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® <strong>Sport</strong><br />
ESPN Legend Visits Campus in<br />
Celebration <strong>of</strong> 25th Anniversary<br />
<strong>of</strong> Management <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sport</strong><br />
Management Program<br />
More than 300 people came to hear ESPN<br />
sports journalist Chris Berman when he visited<br />
the campus on April 15. Berman, who was joined by<br />
ESPN Emmy-winning producer and UNH alumnus<br />
Craig Mortali ’84, discussed his successful and unique<br />
career at ESPN. Topics included how the field <strong>of</strong><br />
sports management has developed over the last 30<br />
years and how Berman and Mortali got started in<br />
sports broadcasting. The event was co-sponsored<br />
by the College <strong>of</strong> Business and Liberty Mutual.<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Management Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Allen Sack (left) and Chris<br />
Berman (right) pose for a photo during the 25th anniversary<br />
celebration <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Sport</strong>s Management program on April 15.<br />
<strong>BuSineSS</strong><br />
UNH Welcomes<br />
Kevin Mongeon to <strong>Sport</strong><br />
Management Faculty<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Haven</strong> (UNH)<br />
has appointed Kevin Mongeon, Ph.D.,<br />
as an assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the <strong>Sport</strong><br />
Management program.<br />
Mongeon has more than 10 years <strong>of</strong> experience in the sports and<br />
entertainment industry and previously taught sports economics at<br />
Washington State <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Mongeon’s research interests include the effects <strong>of</strong> indirect substitutes on<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional leagues and determining the economic value <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
hockey players.<br />
Kevin is a principal owner <strong>of</strong> The <strong>Sport</strong>s Analytics Institute, which uses<br />
economics, statistics and data mining to model underlying processes <strong>of</strong><br />
sporting events.<br />
Prior to WSU, Kevin worked at the Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara<br />
Falls, Ontario, with the Detroit Red Wings and with a sport marketing<br />
agency on projects for the Canadian Football League. Kevin also earned<br />
his MBA from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Windsor.<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Management Club<br />
Voted Best Club on Campus<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Management <strong>New</strong>sletter | Fall 2010<br />
The undergraduate <strong>Sport</strong> Management Club was designated the university’s<br />
student organization <strong>of</strong> the year for 2009-10 by the Undergraduate Student<br />
Government. This prestigious award is given each year at the spring<br />
student awards ceremony. About 30 student organizations competed for<br />
this award, earning points for the number <strong>of</strong> activities sponsored and the<br />
impact these events and activities had on the entire student body. The club<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficers were Charles Fick, President; Katie FitzPatrick, Vice President;<br />
Chelsea McCauley, Treasurer; and Greg Thomas, Sergeant at Arms.<br />
During the year, the club sponsored trips to the Boston Garden for a Celtics<br />
game, to Citi Field to meet with <strong>New</strong> York Mets management and to tour<br />
the facility, and to Rentschler Field, home <strong>of</strong> the UConn Huskies. Other<br />
activities included pizza nights during March Madness, fund raising events,<br />
and a powder puff football tournament. The club played a major role in<br />
negotiating with Brian Cashman’s agent and organizing the Yankee<br />
General Manager’s visit to campus. The club also worked closely with other<br />
organizations to manage Chris Berman’s visit. This year’s club has already<br />
gotten <strong>of</strong>f to a fast start by sponsoring a trip to a Boston Red Sox game.
