Brian J. Kelley ’86 MBA has been named interim chief executive officer at Alteva, Inc. Alteva, Inc. is a premier provider of hosted Unified-Communications-as-a-Service. Mr. Kelley joined Alteva’s Board in November of 2013 and is currently the chief executive officer of Four Winds Advisors LLC.
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Nicole M. Lindsay ’96
Nicole M. Lindsay ’96 has published a new book, The MBA Slingshot for Women: Using Business School to Catapult Your Career. Her book is a gender-based roadmap for women to develop the knowledge, skills and relationships to succeed in business school and beyond. Ms. Lindsay’s book can be purchased on amazon.com.
Steven H. Mikel ’86 MBA
Steven H. Mikel ’86 MBA has been elected as president and chief executive officer at Caprock Oil, Inc. located in Nevada. Mr. Mikel has over 30 years of experience in both the financial and operating sides of the oil and gas business.
Ronald A. Pace ’69, ‘72 MBA
Ronald A. Pace ’69, ‘72 MBA was elected to the Ariens Company Board of Directors. Mr. Pace is currently group president of interiors for the Kohler Company. He also serves on the Boards of Road America as well as The Milwaukee Masterpiece. He is a guest lecturer as well as an Adjunct Professor at Marquette’s Graduate School of Business.
Robert T. Peterson ’95 MBA
Robert T. Peterson ’95 MBA has been named chief executive officer at Millinocket Regional Hospital in Maine. Mr. Peterson is a seasoned healthcare executive with more than 25 years of experience. He previously served as patient care administrator for surgery and women and children’s services at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine.
Diana J. Piquette ’06, ’07 MSA
Diana J. Piquette ’06, ’07 MSA has joined The Phoenix Companies, Inc. as second vice president, GAAP accounting and assistant controller. MS. Piquette was most recently an audit manager at Deloitte & Touche, focused on life insurance accounts.
Gregg B. Schuster ’05 MBA
Gregg B. Schuster ’05 MBA will resign as the First Selectman in Colchester, Connecticut to take on the challenge of managing a town in transition in Pocono Township, Pennsylvania.
Shelly Abdella ’05 MBA
Shelly Abdella ’05 MBA has been promoted to senior vice president of finance and profitability at Webster Bank. Ms. Abdella joined Webster Bank in 2001 and has held positions such as financial analyst and vice president of finance with the financial planning department.
Jeffrey R. Carlson ’14 PhD
Jeffrey R. Carlson ’14 PhD has successfully defended his dissertation titled “Exploring the Important and Value of Studying Subjective Time in Marketing Management. Dr. Carlson has accepted a position as assistant professor at the University of Richmond.
Scott S. Cowen ’68
Scott S. Cowen ’68 has been elected to the board of directors at Barnes and Noble. He currently serves as the president of Tulane University in New Orleans. President Cowen also holds the titles of Seymour S. Goodman Memorial Professor of Business in Tulane’s A.B. Freeman School of Business and Professor of Economics in the School of Liberal Arts.