QU - Key Persons
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- Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
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- Chief Executive Officer, Technolutions, Inc
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Technolutions
- Public Member
Alexander Clark is the founder and chief executive officer of Technolutions. Clark founded Technolutions in 1994 while a seventh-grader in Mississippi. In 2000, while a first-year English major at Yale, Clark developed and introduced Slate, which supports the enrollment, student success, alumni and advancement operations at over 1,600 colleges and universities worldwide. Described as a higher ed "Wizard of Oz" in a feature article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Clark has continued to lead Technolutions and its Slate community through its decades of innovation and growth.
Clark has a tremendous commitment to education as the Founder of Slate School, a non-profit K-12 independent school located in North Haven on a 40-acre campus with a focus on cultivating creativity, fostering ingenuity and curiosity, and inspiring a deep passion for lifelong learning. In 2018, Clark was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Quinnipiac University for his work as an entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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- Director of the Quinnipiac in Los Angeles Program
- Writer of LA Panda
Andrés is the writer of LA Panda indie thriller THE CHAIN, starring Ray Wise and winner of Best Screenplay at the Alicante Film Festival; and of DANGER IN THE SPOTLIGHT for MarVista Entertainment. He has also written the Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist CHRISTMAS KILLS, the dark comedy MR. BEAR (based on his successful short film) and the thriller THE ECHOES.
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- Vice President for Academic Innovation and Effectiveness
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- Dean of the School of Education
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- CEO of Antilles Financial Services Group
- CEO, Antilles Financial Services Group, LLC
- Public Member
An investor, philanthropist and art collector, B. Waring Partridge is the CEO of Antilles Financial Services Group, LLC in the United States Virgin Islands. Prior to this, he served as a vice president of AT&T for corporate strategy and new businesses. He holds 16 patents for telecommunications systems and apparatus. He also served in high level staff positions in Congress and in the U.S. Trade Representative's office, as acting U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce and as a consultant for the State Department. In 2018, he and his wife, Carmen, established the Waring and Carmen Partridge Faculty Fellows Fund for the School of Law. An adjunct professor at Columbia University Business School, he holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Yale College and a law degree from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Secretary
- Physical Therapist at Hartford Hospital
Barbara M. Beever '81 served as a physical therapist at Hartford Hospital upon earning her bachelor's degree in physical therapy from Quinnipiac in 1981. She also provided at-home physical therapy services for many years. Beever was an active member of the School of Health Sciences Advisory Board.
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- Member of the Administrative Officers Team
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- Executive Director of Graduate and Online Admissions
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- Chief of Staff
- Vice President
- Vice President for Strategy & Community Relations, and Chief of Staff
Bethany Zemba joined Quinnipiac as vice president and chief of staff in December 2018. Previously, she served as a senior associate dean, chief of staff and senior adviser to the dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Yale University. Before that, she worked at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Zemba brings a range of strategic higher education leadership and expertise to her role at Quinnipiac, where she is responsible for working closely with the senior management team to direct the formulation and execution of the university's strategic plan; coordinate institutional research; oversee community relations; and serve as the primary liaison to the board of trustees.
Zemba earned a bachelor of science and a master of public administration from the University of Rhode Island, and a doctorate in education, with a focus on higher education administration, from Johnson and Wales University.
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- Assistant Director of Financial Aid
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- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner of Aegis Wealth Partners
- Public Member
Brett M. Amendola '91 is the managing partner of Aegis Wealth Partners, an agency of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America in New York, New York. With more than two decades of experience at some of the world's largest investment firms, Amendola works to assist clients in meeting their current financial needs while providing for future concerns. He received Guardian's National New Agency Recruiting Award for 2013 and the GAMA-Career Development Award. Amendola earned a bachelor of science in financial management at Quinnipiac in 1991.
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- Assistant Dean for Trinity Health of New England
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Vice Chairman
- Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees / Founder, Specialized Packaging Group
Carlton L. Highsmith founded Specialized Packaging Group, a package design, marketing and engineering firm in New Haven in 1983. By 2009, SPG, with revenues of more than $180 million, had grown to become one of the largest manufacturers of consumer paperboard packaging in North America. The company was recognized as the largest minority-owned company in Connecticut. Highsmith currently serves on the board of directors of Key Bank and chairs the board of directors of the Connecticut Center for Arts & Technology (CONNCAT), a nonprofit organization that provides world-class, market relevant job training and financial literacy training to underemployed and unemployed adults in the New Haven area. He earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin and was awarded an honorary degree from Quinnipiac in 2008.
