80s
Charles Flynn ’84 English has published South Buffalo Hooligans, Short Stories from the Rutland Boys 1964-1977, a book about his life in South Buffalo. He dedicated the book to Katherine M. Sullivan, a former English professor at Daemen.
90s
Alan H. Turner II ’93 Business Administration, Marketing has published his book, Navigating Nonprofit Leadership: A CEO’s Guide.
Jill Klotzbach ’95 Nursing is a family nurse practitioner, leading the new Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic at Medina Memorial Hospital.
Sue Falsone ’96 Physical Therapy started a new position as Senior Advisor at LA Dodgers.
Lucy (Jacox) Turnage ’98 Accounting has been named Director of Payments for Truist.
James Peiffer ’99 Elementary Ed. – Social Studies has been appointed superintendent of Addison Central School District.
00s
Phyllis Murawski ’03, ’10 Nursing, Leadership & Innovation has been named Chief Quality Officer for ECMC in Buffalo, N.Y. She has guided ECMC through several key transplant accreditations.
Melanie (Brittain) Busch ’05 Graphic Design received the Team Captain Award for her fundraising efforts for the American Lung Association’s Fight For Air Climb – Buffalo, N.Y.
Phillip “PJ” Tudisco ’05, ’11 Psychology, Executive Leadership & Change has been named Vice President of Ventures Development Lead at M&T Bank.
Trina Burruss ’06 Executive Leadership & Change was named a 2025 Women of Distinction Honoree by the Girl Scouts of WNY.
Damon Carpenter ’06 Business Administration has been named Human Resources Business Partner at Lewis Tree Services.
Samantha (Gabel) Stafford ’06 Natural Science has been named Asst. Director of Engaged Learning and Entrepreneurial Exploration, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at Cornell University.
Danielle Woodman Kehoe ’07 Executive Leadership & Change has been named Director of Foundation Relations at FamilyAid.
Casey (Kelly) Pérez ’08 Graphic Design has been promoted to Design Director at High Alpha Innovation.
Annie Stoll ’08 Graphic Design started a new position as VP, Creative at Republic Records – the record label home to artists like Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Post Malone, Billie Porter, and more. One of her recent works includes the cover for Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2, which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200.
Aaron Barraclough ’09 Graphic Design has been named Senior Cybersecurity Governance Specialist at M&T Bank.
McKenzie Higgins ’09 Political Science has joined T.D. Bank, N.A. as a Human Resources Governance and Controls Specialist.
10s
Kelley Clem ’10 Nursing Executive Leadership is now the Vice President of Clinical Education and Patient Advocacy at Hospice and Palliative Care Buffalo.
Eric Schlegel, LEED AP ’12 Nat. Sci. – Health Science has joined Uniland Development Company as Property Manager.
Shakeel Alexander ’13 English Communications/Public Relations has been named Senior Copywriter at Weber Shandwick.
Cameron Garrity ’13 Graphic Design is a 2025 inductee into the Muppet Fan Hall of Fame for co-creating and producing the podcast Puppet Tears: Puppetry Shop Talk with Adam Kreutinger.
Brendan Altman-Cosgrove ’14 Business Administration Marketing has been named a 2024 Coaches Honor Roll Honoree by Project Play Western New York.
Rasheedah Muhammad ’14 English Com./Public Relations has been named a Clark Atlanta University 40 Under 40 Young Alumni Achievement Awards recipient.
Special Thompson ’14 Psychology received her Doctor of Law from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University College of Law in May 2024.
Jessica Mondoux ’15 Nursing has been named Vice President of Transplant and Renal Services for ECMC in Buffalo, N.Y.
Mark Poblocki ’16 Psychology has been promoted to Director of Housing & Residence Life at Daemen University.
Emily (Kraft) Hockwater ’16 History started a new position as Leadership Gift Officer at Canisius University.
Chantazia Bronson ’17, ’19 Health Promotion, Public Health – Community Health has been named one of Buffalo Business First’s 2025 30 Under 30 honorees. Currently working as the institute administrator for University at Buffalo’s Community Health Equity Research Institute, Bronson serves her community as a Poverty Project Prevails DEI committee member. Bronson told Business First, “If you put in the work, the outcome will be rewarding.”
Sarah (Bentley) Ford ’17, ’18 Natural Science – Physician Asst. Studies has joined the team at Belvidere Primary Care in Belmont, N.Y. as a Physician Assistant.
