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Eric Allen (Accountancy ’85) has led the Midwest expansion of three management consulting firms, and was instrumental in founding Xperianz, a regional business process improvement consultancy. Following graduation, he settled in Cincinnati and began his career with one of the Big 8 public accounting firms. Hired by a client, he spent 12 years in banking before turning his energies to consultation and business development.
Alpesh Amin (Finance and MIS ’98) has joined MorrisAnderson's Chicago, Illinois, office as a consultant. Prior to his new position, he held consulting positions in Chicago with Huron Consulting Group's Corporate Advisory Services office, focusing on restructuring and turnaround engagements, and Bridge Associates, specializing in turnaround, interim and wind down management services. Previously, Amin held positions with Merrill Lynch's Investment Banking group in Chicago, providing mergers and acquisitions advisory in a variety of industries, and with LaSalle Bank's Leveraged Finance and Syndications groups in Chicago.
Asha Augustine (Accountancy ’07) is on the audit staff of Deloitte & Touche in Columbus, Ohio.
Elizabeth (Parrott) Axthelm (Accounting and Finance ’03) is vice president and RISC manager at Key Bank in Cleveland, Ohio. She and her husband recently welcomed their first child.
Alison (Vandall) Barker (Accountancy and Finance ’90) purchased Beachwalker Rentals in 2006 with her mother, Gail Vaughan Vandall—who attended Miami from 1959-61. Their company manages 150 vacation rental properties on Kiawah and Seabrook Islands in South Carolina. Barker is also involved in home building and real estate investment. She met her husband, Ken Barker, a fellow CPA, while they were both working at Arthur Anderson in the late 90s. The couple has one daughter, Alexa.
David Berry (MBA ‘76) has authored Images of America, Maryland’s Skipjacks (Arcadia Publishing). As an avid sailor, he often volunteered on “skipjacks,” the wooden vessels designed to dredge for oysters in shallow waters like those found in Chesapeake Bay. Berry’s book explains that since the sharp decline of the oyster population, only 25 skipjacks are still operational. "Marylanders have realized an important part of their cultural history was disappearing," Berry writes. "It took a 'come from,' as outsiders are known on the Eastern Shore, to remind people that these beautiful sailing vessels would soon be gone.”
Paul A. Beswick (Accountancy and MIS ’94) has been appointed Deputy Chief Accountant for Professional Practice in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Previously, he served as a senior advisor to the agency’s Chief Accountant. "I am honored by this opportunity,” writes Beswick,” and look forward to continuing to work with my dedicated and talented colleagues in the Office of Chief Accountant on behalf of the investing public." Prior to joining the SEC staff, Beswick was a partner with Ernst & Young LLP, where he worked in the firm's Professional Practice and Risk Management Group.
Patrick Blake (Accountancy ‘86) has been hired as senior vice president of business development for Philadelphia-based Electronic Ink. Blake, a seasoned entrepreneur, has launched a variety of companies, including Tunes.com and FOB. Com. Blake earned an MBA from the University of Chicago. Electronic Ink is a design consulting firm whose mission is to improve the way people interact with technology, their environments, and one another.
Jon Buttles (Finance ‘96) has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Advance Nanotech, Inc. He has been a partner and consultant to the Company's Owlstone Nanotech, Inc. subsidiary since its inception. Buttles is also the founder and managing partner of Core Equity Group LLC, a financial advisory and strategic consulting firm focused on building, financing and growing emerging technology companies. Prior to Core Equity Group LLC, he was managing director at SBI USA LLC, a boutique investment bank formerly affiliated with SOFTBANK Japan.
Steven V. Cleaves (MBA) has been appointed CFO for the Lima Energy Company—the company building an ultra-clean BTU Conversion facility in Lima, Ohio. Cleaves has had a 25-year career with Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's National Oil Company. His prior employment includes serving as accounting supervisor for Trans Asia Engineering Associates, Thailand; as internal auditor for RMK BRJ, South Vietnam; and as management auditor for the U.S. General Accounting Office. As accounting officer for the U.S. Army Finance Corps, Cleaves was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.
