The Carillon

1940s Alumni Class News & Notes

Spring 2022

2010

Deirdre Barthel and Jeff Quain of Albany celebrated their recent engagement. Deirdre is director of Intergovernmental & Legislative Affairs at the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Jeff is director of operations at J Strategies.

Kayla Arias, UAlbany Class of 2010
Kayla Arias ’10

Kayla Arias was selected to the 2021 Super Lawyers Upstate New York and Rising Stars lists. She is an associate at Barclay Damon LLP, Syracuse and serves on the firm’s Diversity Leadership Team.

Ashley Clark Stella and Anthony Stella Jr. welcomed baby Milo James Stella, Nov. 4, 2021.

2011

Ryan Starks, UAlbany Class of 2011
Ryan Starks ‘11

Ryan Starks joined Gentry Locke’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group, based in Richmond, Va.

2012

Brienna Christiano, UAlbany Class of 2012
Brienna Christiano ’12
Jamie Hogenkamp, UAlbany Class of 2012
Jamie Dughi Hogenkamp ‘12

Brienna Christiano and Jamie Dughi Hogenkamp were selected to the 2021 Super Lawyers Upstate New York and Rising Stars lists. They are associates at Barclay Damon LLP, Albany.

2015

School of business alum Nick Domnisch was nominated to the Forbes Tech Council and is a regular contributor on Forbes.com. He serves as CEO / Partner at EE Solutions, a full-cycle consulting & development agency based out of NYC that builds custom enterprise software.

2016

Mike Slifer, UAlbany class of 2016
Mike Slifer ’16

Mike Slifer received the American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (AMSCBM) seal. He is a meteorologist at NBC affiliate News Center Maine in Portland, specializing in forecasting.

Fall 2022

Last updated July 14, 2022.

2013

Taylor Chaney was appointed director of Annual Giving at D'Youville University, Buffalo, N.Y.

Robert Pirson joined Field point Private’s NYC office as a Managing Director and Commercial Banker.

Lauren Ursaki started a new position as investigator, Compliance& Ethics at Zoom.

Taylor Chaney ’13


2014

Dan Krzykowski is an associate at Barclay Damon in Albany.

Dan Krzykowski ’14


2016

Stephanie Kazanas was recently tenured and promoted to associate professor at Tennessee Technological University. She currently serves as interim-chairperson in TTU’s Department of Counseling and Psychology.

Stephanie Kazanas ’16


2017

Rashan Brown joined the Walt Disney Company Product Operations Management team on ESPN+. He formerly served as associate product manager at Learning A-Z. Rashan is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc, and is the founder of spoken word poetry platform Poetry Me, Please.

Rashan Brown ’17


2018

Harlan Ginsburg joined Etsy as senior technical recruiter.

Shaine Holloway is an editorial intern atPhilomel Books, Penguin Random House.

Shannen O'Brien married Nathanial Discavage, Oct. 9, 2021, in Albany. Felicia Brunner '17 was a bridesmaid and Meaghan Valis '19 was a guest at the wedding.


2019

Saolam Nguyen and Christina Hodson were promoted to senior auditors at UHY LLP.

Mackenzie Darling was named a 2022 Maeve McKean Women’s Law and Public Policy – O’Neill Institute Fellow at Georgetown Law School. Mackenzie is working with HIPS, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that focuses on promoting the health, rights and dignity of people impacted by sexual exchange and substance use.

Mackenzie Darling ’19