MEDICINE's FUTURE Rider Alumni and Faculty Predict How Health Care Delivery Will Change Big Picture

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a magazine for alumni and friends Fall 2019

MEDICINE'S FUTURE Rider alumni and faculty predict how health care delivery will change Big Picture

FRESH EATS This summer, two central dining locations received complete renovations — Cranberry's and the Pub. Besides an array of food options (pizza, tacos, sushi, grain bowls, pasta and more), students can place mobile orders at Cranberry's now, which will be stored in secured food lockers until pick-up. Other renovations this summer included projects devoted to residence halls, athletic facilities and academic buildings.

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Fall 2019 Volume 21 / Issue 1

Editor Adam Grybowski

Creative Director Buddy Losavio

Associate Editor Rachel Stengel ’14

Graphic Designer Tiffani Angelone Dear alumni and friends,

Photographer IMAGINE STANDING IN THE BULLPEN OF A MAJOR Peter G. Borg LEAGUE BASEBALL STADIUM. YOU'RE 22 YEARS Contributing Writers Isaiah Jean-Baptiste ’20 OLD AND ABOUT TO MAKE YOUR PROFESSIONAL A.J. Moore Gregory Ott PITCHING DEBUT. MORE THAN 40,000 SCREAMING

Contributing Illustrators SAN DIEGO PADRES FANS ARE CHEERING YOU ON. Regan Dunnick Amanda Hutton Vivienne Lee This past spring, that's become and where they Kathryn Rathke exactly the scenario that can always feel secure 14 James Yang Nick Margevicius of the knowing they can find Class of 2017 faced when he their path with the help of President The hospital of the future became the seventh Bronc those around them. Looking ahead to how health care might Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D. ever to pitch in the majors. The details change, but change in the coming years Vice President for As we've watched I hear a version of this University Advancement Karin Klim Nick on his journey from story over and over again: Lawrenceville to San that Rider allowed me to Associate Vice President Diego, we're of course incredibly discover the potential I didn't even for University Marketing & Communications proud of him. But we're proud of know I had, and then it gave me the Kristine A. Brown him not simply for what he accom- tools and support to realize that plished; we're proud of him because potential. Alumni Association President Marci Gnandt ’00, ’03 of how he accomplished it. At Rider, As we continue with the import- he formed a network of support ant institutional work that is propel- Westminster Alumni from his friends, his coaches and his ling Rider forward, I'm grateful for Council President Thomas E. Faracco ’71, ’79 professors, and imposed a sense of everyone who makes these stories, discipline on himself as he method- and the Rider story, possible. Thank To reach us, write to: ically went about achieving his goal you for your ongoing support. 2083 Lawrenceville Road of being selected in the draft. Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099 Nick's efforts may have landed Sincerely, 609-896-5000 [email protected] him on one of the biggest stages in rider.edu/ridermagazine the world — one very few people of any stripe ever get to experience 20 Rider (USPS 892-560) is published for the 24 Rider University community, including — but in many ways, his story is alumni, parents, faculty and staff, the same one shared by so many In the zone Fortune telling by Rider University. Nick Margevicius ’17 makes his A lifelong interest in psychics informs Rider students and alumni. Our Major League Baseball debut the debut novel of Ellen LaCorte ’73 University is where students can be seen for who they are, where they Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D. @RiderUniversity can dream about who they want to President, Rider University

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UNIVERSITYNews Quotable No. 1 Quotable The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Rider New deans last spring as an Individual Conference Champion in the 2018-19 “Listening to the College and University Green Power Challenge. Rider currently show will increase uses more green power than any of the 11 schools in the Metro people’s knowledge Atlantic Athletic Conference. and perspective. We consciously look for different approaches “Covering politics to health care, and I in New Jersey Dr. Kelly Bidle began her appointment as dean of the College think most people will was so much fun. of Liberal Arts and Sciences on find it interesting.” I can't think of a July 1. She joined Rider’s faculty in better education in 2001 and continues to teach in the politics than being Department of Biology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Health Sciences. involved in the Her students have received sig- Garden State.” nificant research fellowships and have gone on to attend prestigious - Steve Kornacki, NBC News' political graduate programs, including correspondent, speaking at the 4th annual -Dr. Jonathan Karp, a professor of biology, Rebovich Statewide Intern Conference at Harvard. In 2016, Bidle served as behavioral neuroscience and health Rider on July 17 special assistant to the dean before sciences who hosts "Health 411," a radio show on 107.7 The Bronc presented by being appointed associate dean of Rider's Health Studies Institute the College in 2017. Sporting new look Take a seat Wayne ’72 and Jill ’72 Canastra's gift of more than $2 million, announced in June, will benefit multiple Andrew Jackson Rider, the University's namesake, now has a projects, including the renovation of Alumni Gym, the facade of the Canastra Health and Sports Center permanent presence on the Lawrenceville campus in the form (formerly the Maurer Center) and Richard A. Coppola Pool. Although Wayne and Jill were not stu- of a bronze statue that bears his likeness. Installed in front of the dent-athletes during their time at Rider, they have been consistently strong supporters of the Athletics Professional Bart Luedeke Center, the statue shows Rider sitting on a bench, program, as well as of other areas of the institution. connections with his arm draped atop it, welcoming visitors to take a seat Last spring, the College of Education next to him and, perhaps, take a selfie. The statue was designed and Human Services hosted two new and manufactured by All Classics and funded by the Student events at Rider for specialists. On March Government Association. 30, about 50 creative arts therapists Rising star Dr. Eugene Kutcher's gathered at Rider for the first-ever Alexis Bailey, a senior political appointment as the interim Mic check Rhythm in Community conference. The science major, received a Rising dean of the College of Business 107.7 The Bronc was nominated for a 2019 event, which was presented by the New Star award from the New Jersey Administration began Sept. 1. National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Jersey chapter of the American Dance Business & Industry Association. Kutcher joined Rider in 2007 Radio Award. The non-commercial radio Therapy Association and the New As an undergraduate, Bailey has as an assistant professor in the station run exclusively by Rider students was Jersey Association for Music Therapy, interned with the Republican Department of Management. He one of five stations competing to be named the brought together practitioners from the National Committee, in the U.S. was promoted to associate pro- best college radio station of the year. 107.7 The fields of dance/movement therapy, mu- House of Representatives and with fessor and tenured in 2013 and Bronc is regularly recognized as one of the high- sic therapy and drama therapy. On May the state gubernatorial campaign assumed the role of department est-ranking college radio stations in the state 15, about 60 educators from New Jersey of Jack Ciattarelli. She was re- chairperson in 2015. In 2013, he and the nation. In 2015, the Princeton Review met for the first-ever Literacy Specialist cently elected co-chair of the New received Rider's Distinguished ranked The Bronc as the 15th best college radio Symposium at Rider. The event brought Jersey College Republicans and, in Teaching Award, an annual station in the U.S. In 2015, 2016 and 2017, The together specialists to connect with each the fall, began as the president of award that recognizes faculty Bronc was awarded “Best College Radio Station” other, grow professionally and learn the organization’s Rider chapter. teaching excellence. by the New Jersey Broadcasters Association. about key issues in literacy education.

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UNIVERSITYNews Quotable A tribute to the taxman The human voice Mark Moliterno, an adjunct associate professor of voice, received the Duke Voice Care Center’s After more than four decades as a Rider professor, “As a first-generation 2019 Patrick D. Kenan Award for Vocal Health and Wellness. The award is presented annually to Al Sumutka ’72 retired from teaching in college student, you individuals whose lives and careers increase awareness of the importance of the human voice. May. In tribute, a group of his former might be like me; students, along with faculty and staff who have worked with Sumutka you want things to over the years, established an happen overnight. endowed scholarship in his name, In life, you have the Graduate Accounting Endowed Scholarship in Honor of Alan to wait for things Sumutka, for eligible students in Over the rainbow to unfold in order Rider’s master's programs in business Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz, a full-length musical by Adjunct to attain what you administration or accountancy. The Theatre Professor Tina Marie Casamento, premiered at the announcement of the schol- Paper Mill Playhouse in September. Casamento worked closely want.” arship came during with Wizard of Oz and Judy Garland historian John Fricke to ensure -Barbie Gomez ’17, a celebration to the musical — the first show to be endorsed by the Garland family a Newcombe honor Sumutka’s — accurately represented Garland's life. Paper Mill is a breeding Scholarship recipient, speaking legacy at Rider. ground for new musicals headed to Broadway, which is where at the Charlotte Casamento is hopeful the show will find a home. W. Newcombe Foundation Scholarship Reception last semester New class This fall, Rider officially welcomed the Class of 2023 when nearly 900 first- year students began the next phase of their academic journey on Sept. 1. Forty-nine percent of the new class is comprised of students of color, making it the most diverse class in Rider history. The diversification of the University's student body has been growing over the past several years. In October, the University formally unveiled its Inclusive Excellence Plan, an outgrowth of work completed by the President's Council on Inclusion, which was charged with recommending how to promote the University's values around equity and inclusion. While the majority of students from Sunrise Sunrise Mass, a new recording by the the new class come from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, in total Westminster Williamson Voices 27 U.S. states and territories are represented, including California, Puerto conducted by Professor of Choral Rico and Kentucky. Internationally, 26 countries are represented, including Conducting James Jordan, was Australia, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. Closing the gap Last semester, Rider announced a new need-based released by GIA Choral Works scholarship for African American, black and Latino in June. One of Westminster students who are the first generation in their families Choir College’s select ensembles, to attend college. The Joan C. Mazzotti and Michael C. Westminster Williamson Voices Generous support Kelly Endowed Scholarship was made possible through has been lauded by reviewers During a ceremony in May, Rider announced a major gift from Barry ’76 and Gail Bierenbaum to a $1 million gift to the University by Joan Mazzotti and audiences on both sides of the University and the naming of Bierenbaum Fisher Hall (formerly Memorial Hall) in honor of ’72 and husband Michael Kelly. Their hope for the the Atlantic, and Jordan has been the couple’s deceased parents, Helen and Samuel Bierenbaum and Alfreda and Roy Fisher. The scholarship is to relieve some of the financial pressures praised throughout the musical Bierenbaums designated that most of their gift will be unrestricted, giving the University flexibility of college for its recipients, thereby helping to close world as one of America’s pre-em- to apply the funds to endowment, scholarships and capital projects. In addition, funds will be used to the gap in access to higher education. “We deeply inent conductors, music psychol- endow scholarships and programming for the University’s Women’s Leadership Council, which was appreciate that a diverse student body enriches the ogists, writers and pedagogical renamed the Gail Bierenbaum Women’s Leadership Council. The Council is dedicated to developing entire college community,” Mazzotti says. innovators in choral music. the next generation of Rider women leaders.