Jonathan Hutchison ’17 Graphic Design started a new position as a Front End Developer for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Chelsea Turton ’17 Graphic Design started a new position as Art Director for The Martin Group in August 2024.
Taylor Fronczak ’18 Natural Science – Health Science started a new position at Buffalo Ophthalmology, specializing in primary care and ocular disease.
Carrie Racsumberger ’18 Executive Leadership & Change took part in 2024’s WeCOACH NCAA Academy 2.0, offering leadership development for women coaches across sports and collegiate levels.
Carlye Sager ’19 Art – Painting has been selected to participate in the 2025 Hertel Alley Mural Fest.
Jarrett Streicher ’18 Accounting started a new position as Investment Banking Associate at Hennepin Partners.
Jesse Redfern ’18, ’19 Natural Sci. – Physician Assistant Studies is a PA at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Josie Robertson Surgery Center.
Elizabeth VanCamp ’19 Nursing has been named the recipient of the inaugural Charanjit “Neena” Gulati Nurse Scholarship from Olean General Hospital, a Kaleida Health facility. VanCamp serves as the nurse manager of the second-floor medical-surgical unit and is pursuing an MS degree in nursing leadership and management at Western Governors University, Utah.
20s
Jennifer Heritz ’21 Biology has been awarded the $500 Oral Presentation Travel Award at the 2024 SBUR Conference for her groundbreaking research on kidney cancer. Her talk, “Targeting Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 2-Alpha in Kidney Cancer,” focused on a promising new therapeutic strategy for renal cell carcinoma, a common and aggressive form of kidney cancer. Heritz’s work dives into how HIF-2a contributes to tumor growth and survival, with the goal of developing more effective treatments. Her well-received presentation at SBUR marks an exciting milestone in her career, and she is excited to continue exploring HIF-2a inhibitors as potential therapies for kidney cancer.
Jennifer Patterson ’21 Adt.-Ger. PC Nurse Practitioner has joined Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Primary Care as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
Lavaugn Reeves ’21 Nursing has been named Director of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center’s emergency department.
Alissa Rice ’21 Graphic Design started a new position as Graphic Designer on the NFL Nike Apparel team at Fanatics.
Taylor Chaney ’21 Leadership & Innovation has been named Admissions Advisor for Buffalo State University.
Joe Kraus ’22 Leadership & Innovation received the 2024 Allen Wilson Media Award at the annual Dick Gallagher Memorial Football Banquet.
Jordan Shalke ’22, ’23 Natural Sci. – Physician Assistant Studies started at Bassett Healthcare Network as a PA in Vascular Surgery.
Jacob Latshaw ’23 Accounting joined Lumsden McCormick in 2023 after completing two audit internships with the firm.
Derrick Lemon ’23 History & Political Science joined Daemen University’s enrollment team as a first year admissions counselor.
Karly Barra ’23, ’24 Nat. Sci. – Physician Assistant Studies started at Bassett Healthcare Network as a PA in Pediatrics at Bassett’s Delaware Valley School-Based Health Center in Delhi.
Maggie Burns ’24 Psychology has joined Morehead State as an assistant with the volleyball program. Burns was the 2024 Daemen CLAW Award recipient and is her conference’s nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year program.
Henry McCoy ’25 Data Science is working as Network Modeler at Waste Logistics.
Engagements
Nicole DeLiberis ’14 Adolescence Education – Spanish is engaged to Jaylyn Cook.
Benjamin Damico ’15, ’18 Natural Science – DPT announced his engagement to Jaime Rubenstein.
Kirstie Hanson ’18 Health Promotion is engaged to Wilson Lockwood.
Amanda Lauricella ’19, ’21 DPT is engaged to Joseph Vetter.
Madison Dedman ’23 Nursing is engaged to Matthew Grover.
Marriages
Katina (Serefine) Cooper ’05 Childhood Ed. & Special Education – Social Studies married Randy Cooper on May 25, 2024.
Ryan Green ’06 Childhood Ed. & Special Ed. married Dana Amir on April 6, 2025.
Matthew Daley ’19, ’20 Nat. Sci. – PA Studies and Taylor Daley-Sinclair ’21 Business Admin. – HR Mgmt. were married on February 21, 2025.
Peyton Notebaert ’19, ’21 Nat. Sci. – DPT and Brittany (Rudd) Notebaert ’20, ’22 Nat. Sci. – DPT were married on October 4, 2024.