Associate Professor Carolyn Macica's research on metabolic bone disorders, namely the most common form of familial childhood rickets - X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) - led to the creation of Quinnipiac's XLH Day program, a patient advocacy event and symposium held at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine.
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- Member of the Officers Team
Charles A. Saia Jr. '91, MBA '94, is a Senior Partner at Deloitte, the author of "You Got This, Kid! Words of Advice for Young Leaders," the former Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte's Risk and Financial Advisory business, former Chief Risk, Reputation and Regulatory Affairs Officer of Deloitte and a frequent contributor to publications, including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and Fortune. Chuck enjoys leveraging his more then 30 years of experience in providing a broad range insights on purpose driven leadership, risk, reputation and regulatory management, strategy and corporate governance to C-Suite executives, board members, young leaders and professionals. Saia served on the School of Business Dean's Advisory Council, is a 2010 Business Leader Hall of Fame inductee and a 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. A certified public accountant, he earned his bachelor's degree in accounting and computer science, and an MBA from Quinnipiac.
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- Assistant Dean for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity
Education
BA, Mercer Univ in Atlanta
MS, Emporia State University
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- Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Dispute Resolution
CHARLES A. PILLSBURY ("Charlie") has served since 2013, as Co-Director, Center on Dispute Resolution, and as a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in Dispute Resolution at Quinnipiac University School of Law (QUSL). He also is Treasurer of the Connecticut Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Section and a Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Sustaining Life Fellow.
From 2010 to 2012, he taught one ADR course each semester at QUSL as adjunct faculty. From 2009 to January 2014, he also served as the Executive Director of Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI). He currently is MBBI's Treasurer and co-leader of MBBI's Colombia project team. From 1989-2009, Charlie was the Executive Director of Community Mediation, Inc., in New Haven, Connecticut. During that time, he also was a founding Board member of the National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) in 1994, and co-chaired NAFCM's Board of Directors from 1999-2001.
He is a graduate of Boston University School of Law and Yale University. Before joining Community Mediation in 1989, Charlie practiced law for 14 years in the New Haven area. He is married to the Rev. Allie Perry, and is a member of Shalom United Church of Christ in New Haven.
Education
BA, Yale University
JD, Boston University
Areas of Expertise
Alternative Dispute Resolution
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- Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Dan Kim has extensive experience in marketing, communications and social media with a successful track record for excellence and impact at several significant higher education institutions.
He oversees the Office of Marketing and Communications at Quinnipiac, including the Quinnipiac University Poll and the Center for Survey Insights.
Most recently, he served as senior vice president for communications, marketing and external relations at Brandeis University, where he developed a highly successful brand platform and communications plan which aligned messaging across the entire institution, including the Offices of Admissions and Advancement. He also led the university-wide communications strategy during COVID-19 and other moments of challenge.
Before Brandeis, Kim served as vice president for marketing and communications at the College of the Holy Cross, where he oversaw crisis communications, government and community relations, and strategic marketing to enhance reputation, support admissions and drive fundraising.
Prior to Holy Cross, he served as executive director of communications and marketing at the University of Michigan College of Engineering. Earlier, he held the position of director of news and information at West Virginia University.
Before West Virginia University, Kim's roles included serving as vice president of media integration for the Detroit News and Free Press, and editor and publisher of the ABA Journal of the American Bar Association.
Kim holds a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School.
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- Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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- Education Leader
- Interim Vice President for Equity and Inclusion
David Fryson is an experienced higher education leader in the area of equity of inclusion. He is working to build out the full team of the Office of Inclusive Excellence, including a new position Quinnipiac has added to increase retention of first-generation and diverse students.
He has most recently served as interim vice president for diversity at Brandeis University, and prior to that served as deputy general counsel at West Virginia University before becoming the founding vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Fryson practiced law for more than 25 years, serving as the city attorney for two different municipalities in West Virginia. Additionally, he has served in ministry for more than 35 years and currently serves as the senior pastor of the New First Baptist Church of Kanawha City in Charleston, West Virginia.
He is an alumnus of West Virginia University where he earned a JD degree, and he earned an undergraduate degree from West Virginia State University.
