Alumni Notes

1997 Journalism

joined Griswold Home Care as director of marketing, a newly created position. Kanther’s addition to Griswold’s executive leadership team demonstrates the growing home care company’s commitment to strategic expansion. She is an experienced marketer with a depth of digital experience.

Most recently Kanther was marketing and digital strategy consultant at the New England Appliance & Electronics Groups, where she led the company’s strategic digital marketing direction at the corporate level and on behalf of 105 local independent retailers. Prior to joining the NEAEG, Kanther was marketing development manager for Electrolux Major Appliances North America and a partner at Hoopla Marketing & Public Relations.

She is a native of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

Note Posted: January 21, 2021

1997 Telecommunications

has founded Car Show Life (carshowlife.net), which creates cars show displays, t-shirts and logos for car enthusiasts. The project allows him to pursue his passion for automobiles in a non-mechanical avenue. He's working alongside builders and collectors in a creative capacity. Bottegal (aka Drake Donovan) previously spent 20-plus years in radio broadcasting. He continues to offer creative services for radio and television and does some voice-over work (drakedonovan.com).

Note Posted: January 16, 2020

1997 Telecommunications

has founded Car Show Life (carshowlife.net), which creates cars show displays, t-shirts and logos for car enthusiasts. The project allows him to pursue his passion for automobiles in a non-mechanical avenue. He's working alongside builders and collectors in a creative capacity. Bottegal (aka Drake Donovan) previously spent 20-plus years in radio broadcasting. He continues to offer creative services for radio and television and does some voice-over work (drakedonovan.com).

Note Posted: June 18, 2020

1997 Broadcast Journalism

was promoted to director, digital dngagement at Cone Health in Greensboro, North Carolina.

In this role, he provides oversight for marketing and communications-led digital engagement and growth strategies, including web development, social media, content marketing, SEO, SEM and CRM. He partners with information technology services, patient experience, patient access and others to optimize the consumer digital experience for Cone Health.

Note Posted: March 23, 2021

1997 Broadcast/Cable, Telecommunications

works as a stage manager for "Early Today" at NBC News.

He's a 20-year news veteran.

Note Posted: July 25, 2023

1997 Telecommunications

is vice president and associate general Counsel at NCTA - The Internet and Television Association in Washington, D.C. She lives with her husband and daughters in Arlington, Virginia.

Note Posted: September 12, 2017

1997 Journalism

was named managing editor of the Tribune-Review.

During the past five years, Amen has managed the Trib’s digital content strategy, spearheading ambitious projects that have allowed the Trib to grow its digital audience. TribLIVE is now the most visited news website in the Western Pennsylvania market.

Amen, 45, is a Hempfield native and Hempfield High School graduate who grew up reading the Tribune-­Review. He called his new role “a dream come true.”

“The Trib has always been such an integral part of our community,” he said. “I look forward to continuing the Trib’s tradition of excellence.”

In his new role, Amen will oversee the day-to-day operations of the news department, including the Trib’s award-winning sports desk. He begins his new role Nov. 20.

Amen lives in Plum with his wife, Keightley, daughter, Elizabeth, and triplet sons Alex, Matthew and William.

Note Posted: September 8, 2021

1997

is the global chief creative and experience officer for Mercedes Benz Team X.

She joined BBDO New York in 2000 as a copywriter and has gone from writing for global accounts to leading them. She has won and judged most major awards. She was twice named one of “The Most Creative Women in Advertising” by Business Insider. She was named AdAge’s “40 under 40” and Adweek’s “Young and Influential 20 Under 40,” and was an honoree at the inaugural MAKERS conference. In 2014, she was inducted into the prestigious Advertising Hall of Achievement.

She is a founding member of BBDO’s Diversity Council, the Women in Leadership committee and has created work such as “Put Her On the Map,” an effort to memorialize female role models.

Note Posted: October 10, 2022

1997 Journalism

was appointed president and CEO of Via of Lehigh Valley. Walkiewicz previously served as the organization's executive director. She has been with Via for 13 years, playing an instrumental role for the organization that serves more than 1,200 people annually in Lehigh, Northhampton, Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Bucks and Berks counties. It provides autism services, employment services for high school sctudents, expanded clinical services and inclusive early education.

Note Posted: March 10, 2020

1997 Film-Video

is the broadcast production manager at the U.S. office of media resources company Cision Inc. in Chicago.

Note Posted: August 2, 2014

1997 Broadcast/Cable

recently marked 23 years of working for NBC News.

He's a technical associate for shows such as "Early Today," "MSNBC Daytime" and multiple daytime programming projects.

