RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2017

Rutgers

Business School:

Undergraduate–New Brunswick

2017

Baccalaureate

Convocation

May 12, 2017

History of the Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick

In June 1984, the Board of Governors recommended the establishment of an upper-division

School of Business at Rutgers on the New Brunswick campus, which was formally endorsed by

the New Jersey Department of Higher Education effective September 1986. The school offers

undergraduate programs in accounting, business analytics and information technology, finance,

management, marketing, and supply chain management, leading to the degree of Bachelor of

Science.

On July 1, 1996, the School of Business joined the Faculty of Management to form a single

business school on Rutgers’ northern campuses. The newly formed unit, renamed Rutgers

Business School-Newark and New Brunswick, with its larger faculty and wide variety of centers,

institutes, and programs, provides extensive new opportunities to students enrolled in the

undergraduate program in New Brunswick. In fall 2008, the New Brunswick undergraduate unit

of the Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick became a four-year program with

the admission of the first freshman class.

In August 2013, the Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick moved to its new location, 100

Rockafeller Road, on the Livingston Campus. Known to many as 100 Rock, this building

contains state-of-the-art computer and media classroom facilities, technology centers, and

multiple team meeting rooms, all dedicated to the exclusive use of Rutgers Business School

students. With a commitment to renewable energy, 100 Rock represents the cutting-edge nature

of this growing institution.

Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick Gonfalon

The two golden stripes on the Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick gonfalon

represent the school’s two undergraduate programs. The center stripe represents its graduate

program. The colors of the stripes relate to the hood colors worn by each program’s graduates.

The scarlet and black letters in the school’s name and logo represent the colors of the university.

Business education at Rutgers can be traced back to 1929, when it was first offered through the

Seth Boyden School of Business at Newark.

Rutgers Business School- Newark and New Brunswick

Business School Leadership

Lei Lei

Dean

Yaw Mensah

Executive Vice Dean

Phyllis Siegel

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Programs

Manish Kumar

Associate Dean of Administration and Finance

Deans of the Undergraduate Program–New Brunswick

Martin Markowitz

Senior Associate Dean

Felicia Norott

Assistant Dean

Kerstin Schnatter

Assistant Dean

Undergraduate Program–New Brunswick

Melba Blanco

First Year Student Counselor

Donna Brancato

Program Coordinator

KerriAnn Mattaliano

Undergraduate Administrative Assistant

Thomas Moore

Junior and External Transfer Student Counselor

John Muth

Sophomore Student Counselor

Yang Pisani

International Student Counselor

Debra Toti

Undergraduate Administrative Assistant

Lin Williams

Senior Student Counselor

Christine Yannuzzi

Admissions Officer

Special Programs, Undergraduate Program–New Brunswick

Helen Pensavalle

Department Administrator

Michelle Tomitz

Administrative Assistant

Career Management, Undergraduate Program–New Brunswick

Eugene Gentile

Director

Florence Herman

Career Management Specialist

John Perez

Career Management Specialist

Leigh-Anne M. Cobb

Program Coordinator

Name Announcer

Martin Markowitz

Senior Associate Dean

Marshalls

Felicia Norott

Assistant Dean

Kerstin Schnatter

Assistant Dean

Program

Processional The Mason Gross Brass Quintet

National Anthem Zoe Makropoulos

Welcome Cadmiel Feliz, President

Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:

Undergraduate Program Governing Association

Welcome Lei Lei, Dean

Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick

Introduction of Guest Speaker Daren Ha, Treasurer

Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:

Undergraduate Program Governing Association

Convocation Address Beverly W. Aisenbrey, Former Managing Director

Frederic W. Cook & Company, Inc.

Thomas H. Mott Award Olga Dovhanyuk, Secretary

Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:

Undergraduate Program Governing Association

Awards Martin Markowitz, Senior Associate Dean

Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:

Undergraduate Program

Jay Kang, 2016 President and

Patricia Hwang, 2016 Senior Vice President

Delta Sigma Pi

Farewell Address Cadmiel Feliz, President

Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:

Undergraduate Program Governing Association

Presentation of 2017 Candidates Martin Markowitz, Senior Associate Dean

Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:

Undergraduate Program

Tassel Ceremony Martin Markowitz, Senior Associate Dean

Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick:

Undergraduate Program

Recessional

Refreshments will be provided in the large tent outside for all guests at the conclusion of the ceremony.

Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees

October 2016

Daniel Ahn

Angela P. Alarcon

Anvar Aminjanov

Sonny Bailey-Lemansky

Jesse A. Benjamin

Emily P. Bernard

Cameron M. Black

Alexis L. Bolisay

Siobhan H. Brooker 1 * *

Sheridan P. Cajas

Sean P. Chambers

Erick P. Costa

Danielle M. Curcio

Michael L. DiTullio

Ilan Dolgin

Kimberly Flynn 2 * *

Yulia Forte 3 * *

Jonathan A. Gennaro

Photis I. Gkionis

Angelina R. Goff

Jamsey M. Hernandez

Amanda J. Huang

Emily Huang

Matthew J. Jachera

Julie L. Kamerman

Monica A. Karki

Saira Khan

Alexander Kim

Jamie Kim 3 *

Olesya Kormosh

Victoria H. Lam

David S. Lieberman *

Zachary A. Little

Zhanjuan Liu

Ari B. Lopatin

Joshua C. Lowe

Malin T. Ludwig

Jason T. Manjally

Rogelio K. Mata

Joshua I. Mayzler

Tomas J. McCullough 1 *

Brian Moy

Daniel Nehme 3 *

Weitao Pan

Junyoung Park

Aamir R. Patel

Khyati S. Patel ∞

Riya K. Patel 3

Marilyn Pichardo

Yash Porecha

Zahrah I. Rahman

Jordan A. Richardson 3 *

Rachel A. Rollins

Margherita Salina

Chakra P. Saranathan

Tulika Sen

Aishwarya Sharma

Sean M. Sondermann

Alejandra Velez 3 *

Danielle Violette-Birnberg

Ichia Wang

Kevin G. Weber

Tomer Weber

Evan T. Wolf

Eric Yang

Arifa Yousafzai

Tianfang Yu

Wenyu Zang 2 *

Lei Zhang 1 * *

Allen Zhitomir

January 2017

Amal Amir 2 *

Syed M. Ashab

Zaryab B. Ayub 2 * *

Mohit Bhatia 3 ∞

Alexis C. Carney 3 *

Carol E. Chedid 3 *

Jonathan D. Chen

Wendy L. Chinchilla 3

Anita Chitnis

Eun Young Choi

Todd M. Choi

Matthew L. Cohen

Matthew T. Comito

Anthony J. Corrao

Thomas J. Curran Jr.

