Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
C O N V O C A T I O N
May 2018
Rutgers
Business School:
Undergraduate–New Brunswick
2018
Baccalaureate
Convocation
Rutgers Athletic Center
Livingston Campus
May 11, 2018
History of the Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick
In June 1984, the Board of Governors recommended the establishment of an upper-division
School of Business at Rutgers on the New Brunswick campus, which was formally endorsed by
the New Jersey Department of Higher Education effective September 1986. The school offers
undergraduate programs in accounting, business analytics and information technology, finance,
leadership and management, marketing, and supply chain management, leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Science.
On July 1, 1996, the School of Business joined the Faculty of Management to form a single
business school on Rutgers’ northern campuses. The newly formed unit, renamed Rutgers
Business School-Newark and New Brunswick, with its larger faculty and wide variety of centers,
institutes, and programs, provides extensive new opportunities to students enrolled in the
undergraduate program in New Brunswick. In fall 2008, the New Brunswick undergraduate unit
of the Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick became a four-year program with
the admission of the first freshman class.
In August 2013, the Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick moved to its new location, 100
Rockafeller Road, on the Livingston Campus. Known to many as 100 Rock, this building
contains state-of-the-art computer and media classroom facilities, technology centers, and
multiple team meeting rooms, all dedicated to the exclusive use of Rutgers Business School
students. With a commitment to renewable energy, 100 Rock represents the cutting-edge nature
of this growing institution.
Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick Gonfalon
The two golden stripes on the Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick gonfalon
represent the school’s two undergraduate programs. The center stripe represents its graduate
program. The colors of the stripes relate to the hood colors worn by each program’s graduates.
The scarlet and black letters in the school’s name and logo represent the colors of the university.
Business education at Rutgers can be traced back to 1929, when it was first offered through the
Seth Boyden School of Business at Newark.
Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–New Brunswick
Business School Leadership
Lei Lei
Dean
Yaw Mensah
Executive Vice Dean
Ashwani Monga
Vice Dean for Academic Programs and Innovations
Manish Kumar
Associate Dean of Administration and Finance
Deans of the Undergraduate Program–New Brunswick
Martin Markowitz
Senior Associate Dean
Felicia Norott
Assistant Dean
Kerstin Schnatter Assistant Dean
Undergraduate Program–New Brunswick
Melba Blanco
First Year Student Counselor
Donna Brancato
Program Coordinator
Leidy Garcia-Cosbert
Sophomore Student Counselor
KerriAnn Mattaliano
Undergraduate Administrative Assistant
Thomas Moore
Transfer Student Counselor
John Muth
Sophomore Student Counselor
Nadia Raza
Junior Student Counselor
Debra Toti
Undergraduate Administrative Assistant
Dietrich Tschanz
International Student Counselor
Lin Williams
Senior Student Counselor
Christine Yannuzzi
Admissions Officer
Special Programs, Undergraduate Program–New Brunswick
Helen Pensavalle
Department Administrator
Michelle Tomitz
Administrative Assistant
Career Management, Undergraduate Program–New Brunswick
Eugene Gentile
Director
Florence Herman
Career Management Specialist
John Perez
Career Management Specialist
Leigh-Anne M. Cobb
Program Coordinator
Zoe Makropoulos
Program Coordinator
Name Announcer
Martin Markowitz
Senior Associate Dean
Marshalls
Thomas Moore
Transfer Student Counselor
Kerstin Schnatter
Assistant Dean
Program
Processional The Mason Gross Brass Quintet
National Anthem Elise Bender
Welcome Daren Ha, President
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Program Governing Association
Welcome Lei Lei, Dean
Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick
Introduction of Guest Speaker Rebecca Shilman, Treasurer
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Program Governing Association
Convocation Address Daniel Lubetzky, Founder and CEO
KIND
Thomas H. Mott Award Aneesh Deshpande, Chief of Staff
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Program Governing Association
Awards Martin Markowitz, Senior Associate Dean
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Program
Brittany Presto, 2017 President and
Kristen Tse, 2017 Senior Vice President
Delta Sigma Pi
Farewell Address Daren Ha, President
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Program Governing Association
Presentation of 2018 Candidates Martin Markowitz, Senior Associate Dean
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Program
Tassel Ceremony Martin Markowitz, Senior Associate Dean
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:
Undergraduate Program
Recessional
Refreshments will be provided in the large tent across the street from Henry’s Diner for all guests at the conclusion
of the ceremony.
Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees
August 2017
Iftikhaar Ali 2
Andrew Annun
Mahesan Archary
Nida M. Ashraf 2 *
Dardan Bahtijari
Mario M. Beshir
Mollie C. Bongiovanni
Trevor A. Brain 3 *
Tania M. Burgos
Ching Chan
Pengyu Chen
Xiaobin Chen
Hsin-Yu Chien
Mustafa M. Chohan
Paul Choi
Brandon M. Conlon
Ryan J. Connelly
Sydney Dawkins
Daniella M. DeLuca
Kayla I. Dredden
Shuting Fang
Aditi Farsaiya
Christina N. Fiscella 3
Thomas M. Fisher
Salvatore M. Florio
Daniel J. Foote
Christian S. Goldy
Aishwarya Gondhi 2 *
Kyle G. Gonis 3
Matthew R. Grimando
Matthew Hannam
Sunil D. Hebbar
Jacob E. Holdowsky
Ashley Hong
Tyler D. Isaacs
Kayleigh Jagemann
George R. Janovsky
Jason S. Kang
Colton E. Kelly 2 *
Mei Gan Koh 3 *
Kejvi Lako
Valerie E. LaPorta
Katya Libizova
Kyle J. Lieb
Cesar Lopez
Ryan J. Madridejos
Zachary E. Massey
Nicholas G. Matera 2 *
Ruchika S. Mehta
Aaron C. Morales
Justin S. Mukkatt
Farhan M. Mushtaq
Amul D. Parikh
Mark K. Pastoral
Shreya Patel
Keval M. Patel
Bhumi Patel
Julian S. Perez
Michael G. Polyviou
James M. Riccardi
Shannon A. Ruiz
Theresa A. Salud 2 * *
Steven C. Savoie
Gabriel J. Scaglione
Ruyi Shi 3 *
Andrew J. Slack 2 * *
Hanqing Song
Eric C. Stockl 3 *
Ying Su
Ai Zhu Sun
Katherine C. Torpey
John A. Tsimis
Travis R. Vankerschaver 1 *
Feilu Wang 2 * *
Kenneth E. Wynne
Qiying Xu 1 * * *
Rudy C. Yang 2 *
Kathy Ye 2 *
Danyan Zhou 3
January 2018
Alexis R. Amaczi
Sreedhar S. Ayyala 1 ***
Daniel K. Baissa
Daniel E. Bendik 3 *
Afaf A. Berjaoui
David Berkhin
Kalyn M. Bernhardson 3
Lavon A. Billingslea *
Daniel Binder
Catherine L. Bruton
Daniel C. Bury 3
Weike Cai
Kelsey E. Carroll 2 ***
Sean M. Centofanti 3 *
Erika A. Cevasco 2 *
Hojun Chan 1 **
Lisa S. Chang 3 *
Amy Cheng
Richard M. Chesler 3
Dana Cheung 2 *
Jasmine D. Cole
Daniel H. Corey 1 ***
Nicholas V. Corey
Troy R. Coville
Ryan H. Cummings Harris
Jack B. Dave 3 *
Nicholas C. Dawe 2 ** ∞
Tyler M. DeMartin
Casey Douglas
Shivendra Dube
Ryanacariza T. Durante 3
Ilira Dushku
Michael R. Ehrhardt 3 *
Joseph K. Esposito
Najeeha Farooqi 2 *
Wenyi Feng
Stephen J. Forgione
Brianna M. Galada 2 **
Kerri E. Gazerwitz
Paul V. Geissler
Samantha A. George
Gillian Gleizer
Saloni Gokhru
Catherine Goldstein
Yushi He
Dalton W. Herzog
Daniel A. Hotyanov
Qi Hu
Shamaas Hussain
Sabah Hussein
Julia A. Hutnik 3
Ibad Iqbal
Yuhui Jiang 1 ***
Simran Kaur
Kyle J. Keogh
Lubna M. Khan
Michael T. Kim
Moojin Kim
Sang Won Kim
Christy M. Kwok
Christina M. Lavin
Ivona Lenczewska
Haotian Li
Kenneth H. Li
Bin Lin 2 *
Junting Liu 2 ***
Qianling Liu
Yang Liu
Richard M. Lu
Stephanie A. Lusardi
Billie Ma
Amanda Mach 1 **
Matthew C. McGimpsey
Yogeswari Medepalli
Matthew M. Mitchell
Daven Modi
Bruno A. Mundaca-Quiroz
Mavel Munoz-Jimenez
Abanob Nassar 1 **
Carmen Navas
Vinh Nguyen
Alexander J. Pak
George P. Parais
Daniel Park
Corey K. Parmiter 2 *
Anik J. Patel
Kishan Patel
Shivani Patel
Nirmala Penmatsa 2 *
Bhawana S. Rathore
Sunaina K. Rawal
Michael T. Roibal 1 ***
Michael Santiago 3
Jennifer R. Segal
Sergios C. Sergiou 2 *
Ajay Shah 3
Pranay H. Shah 2 *
Peter P. Shaw
Michael M. Smith
Kesia Sommerville 2
Kevin J. Song
Sumeyye Soysal 2 *
Bhavana Sreeram
Nazar Stelmakh
Daniel J. Stone
John A. Styslinger
Ka Wai Tang 3
