2024 Honorees

India Pagan ’21

Basketball Player

BA Sociology

Travis Jankowski // Patrick Cantwell ’12

Major League Baseball Players, Texas Rangers

BS Health Science

Nusrat Alam ’06

CEO/Co-Founder/Leadership Coach – I Am Perspective, Judicial Delegate of New York State's 24th Assembly District

BA History

Pedro Atzel Zapata ’13, MA ’14

Deputy Director, Program Implementation, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

BA Political Science, MA Public Policy

Timothy Cole ’05, Esq.

Attorney - Office of the General Counsel, Brookhaven Science Associates (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

BA Political Science & Economics

Russell Keogler, MA ’11, MBA ’13

Vice President of Operations, HMR Veterans Services Inc.

MA Liberal Studies, MBA Business Administration, MPH Public Health

Adam Kulawy ’06

Facilities Management Bureau Chief, Arlington County Government

BE Mechanical Engineering

Daniel Lloyd, MA ’19

Founder & President, Minority Millennials

MA Public Policy

Donna-Lee Mahabeer ’06, MSW ’08

Director of Diversity, Intercultural and Community Engagement, Office of Student Life, Stony Brook University

BS Health Science/Psychology, MSW Social Work

Steven Raga ’06, MA ’08

Assemblyman, New York State Legislature

BA Political Science, MA Public Policy

Jillian Ringhauser ’14

United States Senate Sergeant at Arms, Disaster Response & Recovery Program Manager, Office of Security, Emergency Preparedness, and Continuity

BA Political Science

Robert Africano ’10, OD, FAAO

Optometrist (OD), Area Doctor, North Carolina Primary Vision Care Associates within the National Vision Inc Doctor of Optometry Network

BS Biology and Philosophy

Amruta G. Desai ’08, MBA, MPH ’09, DO

Anesthesiologist, Interventional Pain Physician, Stony Brook Medicine

BS, Pharmacology; MBA, Business Administration; MPH, Public Health

Alexandria Imperato ’10, ’12, MD ’18

Doctor Internal Medicine, NYU

BS Chemistry, BS Nursing, MD Medicine

Catherine Kavanagh, MD ’09

Pediatric Nephrologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC, Associate Fellowship Director at CUMC

MD Pediatric Nephrology

Gregory Kirschen, PhD ’17, MD ’20

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellow, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

PhD Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, MD Medicine

Kristi Ladowski, MPH ’11

Associate Director of Injury Prevention and Community Program Integration, Stony Brook University Hospital

MPH Public Health

Alefiyah Malbari, MD ’09

Chief of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School

MD Medicine

James Pierre-Glaude ’06, DPT ’10, EdD, ATC, OCS, CSCS

Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging, School of Health Professions Clinical Assistant Professor-Physical Therapy

BS, Athletic Training; DPT, Physical Therapy

Aleef Rahman ’09, MPH, MBA, MS ’11, MD

Public Health Physician, Medical Consultant, New York State Department of Health, CDC National Foundation

BS Biochemistry, MS Biomedical Sciences, MPH Public Health, MBA Business Administration

Valerie Revolus ’12, DNP-c, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C

Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Moving In New Directions Psychiatric - Telehealth Mental Health Private Practice

BS Health Science

Sofia Reyes ’08, MA ’12

Director, Simulation Education & Clinical Skills Laboratory, Stony Brook University

BS, Nursing; MA, Adult Nursing

Howard Wang ’09, DDS ’13, MBA, MPH ’15, MS ’16

Dual Specialist in Endodontics & Periodontics/Dental implants, Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, Board-Eligible for the American Board of Endodontics

BS, Biochemistry; MS, Biological Sciences; DDS, Dental Medicine; MPH, Public Health; MBA, Business Administration

William A. James ’09

Audio documentary reporter and producer, KUOW, Seattle NPR station

BA Journalism

Jonathan Conyers ’17, RRT, RRT-NPS

Respiratory Therapist at NYU Langone Medical Center, Founder of Conyers Media and Conyers Real Estate, Co-Founder of The Brooklyn Debate League

BS Respiratory Care

Cassandra Skolnick ’22

Founder and Executive Director of Society of Advocates Fighting for Equality, Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer of Veris Media Group LLC

BA Women’s and Gender Studies

Rubina Madni ’05, Esq.

Director, Corporate Counsel, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc

BA History

Andrea Gallego ’08

Global Managing Director of Go-To-Market Incubation, Google

BA Economics

Joseph Verardo ’13, MA ’15, MS ’16

President, Young Education Professionals - NYC; National Science Foundation CyberCorps Coordinator, Binghamton University

BA Political Science, MA Public Policy, MS Technological Systems Management

Acacia Leakey ’17, MS ’18

DPhil Student, University of Oxford

BE Mechanical Engineering, MS Mechanical Engineering

Joshua Lory ’09

Co-Founder & CEO, YourOwn

BS Technological Systems Management

Carla Neckles, PhD ’14

Arrakis Therapeutics, Senior Scientist

PhD Chemistry

Marvin Parasram ’10

Assistant Professor, New York University

BS Chemistry

Amanda Alicea, BA/MBA ’10

Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff, Division of Enterprise Risk Management at Stony Brook University

BA, Psychology, MBA Business Administration

Nicholas Figueroa ’11, MA ’13, PhD

Lecturer of Spanish, Columbia University

BA, Spanish Language and Literature; MA, Hispanic Linguistics

Matthew Henninger ’16, PhD

Staff Psychologist, PTSD Clinical Team, Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System

BA Psychology

Gozde Ustuner, MS ’17, PhD ’24

Acting Department Chair/Professor, Farmingdale State College; Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory

MS, Mechanical Engineering; PhD, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering

Monique Watson ’14

Strategy Fellow, College Board

BA Political Science, History

Chris Murray ’10, MA ’13

Vice President Marketing, Island Federal

BS Biology, MA Liberal Studies

Kalin Sims ’15

Senior Manager, Customer Success, Storyblocks

BA Sociology