Victoria Dait 2 *

Eric M. Daly 2 *

Melissa De Jesus 3 *

Jvalant M. Desai 3

Daniel J. DeTata

Michael Dirla 1 * *

Ambar Feliz

Rocco A. Fiato

Jahiyah T. Fields 3 *

Jeffrey N. Flynn

Shelby K. Frank

Cynthia Galindo-Lopez

Chen Geng 2 * *

Michael V. Gerlach

David Gifford

Nicholas T. Gill

Jason E. Gold

Lev Goldenberg

Antonio F. Gonzalez

Christopher B. Gouryh

Jatin Gupta

Maxwell Hackes 2 *

Connor T. Hart 3 *

Christopher M. Hepworth

Zakaullah Hijazi

Karim M. Hossien

Michael Huang

Amna Ijaz

Linnea J. Ismail 3

Shenghao Ji

Fengzhu Jiao

Emily Jurczyk

Harpreet K. Kalra

Anand S. Katragadda

Peter M. Kent 3

Aishwarya A. Kurup

Christopher M. Laino

Ha Eun Lee

Hyun Soo Lee

Alexis M. Levine 3

Grace Li 3

Sophia Lin

David Loin

Xiaoyu Ma 3 *

Michael Marcelian

Toni A. Mastrota

Brendan O. Mautone

Darren M. McConnell 3

Justin R. Melendez

Brianna L. Michaud

David L. Monte 2 *

Jasmine D. Moradi 3

Joseph K. Morrissey

Julia N. Mow 2 *

Vladimir O. Nachev

Jinseok O

Robert S. Peters 2 *

Michael E. Piotrowski 2 *

Jovani Ramirez

Isabel A. Ramos 3 *

Michael J. Razzano

Madiha Rehan

Ian W. Robinson

Erica Rodriguez

Joseph T. Roshop

Carolina Rostek

Joshua S. Russen

John S. Sanchez 2 *

Moujhury Sarkar

Raghunandan Sattur 2 *

Ayushi Shah 2 *

Saral Shah

Aneesh Sharma

Christina Z. Shen 3

Dillon Smith

Amanda M. Stabile 1 * * *

Bryan J. Stefanelli 1 * *

Erica Y. Susanto

Tian Tan

Shrey Taneja 1 * *

Alexis T. Timpano

Carlos A. Vaca

Louis S. Vetri

Sameer Vinayak 1 * *

Sheryl A. Wan

Karina Wang 3

Xiaotian Wang

Lan Wei 2 *

Scarlett S. Wen

David Wendell

Tyler P. Williams 3 *

Zachary M. Williams 3 *

Mark C. Wong 2 *

Duygu Yildiz

Tian Yu

Meihui Zhan

Ziheng Zhang

Steven D. Zwonar 2 *

May 2017

Nourin A. Abubaker 1 * * *

Erin N. Addone 3 *

Anthony J. Aldana

Amrutha Alladi 2 * * ∞

Kishan V. Alluri 3

Tiama N. Anderson

Fama D. Ann

Demitrios C. Apostolakis 3 *

Neyha Asghar 1 * *

Priya Ashish *

Ross A. Asroff

Jacqueline V. Atkinson

Emily G. Aversa 3 *

Justin J. Baik

Kiran Bains 2 * *

Celina E. Baquiran

Iulia Bardareanu

Paula G. Barreca-Crowe 2 *

Praya Basheri3

Alexandria M. Basile 2 * *

Robert J. Beachy

Shambhavi U. Belhe 2 * *

Mitchell L. Belman 1 * *

Jaime B. Berkowitz 1 *

Joseph A. Bianci 3 *

Vishesh P. Bilakhia

Ryan D. Black

Victoria E. Blair

Maclain J. Boney

Mollie C. Bongiovanni

Robert S. Bornstein 1 * *

Joshua Boylan 2 *

Michelle M. Boyland

Joseph L. Boyle 2 *

Kevin J. Boyle 2 *

Michael L. Brady

Robert J. Brajczewski

Jordan T. Brank 3

Tristan B. Breeze 2 * *

Connor P. Brennan

Elyse M. Broderick 3 *

Valerie B. Brooks 2 * *

John M. Buese

Roman Bukinga 3 ∞

Ian P. Bullard 3

Tania M. Burgos

Adam P. Burns

Katherine A. Burzynski 3 ∞

Brendan H. Byles 2 *

Cristina F. Cabral 3

Raymond Cabrera 2 *

Henggao Cai

Whitney T Cairnes

Benjamin J. Caldora

Patrick S. Callaghan 3

Yinyi Cao

Albert M. Carbonara 3

Ethan M. Cardani 3 *

Michael J. Carlin

Michael J. Carroll 3

Daniel J. Casey

Jenna N. Castaldo

Clint C. Cavallo

TaeKyun Cha

Maya M. Chacko 3 *

Carley M. Chan