David W. Keiser is the former president, chief operating officer and director of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, building the company from an early stage development firm into a highly successful, profitable and fully integrated global biopharmaceutical company. Prior to cofounding Alexion in 1992, he held senior management positions in international operations, regional management and business development for G.D. Searle & Company Limited, a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products. Before joining Searle, he held Europe and Asia/Pacific regional management positions for the pharmaceutical companies Hoffmann La Roche Ltd. and subsequently Mundipharma AG, both headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Keiser advises and serves on the boards of several development stage biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. He is also president and director of a private foundation and serves on the boards of a number of nonprofit charitable organizations. He received his bachelor's degree from Gettysburg College and attended the University of Basel in Switzerland.
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- Administrative Assistant to Graduate Financial Aid
Deborah Dyett Desir, MD, is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale University School of Medicine. She completed residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and fellowship in rheumatology at Yale University School of Medicine. She was the founder of the Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, PC, in Hamden, Branford, and Milford, Conn., and served as its medical director for 26 years. She is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Yale School of Medicine and the Medical Director of Yale Medicine Rheumatology Hamden.
Desir has served as the ACR Alternate Advisor to the AMA RUC Committee. She was a member of the ACR Government Affairs Committee, Committee on Rheumatologic Care, RheumPac and Finance Committee. She was a member of the State of Connecticut Partnership Advisory Panel on Lupus. She has served on the Ethics & Judicial Affairs Committee of the New Haven County Medical Association. She is on the Finance & Legislative Committees for the Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS) and served as the CSMS Council representative from the Elizabeth Blackwell Woman's Section. She is a past President of the New Haven County Medical Association.
She is active with the Theta Epsilon Omega chapter of AKA Sorority heading up the chapter's COVID-19 Rapid Response Committee. She is a member of the New Haven Chapter of The Links, Inc., the New Haven Chapter of Girlfriends, Inc., the Garden Club of New Haven and the Board of Directors of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. She is a member of the Garden Club of America's Ad Hoc Committee on Cultivating Common Ground and Building Diversity. She currently serves on the Police Commission for the Town of Woodbridge, Conn., along with the Democratic Town Committee. She is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green in New Haven.
Debra Liebowitz is an innovative leader with an impactful record of creating partnerships and launching initiatives that enable university growth, promote diversity, strengthen shared governance, and immersive learning opportunities. She oversees all academic programs at Quinnipiac, the university's nine schools, and all other academic units and centers. She is also a professor of political science at Quinnipiac.
Liebowitz most recently served as provost and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Caspersen School of Graduate Studies at Drew University, where she led three schools with approximately 2,200 undergraduate and graduate students. Liebowitz joined Drew in 2000 as an assistant professor teaching international politics and gender studies. She assumed positions of increasing responsibility, including director of the women and gender studies program, and associate dean for curriculum in the College of Liberal Arts and associate provost, before her appointment as provost in 2017. Liebowitz earned the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching, and the Center for Civic Engagement's Faculty Leadership Award while at Drew. She currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Human Rights.
She holds degrees in political science - an undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon, and master's and doctoral degrees from Rutgers University.
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- Admissions Coordinator, School of Law
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- Professor of Medical Sciences / Assistant Dean for the Foundational Science Curriculum
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- General Counsel and Vice President for Human Resources
Elicia Spearman is a highly accomplished labor and employment attorney and human resources executive who has worked for several Fortune 500 companies. She was appointed the university's general counsel and vice president for human resources in April 2020. Before joining Quinnipiac, she served as vice president and chief human resources officer at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. In that role, Spearman led the human resources function for the company's 17,000 employees and managed a budget of $24 million.
Previously, she held executive-level positions at Hubbell Incorporated, where she was chief employment counsel and, later, vice president for human resources. Prior to that, she practiced law as an employment lawyer for several years at Aetna before transitioning to human resources to lead the Employee Relations Center of Excellence and manage a team of human resources business partners. Prior to returning home to Connecticut, Spearman practiced law in the District of Columbia and worked for Children's National Medical Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She is licensed to practice law in four states and before the U.S. Supreme Court. Spearman has earned several awards for her professional accomplishments and community service.
Spearman earned her juris doctor degree from Case Western Reserve School of Law, where she was appointed by the dean of the law school as the chief justice of the honor court, and earned a bachelor's degree in political science and psychology from Wellesley College.
