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1981 Journalism

is working as a ranger/starter at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, after retiring from WebMD, where he had worked with the Jobson Health division since 2016.

He previously held reporting positions with The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.),The Montgomery Journal (Rockville, Md.) and Women’s Wear Daily in its Paris office.

Note Posted: October 15, 2024

2016 Advertising/Public Relations

Robert Strang

has joined the WP Intelligence team a senior sales executive, where he’ll oversee revenue for new membership councils and professional subscriptions the Washington Post plans to launch early next year.

Strang brings to us a strong history of building high end membership products at The Wall Street Journal, where he was sales lead for the WSJ Executive Membership products, helping grow the CEO Council and several other councils at WSJ.

WP Intelligence is the name given to the Post's new professional products business, which will have both a membership tier and a professional subscription, built around several topic verticals planned to launch in 2025. Strang will work across the company's Growth and Client Solutions teams and help build his own sales operation to create a revenue pipeline for growing this new suite of products.

A native New Yorker, Strang started his career at the Journal where he worked for the Corporate Communications team for WSJ's parent company, Dow Jones. From there, he joined the Memberships Team where he helped build out WSJ's Executive Membership product, including the creation of The CMO Network and expansion of The CEO Council.

He later moved to WSJ's Live Journalism team where he built out their strategic partnerships and sponsorships. During this time WSJ nearly doubled their sponsorship revenue and regained its foothold internationally as a top brand for business leaders around the world. In 2022, he moved to Google, where he worked as a Strategist for the Google Customer Solutions team. He returned to The Wall Street Journal in July of 2023, where he was C-Suite Sales Lead for The Journal's Executive Memberships

Strang graduated from Penn State and has an M.B.A. from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business with a concentration in media. He is the chair of The Emerging Leaders Council at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business and sits on the Ad/PR Network board of Penn State University’s Bellisario College of Communications.

Note Posted: October 15, 2024

2006 Journalism

Michael V. Pettigano

earned the 2023 Associated Press Sports Editors contest Excellence in Video honor for "The Athlete of the Week Story" at NorthJersey.com and The Bergen Record. This is his second consecutive APSE Excellence in Video honor.

-https://www.northjersey.com/st...

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Note Posted: February 28, 2024

2004 Journalism

Emily Mahler (Evans)

was recognized as one of America's Best Lawyers in the Employment Law - Management category for 2024.

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Note Posted: February 15, 2024

2003 Advertising/Public Relations

Jerry Hoak

has been named chief creative officer at The Martin Agency.

Hoak joined Martin in 2016 as senior vice president, group creative director, working across multiple accounts and on new business.

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Note Posted: February 1, 2024

2016 Journalism

Ryan Stevens

, the director of public relations for the Indiana Fever, was named the first-ever winner of the PBWA's Val Ackerman Award, which honors an WNBA media-relations official who best exemplifies the standards of professionalism and excellence.

Stevens is always quick to respond to questions from media members, proactive in finding ways to provide access and collaborate, and friendly and professional at all times with members. As the Fever have continued to improve, Stevens has made it easy to cover their rise.

"I am incredibly honored to receive the inaugural Val Ackerman Award from the Professional Basketball Writers Association," Stevens said. "This recognition is a testament to the collective effort and support from the Indiana Fever staff and players, all of whom I am grateful to have the opportunity to work alongside. Thank you to the PBWA members for the continuous efforts to increase women's basketball coverage and amplify our organization's stories and experiences."

The award was one of three created recently to honor WNBA figures who go above and beyond to work wiht the media who cover the league.

The PBWA, formed in 1973, is composed of more than 200 professional writers and editors who cover the NBA and WNBA on a regular basis for newspapers, online outlets and magazines.

Note Posted: January 23, 2024

1999 Journalism

Laurie Alicia Roth

was re-appointed to the executive committee on f the Monmouth County Joint Insurance Fund.

This is her 15th year serving of service. Her specialities are workplace safety, workers compensation and liability claims.

Note Posted: January 11, 2024

1999 Broadcast Journalism

Laurie Alicia Roth

has been recognized by Rutgers University and the New Jersey Civil Service Commission for her completion of the Certified Public Manager Program.

The State of New Jersey Certiﬁed Public Manager Program® (CPM) is nationally accredited by the National Certiﬁed Public Manager Consortium. New Jersey has provided the CPM program to public sector managers, supervisors, and administrators since 1984.

Roth serves as administrator/municipal clerk for Allentown Borough.

Note Posted: December 7, 2023

2015 Broadcast Journalism

Gabby Richards

is the director of Federal Advocacy Communications for Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

Based in Washington, DC, Richards works to amplify the importance of protecting reproductive health care and rights from the halls of Congress to the campaign trail. She has played an integral role in helping to shape the conversation on reproductive health following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Note Posted: December 7, 2023