Ching Chan

Kathy L. Chan ∞

Nicole J. Chan 3 *

Shuk Y. Chan 2 *

Marissa L. Chasmar 2 *

Aziz A. Chaudhry 3 *

Danfo Chen 3 *

Emily Chen

Jason Chen

Manyue Chen

Pinheng Chen

Tonghong Chen 2 * *

Vanessa Chen

Xijun Chen

Yang Chen 2 *

Zhongwei Chen 2 * *

Rachel C. Cheng

Maya M. Cherbaka

Jasmine L. Cheung 1 *

Yihan Chi

Brandon A. Chiappetta

Anooja A. Chitnis

Cyril Choi

Paul Choi

Yannis Christodoulides

Ho-Nien Chueh

Sean R. Cielecki 3

Charles A. Clark

Keith M. Clark 3

Jason T Clayton

Jake A. Comito 3

Brandon M. Conlon

Nicholas J. Costello

Laura J. Coughlan

Jennifer M. Cox ∞

John T. Coyne 3 ∞

Brennan S. Crowle 3 *

Dennis Cuellar 3 *

Samantha T. Czulada 3 *

Miao Dai 2 * * *

Nasim Dariani 2 *

Conor J. Dark 3

Maalini Das

Andras David

Andrew De Maio 3 *

David M. Debner

Walter DeCanio III

Vincent-Paul DeHaven

Michael V. Del Genio 3 *

Jassiel Delaluz 1 * * *

Kyle M. DellaPietro

Sarah M. DeLuca 3

Nicholas P. Denunzio

Akul J. Desai

Laxman Desai

Nisha P. Desai 3

Vraj N. Desai 2 *

Darshil A. Dharia

Lisa M. Dias 2 * *

Michael J. Dohrenwend

Shiyi Dong 2 * *

Yifan Dong

Nerses N. Dovlatyan

Nicole E. Dowdell 3 *

John M. Dubas 2 *

Buu B. Duong

Justin Duong 2 *

Rahul K. Duriseti 3 *

Amanda Durkin

Jeny Eapen

Matthew G. Emrani 1 * *

Katja G. Engenhart

Victoria J. Eppler 3 *

Simonne A. Epstein 2 *

Shuting Fang

Yue Fang

Aditi Farsaiya

Alyssa L. Feingold 2 *

James A. Felice

Cadmiel Feliz 3

Alberto J. Fernandes

Thomas M. Fisher

Salvatore M. Florio

Taylor Flynn-Stead 3 *

Jacqueline Y. Foo

Matthew F. Forno 3

Seyvona Forrester 3

Kristen N. Fortuna

Aelana M. Freeman 3 *

Devon Freshnock

Alexander A. Fuchs

Trevor B. Fuller 3 *

Michael T Gallo

Sriniketh Gande 3 *

Neil Gandhi 3

Yash B. Gandhi

Jennifer Garbowski 2 *

Chen Ge

Neha Gehlot ∞

Jenny Geng 3 *

Joshua O. Gerber

Hannah M. Germuth

Jeremy C. Ghaly 3

Joseph P. Gibson

Anthony J. Giliberti

Angela M. Giordano 2 * * ∞

Joshua S. Goldberg

Christian S. Goldy

Kalyan Gondhi 2 * ∞

Kyle G. Gonis 3

Julia V. Gorzkowski

Colleen J. Graner 2 * * *

Melissa J. Granet 2 * *

Meghan E. Grau 1 * * *

Mitchell P. Gray

Matthew A. Greenberg 3 *

Jacob N. Grinoch 3

Jiayi Guo ∞

Yanyi Guo

Alec T. Haase 3 *

Farjad Haider

Jesse Hamilton

Jaylah L. Hammonds

Jonathan Han

Dennis M. Hansen

Thomas J. Hansen 2 *

Manika Harikumar

Tahmina Hassan 3 *

Brittany Hastaba 3 *

Lauren K. Hayman

Huan He 1 * * * ∞

Yifei He 2 *

Sunil D. Hebbar

Hegel Hei

Jaclyn J. Hennessey

Kathryn E. Hohmann

Jacob E. Holdowsky

Nicholas J. Holowko

Ryan J. Horn

Lawrence Y. Hu

Xinyang Hu

Aiting Huang 3

Honghu Huang

Ji Huang

Shaotian Huang 3 *

Terrence H. Huang 1 * * *

Robert M. Huber 3

Victoria L. Huynh

Dayeong Hwang

Patricia Hwang 1 *

David M. Idler

Susan Ilmer

Ben L. Ingram 1 * * *

Evan M. Jackson

Brendan P. Jaeger 3 *

Jonathan S. Jaffe 1 *

Kayleigh Jagemann

Harleen Jaswal

Miral Javia 3

Kimberly A. Jevic 3

Kinjal N. Jhaveri 2 * ∞

Qianyao Jiang 3

Xintong Jiang

Yao Jiao

Blake D. Johnson

Matthew D. Johnston

Steven M. Jones 3

Damiano Journey

