Board of Advisors Biographical Summaries
Jorge Figueredo '82, Chair
Susan (Freel) Alexander '78
James Cafferty '94
Patricia T. Femia '82
Thomas A. Franko '69
Robert Harrison III '98
Samuel Harvey, Jr. '72
James Hoefner '79
William D. Hulseman '98
John A. Joyce '92
Kathi (Pugliese) Loughlin '80
Mary (Kelly) McGuinness '83, P'09
Margaret Kelly Murray P'08
Robert (Bob) Ollwerther '79
Felipe Polanco '01
Harry A. Rissetto '65
Dr. Katherine Schwab
Dr. Edmund (Ted) J. Sybertz '72
Laura Neville Toner '80
Robert T. Zito '75, P'08
Jorge Figueredo '82, Chair
Jorge Figueredo is senior vice president for Human Resources at Dow Jones & Company. He is responsible for all HR functions, including talent management, employee engagement, labor relations, compensation, benefits, compliance, and HR systems.
Jorge joined Dow Jones in February 2007 after a long career at Liz Claiborne Inc. As former-president of Liz Claiborne International, Jorge was responsible for the business operations of eighteen brands in Asia, Canada, and Latin America, with previous responsibilities including European operations. Jorge developed a business strategy that grew International from 5% to 25% of the company's sales. As part of that growth, he led the acquisition of companies as well as introduced a number of new brands into international markets. International became one of the fastest-growing and dynamic areas of Liz Claiborne over the past five years. Prior to becoming president of the International Division, Jorge was the senior vice president of Human Resources at Liz Claiborne with responsibility for all the human resources functions.
Jorge is active in a number of civic and social groups. He has served as a board member of the Liz Claiborne Foundation and was a co-executive sponsor of LizACTS, the employee involvement program. He was selected to serve as a David Rockefeller Fellow, a program sponsored by the New York City Partnership, to promote the advancement of New York City. Jorge is actively involved with Fairfield University. He has served on their Trustees Advisory Council since 1998 and was recently asked to serve as the chair of the Board of Advisors for the College of Arts and Sciences.
Jorge has a B.A. from Fairfield University and an M.B.A. in international finance from New York University. In 2004, he was named to Hispanic Business's 100 Most Influential Hispanics.
Jorge resides in Mahwah, New Jersey with his wife, Carrie, and their three children, Jackie, Chris, and Allie. He is an avid cyclist and enjoys music, reading, and traveling.
Susan (Freel) Alexander '78
After graduating from Fairfield University in 1978, Susan was employed by the Xerox Corporation in New York City. She worked in sales and eventually left to follow her passion to travel through Europe. Susan returned to New York and began a career in Human Resources for Marsh and McLennan Companies. After ten years, she left to start a family and is currentlya mother to 15-year old twin daughters, Kendall and Adair and a 20- year old son, Ryan. Susan has sat on the board of her high school, Sacred Heart Academy of Hempstead, N.Y., for three years and was part of their five-year fundraising campaign. Currently she is working on a brand new campaign for the school and is on the fundraising committee while her twin daughters arefreshman atSacred Heart.Susan has been married to Bob Alexander (Co-Chairman, CBRE) for 25 years and bothare very active with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,where Bob serves on the Board. Three of Susan's five siblings are also graduates of Fairfield University, Eileen Freel Fox '80, Richard Freel '82, and John Freel '85.
James Cafferty '94
After graduating from Fairfield University in 1994, James entered the Salomon Brothers training program for sales and trading professionals and later assumed a role as an institutional fixed income salesperson on the firm's international desks in New York and London. Salomon Brothers became Citigroup following their acquisition and eventual merger with Citibank. James moved to Boston in 1998 to assume responsibility for Citigroup's institutional sales of U.S. Treasuries and agencies in the region. James left Citigroup in 2004 to join the UBS Investment Bank's institutional fixed income sales team with responsibility for marketing the firm's rates products including U.S. Treasuries, agencies, derivative, and mortgage-backed securities. During his time at Fairfield, James studied economics and philosophy, participated with the University's debate team including two world championships, and served student court. Since his graduation, James has served as an alumni representative for the Class of '94, was a member of the Trustees Advisory Council, and has been a member of The President's Circle.
