Class Notes

1975 Kevin Feeney (MBA) (see ’74 College). . . . Pal Luthra (MBA) writes that, “after a lifetime in engineering and information technology,” he achieved “a dream” in playing the role of a rich imam in the short film, Parastish Rooh Se (Spiritual Worship). The film, in Urdu, has English subtitles and won a Gold award in the Best Drama category in the winter 2018 European Independent Film Awards.

1976 Dick McGavern (MBA) has been named Mr. Canandaigua for 2019 by the Canandaigua (New York) Chamber of Commerce. Dick is a former mayor of the Finger Lakes town as well as a councilman and a longtime Rotarian. His work has contributed to the wellbeing of the Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum, the historic Wood Library, and a host of community organizations.

1987 Shari Littman Kramer (MBA) is coauthor of The Essential College Admissions Handbook: Your Stress-Free Path to College Acceptances (Self-published). A graduate of Tufts University and a former Tufts admissions counselor, Shari is the owner of Kramer College Consulting in Hillsdale, New Jersey.

1998 Ray Kraus (MBA) writes: “I’m an ex-president of the Simon School’s Graduate Business Council and recently ended a 20-year career in marketing technology. My last position was as a managing director of a research and innovation team where I worked closely with engineers and data scientists in Silicon Valley. I decided to take some time off and consider a new direction. My form of contemplation is to travel to all 30 MLB stadiums and blog about the experience. As I do so, I am raising money to support underserved youth who want to play baseball and softball.” Ray’s blog is at 4bases4kids.com.

2000 Amanda Adams (MBA) has published Don’t Hold Your Breath! (From the Heart Publishing), a poetry anthology about the four stages of relationships, including longing, love, loss, and liberty.

2008 Wayne Kiedaisch Greenfield (MBA) (see ’95 College).

2009 Adam Echter (MBA) has been elected partner at the global strategy and marketing consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners. He’s based at the firm’s Mountain View, California, office.

2013 Evan Aloe (MBA) writes that he sold his first startup, DealCloud, last fall. He’s now chief risk officer at another startup, Rabbu, which supplies home automation software to the vacation rental and short-term rental space markets.

2016 Puneet Kaur (MBA) writes that he “found a love for photography,” and “had a wonderful year with a trip to multiple places in Europe.” He sends a photo from Nice, France. . . . Anthony Rodriguez (MBA) has been named director of HR analytics for NYU Langone Health.