September 14, 2016
At the Grand Alumni Celebration Signature Event on Saturday, June 4, St. John’s presented outstanding alumni with some of the University’s most significant awards during a special ceremony at St. Thomas More Church and in individual college and school ceremonies.
President’s Medal
Patricia Castel Skarulis ’66C, ’68G
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Pietas Medal
Robert Kalenka ’84CBA, ’91MBA
Corporate Vice President,Investor Communication Solutions-Transaction Reporting
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Heritage Circle
Madeleine Brennan ’73GEd
Former Principal
IS 201, NYC Department of Education
Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award
John M. Byrne ’86CBA
Partner, Sales Division
National Land Tenure Company, LLC
Robert M. Ianniello, Ph.D. ’76C, ’79G
Retired, Former Vice President,
Catalysis Research
BASF Corporation
Distinguished Alumni Award
Dominick Cavuoto ’75C, ’77G
Former President, Technology Consulting and Integration Solutions Business
Unisys
Anthony Tufaro, D.D.S., M.D. ’76C
Director, Head and Neck Program for General Surgery
Associate Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Monica Foronda ’97C
Art Director
DirecTV
Kathleen Walsh, Ed.D. ’93G, ’01GEd
Superintendent of Schools
Department of Education, Diocese of Rockville Centre
Reginald Landeau, Ed.D. ’12GEd
Master Principal
JHS 216–George J. Ryan School, NYC Department of Education
Executive Coach
Inspire Leadership, LLC
Jeanne A. Shannon ’13GEd
Assistant Principal
St. Elizabeth Catholic Academy
Thomas Anderson ’80CBA, ’86MBA
Managing Director and Chief
Compliance Officer, Consumer and Community Banking
JPMorgan Chase
Thomas Scaturro ’86CBA
Senior Director,Sales
Wells Fargo Private Bank
Lewis Rice Jr. ’74SVC
Senior Vice President,Global Security and Trademark Protection
The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.
Steven Farella ’77SVC
Chairman
MDC Media Partners
Chairman
Assembly Media Arts + Sciences
Cofounder and Former Chairman
TargetCast tcm, Inc.
Distinguished Young Alumni Award
Georgios Spanos ’07
Territory Sales Manager
DePuy Synthes Mitek
Monica Peborde ’08MBA
Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Michelle Blackman ’10MBA
Director
Pfizer, Inc.
Kevin Kaulfers ’09CPS, ’11GCPS
Intelligence Analyst-SIU
American International Group, Inc.
Shahper Rahman ’06P, ’08GP
NA Regulatory Strategist
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc
Natalie Benoit ’08MT
Medical Laboratory Technologist
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Melissa Sue Favale O’Brien ’10Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacy Manager–Ambulatory Care
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Andriy Vintonyak ’12P
Radiology Supervisor
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
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