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- Co - Founder of Connecticut Community Outreach and Revitalization Program
- Founding Chief Executive Officer, ConnCORP ( Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program )
- Public Member
Erik M. Clemons is co-founder of Connecticut Community Outreach and Revitalization Program (ConnCORP), a subsidiary of the Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT), designed to explore and implement opportunities for economic development and investment in New Haven.
Prior to this, Clemons was the founding CEO and president of ConnCAT, a non-profit organization based on the model of Bill Strickland's National Center for Arts and Technology, which is dedicated to creating empowering art-based educational environments for at-risk public-school students and workforce training programs for under- and unemployed adults.
Clemons has an extensive background in nonprofit management and organizational leadership. For more than 20 years, he has served the interests of diverse and traditionally underserved communities. He serves as an education fellow at the Aspen Institute, Yale New Haven Hospital trustee, member of the Connecticut State Board of Education, board chair of the Housing Authority of New Haven (HANH) and on the Board of Directors at New Haven Bank.
With a bachelor's degree in sociology from Southern Connecticut State University and a master's degree in theology and ethics from the Hartford Seminary, Clemons is a recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Conn.
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- Member of the Faculty and Staff
- School of Medicine / / Apply for Admission / / Contact Medicine Admissions
- School of Medicine / / Education and Research
- School of Medicine / / Faculty and Staff
- School of Medicine / / Faculty and Staff / / Administrative Officers and Department Chairs
- School of Medicine Administrative Officers and Department Chairs
The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine offers a new model for medical education: rigorous classroom learning, a full-time faculty whose sole focus is teaching, a dynamic curriculum that reflects the current and evolving needs of the profession, and extraordinary hands-on experiences in a wide range of clinical settings. If you want a truly student-centered education, and if you aspire to be the kind of competent, compassionate health care provider this nation most urgently needs in the coming years, you will find no better place to accomplish your dream than right here.
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- Dean of the School of Business
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- Chairman of Family Medicine
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- Assistant Director of Law Admissions
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- Dean of the School of Health Sciences
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- Financial Aid Assistant - Receptionist
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- Dean of the School of Law
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- Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Vice Chairman
- Vice Chairman of the Board
- Executive Vice President With DDI Leasing Inc
John C. Abella '83 is executive vice president with DDI Leasing Inc., cofounder and owner of DDI Leasing of New England, LLC, and cofounder and owner of BR Associates, LLC. He is a technology leasing veteran with more than 30 years of IT solution and equipment leasing sales and sales management experience. Prior to his election to the Quinnipiac Board of Trustees, Abella was an active member of the School of Business Advisory Board. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Quinnipiac in 1983.
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- President
- Management Committee
President Olian is widely recognized as an innovative leader in higher education. She became Quinnipiac University's 9th president in July 2018.
Prior to joining Quinnipiac, she served as dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management and John E. Anderson Chair in Management for 12 years. Her tenure at UCLA was highlighted by bold achievements. Under her leadership, more than 60% of Anderson's faculty were hired, she expanded the school's prestigious Board of Visitors, directed the launch of four research centers, and led fundraising efforts that generated over $450 million for student and faculty support, innovative programming, and capital improvements. Before serving at UCLA Anderson, she was dean and professor of management at the Smeal College of Business at the Pennsylvania State University. Before that, Olian served as a professor and senior associate dean at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.
Olian has a bachelor's degree in psychology from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and MSc and PhD degrees in industrial relations from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
President Judy Olian is widely recognized as an innovative leader in higher education. She became Quinnipiac University's 9th president in July 2018.
Katelyn Norman, MD '17, presents her capstone project findings. Norman combined her passions for art and science to create forensic facial reconstruction sketches. Her capstone aimed to develop a methodology for forensic facial approximations that synthesizes current techniques, such as the 3D Manchester method and the American method of reconstruction. Students in the Scholarly Reflection and Concentration/Capstone course pursue scholarly research in an area of interest related to clinical medicine.
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- Dean of the School of Nursing
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- Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Americas for Barclays Investment Bank
- Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, Americas, Barclays Capital
- Public Member
Larry Hamdan is Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Americas for Barclays Investment Bank. He has 35 years of experience advising numerous clients on more than $500 billion of transactions including Danaher on its $21 billion acquisition of GE's BioPharma division and its $6 billion acquisition of Abcam plc, Spirit Airlines on its proposed $9 billion sale to Jetblue, and US Airways on its $30 billion merger with American Airlines, which created the world's largest airline.
