Previous Young Alumnus Achievement Award Recipients
2022
Julia Bottoms, '12, '17
Artist
LaStarsha McGarity, '19
Art Conservator
2021
Raven Baxter, '14, '17
Research Scientist, Science Educator
Nathan Mroz, '16
Entrepreneur, Business Owner
2020
Aitina Fareed Cooke, '12, '16
Artist, Owner/Founder, Get Fokus'd Productions, Youth Advocate
2019
Morgan Williams-Bryant, '03
Senior Vice President for Community Engagement, Girl Scouts of Western NY
Mo Sumbundu, '13, '17
Assistant Director, Regional Economic Development Council of Western NY
2018
Amber Morczek, ’09
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Cottey College
2017
Krista Wierzbicki Todd, ’04
Vice President of Global Communications, Logitech
Gregory Clabeaux, ’03
Vascular Surgeon, Buffalo Medical Group
2016
Kyle R. Bradstreet, ’02, ’04
Award-winning writer and producer
2015
Rodneyse Bichotte, ’95
Member of the NY State Assembly, 42nd District
2014
Kimberly Evering, ’94
Web communications manager, Northern Virginia Community College
Mark T. Miller, '94
Research Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA
2013
Ara Bagdasarian, '95
CEO & Co-Founder, Omnilert LLC, Leesburg, VA
2012
Thomas "Thom" Tran, '04
Internationally touring stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and actor
2010
Christopher Ciamaga, ‘00
NHL Referee, National Hockey League
Erin Habes, ’03,
Self-Employed Consultant, Adjunct Instructor, Buffalo State College
Nicholas S. Laudico, ‘01
Senior Vice-President, The Ruth Group
Martha Meegan, ’92, ‘06
TV Newsroom Managing Assignment Editor, WIVB-TV
2009
Dr. Angela Maria Caba, DO, ’95 (B.A., Humanities)
Emergency Medicine Attending Physician, Lutheran Medical Center
Family Practice Attending Physician, Urban Health Plan
Richard Trigilio, ’90 (B.S., Design)
President/CEO, Medical Management Services, Inc.
Dr. Rita Zientek, M.S., ’90 (M.S., Student Personnel Administration)
Associate Dean, School of Professions
Buffalo State College
2008
Cesar A. Cabrera, '90, '06
WNY Regional Representative
NYS Department of Labor
Gerald L. Cornish, '90
First Vice President
Merrill Lynch
Kelly (Monahan) Frothingham, '94, '97
Associate Professor, Geography & Planning
Buffalo State College
Christopher R. Gallant, '92
Emmy-Winning Editor/Director
WGRZ-TV
David A. Kopasz, '93
Vice President for Food and Beverages
Seneca Niagara Casino
2007
Jennifer (Whitson) Adams, '99
Communications Director
Aspen Institute, Commission on No Child Left Behind
Washington, D.C.
Marc A. Batchelor, Esq., '89
Vice President - Credit, Builders Bank
Business/Legal Counsel,
Drug Free Kids: America's Challenge, Inc.
Holly (Meier) Hubert, '88
Supervisory Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Joseline Pena-Melnyk, '87
State Delegate, The Maryland House of Delegates
District 21
Kevin R. Ryan, B.S. '84, M.S. '05
Special Agent
Department of Homeland Security,
Immigration & Customs
2006
Richard Baumert, '86
Managing Director
Millennium Partners
Edward Czechowski, '95, '97
Supervisor, New Product Development Engineering
Cameron Compression Systems
Beverly Dunn, '92
CEO
Multilink Group Inc.
Lisa Flynn, '86
News Anchor
WIVB-TV/WNLO-TV
Russell Griffin, '93
Assistant Vice President of Diversity
MetLife
James Hill, '88
Producer
ABC News
Amy Pearl, '87
Managing Partner
Performance Management Partners, Inc.
2005
Brett Coppins, '96, '02
Artist and Educator
Lewiston-Porter High School
Joseph Golombek, Jr., '88, '94
Common Council Member
North District
Aileen Hoffman, '88
Director, Family Services
FEGS – Health and Human Services
Nikolas Lemos, '93
Forensic Laboratory Director and Chief Medical Examiner
San Francisco CA
Darius Pridgen, '88
Senior Pastor
True Bethel Baptist Church
2004
Anthony Capece, ’87
Executive Director
Central District Management Association Inc.
Claudine Ewing, ’92
News Reporter
WGRZ-TV, Channel 2
Robert Gonzalez, ’86
Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Manhattan College
Brian Higgins, ’85
NYS Assemblyman
145th District
Uchenna Smith, ’99
Principal
KIPP Sankofa Charter School
2003
Randy Burd, '94
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Medical College
Kenneth Conner, '85
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
University of Rochester, School of Medicine
Robert Denning, '90
President and CEO
Perry's Ice Cream Co., Inc.
Sam Hoyt, '92
NYS Assembly Member
144th District
Gerald Mead, '85/'86
Curator of Education and Outreach/Artist
Burchfield-Penney Art Center
Sundra Ryce, '96
President and CEO
SLR Contracting and Service Company, Inc.
2002
Byron W. Brown, '83
New York State Senator
60th District
Francisco A. Guzman, '90
Supervisor, Building Construction
City of Buffalo
Mylous Hairston, '86
News Anchor and Reporter
WIVB-TV
Gregory Hoffman, '86
Vice President, Metro Banking Group
Fleet Bank
Kirsten B. Moysich, '92
Cancer Epidemiologist
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Titles listed were current at the time awards were presented.