<strong>New</strong> HaveN <strong>Sport</strong> BuSiNeSS Update<br />
Faculty Update<br />
Gil Fried<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Fried has been busy this past year running<br />
the department through a major transition.<br />
One <strong>of</strong> the major changes was hiring a new faculty<br />
member, Kevin Mongeon.<br />
Major initiatives begun by the department include:<br />
• Restructuring the curriculum and adding several new classes<br />
• Chairing the task force to restructure the College <strong>of</strong> Business<br />
• Helping to bring in major speakers<br />
• Growing the department’s mentor program<br />
• Creating a sister school program with Wuhan Normal <strong>University</strong> in China<br />
and Laurentian <strong>University</strong> in Canada<br />
• entering into a comprehensive internship agreement with Yale <strong>University</strong><br />
athletics to supply them with more than 10 interns every year<br />
Besides working on these initiatives, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Fried’s <strong>Sport</strong> Facility Management<br />
textbook was published in its second edition and has been adopted by more<br />
than 130 sport management programs throughout the United States.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Fried also published several crowd management articles and served as<br />
an expert witness in several major crowd related cases including a major case<br />
in which he defended the <strong>New</strong> Jersey <strong>Sport</strong>s and Exhibition Authority (NJSEA),<br />
which runs the Meadowlands complex.<br />
Allen Sack<br />
Dr. Sack has had an interesting year. He has appeared<br />
on ESPN discussing “running <strong>of</strong>f” basketball players at<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Kentucky and the problems created by<br />
one-year-renewable scholarships.<br />
He also appeared on WPSU radio at Penn State and did a one-hour television<br />
interview on the Patty Satalia Show, which will air on the Big Ten Network this fall.<br />
He has been interviewed by <strong>New</strong> York Magazine and his views on college<br />
sports continue to be quoted in newspapers throughout the country.<br />
Dr. Sack gave a keynote speech at this year’s College <strong>Sport</strong> Research Institute<br />
Conference at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> North Carolina and has been asked to give an<br />
address at next year’s NCAA Scholarly Colloquium on College <strong>Sport</strong> at the<br />
San Antonio meetings <strong>of</strong> the NCAA.<br />
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Internship Spotlight<br />
Our students have pursued and/or will continue<br />
pursuing a number <strong>of</strong> internships over the past<br />
several months at the following organizations:<br />
Yale <strong>University</strong><br />
Ocatgon<br />
eSpN<br />
South Windsor Rec. department<br />
YMCa<br />
S&S Worldwide<br />
Global Spectrum<br />
Madison Square Garden<br />
Southern Connecticut State <strong>University</strong><br />
Central Connecticut State <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Hartford<br />
Wirz & associates<br />
Bridgeport Bluefish<br />
Connecticut defenders<br />
Bridgeport Soundtigers<br />
philadelphia Flyers<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Haven</strong> athletics<br />
toad’s place<br />
Binghamton Mets<br />
Star Struck<br />
torrington twisters
Internship Spotlight (continued)<br />
South Windsor athletics<br />
tri-City Valley-Cats<br />
Golf digest publications<br />
<strong>New</strong> Rochelle Crusaders<br />
Bethel Municipal Center<br />
West <strong>Haven</strong> twilight League<br />
<strong>New</strong> Britain Rock Cats<br />
Miami dolphins Stadium<br />
One student in particular, David Potamianos<br />
(M.S. ’09), finished his internship at Wirz &<br />
Associates in February 2009 and is now seeking<br />
his next challenge.<br />
Potamianos assisted with revenue generation<br />
through column subscribers, developed a<br />
Facebook site, contributed to LinkedIn discussions,<br />
enhanced the organization’s blog and<br />
increased readership.<br />
Potamianos and his colleagues also teamed up<br />
with the Greater <strong>New</strong> <strong>Haven</strong> Convention and Visitors<br />
Bureau in an effort to secure additional club<br />
sport national tournament events in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Haven</strong>.<br />
Current students and alums joined together for a <strong>New</strong> Britain Rock<br />
Cats game earlier this summer.<br />
<strong>New</strong> HaveN <strong>Sport</strong> BuSiNeSS Update<br />
UNH Alum Donates Legends<br />