Patricia T. Femia '82
Immediately after graduating from Fairfield University in 1982 with a major in biology and a minor in modern languages, Trish accepted a research position with Hoffmann LaRoche in Nutley, N.J. She started as an assistant scientist in biochemistry and drug metabolism, performing studies using HPLC and GC/MS instrumentation, and then moved into the Department of Pharmacology, where she was running various in-vivo protocols for the screening of memory-enhancing drugs and studies on gastrointestinal diseases. Although Trish was working on very interesting research projects in the labs at Roche, she wanted to use her scientific background in a business setting, so she left research in 1986 to pursue a career in medical sales. She has worked as a sales representative with various medical, diagnostic, and capital equipment companies over the past 19 years. She received numerous sales awards over the years for developing key accounts within new sales regions and markedly increasing the territory sales revenues. She is currently employed as a key account manager for Biacore, Inc., a Swedish-based instrument company, which manufactures label-free biomolecular interaction instruments used in drug discovery research and sold to the industrial and academic markets in N.J. and N.Y.
Trish currentlyresides with her husband of 23 years, Robert A. Femia, Ph.D. (B.S. in chemistry, Fairfield, Class of 1981) in Kinnelon and Mantoloking, N.J. Bob is an Executive Vice President of Scientific Affairs for Par Pharmaceuticals. They are parents of three young children, Robert Jr. (age 13), Page (age 11), and Paul (age 8). Both are active volunteers in their children's local parochial school. Over the past eight years, Trish has chaired various committees of major school and parish fundraising campaigns, raising substantial money for the recent construction of the new church, as well as the renovation of the grammar school.
Thomas A. Franko '69
After graduation from Fairfield University in 1969, Tom started teaching English in Copenhagen, N.Y. He also became active as a church volunteer, boy scout master, coach, and other roles. Tom also served as president of the teachers' union local. Tom then entered Fordham University School of Law and moved back to the New York City area.
Since graduation from law school, Tom has held legal positions with a number of securities brokerage firms, including: Shearson Hayden Stone (while still in law school); E.F. Hutton, the New York Stock Exchange, Cralin & Co, and L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg Towbin. Since 1986, Tom has been associated with Pershing, LLC, including its predecessor firms. He is currently managing director, general counsel, and member of the Executive Committee. Tom has been active in industry-related organizations, serving as a member of various legal and regulatory committees.
Tom is currently active in the community as a member of the Knights of Columbus, involved in church activities, and is a trustee of Fairfield University. Tom lives in Chatham, N.J. with his wife, Bethany. They both enjoy travel and golf.
Robert Harrison III '98
Robert Harrison III is an attorney with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP located in New York City. Robert's practice primarily focuses on mergers & acquisitions, private equity transactions, and public and private offerings of equity and debt securities. He began the practice of law with the international law firm of Sidley Austin LLP in New York City and is admitted to practice law in both Connecticut and New York.
Robert holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in Psychology from Fairfield University. While at Fairfield, Robert was a member of the Honors Program and was president of Alpha Sigma Nu (The Jesuit Honor Society). Robert was also the recipient of the St. Ignatius Loyola Medal at commencement. He earned his law degree at Boston College Law School in 2001 where he was the president of the Student Bar Association.
He is president of the Connecticut Chapter of the Boston College Law School Alumni Club, and a member of the following associations/boards: Board of Directors of the Fairfield University Alumni Association, Fairfield University Arts & Sciences Board of Advisors, George W. Crawford Black Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association Diversity Committee, New York City Bar Association, and the General Superintendent of Singers of the Church of God and Saints of Christ. He is the former secretary of the National Board of Directors of Alpha Sigma Nu.
Samuel Harvey, Jr. '72
Almost immediately after graduating from Fairfield in 1972, Sam began work in the University Office of Student Affairs as a counselor to minority students. In 1976, he left Fairfield to become director of Minority Student Affairs at Georgetown University. During more than twenty years at Georgetown, Sam held positions as assistant to the president for Urban Affairs and Federal Relations (1985-88) and vice president for Urban Affairs (1988-96). While at Georgetown, he served on numerous University and community boards, including being a founding member, in 1981, of the Conference on Minority Affairs of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Sam has served as a member of the boards of directors of both Fairfield University (1985-91) and St. Peter's College (1984-92). A graduate of Georgetown Law Center, currently Sam teaches law to undergraduate and graduate business students at Howard University, and serves as a consultant for special projects to the president of Georgetown University.
