NTID Names Development and Alumni Directors

The National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology has named James Ebenhoch director of Development and Erin Esposito director of Alumni Relations.

Ebenhoch, of Fairport, is responsible for planning and implementing NTID's development program. Previously, he served as senior director of Major Gifts at State University of New York at Albany. He also served as director of Constituent Development Programs and director of Development for the School of Business there. He also served as executive director for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Albany and Rochester, N.Y.

Ebenhoch holds a master's degree in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Albany, a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Niagara University, and an associate degree in Business Administration from Hudson Valley Community College. He is a member of the National Association of Fund Raising Professionals and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

Erin Esposito, of Rochester, is responsible for planning and implementing programs to foster the relationship between NTID and its alumni. She holds a Master of Science degree from NTID in Secondary Education of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and a bachelor's degree from RIT in Professional and Technical Communication. Most recently, Esposito worked as a teacher at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont. She also served as an advocate and paralegal at the California Center for Law and the Deaf. Prior to that, she held a variety of positions at NTID, including leadership development coordinator and community development director.

NTID is the first and largest technological college in the world for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Web address: www.rit.edu/NTID.

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