in <strong>Sport</strong> History Library<br />
Craig Mortali, B.S. ‘84, an ESPN Emmy Award<br />
winning producer, has donated 1,000 books<br />
to the sport management program at UNH.<br />
Mortali used these books while researching<br />
programs he produced. When ESPN Classic<br />
recently stopped producing new shows, Mortali<br />
donated the collection to his alma mater.<br />
According to sport management pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Allen Sack, “We were delighted to have books<br />
that served as a research base for many shows<br />
on athletes, teams, sport controversies and sport history.”<br />
Productions supported by the library included: “Triumph and Tragedy – The<br />
Ray Mancini Story,” which was nominated for a <strong>Sport</strong>s Emmy and resides<br />
in the permanent archives <strong>of</strong> the Museum <strong>of</strong> Broadcast Communications.<br />
“<strong>Sport</strong>scentury,” ESPN’s biography series pr<strong>of</strong>iling the greatest sports figures<br />
<strong>of</strong> the 20th century, won multiple <strong>Sport</strong>s Emmy Awards and a Peabody.<br />
“Ringside,” which chronicled the history <strong>of</strong> boxing - the greatest fighters and<br />
greatest bout - won a Telly Award. Other series that used this book collection<br />
include “Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame...”, “Who’s Number One,” “Reel<br />
Classics” and many others.<br />
Katie FitzPatrick Lands<br />
Prestigious Internship<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Management major Katie FitzPatrick<br />
was selected to serve as an event management<br />
intern at the Stadium Managers Association<br />
(SMA) Conference this year. Competition for<br />
the internship was open to all sport management<br />
majors in the country. The conference<br />
took place over six days in Orlando, Fla. As<br />
a result <strong>of</strong> networking at the conference,<br />
Katie was able to land a summer internship<br />
at Gillette Stadium, home <strong>of</strong> the <strong>New</strong><br />
England Patriots, where she served as the<br />
Fried and Katie FitzPatrick<br />
at the SMA Conference.<br />
head intern for special events, sponsorship, and marketing. According to<br />
Department Chair Gil Fried, “Katie’s experience with SMA is exactly the kind<br />
<strong>of</strong> experiential learning students need to get a leg up in this very competitive<br />
job market.”<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Management <strong>New</strong>sletter | Fall 2010<br />
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<strong>New</strong> HaveN <strong>Sport</strong> BuSiNeSS Update<br />
UNH Adds Concentration in<br />
College <strong>Sport</strong> Management to its<br />
Graduate <strong>Sport</strong> Management Program<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Gil Fried, chair <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sport</strong> Management at<br />
UNH, has announced a new graduate concentration to meet the needs<br />
<strong>of</strong> students pursuing degrees in athletic administration. According<br />
to Fried, “Collegiate sport is becoming increasingly complicated and<br />
students need a strong business-based degree to give them the greatest<br />
opportunity for success.” The concentration in the already existing<br />
M.S. in <strong>Sport</strong> Management Program combines courses in the day-today<br />
nuts and bolts <strong>of</strong> running a college sports program with courses<br />
that tackle the major policy issues confronting athletic directors and<br />
college presidents.<br />
Dr. Allen Sack, an expert on policy issues in college sport, currently<br />
teaches a course on major financial, educational, ethical, legal, and<br />
political issues that affect college sport administrators, and a course on<br />
the daily operations <strong>of</strong> an athletic department has just been approved<br />
by the Faculty Senate. Students in the concentration can also choose<br />
electives in sport facility management, facility infrastructure, strategies<br />
for event planning, safety organization and administration, among<br />
others. According to Dr. Sack, “The number <strong>of</strong> UNH students seeking<br />
and finding careers in college sport is one <strong>of</strong> the reasons we have<br />
expanded the <strong>of</strong>ferings in this area.”<br />
Brian O’Gara,<br />
Major League Baseball’s Senior Director<br />
<strong>of</strong> Special Events, to Speak at UNH<br />
Brian O’Gara, senior director <strong>of</strong> special events for Major League<br />
Baseball, will give a talk on his experiences as event director <strong>of</strong> the MLB<br />
