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.

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, founder of Blissful Royal Creations, was featured as one of the best wedding planners in Connecticut by Best Things Connecticut.

Morgan Tuck ’16, former UConn Women’s Basketball stand-out and professional basketball player, was named assistant general manager for the Connecticut Sun.

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, director of the Akomawt Educational Initiative and former director of the Abbe Museum, has joined the Board of Directors of the New England Foundation for the Arts. Newell is a citizen of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township.

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, 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, 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 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.