Roger Cooper (Economics ’77) has joined San Diego-based Semtek Innovative Solutions Corp. as vice president, senior sales officer. Prior to this position, Cooper was Bank of America Merchant Services’ vice president and senior sales officer for national accounts. He has 20 years’ experience selling and managing the implementation of check services and EFT switch software for major retailers. Cooper earned an MBA from Baldwin-Wallace College.
John Curp (Finance ’92) has taken the office of city solicitor—the highest ranking lawyer for the City of Cincinnati. Prior to his new role of directing the city’s law department, Curp was a partner with the firm of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister in Columbus in the business and finance department. “Cincinnati’s growth and investment in public projects are two very exciting reasons to come to the city,” Curp said in a recent release, “I am looking forward to being part of the positive contributions that Cincinnati’s government is making in the community.”
Daniel L. DeSantis (Accountancy ‘91) has been promoted to managing director at Ohio-based LBO shop Linsalata Capital Partners. He has been with the company since 2001.
Linsey Driskill (Marketing ’00) was working with a major advertising firm when she decided to devote her energies instead to Villages of Hope, a faith-based transitional community program that helps young adults aging out of foster care. She has since become the new program’s first director. Volunteers at Villages of Hope, help residents to hone their interview skills, live within a budget and find a job. "I can't look at people who are hurting and walk away," writes Driskill, “When there is something I am meant to do, I'm going to do it." She lives with her husband, Christain, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
David C. Dvorak (Finance ‘85) has been the president and CEO for the Warsaw-based Zimmer Holdings, Inc., since November 2007. Previously, Dvorak served as group president of global business and chief legal officer for the company, which he joined in 2001. Speaking of his more recenct leadership role, Dvorak writes, “The rewards came in seeing how well our employees responded to the opportunities and challenges of our business, which is undergoing significant changes.”
James Fadel (Accounting and Finance ’91) assumed the title of senior investment manager analyst at the Marco Consulting Group in Chicago, Illinois.
Alison Fossyl (Accountancy and Finance) joined the board of directors of The Southeast Chapter of the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council, a national nonprofit trade association that provides an open forum for the exchange of ideas, concerns and experiences between professionals who conduct commercial real estate transactions. Fossyl is Senior Audit Manager with the accounting firm Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP. She specializes in the audit and tax requirements of the construction and real estate industries, including multifamily housing—and works extensively with corporations, S-Corporations and partnerships in the real estate and retail industries.
John Guarnieri (Accountancy ’93) is a managing partner at G Capital Corporation, a venture capital firm located in New York City. The firm focuses on the entertainment field and invests in film projects, as well as numerous restaurants, clubs and entertainment facilities nationwide. Guarnieri also created an iced tea beverage company with the musician, Moby.
Teri Haught (Accountancy ’87) was named as a finalist in the Cincinnati Biz Courier’s “CFO of the Year” awards in the “Nonprofits – Small” division. She is currently the vice president of finance at operations at Fine Arts Fund, the oldest united arts fund in the U.S.A. “In the 15 years I‘ve been here, I have been able to oversee $156 million allocated to the arts. I get to work at an organization that does so much for the community, Cincinnati, my hometown. The Fine Arts Fund has made Cincinnati a better, more attractive, more distinguishing place to live and work.”
Andy Holzhauser (Accountancy ’01) has taken the position of controller with Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC), a company focused on redeveloping Cincinnati's urban core.
Rich Jander (Finance ’88) has joined the firm of Maranon Capital as a principal. He now has 20 years of experience originating senior and junior debt, as well as multiple equity co-investments across a variety of industries. Maranon Capital, L.P. provides senior financing, mezzanine debt and equity co-investments primarily for companies in the lower middle market.
Timothy Krist (Accountancy ‘89) has been appointed to the position of chief financial officer at Smart Online Inc., a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications for the small business market. Along with financial management posts at KB Home and Blackboard, Krist previously held positions at International Fibercom and Deloitte & Touche.