Romeo E. Kaado

Kevin D. Kaderis

Nicole L. Kalucki 3

Ariel Y. Kang 3

Jay Y. Kang

Kyle Kania

Vabhave Kankariya

Giovanni C. Kannatt

Nisha M. Kanyan 3

Sejal Y. Kapadia

Daniel Kapilovich

Michael J. Kavanagh

Rida I. Kazmi

Evan C. Keating

Alex M. Kellenberger

Lauren M. Kelly 1 * *

Ryan W. Kennedy 2 *

Danial Khan

Radha Khatri 3 *

Gagandeep Khera 2 *

Zahra Z. Khetani 3 *

Matthew C. Kiatos

Janice Kim

Joshua Kim

Thomas S. Kim 3 *

Eugene B. Klyashtorny 3 *

Pavle Knezevic 3 *

David Ko 1 * * *

Ryan C. Koday 3 ∞

Natalya Kokhanovska

Zachary A. Konviser 1 *

Sandra Korczak 2 * * ∞

Natalia Korolyanchuk

Jahnavi K. Kosaraju 3 *

Nishil N. Kothary 1 * *

Robert K. Kozielec

Sanjana Krishnakumar 2 *

Darshini Kuchimanchi 2 *

Christopher V. Kumar 3 *

Shivani Kumar

Keri A. Kurpick

Sarah La

Justin Lai 3

Neil K. Lakdawala 1 *

Connor D. Lam

Alexander J. Lang 3

Sebastian R. Laskowski

Katarzyna Latka 2 *

Morgan T. Lau 3

Hoi M. Law

Amanda K. Lee 3 *

Amanda K. Lee

Andrew Y. Lee 1 * *

Brian Lee

Joohyun Lee

Julia T. Lefkowitz

Briana P. Legreide

Nicholas A. LeHan

Tyler J. Lepore 3 *

Deanna R. Levy

Jason A. Lewin

Kaini Li

Lihao Liang 1 * *

Kyle J. Lieb

Kamel Lihmaidi

Christopher Lim

Aaron Lin

Alexander Lin

Edward W. Lin

Jasmine Lin 3

Kristie Lin

Mei Lin

Urmila Lingala

Jakub Lipczyk 2

Danqing Liu 3 * ∞

Justin K. Liu 3 *

Luyao Liu

Sze Wai Liu

Yu Liu

Yufei Liu

Joseph J. Lodispoto

Brandon Loftus

Caitlin A. LoGiudice 1 * *

Bryan Loh 3 *

Manuela Londono-Osorio 3 *

Melissa A. Loo 3 *

Christopher J. Lou

Hao Lu

Michelle M. Lu

Weiting Lu

Yi Lu 2 * * *

Yier Lu 3

Selina T. Luong 3 *

Ian T Luxenberg

Ekaterina Luzgin 3 *

Jingya Ma

Joanna Ma 1 *

Caitlin S. Macavinta 3 *

Juan C. Machuca 3

Vince Philip C. Maglaque

Dante V. Maglio 3 *

Nicholas M. Magrini 3 *

Erica L. Mahnkopf 3 *

William T Majeski

Max Makanoff

Zoe Makropoulos 3 *

Cortney R. Malkin

Kimberly R. Manalo

Suharsh Sunil Mandhare

Michael T Manne

James M. Mansbach

Brett D. Martin

Dennis R. Mascali

Zachary E. Massey

Alyssa R. Mastellone 2 * *

Varun Master

Jerry E. Mathew 2

Ryan S. Mazur 3 ∞

Christopher S. Mccarthy

Paul L. McCartney 3

Dylan R. McCarty 2 *

Zachary S. Mccord

Patrick C. McHale

Matthew T. McLaughlin

Robert McSorley III 3 *

Jai Mehra 2 *

Ruchika S. Mehta

Shachee J. Mehta

Deyni M. Mejia-Zaccaro

Patrick M. Mellilo III

Dylan G. Meredith

Allison E. Meyer 3 *

Kathryn C. Meyer 3

Daniel N. Mileto

Lauren N. Miller 3 *

Thomas P. Miller

Olena Mishchenko 2 *

Darsha R. Mistry 2 *

Yingxuan Mo 1 * * *

Jordan M. Moffet

Ashley Moffitt

Melissa A. Moghadam

Samantha C. Mohr

Mian Moneeb

James M. Montgomery 2 * *

Devon L. Mooney ∞

Christopher J. Mosier 2 *

Kelsey M. Moszkiewicz 3 *

Karishma M. Motwani 2 *

Harinder K. Mundi

Palak Munjal

Raymond E. Murphy III 2 * *

Robert C. Murphy

Patryk Murzyn

Robert T Musante

Jordan D. Nachwalter 1 *

David Nam 3

Vandit Narula

Abhilasha Negi

Neha D. Nehete

Jason Nelson

Alex H. Neumann

Nicholas Nevins 3

Michael W. Nezgoda 3 *

Stephanie A. Ng

Nicole P. Nicholas 3 *

