ’72 science ’75 Christopher J. Perillo, BS human and information science ’94 home economics ’38 economics ’54 Herman S. Rubright, D/C civil David Eli Lessin, MD medicine ’64 Joseph V. Fazzi, MBA business Robert W. Rhoades, MBA business resources management ’81 Robert B. Shimp, BS chemical Anita Bullock Blackledge, BS home engineering ’54 Harold D. Luchinsky, BS physics administration ’74 administration ’78 Saul R. Powell, PhD pharmacology engineering ’99 1940s economics ’55 Charles Joseph Saile, Cert. and atmospheric science ’67 Judith Lynne Folkema, MD Robert J. Schlenner, MS ’84 Michael E. 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