Cynthia C. Urrego
Nicholas R. Valente
Isabella A. Verdi 1 *
Yuting Wang 3 **
Stephen J. Ward
Marc Weitzen
Evan B. Wong
Nikki Y. Wong 3 *
Anthony C. Woo
Jingxi Wu
Marta Yarish
Yusen Yi
Xiaotong Yu
Jennifer W. Zhang 3 *
Shilun Zhang
Thomas Zhang
Li Zhao 3 *
May 2018
Abeera Abid 2 **
Fatma Abubaker
Aneesha C. Advani
Shiv Advani
Madhav Agarwal
Mubariz Ahmad
Yelin Ahn 3 *
Christopher Akdemir
Laura-Ann F. Ali 2 *
Muhammed Ali
James A. Alleyne 3 *
Danielle H. Alter
Christopher Alvarado
Joseph P. Amato
Peter V. Amerman 2 *
Ajay Amin
Melissa L. Andren 2 **
Jonathan C. Arnold
Jeffrey S. Arnold
Akiladevi Arumugam 3 *
Jose D. Avila 1 *
Vanessa Avila
Srinidhi Avuthu
Babitha Babu
Matthew A. Badro 3 **
Bartosz M. Bagniewski 2 * ∞
Tyler D. Baisden
Damaris N. Ball
Brendon P. Balzano
Matthew P. Banasiak
Shivani Banerji 1 ***
Edward Barak
Carly M. Bargmann
Andrew T. Bartl
Elise C. Bender 3 *
Gina N. Berkery 2 **
W R. Bertonazzi
Randolph M. Best 2
Alexandra E. Beyder 3 *
Shivani Y. Bhatt
Shivani K. Bhavsar
Komal D. Bhosale 2 * ∞
Janessa L. Biondi 2 *
Aaron S. Bivas
Joshua L. Blackman
Kelly A. Blackwood
Stephen G. Bobkins 3 *
Sean M. Bogner
Drew A. Borton 1 **
John R. Bostic
Michael Bouloubasis 2 *
Nicholas R. Brinks
Kayla M. Broyles 2 *
Jessica R. Buchmann
Nicolas A. Burger
Jonathan S. Butler 3
Kevin B. Cabrera
Haowen Cai 1 * ∞
Dana X. Cai 1 *** ∞
Xin Cai
Dane Carman
James T. Carr 2 *
Amanda L. Casten
Mario J. Catalano
Morgan L. Celentano
Pamela Chacon Castro 2 **
Zoe N. Chai
Kartik Chaloo 3
Aaron S. Chan
Hillary Chan
Wayne Chan
Chen Chang 1 **
Kenny Chang 2
Michelle Chang
Shannon Chang
Jonathan Chao
Adam E. Charalambides
Sravya Chary 3 *
Dana Chen 3 *
Jianan Chen 3 *
Teresa Chen 3 * ∞
Xin Chen 3 *
Zigeng Chen 3
Ye Chen 2 **
Binyu Chen
Liuling Chen
Siyi Chen
Xiaodi Chen
Xiaoyu Chen
Yuqi Chen
Zhaoyang Chen
Ziyun Chen
Nancy Cheng 3 *
Alvin H. Cheng
William Cheng
Kevin Cheung
Yaxun Chi
Lucas G. Chin 3 *
Sohyun Cho
Ruchi Chothani 3 *
Ittihad Chowdhury
Garrett J. Chu 3
Tiantian Chu
Stephanie E. Chung
Cynthia Chung
Michael J. Ciaglia 3
Matthew L. Cialone
Francis J. Ciambrone 2 *
Gregory F. Cimini
Daria M. Clark
Brian R. Cockerline 3 *
Jordan T. Cole 2 **
Sean L. Conheeney
Kevin G. Connors 1 *
Drew F. Conroy
Anne M. Cooke
George M. Cooper 2 *
Vincent J. Coppola
Anthony J. Corujo 1 **
Harry L. Cross
Patrick J. Crowley
Paul M. Csuha
Gianni M. Cucciniello 2 *
Melanie M. Culha
Rachel N. Cusack
Crystal Custodio 3 *
Priyanka B. Dalal
Brianna J. Dalcanton
Michael J. Daly
Sneha Darji
Brianna N. De Maio 3
Glenn Del Mundo
Sara J. Delancey
Amanda M. Delgado
Meghan A. Demba
Sierra M. Denesevich 2 *
Ziyu Deng 1 *
Calvin Deng
Ligia E. Depompo
Deven V. Desai 3
Ritika Desai 2 *
Anuj C. Desai
Rachel M. Desimone 2 **
Michael T. Desimone
Gabrielle M. Desranleau
Nishan S. Dhatt
Cristina V. Diaz
Diane E. DiBraccio 3 *
Nicholas T. Diem
Brian Q. Dietrich
Salma Din
Aidan K. Dineen 3 *
Haowen Ding 1 **
Yufei Ding 2 *
Jessica N. DiPasquale 3 *
Erica V. Dippold
Austin R. Divitcos
Ojas M. Diwan
Sabrina N. Do
Jacqueline P. Dobak
Linda Z. Dong 3 *
Melissa M. D'Ottavio
Kevin G. Dougherty
Patrick J. Dougherty
Olga Dovhanyuk 1 **
Christopher P. Doyle 1 **
Ryan M. Doyle
Joseph R. Dreisbach
Sumedha Dua 3
Christopher J. Duchemin
