THE EXECUTIVE-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM

The Executive-in-Residence program invites President’s Council members — Fordham’s best and brightest — back to campus to meet with faculty, teach seminars, and give career guidance to students during one-on-one sessions. This program, which Father McShane refers to as the "heart and soul of the President’s Council," showcases the University's talented faculty and students, while highlighting the expertise and accomplishments of its outstanding alumni. To learn more about the Executive-in-Residence program, contact development officer Julie Fissinger, at fissinger@fordham.edu or (212) 636-6552.

Michael Puglisi Blackstone Executive Shares Key IPO Issues With Fordham Audience

Michael A. Puglisi, CBA ’72

Fordham students got a lesson in private equity asset management and investment banking on April 22 from one of the best in the business - President’s Council Executive Committee member, Michael A. Puglisi, CBA ’72, senior managing director and chief financial officer of the Blackstone Group. Click here to read the full news story.

JOE QUINLAN DISCUSSES GLOBAL OPPPORTUNITIES WITH CBA FINANCE GROUP

Joe Quinlan, GSAS ’84

Joe P. Quinlan, GSAS’84, spoke about globalization with the Fordham Finance Society on Monday, April 14 at the McGinley Center. The managing director and chief marketing strategist at Bank of America Capital Management covered topics ranging from his career to the current economic recession. Click here to read the full news story.

Peter W. Howe on the Business Side of the Film Industry

Peter W. Howe, CBA ’70

Peter W. Howe, CBA ’70, partner at Ernst & Young, taught two classes at the Fordham Rose Hill campus. In a visit sponsored by Donna Rapaccioli, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business Administration (CBA), Howe spoke about the business side of the film industry with more than 100 advanced accounting students at CBA. Howe’s perspective as a partner at one of the world’s leading accounting firms, and experience gleaned through many years of first-hand experience in the field, led to a lively discussion about technology and accounting in the film industry. Howe, who serves on the University’s Board of Trustees and the executive committee of the President’s Council, is the global coordinating partner of Sony Corporation, and the firm’s media and entertainment industry risk advisory leader. Howe had previously spent three years in Ernst & Young’s Global Center where he was responsible for advising on the firm’s largest Sarbanes Oxley 404 Projects.

President’s Council Executive Committee members, Jerry Klauer and Charlie Menges, assisted Graduate Business Administration professor, Christopher Blake, in lining up a stellar semester of guest lecturers for his spring Equity Analysis course. In addition to volunteering themselves to teach a class, Jerry and Charlie reached out to two of their fellow President’s Council Executive Committee members - Herb Granath and Steve Belpler - to participate as guest  speakers.

Robert D. Daleo, CBA '72

Robert D. Daleo on Achieving Success in Changing Markets

Robert D. Daleo, CBA '72, executive vice president and chief financial officer for the Thomson Corporation, one of the world's leading information companies, hosted two class lectures at the University's Rose Hill campus. His visit was sponsored by Donna Rapaccioli, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business Administration. Daleo spoke to a total of 120 CBA juniors and seniors, on achieving long-term success in changing markets.

Daleo, a member of the boards of Thomson and Equifax, one of the leading consumer credit reporting firms, recently met with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson to discuss corporate accountability law modifications regarding the Sarbanes Oxley Act. Daleo was also featured on the cover of the November 2007 issue of Financial Executive magazine.

Henry Miller , FCRH ’68

Finance Expert Henry Miller Mentors Seniors at Rose Hill

Henry Miller, FCRH ’68, chairman and managing director of Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC, and a leader in corporate restructuring, met with a select group of Fordham seniors at the University's Executive-in-Residence program, in an event hosted jointly by Brennan O'Donnell, Ph.D., dean of Fordham College at Rose Hill, and the Office of Development. Miller spoke at Duane Library on the topic of "Executive as Teacher," saying the Fordham experience is just the beginning of an educational experience that continues in the professional realm.

Marymount Alumna Comes Back to Give Back

Carolyn N. Dolan, MC’68

Carolyn Dolan, a founding principal of Samson Capital Advisors, urged Fordham Business students to think independently and be wary of “lemming-type behavior in the investment world,” during a guest lecture in the class of John Finnerty, Ph.D., professor of finance. A good money manager, she said, has the ability to step back and analyze commonly accepted investment strategies in light of their client's long-term objectives. Dolan returned to Finnerty's class to deliver a second guest lecture on active fixed income investment management.

A Fordham University trustee and a member of the President’s Council, Dolan began her career as a social worker with the New Jersey Department of Health's Division of Youth and Family Services after graduating from Marymount College in 1968. She received a master's degree from Columbia University School of Social Work in 1977, and one year later earned an M.B.A. in finance from Columbia. In 1982, she co-founded Offitbank, now Offit Investment Group, where she served as a senior managing director.