Most Influential Black Person in Britain Is a Zicklin Alum
Here are some surprising facts about Jacky Wright (BBA, ’85), chief digital officer at Microsoft and recently named the most influential Black person in Britain. One: She’s based in the U.S. Two: She got into technology by accident, thanks to a job she held while working her way through the Zicklin School.
Zicklin Alum Is John Jay College’s New Athletics Director
After an extensive national search, Cat Alves (MBA, ’14) was named Director of Athletics and Recreation for John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She sat down for an interview with Zicklin News.
Zicklin Doctoral Candidate Discusses Racial Disparities in Healthcare on CBS News
When CBS News was looking for an expert to interview for a segment on why Black women in the U.S. have three times the risk of dying from pregnancy as white women, it’s not surprising they chose Errol L. Pierre, who is senior vice president for state programs at nonprofit insurer Healthfirst and a student in the Zicklin School’s Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program.
March Webinar: The NYC Office Market: What Might the Future Hold?
Will “the office” ever be the same again? During the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, our working lives underwent profound changes. One of the most notable innovations was employees working from home on a large scale. Has this now become a permanent future of our future working lives? How is the NYC office market adapting? Are “hot desks” in our future? What other changes are being considered and implemented to accommodate innovative, more flexible working arrangements? What are the broader for the NYC office real estate markets? Larry Zicklin (BBA, ‘57) discusses these questions with Michael Morris (MBA, ’07; pictured), vice chairman, Newmark, and with Steve S. Shigekawa, senior portfolio manager, managing director, Neuberger Berman. With an introduction by Dean Fenwick Huss and a Q&A session moderated by Associate Dean Gwen Webb..
Zicklin in the Media
Alumnus Shaffiou Assoumanou (BBA, ’21) was featured in a recent episode of Voices of Baruch.
Doctoral candidate Edward Aw (DBA, ’23) co-published research on machine learning in the Journal of Investing.
Lecturer Elisa Balabram (Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management) offered financial tips for self-employed artists to Dance magazine.
Alumnus Seth Besmertnik (BBA, ’04) was interviewed in The New York Times about employee retention at his marketing software company, Conductor.
Faculty member Barbara Caress, who teaches health policy in the Executive MBA in Health Administration program, wrote about Medicare privatization for The American Prospect.
Alumnus Jerry Cheung (BBA, ’93) has been promoted to managed services manager at Cornerstone.IT.
Senior Associate Dean Paquita Davis-Friday moderated a panel discussion on “What Investors Need to Know About Audits” for the CFA Society’s New York chapter.
Professor Marc Edelman (Department of Law) was interviewed by The New York Times about sports betting in California, and was quoted in Reuters about former NFL coaches’ claims they were offered incentives to lose games. He wrote about online sports betting and the Super Bowl for Forbes.
Alumnus Matt Feldman (BBA, ’15), founder of Moku Foods, was interviewed for the podcast Biz Bites with Abby Kircher.
Alumna Lisa Fitzpatrick (BBA, ’99) was appointed administrator of the Human Resources Administration by NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
Professor Donna Gitter (Department of Law) published a letter in The New York Times about the SAT’s change to an all-digital format.
Graduate student Briana Goings (MBA, ’22) has won a Carl Spielvogel ’56 MBA Scholarship from the Weissman Center for International Business.
Faculty member Linda Gharib (Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business) has been reappointed to the National Advertising Review Board.
Alumna Jacqueline Gibbons (Executive MS Industrial and Labor Relations, ’07) has joined the Urban Resource Institute as vice president, people & culture.
Professor Debbie Kaminer (Department of Law) wrote about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on vaccine mandates for The Conversation.
Associate Professor Ivan Montiel (Narendra Paul Loomba Department of Management) published an article (in Spanish) for the Peruvian website Stakeholders Sostenibilidad.
Alumnus Daniel A. Nigro (BBA, ’71) announced his retirement as Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department.
Associate Professor Nizan Geslevich Packin (Department of Law) was quoted in Vox about the lack of regulations for social media influencers.
Undergraduate Tiffany Patton (BBA, ’23) has won a S.M.I.L.E. Scholarship from the PepsiCo Foundation.
Doctoral candidate Junghoon Park (PhD, ’23) co-published an article (with Associate Professor of Management Ivan Montiel) in Business & Society.
Alumnus Larry Quinlan (MBA, ’86) has joined the board of directors of the National Association of Corporate Directors’ Florida chapter.
Alumna Izabela Rak (BBA, ’19) has joined Fortuna Advisors as a change management associate.
Alumnus Brian Torpie (BBA, ’11) is a candidate for trustee of the Village of Warwick, NY.
Professor Ana Valenzuela (Allen G. Aaronson Department of Marketing and International Business) has joined the Journal of International Marketing as an associate editor.
Alumna Theresa Von Klug (MS, ’02) has been named chief operating officer of the San Francisco Opera.
Zicklin Events
Due to coronavirus, all in-person events have been canceled. We continue to offer an array of virtual events for the Zicklin community.
Building More Ethical Tech By Reducing Ethical Debt
March 1, 12:30 – 2 pm
Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration Virtual Information Session
March 2, 11 am – 12 pm
Graduate Admissions Live Chat Q&A
Wednesdays (March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30), 11 am – 12 pm
Zicklin’s 10 Specialized Master’s Programs
March 3, 11 am – 12 pm
Doctor of Business Administration Virtual Information Session
March 3, 11 am – 12 pm
Entrepreneurial Lunch & Learn: Creating a Career You Love by Building a Service-Based Business
March 3, 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Spotlight on Zicklin’s MBA Consulting Capstone
March 8, 11 am – 12 pm
To Waive or Not to Waive: Vaccine Patient Rights
March 15, 12:30 – 2 pm
Executive MBA Virtual Information Session
March 16, 12 – 1 pm
Graduate Information Systems and Statistics Programs at Zicklin
March 17, 11 am – 12 pm
Application Workshop Webinar
March 22, 11 am – 12 pm
Executive MS in Human Resource Management Virtual Information Session
March 22, 5 – 6 pm
Entrepreneurial Lunch & Learn: Developing Your Online Presence with Wix
March 24, 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Graduate Marketing Programs at Zicklin
March 29, 11 am – 12 pm
Sales Summit – Spring 2022
March 29, 6 – 8 pm
Construction 3D Printing
March 31, 12:30 – 1:30 pm
