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European Solid State CircuitsConference best paper award.He is a senior principal engineerand director of high performancecircuits research atIntel Labs in Hillsboro, Ore.,and lives in Portland, Ore.Donald Leo, PhD 1995 & MS 1992,has been named dean of theUniversity of Georgia College ofEngineering. Previously associatedean for research andgraduate studies at VirginiaTech College of Engineering,Leo is a fellow of the AmericanSociety of MechanicalEngineers. In 2004, he wasnamed outstanding recentalumnus of the University ofIllinois. He lives in Blacksburg,Va. Kasey Nye, BA 1996, ischair of Tucson (Ariz.) MetroChamber’s budget, financeand legalcommittee.He practicesbankruptcylaw, representinglargeNYEand small business and nonprofitentities as creditors anddebtors throughout the nation.He lives in Tucson. Michael J.Ball, BS 1997, became deputyregional director for WesternNew York for Empire StateDevelopment. He was recentlyemployed at Buffalo NiagaraMedical Campus as directorof planning and implementation.Ball resides in Buffalo,N.Y. Natalie Miovski, BPS 1997,was named among the 10 MostInfluentialdesigners inthe nation byHealthcareDesignMIOVSKIMagazine.As director of health care atEwingCole, one of the nation’sforemost health care architecturefirms, Miovski hasled the planning of complex,highly specialized healthcare facilities. She residesin Philadelphia, Pa. * ScottRybarczyk, BS 1997, wasappointed associate principalat Wendel, an architecturaland engineering firm. He is acivil and environmental engineerwho hasassisted inthe design ofvarious modelingprojectsRYBARCZYK throughoutthe U.S. He is also active ingreen design. Rybarczyk livesin Buffalo, N.Y. Sean Beachy,BPS 1998, is the associateprincipal at Wendel, an architecturaland engineering firm.A registered architect in bothVirginia and New York State,Beachy isrenowned forhis work onthe awardwinningBEACHYKalamazoo,Mich., Transportation Center.He resides in Arlington, Va.John Koeppel, JD 1998, MBA1995 & BS 1995, was recognizedas an international leader inthe 2013 edition of ChambersGlobal: The World’s LeadingLawyers forBusiness.A partnerat BuffalobasedNixonKOEPPELPeabodyLLP, Koeppel leads the company’snationally recognizedprivate equity funds practice.He lives in Hamburg, N.Y. FrankSparacino, JD 1998, formedSparacino & Sparacino PLLCin August 2012 with his wife,Jessica Sparacino. Located inNorthport, N.Y., the generalpractice firm concentrates inmatrimonial and family lawmediation, as well as realestate transactions. He residesin Northport. Kevin Lembke, BA1999, is vice president of merchandiseat Busch Gardens.Lembke has 13 years’ experienceat Sea World parks andentertainment as merchandisemanager. He resides inWilliamsburg, Fla. Eric Pettee,BS 1999, joined the GunlockeCompany as a division financecontroller, where he will provideleadership to all financialaspects of the company.Previously, Pettee worked forGeneral Motors and ElectronicData Systems. He resides inLima, N.Y.Moved recently?Have you moved orupdated your email?Manage your profile atwww.ub-connect.org.00AndrewFiorella, BA2000, anattorney atUlmer &FIORELLABerne LLP,was named an Ohio SuperLawyer Rising Star. Fiorellaresides in Bay City, Ohio. KristaGlenn, BS 2000, was nameddirector of marketing at ABC-Amega, a global commercialreceivable management firm.Previously, she was marketingmanager at Buffalo LodgingAssociates for 10 years. Glennresides in Amherst, N.Y. JamesDwyer, MD 2001, is medicaldirector of the emergencydepartmentat NorthernWestchesterMedicalCenter inDWYERMount Kisco,N.Y. Most recently, he wasassociate director of emergencyservices for Nyack,N.Y. Dwyer resides in NewCity, N.Y. Robert Hambrecht, BS2001, is senior project managerat AVCON Inc. in Orlando,Fla., where he specializes inairport design and construction.Hambrecht resides inOrlando. Markus Messer, MS2001, is a research engineer atHeidelberger DruckmaschinenAG in Germany, where he specializesin structural dynamics.He alsoteachesa dynamicsclass atTechnischeMESSERHochschuleMittelhessen (University ofApplied Sciences) in Freidberg,Germany. Messer lives in BadNauheim, Germany. * KeithParwulski, BS 2001 & AAS 1995,joined the Buffalo branch ofSummit Federal Credit Unionas senior manager. He hasmore than 20 years’ experiencein the banking andwww.alumni.buffalo.edu UBTODAY Fall 2013 53