James Hoefner '79
James J. Hoefner was an undergraduate at Fairfield University from 1975-1979. During his tenure at the University, he was very involved in student government, serving as a vice president of Student Activities, and he was also chair of Freshman Orientation during his junior year. Jim continued his involvement upon graduation and served as treasurer of the Boston Alumni Club from 1986-1988 as well as president from 1988-1990. He also served as a member of the Alumni Board at Fairfield from 1996-1998. He was on the Reunion Committee for the 15th and 20th reunions for his class and recently served as chair for the 25th reunion in 2004.
Jim's working career has been with the same organization, TEK, operating and managing a multi-branched industrial distribution organization. Currently Jim holds the position of vice president and general manager for TEK with operations in Boston and Chicago.
Jim is involved in his daughter's education at St. Mary of the Annunciation School in Danvers, Mass., and serves on the St. Mary of the Annunciation School's Advisory Board along with chairing their annual fund. He also has coached Middleton Youth Soccer for the past five years. Jim is very active with his large extended family and also finds time to go on his annual golf outing with his Fairfield University friends. This will be the 20th year for the golf outing. Jim is married to Christine Newhall '79 and has a 7-year old daughter, Sarah.
William D. Hulseman '98
Originally from the Chicago area, Bill graduated from Fairfield in 1998 with a B.A. in religious studies and minors in English, Judaic studies, and philosophy. While at Fairfield, he was active with the Glee Club, the Canisius Academy, Campus Ministry, Kadima, and Alpha Sigma Nu, and was a founding member of the Mosaic Visual and Performing Arts Program. After Fairfield, Bill moved to the Boston area and completed a master of theological studies with a focus in ritual and the comparative study of religion at Harvard Divinity School. While teaching world religions to ninth and twelfth graders and working as a Campus Minister at Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Newton, Mass., he sings with the Boston Gay Men's Chorus and pursues interests in inter-religious dialogue and architecture.
John A. Joyce '92
John is currently the vice president of Credit Derivatives Brokerage at GFI Securities, LLC. After graduating Fairfield in 1992, John entered Columbia University's Graduate School of International and Public Affairs where he received a master's degree in public policy and administration, and then proceeded to complete a law degree at St. John's University School of Law. After receiving his law degree, John worked within the Legal Division of the New York State Banking Department where he was also the Secretary to the NYS Banking Board. While at the Banking Department, John focused on state banking laws and issues relating to the proposal and adoption of new rules and regulations for the various banking industry groups. His next professional move was to The GFI Group, as assistant general counsel, where he utilized his banking expertise as counsel on various corporate governance and securities matters, in addition to working on the early stages of its public offering. In 2001 he shifted to the securities brokerage division within GFI. Although currently residing in Manhattan, John was raised in Westchester, N.Y., were he has been a member of the Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corp. for the past 17 years. He is also an avid golfer and skier.
Kathi (Pugliese) Loughlin '80
Kathi graduated from Fairfield University in 1980 with a B.S. in marketing. Upon graduation, she was invited to join GTE's Marketing Associate Development Program, which gave twenty fortunate individuals the opportunity to apprentice with the chief marketing officers of GTE's diversified portfolio of businesses. Her assignments took her to: Sylvania, a consumer electronics and lighting business then in trouble; GTE Business Communications Systems, selling multi-billion dollar communications systems to governments throughout the world; and finally, GTE headquarters, to launch a top-secret, make-it-or-break-it new product, the GTE Flip Phone, which positioned GTE as the first in the direct-to-consumer home electronics business. Participating in this program was an extraordinary break and clearly became the springboard for Kathi’s career in marketing. After several years at GTE, Kathi joined a brazen group of marketing professionals who had the idea that they could compete with AT&T. She was one of the first forty employees of MCI, and after it won the right to compete in the long distance business, headed its marketing communications and promotions group. Kathi was responsible for the introduction and promotion of all of MCI's products, including the MCI Card, Friends, and Family campaign, and MCI's global marketing alliances. This was a second, fantastic opportunity that could only lead to one destination for the next chapter of her career: her own business. So, in 1987, Kathi founded Loughlin Creative, a marketing and advertising agency headquartered in Washington, D.C. which served category leaders, such as American Airlines, American Express, Citibank, Nasdaq, and Verizon, to name a few. In 2000, seeking a new creative challenge (and more time with her husband and children), Kathi left the world of advertising and is currently writing a book series which she plans to publish and merchandise.