Patrick J. D'Urso 2 **
Evelyn N. Dziedzic 1 ** ∞
Tyshia K. Edwards
Andrej Eftimov 3 *
Nicholas A. Egan
Trevor N. Egan
Jared C. Egbutu 3
Wilson Eng
Kealyn A. Engenhart 1 *
Alexandra V. Epifan 3
Ahmad W. Faheem
Kechun Fan
Wen Fan
John W. Fanning
Christopher J. Faria
Nicholas R. Favorito
Mary R. Fealey
Daniel P. Fehl
Pamela Feng 3 * ∞
Alyssa D. Ferreira
Carlos A. Ferrel 3 *
Joseph Fierro
Amanda R. Figueroa 1 ***
Amy D. Finkelstein 3 *
Rebecca L. Fisher ∞
Erin M. Fitzgerald 3 *
Michelle L. Flores
Alexander Formato 3 *
Melissa Franco
Milo H. Freeman
Sharon Friederwitzer 3 *
Elise R. Friedman 3 *
Zachary A. Frohlich
Caroline E. Fusella 3 *
Cristiana Norielle M. Galang 3 *
Georgette P. Galeana 3
Nishant Gandhi
Dawn M. Gandy
Temuulen Gansukh
Frank R. Garcia
Jhonatan Garcia
Evelyn Garcia Hernandez
Dheeraj Garg
Shlok Garg
Christopher S. Garin
Avinash B. Garlapati 1 **
Stephanie L. Garrison 1 ***
Devin B. Gavrushenko
Arvind R. Gayam 1 *
Chaoqun Geng
Giselle V. Georgi
Casey O. Gerber 3 *
Jake T. Ghanaim 3 *
Darian Ghassemzadeh
Harmandeep S. Gill
Kressie M. Giordano
Robert J. Gleason
Matthew Goldman
Christian Gomez
Diti Goradia 2 **
Megane Goulet
Melanie Goulet
Sanjana S. Goyal 1 ***
Olivia Grabowski
William P. Graham 2 *
Gerald Gravina
Nicole F. Griffin
Andrew A. Grinshpon
Trisha Gugale
Karan Gupta
Daren Ha 2 *
John T. Hagemann
Hyung Jin Hahm
Eric Hang 1 ***
Margaret M. Hansen 2 ***
Kelsey R. Hanson
Erik Harsanyi 3 *
Samantha M. Hart 3 *
Aleksandr Hartunian
Brianna K. Haspel
Louai M. Hassan 1 ***
Kevin E. Haw
Devon L. Hawkinson
Taj A. Haynes
Jingzhi He
Yuan He
Daniel Head
Kunal Hegde
Jacob A. Heifetz-Licht 3
Kevin A. Herrera
Matthew T. Hershey
Aaron J. Hill
Steven P. Hillenbrand 2 *
Kristen L. Himmelman 2 *
David W. Ho
Matthew F. Holuta
Steven Hou 3 *
Mary Huang 3
Xinyi Huang 2 *
Yilin Huang
Kelsey A. Huber
Joseph D. Iannini 2 **
Thomas S. Irving
Tatum L. Jackson 1 ***
Peter Jacob
Sophie F. Jacobs 3 *
Sam C. Jacobs 3
Nicole M. Jagernauth
Zohaib Jamil
Parmeet S. Jangi
Yifan Jiang 2 *** ∞
Hao Jiang
Xin Jiang
Xuan Jiang
Jingshu Jiao 2
Terance K. Jimenez
Miaomiao Jin 3 *
Krista N. Johansen
Connor A. Johnson
Monica M. Joshi
Beomyoung Joung
Evgeniya Kancylarz 2 * ∞
Evan M. Kane
Mary Kanellos
Rishikesh Kanoongo
Christopher E. Karimalis
Amogh A. Karwar
Robert L. Kelly
Benjamin D. Kern
Vladimir A. Kezik 3
Galib H. Khan 1 ***
Hamad Khan
Safaa Khan
Ayushi Khanchandani 3 *
Karan Khanna
Jaehyun Kim 3 * ∞
Sean Kim 3 *
David E. Kim
Hark J. Kim
Therase S. Kim
Andrew Kim
Daniel Kim
Ha Eun Kim
Jungho Kim
Lauren G. Kimler
Chetan Kini 3
Seyma Kirca
Ayami Koike 3 *
Joseph J. Kolesar 3 *
Joshua Kong
Piotr J. Koscielniak
Jacqueline A. Kott 3 *
Viktoria Kovalenko 2 *
Agata Kowalska
John M. Krayowski
Saaketh Krosuri 1 ***
Richard K. Kruse
Peter P. Krzewinski
Valentin Kudryashov
Anika Kumar 2 **
Monica Kumar
Tommy J. Kusnierz
Brandon C. Kwan
Leo K. Kwan
Adam M. Kwietniak
Julie Kwon
Pierre S. Laguerre
Jingchen Lai
Alexander P. Laird
Dahlia Lam
Frances Lam
Mate Landeka 3 *
Lauren K. Larsen 3 **
Quinn J. Laughlin
Matthew D. Lee 3 *
Jung H. Lee 2 *
Isaac J. Lee
Chyn Yau Lee
Sora Lee
Robert J. Leighton
Dario Leka
James L'Erario 2 *
Steven J. Lerner 2 *
Cate L. Leu 3 *
Norman Leung 3
Jason P. Levash 2 *
