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We want our faculty to be the ones who discover the knowledge, not just the ones who disseminate it...so that our students can learn what’s going to be important in the future.President Harvey G. Stenger
Campaign Leadership
From chair Howard Unger
I feel tremendously fortunate to work alongside these colleagues on the EXCELERATE Campaign Committee. They are gifted, passionate ambassadors for ßÙßÇÂþ» and, together, we are proud to share the vision of this campaign with our entire community.
Campaign Committee
Dr. Howard D. Unger ’82, LHD ’19, Chair
Managing Partner and Founder, Saw Mill Capital
William E. Baldwin ’85
Actor
James B. Bankoski ’91
Distinguished Engineer, Google, Inc.
Anita J. Borkenstein ’86
Co-Founder and Past President, Impact100
Maggie Chan Jones ’96
CEO and Founder, Tenshey
Dr. Subhachandra Chandra, MS ’95
Director of Engineering, Ghost Locomotion Inc.
Dr. Subimal Chatterjee
Area Chair Analytics, School of Management
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor
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Stephanie Courtney ’92
Actress & Comedian
Susan A. Cummings-Walder ’81
Community Volunteer
Robert L. Goldstein ’94
Chief Operating Officer,Senior Managing Director and Global Head, BlackRock Solutions
David Ho
Co-Owner, Pacific BMW
Martha Ho, MA ’78
Co-Owner, Pacific BMW
Dr. Karen A. Jones
Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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Roberta S. Joseph ’82
Community Volunteer
Michael L. Joseph ’81
Chairman and President, Clover Group, Inc.
Dr. Karen E. Fuhrman Kerner ’86
Therapeutic Optometrist, Associates in Eye Care
Michael G. Kerner ’86
President and CEO, Munich Re Specialty Insurance
Dr. Anthony I. Kornheiser ’70, LittD ’17
Co-host, ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption
Tyrone E. Muse
President and CEO, Visions Federal Credit Union
Elizabeth Bloomer Nesvold ’90
Managing Director, Raymond James
H. Peter Nesvold
Founder and Managing Partner, Nesvold Capital Partners
Molly Peacock ’69
Poet, Biographer and Essayist
Ruben Santiago-Hudson ’78
Actor
Robert H. Swan, MBA ’85
Former CEO, Intel
Dr. Gary L. Truce
Retired Professor, Health and Wellness Studies
Retired Head Coach, Cross Country and Track & Field, ßÙßÇÂþ»
Jay H. Walder ’80
Former CEO, Virgin Hyperloop One
Dr. Barry R. Witt ’80
Medical Director, Greenwich Fertility Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics,
Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine
Dr. Marjorie J. Strelzyn-Witt ’81
Optometrist, Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Montefiore
Medical Center
MOVING OUR CAMPUS TO ACTION
Faculty, staff and students are all rallying behind the EXCELERATE campaign. Join them in helping our University to greater heights.
Donor Spotlight
Hear from our donors about what motivates them and join them in supporting EXCELERATE. Together, we are unstoppable!
Stephanie Courtney '92
Actress and comedian Stephanie Courtney '92, best known as Flo from the Progressive commercials, is a proud ßÙßÇÂþ» graduate and encourages fellow alumni to give back.
Peter Altabef '80
Peter Altabef ’80, chair and CEO of Unisys, discusses the need to admit talented students of all backgrounds, exceptional students who will propel ßÙßÇÂþ» forward into the 21st century.