Welcome to the OWU Alumni Partners Program!

Please see our extensive list of Alumni Partners who are eager to help students and fellow Alumni with their career and professional goals. The individuals on this page are happy to be contacted for 1:1 conversations, presentation invitations, and other engagements. Please click on their profiles to learn more and to see their contact details. We encourage students, faculty, Alumni, and staff to engage with these Alumni and form valuable OWU Connections.

Please feel free to refer additional Alumni to this program by emailing Leigh Mascolino, Director of Career Development, at lemascolin@owu.edu.


Alumni in Residence

Our Alumni in Residence are Alumni Partners who regularly volunteer in our Career Connection office to meet with students for resume writing, mock interviews, and more!


Bill McDonough ’74
President
Brand Matter
Columbus, OH
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Diana Roach ’72
Regional Recruiter and Senior Director (retired)
Various volunteer programs
Columbus, OH
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Mark Shipps ’70
Various environmental services positions (retired)
Columbus, OH
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Business


Robert Albrecht ’80
Director and Partner
GRF CPAs and Advisors
Cary, NC
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A.J. Alonzo ’13
Director of Marketing
demandDrive
Boston, MA

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Eric Anderson ’96
Sr. Wealth Advisor
Mercer Advisors
Gloucester, MA

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Matt Bixler ’78
Past Director of Product Management and Consulting
Sphera Solutions, Inc.
Denver, CO

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Diane Bizzarro ’12
Sr. Customer Success Lead
Miro
New York City, NY
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Denise Brenner ’00
Housing Operations Accountant
Delta Gamma Office of Housing &
Owner
Denise Brenner CPA LLC
Columbus, OH
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Peter Day ’85
Senior Vice President of Sales
RxSense
Ft. Washington, PA

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Doug Dean ’92
Assurance Partner
PwC
Mars, PA

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Cheyenne Hanson ’18
Second Year MBA Student/Brand Management Intern
Ohio State University/Abbott
Columbus, OH
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Sarah Hartzheim ’14
Senior Director of Talent & Team
TCV
New York City, NY
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Chip Holcombe ’82
Director of Investor Relations
One Columbus (Columbus 2020)
Columbus, OH
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Michael Jordan ’00
Regional Vice President of Sales
Brighthouse Financial
Canton, CT
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Charley McKee ’07
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Christopher Musbach ’05
Executive Director – Portfolio Manager
JPMorgan
Indianapolis, IN

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Drew Pang ’15
Senior Manager, Corporate Development & Investor Relations
Everly Health
Columbus, OH

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Siravid Paler (Toby) Phongmekin ’16
Product Owner
Allegis Group
Columbus, OH
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Michael Pattison ’04
Relationship Marketing
Vail Resorts
Boulder, CO

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Bob Roach ’68
Wealth Management Advisor
Northwestern Mutual
Columbus, OH

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Robb Shrader ’10
Sales Consultant (Financial Services) 
TriNet
Chicago, IL

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Kyle Sjarif ’11
Product Manager
CarMax
Richmond, VA
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Matthew Tabenken ’80
State Manager (ME/NH/VT)
Sazerac Company, Inc
Falmouth, ME

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Pat Tang ’17
Registered Representative
Western & Southern Life
Charleston, SC

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Zach Weaver ’11
Assistant Vice President
SIFMA
Brooklyn, NY

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Careers With Social Impact


Jan Carol Abraham ’83
Territory Manager
Wholesale Gift Industry
Washington, D.C. Metro Area

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Jai Chabria ’99
Managing Director
MAD Global Strategy
Columbus, OH

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Sean Harris ’97
Attorney/Partner
Kitrick, Lewis, & Harris Co.
Worthington, OH
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Kyle Herman ’11
Program Manager
National Democratic Institute
Stow, OH
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Sarah JanTausch ’14
Executive & Career Coach
SRJ Coaching & Consulting
Delaware, OH
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Kate Lewis-Lakin ’14
Senior Marketing Associate
Hagerty Consulting
Chicago, IL
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Alexander MacNeil ’10
Clinical Psychologist and Business Owner
Dr. Alex MacNeil, LLC
Arlington, MA
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Jim Mendenhall ’73
Director of Philanthropy & Community Engagement
United Way of Delaware County
Powell, OH
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Emma Nuiry ’17
Manager, Talent Acquisition Operations
RCG Talent Solutions
Ann Arbor, MI
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Kelly O’Donnell ’11
Political Action Committee (PAC) Director
National Confectioners Association (NCA)
Washington, D.C.
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Carrie Lippert Reinhardt ’94
Ministry Administrator for Pastoral Staff, Storyhill Church
Executive Assistant, 
Psychology For All
Davidson, NC

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Kenneth (Ken) Robinson ’95
Regional Disaster Officer
American Red Cross – Central & Southern Ohio Region
Columbus, OH

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Josh Sanders ’97
Partner
Calfee, Halter, & Griswold LLP
Granville, OH

