Exchange (2018) - Tippie College of Business

ALUMNI NEWS
JONATHAN ABDO (BBA17)
is a financial advisor with
Northwestern Mutual in
Coralville, Iowa.
KEVIN AMOO-MENSAH
(BBA08) is an associate with
Goldman Sachs in New York City.
MATTHEW ANDERSON (BBA14)
is an analyst with the Claro Group
in Chicago.
ZAHARIS AWARDED HANCHER-FINKBINE
ALUMNI MEDALLION
Cathy Zaharis (BBA82) received
one of the university’s highest honors
last April at the 100th Finkbine Dinner:
the Hancher-Finkbine Alumni Medallion.
Seven medallions are given annually
to four students, one professor, one
staff member, and one alumnus who has
attained special distinction. Zaharis is
the program director of professional/
employer development in the college’s
Undergraduate Program.
The award recognized Zaharis as an
exceptional leader, volunteering on the
Investment Advisory Committee for the
Krause Fund and as a mentor for the
Women in Business program.
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She has been a dedicated member
of the UI Center of Advancement Board
of Directors since 1999. As chair of
the board, she provided vital leadership
throughout For Iowa. Forever More:
The Campaign for the University of Iowa,
the university’s most recent fund-raising
campaign. Zaharis also demonstrates
generous philanthropy through her
support for a variety of programs at
the college and university, including
the Dr. George M. Zaharis Medical
Scholarship, a fund she established in
2003 in memory of her father, a 1959
graduate of the UI Roy J. and Lucille A.
Carver College of Medicine.
EMILY BRANNON (BBA15), a
financial analyst with BMO Harris
Bank in Chicago, married her high
school sweetheart MICHAEL
NAUMAN (BBA15) in October.
The couple are both members of
the Tippie Young Alumni Board
and recently adopted a dog:
Henry Herky Tippie.
SETH CORUSH (BBA13) is a tax
associate with Grant Thornton
LLP in Chicago. He recently
graduated from Loyola University
Chicago School of Law and was
admitted to the Illinois bar.
ALEX CULLEN (BBA09) recently
joined an InsurTech startup called
Kin Insurance, based out of Chicago.
PAUL DEXTER (BBA04) was
recently promoted to managing
director in the Mergers and
Acquisitions Group in the Investment
Banking Division of Credit Suisse.
He lives in New York City.