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development,
support
and
oversight of
the college.
He resides
in Syracuse,
marko NY. Gregg
McDonald, BS 1994, is business
development director
of the automotive industry
division of
PolyOne
Corp.
Previously,
he held
various
positions
mcdonald with different
automotive industry
businesses, including
Carborundum, Ford Motor
Company and, most
recently, SABIC Innovative
Plastics. McDonald lives
in Plymouth, MI. Nancy
J. Sheehan, JD 1994, is
vice president of legal services
for the Catholic Health
System (CHS). In this position,
she is responsible for
the overall management
of legal services, including
risk management, provider
contracts, corporate compliance
and services provided
by outside legal counsel for
all CHS entities. Sheehan
lives in Buffalo, NY. William
Minnich, EdM 1996 & BA
1993, is center dean of the
Daly City, CA, location of
DeVry University. In this
position, he supervises
enrollment, academics,
marketing and operations.
He has worked with several
institutions of higher
education and recently
served as campus director
for InsideTrack Inc. Minnich
resides in San Francisco, CA.
Holly Beecher, JD 1997 &
MSW 1991, is a partner at
Phillips Lytle LLP. She works
primarily in
the areas
of estate
and trust
planning
and estate
and trust
beecher administra-
tion. Beecher is a member
of Women Lawyers
of Western New York and
Estate Analysts Western
New York, and serves as
treasurer of the Crisis
Services Foundation. She
lives in Buffalo, NY. Thomas
R. Elmer Jr., MD 1997,
is partner at Fichte, Endl
and Elmer Eyecare. He
has extensive experience
working for Mercy Ships,
a global charity involving
volunteers from around the
world in the operation of a
fleet of hospital ships. Elmer
resides in Grand Island, NY.
Michael J. Morris, BS 1997,
received the Professional
Excellence and Innovation
Award Corporate Fortune X
presented by the Network
Professional Association, an
association for professionals
in network computing. The
award is in honor of recent
work on network architecture
standards, templates
and MPLS design. Morris
lives in Cary, NC. Angela
Zwirecki Miller, JD 1998,
MBA 1990 & BA 1987, is a
partner at Phillips Lytle LLP,
specializing in bankruptcy
and creditors’ rights. She is
a member of the American,
New York and Erie County
bar associations and serves
on the Town of Orchard Park
ethics board. Miller resides
in Orchard Park, NY. Bob
Clerici, ME 1999, is a member
of the Hilbert College
board of trustees. He is vice
president and cofounder of
the Inergex Inc., a professional
information technology
services company. He
has previous
experience
serving
in various
positions
for such
companies
clerici as Inacom
Information Systems, AOP
Solutions and CH Heist
Corp. Clerici lives in Orchard
Park, NY.
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Thomas J. Sheehan,
JD 2000, is a partner at
Phillips Lytle LLP, specializing
in pharmaceutical
and biologic products
liability litigation. He is a
member of the American
and New York bar associations
and resides in Buffalo,
NY. Mark Bevington, BFA
2001, serves on the board
of directors of Adoption
Rhode Island. He is also the
president
and executive
creative
director of
Ninedot, a
design agency.
Bevington
bevington lives in
Pawcatuck, CT. Sheri
Crosby, JD 2002, received
2008 Outstanding Young
Lawyer awards from the
Dallas Association of
Young Lawyers and the
Texas Young Lawyers
Association, in addition
to the 2007 Outstanding
Minority Attorney Award
from the Law in the Schools
Committee of the Dallas Bar
Association, a group she
cochairs. She is an associate
at Taber Estes Thorne
& Carr PLLC and resides
in Mesquite, TX. Jill M.
Schaefer, MBA 2002 & BS
2002, received the 2008
Member of the Year Award
from the Western New York
chapter of the Healthcare
Financial Management
Association in recognition
of her time and dedication
to the organization over the
past four years. She was
also named the 2008-2009
president of the organization.
An audit manager with
Lumsden & McCormick
LLP, Schaefer lives in
Cheektowaga, NY.
Eileen M. Connor-
Costilow,
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MBA 2003,
received the 2007-2008
Recruiter of the Year Award
presented by the University
at Buffalo School of
Management. She is director
of human resources at
Lumsden & McCormick LLP
and lives in Williamsville,
NY. Ann-Marie Caruso, BA
2004, received the Buffalo
Drug Treatment Court’s
Outstanding Service Award
in recognition of her dedication
to
facilitating
recovery and
empowering
the patients
of Horizon
Village’s residential
drug
caruso
treatment program, where
she works as an admissions
counselor. She resides in
Eggertsville, NY. Douglas
Bishop, BS 2005, is a
senior accountant at Gross,
Mendelsohn & Associates
CPA, where he previously
served as a semi-senior
accountant. Bishop resides
in Baltimore, MD. Gregory
Witul, BA 2005, is a trustee
of the North Tonawanda
History Museum’s governance
committee. He is
chair of the economic development
committee for the
Town of Wheatfield and has
served on its planning board
for two years. Witul lives in
Niagara Falls, NY. Marlene
G. Potter, PMCRT 2006
& BA 2000, is the director
of marketing at Lipsitz &
Ponterio LLC. In this position,
she is responsible for
marketing and communications
strategies to support
the firm’s objectives,
while overseeing brand
management and public
and client relations. Potter
also supervises marketing
communications collateral
and Web site design. She
lives in Buffalo, NY. Steven
P. Smith, PhD 2006, EdM
2000 & BA 1997, is director
of undergraduate admissions
at D’Youville College,
where he
assists in
policy development
and planning,
and
oversees
smith recruitment
and all other operations
of the admissions office.
Previously, he served as
a career counselor for the
University of Rochester and
as senior admissions adviser
and assistant director of
the office of admissions at
the University at Buffalo.
Smith lives in Amherst,
NY. R. Ulbrich,
MBA
*Thomas
2006, is director of the
University at Buffalo School
of Management’s Center for
Entrepreneurial Leadership.
He is also president and
chief executive officer of
Ulbrich’s Garden Center
and Mow More Supplies.
Ulbrich resides in Alden, NY.
Leah Angelita Bouquard,
JD 2007 & MSW 2007, is
an associate attorney at
Watson,
Bennett,
Colligan,
Johnson and
Schechter
LLP. She
lives in
bouquard Buffalo, NY.
Jamey Richard, BS 2008,
has been drafted by the
Indianapolis Colts as an
offensive guard. He resides
in Indianapolis, IN.
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