World Series and All Star game, and other events on Tuesday, November<br />
5, 2010 in Bartels Alumni Lounge. The talk, which will take place at<br />
7:30 p.m. is open to the entire <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Haven</strong> Community.<br />
O’Gara is a 1989 graduate <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Notre Dame. In his<br />
position as senior director, O’Gara oversees game presentation and<br />
fan entertainment; producing/directing pre-game ceremonies; special<br />
event development and operations and broadcast event production.<br />
O’Gara, who has organized Major League Baseball events around the<br />
world, once met Fidel Castro while arranging a MLB game in Cuba.<br />
O’Gara’s talk is one <strong>of</strong> several that will be sponsored by the Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Sport</strong> Management throughout the year. His talk will also be part<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Robert Alvine Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Enrichment Program, which<br />
encourages students to be involved in experiential learning activities<br />
outside <strong>of</strong> the classroom.<br />
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Brian Cashman Visits UNH<br />
Brian Cashman spoke to students at UNH on February 11.<br />
On February 11, 2010, the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Haven</strong> had a very<br />
special guest on campus for an up close and personal session<br />
with students.<br />
<strong>New</strong> York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman visited<br />
campus to give a lecture titled, “Talking Baseball: An Inside<br />
Look at America’s Pastime and the Most Famous Organization<br />
in <strong>Sport</strong>s.”<br />
The event was sponsored by the <strong>Sport</strong>s Industry Club, Undergraduate<br />
Student Government Association (USGA), College <strong>of</strong><br />
Business, and Robert Alvine Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Enrichment Program.<br />
Chuck Fick, the <strong>Sport</strong>s Industry Club president, started organizing<br />
the event in October 2009 and worked extremely hard<br />
on the entire event.<br />
“The hardest part in making this event happen was getting the<br />
funding, which the USGA covered for us, but after that it was<br />
all downhill from there, with only a bump or two in the road,”<br />
Fick said.<br />
Cashman kept the audience entertained by giving them stories<br />
<strong>of</strong> when he was first an intern at the <strong>New</strong> York Yankees, including<br />
the mistakes he made along the way. He then answered<br />
questions from the audience.<br />
“I love coming to schools and talking to students,” Cashman<br />
said. “These kids are in the same shoes I was in when I was<br />
in college and giving them advice that can help shape their<br />
futures is something I love to do.”
Graduate <strong>Sport</strong> Management Club<br />
Builds Momentum<br />
Under the leadership <strong>of</strong> Jamal Nelson and a critical mass <strong>of</strong><br />
dedicated sport management graduate students, the club has<br />
built considerable momentum over the past year. Club members<br />
played an important role in organizing the campus visits <strong>of</strong> <strong>New</strong><br />
York Yankees General Manager, Brian Cashman, and ESPN’s<br />
Chris Berman. The club also organized <strong>of</strong>f-campus events such<br />
as a tour <strong>of</strong> ESPN, a volunteer work experience at the Mexico vs.<br />
Ecuador soccer match, a Meadowlands tour and a trip to the The<br />
Stadium Managers Association Conference in Orlando.<br />
The club’s plan for the 2010-11 academic year includes continued<br />
success in event management as well as attending pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
conferences. Some scheduled events include: Yankee Stadium<br />
and Madison Square Garden tours, a farewell to 2010 networking<br />
event, and a trip to the International Association <strong>of</strong> Assembly<br />
Managers conference. Club President Jamal Nelson says, “It has<br />
been a good year for the sport management club. A core group <strong>of</strong><br />
students has begun to develop a community outside the classroom<br />
and the club has helped several <strong>of</strong> its members secure jobs<br />
and internships. This is very gratifying.”<br />
<strong>New</strong> HaveN <strong>Sport</strong> BuSiNeSS Update<br />
UNH students work on<br />
in-game promotions for World Cup warmup<br />
Approximately 20 UNH students traveled to the new $1.6 billion<br />
Meadowlands Stadium on May 7th for the Mexico/Ecuador World<br />
