Smeal College Alumni Society Presents Its Emerging Professional Awards
Smeal College Alumni Society Presents Its Emerging Professional Awards
The Smeal College Alumni Society recognized seven outstanding alumni
of Penn State's Smeal College of Business Administration as the 2000-2001
Emerging Professionals award recipients.
"The emerging professional awards recognize young graduates of the
Smeal College of Business Administration for career and community service
achievements. These individuals serve as role models in business for students
and younger alumni," says Renee Marks, alumni director for Penn State's
Smeal College of Business Administration.
Each award recipient has graduated from the Smeal College within the
last 15 years, has been involved in distinguished and diverse service
to the community, and has attained significant career advancement. A committee
consisting of the Alumni Board Executive Committee and one faculty representative
select the awardees. The recognition includes an engraved crystal award
and departmental display.
This year's Emerging Professional Awards recipients are:
- Henry Adkins, a 1991 graduate with a bachelor's degree in finance and vice president in the newly formed J.P. Morgan-Chase & Co in New York City.
- Jayme A. Goldberg, a1992 graduate with a bachelor's degree in insurance and real estate and a real estate investment analyst for General Motors Asset Management Corporation (GMAM) in New York City.
- Andrew W. Hannah, a 1987 graduate with a bachelor's degree in accounting and Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer for Internet Venture Work, a venture operating company in Pittsburgh, PA.
- Michelle Harmon-Madsen, a 1989 graduate with a bachelor's degree in marketing and sales development manager for Gruner and Jahr Publishing Company in New York City.
- Cheryl A. Kent, a 1985 graduate with a bachelor's degree in business logistics and vice president of Transportation for CSI, a global-leading third-party provider of temperature-controlled supply chain management, distribution, and logistics services in Liberty Corner, NJ.
- Daniel Patterson, a 1991 graduate with a bachelor's degree in quantitative business analysis and is director of Application Development at HSR Business to Business in Cincinnati, OH.
- Frederik Wenzel,a 1991 graduate with a bachelor's degree in management
abd executive vice president and Chief Information Office for Weidmüller
Holding AG & Company KGaA in Detmold, Germany.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