Hamdan serves on the Board of Directors for Services for the Underserved (SUS), one of New York City's largest charities, which provides supportive housing as well as services focused on developmental disabilities, homelessness, behavioral health and veterans. He also is a board member of American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA), a US-based non-profit, which assists Middle East refugees by providing medications and emergency supplies, as well as implementing long-term development projects.
Hamdan received an AB degree in Economics, magna cum laude, from Princeton University; a JD degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School; and an MBA degree with high distinction from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.
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- Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs / Professor of Medical Sciences
Lynne Pantalena, JD '85, is the former managing director at Bank of America Private Bank. With more than 30 years of experience, she led a team of wealth management advisers to high net worth clients in the areas of estate and financial planning, tax payments, business succession and philanthropy. Formerly an attorney in private practice, she is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Chicago Estate Planning Council and the Connecticut Bar Association. A nationally sought-after speaker, Pantalena is a member of the Lyric Opera Planned Giving Committee and is a former trustee of La Rabida Children's Hospital. She earned a bachelor of science degree from New Hampshire College and a master of public administration degree from New York University. She also holds a juris doctorate from Quinnipiac School of Law and a master of laws degree from Boston University.
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- Senior Associate Dean for Education / Professor of Medical Sciences
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Vice President for Finance
Mark Varholak was appointed vice president for finance and chief financial officer in July 2015, after serving as associate vice president for budget and financial planning since July 2013. Prior to that he was the university's associate controller for 10 years.
Varholak earned his MBA with concentrations in finance and international business from New York University. He also has a bachelor's degree in accounting and international business from Pennsylvania State University.
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- Chairman of Rehabilitation Medicine
Marybeth L. Noonan '82, along with her husband, Michael, founded a fiber optic company in 1992 and sold it in 2006. Prior to that, she enjoyed successful careers in real estate sales and human resources. She was also involved in her family's wine importing business, Global Wine Importers, for many years. She serves on the UMass Memorial Hospital and Medical School Development Council as well as many charitable boards in Massachusetts. She earned a bachelor's degree in organizational development from Quinnipiac in 1982.
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- Chief Information Officer
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- Chief Business Officer
- Public Member
- Senior Vice President of Sales Marketing Strategy & Business Development for WME Sports
Mike Zavodsky '06 is the Senior Vice President of Sales Marketing Strategy & Business Development for WME Sports, a division of Endeavor. In this role, he works with teams, venues, and properties, utilizing innovative thinking, strategic planning and results-driven execution to help drive business forward.
Prior to this, Zavodsky served as Chief Business Officer of the Detroit Pistons and as President of the US for Roc Nation. Zavodsky also spent 14 years with BSE Global. During his tenure with the Pistons, Zavodsky oversaw the brand renewal, including the introduction of its 313 logo, the lifestyle-oriented Pistons313Shop, a revamped in-game entertainment strategy anchored by connectivity and performances by Detroit born talent, several successful merchandising and content collaborations including Martin Lawrence and Warren Lotas, and the introduction of a new interchangeable court system. Zavodsky played a critical role in securing New York Community Bank (NYCB) as the presenting partner for the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. He was also responsible for the naming rights partnerships for IZOD Center, Rutgers' High Point Solutions Stadium, and Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk.
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- Vice President and Dean of Students
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- Vice President of Development and Alumni Affairs
Nick Wormley '00, MBA '02, has extensive alumni and development experience and deep roots at Quinnipiac.
Throughout his nearly 20 years working in higher education, he has demonstrated a clear track record of excelling as a donor-focused adviser with strong regional community ties. He has an impressive track record of securing major gifts and has developed a reputation for developing strong teams to use various digital and traditional media and events to engage alumni and parents in positive and productive ways.
Wormley began his career in the athletics department at Quinnipiac before moving to Tucson, Arizona and working in secondary finance. In 2006, he and his wife, Michelle Wormley ‘02, MPT '04, moved back to Connecticut to start his career in development and alumni affairs. He later worked at at Sacred Heart University and Fairfield University where he also focused on athletic development, endowment, capital fundraising - all in senior management roles.
He returned to Quinnipiac in 2022 as associate vice president for development and alumni affairs before being named vice president of development and alumni affairs in March 2024.
He earned a bachelor's degree in economics and an MBA in finance from Quinnipiac.