Joseph W. Nicoletti

Amy Nufable 3

Seungmi O 2 *

Kyle S. O'Byrne

Teodora Odzakovic

Patricia Oliff

Jordan Osnato 3 *

Yongshi Ouyang

Shyam B. Oza

Evan G. Paglia 2 *

Jatin A. Pahilajani 2 *

Alexander J. Pak

Keerthi Palaniappan 3 *

Schatze R. Palen 1 * * *

Mohnish R. Pardasani

Danielle C. Paredes 3 *

Amul D. Parikh

Kevin Park

Sally H. Park

Mark K. Pastoral

Cole T. Paszkowski 3 *

Ateer A. Patel 1 * *

Brij V. Patel 2 * ∞

Dhruv M. Patel

Dhyuti Patel

Dishant H. Patel ∞

Himang Patel

Jagravi N. Patel 3 *

Jay M. Patel 3 *

Karishma B. Patel 2 *

Keval M. Patel

Krina J. Patel 3

Krishna S. Patel

Kruti B. Patel ∞

Manali Patel 2 * *

Nirmalkumar Patel 3

Parita Patel

Parth S. Patel ∞

Priya P. Patel

Raj J. Patel

Ravi K. Patel

Shaini S. Patel

Shreya Patel

Sweta R. Patel 3 ∞

Lisa M. Patriarca 2 * *

Karolina Patryn

Steven G. Pavick 3 *

Matthew B. Peacock

Ashley A. Perez 2 *

Marian A. Perez

Stephanie C. Perrotti

Marcus R. Pescinski 1 * *

Brian R. Peterson 3

Julie A. Petulla

Anthony S. Pin

Indira A. Pinckney

Zachary Pincus

Jonathan H. Pizarro 3

Ema Poni 3 *

Travis A. Poole 3

Phillip Poon

Jonathan Portillo

Victoria M. Prager 3

Vydik S. Prakriya

Natalia Promyshlennikova 3 *

Peter S. Pyon

Kaihao Qiao

Brian A. Quach

Grace E. Quinteros

Anxhela Qymyri

Almedina Radoncic

Tifany S. Raiac

Santosh Rajendran

Nervin J. Ramirez 2 * * ∞

Rangasri Ramji 3

Sruti K. Rana

Lisamarie N. Ranasinghe

Rachael K. Ratner 1 *

Ankush U. Raval

Nicholas J. Reardon

Bernardine Rebutoc

Daniel Reji

Scott Reyes

Joseph P. Riccardi 3 *

Christina B. Ricevuto 3 * ∞

Nyasia A. Rivera 2 * *

Joseph A. Rizzo 3 *

Daniella N. Rizzuto

Andrew M. Robinov 2 *

Erika C. Rodriguez

Gregory P. Rozar

Wenxuan Ruan

Adam S. Rubinstein

Neil E. Russell

Samuel D. Russo

Josh A. Ruttner

Shashi D. Sadhwani

Janelle D. Salazar

Hiba Saleem 1 * * *

Erica L. Salmins 3

Max A. Samouhos

Taranjeet S. Sandhu

Mahesh Sangisetty 3

Nicholas V. Santa Maria 2 * *

Marissa A. Saslowsky

Sheena R. Satpute 2 * *

Allison P. Sayde

Jeremy Scardino

Jacob R. Schmidt 3 *

Harris J. Schneiderman

Andrew M. Schwartz 2 *

Giovanni Sciancalepore

Jacob D. Scott 3 *

Macy R. Scott

Carmela Scottodifrega 2 *

Da Hee Seminara 2 * *

Ankeet M. Shah

Barkha R. Shah

Naiya M. Shah

Palak B. Shah

Prachi B. Shah

Ronak M. Shah

Qinyuan Shao

Mohamed I. Sharif

Aashna Sharma 2 *

Avni Sharma

Priya Sharma

Farhat Sheikh ∞

Weize Shen

Xinyi Shen

Kezhen Shi

QinQin Shi 1 * * * ∞

Ruyi Shi 3 * ∞

Xian Shi

Nilam S. Shukla

Courtney L. Siesputowski

Ana Raquel B. Silva

Christopher Sims 3 *

Kiratpal Singh

Prekshya Singh

Rythum P. Singh 2 *

Sunjum Singh

Vickrant Singh

William D. Smith

Amir T. Sofer 3 *

Brian L. Sommermann 3 *

Rahul Sondhi

Michelle Soomro

John V. Sparapani

Karen P. Steingart

Andrew J. Stevenson

Michael L. Stief

Kelly R. Stimmel

Anthony Strano

Dylan S. Strober 3

Matthew Styczynski 2 *

Joey Su

Junfeng Su 1 * * * ∞

Yiyao Su

Ashley K. Suarez 3 *

Camille Suarez

Samyuktha Sudhakar

Colleen M. Sullivan 3 *

Di Sun

Hefei Sun

Yuhan Sun