Note Posted: November 3, 2023

1996 Telecommunications

recently became the marketing director responsible for all marketing, public relations, social media and industry events for Sarbari (www.sarbari.com), an emerging cloud-based software provider serving the restaurant and foodservice industry nationwide. Prior to joning Sarbari, Mike worked in marketing management roles with companies like Synergis Engineering Design Solutions, Trifecta Technologies, SunGard K-12 Education, PPL Corp. and RCN Corp. His experience in these marketing roles provided him with the opportunity to manage co-marketing programs with well-known companies like Autodesk, HBO, IBM, salesforce.com, and Showtime. After graduating from Penn State, Mike lived and worked in New York City for several years, and then moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he lives today with his wife Rebekah and their two young children.

Note Posted: June 22, 2015

1996 Advertising/Public Relations

will be celebrating 23 years at Harmelin Media, which includes many Penn Staters, in April 2020.

Note Posted: January 17, 2020

1996 Telecommunications

joined Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as the director of marketing and communications in November 2016, after 15-plus years in corporate and agency marketing in New York, the Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia. He leads a team responsible for strategic marketing communications designed to effectively promote Moravian College and its emerging graduate programs, and to provide marketing services to all faculty and staff.

Note Posted: January 17, 2018

1996 Journalism

sports editor at The Citizens' Voice in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, is now the Mid-Atlantic region chairman for the Associated Press Sports Editors.

Note Posted: July 19, 2017

1996 Advertising/Public Relations

is a regional marketing manager for Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in Orlando, Florida. CAA was recently ranked No. 8 overall (out of 427 total entries) on the first-ever Forbes SportsMoney Index, a ranking of the most influential athletes, agencies, brands and teams in sports.

Note Posted: February 1, 2017

1996 Print Journalism

is director, corporate communications at AmeriGas in King of Prussia, Pennsyllvania. In this role she leads the employee, media/PR and crisis communications teams for the nation's largest propane company.

Note Posted: July 26, 2014

1996 Journalism

was named sports editor of The Citizens' Voice in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. on June 1, 2013.

Note Posted: July 8, 2013

1996 Media Studies

and Charles A. Stinger III were married Sept. 29, 2012, in Columbia, Md. Diana is a communications director for Concepts Inc., a communications firm based in Bethesda, Md. Charles is an economic analyst for the federal government. They live in Bethesda.

Note Posted: February 22, 2013

1996 Print Journalism

was named head of internal communications and change management for the data enterprise office at Cigna Healthcare in Philadelphia.

Note Posted: August 31, 2020

1995 Journalism

accepted a new position in September 2020 as a senior analyst for the BankruptcyData product at New Generation Research Inc.

An industry expert with 17 years of experience editing and writing about corporate bankruptcy, she's part of an editorial team responsible for analyzing, writing and editing breaking and daily news from the corporate bankruptcy sector.

Note Posted: June 22, 2021

1995 Broadcast/Cable

is the co-founder of Rowhome Productions. He recently partnered with Philadelphia radio station WXPN to produce the premier season of the "Artist to Watch," podcast which tells the stories of five Black artists in country music.

Note Posted: August 19, 2023

1995 Broadcast/Cable

recently accepted a new position as a faculty member in the Riley College of Education and Leadership at Walden University in Minneapolis. She also works as a consultant in instructional design and media planning for various colleges and universities. Along with her bachelor's degree in the College of Communictions, she earned a master's ('03) and doctoral degree ('08) from Penn State.

Note Posted: March 1, 2013

1995 Journalism

was named primary news anchor at WOWK-TV (CBS) in Charleston-Huntington, West Virginia, in September 2019. He was previously primary anchor at KLFY-TV (CBS) in Lafayette, Louisiana, from 2014-2019.

Note Posted: June 18, 2020

1995 Journalism

is a China markets editor with Bloomberg and remains in Hong Kong. He previously worked at Dow Jones for nearly 24 years.

Note Posted: June 18, 2020

1995 Film-Video

was promoted to senior vice president, post production at Ryan Seacrest Productions. Matthew lives in Calabasas, Calif., with his wife Christina.

Note Posted: December 13, 2012

1995 Journalism

was appointed vice president for communications at the University of Connecticut. He oversees all university-wide communications and marketing, as well as the campus visitor center and the UConn Alumni Associaiton. He and wis wife, Leslie, live in Glastonbury, Conn., with sons Austin, 9, and Colton, 5.

Note Posted: January 17, 2013

1995 Film-Video

recently won a 2017 Daytime Emmy for the documentary "Out of Iraq," which he produced and directed. Previously he was the executive producer and showrunner on the first four seasons of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Note Posted: June 29, 2017

1995 Broadcast/Cable

is producer of NPR Music's "World Cafe"

Note Posted: January 8, 2018

1995 Broadcast Journalism

was named primary news anchor at WOWK-TV (CBS) in Charleston-Huntington, West Virginia, in September 2019. He was previously primary anchor at KLFY-TV (CBS) in Lafayette, Louisiana, from 2014-2019.

Note Posted: December 18, 2019

1995 Journalism

recently left Dow Jones after nearly 24 years. He is currently a China markets editor with Bloomberg and remains in Hong Kong.

Note Posted: January 27, 2020