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- CEO
- President
- President and CEO of Griffin Health
- Public Member
Patrick A. Charmel '81 is the president and CEO of Griffin Health. Charmel has been associated with Griffin since 1979, when he served as an undergraduate intern while attending Quinnipiac University. Throughout his more than 40 years at Griffin, he has held various administrative positions leading to his appointment as chief executive officer in 1998. During his tenure, he has positioned Griffin Hospital as an innovative organization recognized as an industry leader in providing personalized, humanistic, consumer-driven health care in a healing environment. Charmel also serves as chairman of Planetree Inc., a subsidiary not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the care experience in more than 800 care sites across 27 countries. In addition, he is chairman of the Value Care Alliance, a collaboration of Connecticut hospitals, health systems and physician organizations building the infrastructure necessary to deliver high value accountable care. Under his leadership, Griffin Hospital has received numerous awards including being named one of Fortune Magazine's 100 best companies to work for in America 10 years in a row and a 2019 Newsweek Magazine "World's Best Hospital." Charmel earned a bachelor's degree in health management from Quinnipiac and a master's degree in public health from Yale University.
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- General Agent of Charter Oak Insurance
- General Agent, Charter Oak Insurance and Financial Service Co
- Public Member
Peter Novak is a general agent of Charter Oak Insurance and Financial Service Co. A 30-year veteran of the insurance and financial services industry, he previously served as general agent to MassMutual's Rochester agency; co-general agent at the New England/Robinson Co. in Waterbury, Connecticut, and as an agent at the New York Life Insurance Company. Before entering financial services, Novak coached college basketball and was a social worker in his hometown of New Haven. He is the co-founder of the Charter Oak Fund, Charter Oak's charitable arm, which supports numerous local philanthropic causes and organizations. In 2013, Novak and his wife, Kasia, established the Novak Family Polish Chair to strengthen ties between the United States and the countries of Eastern Europe. The chairman of the Central European Institute Advisory Board, he is a graduate of American International College and received a master's degree from The Catholic University of America.
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- Member of the Administrative Officers Team
- Dean of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
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- Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, IP Law
- Welcomes Media Inquiries
Having taught as an adjunct professor at QUSL since 2000, Prof. Dale Carlson joined the full-time faculty in 2014. He is a retired partner at Wiggin and Dana, having engaged in private practice at the firm from 1993 through 2013. Before entering private practice, Prof. Carlson was in-house patent counsel at Olin Corporation in Cheshire, CT and Union Carbide Corporation in Manhattan and Danbury, CT.
Prof. Carlson is past president and current historian of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association - the largest regional IP law association in the country. He is a member of the nominating committee of the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Gateway Community College Foundation in New Haven, CT.
His research interests primarily relate to improving the patent system for the benefit of universities, small entities and individual inventors.
Education
BS, SUNY University at Buffalo
MBA, SUNY University at Buffalo
LLM, New York University
JD, Syracuse University
Areas of Expertise
Intellectual Property
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- Assistant Dean for Student Affairs / Faculty Advisor
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- Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Sciences
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- Public Member
- Senior Partner, Silver Golub & Teitell
Richard A. Silver, Esq., a senior partner of Silver Golub & Teitell, is recognized as a leader of the litigation bar in the state of Connecticut and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Litigation for the past 20 years. He is a past president of the Connecticut chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a prestigious organization of Connecticut plaintiff and defense trial attorneys, and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Connecticut Law Tribune. He is also a past president of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association and the Connecticut Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania, Rick received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law.
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- Special Advisor to the Dean
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- Global Financial Services Leader for Deloitte
- Global Leader, Financial Services Industry, Deloitte Global
- Public Member
Robert Contri is the Global Financial Services Leader for Deloitte. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing Deloitte's four global financial services sector groups - - banking and capital markets, insurance, investment management, and real estate. He is also charged with developing and executing the industry group's overall strategic direction and go-to-market strategy.
Contri has more than 30 years of experience at Deloitte, and has extensive global experience working with large financial services clients. Prior to his current role, he served as the Deloitte US Financial Services Industry leader.
Throughout his career, he has helped clients in the financial services industry address a range of issues, including strategy, restructuring, regulatory requirements and culture. His clients have included large regional and multinational organizations.
Contri earned a bachelor's degree from Gettysburg College and an MBA from Rutgers Business School.
