John Jesser, ’86 COM, was named president, LiveHealth Online and Employer Solutions at American Well.
Jay Livingston ’94 COM, is now the chief marketing officer for Shake Shack.
John Pfleiderer, `95 MA Mass COM, recently retired from Cornell University after 15 years of service working as an Audio Visual Design Engineer and Project Manager. Pfleiderer also served as a member of InfoComm International Board of Governors, Leadership Development Committee, and the Certification Committee for many years and was recognized as Volunteer of the Year in 2010.
Charlie Yook, ’96 Mass COM, was promoted to vice-president, production at the NFL Network.
Chris O'Hara ’97 Mass COM, is executive director, production at ABC Entertainment Marketing.
Michael Krompf, ’00 Mass COM, joined Spectrum Reach in Los Angeles as senior director of sales.
Yvette Simpson, ’00 Mass COM, is the first female CEO of Democracy for America, a progressive political action committee.
Jon Gambrell, ’04 ENG-JRN, was promoted to Gulf and Iran News Director at The Associated Press.
Katie Backovski, ’04 STC, is a senior SEO Specialist at OuterBox, Inc.
Ashley Walters, ’06 STC, is chief development officer at Curiosity Advertising.
David Spunt, ’07 JRN, is a correspondent for Fox News based in Washington DC.
Colleen Rasa, ’13 JRN/POL, has joined Events DC, the official convention and sports authority in Washington, as a digital strategist. Earlier, Rasa worked for Atlantic Media and the Partnership for Public Service, both in D.C., in digital strategy roles.
Scarlett Chen, ‘13 JRN, is now a consultant at Deloitte Digital in New York.
Thomas Delves, ’13 MAC & JRN, is assistant athletic director of Broncos Production at Western Michigan University.
Chloe Williams (Toman), ’13 Mass COM, joined Smith and Nephew in Memphis, doing corporate communications.
Nicole Pfabe, ’13 STC, was promoted to senior project manager at Intouch Solutions.
Stephanie Spetrino, ’14 Mass COM, is now line producer's assistant on CBS's Young Sheldon.
Taylor Smith, ’14 STC, was promoted to manager, marketing & banding at Office Revolution.
Alexandra Grout, ’14 STC, was promoted to senior marketing manager at Skyline Chili.
Jenn Smola, ’14 JRN, a reporter at the Columbus Dispatch received the Rising Star award from Ohio Associated Press Media Editors.
Ellie Conley, ’15 JRN, is lifestyle editor and programmer at AOL.
Emily Hanhart, ’15 STC, is account manager at Inspire PR Group.
Amanda Hancock, ‘15 JRN, is the new food writer for the Post & Courier in Charleston, SC.
Melissa Goldberg, ’15 Mass COM, joined Edelman Public Relations in New York as a senior account manager.
Brianne Kistler, ’15 STC, works in strategic communications & events, career services at Cleveland State University.
Lauren Oliver, ’16 JRN/POL, has joined American Greetings in Cleveland as an associate editor. Oliver earned a master’s degree in global strategic communications in 2018 from Loyola University Chicago.
Liz Berman, ’16 JRN & STC, is a senior account executive at North 6th Agency, Inc.
Ryan Holtz, ’16 JRN, is a technical writer for the US Army Tank Automotive Command.
Nate Hengstebeck, ’16 MAC & FST and Grace Dallman, ’16, served as associates producers for The American Farm series on the History Channel. The series was produced by alum Jeff Conroy, ’94 COM.
Stephen Cahill, ’16 STC, is an account executive at Groupon.
Julie Bendel, ’16 STC, was promoted to associate field marketing manager at Stryker.
Mariel Padilla, '17, STC was named a fellow in the New York Times Fellowship program. She will be one of 22 Fellows, selected from 5,000 applicants, with a one-year, paid position. She completed a JRN grad degree at Columbia, and stayed on there for the past year as a data fellow at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism.
Delaney Wilder, ’17 STC, is a digital campaign manager at Quotient Technology.
Kaitlyn Norton, ’17 STC, is a strategic marketing specialist at Naked Lime Marketing.
Alana Hallett, ’17 STC, was promoted to account executive at Zeno Group.
Alicia DiScipio, ’17 MAC, is now music supervisor at Burnett Music Group.
Allie Prosinski, ’17 MAC, was promoted to Digital Producer & Editor at FOX Sports.
Madeleine LaPlante-Dube, ’17 JRN, is a digital media producer for Outside magazine in Santa Fe, N.M. She joined Outside in 2018.
Kayleigh Jackson, ’17 STC, is the matchday communications at Columbus Crew SC.
Gabrielle DiStefano, ’18 STC, is a senior associate at Spark Foundry.
Paul Van Walleghem, ’18 STC, was promoted to Frito-Lay Sales District Leader at PepsiCo.
Elizabeth Carpenter, ’18 STC, was promoted to assistant account executive at Yamamoto.
Samantha Mullin, ’18 STC, is a media associate at Starcom.
Ellie Apfelbach, ’18 STC, is a creative project coordinator at Merkle.
Jillian Fischer, ’18 STC, was promoted to business development specialist at Gartner.
Kelly Gallagher, ’18 STC, is digital brand associate at Gannett/USA TODAY Network.
Elizabeth Beasecker, ’18 STC, is a media associate at Spark Foundry.
Cassidy Howard, ’18 STC, is the director of marketing at Managecast Technologies.
Tiffany Ridenour, ’18 STC, is the recruiting coordinator at STARTEK.