Cup warmup friendly game.<br />
The game was the first pr<strong>of</strong>essional sports event at the new<br />
facility. The students were there to watch the game, but were also<br />
part <strong>of</strong> a new program with Major League Soccer (MLS) in which<br />
they worked on in-game promotions during halftime.<br />
This opportunity gave the students the chance to see first-hand<br />
what was required to activate a sponsor’s campaign at halftime.<br />
Similiar events in the future also will incorporate graduate<br />
and undergraduate UNH students. We thank UNH alumn Jef<br />
Thiffault, B.S. ‘00, <strong>Sport</strong> Management, for helping to arrange<br />
this opportunity. Thiffault is the Senior Coordinator <strong>of</strong> Game<br />
Operations for Major League Soccer.<br />
To be a part <strong>of</strong> the action, ask a <strong>Sport</strong> Management faculty<br />
member about the undergraduate or graduate organizations.<br />
Students at the new Meadowlands Stadium in May.<br />
<strong>Sport</strong> Management <strong>New</strong>sletter | Fall 2010<br />
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<strong>New</strong> HaveN <strong>Sport</strong> BuSiNeSS Update<br />
What do Shaquille O’Neal,<br />
Evan Turner, and Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Gil Fried<br />
all have in common?<br />
At 5 feet 6 and 145 pounds, sport management pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Gil Fried may not appear to have much in common athletically<br />
with Shaquille O’Neil and Evan Turner, the number<br />
two pick in the 2010 NBA draft. But Fried’s recent sponsorship<br />
deal with Li-Ning, the Chinese shoe company, puts<br />
him in with the big boys like O’Neil and Turner, who are<br />
also part <strong>of</strong> the Li-Ning stable.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Fried has had an illustrious career as a competitive<br />
badminton player. While playing in college and thereafter<br />
he played in more than 140 open tournaments, both<br />
in the U.S. and internationally. Such exposure was<br />
not lost to Li-Ning, which is quickly becoming the top<br />
sporting goods/apparel company in the world. The<br />
number one company in its market in China, Li-Ning<br />
is now undertaking aggressive marketing efforts to<br />
grow in America. One <strong>of</strong> the company’s key product<br />
lines is badminton gear and the company sponsors the<br />
Chinese national badminton team. Through a former<br />
student, James Du, Li-Ning contacted Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Fried<br />
and the two parties were able to reach an agreement in<br />
which Fried would exclusively wear Li-Ning badminton<br />
clothes and shoes, and use Li-Ning rackets.<br />
While he does not play in open tournaments as much<br />
as he used to, in his first high- level tournament in<br />
more than 10 years he won some money at a tournament<br />
in <strong>New</strong> York City. He plays several times a week in the<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Haven</strong> area, and trains some <strong>of</strong> the best players in<br />
the state once a week in West Hartford. His coaching and<br />
training partners help make him a local celebrity in the<br />
badminton world and his contacts, especially with current<br />
and former Olympians, help to increase his exposure.<br />
Visit the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Haven</strong> webpage<br />
for previous and current newsletters!<br />
Key words: <strong>Sport</strong> Management <strong>New</strong>sletters<br />
6 | <strong>Sport</strong> Management <strong>New</strong>sletter | Fall 2010
Alumni Update<br />
Melissa Biniewicz, M.S. ‘05, Melissa is the<br />
Academy Operations Manager with the<br />
United States Soccer Federation.<br />
dan Blake, B.S. ‘08, Dan is the Event and<br />
Operations Coordinator at the<br />
Arena at Harbor Yard.<br />
Leigh a. Bogensperger, M.S. ‘10, Leigh was<br />
recently named an event management intern<br />
in the athletic department at the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Notre Dame.<br />
Jessica Bohrer, B.S. ‘02, (formerly Brown)<br />
Jessica and her husband own P & J Building<br />
Specialists, a remodeling company.<br />
Stephanie Calvano, M.S. ‘06,<br />
Stephanie is the program manager at the<br />
Marist Institute for Public Opinion and<br />
Adjunct Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Commuications at<br />
Marist College.<br />
Matthew deltenre, M.S. ‘09, Matt is working<br />
with the Connecticut Tigers, a new team<br />
in the <strong>New</strong> York/Penn League playing in<br />
Norwich, Conn.<br />
Greg dickinson, M.S., Greg is a licensed<br />
