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.
Jessica J. Hitt ‘13 MBA has been recognized as a recipient of the Denver Business Journal’s 40 under 40 award. Ms. Hitt is the vice president of human resources at TIAA. She began her career at the Royal Palm Beach Super Target as a member of the leadership team.
Elizabeth J. Mattern ‘08, ‘14 MBA has been named one of the Top 100 Women Leaders in Connecticut for 2022 by Women We Admire. Ms. Mattern is a Regional Vice President for Equitable, one of America’s leading financial services companies.She began her career at the UConn Foundation.
Fernando Macaro ‘15 was promoted to manager at Travelers. He joined Travelers in September 2019 and works within MM Finance on strategic initiatives. Macaro started his career with The Hartford in 2015, after graduating from their Financial Leadership Development Program.
Emma E. Romell ‘09, ‘18 MBA, director of commercial finance at Stanley Access Technologies in Farmington, CT, has been elected to the board of the Tunxis Foundation, which provides a variety of scholarships to a diverse group of students from all walks of life.