Brian Lawlor (MBA) has been promoted by the E.W. Scripps Co. to run the company’s television segment, composed of 10 TV stations plus Internet and digital businesses in nine U.S. markets. He will begin his new duties Jan. 1. Lawlor began his career with Scripps in the early 1990s and has been sales manager of WCPO-TV in Cincinnati as well as general manager of Scripps’ NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Florida. While at the West Palm Beach station, he launched multiple news and weather Web sites, a 24-hour digital weather channel, and South Florida’s first high-definition local newscasts.
Jeff Leonard (Accountancy ’89) has been named executive vice president and CFO at Charlotte, North Carolina-based Baker & Taylor, the world's largest wholesale distributor of books and entertainment products. Most recently, he served as vice president of finance and treasurer of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a leading educational and trade publisher. Prior to that position, Leonard held various finance roles at Hughes Supply, his last being vice president of operations finance. Before joining Hughes, he was the corporate controller at Planet Hollywood, Inc. and an audit manager with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Joshua Lewis (Finance and Marketing ’95) has joined National Retail Properties in Orlando, Florida as a Vice President of Acquisitions. Prior to assuming new position, Lewis spent nearly 13 years in real estate investment banking and capital markets at Banc of America Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Lisa K. Lounsbury (Finance ‘95), senior vice president for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Inc. (IIABNY), recently completed the Association Leadership Academy program. She is also president of IAAC, IIABNY’s membership services division, and is a nine-year veteran of the not-for-profit trade association. Prior to her tenure at IIABNY, Lounsbury served in a number of capacities for Great American Insurance in Cincinnati, Ohio, including agency operations representative for the Commercial Lines division and a product specialist in the Specialty division. She is a resident of Cazenovia, New York with her husband, Tucker, and their two children.
Brent McCreary (Organizational Leadership ’07) is an operations associate with AWA Touring Services, whose clients include touring productions of musicals and other Broadway hits.
Mark McDonough (Finance ’91) has been appointed vice president of U.S. Sales for Pathwork Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics company focused on oncology. Before joining the Sunnyvale, California-based firm, McDonough was vice president of U.S. sales for US Labs. He previously held various sales and sales management roles at Ventana Medical Systems and served as a navigator and communications officer in the U.S. Navy.
David McLain (MBA ‘80) is a principal at Pallisades Financial, a leading real estate investment banking and advisory firm. The company has co-sponsored two symposiums, one in Manhattan and the other in Newark, for real estate leaders. “We are extremely proud to participate in such an important forum to help real estate borrowers understand the myriad of financing options still available to them in this challenging capital markets climate,” writes McLain, who joined the firm in 2002.
Mark Morrison (Accountancy ’77), formerly an air traffic controller, is now retired.
Jason Morsch (Accounting ’02) accepted the position of manager in financial reporting at Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and has now completed his CPA exam. He lives with his wife, Beth and their daughter, Maria, in Cleves, Ohio.
David Nelson (Finance ’85) has been named vice president of sales and marketing at Nanophase Technologies Corp. He joined the company in 2007 after managing the LCD business for Eastman Chemical Company and working on corporate strategy development and implementation for Mercer Management Consulting. Nelson has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Nanophase, a leader in nanomaterials technologies, provides nanoengineering programs for industrial product applications. It is headquartered in the Chicago area.
Jeff Osterhaus (Finance ’94) joined STATKING Consulting, Inc. (SCI) as senior contracts manager in Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to joining SCI, he was a cost accounting manager and a project financial analyst with Kendle International, Inc. Osterhaus has been in the clinical research industry for the last nine years.
Robert Peiffer (Accounting, Finance, and Decision Sciences ‘88) has been appointed managing director and general auditor of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. He will lead all internal audit activities of DTCC and its global subsidiaries. Peiffer comes to DTCC from Merrill Lynch, where he served in senior roles in both internal audit and compliance.