Kathi lives in Washington, D.C. and 'Sconset, Mass. with her husband, Tom Loughlin, also a graduate of Fairfield University and a current member of its Board of Trustees. Tom is a managing director of Promontory Financial Group, a leading regulatory and financial consulting firm. They have been blessed with two lovely daughters, Nora, 11, and Hannah, 9. In addition, Kathi is secretary of the Board of Trustees of St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School and a board member of On the Isle Productions, a theatrical events company. She served on Fairfield University's Board of Trustees from 1994-2000.
Mary (Kelly) McGuinness '83
Mary McGuinness graduated from Fairfield University in 1983 with a B.A. in political science. She began a career in sales working for the then Fortune 500 company, GBC, and became the major accounts representative for the Connecticut territory before leaving in 1987 to raise her family. She and her husband, Michael McGuinness '82, reside in Southborough, Mass. and have three children: Michael, 20, a junior at Fairfield with an English major, Matthew, 17, a senior at the Rivers School in Weston, Mass., and Amanda, 13, an eighth grader also at the Rivers School. Mary has been very involved with her children's schools over the years, including: coordinating the cultural arts programming for the Southborough Elementary and Middle Schools, serving as an active member of the Southborough Education Foundation, and co-chairing the annual fund at the Rivers School. Mary is also a founding board member of the Spectrum Charitable Foundation, a development arm of Spectrum Health Systems, the largest not-for-profit provider of substance abuse treatment, prevention, and mental health services in Massachusetts. They are currently in the final phase of their campaign to build a new Women's and Children's Center.
Margaret Kelly Murray P'08
Margaret (Mickey) is the founder and merchandise director of Whispering Pines. Established in 1988, Whispering Pines is a home and apparel lifestyle catalog and web retailer. She also sits on the Board of Directors of AmericanTowns.com, LLC, a network of 86 local web sites serving all of Fairfield and Westchester counties as well as towns in New Jersey, Long Island, and Massachusetts. Mickey currently serves as a trustee of the Matthew Gaffney Foundation. The Gaffney Foundation is a Connecticut based not-for-profit organization that offers economically disadvantaged students college preparation and placement support. Mickey served as a long-time trustee of Reach Prep and Lawyers for Children. Reach Prep is a program that prepares students of color to enter independent schools in the Fairchester League. Lawyers for Children, founded in 1984, is one of the leading professional, not-for-profit organizations in New York City dedicated to representing children in foster care. From 1996 to 2005, Mickey served as a member of the Board of Trustees of St. Luke's School in New Canaan, Conn., which both her sons attended for their middle and high school years. As a trustee she chaired the Diversity Committee and was a member of the Search Committee that elected a new Head of School in 2002. She served on several other committees including Critical Issues, Education, Development and Alumni Relations. While a trustee, one of her favorite assignments was as a member of the Steering Committee planning the tribute benefit for retiring Headmaster Dick Whitcomb. She wrote, produced, and directed a 20-minute video highlighting Dick's 41 years of service to St. Luke’s that was presented at the event. Her tenure on the St. Luke's board was during years of tremendous change and growth that included major milestones in capital improvements, fundraising, and curriculum.
Mickey grew up in Chicago, Illinois and attended St. Mary of the Woods College. She currently lives in Norwalk, CT and Cedar Key, FL. She is the mother of two sons, Homer, 23, a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and Luke, 20, a '07 graduate of Fairfield University.
Robert Ollwerther '79
Bob Ollwerther is chief operating officer for Merrill Lynch's Hedge Fund Development and Management Group. He is responsible for finance, operations, technology, and administration for this business which invests in hedge funds.
Bob has over 20 years of experience in the securities industry. He began his career with Coopers & Lybrand, CPAs. Since joining Merrill Lynch in 1981, he has primarily served in finance positions in the U.S. and abroad, including chief financial officer for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, chief financial officer for Latin America and Canada, chief financial officer of Global Equity Markets, director of Institutional and International Audit and manager of ML & Co. Financial Reporting. He holds a B.S. in accounting from Fairfield University, an M.B.A. from New York University, and is a C.P.A.
