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Two men sit in armchairs on a stage, talking, with a low table and coffee cups between them. Behind them, a large screen displays the event title "Leadership, Legacy, and the Future of Corporate Responsibility in the Sports Industry," hosted by 糖心破解版's Distinguished Lecture Series, dated Thursday, February 5, 2026, alongside photos of the two speakers. A podium with a microphone stands to the right, and branded pull-up banners reading "Distinguished Lecture Series" flank the stage on both sides.
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At 糖心破解版鈥檚 annual Hagedorn Lecture last spring, Gene McCarthy鈥攁 former executive at illustrious brands including Nike, ASICS, Under Armour and Merrell, and known as 鈥淭he Godfather of Athletic Footwear鈥濃�攕at down with New York Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky for a conversation about the importance of intentionally embedding social responsibility into an organization鈥檚 DNA, with a specific focus on the world of sports.

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Faculty News and Accomplishments

The faculty of the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business are leaders in their fields, bringing their experience to the classroom, publishing scholarly research, and sharing their expertise with the media.

  • Eugene McCarthy鈥擜djunct Professor, Department of Management
  • Jason Pomper鈥擜djunct Professor, Department of Finance and Economics
  • Louis Wolfowitz鈥擜djunct Professor, Department of Finance and Economics
  • Marina Ter Sargsyan鈥擜djunct Professor, Department of Accounting and Law
  • Yue Han, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Decision Sciences
    • 鈥淭ariff Exposure and Liberation Day Reactions: Initial Evidence From Corporate Filings鈥濃�擜nalyzes corporate disclosures to offer initial empirical evidence on how firm valuations and risk profiles respond to trade policy shifts
  • Robert Goldberg, James F. Bender Clinical Professor of Finance, Department of Finance and Economics
    • (The Journal of Fixed Income, forthcoming Fall 2026; co-authored with Ehud Ronn, PhD)鈥擠evelops a theoretical framework and empirical models to isolate and quantify key macroeconomic drivers of the U.S. Treasury term premium
  • Eunji Lim, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Decision Sciences
    • (European Journal of Operational Research)鈥擨ntroduces novel estimators that place bounds on subgradients to eliminate boundary instability and mitigate overfitting in convex regression models
  • Raghida Abdallah Yassine, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Management
    • (European Journal of Training and Development)鈥擨nvestigates how transformational leadership development programs enhance organizational commitment and adaptive resilience in nongovernmental organizations operating during crises
  • Yifan Xie, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Decision Sciences
    • (Sensors)鈥擯rovides a systematic review and empirical benchmark evaluating classical and modern gradient boosting algorithms across healthcare, environmental and energy sensor networks
    • (Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence)鈥擯roposes a price-volume functional principal component analysis method to effectively reduce high-dimensional noise in intraday financial trading data
    • (IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing)鈥擯resents a sparse principal component framework designed to reduce sensor redundancy and lower infrastructure costs in semiconductor manufacturing
  • Mariano Torras, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Finance and Economics
    • (Journal of Infrastructure Development)鈥擡xamines how structural trends toward financialization and rent-seeking activities contribute to long-term economic stagnation in the U.S. economy
  • Robert Goldberg, James F. Bender Clinical Professor of Finance, Department of Finance and Economics
    • Op-Ed: Published 鈥溾�� in The Hill that recommends offering small and mid-sized businesses subsidies tied to capital reinvestment to drive long-term productivity and innovation.
  • Mariano Torras, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Finance and Economics
    • Op-Ed: Published in The EDULedger, analyzing how skyrocketing student debt impacts enrollment and institutional stability
    • Opinion Letters: Authored commentary pieces published in the Financial Times on current macroeconomic trends
    • Broadcast Commentary: Featured on CNBC and Newsday LIVE TV discussing the impact of global conflicts on fuel prices, travel, credit scores and mortgage rates
    • Print and Digital Commentary: Quoted in Bloomberg regarding fuel costs for recreational boating and in discussing home health aide shortages on Long Island
  • Karen Wallace, Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting and Law
    • Media Feature: Quoted in article 鈥淔iling Taxes in 2026? Here鈥檚 Every Credit and Deduction Parents Should Know About,鈥� offering expert analysis on family tax credits, income thresholds and education deductions
  • David Machlis, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Finance and Economics
    • Documentary Film: Served as executive producer for a Holocaust educational documentary premiering on JBS TV. Filmed during the 2026 March of the Living, the documentary chronicles 98-year-old Auschwitz survivor Nate Leipciger鈥檚 return to Poland and highlights his post-war humanitarian legacy

Alumni Updates

  • Jennifer Blandeburgo 鈥�18, MBA 鈥�19鈥擯romoted to deals manager, capital markets and accounting advisory services, at PwC
  • Tyler Fielding 鈥�18鈥擩oined BNY as vice president on the client executive team, covering clearance and collateral management
  • Stephanie Flaum 鈥�16, MBA 鈥�17鈥擜ppointed accountant for the Incorporated Village of Garden City following nearly nine years in public accounting
  • Vanessa Harrison 鈥�16, MBA 鈥�17鈥擧ired as international tax manager at CohnReznick
  • Asser Ibrahim 鈥�25鈥擜ccepted a position as audit associate at KPMG, set to begin in Fall 2027
  • Hugh Keenan 鈥�25鈥擱egistered wealth management client associate at Merrill Lynch; successfully passed the CFA Level I exam
  • Patrick Kern 鈥�20鈥擯romoted to tax manager at PwC
  • Teresa Mattei 鈥�20, MBA 鈥�21鈥擯romoted to audit and assurance manager at Deloitte
  • Anthony Mongelluzzo 鈥�12, MBA 鈥�13鈥擭amed vice president of finance at SUMMIT One Vanderbilt
  • Anthony Moneta 鈥�13, MBA 鈥�14鈥擯romoted to partner in the private company services assurance group at PwC, where he has served since 2014
  • Ritik Patel 鈥�23, MBA 鈥�24鈥擯romoted to senior tax associate at FLSV
  • Angelo Pineda 鈥�18, MS 鈥�19鈥擯romoted to tax manager at KSM
  • Katie Rodesk 鈥�19鈥擯romoted to vice president within the Western Long Island leadership team at Merrill Lynch
  • Marlene Rodriguez 鈥�17鈥擩oined PwC as a senior tax associate
  • Justin Sigismonti 鈥�21鈥擜ppointed senior financial operations analyst at Northwell Health
  • Maria Conzatti 鈥�88, MBA 鈥�90鈥擟hief administrative officer at Nassau Community College, recognized by Long Island Business News as one of the 2026 Long Island Business Influencers: Women Leaders
  • Maria A. Grasso, MBA 鈥�89鈥擲enior executive vice president, former chief operating officer and corporate secretary at Flushing Financial Corporation, recognized by Long Island Business News as one of the 2026 Long Island Business Influencers: Women Leaders
  • Jason Reid Saladino 鈥�90鈥擧onored by Long Island Business News as one of the 2026 Influencers in Accounting
  • Thomas Shinick 鈥�19鈥擧onored as recipient of the Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • Joyce Streithorst 鈥�93鈥擯rincipal and wealth advisor at Frisch Financial Group, recognized by Long Island Business News as one of the 2026 Long Island Business Influencers: Women Leaders
  • We鈥檙e proud to share that three WSB alumni have received 30 Under 30 awards.
    • 鈥�18, MBA 鈥�19, (WSB)
    • 鈥�19, MBA 鈥�20, CPA (WSB)
    • 鈥�18 (WSB)

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