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Dan Sharpe ’06
Vice President
The Columbus Foundation
Columbus, OH
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Kiran (Ron) Sitoula ’98
Senior Manager
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Indian Head, MD
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Andrew Sloan ’13
Director of Development
Brookings Institute
Potomac, MD (Washington, D.C. region)

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Kelsey Ullom ’14
Assistant Director, Center for Civic Leadership
Rice University
Houston, TX
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Bryce Uzzolino ’16
Assistant Director, Corporate Partnerships
The National Brain Tumor Society
Hoboken, NJ

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Anna VanMeter ’11
Outpatient Psychologist
The Emily Program
Pickerington, OH
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Rachel Vinciguerra ’14
National Program Manager
Hello Neighbor
Pittsburgh, PA

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Benjamin (Ben) Hammett Walkuski ’07
Director, Individual Engagement & Philanthropy
Rheumatology Research Foundation
Atlanta, GA

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Brandi Weekley ’06
Partner
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Cleveland, OH

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Shondra E. Wygal ’94
Associate State Director, Outreach & Advocacy
AARP
Houston, TX

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Communications/Marketing


Areena Arora ’17
Graduate Student
Columbia Journalism School
New York City, NY

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Brianna La Croix ’18
Assistant Production Coordinator / Social Media Marketing
ABC Signature/Studios for Blackish
Owner
The Crafting Bee
Woodland Hills, CA

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Erika Hankins-Prantil ’11
Senior Project Manager
Manning Publications
New York, NY

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Education


Stephen Alspaugh ’88
High School Principal
Bryan High School
Bryan, OH

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Ariel Bowlby ’09
School Psychologist
Columbus City Schools
Columbus, OH
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Meredith Lockhart-Neff ’15
Special Education Teacher
Bridgeway Academy
Columbus, OH

Anthony M. Peddle ’14
Leadership Intern
Columbus City Schools
Columbus, OH

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Alexander Pacilio ’18
Social Studies Teacher
Columbus South High School
Columbus, OH

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Entrepreneurship


Kelly Augspurger ’06
Long-Term Care & Disability Insurance Specialist
Steadfast Insurance
Westerville, OH

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SJ Barakony ’98
Founder
SBSL
CCO
H7 Network
Brand Ambassador
Independent Consultant/Business Advisor
Central OH Small Business Development Center
Delaware, OH

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Avi Biswas ’14
Content Copywriter
Avi Biswas Content Services
Kolkata, IN
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Andrew Coutts ’04
Owner
Coutts Enterprise LLC
Dublin, OH

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Raymond Dackerman ’82
Managing Director Americas
Seawind Technology LLC
Pittsburgh, PA; Indianapolis, IN

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Teresa Milner ’94
Freelance Financial Services Representative
Self-Employed
Delaware, OH

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Jordanne Wells ’07
Founder & CEO
Wise Money Women LLC
Cincinnati, OH

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Health


Tricia Labuda Bhat ’97, M.D.
Spring House Health
Alexandria, OH
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Alisa Blazek ’96
Business Owner
Kinesight Fitness
Dublin, OH

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Matthew Brooker ’03
Psychiatric Mental Health NP
The Emily Program
Delaware, OH
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Sarah Downs ’06
Director of Health Programming and Delivery
WellSpark Health
Bristol, CT
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David Gatz ’10
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
The University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
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Jada Hamilton ’04, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Attending Psychology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA
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William D. Hardie ’85, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH

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Carly LoVullo ’16
PEPFAR Program Analyst
Department of State: Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy
Arlington, VA
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Lillian Van De Velde ’16
National Accounts Manager, Managed Care Contracting
Cardinal Health
Columbus, OH

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Chloe Williams ’11
Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgeon
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
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Humanities & The Arts


Matthew Jamison ’14
Director of Strategic Engagement
HSPVA Friends
Houston, TX
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Tom Yaroschuk ’75
Executive Producer
Fidelity Investments
Dedham, MA
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STEM


Katherine Bates ’97
Associate Professor of Biology
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, CO

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Selby Majewski Bean ’10
Naturalist
Cleveland Metroparks
Cleveland, OH

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Justin Bellassai ’15
Scientist – Analytical Research and Development
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Hilliard, OH

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Selma Duhović ’06
Scientist
Kebotix
Boston, MA

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Christina Eckert ’13
Infrastructure Engineer
VS&Co
Westerville, OH

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Jonathan Frey ‘84
Director & Product Portfolio Management at Molecular Imaging
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
Knoxville, TN

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Dr. Timothy Hawthorne ’03
Associate Professor of Geographic Information Systems
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

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Kristen Lear ’11
Endangered Species Interventions Specialist
Bat Conservation International
Fort Collins, CO

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Z.J. Poh ’13
Manager, Machine Learning
PayPal
San Francisco, CA
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Nikki Smith ’01
Curator
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Delaware, OH
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John Steele ’99
Technical Discipline Architect
Unified Communication & Contact Center
Raleigh-Durham, NC

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