Tomasz A. Surowaniec

Ryan G. Sweeney

Ali T. Tahir 3 *

Reeham Tahsin

Yueming Tai 1 * * *

Victoria Tajes 3

Sahithi Talagadadeevi

Shunyao Tang 3 *

Shir-El A. Teboul 1 * * *

Nicholas F. Testa II

Deep S. Thakkar 3 *

Maria I. Thellmann 3

Garret A. Thomas

Saahil Tohan

Daniel J. Toledo 3 *

Olivia E. Tomie 1 *

James E. Tontarski 1 * *

Andrew D. Tornabene

Katherine C. Torpey

Alice Tran 3 *

Jessica M. Triano

Emma K. Triantis

Manav U. Trivedi 3

Tien Quoc Truong 2 *

Sapphira Tsang

Alexander N. Tur

Lauren P. Turci

Hasan Usmani 3 *

Henry B. Vargas

Aneesha Varma 2 * *

Jairo N. Vasco

Andrea D. Velarde

Louis A. Velasco

Indhu Mathi Velishala

Varun R. Vemuganti

Sameer S. Verma 3 *

Eric C. Villanueva

Karan S. Virdi

Timothy R. Vonderlinden

Linh K. Vu 1 * *

Angelo Wang

Haoyan Wang

Jinpeng Wang

Jue Wang

Qi Wang

Wei Wang

Yiru Wang 2 *

Zengyao Wang 3 *

Zongyao Wang

Brian L. Watson 3 *

Chuyao Wei 1 * * *

Francesca B. Weiner 3 *

Logan Weiss

Dallas J. Wenrich

Imashi D. Wijedasa 3 *

Tyler R. Wilhalme

Stephanie N. Willis 3 *

Kendra C. Wise

Justin L. Wood 3

Jiaying Wu

Qi Wu

Yutong Xin

Minwen Xiong

Jing Xu 2 *

Wei Xu

Qi Xue

Rachel Yaney 3

Kevin T. Yang 3

Liuxiang Yang

Kenny C. Ye

Sihong Ye

Amanda Yeung 3 *

Lisa M. Youngfeldt

Alyson J. Yu 3

Katiejean Zacek

Agnieszka Zaczynski

Jamie J. Zajac 3 *

Rodrigo D. Zamora 3 *

Zheng Zeng 2 * * *

Bo Zhai

Changling Zhang 3 *

Jiarui Zhang 3 *

Ningfan Zhang 3 *

Suwei Zhang

Wenwen Zhang 1 * * *

Anqi Zhao 1 * *

Shihua Zhao

Kexin Zheng

Lin Zheng

Natalia Zhinhel ∞

Boyang Zhou 3 *

Tracy Zhou 1 * *

Yongnan Zhou 3 ∞

Yukun Zhou

Chenjie Zhu

Brooke H. Zindulka 1 * * *

John D. Zullo 1 *

1 Summa Cum Laude 2 Magna Cum Laude 3 Cum Laude

* Departmental Honors

** Departmental High Honors

*** Departmental Highest Honors ∞

Beta Alpha Psi

All honors designations are based on GPAs as of the end of the fall 2016 semester.

Departmental Outstanding Achievement Awards

These awards are given each year by the faculty of the Rutgers Business School-Newark and

New Brunswick to the students demonstrating outstanding achievement in their major.

Accounting: Qinqin Shi

BAIT: Yingxuan Mo

Finance: Robert Bornstein

Management: Wenwen Zhang

Marketing: Meghan Grau

Supply Chain Management: Olivia Tomie

Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key

Delta Sigma Pi is a professional business fraternity that prepares business students for

successful professional careers, but also instills values of service and principled leadership that

characterize Deltasigs in all phases of life. With more than 260,000 pledges, members make a

difference in their workplaces and communities throughout the United States and around the

world.

Since 1912 the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key has been awarded annually at each college or

university where the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi maintains an active chapter. The

Key is presented to the graduating senior with the highest grade point average in the School of

Business or its equivalent.