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“I TEACH because I want to help develop students into adults who create value for society, their organization and themselves.” Dr. Mayank Jaiswal ASSISTANT PROFESSOR I DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT Why do you think can become very wealthy and suc- the student. Why do students not social causes cessful in their own right. There use what they're taught? Maybe As a child growing up in India, Mayank Jaiswal saw have attracted the is a role in the ecosystem for these they didn't grasp the material kinds of employees and we can three conventional routes to career success: medicine, support of successful or maybe they grasped it but create a curriculum at Rider that's it's too theoretical. So you have government or engineering. The medical field was entrepreneurs out (he doesn't like blood) and the government didn't slightly different for students who to translate for the layman, and interest him. That left engineering. throughout history? want to join these entrepreneurial that bridge is hard to make, but Jaiswal studied civil engineering at the Delhi I believe it's about sustainability. If companies rather than start them. it brings so much power to the College of Engineering, and after earning a bachelor's, you look back at the lives of people If the company fails, the start- table. I want to unlock that power he landed a highly sought-after position at IndianOil, like Rockefeller and Carnegie, up experience that employees for students. a state-owned oil company headquartered in New they were the richest people in the get is still highly valued by the Delhi. In many ways, he was happy and his future world. The institutions they set up corporate world. They can become was secure, but after a few years, his attention began for social good have been going for hot property. They will know how Tell us about your to shift toward business, especially business strategy decades. Today, the same thing is to push for their ideas and get approach to learning and entrepreneurs who built social missions into or happening with Bill Gates. These things done with fewer resources. tennis, which speaks alongside their organizations. giants of business brought/bring This will also come in handy if volumes about your their business acumen to doing Jaiswal enrolled at the University of Chicago and they would like to start their own approach to systematic moved to the United States only to return to India good, which is a big reason why ventures down the road. the institutions and programs they improvement in after receiving a Master of Business Administration business and elsewhere. and notching a few years of experience at Archer set up are usually sustainable and In teaching business I believe that if I learn the right Daniels Midland and Exelon Corporation. Back hence benefit society for a very today, is it adequate technique, I can execute. First, I home, he joined a venture capital firm focused on long duration. anymore to simply got the right equipment, the right funding startups created to solve social problems. teach from a shoes, the right training. Then Around the same time, he met the woman who would You've identified an textbook? I videotaped myself, and I kept become his wife, Smita. educational niche Right now, the world is so compli- logs of how I was performing. For the second time in his life, Jaiswal had settled in thinking about cated. It’s my job as an educator How many serves were going in? into a secure, predictable career path only to upend startups — the first to bring the latest knowledge, I wanted to make a cookie-cutter it once again. Through discussions with his wife, he joiners. Who are the latest academic papers system out of it. You have to put began to understand his skills, interests and personal- they? and real-world examples and a lot of thought into it, and then ity could be put to most satisfying use as an educator. If you look at the first 100 people translate them for my students. It you have to execute on the plan Moving back to the U.S., he enrolled in a doctoral By Adam Grybowski who join a successful startup, they all needs to be made digestible to patiently day in and day out. program at the Georgia Institute of Technology Photos by Peter G. Borg with a focus on entrepreneurship. He finished the program in 2017 and, that same year, joined Rider’s College of Business Administration, where as an assistant professor he now teaches entrepreneurship What’s in your office, professor? and business strategy and conducts research related to emerging technologies and factors affecting new venture performance. Teddy bear 'Seeing What's Next' A gift from my daughter. A great book by Clayton M. Christensen, It continuously motivates Scott D. Anthony and Erik A. Roth about me to give my best to the how the business world is dynamic and how students and makes me to predict the general direction in which a think how would I teach particular industry is headed in terms of and help students if my change. It also reminds me of the bigger idea daughter was one of them. in life that change is the only constant.

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KELSEY MARIGLIANO A Whole New Ballgame ATHLETIC was selected to the All- MAAC Second Team A.J. MOORE ON SPORTS AND MEDIA after collecting 53 hits, the second-most in the last 12 SOFTBALL HIGHLIGHTS years of Rider.

RILEY MIHALAK Be here now was named to the All- INSTANT REPLAY IS HINDERING MAAC Second Team after Associate Professor of hitting .313 with 12 home SPORTS OF ALL KINDS Journalism A.J. Moore is the director of Rider’s BASEBALL runs and 41 RBI's. By A.J. Moore program in sports media.

A name keeps popping into my head every time I watch a game. Nope, it's not Mickey SARA GARDNER Mantle, Tom Brady or Wayne Gretzky. The name is Alvin Toffler, an odd one for sports fans. advanced to the NCAA Although "Alvin Toffler" sounds like he should be a middle infielder for the Phillies, East Preliminary that's not the case. He was a renowned author who wrote an influential book in 1970 called Championships for the Future Shock. What he wrote about nearly 50 years ago relates to your sports experiences SPRING second-straight year in these days. the 100-meter hurdles Toffler’s forward-thinking work helped coin the phrase “information overload.” He -ar after earning gold at both gued that too much technology and information jumble our minds and make problem-solv- PICTURED: SARA GARDNER ’18, ’19, AUSTIN DEVEREUX, JUNIOR BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR the MAAC and ECAC ing difficult. Yes, information is king but an overabundance becomes problematic. And in the Championships. digital age, there is an overabundance of information and technology that is interfering with 2019 games of all kinds. Former wrestling Head Coach Gary Taylor, Tami Coyle ’05 of women's soccer, Ryan Thompson ’10 of men's basketball, Amanda Burke ’10 of The days of "what you see on the field is what you get" are over. Currently, what you think swimming & diving and Jamie Hayes ’09 of baseball (pictured below, left to right) were inducted into the Rider Athletics Hall of Fame on June 8, MICHAEL HORN you saw on the field is likely going to be changed or altered because it will go through an 2019. Taylor built the Rider wrestling program into a national contender, finishing third all-time among NCAA Division I coaches with 442 dual earned a berth to the endless loop of instant replay reviews. Cameras positioned all over the field take precedence wins. Coyle was the Rider Female Athlete of the Year for 2003-04 following her selection as MAAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Year and NCAA East Preliminary over the people officiating the games, so freeze-frame technology now holds more power than ranks second in program history with 40 goals and 94 points. Thompson ranks in the top 10 in program history in six categories and the top 20 in 11. Championships in the human eyes. He has had a nine-year professional playing career in the NBA G League, as well as overseas in Germany, Belgium, Serbia and Turkey. Burke was a triple-jump after posting a Sure, fixing mistakes sounds like a good idea but not when the constant and abrupt

three-time MAAC and ECAC Diver of the Year and competed as a member of the Olympic Performance Squad as a synchronized diver. Hayes set the TRACK & FIELD qualifying mark of 15.39 me- stoppages of play hinder key ingredients of sports, namely spontaneity and ephemerality. Broncs' high marks in career hits (265), runs scored (180), stolen bases (96) and saves (33) and was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 2009. ters at the Duke Invitational. Your favorite team just scored a touchdown? Hold your celebration because it will need to be reviewed, with a final decision still to come. Same with that diving catch in the outfield or possible steal near the baseline. Please press your emotional pause button until all the ANTHONY RAGUSA super slow-motion camera angles have been accounted for. was an NCAA East Too much time is now spent analyzing what happened rather than what is happening. Preliminary Championships Human error by officials has always been part of the game. Of course, fans of the Los qualifier after his program-re- Angeles Rams and Vegas Golden Knights might recoil in pain from that idea, but that is a cord javelin toss of 64.74 foundational element that has made sports such compelling content. meters at the Rider Even during the Little League World Series, 12-year-old players immediately react 5-Way Meet. to bang-bang plays by making hand gestures to their heads for replay review. Pavlovian conditioning based on technology and sports is upon us. Ironically, all these instant replay review stoppages are happening while professional and college organizations are trying to find ways to speed up the games to keep modern audiences captivated. AUSTIN DEVEREUX The leagues should think about action and drama trumping technology and adopt a earned All-MAAC for rule that limits the amount of time for instant replay reviews. Keep it simple, if a call can’t be the second-straight year, changed either way in a 90-second review session, then the ruling on the field stands. Move GOLF finishing fourth at MAAC on to the next play.

Photo by Peter G. Borg Championships. Any more time spent with officials staring at screens as real-time ticks away just proves that Toffler was correct: Technology tends to cloud judgments.