Mitchell B. Levitt
Phillip S. Leytes 2 **
Bing Li
Jiayu Li
Kristy Li
Mian Li
Rulin Li
Zhen Li
Christopher R. Librojo
Andrew Licini
Brian M. Lilien 1 ***
Nidhi Limbachia
Michael K. Lin
Carrie W. Liu 3 *
Quanrui Liu 3 *
Zhuoen Liu 1 ***
Tonghe Liu 2 ** ∞
Karen Y. Liu
Hongbo Liu
Jiaqi Liu
Shiyan Liu
Shuang Liu
Siyu Liu ∞
Wenting Liu
Casey A. Loftus 3
Robert S. Lokken
William M. Lolis 2 *
Monica Lopez 3
Patrick T. Loughlin
Kelly E. Lozo 1 ***
Yao Lu 2 ** ∞
Ruirong Lu
Amanda F. Luk
Lawrence K. Lung 1 **
Xiaoming Luo 2 *
Vito Luppino 1 *
Kevin C. Lyons
Paul S. Ma 1 *
Gianni M. Magliaro 3
Siraj A. Mairaj
Asher L. Malech 3
Naibi Malike
Carlos E. Malla
Vivek S. Mallampalli 1 **
Kayvan Manafi 1 **
Joseph P. Manley 3 *
Griffin A. Marano 3 *
Nicole R. Marczewski
Matthew A. Margulies
Alyssa L. Matchett
Marcelle S. Mathews 2 *
Ajit J. Mathews
Matthew J. Matro 3 *
Hanssraj M. Matta
Vincent P. Mattia
Meherin Mazumder
Marina Mazzamuto 3 *
Tommaso F. Mazzeo
Michael P. McCormick
Rachel V. McDonnell 2 *
Michael J. McHugh
Alexandra A. Mckay 2 *
Joseph J. McLaughlin
Kelly L. McNaughton 3 **
Patrick B. Meehan
Robert M. Mega
Sanjana Mehta 2 *
Haley N. Meier 2 **
Will W. Meisel
Harini G. Mekala 1 **
Ryan T. Mellody
Renaud Mialhe
Marion A. Miller 1 *
Derek J. Miller
John D. Milnes
Samer Mohiuddin
Patrick R. Monaghan 2 **
Emmely S. Monterroso-Carpio
Antonio J. Morales
Danielle Moreno 3 *
Michael Moskvin 3 *
Brianna M. Mott 3 *
Darek Mucha
Alyxandra J. Muldowney
Jake N. Mullaney
Jessica R. Munzial 2 **
Divya Murali
Gabriela A. Murillo 3 *
Brian P. Murphy
Preethi A. Murthy
Alexandra L. Muth
Huda Nageeb
Dakota Nairn-Smith
Alexander M. Narciso 3 *
Brianne M. Nealon
Michael A. Nehring 2 *
Benjamin L. Neri
Elyse A. Nganwuchu
Tiffany Nguyen
Shizhen Ni 2 *
Dianjia Ni
Love E. Nosa-Omorogiuwa
Valentina Nova Arangundy
Alyssa Nungra 3 *
Lauren E. O'Brien 3
Conor J. O'Brien
Kyle J. O'Connor
Olalekan Odejobi 3 *
Lauren A. O'Dwyer
Katelyn M. Ogeka
Eugene Oh 2 *
Riora B. Ohi 1 ** ∞
Scholastica C. Okoye 3
Randy J. Olszewski
Michael J. Onderko
Aroa Ondo Munoz 3 *
Robert L. O'Neill
Megan Orense
Lauren N. Ortiz 3 *
John S. Pangilinan 3 *
Abraham S. Paniri
Ornella D. Panizza 3 *
Sarah M. Parente 1 **
Ronak S. Parikh 1 **
Blake E. Parisi
Soohyun Park 2 *
Jin M. Park
Hyeri Park
Jusung Park
Susie Park
Conner M. Parke
Olivia C. Passerini
Sohan D. Patel 3 *
Vinit A. Patel 3 ∞
Niki N. Patel 3
Ashish S. Patel 3
Akshay Patel 3
Arjun Patel 3
Nirali Patel 3
Montu K. Patel 1 *
Payal P. Patel 1 *
Harsh S. Patel 1 **
Pooja J. Patel 1 ***
Sonam B. Patel 2 *
Hinal H. Patel 2 *
Hinal N. Patel 2 *
Henna R. Patel 2 *
Mona B. Patel
Smit D. Patel
Milan M. Patel
Simran N. Patel
Neel R. Patel
Rutwik V. Patel
Anuj Patel
Binal Patel
Radha Patel
Veer Pathak 3 * ∞
Chamuel Patino
Michael J. Patton
Aharon B. Paul
Kristian E. Pedersen
Kyle G. Peger
Jiahui Peng
Siyuan Peng
Braelyn M. Perez
Michael J. Petenko
Michael E. Petersen
Constantinos Petrides 2 *
Michael A. Phillips 3
Matthew P. Phillips
Mika N. Piaseczny
Louis B. Pickus 3 **
Lezlie Allyn S. Plaza 1 **
Kevin Polissky
Vinay Prakash
Julian M. Premus
Brittany Presto 3
Durgesh B. Prusty 3 *
Anmol K. Puri 3 *
Xiayin Qi 1 *
Mengjie Qi ∞
Inayah Rafi
Ramya Rajagopal 3 *
Karishma R. Rana