Presented to:

Robert Bornstein

Hiba Saleem

Qinqin Shi

Meghan Grau

2017 Dean’s Distinguished Leadership Award

The Dean’s Distinguished Leadership Award recognizes one student leader each year who has

demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, service to RBS and leadership

potential. Following tradition, the name of the recipient is engraved onto the Rutgers Business

School Brass Bell. This bell is rung six times at University Commencement, symbolizing the

number of degree programs in the Rutgers Business School.

Presented to:

Zoe Makropoulos

Rutgers Business School Notable Senior Honor

The Rutgers Business School Notable Senior Honor is awarded by the Undergraduate Programs

Office to graduating seniors who demonstrate excellence in service, community building, and

dedication to the RBS community. Students chosen for this award are distinguished examples of

well-rounded individuals who have exceeded expectations in their commitment to the university.

Throughout their undergraduate careers, they have offered noteworthy contributions to the

Rutgers Business School community and brought positive recognition to the RBS name.

Presented to:

Lauren Kelly

Colleen Graner

Feilu Wang

Kendra Wise

Beta Gamma Sigma Inductees Class of 2017

Neyha Asghar

Nida Ashraf

Zaryab Ayub

Kiran Bains

Alexandria Basile

Shambhavi Belhe

Mitchell Belman

Jaime Berkowitz

Robert Bornstein

Joshua Boylan

Michelle Boyland

Kevin Boyle

Tristan Breeze

Valerie Brooks

Raymond Cabrera

Tonghong Chen

Jasmine Cheung

Miao Dai

Eric Daly

Conor Dark

David Debner

Vraj Desai

Lisa Dias

Michael Dirla

Simonne Epstein

Cynthia Galindo-Lopez

Chen Geng

Angela Giordano

Colleen Graner

Melissa Granet

Meghan Grau

Huan He

Terrence Huang

Patricia Hwang

Ben Ingram

Jonathan Jaffe

Kinjal Jhaveri

Steven Jones

Lauren Kelly

Ryan Kennedy

Gagandeep Khera

Zachary Konviser

Nishil Kothary

Sanjana Krishnakumer

Neil Lakdawala

Katarzyna Latka

Andrew Lee

Lihao Liang

Jasmine Lin

Jakub Lipczyk

Caitlin Logiudice

Yi Lu

Dylan McCarty

Olena Mishchenko

Darsha Mistry

Yingxuan Mo

Jordan Nachwalter

Amy Nufable

Jatin Pahilajani

Schatze Palen

Brij Patel

Marcus Pescinski

Anthony Pin

Nervin Ramirez

Racheal Ratner

Andrew Robinov

Hiba Saleem

Raghunandan Sattur

Qinqin Shi

Bryan Stefanelli

Junfeng Su

Yueming Tai

Shrey Taneja

Shir-el Teboul

Olivia Tomie

James Tontarski

Sameer Vinayak

Chuyao Wei

Jing Xu

Jamie Zajac

Zheng Zeng

Tracy Zhou

Boyang Zhou

Brooke Zindulka

John Zullo

Convocation Ceremony Speaker

BEVERLY W. AISENBREY

Former Managing Director

Frederic W. Cook & Company, Inc.

Beverly Aisenbrey is a retired Managing Director of the New York Office of Frederic W. Cook

& Co. She was with the firm for 34 years. During that time, she was the independent advisor to

the Compensation Committees at numerous Fortune 1,000 companies, where she reviewed

management’s recommendations and advised on governance and disclosure issues. She has also

designed performance-based compensation programs, and consulted on change-in-control,

severance, and employment agreements.

Her speeches included topics such as stock programs for directors, equity compensation trends

and stock ownership guideline design. Speaking engagements included the National Association

of Corporate Directors, the Council of Institutional Investors and Florida Directors’ Institute.

Mrs. Aisenbrey received her BA from Douglass College and her MBA in finance from Rutgers

University. Her board and trustee experience includes the Board of Frederic W. Cook & Co.,

Trustee of Rutgers University and Advisory Boards of the New Jersey Chapter of the National

Association of Corporate Directors and Compensation and Benefits Review. She is currently on

the Rutgers Business Dean’s Advisory Board and on the Rutgers Board of Overseers. She is a

Founding Circle member of Rutgers Women BUILD and on the Foundation Board of the

American Association for Cancer Research.