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top-level instruction, in addition to equipment, facilities and the means to travel to practices and Kickstarter games. Inverso speaks passionately MEN'S SOCCER HEAD COACH about soccer’s heritage in Mercer County, and from his perspective, CHARLIE INVERSO HONORS Myernick was second to none in “My greatest talent and character. He sees the LOST FRIEND BY FOSTERING program as an appropriate way TRENTON'S TALENT hope is that to honor the legacy of one of the region’s most well-known players. By Adam Grybowski the players “Mooch was a legendary player and a legendary person,” Inverso who come says. “He was a big strong guy, but he was affable and had a big heart. lenn Myernick thrived at every level of through this Everyone loved him.” the game. He was a standout soccer star Although they both grew up in program Mercer County and played soccer at Lawrence High School and Hartwick at the high school level two years G apart from each other, Inverso and College. In 1978, he was the captain of the U.S. will use this Mooch didn't become friends until National Team. experience as they coached at a soccer camp together after college. Inverso As a coach, he helped bring the who might not be able to play a vehicle for came to consider him a mentor. Colorado Rapids to the Major soccer without the financial sup- "I learned a lot from him," League Soccer Cup title in 1997 port and structure of an outside a better life.” Inverso says. "In sports, there can and the U.S. men's team to the organization. Since it began in be too many takers because there's World Cup quarterfinals in 2002. 2007, Mooch Soccer has benefited a lot of money to be made. Mooch Until his unexpected death in hundreds of players ages 6 to 17. was always a giver." 2006 at 51, Myernick was known “My greatest hope is that the Earlier this year, Inverso simply as "Mooch." players who come through this received an inaugural Advocacy His effect on the game was so program will develop a pathway Award of Excellence for his work profound that he was elected post- to get into college and use this with Mooch Soccer. The award humously to the National Soccer experience as a vehicle for a better was presented by the United Hall of Fame in 2015. More than a life and to be a success,” Inverso Soccer Coaches, the world’s largest decade after his death, Myernick’s says. “There aren’t too many soccer coaches’ organization. It legacy also continues to live on programs like this.” came on top of the phenomenal in and around his hometown of One player who participated in success Inverso has had at Rider. Trenton, N.J. the program, Matthew Olosunde, He has led the Broncs to four- Myernick’s friends, as well as represented the United States straight Metro Atlantic Athletic former players and coaches who in the under 17 World Cup and Conference Championship worked and played with him, be- played in the Premier League games, winning three of them gan a program in his honor called for Manchester United. Last and advancing to the NCAA Mooch Soccer. Charlie Inverso, the summer, he signed a contract with Championships in 2015, 2016 and head coach of Rider’s men’s soccer Rotherham United. 2018. team, was one of the program’s For Olosunde and the rest of the Despite that success, Mooch co-founders along with Mike Van players, Mooch Soccer has pro- Soccer still plays a special role Wagner, a long-time youth soccer vided an alternative to Trenton's in his life. “We still have a long advocate. traditional recreation program, way to go with Mooch Soccer, but The program helps provide which has teetered time and again when it reaches the goals we have opportunities for underserved on the brink of collapse. Mooch set, it will be the biggest highlight children and teenagers in Trenton Soccer’s supporters have supplied Photo by Peter G. Borg of my soccer life,” Inverso says.

12 RIDER.EDU/RIDERMAGAZINE 13 SOARING COSTS. GENETIC- BASED TREATMENTS. AN AGING POPULATION. WITH THE EVER- EVOLVING NATURE OF HEALTH CARE IN THE U.S., RIDER ALUMNI AND FACULTY ARE WORKING TOWARD ITS FUTURE AND STUDYING WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE COMING YEARS.

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n the future, a machine might read your doctor's notes and diagnose your condition. It might also be able to predict when you may suffer a I specific medical concern like a heart attack using artificial intelligence. Your care will likely be personalized and based on your DNA. While this may sound like Jetson-era hyperbole, health care has changed dramatically in the past 10 years, and there's no sign of things slowing down. Barry S. Rabner, a Rider Trustee and the president and CEO of Penn Medicine Princeton Health, cannot predict the future. But in his class "Envisioning and Leading the Hospital of the Future,” he tries to predict what’s most likely to come true by examining what impacts how care is delivered, how those elements are likely to change and then in turn what the health care system will look like. Using the drivers of change he identified, we asked Rider professors and alumni: What does the hospital of the future look like?

14 RIDER.EDU/RIDERMAGAZINE Illustrations by Vivienne Lee 15 Typeface by Amanda Hutton Health care costs too One of the biggest Big data creates big impact The doctor will see much and the industry determinants of your Karp is using a similar model to ensure notoriously unhealthy areas you now receive the services they need. Horizon BCBSNJ ran a pilot program is trying to change that health is...your zip code? with Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health to identify members With Baby Boomers, the largest generation, aging and requiring who were receiving an excess of care. more care, the United States will see a shortage of nearly 122,000 phy- The latest numbers show that annually U.S. health care spending With a value-based reimbursement system, health care providers Upon analyzing claims data, Karp saw certain zip codes were sicians by 2032, according to the Association of American Medical equals $10,739 per person or $3.5 trillion. That equates to nearly 18% are encouraged to provide care that addresses a person's entire using an upwards of $15 million, which is three to four times what Colleges. To address this shortage, health care facilities are relying of the nation's gross domestic product or as Rabner says, "too much well-being. The ability to have a safe place to call home, access to is normally spent on health care. The other, more shocking dis- on physician assistants and nurse practitioners. These providers for what we are getting." nutritional food and treatment for mental health concerns are all covery was that the patients weren't elderly but rather anywhere can offer certain levels of care in collaboration with physicians. "On average, other wealthy countries spend about half as much common social determinants of health that can affect a person's from 25-40 years old. Using a model developed by the University "You can really see this shift first start when people were able to per person on health than the U.S. spends," he says. "We rank No. 1 overall well-being. of Pennsylvania, the team started with analytics to see which areas ask their pharmacist a question," says Dr. Daniel Graham '10. "Now in health care spending compared to the wealthiest 10 countries in "It's become very clear in the past 10 to 15 years that your needed the most attention, then drilled down and identified which with this huge physician shortage, care still needs to be given, but the world and last for affordability, equity and health care outcomes. zip code matters more than your genetic code," says Dr. Kristin blocks to start with. medicine is altering its delivery model. A lot more care is going to We ranked next to last for administrative efficiency. McCarthy, an assistant professor in Rider's health care manage- "The best example is a single mom of three who was suffering be delivered by the mid-level providers like nurse practitioners and ment and health administration programs. "When you live in from a number of concerns: obesity, depression and diabetes, and physician assistants." an area where you don't have access to certain things like a local she was in the emergency room about two to three times a week Physician assistants and nurse practitioners are not only pop- “It's become very clear in grocery store with fresh produce or you live in an unsafe neighbor- complaining of chest pains," Karp says. "She kept being released ulating primary care practices but also urgent care centers like the the past 10 to 15 years that hood, it all can affect your health negatively." because they couldn't determine if it was physical or mental. We one Graham works at in Port Monmouth, N.J. Right now, his clinic In one of her classes, the students partnered with a local non- were able to set her up with a primary care doctor and a clinical has about a 50/50 split between doctors and physician assistants or your zip code matters more profit, Trenton Health Team, to map out the food scene in Trenton, social worker. When we tracked her after six months, she hadn't nurse practitioners. N.J., in order to better understand the impoverished city's access to used the ER once and was much healthier." Urgent care centers and minute clinics similarly help address than your genetic code.” healthy food. Trenton Health Team is a collaborative effort from lo- These types of individual interventions are only possible now the physician shortage by lessening the burden on hospitals for mi- cal hospitals and health care agencies to create a healthier Trenton because of the ability to harness the power of data. Electronic nor injuries and conditions. "Estimates predict that the cost of medical care in the U.S. by by addressing many social determinants of health. medical records, as well as insurance claims data, help paint a "We can really treat most things that don't require constant vital 2027 could go up to $6 trillion," he says. "There is tremendous eco- "Population health care is not a new concept, but it has certain- picture of what health looks like in a certain person or population. sign monitoring," Graham says. "Allergies, bone brakes, sprains nomic pressure to deliver care differently. Because it's so expensive, ly gained traction in the past 10 to 15 years with the shift toward Hospitals are taking a similar population health care approach to and minor infections are all really common in our practice. The it's gotten the attention of every health care-related company." value-based health care," McCarthy says. "If you can address manage their community's health. Some hospitals are even taking Trying to create new models for health care delivery in order to some of these social determinants of health, you keep the person things a step further using predictive analytics to determine when alleviate costs is exactly what Allen J. Karp '81 does. As the executive out of the hospital. Hospitals save money by not having returning health problems may arise. “There's an incentive to give vice president of health care management and transformation at patients, especially when their concerns can be treated so patients "We have access to millions of patient records," says Rabner, patients the best quality care Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey (BCBSNJ), Karp have better outcomes." who's membership in Penn Medicine's expansive reach includes works to move New Jersey from a fee-for-service system toward a McCarthy says the true buy-in for a value-based health care six hospitals and hundreds of outpatient centers. His hospital, to ensure they have better value-based system — or in his words, better care for lower costs. system began with the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Penn Medicine Princeton Health, even has its own medical infor- "Essentially, we are changing the way we pay physicians," he The Act included measures that shifted the focus toward popula- matics department dedicated to collecting and analyzing health outcomes, which lowers costs.” says. "In the past, they were reimbursed based on the amount of tion and preventative health care in an effort to reduce costs. The care data. "We're using the data in those records to improve clinical care given, but that model isn't the best because it doesn't take out- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the single largest payer care and operational performance, but we can also use predictive convenience factor is the main thing for patients. They know for comes into consideration. Now, we pay based on quality of care and for health care in the United States, is also leading the charge for a analytics. We want to be able to anticipate when a patient will have common issues they can come here and get a same-day appointment whether or not doctors meet certain performance measures. There's value-based system. a problem." rather than wait to see their primary care doctor. It allows health an incentive to give patients the best quality care to ensure they have "You cannot address the cost of health care without focus- The true potential of data can be actualized through its shared care to be much more accessible in communities." better outcomes, which lowers costs." ing on population health needs," McCarthy says. "Data gives us use. That's why patients will notice large hospital systems, like The convenience of urgent care facilities is certainly translating For insurance companies, the goal is to set health insurance pre- the opportunity to do a better job within a value-based system. Penn Medicine, dominating the health care scene. With these into more usage. The Journal of the American Medical Association says miums for subscribers with the intention of paying out less in health Patients are more than the absence of a disease. We need to ad- mammoth health care systems forming, all practitioners within visits to urgent care clinics for insured patients have increased 119% insurance claims. With better treatments and more holistic patient dress these social and economic issues in order to provide better that system have the ability to share patients' health records elec- from 2008 to 2015. During the same time, emergency room visits for care, the insurer can keep rates affordable for patients. care at lower costs." tronically leading to more efficient and effective care. minor conditions decreased by 36%.

