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UPCOMING EVENTS

Kurt S. Zisa '06
Production Supervisor at Penguin Group USA – Young Readers
Bachelor of Science, Management – Human Resources
(Business Management: Leadership and Consulting)

He's Hot: Kurt is a business entertainment professional working in Production and Marketing for Publishing and Entertainment Media Organizations. Kurt helped to produce numerous New York Times best-selling books and also has vast experience in television field production (segment producing). His specialty is producing for entertainment media including scheduling, project management, and asset organization. A lover of all forms of media, Kurt is a member of the Bookbinder's Guild of New York (a non-profit organization comprised of professionals from all aspects of the graphic arts) and the New York Times Film Club.

He's Cool: Kurt received the Penguin Group David Award for directing the 20-minute Best Documentary Short Film Type Matters. He's a Binghamton University alumnus with diverse interests willing to provide you with career advice and insights!

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PAST EVENTS

FEBRUARY 2011
David Berkowitz '00
Senior Director of Emerging Media and Innovation, 360i
New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

SEPTEMBER 2011
Robert Melstein '96
Head Writer, HLN's Showbiz Tonight
New York, NY
Bachelor of Science, Management
Listen to an audio excerpt from this session. (mp3 - 12MB)

OCTOBER 2011
Kristopher E. Ahrend '92, Esq.
Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
General Manager, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC
Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies

Jessica Ettman '05, Esq.
Assistant Manager, Business & Legal Affairs
Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Politics and Law

NOVEMBER 2011
Jennifer Kwok '04 
Ukulele Stand-Up Comedienne, Actress, Musician, Writer
Brooklyn
Bachelor of Science, Management-Marketing, Finance, MIS

DECEMBER 2011
Rose Barre '06, MA '08
Premium Sales and Service Consultant
New York Yankees
Bachelor of Science, Human Development
Master of Arts, Social Sciences

FEBRUARY 2012
Joseph Brauner '83
Bachelor of Arts, English and Rhetoric
Music Agent/Talent Agent
Creative Artists Agency

MARCH 2012
Missy Gluckmann '90
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
Founder, Melibee Global / MelibeeU

SEPTEMBER 2012
Cyrus David '07
Bachelor of Science, Business Management/Finance
Vice President, Product Development, Sojo Studios, Inc.
Co-Founder, FantasyIQ, Inc.
New York, NY

OCTOBER 2012
David Wong '95
Director of Engineering, Fisher Price
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

NOVEMBER 2012
D. Chris Honsberger '91
Director of Global Procurement, Starbucks
Bachelor of Arts, History

DECEMBER 2012
Albert 'Skip" Rizzo, PhD '91
Associate Director for Medical Virtual Reality, USC Institute for Creative Technologies
Research Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology and USC Keck School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

MARCH 2013
Stuart D. Hirsch '95, '10
President and Chief Executive Officer, Archangel Airborne - Special Mission Operations Flight Team
Administrative Director of Emergency Services, HeathAlliance of Hudson Valley
Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology
Bachelor of Science, Nursing

He's Hot: Stuart, a professional pilot, is the founder, President and CEO of Archangel Airborne, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization of aviators, clinicians and multidisciplinary specialists whose mission is to provide medical, logistical and consultative support to areas in need of re-stabilization. This team utilizes aircraft to accomplish the transport of clinicians, advisors, supplies and equipment to these underserved areas. Since its beginning in 2010, the group has flown 11 missions, the most recent to Haiti last November.  In seven missions to the impoverished nation, the medical teams set up mobile clinics in remote areas to treat hundreds of patients suffering from cholera, malaria, and injuries suffered in road accidents. Stuart is also administrator of emergency services at HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley.

He's Cool: Stuart was active with both Hillel and Newman House as a student and received the Decker School of Nursing Registered Professional Nurse Baccalaureate Award in 2010.

Listen to an audio recording of Stuart's session.