Christopher J. Rasile
Erik A. Rasmussen 2 **
Sanandh V. Ravu 2 **
Sanjana Ray
Shefali Ray
Anusha B. Reddy 2 *
Pratyusha Reddy 2 *
Erica M. Reichert
Ashlee L. Ricciardi
Lucas C. Richards
Backner A. Rivera
Syed Shabbir Ali Rizvi
Natalie F. Roberts 3 *
Javier E. Rocha
Brian T. Rodger
Christina Chiara G. Rodrigo
Natalie C. Rodrigues 2 *
Jason A. Rofsky 3
Christina Marie R. Rogado 1 ***
Kelly M. Rogers 1 ***
Erin M. Rogers
Alec J. Rohrbach
Andrew F. Rolon 3
Tyler Roman 2 *
Rachel A. Romano
Franchesca I. Romero De La Rocha 2 *
Adam M. Ron 3
Jordan P. Rosenhouse
Stephanie F. Rua
Joanna S. Rueda
Catherine S. Saavedra
Andrew T. Sable
Kartik Saddi 3
Stephanie L. Sadighi 3 *
Ivander Salim
Ibrahim Z. Salman
Adriana M. Sandoval 2 *
Lahari Sangitha 3 *
Nicholas J. Sansone
Rosie M. Santana
Juan M. Santiago
Nicholas J. Santuccio
Pishoy T. Saroufim
Miranda M. Saryian
Namit S. Satara 3 *
Justin S. Scherba 3
Olivia E. Schiffer 3
Katherine E. Scorziello 3 *
Myles W. Sepulveda
Edleueen T. Seraspe 3
Ryan A. Seward 3 *
Christian V. Sha
Daniel Shafir
Ravi P. Shah 3 *
Natasha D. Shah 3
Sneh H. Shah 1 *
Kairavi Shah
Sagar Shah
Taha Sharafat
Irshika Sharma
Sagar Sharma
Nisha Shastri
Zachary P. Sheil
Abishek Sheshasayee 2 *
Pooja U. Shroff 1 ***
Cross R. Siclare
Omaima Siddiqui 2 *
Alyssa N. Siddron
Jessica A. Siegel
Anushree Sikchi 3
Guriqbaljit Singh
Rohit Singh
Swapnil Singh
Vickrant Singh
Brandon S. Slover
Luke T. Smalley 3 *
Jada Smith
Daniel J. Sohn
Danielle B. Solomon 3 *
Yunshan Song
James M. Sosinski
Nicolette L. Sosunov
Lucas R. Soucek 3
Lorena P. Souza
Dattamanoj Sreedhara 2 ***
Mahima Srivastava 3 *
Trevor R. Stanton 2 *
Nicholas Stavrakis
Evan A. Sternberg
Kaitlyn T. Sterzel
Liam G. Stewart 2 *
Andrew J. Stivers
Pamela J. Stratton 1 *
Joseph G. Strumolo 2 *
Qiongxiao Su 1 ***
Xiaowen Su
David Sudit
Matthew D. Sullivan
Monica K. Sung 1 **
Kevin M. Surace
Michael V. Sweeney 3 *
Justin D. Swercheck
Duncan W. Sy
Hummad N. Syed
Christopher Szamreta
Evelling Taipe ∞
Joseph T. Talarico 3
Dennis Tan 3
Shen Tan 2 **
Jason B. Tang
Christian T. Tarantola
Kevin C. Tarnowski 2 *
Mihir A. Thakkar
Nidhi S. Thomas 2 **
Serina R. Thomas
Kevin C. Thomson
Kyla S. Tiernan 2 *
Sean Torstenson 2 **
Ngoc T. Tran
Steven V. Tran
Nicholas Tran
Alyssa D. Trecozzi 2 *
Au T. Trinh 2 *
Esha Tripathi 1 **
Varun J. Trivedi 2 *
Puja A. Trivedi
Andrew Tsai
Maria S. Tsamutalis 2 *
Kristen N. Tse 2 **
Chia-En Tu
Steven Tu
Alexandria M. Tuman
Paul P. Tumminia 1 ***
Thomas M. Tuskey
Blodin Ukella
Cynthia C. Ulokameje
Jacob A. Uray
Tugrul B. Uysal
Brittany L. Van Name 1 **
Sabrina Van Ness
Ryan Van Wert 2 *
Robert J. VanBuren 2 *
Neel V. Velani
Bea Z. Victoriano
Kimberly Villone
Jeanette S. Volkow
Jacob A. Waldron
Kyle A. Walker 2 *
Yitzchak Z. Walkin 2 *
Ariel Wang 3 *
Yixin Wang 3 ** ∞
Biying Wang 2 *
Eric J. Wang
Baixin Wang
Chenhui Wang
Chenxiao Wang
Ruiwen Wang
Shuhan Wang
Vincent Wang
Xinyi Wang
Yuchen Wang
Zimo Wangliang
Alexandra R. Warner 3
Cynthia A. Warshany 2 **
Ivan A. Watanabe Aranda 3 *
Jacquelyn S. Weathers
Brandon J. Weiner
Xuemei Wen
Jennifer L. Wesolowski 2 *
John J. Whalen
Daniel S. White
Thomas A. Willett 3 *
Clifford J. Williams
Dennis D. Woo
Christopher J. Woodbury 3 *
Wenhao Wu 3 *