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A joint replacement surgery would have meant at least a Our genetics tell a unique story. They determine how we three-day stay in the hospital for patients a few years ago. look, how our body functions and whether or not we are Today, patients don't even need to go to a hospital and can susceptible to certain health concerns. The international go home the same day. Nearly two-thirds of all operations research effort called the Human Genome Project sought are performed in outpatient facilities, according to the to map out the sequence of the human genome and iden- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. tify the genes that it contains. Or in layman's terms, it Why? allowed scientists to essentially create a blueprint for "It's more cost-effective, and technology has expand- how to construct a human being. ed so that outpatient or ambulatory care centers have Upon its successful completion in 2003, medicine the same capabilities that were once reserved only for has used this blueprint to develop targeted treatments hospitals," says Dr. Robert Mignone '07, an otolaryngolo- for specific conditions. In certain areas of medicine, like gist, head and neck surgeon with Penn Medicine. "This is oncology, genetic-based treatments are becoming the where all surgical specialties are heading." norm. Mignone performs hundreds of surgeries per year. “We're beginning to personalize care by looking at Most of which are outpatient and some performed in his an individual's disease and develop a treatment that is office. Today, surgeons have helped develop a navigation specific to their disease process," says Dr. Ryan D. Reber system based on a scan of the patient's sinuses. They can '05, clinical assistant professor of medicine at Sidney navigate through the nose during surgery confidently Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. and perform the procedure quicker and safer. "With this approach, we are seeing dramatic improve- In the past, "You really just relied on anatomy and your ment in patient outcomes." experience," he says. "Today, every field has new technol- The previous approach to treating cancer was to first ogy that is helping things get done safer and faster." diagnose the type of cancer, then differentiate it based on the cellular makeup of the cancer to determine what course of treatment to take. Now, doctors can take a look at an even deeper, molecular level of a person's genetics “On average, other and look for specific proteins on individual cells. “With lung cancer, for example, treatment was tra- wealthy countries ditionally chemotherapy," says Reber, who is also a pulmonary critical care medicine attending physician and medical director of the intensive care unit at Paoli spend about half Hospital in Pennsylvania. "Now, science allows us to take a look at the specific characteristics of each patient's as much per person tumor, a deep dive that works to identify the very specific driver mutation that led to that patient’s cancer. With this knowledge, we can attack their mutation and work on health than the to inhibit cancer progression. This newer approach began to evolve in the last decade, but in recent years has U.S. spends.” exploded."

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20 Photo by Getty Images or the first time in as long of the University when he began his experience I had at all.” upended those plans permanently, but as he could remember, Nick search, but it made his list. It was one As a Bronc, Margevicius pitched Margevicius was always steadfast in the F Margevicius ’17 looked to the of three schools he planned to visit on 65 innings in his first year and posted a pursuit of his degree, and he speaks with stands and couldn’t find his parents. a trip to the East Coast after his junior record of five wins and four losses. After genuine enthusiasm about his academic Stepping off the mound in the year. Rider had produced, before him, his freshman year, he played summer ball experience. In the spring semester of his sixth inning at Petco Park, he had just six baseball players who appeared in the and fared well against competition from junior year, he took six classes — half completed his major league debut as the major leagues. Margevicius arrived at players who, at first glance, may have of them in finance, his major. He had starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres. the University in August. “The weather appeared out of his league. He played so to return to Rider after being drafted It was March 30. Over five complete was good, the campus looked great and well, in fact, that Margevicius wondered to finish his degree by completing an innings against the San Francisco Giants, from my perspective, it wasn’t that much to himself why it wouldn’t be possible independent study with his adviser, Dr. he allowed three hits and one run and different than home,” he recalls. He gelled for him to continue moving ahead as a Mitchell Ratner, a professor and the chair struck out five. Margevicius’ parents, with Barry Davis, the head coach, and his professional player. of Rider’s Department of Finance and Mark and Marigene, are fixtures at their staff, and Rider was prepared to offer him Then a scout contacted him, and Economics. son’s games, but even though they were in a scholarship. from that moment on, Margevicius was Through August, Margevicius played attendance, they were masked by almost focused on the major league draft. He set in a total of 16 games with the Padres. He 42,000 cheering fans. “It’s the same ambitious goals for himself, in addition has been sent down to the minors, and Thinking about that day, Margevicius to the work he was already putting in on then brought back up again — an emo-

says his favorite memory is standing in the field. Margevicius, who is 6’5” and now tional rollercoaster that he has handled Borg G. Photo by Peter the bullpen before the game, listening to game you’ve weighs 220 pounds, began scheduling the with equanimity. “It’s difficult not always the national anthem. He was only 22 years majority of his classes at night so he could knowing what’s going on, but that’s part old and almost in shock that he was about played your work on strength training and condition- of being a young guy,” he says. “The to compete at the highest level in a game ing during the day. established veteran guys will tell you that, Rider that he loved even as a small child. whole life, but “Discipline allows you to do what you for the first couple of years, this is how it “It’s the same game you’ve played your want to do when you want to do it because is. You go through it and you deal with it.” career stats whole life, but the level of play is higher the level of play you hold yourself to a standard,” he says. Margevicius is aware that his meteoric and the margin of error is much smaller,” “The other part of the equation is sacrifice rise is not common. At the time of his W 15 he says. “If you make a mistake in the — you have to be willing to sacrifice.” debut, only one other selection from the minors, you can get away with it more. is higher and Margevicius was selected in the 2017 draft, Kyle Wright of the Atlanta The major league hitters aren’t perfect, seventh round as the 198th overall pick of Braves, had made his big league debut. L 14 but they’re going to hit good pitches more the margin of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. He “There’s plenty of time,” Margevicius often. It's obviously challenging, but it’s was the 64th Rider baseball player to be says. “I’ve gotten an experience that really fun to play against the best in the error is much selected in the MLB draft. most people have not. I’m not dwelling ERA 3.18 world.” Up until he became focused on on the ups and downs. I’m focusing on Margevicius grew up in a suburb smaller." achieving this goal, Margevicius had the experience and what has made me of Cleveland. Photos of him as a toddler been planning for a career in finance after successful and what I need to work on to R 100 show him wearing Indians jerseys. He “A big mix of things all went right at he graduated. The draft has potentially be successful more consistently.” started pitching at 6. By the time he the same time,” Margevicius says. started playing at St. Ignatius High School He decided to commit to becoming a ER 110 in Cleveland, he was working closely with Bronc before the start of his senior year of his coaches at developing his skills on the high school. mound. He pitched a perfect game as a Looking back on this decision, SO 196 sophomore and earned pitcher of the year Margevicius believes the biggest risk he honors in his junior and senior seasons. took was social: He simply didn’t know Like many young athletes, he nursed anyone at Rider other than the coaches. BB 62 dreams of becoming a professional athlete But after he started, he quickly fell in with but admits that even in high school it was his teammates and classmates. He also probably more aspirational than realistic. met his fiancee at Rider. Shannon Kelly '17 HR 8 He was committed, however, to continue was a psychology major and a midfielder playing in college, and his goal was to on the women's soccer team. They have a join a program at the highest level. With fall wedding planned, after the baseball IP 229.1 the help of his father, Margevicius began season wraps. a deliberate search to find a Division I “I have a great group of friends I Second Team All-MAAC school where he could play regularly and wouldn’t have had if I never went to Photo by Getty Images and MAAC All-Academic continue developing as a pitcher. Rider,” Margevicius says. “Nowhere else honors in 2017 Growing up almost 500 miles away offered me the opportunities that Rider Following his first major league start, pitcher Nick Margevicius '17 poses for a photo with his family from Rider, Margevicius had never heard did, and even now, I wouldn’t change the after the San Diego Padres faced the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park in San Diego, Calif., on March 30.

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By Adam Grybowski

n a recent summer afternoon, Amber Reeves placed a tarot card in front of a new client named Ellen LaCorte ’73. The card depicted a priest-like figure wearing a red robe and gold crown. He appeared to be giving a blessing. “There’s very good energy for you here,” OReeves said. “This is a lovely omen.” The pair had arranged to meet for a tarot card reading at an independent bookstore in Philadelphia called A Novel Idea. LaCorte had appeared at the store a week earlier to promote her debut novel, The Perfect Fraud, published by HarperCollins. The book, which was hailed as a top summer read by Publisher’s We ek ly , tells side-by-side narratives of Rena, a desperate mother seeking a cure for her daughter’s mysterious ailment, and Claire, a young psychic undergoing a crisis of faith. Although Claire comes from a family of psychics, she believes she never had “the gift” that has sustained the family business. Since the book’s publication in June, LaCorte had been active- ly fretting about its performance — not that she had any reliable data on book sales. She had not sought any numbers from her publisher. Her feelings were the central topic of the reading, around which all of Reeves' interpretations revolved. On the table between LaCorte and Reeves, an overhead lamp cast a warm light, illuminating the upturned tarot cards. Next to Ellen LaCorte ’73, whose debut novel, them sat the deck, with a quartz stone placed on top like a cherry The Perfect Fraud, was published in June, sits on a cupcake. Reeves, who was wearing a black sleeveless dress in the writing room of her New Jersey home. that revealed a menagerie of tattoos on her arms, legs and knuck- les, picked up the deck and flipped over another card: the Star.