Jeni Peters (Accounting ’07) is an auditor at Deloitte in Cincinnati.
Joy Phumaphi (Master of Accountancy ‘87), a Botswana national, is vice president for the human development network at the World Bank. She began her public service career in Botswana as a local government auditor. From 1994 to 2003, she went on to serve in Parliament and as a representative to the Southern African Development Community. After joining the cabinet, she developed Botswana’s first national housing policy.Phumaphi subsequently served as minister for health, overseeing the revision of the Public Health Act, and putting into action a multi-sectoral plan to combat HIV/AIDS. In 2003, she joined the World Health Organization as the assistant director general for Family and Community Health Department, managing a staff of over 1100 globally.Phumaphi is on the board of GAVI and has served as a member of the UN Reference Group on Economics, and as a UN Commissioner on HIV/AIDS and Governance.She is also a member of the UNDP advisory board for Africa and the AAI.
Douglas Pontsler (Accounting ’79) is vice president, global sourcing, at Owens Corning. He is involved in his community as an executive board member of the Regional Growth Partnership, and a member of the board and executive committee of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic. Pontsler and his wife, Cinda, reside in the Toledo area with their three children.
Joan Proffitt (Accountancy ‘80) is the director of finance at the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Action Agency, a private, nonprofit organization serving more than 20,000 low-income children and adults in Hamilton County through employment, supportive services, early childhood education, housing and youth programs. “I love what we’ve been able to do for the community as an organization,” writes Proffitt. “It’s wonderful to be able to do what you’re professionally trained to do and at the same time help people and help the community, not stock prices.”
Matt Reddy (Marketing ’87) has been appointed vice president of national accounts by Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company. He joins the company after a 21-year career at MetLife, Inc., where he was involved in sales and marketing of employee benefits to midsize, large, and national accounts. He was also engaged in research and product development.
Kirby Reiling (Accountancy ’05) is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. He makes his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is an operations manager and program coordinator for the University of the Middle East Project.
Paula (Cronin) Runciman (Accounting ’88) is a controller at Trans Pacific Oil Corp. in Wichita, Kansas.
Todd Schneider (Finance ‘89) has been promoted to senior vice president of sales at Cintas Corp. in Mason, Ohio. The move comes just seven months after Cintas named him president and COO of its fast-growing document shredding division. Schneider joined the company in 1989 as a management trainee.
Jennifer Spraggs (Marketing ‘05), a logistics coordinator at Total Quality Logistics in Milford, Ohio, writes that she has recently begun working on her MBA at Xavier University. “I’ve been out of school a few years, so I was worried that I would be completely lost,” she writes. “However, my Miami education helped me get into the program easily and I’m impressed by how well prepared I was for my classes.”
Stephen Staruch (Accountancy ’08) is a staff accountant for the Arby’s Restaurant Group.
Kenneth D. Sweder (Finance ’91) has been promoted by Interline Brands, Inc. to executive vice president and COO. He will manage the company’s merchandising, inventory and distribution activities and will direct the sales and marketing of several key brands. Sweder joined Interline Brands, based in Jacksonville, Florida, in April, 2007 as chief merchandising officer. Immediately before that, he was first vice president of property operations strategy at Equity Residential. His background includes experience in corporate banking and supply chain management. Sweder earned his MBA from the University of Chicago.
Don Taylor (Marketing ‘73) has taken the position of General Manager for U.S. operations at InkSure Technologies Inc., a leading provider of covert machine-readable security solutions for the prevention of counterfeiting, fraud and diversion. Taylor first joined InkSure in 2006 to lead global strategic market development initiatives. Prior to joining the company, he served as vice president of Marketing at Dedicated Micros Inc., a world leader in digital and network video security solutions. From 1992 to 2002, he served in executive management positions with Sensormatic Electronics and Monarch Marking Systems.
Paul Taylor (Marketing ’90) is district sales manager for Abbott Laboratories. He and his wife, Kelly, live with their three children in Union, Kentucky.
