Homecoming & Family Weekend: October 5-8, 2023
Celebrate this year’s Alumni Award winners by registering for Homecoming & Family Weekend.
Kiara Alfonseca
Kiara Alfonseca (she/her) is a race and culture reporter and producer for ABC News and Good Morning America, focusing on social injustice. She previously worked as a producer and contributing writer at HuffPost.
Marie-AldÉlina de LA FerriÈRE
Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière (she/her/hers) is a pioneering Haitian-American trans woman with a Master’s in History and Master’s Certificate in Public & Arts Administration and the proud recipient of the Graduate Diversity Fellowship.
Meg Dodge
Meg Dodge (she/her) enters her fifth season as a full time member of the Dallas Mavericks Strength & Conditioning Coaching Staff, and additionally serves as the G-League Head Strength Coach.
Melissa Hawryschuk
Melissa Hawryschuk (she/her) is the CEO and Board Member at Brighton Securities Holdings Inc. She manages a rapidly growing company and leads a team of financial professionals.
Michael Herman
Michael Herman (he/him/his) is the Founder and Co-Artistic Director of The Outer Loop Theater Experience, a not-for-profit Rochester-based theater and humanitarian organization, working in Western New York, New York City, Chicago, and Tanzania.
Barry Jones
Barry Jones (he/his) has continually served as an adjunct instructor for the SUNY Brockport Mathematics Department since 1981 after earning summa cum laude honors for both undergraduate and graduate studies.
Frank Keophetlasy
Frank Keophetlasy (he/him) made Monroe County History in 2019 by becoming the First Asian American Elected official in Monroe County when he was elected to the Monroe County Legislature.
Robbie McLeod
Robbie McLeod (he/him), Ph.D. currently serves as Principal In Vivo Scientist in the Department of Quantitative Biosciences at Merck Research Laboratories (MRL) in Boston.
Paul Nasri
Dr. Paul Nasri (he/him/his), PT, DPT, OCS, COMT is a New York State licensed physical therapist and owner of The Game Plan Physical Therapy, PLLC. He has over 7 years of experience treating patients with musculoskeletal and sports injuries.
Tracy Nieporent
Tracy Nieporent (he/him/his) honed his writing and communications skills at Brockport, leading to a distinguished career, including 33 years as Director of Marketing/ Partner for Myriad Restaurant Group.
Matthew Penberthy
Matthew Penberthy (he/him/his) is the Senior Program Coordinator at a small nonprofit that helped deliver nearly $1.5 million in aid for disaster recovery, including assistance in Oregon’s recovery from the 2020 wildfires.
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Sabastian Piedmont
Sabastian Piedmont (he/him) joined The Colwell Law Group in June 2023 as Managing Attorney for their Syracuse location, focusing on family law matters. He passionately volunteers for Mental Wellness initiatives.
Ariel Santiago
Ariel Santiago (she/her) is a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner in South Florida that provides an underserved population with mental health services that has spearheaded several instrumental initiatives at her hospital.
Tambria Schroeder
Tambria Schroeder (she/her/hers) is a Senior Data Analyst contracted with the U.S. Department of State’s Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues.
Nick Stefanovic
Nick Stefanovic was appointed to the office of Director for the Monroe County Veterans Service Agency in January of 2018 and he continues to serve in that capacity under County Executive Adam Bello.
Benjamin Young
Benjamin Young, Ph.D. (he/him) is a published author and an assistant professor of homeland security and emergency preparedness at Virginia Commonwealth University.