24 Photo by Peter G. Borg “This card is mystical, surreal,” she said. “It encourages you cluding pointe. And LaCorte has been fearless in the face of the to be meditative, to allow a more imaginative space to open up unknown, switching careers and embracing new opportunities within you.” in ways that would make conventional, play-it-safe types tremble. “That makes perfect sense to me,” LaCorte said. “I’m in LaCorte (née Segal) was born in Pennsylvania and moved to a place where I should be enjoying myself. But instead, I’m New Jersey in 1968 as she was beginning to consider colleges to worrying.” enroll in after high school. She chose nearby Rider College, as it Over an hour, Reeves' interpretations of the cards prompted was known then, and like many Rider students, she was drawn many similar exchanges, with LaCorte reflecting on her experi- to its small size and the intimate nature of its campus commu- ences as a new author. The reading resembled therapy as much nity. She became a cheerleader and joined the staff of Rider’s as metaphysics. At times, LaCorte seemed to come to genuine yearbook, The Shadow, where she attracted the notice of a student insight through the process. photographer named Michael LaCorte ’71. She selected education While on a book tour to promote the novel, LaCorte was as her major, with an emphasis in English. surprised to learn how eager people were to learn not just about “I got to do things at Rider that I wouldn't have been able to her book, but about her as a person. “It has made me more do at a bigger school,” LaCorte said. “I had an English professor vulnerable than I maybe would have liked,” she told Reeves. who prompted me to speak up and set me on a path to excel Reeves, who is known professionally as "Amber Astronauta," scholastically. For a person like me who had a lackluster high says she aims to provide clarity to her clients as much as school experience, it was so encouraging.” anything. Reading tarot is her full-time job, and she appears at A Although her academic experience was proving positive, Novel Idea once a month for its regular tarot salon. She was one LaCorte had a setback when she participated in a practicum in of a dozen or more psychics and tarot card readers LaCorte has her senior year and realized teaching wasn’t for her. Too late met and interacted with in relation to the novel. She visited many to make a change, she graduated without a definite plan. She Upon its publication in June, The as part of her research, but she has, in fact, been visiting them all decided to move to Arizona to be with her boyfriend, Mike, the Perfect Fraud was hailed as a top her life. photographer she met as an undergraduate and had started Years ago, one left her in tears after saying LaCorte wasn’t dating after her freshman year. Mike had received a bachelor’s summer read by Publishers Weekly. Photo by Peter G. Borg contributing enough to her marriage. (Her husband assured her in accounting and would eventually become a business analyst. she was.) Another made a prescient remark about her health. But in Arizona, he was establishing a construction company Through all of those experiences, LaCorte has always hesitated to with his brother, building custom homes at a time when the state state a definitive opinion on the validity of psychic ability. still seemed to be dominated more by orange trees than people. "There's certainly enough there to consider validity as a Before the move, LaCorte recalls she had exactly $21 in her bank possibility,” she said. account. Ellen and Mike married in 1977 and spent the next 20 years of outlets for her artistic side in her spare time. She took ballet of her own children. t might not come as a surprise that LaCorte remains open their lives in Arizona. Ellen began a career in human resources, lessons and started acting and singing in community theater. The business of publishing a book presented a different kind to the supernatural. Over her life, she has demonstrated a field in which she would thrive for decades. She enrolled as She enrolled in painting classes. of challenge. "I was a rube. It required a whole education, and I a capacity to follow her intuition in ways that are, if not a graduate student at Arizona State University, receiving a “I realized this was where my heart was,” she said. “At that I was learning something new and making mistakes," LaCorte otherworldly, at least fanciful. At 68, she master’s in English and then a doctorate in higher and adult edu- point, I also felt like I had a book in me.” said. is still taking ballet cation administration. She and Mike also began raising a family. She and Mike made a plan for her to transition into a new Despite those limitations, after completing her first novel, lessons, in- They now have two sons. Their oldest, Chris '04, followed in his life. LaCorte officially left the human resources field in 2012 to she received genuine interest from publishers. LaCorte recalls parents’ footsteps and attended Rider, where he graduated with a pursue her dream of writing a novel. She discovered it would be that her initial reaction was, "This is a cinch!" While providing bachelor's in business administration with majors in marketing the most difficult objective she ever set for herself. encouraging feedback, one agent ultimately advised LaCorte to and economics and also met his wife, Roxanna Netta-LaCorte '04. shelve the book. Although the work was promising, the agent’s In Arizona, which is one of the settings of The Perfect Fraud, he Perfect Fraud is advertised as LaCorte’s debut novel, perspective was that it was not ready for a wide readership. LaCorte was living a full, busy life — one that contained only a but in total, she has written three books. The first two LaCorte heeded the advice, but after receiving a similar message small seed of her future writing life. “I always had stories in T were never published. with her second book, she was ready to give up. me,” she said. “When I look back at my files, I was already In pursuing a new career, she really had to learn two new Her family encouraged her to persevere, and six years after collecting notes for stories in the 1990s. But even if I had fields at once: writing and publishing. As an avid, lifelong reader leaving her comfortable career, LaCorte secured a book contract a book in me at the time, it wouldn’t have found a way with an advanced degree in literature, she was more prepared for The Perfect Fraud. It was a moment that no psychic had out.” for the former than the latter. For years she had been collecting predicted, but it was the future that LaCorte had envisioned for Eventually, LaCorte and her family moved back to story ideas, teasing out the storytelling possibilities from life herself and worked tirelessly to make true. New Jersey. In 1998, she starting working at her alma experiences and articles she read in the newspaper. It was after a “There’s an advantage to being a grown-up when something mater as Rider’s director of human resources and affir- visit to the psychic who told her she wasn’t giving enough to her like this happens,” LaCorte said. “You take it with some equa- mative action officer. After a decade, she moved on to marriage (but offered to help her for $450) that the character of nimity. I’m both thrilled and overwhelmed, and I’m committed Villanova University as its associate vice president Claire first entered her imagination. to being on this path and making it a full second career. I for human resources. “It was a great job, with "Characters come fully formed in my head, and they become remember looking ahead and thinking that I didn’t want to slog great people, but there was something missing alive to me," LaCorte said. So much so that once she begins toward the inevitable retirement. It’s encouraging to know that in my life,” she said. getting them down on paper, she cannot bring herself to change you can change and continue to grow. There’s a certain wonder- Before she could leave human resources their names any more than she could bear changing the names ful freedom in that.” behind for good, LaCorte began pursuing

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1 2 3 Weddings, births and gatherings

Racquel Butler ’13 and Harry Hairston ’13 met at Rider 1 in 2008 and were engaged on Oct. 13, 2018. They were married on Aug. 30.

Khalil Witt ’18 and Lori Tatum ’16 were engaged on 2 Aug. 2 in Ocean City, N.J. They met in 2015 during tour guide training.

Staff sergeant Timothy R. Coombs ’09 and Mallory 3 Coombs ’13 welcomed Jameson Coombs on May 10.

Rachel Stengel ’14 and Dave Pavlak ’13, ’14 were 4 engaged on Rider's campus on April 20. They will be 4 5 6 married on March 14, 2020.

A group of alumni from the 1990s met up for brunch in 5 Princeton and are planning a weekend away. The group reminisced about living in Poyda Hall. Bottom row, from left to right: Louise Visco Loehwing ’93, Judi Greenberg Potoczak ’91, Laurie Mackie Levine ’92 and Cathy Visco Davis ’91. Top row, from left to right: Megan Salisbury Elia ’90, Liz Bovoso Deninno ’90, Tiffany Burch Regan ’91 and Christina Nalio ’92. 7 Christina LoBrutto ’13, ’15 and Greg Miles were married 6 on March 24. Christina studied abroad in Australia for the fall of 2011 through Rider's Center for International Education. It was down under that she met Greg. Their shared love for travel has taken them all over the world to 8 places such as Ireland, Greece, and, most recently, Thailand, where they celebrated their honeymoon.

Kristi Pampinto ’14 and Lawrence Rothweiler ’15 were 7 9 10 engaged at Rider on Aug. 7, 2018.

Kevin Noon ’12 and Jaclyn Noon (née Giameo) ’13 were 8 married on May 25.

Daniel Scanlon ’16 and Erin Smythe ’16 tied the knot on 9 July 13. Many Rider alumni were in attendance. The group met while living in Conover as freshmen.

Joseph Laviano ’07 and Lisa Laviano ’10 are excited 10 to share the birth of their first child, Giovanni Joseph Laviano. He was born on June 21.

