Class Notes
Name: Michael Guinto
Class Year(s): 2019
Note: Michael Guinto MFA ’19 (CAD) recently began working for NASA. He writes: "Wow, never thought I would say that! Yes, even us fine art Students can find good jobs in STEM. Stay safe everyone."
Submitted on: December 13, 2021
Name: Branden Jaquays
Class Year(s): 1995
Note: Branden Jaquays ’12 (CIAS) is back behind the camera lens after a ten year hiatus. He is providing live game camera operation for the Rochester Americans and Utica Comets AHL hockey teams, as well as the Rochester Knighthawks professional Lacrosse team and Utica City Football Club.
Submitted on: December 13, 2021
Name: Kimberly Conti DeGroot
Class Year(s): 1990
Note: Kimberly (Conti) DeGroot ’90 (SCB) currently works for Ruthian Investment Fund, LLC which has raised over $1m for real estate investing in 3 years and has 3 properties. The organization will give its first dividend check to members, is steadily growing and looking for more Members to join.
Submitted on: December 13, 2021
Name: John Moree
Class Year(s): 2003
Note: John Moree ’03 (CIAS) recently started a job as Technical Assistant II at Columbia-Greene Community College. In spring 2022, he will teach a residential building codes class.
Submitted on: December 13, 2021
Name: Jason Adlowitz
Class Year(s): 1999
Note: Jason Adlowitz ’99 (CIAS) has owned his own company for more than 12 years and recently took a full time job with the Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Submitted on: December 13, 2021
Name: Joseph Martyniuk
Class Year(s): 2015
Note: Joseph Martyniuk MS ’15 (CAST) was recently promoted to a Sr. Product Manager for Tech (PMT) within the HR system of Amazon. He now has the ability to build out technical teams to solve problems within Amazon to accommodate their rapid growth.
Submitted on: December 13, 2021
Name: Maureen MacGregor
Class Year(s): 2015
Note: Maureen MacGregor ’15 (CIAS) was recently promoted from a contractor position to a tenured mid-level photographer position at American Greetings in Cleveland, O.H.
Submitted on: December 13, 2021
Name: W. Frazier Pruitt
Class Year(s): 2016
Note: W. Frazier Pruitt ’16 (CAST) was recently recognized as one of ASQ’s 40 under 40. Every fifth year since 2011, Quality Progress, the official publication of American Society for Quality (ASQ) selects the best and brightest young and talented quality trailblazers who are pushing the boundaries and making a difference in quality processes. In addition to his work at Southco Inc. as Quality Assurance supervisor and his role as Vice Chair at the Rochester Section of ASQ, Pruitt is an ASQ-certified Six Sigma Black Belt and quality engineer, voting member of U.S. Technical Advisory Group to International Organization for Standardization/ Technical Committee 176, and lean Six Sigma facilitator for Greater Rochester (NY) Quality Council. He holds an electrical mechanical engineering technology degree from RIT and MBA from Indiana University and the University of Manchester. Pruitt is featured in the November 2021 issue of Quality Progress’ World Quality Month edition. With nearly 80,000 individual and organizational members of the community in 130 countries, ASQ has the reputation and reach to bring together the diverse quality champions who are transforming the world’s corporations, organizations, and communities to meet tomorrow’s critical challenges.
Submitted on: December 6, 2021
Name: Dylan Hollender
Class Year(s): 2021, 2019
Note: Dylan Hollender ’21 (CAD), Ryan Hollender ’19 (KGCOE) and their parents brought Tiger love to the Princeton hockey games over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Submitted on: December 1, 2021
Name: Bill Gerken
Class Year(s): 2015
Note: William (Bill) Gerken ’15 (CLA), an attorney, has joined The Coppola Firm located in Buffalo, N.Y. Bill is a litigator, focusing his practice on matters involving civil litigation, including motor vehicle accident cases, dog bite cases, premises liability cases, labor law, and insurance matters. He also has resolved numerous cases through alternative dispute resolution, including negotiation, mediation and arbitration. In addition to advocating for his clients, Bill has presented a course on childhood sexual abuse to other attorneys through the Erie County Bar Association. He is a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Buffalo School of Law and Monroe Community College on litigation topics. Bill also has peer-edited a textbook for legal professionals, A Paralegal’s Guide to New York State Civil Procedure (Carosa, 2021). After earning a political science and journalism degree from RIT, Bill graduated from the University at Buffalo School of Law. Bill is a member of the Inns of Court, Western New York Trial Lawyers Association, Erie County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He has been appointed as a court evaluator for adult guardianship cases in Erie County. The Coppola Firm concentrates in personal injury litigation, business and entrepreneurship, employment law, charter school law, health care law and litigation, and end-of-life planning.
Submitted on: December 1, 2021