Sean E. Wukitsch 3
Tiffany Xi 1 **
Yue Xiao 2 *
George F. Xie 1 **
Yidong Xu 3
Diran Xu
Lingyi Xu
Mingxuan Xu
Gabriel Xue 2 **
Alicia L. Yajcaji
Nuo Yan
Xiaoyun Yan
Yuting Yang 3 *
Ge Yang 3 ***
Yunqi Yang
Tiffany M. Yao 1 *** ∞
Carin Yao
Guangji Ye 1 **
Angela H. Ye
Yidi Ye
Jonathan H. Yick 3
Shaolan Yin
Shobana Yogeswaran
James Yoon 3
Xihe Yu 2 *
Siheng Yu
Yaqing Yuan
Deanna V. Zaha
Michael Zandanel
Abigail M. Zarouni
Shibin Zeng
Nicholas Zevits
Beiyi Zhang 3 *
Tessa Zhang 3 *
Yinzi Zhang 3
Zhuren Zhang 3
Zike Zhang 3
Chen Zhang
Christina Zhang
Silu Zhang
Grace E. Zhao
Annie Y. Zhao
Yangzimiao Zhao
Annie Zheng
Minwei Zhou
Muzhi Zhou
Sophia Zhou
Yuanzhengbo Zhu 3 **
Ying Zhu 2 ***
Longqi Zhuang 2 *
Vincent L. Zilocchi
Ryan V. Zinsky 1 **
James F. Zocco 3
Courtney D. Zullo
Xintong Zuo
Matthew E. Zwierzynski
1 Summa Cum Laude 2 Magna Cum Laude 3 Cum Laude * Departmental Honors * * Departmental High Honors * * * Departmental Highest Honors ∞ Beta Alpha Psi
All honors designations are based on GPAs as of the end of the fall 2017 semester.
Departmental Outstanding Achievement Awards
These awards are given each year by the faculty of the Rutgers Business School Newark and
New Brunswick to the students demonstrating outstanding achievement in their major.
Accounting: Dana Cai
BAIT: Galib Khan
Finance: Ryan Zinsky
Management: Yao Lu
Marketing: Brian Lilien
Supply Chain Management: Sharon Friederwitzer
Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key
Delta Sigma Pi is a professional business fraternity that prepares business students for
successful professional careers, but also instills values of service and principled leadership that
characterize Deltasigs in all phases of life. With more than 260,000 pledges, members make a
difference in their workplaces and communities throughout the United States and around the
world.
Since 1912 the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key has been awarded annually at each college or
university where the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi maintains an active chapter. The
Key is presented to the graduating senior with the highest grade point average in the School of
Business or its equivalent.
Presented to:
Drew Borton
Saaketh Krosuri
Brian Lilien
Kayvan Manafi
Pooja Shroff
Tiffany Xi
Ryan Zinsky
2018 Dean’s Distinguished Leadership Award
The Dean’s Distinguished Leadership Award recognizes one student leader each year who has
demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, service to RBS and leadership
potential. Following tradition, the name of the recipient is engraved onto the Rutgers Business
School Brass Bell. This bell is rung six times at University Commencement, symbolizing the
number of degree programs in the Rutgers Business School.
Presented to:
Monica Sung
Rutgers Business School Notable Senior Honor
The Rutgers Business School Notable Senior Honor is awarded by the Undergraduate Programs
Office to graduating seniors who demonstrate excellence in service, community building, and
dedication to the RBS community. Students chosen for this award are distinguished examples of
well-rounded individuals who have exceeded expectations in their commitment to the university.
