Jack Gordon ’17 MBA has been appointed chief financial officer of Harri, a recruitment and workforce management platform for the hospitality industry. Gordon joined Harri in 2022 as Senior Vice President of Finance.
2010s
Mike Zacchea ’12 MBA
Mike Zacchea ’12 MBA, founder of UConn’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV), was inducted into the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame Class of 2022 posthumously. Zacchea, a decorated veteran of the U.S.Marine Corps, founded the EBV program in 2009. EBV offers cutting-edge, experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business management to post-9/11 veterans with disabilities resulting from their service to our country.
Josephine Baah ’01, ’11 MBA
Morgan Tuck ’16
Denise Whitford ’17 MBA
Denise Whitford ’17 MBA has been named the State Star for 2022 by the Connecticut Small Business Development Center. With more than two decades of experience in bank operations, lending, sales, and service management, Whitford shares her knowledge and extensive business acumen to help her clients build the best chance of enduring growth and profitability.
Christopher Newell ’14
Arda Zuber ’14 MS, ’22 Ph.D.
Arda Zuber ’14 MS, ’22 Ph.D., Operation and Information Management doctoral student, has successfully defended his dissertation titled, “Applications of Inferential and Prescriptive Analytics in Information and Operations Management”. Zuber has accepted a position as an applied science manager with Uber.
Asif Mahammad Syed ’11 MBA
Asif Mahammad Syed ’11 MBA, vice president, Data Strategy at HSB, a Munich Re Company, has joined CDO Magazine’s Global Editorial Board. The editorial board shares expert opinions and innovations in data and analytics, through editorials, content development, as well as speaking engagements, interviews, and research.
Daria Zagorska Luczkowski ’10, ’13 MBA
Daria Zagorska Luczkowski ’10, ’13 MBA, who emigrated to the U.S. from Poland with her mother in 1999, has always shared a passion for creativity with her mother, Ewa. The mother-daughter duo recently founded Mia Bella Box, an online gifting solution for individuals and companies. The business is named for Luczkowski’s 7-year-old daughter, Mia.
Constantine J. Alleyne ’17 EMBA
Constantine J. Alleyne ’17 EMBA has been named one of the Top 100 Women Leaders of Connecticut for 2022 by Women We Admire. Ms. Alleyne is the Founder and President of the Civilian Corrections Academy, founded in 2018. The Academy offers consultancy, pre-boarding and in-service training, mentoring, and career planning services.