Class Notes Barbara Jordan ’75, Tarpon Springs, FL is retired and enjoying life. Jordan is a member of the Utica College Florida Regional Alumni Network steering committee and volunteers with the College as a career mentor. Dawn Chmielewski ’83, Irvine, CA, joined Reuters as U.S. entertainment business correspondent. Chmielewski is an award-winning journalist who has covered business, entertainment, and technology for more than three decades. Her work has appeared in Forbes, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report and The Los Angeles Times. Gina Polk ’83, Monument, CO, is the secretary/treasurer for the family-owned CPA firm Messari Group Ltd. Brad Buyce ’91, Marietta, GA, is senior public relations manager at Paylocity in the Atlanta Metro Area. Dorree Gurdak ’92, Tampa, FL, is senior vice president of Pollock Communications’ Consumer Division. Bill Fonda ’94, Acton, MA, is editor with the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, a twiceweekly paper in New Hampshire. Robert Patterson ’98, Kansas City, MO, has been promoted to senior vice president of marketing technology at MMGY Global.
Barbara Lavalette ’99, Raleigh, NC, was promoted to creative director for content design in the CIO Design organization at IBM. Timothy Conover ’01, New York City, received a master’s degree in healthcare administration in April 2021. Marino Panchano ’04, Jackson Heights, NY, is an editorial producer at MLB.com. Weilling Chen ’05, Oakland Gardens, NY, is a store manager at Eastern Market in Gainesville, FL. Amelia Zwecher ’05, Farmingdale, NY, is a human resources manager at Legal Services NYC. She is also an adjunct professor in the School of Human Capital Management at Columbia University. [1] Michael Shaw ’06, Naples, FL, received the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Public Service Award for his work during the pandemic. He has worked for Collier County in Florida as an emergency management coordinator – operations since 2012. He is the chairman of the Florida Emergency Preparedness Association’s WebEOC Working Group, lead instructor of Incident Command System courses in Collier County, and the county’s training
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and exercise lead for disaster preparedness. Cristel Byrne Giglio ’08, Colchester, VT, graduated from Albany Medical College with a master’s degree in biomedical ethics in May 2021 and is a Clinical
Ethics Fellow in at the University of Vermont Medical Center. She co-authored a paper recently published in the Journal of Hospital Ethics. Zachary Hutchinson ’08, Rome, NY, was named “Hero of the Month” by Mohawk Valley Community Action
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