Bob is a member of the Fairfield Trustees Advisory Council and also is involved with a New York City public school for autistic children through the N.Y.C. Principal-for-a-Day Program. Bob has also mentored and hired a number of Fairfield students over the years.
Felipe Polanco '01
After graduating from Fairfield with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 2001, Felipe Polanco and a few classmates traveled to Chacaraseca, Nicaragua in June 2001. During their trip, inspired by Dr. Tellis' and Dr. Kidd's course Justice in the Developing World, Felipe and his peers spent two weeks building homes for families still ravaged by Hurricane Mitch and another two weeks traveling with a youth group from Minnesota. Later that fall, Felipe accepted a tutoring position at White Plains High School, N.Y. through the Pace-Hispanic Outreach program, working with immigrant Hispanic students throughout the 2001-02 academic year on topics ranging from basic math and science to Calculus, AP Biology, and Physics. Following his time at WPHS, Polanco joined Bank of New York and, by the fall of 2002, Felipe strengthened his path towards his goal - a position in a microlending organization - by enrolling into Pace University's graduate business program, expecting to receive his master's in business administration in finance and international business in May 2006. Since June 2004, Felipe has been an Operations Analyst at Sempra Energy Trading Company in Stamford, Conn. In addition to the Advisory Board, Polanco is currently a member of the Class of 2001 Reunion Committee. As a student, Felipe was an active member of FUSA, serving as the vice president for Multicultural Relations, and was an active member of several intramural teams, a Eucharistic Minister, and Mission Volunteer to Duran, Ecuador.
Harry A. Rissetto '65
Harry graduated from Fairfield University in 1965 with a B.A. in biology. He then found his way to Georgetown University Law Center and graduated with a juris doctor degree in 1968, after which he served as a law clerk to Federal Judge John J. Sirica and for Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. In 1970, he joined the Washington office of Morgan Lewis & Bockius and has been with the law firm as an associate and partner for more than 35 years.
During his career, Harry has specialized in labor and employment law, and in the last decade has focused on representing airlines and railroads in their relationships with labor unions. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, a guest lecturer at Catholic University Law School, a senior editor of the principal text book describing the law under the Railway Labor Act, and a regular participant as a speaker at professional seminars and as a contributor to professional publications. In 2004, he received a Burton Award for Excellence in legal writing.
Harry has been an active alumnus at Georgetown University, most recently serving a member of the University’s Board of Regents. In 2000 he received the Paul R. Dean Award for contributions to the Law Center and the legal profession. Harry has been a class agent for Georgetown’s annual fund and participated on the committee for several Law Center capital campaigns. At Fairfield, he has served on reunion committees, and Grace and he have established an undergraduate scholarship.
Harry is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown and of the American Horticultural Society. He has served as president of the American Dahlia Society and has written extensively about the cultivation of dahlias. He has been married to Grace Rissetto for 36 years. They have three grown sons, one of whom, Michael, graduated from Fairfield in 2000.
Dr. Katherine Schwab
Dr. Katherine Schwab is Associate Professor and Program Director of Art History, in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, and Curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Plaster Cast Collection at Fairfield University. Her main areas of research are the Parthenon metopes, and the relationship between Greek sculpture and vase painting. Her secondary area of research interest is Gandharan art of ancient India. She has served as Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts (1993-1999), as well as faculty committees including University Council/Student Life, University Advancement, Public Lectures and Events, Rank and Tenure, and currently Committee on Committees. She is a member of the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and has been a member of its Committee on Committees and currently Admissions and Scholarships. She frequently presents papers at professional conferences and gives guest lectures on the Parthenon sculpture program. Her recent publications include, "Parthenon East Metope 3: A New Reconstruction for Ares and the Opposing Giant," in Proceedings of the XVI International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Boston 2003, eds. C. Mattusch and A. Donohue, Oxbow Books, 2005; and book chapters: "The Parthenon East Metopes, the Gigantomachy, and Digital Technology," in The Parthenon and Its Sculptures, ed. M. Cosmopoulos, New York and Cambridge, 2004; "Celebrations of Victory: The Parthenon Metopes," in The Parthenon: From Antiquity to the Present, ed. J. Neils, New York and Cambridge, 2005. Her application of new technologies such as digital photography and image-based software along with the study of plaster casts and traditional figure drawing form part of a book she is preparing on the Parthenon East Metopes.
