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Robert Bick, BBA '83, JD '86; Williams, Williams, Rattner & Plunkett, P.C., proudly announces that Best Lawyers® has selected partner Robert S. Bick as the 2023 "Lawyer of the Year" for Corporate Law for the region encompassing Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, Troy, and adjacent parts of Oakland County, Michigan. Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" honors are awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific area of practice and geographic region. Best Lawyers recognizes only one lawyer as the "Lawyer of the Year" for each specialty and location. [Est. 09.2022]
Benedict Buhain, MBA ´93; is the Digital Solutions Head for True Digital based in the Philippines. True Digital is a member of the Charoen Pokphand (C.P. Group) headquartered in Thailand. He is overall in charge of the enterprise B2B sales & marketing unit. [EST. 09.2022]
Lisa Andujar, MBA '93; In August 2022, Lisa was promoted to become the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Columbia Business School. In her capacity, Lisa works with the Vice Dean of DEI to create programs and initiatives to advance the school’s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. [EST 08.2022]
Leslie Freitag, MBA '80, I recently retired from my position as CFO of Jade Scientific, a distributor of research supplies. I am waiting for my wife to retire so we can start to do lots of traveling! I enjoy heading out to Michigan Stadium for a football game with my MBA roommates Kirk Twiss and Jim O'Donnell. [EST 06.2022]
Steve Mitzel BBA '94/MBA '03, has joined award winning start up, We Are Rosie, a flexible career platform for marketers in all seasons of their professional journey. Steve will return to his finance roots and be the CFO of We Are Rosie who recently just took an investment from PE partners, Align Capital. [EST 06.2022]
Drew Amato, MBA '19, Very excited to announce that we have opened up a Seed funding round for our business! Mullybox is revolutionizing the way that golfers shop for their gear - and after proving out the model, and bootstrapping to over $1M in revenue last year, we are raising a round to further develop our product and scale the business. All information and investments can be made through the portal here: https://republic.com/mullybox. [EST. 06.2022]
David Horowitz, BBA '98; Published the board game Frequent Flyer in November 2021. The game tasks players to overcome challenges and their opponents to be the first to visit 20 destination U.S. cities. Hailing from Philadelphia, David is the founder and CEO of Touchdown Ventures. [Est. 05.2022, Michigan Alumni Association]
Jeremy Schifeling, MBA '12, Excited to announce the launch of my first book: "Linked: Conquer LinkedIn. Get Your Dream Job. Own Your Future." It's the only LinkedIn book written by LinkedIn insiders and is currently the #1 career book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3hlVKci [EST. 05.2022]
Pamela L. Jennings, Ph.D. (EMBA '13) was appointed 2022 White House Presidential Innovation Fellow. She is working in the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research that is responsible for DOT research and development programs. Pamela will support the development of a community stakeholder platform to address gaps in transportation equity that reflect on historic systemic failures to invest sufficiently, justly, and equally in underserved communities in response to the Justice40 initiative catalyzed by President Biden’s Executive Order, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. [EST 3.2022]