personal banker at J.P. Morgan Chase with<br />
his Series 6 and 63 licenses.<br />
Steve Fcasni, B.S. ‘06, Steve is an<br />
Account Executive with Marketing Drive<br />
in Norwalk, Conn.<br />
Matthew Fealey, M.S. ‘07, Matt is a Marketing<br />
Coordinator with the <strong>New</strong> York Mets.<br />
tom Gaudioso, M.S. ‘07, Tom is the<br />
Coordinator <strong>of</strong> After School Programs<br />
at Common Ground High School,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Haven</strong> CT.<br />
Brian Hadden, M.S. ‘08, Brian is working<br />
with World Youth Peace Summit, an event<br />
being held next summer at the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Connecticut. The World Youth Peace<br />
Summit’s mission is to develop current and<br />
former scholar athletes and scholar artists<br />
from around the world into successful<br />
peace advocates.<br />
ashley Kitchens, M.B.a. ‘09, (formerly Hill)<br />
Ashley is the Camp Director for the<br />
Adventure Unit with the South Windsor<br />
Recreation Department.<br />
<strong>New</strong> HaveN <strong>Sport</strong> BuSiNeSS Update<br />
Michael Kobylanski, M.S. ‘08, Michael was<br />
recently named to the Board <strong>of</strong> Managers for<br />
the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Haven</strong> YMCA. He is also the Associate<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Athletics/Communications at<br />
Southern Connecticut State <strong>University</strong>.<br />
adam Leiser, M.S. ’04, Adam owns his own<br />
business and spent the 2009-10 academic<br />
year as an assistant women’s basketball coach<br />
at Southern Connecticut State <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Brett Lipman, M.S. ‘07, Brett started a new<br />
job with IRWIN Tools as an Event Marketing<br />
Associate. He will be in charge <strong>of</strong> day to day<br />
operations <strong>of</strong> a National Promotion called the<br />
Ultimate Tradesman Challenge. Check out<br />
www.irwin.com/challenge for information.<br />
He will be hosting 50+ events in order to find<br />
the fastest, most accurate tradesman in North<br />
America. This will culminate in a North<br />
American Championship at Bristol Motor<br />
Speedway in August at the IRWIN Tools<br />
Night Race and a World Championship in<br />
March 2011, also at Bristol Motor Speedway.<br />
Sara Machowski, B.S. ‘02, Sara is an Assistant<br />
Event Planner with Yale <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Manya Makoski, M.S. ‘08,<br />
Manya played for the Los Angeles Sol and<br />
was re-drafted by the Atlanta Beat, but was<br />
out this season due to an injury. She hopes to<br />
return next season.<br />
Shelby Massaro, B.S. ‘98, Shelby is a math<br />
teacher with the Derby Public School District.<br />
Jennifer Michels, B.S. ‘07, Jen is working with<br />
Logistics/Security Forces with the U.S. Air<br />
Force Reserves.<br />
Be thi Nguyen, M.S. ‘07, Be is an Instructor,<br />
teaching tourism and sport management<br />
classes at Hoa Sen <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> HCMC<br />
in Vietnam.<br />
Francis Otto, B.S. ‘96, Fran is the Brand<br />
Manager with The Hive Strategic Marketing.<br />
pam pillo, M.S. ‘09, Pam, who just got<br />
married in June, is the Assistant Director<br />
<strong>of</strong> Graduate Admissions at Sacred<br />
Heart <strong>University</strong>.<br />
anneMarie Rickes, M.B.a. ‘06,<br />
AnneMarie is a Marketing Specialist with the<br />
LIVESTRONG Challenge<br />
Manager, working with the Lance<br />
Armstrong Foundation.<br />
Maria Rossi, B.S. ‘08, Maria is a Sales<br />
Representative with Liberty Mutual<br />
Insurance Company.<br />
Sherene Sewell, B.S. ‘00,<br />
Sherene is an Administrative Assistant with<br />
Hunter College.<br />
Brian Short, M.S. ‘08, Brian is an Account<br />
Manager with MetLife.<br />
allyson Skeens, B.S. and M.S., Allyson is a<br />
Police Officer with the Clinton, Conn. Police<br />
Department.<br />
Christopher theriault, B.S. ‘03, Chris achieved<br />
his dream <strong>of</strong> opening his own law firm. The<br />
firm called Chleborowicz & Theriault is in<br />
Wilmington, NC.<br />
Welcome to<br />
the UNH Family!<br />
Alums Jef Thiffault and Lorraine<br />
Swierbitowicz recently welcomed<br />
new additions to their respective<br />
families. Sophia Dylan Thiffault<br />
was born on Oct. 4, 2009, to proud<br />
parents Jef and Betsy. Audrey Marie<br />
Swierbitowicz was born on Oct.<br />
13, 2009, measuring 6 pounds, 15<br />
ounces and 20 and 1/4 inches long<br />
to proud parents Lorraine and Ron.<br />
The Thiffault Family<br />
Audrey<br />
Swierbitowicz<br />
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