Alumni Profiles

Gregory Crowley, MBA ’00
Engineering his own niche by Irene Kim Working in a large engineering firm in the late 1990s, Gregory Crowley had a revelation. “I was surrounded by other engineers who seemed […]

Steve Milt MBA ’02
Handling the supply side of airport security by Irene Kim A true entrepreneur, Steve Milt spotted a niche and created a business to fill it. Working in the homelandsecurity industry […]
M. Scott Crocco, MBA ’90, and Paul Huck, MBA ’79
Passing the torch When M. Scott Crocco, MBA ’90, first interviewed with Air Products in 1990, he could hardly have imagined that 23 years later he would succeed his interviewer, […]

Hakim Feerasta, MBA ’74, MPS ’85
Fighting Poverty in Central Asia When Hakim Feerasta was a senior financial analyst at IBM in Toronto, he was invited to visit the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the […]

Wendy L. Schoppert ’88, MBA ’89
Deliberate and Bold When Wendy L. Schoppert mentors young professionals hoping to follow in her footsteps, she always offers the same advice: “Make yourself uncomfortable,” she says, “because if you’re […]

Auke G. Cnossen, MBA ’04
Greenhouse Growing in China China has 22 percent of the world’s population but only about eight percent of its arable agricultural land. How to generate enough food to supply the […]

Percy Allen II, MPA ’75
Blazing a trail in healthcare When Percy Allen II joined the University Hospital of Brooklyn as CEO in 1989, the state facility was losing money and struggling with employee morale. […]

Ann Killian, MBA ’82
The Right Person for the Right Job Ann Killian has always preferred working on the “people side” of business, which is what led her on a 30-year-career path in corporate […]

Cathleen Tobin, MBA ’99
Switching Gears in Women’s Products For 11 years, Cathleen Tobin marketed products for women — from Snuggle Fabric Softener to Revlon Lip Color — at multinationals, including Unilever and Johnson […]