Robert J. Potter Jr. '91 is a former business executive who has served in leadership roles at Mandiant, FireEye, EMC/RSA, Symantec, IBM, WRQ/Attachmate, Lancope/CISCO, as well as many startups including Verodin and STS Technologies. He is recognized as a leading expert in the field of cybersecurity by several publications, trade associations and the venture capital community. He currently invests in technology and sustainability companies and serves as an adviser for several startups. He and his wife, Kathryn, have created scholarship funds at both Quinnipiac University and Georgia Southern University, offering young students financial support in the pursuit of STEM and communications degrees. They have also created the Potter Giving Foundation which contributes annually to several organizations supporting mental health, blindness, the fight against cancer and the families of fallen soldiers. Robert has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree from Quinnipiac, where he was captain of the men's ice hockey team.
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- Financial Aid Assistant - Accounting & Special Projects
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- Director Law School Admissions
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- Associate Dean for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity / Professor of Medical Sciences
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- Vice President for Facilities and Capital Planning
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- Asst Dean for Grad Med Edu & Designated Institutional Ofcl
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- Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Admissions / Associate Professor of Medical Sciences
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- Chairman of Emergency Medicine
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- Dean of the School of Computing and Engineering
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- Interim Dean of the School of Communications
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- Chairman of Anesthesiology
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- Chief Experience Officer ( CXO )
Tom Ellett, PhD, joined Quinnipiac as the chief experience officer in August 2020, overseeing all student-facing functions, including enrollment management, student affairs, registrar, bursar, public safety, veterans' affairs and career services.
Prior to joining Quinnipiac, he served as senior associate vice president for student affairs at New York University. He oversaw student-facing functions and residential life for 11,000 students spread across New York City. He led the university's logistical response to COVID-19, a complex undertaking in a city that was initially the country's epicenter of the coronavirus.
Ellett brings deep expertise and a student-centered mindset, focusing on improving the student experience on the NYU campus as well as across its 14 global centers. He led the creation of living-learning communities to enrich students' intellectual and personal growth, and lived with his family throughout his time at NYU in a student residence hall. He was instrumental in creating a new Center for Student Life, which integrated student activities and the student resource center into a single cohesive unit.
Ellett has an undergraduate degree in English from Fordham University, a master's degree in fine arts from Catholic University, and a doctorate in educational leadership, administration and policy from Fordham.
Job Titles:
- Blackstone 's Chief Administrative Officer, Global Head of Institutional Client Solutions
Vik Sawhney is Blackstone's Chief Administrative Officer, Global Head of Institutional Client Solutions and a member of the firm's Management Committee. Since joining Blackstone in 2007, Sawhney started Blackstone Capital Markets and also served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Private Equity group. Before joining Blackstone, he worked as a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, and prior tothat at the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Job Titles:
- Chief Administrative Officer and Global Head of Institutional Client Solutions, Blackstone
- Public Member
Sawhney represented Blackstone as a Rockefeller Fellow during 2010-2011, and currently sits on the board of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. He is also the Board Chair of Dream, an east Harlem-based educational and social services organization. He graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
William C. Weldon '71 is the former chairman of the board and CEO of Johnson & Johnson. He joined the company in 1971 in the sales and marketing department of its McNeil Pharmaceutical subsidiary. In 1982, he was named manager, ICOM Regional Development Center in Southeast Asia, and later held the posts of executive vice president and managing director of Korea McNeil, managing director of Ortho-Cilag Pharmaceutical in the U.K., and vice president of sales and marketing at Janssen Pharmaceutica. In 1992, Johnson & Johnson appointed Weldon president of Ethicon Endo-Surgery. He also was named a company group chairman of J&J and worldwide franchise chairman of Ethicon Endo-Surgery. In 1998, he was promoted to the executive committee and named worldwide chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group, and then vice chairman of the board of directors in 2001 before taking the helm as chairman. Weldon is a member of the board of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Exxon Mobil Corp., CVS Caremark and the Mountain Mission School.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Officers Team
- Vice Chairman
- Vice Chairman of the Board
- Retired Deputy Managing Partner
William T. Platt '78 is the retired deputy managing partner of professional practice and retired deputy chief quality officer for Deloitte & Touche. Platt was a long-time member and the former chairman of the School of Business Advisory Board and currently chairs the President's Advisory Board. He earned his bachelor's degree in accounting and served as an adjunct faculty member at Quinnipiac.