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Newsmaker serving as the CEO of Affinity Gaming ’70s and CEO and president of Tropicana Entertainment. At Caesars, Rodio will Dear alumni and friends, Dan ’74 and Ann (née Schuster) ’74 join the company's board of directors This year, a combined Homecoming/Family Weekend is scheduled Hartmann are living in Fairfax, Va. and be based in Las Vegas. He received for Nov. 1-3. It is the inaugural year for this combined event — a At the end of March, Dan retired after a Bachelor of Science from Rider, as well Embracing collaboration between Alumni Relations and Student Affairs that almost 41 years of federal service, as a Master of Business Administration is designed to engage all members of the campus community and including 22 years active duty in the from Monmouth University. his inner strengthen relationships between students, parents, alumni, faculty, Army and just short of 19 years as staff, donors and friends. an Army civilian. Over the last 19 Eileen Scott ’81 was recognized at The anchor event of the weekend is a campus tailgate party, which years, he was the deputy director of Weichert’s annual regional sales award grouch will include live music, activities and complimentary food from local foreign liaison on the Army staff in the event for leading all associates in both Cody Cooley ’16 stars in food trucks. The tailgate party will lead into a men's basketball ex- Pentagon. At the retirement ceremony, the entire company and her sales region, first national tour of hibition game in Alumni Gym, which will also be projected on a big Dan received the Superior Civilian which consists of offices throughout 'The SpongeBob Musical' screen during the tailgate party. A full schedule of events is available Service Award and Ann received the Essex, Mercer, Morris, Sussex and at rider.edu/homecoming. I hope many of you will attend. Meritorious Public Service Medal. Ann Union counties in New Jersey. Scott By Rachel Stengel ’14 Best wishes for an exciting fall! is the office administrator at the George received a bachelor's in marketing from and Carol Olmsted Foundation, a non- Rider and worked in financial marketing Marci Gnandt ’00, ’03 profit that selects junior officers from all for 15 years before beginning a new Cody Cooley '16 is a grump — a self-proclaimed grump. And his friends agree. President, Alumni Board of Directors and Alumni Association of the military services for a fellowship career in real estate sales. So much so that when they saw the Broadway production of The SpongeBob to learn a foreign language and pursue Musical, they all thought Cooley would be a perfect fit for SpongeBob's notori- graduate studies in that language at a David M. Kelley ’82, ’92 was named ously crabby neighbor, Squidward Q. Tentacles. Little did he know that a year foreign university. chief executive officer of Income Store later he would be preparing to tour the U.S. as Mr. Tentacles himself. in August. He has previously served as Based on the animated Nickelodeon TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, the Brian Delate ’75 was the speaker at the chief operating officer of Investview, musical translates the beloved main characters into relatable versions for Bucks County Community College's Inc. (formerly Global Investor Services, the stage. Cooley's character, Squidward, is — as his name would suggest — a 53rd annual commencement in May. Inc.) and TD Ameritrade Holding squid with tentacles. Cooley's costume incorporates two extra legs that func- Delate, who is an actor, director and Corp. Kelley received his bachelor's in tion seamlessly as if they are attached naturally. playwright, delivered the keynote commerce and his master's in business "The legs are just part of me," he says. "All the costumes are based in reality, speech at Rider's annual Veterans administration from Rider. so the legs work like normal legs. They look real so they're not too out there." Day ceremony in 2016. He served as a In the show, a volcano is erupting and threatening the town of Bikini Bottom. combat veteran in the Vietnam War in Tina Woodruff ’82 received the The townspeople band together and host a benefit concert to raise money for a 1969 and is a decorated non-commis- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic vehicle that will transport everyone to safety. Cooley's character takes charge sioned officer. Medicine Alumni Association’s of organizing the concert, though his true desire is to perform in it. The result Certificate of Honor — the highest award is an elaborate, classic Broadway tap number, with all four legs. Samuel J. Plumeri Jr. ’77 was approved given by the association. Woodruff has "The number couldn't be more Broadway if you tried. It's the most spectacu- as chairman of the New Jersey State served the college for more than 15 years, lar tap number you've ever seen — very '30s and '40s style, classic Broadway," Parole Board in May by vote of The New the majority of those as chief student he says. Jersey State Senate. The position comes affairs officer. In 2018, she transitioned While Cooley's extra limbs look like natural extensions to the audience, by appointment of Gov. Phil Murphy. to her role as senior adviser to the shuffling across the stage with them took some getting used to. A Hamilton, N.J., resident, Plumeri had provost. Woodruff received a doctorate "I've been tapping since I was 3, but learning to tap with four legs was cer- most recently been serving as acting in higher education administration and tainly interesting," he says. "I've never done anything like that before. You're chairman of the State Parole Board, organizational leadership from Widener essentially adding 25 extra pounds to yourself." which he joined in 2009. He is also is University, a master’s in counseling The show hosts an impressive score with original songs by an array of pop, chairman of the board of directors of services from Rider, and a bachelor’s rock and rap artists, including Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Capital Health. in English and communication from Bareilles, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco and many more. Temple University. "There are so many different styles that there's literally something for everyone," Cooley says. "We go from singing an upbeat pop song to a soulful ballad to rapping." ’80s The ability to use some of his own personality traits to tap into his charac- ’90s ter's makes the role a fun one for Cooley. Anthony Rodio ’81 was named "I almost don't even have to think," he says. "It's just learning the script and chief executive officer of Caesars Robert Colavita ’91, ’05 was named choreography. I can really tap into the grouchy side of things naturally." Entertainment Corporation. He'll bring first vice president of the New Jersey nearly four decades of experience in the Association of School Business Officials gaming industry to the role, including for the 2019-20 school year. The busi-

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Newsmaker ness administrator and board secretary for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District in New Jersey, he received a bachelor’s in business administration and a master’s in educational admin- Every gift istration from Rider, as well as an Top shot additional master's, in teaching, from The College of New Jersey. Chenel Harris-Smith ’19 is the new women's basketball Makes a Michael Kelly ’91, the former president head coach at Colby College of U.S. operations for Adapt Pharma, By Adam Grybowski was named to the board of directors for ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company that empowers at-risk difference patients and caregivers to better protect This summer, Chenel Harris-Smith ’19 was named the new head coach of women’s rider.edu/give themselves from severe allergic reac- basketball at Colby College in Maine. The appointment came seven years after she first tions potentially leading to anaphylaxis. became a professional coach, at Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania. What she “I wanted a college that would give me a good Kelly received a bachelor's in business learned in that role shocked her. administration from The College of “The basketball element is only about 5% of your job,” she says — meaning the education, but also one that I could afford. My New Jersey and a master's in business overwhelming amount of her time and energy was taken up by other duties, mainly scholarship is a big reason why I'm at Rider.” administration from Rider. administrative. Coaches are teachers and counselors. They manage budgets and ensure compliance Jenna Dean, Class of 2020 Bryan J. McNamara ’91 joined WSFS with NCAA rules and regulations and institutional policies. They use Synergy technol- Wealth Investments Group, a subsidiary ogy to review film and understand scouting reports. They are recruiters and marketers. Elementary education and multidisciplinary of WSFS Bank, the oldest and largest “A lot of people who aren’t as knowledgeable about collegiate athletics don’t under- studies major with a concentration in English locally managed bank and trust compa- stand the time commitment that goes into coaching,” Harris-Smith says. “It’s not just ny headquartered in Delaware and the showing up to practice and games.” Delaware Valley. In this role, McNamara While serving as an assistant coach to the women’s basketball team at Binghamton will assist customers with developing University in New York, Harris-Smith enrolled in Rider’s athletic leadership online financial strategies. He received a graduate program. Although she had held similar positions at five institutions, her Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Rider. ultimate ambition was to become a head coach. Harris-Smith knew a master’s would make her a more attractive candidate in the job market. Santos Torres ’91, ’95 was promoted “Coaches have to be educated,” she says. “Especially at the levels of many Division II to senior director of marketing at and III schools, coaches aren’t just coaches. They have to serve in whatever capacity is Bausch + Lomb. He received the 2018 necessary, in addition to being a coach. I had to be prepared.” Platinum Award by Bausch + Lomb For someone who has made a career in the sport, Harris-Smith came to the game Pharmaceutical Division for marketing. late. She only began playing organized basketball in eighth grade after she shot up to 5'8'' — too tall to continue as a member of the gymnastics team. By the end of her growth Gregory M. Smith ’93 was hired as spurt, she was 5'11" and playing forward for her high school team in her hometown of executive vice president, head of com- Mississauga, Ontario. She was recruited to continue playing on the college level at Kent mercial banking of Peapack-Gladstone State University in Ohio. Bank. Previous to joining Peapack- At Kent, Harris-Smith earned all-conference accolades and was team captain during Gladstone Bank, he served as the group her senior year. She majored in business management and was planning on becoming sales executive for the Northeast and an entrepreneur. Mid-Atlantic regions of Capital One “There was some indecision about what I should do professionally,” she says. “I Bank, where he was responsible for initially didn’t want to coach, but reflecting on my experience as a student-athlete, I the $2 million to $25 million business decided I wanted to have the same impact on others as my coaches had on me.” banking segment from Virginia to Now, she’s embracing her first shot to be a head coach. She recently moved to Maine Massachusetts. A resident of Medford, with her husband, Sean Smith, who was an assistant women's basketball coach at N.J., Smith received a Master of Business Rider, and their newborn twins, Elijah and Emmanuel, and the family is settling into Administration from Rider and a their new existence. Bachelor of Science in Finance from "It’s a special place and a perfect fit," Harris-Smith says. "I love the culture within the Fairleigh Dickinson University, where athletic department and it's different than anywhere I've been. The degree I received he also graduated with distinction. from Rider was helpful in getting me here and is directly applicable to what I'm doing."

