Russell Sommers ‘05
Major: Accounting Mr. Sommers is managing consultant at EisnerAmper LLP, a full-service advisory and CPA accounting firm. The firm provides audit, accounting and tax services; corporate finance, internal audit and risk management; litigation services; consulting; private business services; employee benefit plan audits; forensic accounting and other professional advisory services to a broad range of clients across many industries. Mr. Sommers develops risk management strategies and programs to guide mid-tier financial services companies in achieving corporate objectives. He fosters the linkage between enterprise risk management and the strategic objectives of an organization to create a scalable and agile platform which prepares each organization for the future. Mr. Sommers is enrolled in the M.B.A. program at Northeastern University. He enjoys surfcasting, being a father, cooking and restoring houses damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
Jill (Freudenfels) Stanley ‘06
Major: Accounting Ms. Stanley was most recently an accountant with Investors Bank in Short Hills, NJ. She was responsible for financial reporting, preparing quarterly and year-end documents to be filed with the SEC. Prior to joining Investors Bank, Ms. Stanley worked at KPMG LLP as a senior audit associate, performing audits for publicly held corporations and conducting test work to ensure that financial statements are accurately stated. While studying at Ramapo College, Ms. Stanley interned at Merrill Lynch-Wealth Management in Paramus, NJ. She is a member of the Anisfield School of Business Alumni Advisory Board and the Alumni Association Board. She enjoys photography, reading and spending time with her family. Ms. Stanley is taking time off to spend with her first child, born in August 2012.
Cathleen Winter-Rafalko ‘86
Majors: Marketing and Public Relations Ms. Winter-Rafalko is a flight attendant with United Airlines, which recently merged with Continental Airlines. In this position she is an in-flight customer safety and service coordinator responsible for complying with Federal Aviation Administration requirements to keep passengers safe in flight. As such, she attends frequent safety training programs as required by the FAA and participates in safety drills that simulate aircraft evacuations. Prior to this position Ms. Winter-Rafalko was a safety trainer, recruiter and team leader within the In-flight Department of Continental Airlines. She enjoys education, exercising and nutrition, cooking, parenting and world travel.
April 16, 2013
Profiles of Participating Alumni Amanda Ammerman ‘11
Major: Accounting Minor: International Business Ms. Ammerman is a staff accountant in the Tax Department at EisnerAmper LLP, a full-service advisory and CPA accounting firm. They provide audit, accounting, and tax services, as well as corporate finance, internal audit and risk management, litigation services, consulting, private business services, employee benefit plan audits, forensic accounting and other professional advisory services. Ms. Ammerman has a background in corporate and partnership taxation. She is responsible for all stages of a business tax return including projections, extensions, estimates and year-end tax returns. Ms. Ammerman is interested in traveling, reading and performing volunteer work.
Steven Bloom ’08
Majors: Accounting and Economics Minor: Political Science Mr. Bloom is a senior financial analyst for L’Oreal USA, Inc., the U.S. division of the world’s leading cosmetic and beauty maker. Working with the vice president of Finance of the SalonCentric Division of the Professional Products Division, he is responsible for the profit and loss statement and all capital, budgeting and trending of all costs. He assumed this position in September 2010 after a year as a staff accountant. Previously, he worked as a staff accountant at Toys ‘R Us, Inc. An article Mr. Bloom cowrote with Associate Professor of Economics Alexandre Olbrecht, about economics and baseball, was published in the Journal of Business and Economics Research in 2009. He presented a subsequent coauthored paper at the Eastern Economic Association’s 2010 Annual Conference on the “Economics of Higher Education in New Jersey.” Mr. Bloom was a student trustee on the Board of Trustees of Ramapo College from 2007 to 2008 and held internships at NYCE Payment Networks, LLC, Toys ‘R Us, Inc. and Benjamin Moore and Company. Mr. Bloom is pursuing an M.B.A. in Finance at Monmouth University. He enjoys playing tennis, attending sporting events, traveling and reading.
John G. Brewster ’75
Major: Business Administration M.B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University Mr. Brewster is senior vice president-Wealth Management, UBS Financial Services Inc. The Brewster Financial Group. The Brewster Financial Group provides a customized approach to wealth management built on a personal relationship with the financial advisor and shaped by an understanding of clients’ needs and aspirations. To help manage his clients’ wealth, Mr. Brewster and his staff harness the advisory and investment capabilities of UBS Financial Services, Inc., one of the world’s largest wealth management firms. He has two children and three grandchildren; he and his children reside in Mahwah, NJ. His son Darrell also is an alumnus of Ramapo College; his son Randall is a partner at UBS. Mr. Brewster is a member of the Foundation Board of Governors and the Anisfield School of Business Alumni Advisory Board. He enjoys motor and water sports, golf and time at his home in the Adirondacks.