Throughout their undergraduate careers, they have offered noteworthy contributions to the
Rutgers Business School community and brought positive recognition to the RBS name.
Presented to:
Rikita Desai
Kealyn Engenhart
Stephanie Garrison
Christina Rodrigo
Trevor Stanton
Kyla Tiernan
Beta Gamma Sigma Inductees Class of 2018
Beta Gamma Sigma members are known as the “Best in Business”. Membership is highly
exclusive with only the top 10% of their class invited to join.
Jose Avila
Sreedhar Ayyala
Bartosz Bagniewski
Shivani Banerji
Gina Berkery
Drew Borton
Kayla Broyles
Dana Cai
Haowen Cai
Steven Capelli
Kelsey Carroll
Kenny Chang
Dana Chen
Ye Chen
Richard Chesler
Francis Ciambrone
Kevin Connors
Marin Contini
Daniel Corey
Anthony Corujo
Yun Deng
Ritika Desai
Olga Dovhanyuk
Christopher Doyle
Patrick D'Urso
Evelyn Dziedzic
Ranya Elfawwal
Kealyn Engenhart
Pamela Feng
Amanda Figueroa
Brianna Galada
Stephanie Garrison
Arvind Gayam
Gurleen Gill
Sanjana Goyal
Margaret Hansen
Jaffer Hashmi
Louai Hassan
Julia Hutnik
Joseph Iannini
Tatum Jackson
Suiyi Jiang
Yuhui Jiang
Jingshu Jiao
Evgeniya Kancylarz
Galib Khan
Saaketh Krosuri
Anika Kumar
Christopher Lapczynski
Jung Lee
Steven Lerner
Jason Levash
Phillip Leytes
Brian Lilien
Junting Liu
Tonghe Liu
Zhuoen Liu
Kelly Lozo
Yao Lu
Cezary Lukawski
Lawrence Lung
Vito Luppino
Paul Ma
Vivek Mallampalli
Joseph Manley
Marcelle Mathews
Sanjana Mehta
Haley Meier
Harini Mekala
Patrick Monaghan
Abanob Nassar
Michael Nehring
Riora Ohi
Sarah Parente
Ronak Parikh
Arjun Patel
Harsh Patel
Jamie Patel
Montu Patel
Payal Patel
Pooja Patel
Veer Pathak
Lezlie Allyn Plaza
Xiayin Qi
Laura Radeke
Erik Rasmussen
Sanandh Ravu
Anusha Reddy
Pratyusha Reddy
Jason Rofsky
Christina Marie Rogado
Kelly Rogers
Michael Roibal
Franchesca Romero De La
Rocha
Matthew Schneider
Pooja Shroff
Kesia Sommerville
Sumeyye Soysal
Trevor Stanton
Liam Stewart
Pamela Stratton
Qiongxiao Su
Monica Sung
Shen Tan
Kevin Tarnowski
Nidhi Thomas
Kyla Tiernan
Esha Tripathi
Paul Tumminia
Brittany Van Name
Isabella Verdi
Kyle Walker
Tiffany Xi
Tiffany Yao
Guangji Ye
Xihe Yu
Longqi Zhuang
Ryan Zinsky
Convocation Ceremony Speaker
Daniel Lubetzky
Founder and CEO
KIND
Daniel Lubetzky, founder and CEO of KIND, is on a mission to make the world a little kinder
one snack and act at a time. Maker of delicious and nutritious foods, KIND created a new
healthy snacking category with the introduction of its first fruit & nut bars in 2004. Established
as not-only-for-profit, KIND is also committed to using its business as a vehicle for social
change. Its KIND Movement inspires everyday acts of kindness (three million and counting!),
and The KIND Foundation works to create kinder, more empathetic communities. Most recently,
the Foundation unveiled Empatico – an idea that Daniel conceived more than a decade ago.
Empatico is a $20MM multi-year initiative that will broaden kids' world views through
meaningful interactions with peers across the globe.
Drawing on his experiences with KIND and more than two decades in the food industry, Daniel
founded an independent organization called Feed the Truth in 2017. This nonprofit seeks to
improve public health by making truth, transparency and integrity the foremost values in today’s
food system.
A social entrepreneur working to build bridges between people, Daniel is also the founder of
PeaceWorks Inc., a business that fosters cooperative ventures among neighbors in the Middle
East. Additionally, he co-founded Maiyet, a fashion brand that partners with artisans to promote
entrepreneurship in developing economies, and the OneVoice Movement, an international
grassroots effort that amplifies the voices of moderate Israelis and Palestinians seeking to end the
conflict.
His commitment to creating economically sustainable and socially impactful business has been
lauded by BusinessWeek, Time, Fast Company and Entrepreneur. Daniel has also been
recognized by the World Economic Forum and the Skoll Foundation, and in 2015 President
Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker named him a Presidential Ambassador
for Global Entrepreneurship. In 2017, Daniel was celebrated as a Common Ground awardee for
his accomplishments in conflict resolution, community building and peacebuilding. He is the
author of the New York Times bestseller Do the KIND Thing.