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Michael Carpino ’95 joined Univest where he is now an adjunct professor Bank and Trust Co. as a vice president in the University's doctoral program in and relationship manager. He has 15 educational leadership. He also holds march 10-14, 2020 years of experience in the financial a bachelor's in history education from services industry most recently served The College of New Jersey and a doctor- jim whelan boardwalk hall | Atlantic city, nj as vice president and relationship ate in educational leadership from Nova 1970 2020 manager at Berkshire Bank. His Southeastern University. YEARS OF concentration is lending in the medical EXCELLENCE IN GRADUATE and dental industries. He earned his Mark Barnabei ’04 was named direc- BUSINESS EDUCATION bachelor’s in accounting and finance tor of operations of Storti Quality, which from Rider. specializes in auditing, management system development, utility inspection, Tiffani Lennon ’97 was named the ex- asset integrity management and drone PROPEL YOUR CAREER TO ecutive director of the Colorado Center inspection services. Before joining the on Law and Policy. She most recently Storti team, Barnabei worked for more THE NEXT LEVEL served as the president and CEO than 35 years at Public Service Electric of Ray of Hope Cancer Foundation & Gas. Barnabei received a bachelor's in Denver. Lennon received a Latin in management information systems with one of our graduate business programs Legum Magister in International from Widener University, a master's backed by a legacy of excellence. Finance and Economic Law from in organizational dynamics from the Master of Business Administration the University of London Birkbeck University of Pennsylvania and a Executive Master of Business Administation College of Law; a Juris Doctor from the master's in business administration Master of Accountancy University of Denver Sturm College of from Rider. Master of Science in Information Systems Master of Science in Corporate Finance Law; and a Bachelor of Arts in Education for tickets and information on the 2020 men’s and Psychology from Rider. Rashone Johnson ’04, a Princeton and women’s basketball championships, visit High School physical education teacher, boardwalkhall.com or maacsports.com/basketball explore.rider.edu/business50 Charles Ott ’99, joined the accounting was named a new assistant principal at firm Levine, Jacobs & Company, based Princeton High School in June. He re- in Livingston, N.J., in July. A certified ceived a bachelor’s in corporate fitness public accountant, Ott is a lifelong New from The College of New Jersey and a Jersey resident and a tax professional master’s in educational administration who has spent his entire career pro- from Rider. viding tax and accounting services to clients around the tri-state area. He has Danielle Guinter ’05, a certified public served as a treasurer for Rider's Sigma accountant, joined the leadership team Phi Epsilon Alumni Association and of McKonly & Asbury as a principal. Once a Bronc, always a Bronc! the director and president of the Sigma Guinter is a leader in the firm’s assur- Phi Epsilon Alumni Board of Rider ance and advisory practice, which pro- University. He received a bachelor's vides regional accounting and business B RONCS O F THE L AST D ECADE from Rider in accounting and a advisory services and is based in Camp ALUMNI master's in business administration Hill, Pa. Guinter received a bachelor's from the University of Phoenix. from James Madison University and a Stay informed of master's from Rider. EVENTS BOLD alumni events in your area at: Ryan D. Reber ’05 was one of seven ’00s new inductees into the Pope John Paul II High School Legacy of Impact Hall Dr. David Aderhold ’02, the of Fame. Reber graduated summa cum chief school administrator of West laude with a bachelor's in biology from Windsor-Plainsboro School District Rider. He later attended medical school in New Jersey, was named the 2019 at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Mercer County Superintendent of the Medicine, where he graduated as @RIDERBOLD Year in June by the Mercer County valedictorian of his class in 2009. RIDER.EDU/EVENTS Association of School Administrators. Aderhold received a master's in Heather Horowitz ’06, ’08 successful- educational administration from Rider, ly defended her doctoral dissertation,

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Advice for alumni, from alumni "Developing Female First-Year College Student Resilience: An Emotional Intelligence Education Intervention," in July. She received a doctorate in August from Wilmington University. Horowitz has been the director of en- She the gagement and new student programs at Arcadia University, where she leads people a department of five professional and Alice Cohan ’74 received a lifetime two paraprofessional staff members, achievement award from the since February 2016. She received a bachelor's in history and political National Organization for Women science and a master's in organization- By Adam Grybowski al leadership (with a concentration in higher education), both from Rider. On April 25, 2004, more than one million people converged on Washington, D.C. Tirusha Dave ’07 hosted a ribbon-cut- Their purpose was to attend the March for Women's Lives, a rally to protect abortion ting ceremony and grand opening rights, reproductive justice, access to birth control and women’s health. event in June for Ellie’s Academy, a new At one point, Alice Cohan '74, who successfully organized the massive event, stood early childcare education school in on stage and announced the official attendance count: 1.15 million people. It was one of Somerville, N.J. Dave is the academy's the most thrilling moments of a decades-long career advocating for women’s rights. founder and director. In July, Cohan received a lifetime achievement award from the National Organization for Women (NOW). “When people organize, they make their voices Theresa Dunn ’08 was hired to lead heard,” Cohan says. “There’s power in coming together.” the JK Design's digital marketing It’s a lesson she’s cultivated throughout her life. department. She has more than Originally from Ewing, N.J., Cohan enrolled in night classes at Rider while work- a decade of experience, including ing at Princeton University. She chose to study political science, a subject that had digital innovation roles with Covance, interested her ever since she attended the Democratic National Convention at 12 On conflict resolution Bristol-Myers Squibb and 1Worldsync. years old in Atlantic City in 1964. She wasn’t sure where her education would take By Cheryl Herzfeld Salmon ’19 She received a bachelor's in business her. The future organizer says simply: “I wasn’t a planner. Political science was just administration from Rider. what I was interested in.” As an undergraduate, Cohan traveled to Europe with Rider faculty and completed Aimee Infante ’08 was named chief a study on women in European politics that gave direction to her career. After grad- 1 2 3 4 5 marketing officer of Muscle Maker uating, she worked for the advocacy group NJPIRG and then with NOW. “I ended up Grill. In the role, she will lead the mar- traveling all over the country organizing with local activists,” she says. As part of the IDENTIFY AREAS CONSIDER OTHER PAUSE AVOID A WIN-LOSE FOCUS ON keting vision and strategic planning for work, she would be on the road for six months at a time, with only one week back at OF AGREEMENT PERSPECTIVES There are those pesky MENTALITY SOLUTIONS both company-owned and franchised home in Washington, D.C., in between — a grueling routine. Taking the time to identify When we are so stuck on our emotions. In the heat of the It is often said that the best Remember that there are restaurants. Prior to joining Muscle Cohan was still at Rider when she was first exposed to the work being done on be- and appreciate areas of own “rightness,” it is nearly moment, they can cause us resolutions are the ones in multiple ways to solve a Maker Grill in 2014, Infante served as half of the Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution agreement helps not only impossible to find any value to make knee-jerk reactions which no one walks away problem and that conflict marketing manager for Qdoba Mexican that was first introduced in 1923. It would guarantee equal rights for all Americans to reduce the number of in a contrary standpoint. Be and say things we don’t happy. In other words, resolution is bounded only Eats. She received a bachelor's in regardless of sex. She has been working on it for most of her life, up to the present day. issues to be resolved, but able to rise above your own mean and can’t take back. there are very few situ- by your creativity, so get business administration from Rider. An important moment for her, and the amendment, may be approaching in the also generates feelings of biases and listen objectively This can absolutely derail ations in which one side original! Brainstorm, col- upcoming election. The Virginia Senate recently passed a resolution to ratify the goodwill between parties. to your adversaries and conflict resolution. The rem- is going to get everything laborate, choose to focus Dylan T. Hastings ’09 joined Fox amendment, sending it to the House of Delegates for the fifth time in the past eight When folks realize that they genuinely consider their edy? Take a simple pause that it wants. Bottom line: on solutions rather than Rothschild LLP in Philadelphia as an years. The House has never passed the resolution, but if it were to, Virginia would do actually agree on certain perspective. This process will before responding. Take a When resolving a conflict, problems and consider all associate in the litigation department. become the 38th state to ratify the amendment, setting up a probable fight with things, finding common help to uncover the potential breath. Take a walk. The be willing (and expect) to of the alternatives. He represents clients, particularly in Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court for it to be added to the U.S. Constitution. Its ground on the matters cur- limitations of your position comma or pause is the most compromise. the health care sector, in a full range of fate will become more clear if Democrats manage to take control of the chamber in rently at issue seems much as well as the strengths of important part of speech; litigation matters. November. As the political director for Feminist Majority Foundation, Cohan has her more likely and achievable. your adversary’s viewpoint, it’s the difference between nose to the grindstone to ensure that happens. sparking mutual respect and “Let’s eat Grandma” and “I remain enthusiastic about the work because I’m passionate about the issues fostering resolution. “Let’s eat, Grandma.” and the people who come together to work on them,” she says. “There is opposition ’10s everywhere we look, and its root is money. People profit from discrimination. Only if we are strong and united can we move closer to equality.” Cheryl Herzfeld Salmon ’19 is a graduate of Rider's clinical mental health counseling program and works for Jewish Family and Children's Services of Michele Renaud ’10, an associate Southern New Jersey. Prior to her career in counseling, she worked as an attorney since 1999, specializing in civil and commercial litigation and family law. brand manager at T. Rowe Price, a

