{"id":9461,"date":"2020-05-21T14:48:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/?p=9461"},"modified":"2020-06-18T14:50:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T18:50:46","slug":"alumniboard2020elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/alumniboard2020elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming the Newest Alumni Board Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The results are in from this spring\u2019s Alumni Board of Directors voting, and four new faces will be joining the board while three incumbents will also be returning on July 1, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New members Mary P. Kane \u201995, Dave Nicola \u201900, Marissa (Cusanelli) Purdy \u201914, and Nicholas Verzicco \u201919 were elected to three-year terms, while incumbents Karyn (Calabro) Cusanelli \u201989, Sal Jones \u201976, and Kathleen (Pribish) Sohl \u201970, \u201973M were reelected for three-year terms. You can learn more about each of them below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In related news, the board elected its new Executive Board earlier this month. Beginning July 1, 2020, Karyn (Calabro) Cusanelli \u201989 will serve as president. She will be joined on the Executive Board by Cory Kazar \u201910 (vice president for services), Tricia Gerdon \u201917M (vice president for programs), Bayaan Oluyadi \u201913 (treasurer), and Alissa Catalano \u201913 (secretary). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni Board of Director members serve as ambassadors for the 53,000-plus alumni family. Elected by their peers each spring, this diverse group works closely with Monmouth leadership to engage all alumni through events, volunteer activities, and fundraising efforts. More information can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karyn (Calabro) Cusanelli \u201989 (incumbent)<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Business:<\/strong> REALTOR\u00ae, RSPS, ABR\u00ae, SRS; Diane Turton, Realtors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degree:<\/strong> B.S. Business Administration-Marketing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activities as a student:<\/strong> Faculty Merit Scholar; Dean’s List; Lambda Sigma Tau National Honor Society; Phi Eta Sigma National Academic Honor Society; Executive Officer, Delta Mu Delta National Academic Honor Society; Senator, Student Government Association; Undergraduate Representative, College-Wide Advisory Board; Volunteer Statistician, Men’s Basketball; Volunteer Tutor; Marketing Club; American Marketing Association, Monmouth Chapter; WMCX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sal Jones \u201976 (incumbent)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Business:<\/strong> Retired; Artistic Director, The Lexington Players Community Theater<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degree:<\/strong> B.A. Speech\/Comm\/Theater<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activities as a student: <\/strong>Member of the unofficial tag football team, The Buffalo Soldiers; <\/strong>Member, Black Student Union; <\/strong>Member, Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity; <\/strong>Various theater-related clubs; <\/strong>WMCX Radio DJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mary P. Kane \u201995<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Business:<\/strong> Certified Personal Trainer & Nutrition Coach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degree:<\/strong> B.A. Communication

Activities as a student: <\/strong>Student Government Association for four years, serving as president of the SGA for two years; DJ and newscaster for WMCX;  Copy Editor for the Outlook<\/em> newspaper and Shadows<\/em> yearbook; Participant in the Guggenheim\/Lauren K. Woods theatre performance and production; <\/strong>Student Orientation Leader; <\/strong>Freshman Peer Mentor; <\/strong>Student Advisor for the Freshman Honor Society Phi Eta Sigma; <\/strong>Member of the National Theatre Honor Society Alpha Psi Omega; <\/strong>Member of the National Radio Honor Society Alpha Epsilon Rho; <\/strong>Student Ambassador; Student worker in the Department of Mathematics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dave Nicola \u201900<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Business: <\/strong>Director of Business Development, Maser Consulting P.A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degree: <\/strong>B.A. in History\/Political Science

Activities as a student:<\/strong> Honors Program, Athletics supporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marissa (Cusanelli) Purdy \u201914<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Business:<\/strong> Pharmaceutical Client Account Manager at IQVIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degree:<\/strong> B.S. in Business Administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activities as a student:<\/strong> Founder and President of the University\u2019s collegiate chapter of the American Marketing Association; Vice President of Circle K; Vice President of Marketing of the International Business Network; Founding Father of Alpha Kappa Psi; Committee Member of the Human Relations Advisory Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kathleen (Pribish) Sohl \u201970, \u201973M (incumbent)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Business:<\/strong> Retired Math Teacher; 43 year teaching career in Colts Neck, Chicago, and Howell HS in the FRHS district<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degree:<\/strong> B.S. in Elementary Education; M.S. in Education\u2013Supervision<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activities as a student:  <\/strong>The Outlook, Delta Phi Epsilon sorority<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nicholas Verzicco \u201919<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Business: <\/strong>Construction Management Recruiter at Aerotek<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degree:<\/strong> B.S. in Business Administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activities as a student: <\/strong>SGA President, New Student Orientation, Senior Class President, Men’s Club Lacrosse, Alternative Break Program-Nicaragua and Haiti, Tour Ambassador, Monmouth Digital Network Communication Assistant, Educational Opportunity Fund Program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The results are in from this spring\u2019s Alumni Board of Directors voting, and four new faces will be joining the board while three incumbents will also be returning on July 1, 2020. New members Mary P. Kane \u201995, Dave Nicola \u201900, Marissa (Cusanelli) Purdy \u201914, and Nicholas Verzicco \u201919 were elected to three-year terms, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":9542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"image_focus":"","hide_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"thumbnail":"\"\"","catString":"Uncategorized","issue":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9461"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15379,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9461\/revisions\/15379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}