Future Wildcats
Annie Brady-Brown ’12 English and Maurice Brown II ’15 Liberal Studies welcomed Oliver Maurice on February 1 6, 2024.
April (Furman) Fisher ’13 Business Administration welcomed Navy Grace on March 3, 2024.
Samantha (Maiarana) Pressing ’14, ’19 Business Admin. – HR, Leadership & Innovation welcomed Maxwell Edward on November 14, 2024.
Christine (Kozlowski) Nowinski ’16 Spanish welcomed Brody on June 20, 2024.
Stephanie (Schenkel) Wolf ’18 Special Education welcomed Adaline Marie on May 7, 2025.
Emily Mule ’19, ’23 Nursing & Nursing Education welcomed Ethan.
Shantina (Addison) Hollie ’22 MBA welcomed Kingston Jeremiah on April 20, 2025.
Collette “Chloe” Marple ’37 Undeclared, a 2025 Kindergarten graduate, attended Daemen’s graduation rehearsal beside her parents Rev. Justin Marple ’25 and Shelby Marple ’24 – who both graduated from the Education program in May. During rehearsal, Dr. Michael Brogan announced Marple’s graduation as she crossed the stage to receive a diploma and be hooded by Dr. Greg Ford.
In Memoriam
Joanne (Decot) Rayhill ’53 Art April 9, 2025.
Shirley (George) Edbauer Member of the Class of 1954 November 16, 2024.
Suzanne (Miller) Leonard Member of the Class of 1954 August 23, 2024.
Jo Ann (Fish) Kindestin ’57 Biology November 3, 2024.
Sylvia Szumigala ’57 Elementary Education February 12, 2025.
Maureen (Corcoran) Dikeman ’58 Business Admin. April 22, 2024.
Sr. Frances Clare Perry, OSF ’60 Elementary Education June 11, 2024.
Marcia (Jankowiak) Pietrzak Member of the Class of 1960 October 10, 2024.
Judith Egner ’61 Nat. Sci. – Chemistry January 16, 2024.
Anne C. Kohl ’61 Mathematics January 25, 2025.
Sr. Lucina M. Stang, OSF ’61 Elementary Ed. November 20, 2024.
Sr. Phyllis Fuest, OSF ’63 Business Administration December 23, 2024.
Patricia (Murphy) McVeigh ’66 Elementary Education November 12, 2023.
Rose Iannaccone ’69 History & Government January 23, 2025.
Lucia (Gullo) Kaiser Member of the Class of 1969 February 14, 2025.
Anne Devine Coe ’70 Natural Science – Chemistry February 13, 2025.
Gertrude L. Lacki, OSF ’70 Elementary Education May 28, 2024.
Patricia McCarthy-Schwartz ’71 History & Government October 24, 2024.
Jonathan Wilson ’71 Theatre Arts June 23, 2024.
Farid (John) Alan Schintzius ’73 Sociology December 5, 2024.
Gary Clough ’74 Business Administration August 25, 2024.
Thomas P. Koestler ’75 Biology December 25, 2024.
Sr. Alice Metzger ’75 Elementary Education March 7, 2025.
Janice Howard ’85 Nursing April 11, 2025.
Michael P. Dilley ’94 Physical Therapy June 2, 2024.
Kimberli (Cochran) Gillotti ’97 Nursing April 27, 2025.
Deborah (Caldwell) Billoni ’14 Accounting/Professional Accountancy August 22, 2024.
Mackenzie Michalski ’14, ’16 Nursing & AGPCNP November 5, 2024.
John LaFalce Friend of the University April 11, 2025.
Robert Orbach Theology Professor January 29, 2025.
Carolyn Osborne Biology Professor November 12, 2024.
Julie Zulewski Dean of Enrollment Management at Daemen University
Zulewski, who worked at Daemen since 2018, died on November 19, 2024 after a courageous battle with cancer.
Her genuine warmth, optimism, and compassion for students, families, and her colleagues created a sense of community and encouragement for everyone with whom she interacted.
Zulewski made lasting contributions during her time at Daemen, including mentoring young colleagues who have grown into key leadership roles. She established the graduate partnership program with local organizations, developed transfer initiatives, and created a preferred admissions program for alums.
She resided in Snyder, N.Y. with her husband, Robert, and was a proud mom to triplets David, John, and Sarah.