David R. Teckman (Marketing ’78)was named president and CEO of HairDX, an FDA registered pharmacogenomics research and development company that specializes in testing and genetic analysis of skin disorders and hair biology. Teckman, with over 30 years experience in healthcare companies, was previously president and CEO of Sutura, Inc., a medical device manufacturer in Orange Country, California. Among his previous positions, he served as director of Whitebox Advisors, a $4 billion hedge fund headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Teckman is currently chairman of InstyMeds, a Minneapolis-based provider of automated prescription dispensing products for acute care settings.
Kathleen Triou (Personnel and Employment Relations ’90) has been named vice president, domestic marketing, for the United States Potato Board. Triou was most recently senior director at Seismicom, an integrated marketing and promotion agency for whom she expanded the client roster and managed campaigns for numerous national telecom and food companies.
Jacki Uhler (Accountancy ‘85) has been appointed to a three-year term on the Fairfield Community Foundation Board of Trustees. She is a CPA with Mellott & Mellott in Cincinnati. The Fairfield Community Foundation awards more than $100,000 annually in grants and scholarships in Fairfield and Fairfield Township, in Cincinnati’s northern suburbs.
Timothy Wallace (MBA ‘80) has been appointed president and CEO of iPipeline, a creator of on-demand sales distribution software for insurers and financial services firms. Before coming to iPipeline, he served as interim president and COO of MEDecision, Inc. Wallace previously served as chairman and CEO of Full Tilt Solutions, Inc., as CEO of Xerox Connect, and as president of XLConnect, a company he founded and helped take public in 1996. Wallace was a finalist in for Ernst & Young's 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and twice has been part of teams that built ventures later ranked among Inc.’s 500 “fastest growing companies.”
Suzanne Fohl Weber (Accountancy, Finance ’03) is a senior associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Cincinnati. Last May she completed her MBA from Thomas More College in Northern Kentucky and she is currently pursuing her CPA.
Paul Weiser (MBA ’80) has joined AJA Video Systems as vice president, sales and marketing. Weiser’s prior position was as director of sales, Americas for Autodesk Media & Entertainment’s Systems products. He has built a career in video, computer and digital media sales. AJA Video Systems is a major manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion programs based in northern California.
Jon Westberg (Finance, MIS ’02) has joined Lake Capital as a vice president of leveraged finance. Lake Capital, in Chicago, is a private equity firm that manages more than $1.3 billion in equity commitments. Westberg comes to the firm from the syndicated and leveraged finance division of J.P. Morgan; prior to that he was a banking analyst with Bank One Corp. He is currently pursuing an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Courtney Wiegand (Accountancy ’08) has joined KPMG LLP in Chicago as an audit associate.
Tim Williams (Accountancy ‘74) has been appointed as Butler County Administrator in Hamilton, Ohio after serving as interim administrator for several months. He is a CPA, and has worked for the county as finance director since 1995. Prior to that, he owned his own accounting firm after a 22-year career with Armco, Inc. "I look forward to the challenge, and continuing to work with all three commissioners on a daily basis," Williams said. "I will try to get the staff more involved in all aspects of the operation."
Trenton Summer Haack (Marketing ’94) died Oct. 14 at Georgetown Hospital in Washington D.C. He was the director of qualitative services for Burke Marketing and served on the board of directors of Pi Sigma Epsilon Fraternity, a national marketing and sales fraternity in which he was active at Miami. He was also chairman of the board of governors and a national councilor for Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. He held an MBA degree from George Washington University.
Richard Henry Reifert (Marketing ’68, MBA) of 63 Morning Mist Lane, died at his home in Sylva, N.C. September 27. A native of Cleveland, Reifert had retired from a career in management with Ohio Bell Ameritech.
Robert A. Strain (Business ’47) died at his home in North Barrington, Illinois on August 27. He had retired as an executive with the Maytag Co. after a 35 year career with the company and was a former division chairman of the American Gas Association. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 11 years, retiring as a captain, and completed graduate work at American University.
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