Alumni News

John Howard Beck ('73) is the president of Shamrock Electronics, Inc., in Dayton , Ohio . Shamrock Electronics provides manufacturers products for system integration of security, audio, and video. Beck is married to Bridget Harding Beck ('76), with whom he has three children, Adam ('01), Jay ('05), and Brent ('08).

Owen Beck (’05) married Diana Hartz on 7/1/06. He works for Steyer Huber & Associates in Findlay, OH.

J. Brian Birky (’82) was promoted to Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of Sunrise Senior Living in McLean,Virginia.

Aaron T. Borchers (’04) is currently working as a business analyst for Accenture in their Human Performance Practice.

David Brooks ('91) has been named Senior Vice President of First Financial Bancorp of Hamilton, Ohio. He joins First Financial after serving as an executive at Fifth Third. Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Miami and an MBA from Xavier University.

Angela M. Buttitta (’99) is an attorney with her own firm, the Law Offices of Angela M. Buttitta, and is an Illinois Licensed Real Estate Salesperson. She’s in Barrington, Ill.

David Crossgrove (’92) a Senior Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers US has returned to the McLean, Virginia office after working for the past three and a half years in the Amsterdam office.

Matthew F. Deitsch (’01) passed the CPA exam in May 2003 and received his CPA certification in March 2004. He was promoted to senior tax accountant at Battelle & Battelle, LLP, in Dayton, Ohio, in October 2004. Matthew became engaged in May 2005 with plans to marry in July 2006.

Lisa Dicke (’04) passed all four sections of the CPA exam on her first sitting in the summer of 2005. She earned her Master of Accountancy from Miami in May 2005. She works as an Assurance Associate for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Columbus.

J. Peter Doyle (’82), founding principal of Doyle Financial Services of Fox River Grove, IL, was recently appointed to the staff of Northwestern University's School of Continuing Studies as an adjunct instructor in the school's Certified Financial Planner TM certification education program. In his faculty position, Doyle will teach classes in the income tax planning area. This intensive program is registered with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. and fulfills the educational requirements to sit for the CFP certification examination conducted three times annually by the CFP Board. In addition to holding the CPA/PFS designation, Doyle also is a licensed CFP. His firm, Doyle Financial Advisory Services (www.DoyleFinancial.com) provides FEE-ONLY tax and financial planning services to individual clients in the metropolitan Chicago area. Doyle, his wife, Debora (Beltramo, Miami ‘82), and their three children are long-time residents of Fox River Grove and are active in numerous charity and civic activities.

John M. Dunham (’02) John married Kasey Grant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on November 6, 2004. They currently reside in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a Senior Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Gregory Lynn Ebel, a Miami MBA graduate (’79) , has a career in human resources and banking executive, recently retired from The E.W. Scripps Company as its vice president of human resources to partner with Tom Gilman (’70) in his Cincinnati-based executive search practice, Baldwin Gilman. The firm was recently cited in the Cincinnati Business Courier as the Tri-State’s largest retained executive search practice.

Robert J. Einstein (’05)works for Duke Energy as an accounting analyst at the downtown Cincinnati, OH office.

Jeffrey Ewan (’02) is a pharmaceutical sales representative for Forest Pharmaceuticals in Milwaukee. She was recently promoted to field sales trainer.

Kevin Flynn (’81) Ph.D., CPA, recently received tenure and was promoted to associate professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He teaches taxation and his primary research interest is individual taxpayer behavior. "When I was an undergraduate student, Dr. Porcano sparked an interest in taxation that continues to grow today. Thank you, Dr. Porcano."

Gretchen M. Gerstner (’04) is a pharmaceutical sales representative for Forest Pharmaceuticals in Milwaukee. She was recently promoted to field sales trainer.

Stephanie K. Gnizak (’01) is a marketing analyst in the Consumer Oils division of the J.M. Smucker Co. in Orrville, Ohio. She joined Smucker’s in Oct. 2004 as an analyst on the Crisco brand, and completed her MBA in international management last August.

Robert Goldstein (’69) heads his own CPA firm in Houston, Texas. He also serves on the AICPA Peer Review Board, a senior standards-setting body. He completed three terms as chair of the Texas Society of CPAs’ Peer Review Committee and continues as a member of that committee.

Amber R. Goodell (’01) is regional manager of training and recruiting for the E&J Gallo Winery. She’s not basking in the California sunshine, however; she covers the Northeast and portions of the Midwest, recruiting for the company’s management development program.

Tricia Gorsky, who earned her B.S. in accountancy in 2003 and her MAcc in 2004, passed the CPA exam last year. She is an auditor with Crowe Chizek & Co. in Columbus.

Karen Anderson Grablin (’80) is a CPA and Certified Financial Planner with Dictor & Martin in Sarasota , Florida . She provides advice on financial planning as well as tax and investment strategies. Karen has been a CPA for more than 20 years and has worked at the vice presidential level in corporate finance in the banking, non-profit, real estate franchising, and employee leasing industries for more than 16 years.

