Clyde W. Tinnen ’01 MBA has been elected to special counsel at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, an international law firm. Mr. Tinnen is a partner in the Chicago and Stamford offices and focuses his practice on corporate law matters, including finance and securities law, banking and mergers and acquisitions.
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Stephen M. Holcomb ’86 MBA
Stephen M. Holcomb ’86 MBA has been appointed to chief executive officer at SmartPay Solutions. Mr. Holcomb is an experienced leader with several companies in the insurance services and technology markets.
Steven H. Mikel ’86 MBA
Steven H. Mikel ’86 MBA has joined Caprock Oil Inc. as president and chief executive officer. Mr. Mikel has more than 30 years of experience in the industry’s financial and operating sectors.
Thomas W. Prete ’84, ’01 MBA
Thomas W. Prete ’84, ’01 MBA has been inducted into the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. Mr. Prete is currently the vice president of engineering at Pratt & Whitney.
John P. Gianukakis ’98 MBA
John P. Gianukakis ’98 MBA has been appointed to vice president and treasurer of Frontier Communications Corporation. Mr. Gianukakis has 25 years of experience in treasury, financial services capital markets, insurance, bank relationships, and investment and commercial banking and information technology. Most recently Mr. Gianukakis was the senior vice president of finance and treasurer of Castleton Commodities International.
Brian J. Kelley ’86 MBA
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.
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.
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.