Louise Finkenbinder, MBA ’01, was promoted to vice president, supply chain strategy, network and productivity programs at Conagra Brands.

Scot Millen, MBA ’01, was named private wealth manager at Creative Planning.

Bruce Izard, BS ’94, MBA ’02, procurement and compliance manager at the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, co-runs the organization’s Minority and Women Business Enterprises and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses programs.

Jeff Urban, MBA ’02, was named senior account manager at Citizens.

Charles Fashana, BS ’03, was promoted to director of marketing and digital channels at AAA Western and Central New York.

Gretta Miles, BS ’03, was named vice president, global accounting services at Delaware North.

Timothy Shear, BS ’03, was named vegetation management expert regulatory analyst at Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Benjamin Marchione, PMBA ’05, was named chief executive officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie, Niagara and the Southern Tier.

Tyler Neenan, BS ’06, was named managing director, head of retirement investment solutions at First Eagle Investments.

Kim Biehunik-Justiss, PMBA ’08, was named vice president of people, talent and employee experience at Buckner International.

Michael Gould, BS ’08, was promoted to chief investment officer at Lehigh University.

Sean Killeen, BS ’09, was named senior manager at Next Street.

Christopher Walh, MBA ’09, was promoted to group vice president, finance for the Industrial Group at Moog Inc.

Kimberly Meier-Dehr, BS ’07, MBA ’10, was promoted to global planning and allocation director-retail at Mars.

Justin Segermeister, BS ’10, was named director, strategic accounts at Chainguard, a series D Unicorn.

Christopher Balon, MBA ’11, was named business development manager at Opterus Research and Development.

Felicia R. Beard, EE ’11, associate vice president, racial equity philanthropy and strategic partnerships at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, was a 2026 Women Who Walk in the Footsteps of Greatness honoree and a 2025 Business First Women of Influence award winner.

Christopher Eisenberg, BS ’11, was named senior consultant, risk management at Northern Trust.

Lindsy George, BS ’11, was promoted to senior manager, audit services at Vanguard.

Vibhuti Gupta, MBA ’11, was named marketing manager, Australia and New Zealand at Baxter International Inc.

Sean Loke, BS ’11, was promoted to director, business development, partnerships and marketing, Southeast Asia at IntelliPro.

Patrick Butler, BS ’11, MS ’12, was promoted to senior vice president, head of wealth sales support – wealth management at M&T Bank.

Kathleen Hourihan, BS ’08, PMBA ’12, was promoted to director of customer marketing at Ajinomoto Foods North America Inc.

Sesh Balamurugesan, MS ’13, was named senior data engineer at Thumbtack.

Zachary Brado, BS ’11, MBA ’13, was promoted to senior vice president of growth and development at NetPlus Alliance.

West Richter Jr., BS/MBA ’13, was promoted to senior director of information technology for the Industrial Group at Moog Inc.

Melissa Maze, PMBA ’15, was promoted to global market lead of the aerospace and defense division at PCB Piezontronics. 

Eric Pitts, BS ’15, was named senior director, global workplace strategy and experience at Zeta Global.

Ryan Weisz, BS ’07, PMBA ’15, senior marketing manager of Uniland Development Co., was honored with a 2026 Elite Sales and Marketing Award from Buffalo Niagara Sales and Marketing Executives. 

Brian Connolly, EMBA ’16, was named chief innovation officer at the National Trust for Local News, where he is developing sustainable new models for community journalism. 

Tyler Grant, BS ’16, was promoted to associate vice president, senior fund accounting associate at Bessemer Trust.  

Jarrod Tran, BS ’16, was promoted to lead, strategic planning and AI adoption at Tesla.

Izzy Caneda, BS ’17, was promoted to head of technology at Stadium Goods.

Justin Hamlet, BS ’17, was promoted to internal mobility partner – engineering at Bloomberg.

Anthony Turner, MD/MBA ’17, was named an America’s Board Certified Vascular Surgeon with 35 state medical licenses.

Natasha Ghatta, BS ’18, was named vice president – risk management at Bank of China.

Zachary Howe, EMBA ’18, was named strategic account manager, financial management at Applied Systems.

Izazul Khan, BS ’18, was promoted to director of AI products at Fitch Solutions.

Victoria Weise, EMBA ’18, was promoted to senior solution consultant at Applied Systems.

Nidhishant Dixit, MS ’19, was promoted to director, insights and innovation at MMIT.

Pasquale Lemme, PMBA ’19, was promoted to director of safety, culture and development at National Grid.

Danielle Vazquez, MPH/MBA ’19, was promoted to associate chief operating officer at Children’s Hospital of Michigan.

Quinton Reeb, BS ’21, was named senior analyst, performance and data analytics at Ariel Investments.

Lydia Deinhart, PharmD/MBA ’22, was promoted to supervisor, site of care coordination at Univera Healthcare. 

Jonathan “Jack” Dillenbeck, BS ’20, MS ’22, was promoted to commercial credit associate at M&T Bank.

Yezen Atieh, BS ’23, was promoted to account manager at GM Financial.

Jonathan Elkowitz, BS ’24, was named strategic financial analyst at Gypsum Management and Supply.

Will Gorman, MBA ’24, was promoted to commercial credit analyst of government banking at M&T Bank.

Robert Slaughter, BS ’15, PMBA ’24, was promoted to commercial credit lead at M&T Bank.

Matthew Childerhose, BS ’25, was named supply chain operations professional at IBM.

Amma Darkwah, MBA ’25, was named purchasing compliance specialist at the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority and co-runs the organization’s Minority and Women Business Enterprises and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses programs.

Suraj Hipparge, MS ’25, was appointed assistant vice president of cybersecurity and resiliency at Barclays.

Sofia Marra, BS ’25, was promoted to project manager at Hohl Industrial Services.

Bishal Sharma Roy, MS ’25, was named vice president of product at JPMorganChase.

Allison Barzallo, BS ’24, MS ’26, was named investment analyst at WTW. 

Julio Guerrero, BS ’26, was named financial analyst at Morgan Stanley.

Martin Cabezas Jara, BS ’24, MS ’26, was named to the operations development program in customer asset management, consumer default servicing at M&T Bank.

Hannah Lerner-Morelle, BS ’26, was named to the management development program at M&T Bank.

Declan McEntee, MS ’26, was named collateralized mortgage obligation cashflow data analyst at LSEG.

Jack Misenheimer, BS ’26, was named to the human resources development program at Wells Fargo.

Sujitha Nirmal, MS ’26, was named credit risk analyst – ISG lending at Morgan Stanley.

Corbin Reodica, BS ’26, was named management trainee, affluent market operations at M&T Bank.

Anasha Turley, BS ’26, was named logistics planner 1 at Linde.

Abby Wilczak, BS ’26, was named merchant marketing manager at ClarityPay.