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global asset management firm head- a lead role in Crowns co-produced by In Memoriam quartered in Baltimore, was named the McCarter Theatre Center and the Alumni Richard J. Ednock ’59 James L. Drake ’75 to the board of directors of The Longwharf Theatre and All Shook Up Bernice Simonton Cook ’38 Robert J. Bruce ’60 George M. Knowles III ’75 Baltimore Station, an organization at the Laguna Beach Playhouse. Margaret Yuhas Goodwine ’39 Marianna Ciraulo ’60, 61 Craig R. Lyons ’75 that supports individuals dealing Alice Rollings Hellyer ’40 Hylah Grant Malek ’60 Barry J. Wilcox ’75 with homelessness and substance Sophia Introna ’17 was cast as Ruth Dunne Pierson ’40 Daniel B. Priestley ’60 Gordon B. Grimm ’76 William R. Lazorik ’76, ’85 use disorder by providing residential Wendla, a lead role in Theatre Under Mildred Williams Balunas ’41 Joseph W. Sullivan Jr. ’60 Barbara Kinkade McKennan ’43 Frank D. Reinson ’61 Stephen J. Lucasi Jr. ’76 and community-based therapy The Stars's production of Spring Grace Baldanza Murphy ’43 Raymond W. Swoboda ’61 David A. Monfardini ’76 programs. Awakening. Introna, who received a Jean McClenahan Johnson ’45 J. Robert Lynn ’63 Albert O. Poe ’76 bachelor's in musical theatre from Dorothy Cheyne Kuhfahl ’46 Clifford G. Watson ’63 Steven J. Sgourakis ’76 Angela Cleveland ’11 and Rider, has recently appeared in sev- Marian Maurer Reading ’47 Walter R. Brandt ’64 Dorothy Goldman ’77 Alexander Stepaniuk ’77 Pennsylvania Middle School eral local and regional productions, Catherine Vella Rossi ’47 Richard S. Hartung ’64 Paul Huffman ’48 Charles S. Romano ’64 Joyce Abrahamson ’78 Counselor of the Year Stephen including In the Heights at Playhouse Phyllis Schoenly Jackson ’48 Eugene Shalayda ’64 Jeffrey S. Schulz ’78 Sharp co-authored a new book, 50+ on Park in West Hartford, Conn. Lorena Bates Moore ’48 Calvin W. Wright ’64 Edward J. Barry ’80 Tech Tools for School Counselors: How Her appearance at Theatre Under Mary E. Sprague ’48 Deborah Schuler Bainbridge ’65 Curtis F. Jahn ’80 to Be More Engaging, Efficient, and The Stars marks her debut at the Lois Munson Downer ’49 Edwin G. Novak ’65 Joan Hicks Mitchell ’80 Artelia Levrett Watson ’81 Effective. The book, published by Houston-based theater. John B. Kemak ’49 Arthur S. Nurko ’65 Mary Lou Green McKinley ’49 John A. Palmer ’65 Julie Keefe Camastra ’82 Corwin Press, provides insightful Joseph Novick ’50, ’86 Anthony J. Persichilli ’65, ’77 Cynthia Donnelly ’83 descriptions of tools that can be used Nick Ziobro ’17 was cast as Rolf Geroge Paterson Jr. ’50 Donald L. Rodger ’65 Eileen J. Evans ’83 to not only enrich intervention and Gruber in the Gateway Playhouse's Margaret Dunk Placeway ’50 Frederick D. Rosencrantz ’65 Daniel J. McDermott Jr. ’83 instruction but also guide decision August production of The Sound of Joseph J. Snyder ’50 Lawrence J. Sawyer ’65 Scott M. Portner ’84 Patricia L. Philips ’87 making, streamline work, enhance Music. He received a bachelor's in William D. Vath ’50 Linda Pierce Fraser ’66 Herbert R. Young ’50 Donald P. Atkins Jr. ’67 Joseph F. Aiello ’88 communication and promote hap- musical theatre from Rider. Richard W. Kolke ’51 Samuel J. Dillahey ’67 Anne C. Klein ’90 pier students. Cleveland received a Donald W. Pocher ’51 J. Donald Eppley Jr. ’67 Andrea A. McKenna ’90 master's in organizational leadership Gianluca D'Elia ’18 joined The Leigh S. Polhemus ’51 J. Edwin Morrison Jr. ’68 Kenneth M. Hartman ’92 from Rider. Burlington County Times, The Bucks Suzanne Power Smith ’51 Nicholas H. Stevens ’68 Joseph B. Kochberg ’92 Joelle Severini Vega ’92 County Courier Times and The Madeline Schreiber Berman ’52 James M. Brautigam ’69 James E. George ’52 Diane Homewood Horton ’69 Joan Flynn McCoy ’93 Matt Perrella ’13 joined the Intelligencer as a general assignment Earl E. Dix ’53 Paul L. Most ’69 Harold L. Liggins ’94 “It is only fitting that I include coaching staff of the Drexel reporter. His new job follows a year- George J. Malmos ’53 Susan Groch Power ’69 Anthony J. DeStephen ’95 University women's soccer team as long internship with NJ.com. William J. Mika ’53 Fred J. Topel ’69 Susan Harlukowicz ’00 Rider in my will to share in the goalkeeper coach. A member of William W. Schubert ’54 David A. Williamson ’69 Richard J. Schaible ’01 JoAnn Schulz Joseph ’07 the Harrisburg Heat of the Major David Chapman ’19, who received R. D. Brakebill ’55 George D. Manukas ’70 the wealth that they helped Richard N. Kweit ’55 Joseph Napoleon ’70 Arena Soccer League, Perrella a bachelor's from Rider in health to create.” Charles T. Reice ’55 William F. Breitwieser ’71 Faculty / Staff has previously made appearances sciences, was selected as a teaching Joseph A. Vanacore ’55 Ronald L. Flaim ’71 JAnthony F. Disalvo for a number of clubs, including fellow by the Woodrow Wilson Fred-Munro Ferguson ’56 Claudia Bovie Guenther ’71 Louise Grafton - Hugh T. Regan Jr. ‘82 the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and National Fellowship Foundation. Barbara Shapiro Greenberg ’56 James R. Lenahan ’71 Michael J. Heitzman Ann D. Kettles Bethlehem Steel, both of the United He is one of 24 recruits of the Robert M. Kersting ’56 Robert R. Arcadipane ’73 Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Joanne Golamis Sneeder ’56 Robert C. Pritchard ’73 Richard P. Kubitsky Soccer League. In addition to grad- inaugural class of the foundation's Financial Officer inTEST Corporation Earl C. Edwards ’58 Nelson E. Sprague ’73, ’76 Thomas W. Sumners uating from Rider, Perrella earned a Pennsylvania Teaching Fellows. Martin R. Brenner ’59 William L. Burns ’75 Master of Business Administration Planned giving is a from Durham University. Ashley Minter ’19 was one of three student speakers invited to powerful way to transform Natalie Taptykoff ’16 was share their academic experiences the lives of Rider students. promoted to assistant vice pres- in Washington, D.C., at the release ident at Penn Community Bank, of the 2019 Indicators of Higher which offers banking, lending, Education Equity Report, which rider.myplannedgift.org insurance and investments in tracks college entrance and comple- Bucks and Montgomery counties in tion by family income, socioeconom- Pennsylvania. ic status, and race and ethnicity.

Gabrielle Beckford ’17 performed Sheldon Steele ’19, who received as part of the ensemble in Gloria: his bachelor's in musical theatre A Life at the McCarter Theatre in from Rider, made his New York City Princeton, N.J. She received a bach- debut as part of the ensemble for elor's in musical theatre from Rider. Saturday Night Fever at the John W. Her regional theatre credits include Engeman Theatre.

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In August, I was one of 24 Rider cally with the brilliant minds in on solving consumer problems. students who traveled to England attendance. One day, I sat amongst We exchanged emails so she could to take part in the Innovation three successful entrepreneurs “I learned stay up-to-date with my progress, Intensive at Oxford, where in Oxford's St. Stephen's House. an incredible leaving room for a mentor-mentee participants explored business They were members of the relationship to develop in the growth strategies used by leading Birthing of Giants program, which amount future. entrepreneurs. coaches ambitious and successful Connections like this were Over four days, I was able to business owners (whose compa- about made throughout the week learn from and live amongst 14 ex- nies have annual revenues of $3 during tea times, dining sessions, traordinary entrepreneurs, in ad- million to $100 million) to grow how the Q&A circles, Oxford site visits, dition to two of Rider's executives their companies to the next level. brainstorming workshops and in residence, entrepreneur Norm Eventually, the group directed real world also while we were having simple Brodsky '64 and Barry Rabner, their attention toward me. From fun hanging out in our spare time. a Trustee and the president and that conversation — and many operates.” To top it all off, I was able to CEO of Penn Medicine Princeton more I would have throughout the capitalize on my first trip outside Health. Students were selected week — I learned an incredible of the country and do some ex- based on an essay contest, and our amount about how the real world ploring. I took an impromptu trip costs for academic instruction, operates. to London and packed a whole room and board were included in I felt as if every conversation weekend's worth of tourism into a the trip. was valuable. Some pushed me to few hours. We navigated through On our first day, James take action in solving problems London subways, rode the Whitbourn, the senior research in my day-to-day life. A conver- London Eye, and visited London’s fellow at St. Stephen’s House, sation with Toni Jacaruso, the main tourist destinations such explained to us some of Oxford’s owner of a hotel sales contracting as the Houses of Parliament, social traditions that we would company, completely changed my the prime minister’s office and take part in throughout our stay. perspective on entrepreneurship. Buckingham Palace. One tradition, sequential seating, She listened to the problems I was The trip was — hands down — asks students to sit amongst having with product development the greatest experience I’ve had at people they may not be familiar in my business venture, the Rider (so far). I'm grateful to the with instead of simply choosing Wealth Mastery Initiative, an professors, entrepreneurs, coordi- seats next to their friends. Such educational services company nators, and especially Norm and customs allowed us to learn in that provides experience-based Elaine Brodsky for making this a manner much different than financial literacy workshops all happen. I've wasted no time RIDER.EDU/HOMECOMING standard lectures or workshops. to grade school students. After in already using my newfound Throughout the program, I was listening to her, it became clear knowledge and networks to get able to communicate authenti- that I needed to focus much more Illustration by James Yang started on my business.

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Looking back The Beach Boys performed at Rider in May 1966 — the same month the band released Pet Sounds, widely considered one of the greatest albums ever recorded. Earlier that year, Rider hosted Simon and Garfunkel for a performance. Other legends that performed at Rider in the '60s include Smokey Robinson, Janis Joplin, and Peter, Paul and Mary.