Dr. Edmund (Ted) J. Sybertz '72
Dr. Sybertz received his B.S. in biology from Fairfield University in 1972. He completed a Ph.D. in pharmacology at the University of Minnesota in 1977 where he studied mechanisms by which the nervous system controls cardiovascular function. Ted then did postdoctoral training in pharmacology at the University of Virginia. From 1979-1998 he was employed at Schering Plough Research Institute and held positions of increasing responsibility in drug discovery and development and was appointed to the position of senior director and Presidential Fellow from 1995-1998. Ted was responsible for directing efforts toward the discovery of new therapies for treating cardiovascular and CNS disorders and led the research efforts that culminated in the discovery of Zetia/Vytorin, a novel and important therapy for treating hypercholesterolemia. Ted joined GelTex Pharmaceuticals in 1998 as senior vice president of Research and Development. In 2000, GelTex merged with Genzyme Corporation, and Ted has been employed at Genzyme since then. He is currently senior vice president and general manager of Drug Discovery and Development. Ted is the author or coauthor of over 100 scientific publications in the field of drug discovery and pharmacology. He is a member of the American Society for Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He has been active as chairman of the research committee and a member of the board of directors of the New Jersey chapter of the American Heart Association. Ted also serves on the scientific advisory board of Sirtris Pharmaceuticals.
In addition to his professional activities, Ted is an avid and active sportsman. He played ice hockey while at Fairfield and was inducted into the University's athletic hall of fame in 1987. He currently is an avid sailor and skier. Ted is married to Sharon Purdie and has two children; Sherry, 19, is a sophomore at Wesleyan University, and Jeff, 16, is a junior at Lincoln Sudbury. Ted and his family live in Sudbury, Mass.
Laura Neville Toner '80
Laura graduated from Fairfield University in 1980. She studied at the University of London during her junior year at Fairfield. Following graduation she worked in both the fields of fine arts and education before starting her family (one daughter is in her senior year at Georgetown University, another daughter is a freshman at Colorado College, and her son is a sophomore at Dover/Sherborn High School). She continued her interest in art history by studying for and receiving her master's degree in 1986 from Hunter College. Laura and her family returned to Massachusetts in 1990. Between 1990 and 2000 Laura was actively involved in the Natick and Sherborn (MA) school systems. She served on a town-wide educational board in Natick which coordinated communication among all the schools in the town. Laura also served on the Board of the New England Baptist Hospital for a three-year period. During the years of 2001-2004, Laura served on the Council of the Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club and subsequently shared the position with another council member of coordinating the youth sailing program which enrolled over 150 students each summer.
Laura is currently employed by Prudential Town and Country. She has been a member of the College of Arts & Sciences board since 2006. She had a double major in English and Art History from Fairfield and received her master's in art history from Hunter College. While at Fairfield University she studied with Dr. Philip Eliasoph, and was roommates with No?l Appel. Her brother is Michael Nevill '79. She and her family live in Sherborn, Mass., and they have a summer home in Cotuit on Cape Cod. Laura is an avid runner and has run seventeen marathons in eight states. These marathons have provided significant fundraising support to target charities. Among the target charities are the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (New England), the Massachusetts Arthritis Foundation (where she has provided Board service), and "Running to Remember," an Aon Corporation education fund established for the children of victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center tragedy.
Robert T. Zito '75, P'08
Robert T. Zito joined Bristol-Myers Squibb in June 2004. As the company's chief communications officer, he is responsible for developing and implementing strategic communications objectives. He manages both external and internal programs, including corporate brand management, advertising, media relations, employee communications, policy communications, executive communications, creative services, and community affairs.
Prior to joining Bristol-Myers Squibb, Mr. Zito worked for the New York Stock Exchange as executive vice president of Communications, where he was responsible for developing and building the NYSE’s brand. He managed marketing communications, advertising, media relations, community and educational relations, the NYSE website, and developed and managed the NYSE broadcast center. Prior to the NYSE, he was vice president of Corporate Communications for SONY Corporation of America. Other previous professional affiliations include CN Communications, where he was vice president, and Hill and Knowlton, a global public relations firm where he was an account executive.
Mr. Zito holds a B.A in English from Fairfield University and is a 1998 Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipient. He serves on the boards of The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, St. Peter's Prep, FDNY Fire Safety Education Fund, and Cento Amici.
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