DeAun Larson Green (’99) switched from a career track in HR to her real passion: libraries. Green spent six years working at Kraft Foods and as an international consultant for Watson Wyatt, but is currently working as information commons coordinator at the Northwestern University library and earned her master’s degree in library science in December 2005. “I loved King and Brill and the incredibly resourceful librarians who assisted me during my Miami years,” she says.

Ralph Hambelton Gelder Jr. (‘57) passed away on September 27, 2006, at The Villages Regional Hospital in The Villages, Florida, after suffering from a severe stroke. Gelder graduated from Miami University with a BA, and later an MA. For the last 12 years, Gelder lived in central Florida with his wife, Jenny, with whom he had four children. Contributions may be made in his name to Scared Heart Foundation, Heart and Vascular Services, 7800 U.S. Hwy. 98, Miramar Beach, FL 32550.

Peter Geldis (‘03) has been promoted to associate financial adviser at Columbus-based Hamilton Capital Management Inc.

Jennifer (Drennan) Hartley (‘96) CPA, works for the Clermont County Auditor’s office as deputy auditor–special operations.

William (Trey) Higgens III (‘73) is currently a senior account manager for Reed Business Information in Oak Brook, Ill.

Matt Kitchen (‘98) recently graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and began work as an associate in the Corporate and Business department at Frost Brown Todd LLC. He earned his CPA in 1999. He lives in Cincinnati and is married to Lauren (Beiter) Kitchen (’00).

David Krebs (’80) CPA, is chief visionary officer of Krebs & Co., CPAs Inc. in Columbus, OH. He just finished writing a new book on managing a tax practice entitled Outrun the Pack in Tax. It is published by Practitioners Publishing Company and can be purchased at www.gearup.com.

Konrad Kuschnerus (’99) became controller for Midwest Seafood in Springboro, Ohio, in April 2005. Prior to his current position, he worked as a senior auditor for Columbus-based accounting firm Whalen & Co.

Thomas R. LaPorte (’61) is the manager of Ohio Export Finance Initiative at the Ohio Department of Development in Columbus. He spent over 30 years traveling to more than 100 countries in international sales and management in the appliance and oil and gas industries. He is the former Senior Warden at Grace Episcopal and has served as Director, VP, and Secretary of Freshwater Press, Inc.

James M. Laske (’04) is a Volunteer in the US Peace Corps. He is currently serving in Tonga for 27 months. He uses his business skills to help small businesses in Tonga and is also teaching English and Reading.

Kristi (Globig) Laycock (’04) is a financial staff auditor for Fifth Third Bank. She married in September 2005 and is currently pursuing CPA certification.

Harlan Louis, Esq (‘89) was elected as a Member of the firm Bailey Cavalieri LLC. He is an attorney and a certified specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law.

Scott Mann (‘99) is a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch in Columbus, OH. He holds an MBA degree.

Christian Mastilak (’96) is a PhD Student at Michigan State University after working for two years at SS&G Financial Services. He is focusing his research on managerial accounting topics and behavioral methods, studying mostly Joan Luft and Mike Shields, and expects to graduate in the spring of 2007. “I tell everyone my Miami education prepared me well both for my work experience with two regional CPA firms and for academia,” Mastilak said. “I learned to think about and understand the fundamental underlying economics of what was being accounted for, rather than just remember how to record transactions.”

David John Masys (’95) is a Sub-Acute Account Manager for GE Healthcare selling blood pressure monitoring systems to hospitals in the western two-thirds of Ohio. He obtained his MBA from Xavier University in May 2002. He married Lisa Hagen Masys (’96) with whom he has three daughters, Chloe, Campbell, and Cahill.

Stephens F. Millard Jr. (’84) is the Senior VP of Worldwide Sales for Green Plum Software, Inc., a Silicon Valley start-up company. He is a former senior officer at NCR (Term Data) and is now heavily involved in Boston- and California-based software start-ups.

Dean Miller (’85) is the EVP and Chief Financial Officer for Scottish Re. He recently relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina, after living in London, England, for the past four years. He married Lee Ann Miller (’85) with whom he has two daughters, Lauren and Kristen.

Justin Mock (‘04)CPA, is CEO and president of Mock Enterprises, LLC, a multi-unit Subway franchisee in Boulder, CO. He is one of the country's youngest multi-unit Subway franchisees.

Paula Nenni (‘73)CPA, RFC, has been married for 20 years and has two daughters. His older daughter, Monica, is a second-year accountancy major at Miami. After working for three years at the former Touche Ross in Cincinnati, he started a CPA firm (Nenni and Company, CPAs) in Middletown, OH, and has been there for 29 years. Nenni served eight years on city council and currently specializes in personal income tax, retirement planning, insurance, and investments.

