Class Notes
Stacy Russo ('80 BBA)
Submitted: May 24, 2010
Toni Zaccagna Murray and Stacy Russo were married on Aug. 07, 2009
Joe Dwyer ('78 BBA)
Submitted: May 24, 2010
Joe Dwyer has joined Capstone Advisory Group LLC in the newly created role of chief administrative officer. As a member of Capstone’s executive
management team, Dwyer is responsible for the management and execution of functions including finance, information technology, human resources, administration and facilities.
T. Michael Nevens ('78 BA, Physics)
Submitted: May 24, 2010
T. Michael Nevens was recently appointed to the board of directors of NetApp. He is a senior advisor to Permira, an international private equity fund and sits on the boards of directors of Altera and ModelN Software. He is president of the board of trustees of the San Jose Museum of Art and a member of the board and executive
committee of ZER01: The Art and Technology Network. He is also a member of the Mendoza College of Business Advisory Council and an adjunct professor of Corporate Governance and Strategy at the College.
Paul Reilly ('78 MBA, ND '76)
Submitted: May 24, 2010
Paul C. Reilly is the president and CEO of Raymond James Financial. Reilly serves as a member of the Mendoza College of Business Business Advisory Council.
Pat Cathey ('77 BBA)
Submitted: May 24, 2010
Pat Cathey has been named vice president of enterprise sales of Web-hosting provider Rackspace Hosting. This position is newly created to support Rackspace market growth. Cathey joins the Rackspace Enterprise Services division after serving seven years as president of Avnet Electronics Embedded Solutions.
Betsy Brosnan ('76 BBA)
Submitted: May 24, 2010
Betsy Brosnan joined the grant committee of The DuPage Community Foundation.
Robert McDonald ('76 BBA)
Submitted: May 24, 2010
Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell addressed Virginia Tech’s Class of 2010 during the university’s commencement.
Steven Simpson ('75 BBA)
Submitted: May 24, 2010
Steven G. Simpson passed away on Feb. 16, 2010.
Thomas Greanias ('74 MBA)
Submitted: May 24, 2010
Thomas Greanias has been elected assessor for Decatur Township. He became aware of the intricacies of property assessments through the computer consulting business he ran for more than 30 years.
George Herbst ('71 MBA)
Submitted: May 24, 2010
George Herbst has been named vice president for finance at Stetson University. Herbst has spent his entire career in education, beginning as a high school teacher and spending 38 years as a chief financial officer. His areas of expertise include budgeting, endowment management, strategic planning, institutional governance, town-and-gown relations, and commercial real estate development, as well as campus planning, design and construction.
Active in civic affairs in Winter Park, Fla., Herbst was recently appointed to the board of directors of the Winter Park Health Foundation. He chaired the building committee of the Chamber of Commerce and served as vice chair of the Economic Development Advisory Board for the city.