Austin Noll ('88) has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of NeoGuide Systems of Los Gatos, California. Prior to joining NeoGuide Systems, Noll spent more than two decades in the health care industry with companies such as Medtronic, C.R. Bard, and Baxter Healthcare. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration at Miami and a master’s degree of business administration at University of Michigan.

William Oliver (’90) has been a project manager for Liberty Mutual Insurance since 2004. In April 2005, he received his PMI’s industry standard Project Management Certification (PMP).

Taylor B. O’Neal (’05) is currently a graduate student with a scholarship at Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in the Masters of Science Business Information Systems program.

Matthew Paul O’Neill (’84) is a senior accountant at Xavier University in Cincinnati. He received his MBA in 2002 at Xavier University.

Michael Randolph Peak (’80) is the Director of Internal Audit for the Genlyte Group in Louisville, Ky. He credits his promotion to this position to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, saying that the Act significantly increated the demand for public accountants, accountants, and internal auditors.

Debra Pollock (’92)was promoted to vice president of private banking at Associated Bank of Green Bay, WI.

Daniel Scalabrino (’97) is the Director of Accounting for The Sherwin-Williams Company in Cleveland. He is also a CPA.

Jeffrey Thomas Schultz (’92) is the First VP and a Certified Financial Planner for Smith Barney. He has been involved in wealth management and retirement planning for over 13 years, working with Fortune 1000 executives and retirees. He is on the Board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia. He has two children, Palmer and Caroline.

David Nathaniel Seaman (’88) is the Managing Director of Merrill Lynch & Company in Manhattan, New York. He spent 15 years in Chicago working with high yield fixed income sales.

Andrew Snyder (’05) is a staff auditor for RSM McGladrey in Chicago, IL.

Todd F. Springer (’99) is a Special Agent for the US Postal Department in Cleveland, Ohio. He married Laura B. Collum (’00) in July 2004.

John Stewart ('01), a research analyst for Cincinnati-based Schaeffer’s Investment Research, Inc., was the subject of a Nov. 24 Investor Profile in the Cincinnati Business Courier. In the piece, the finance graduate outlined his firm’s bullish outlook on the stock market in general, and on large stocks in particular. He said that Schaeffer’s favors investments in the housing sector, in utilities and in telecommunications stocks.

Timothy H. Taggert (’87) is the VP and Treasurer of Nilpeter USA, Inc. in Cincinnati. He became a CPA in 2002.

John F. Terry (’52) retired 12/3/05 from Starwood Hotels and Resorts Vacation Ownership Executive Sales. He lives in Scottsdale, AZ.

Mark Thomson ('89) has been named Chief Information Officer for Pike Electric. He has previously served as Chief Information Officer for several major companies, including the Indian Motorcycle Corporation, Integris Metals and DJJ Corp. He most recently served as a consultant for the HETT Group in the areas of information and supply chain management. He earned his bachelor's degree in general business at Miami and has taken additional course work at Purdue University, Xavier University, and Harvard University.

Laura Weber Tomeny (’99) is an Audit Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers. As a CPA, she transferred to the Rochester, New York, office of PricewaterhouseCoopers in April 2005 after five and a half years in Cincinnati. She married Brian Tomeny in June 2005.

Jeff Vergamini (’97) joined Morgan Stanley in April after spending seven years working at Lehman Brothers Investment Banking Group. Living in Chicago, IL, he is vice president of Morgan Stanley’s mergers and acquisitions group.

John Weichel, Sr. (’49) is the Chairman of Service Insurance Company. Though past retirement age, he is still excited about the tremendous growth of the Tampa Bay area and opportunities particularly for a Florida property and casualty insruance company that survived Hurricanes Charlie, Florence, Ivan, and Jeanne. “My insurance professor pointed me in this direction,” Weichel said, “And no company can survive today without a qualified CFO, preferably from Miami.”

Daniel H. Weller (’05) is an overseas intern and missionary for Campus Crusade for Christ. “I’ve just finished seeing God raise over $36,000 to cover my support as I spend next year in Skopje, Macedonia,” Weller said. “I will be acting as a spiritual resource to students, telling them how they can know Jesus personally.”

Charles A. Wilson (’65) is the CEO of Nashville Wraps, based in Hendersonville , Tenn. He earned his MBA from Wharton and is a licensed CPA. He and wife, Sandra, have three adult sons and five grandchildren.

Kazue Wille (’03) works as a translator, technical assistance, and budget controller of Pioneer's engineering department. She lives in Fairfield, Ohio.

Will Woodward (’03) is an auditor for Deloitte. He recently bought a house in Madeira, Ohio.

Adam T. Wright (’02) is an account manager for Young & Laramore Advertising. He married Katie Anne Barth (’01) in January 2005.

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