SUNY SULLIVAN

State Legislators Senator Jen Metzger

Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther

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Sullivan County Legislators Robert Doherty, Chairman

Michael Brooks, Vice Chair Nadia Rajsz

Nicholas Salomone Jr. George Conklin III

Luis Alvarez Joseph Perrello

Ira Steingart Alan Sorensen

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Board of Trustees Steven Drobysh, Chair

Dr. Theresa Hamlin, Vice Chair Patricia Adams Phyllis Coombe Paul B. Guenther

Dr. Nancy Hackett Lyman Holmes

Susan Jaffe Honorable Anthony Kane

Joseph Varallo, Student Trustee

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Administration Jay Quaintance, President

Maura Caycho, Director of Executive Operations, Administrative Associate to the Board of Trustees Dr. Keith Pomakoy, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs

Faith Deming, Controller Eleanor Davis, Dean of Communications

Christopher DePew, Dean of Student Development Services/Director of Athletics Rosemarie Hanofee, Dean of Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Health Sciences

Pierre Laroche, Dean of Enrollment Management Debra Waller-Frederick, Associate Dean of Student Engagement

Stephanie Greeno, Director of Human Resources

SUNY Sullivan 2020 Commencement Program Introduction Dr. Keith Pomakoy, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs National Anthem “The Star Spangled Banner” sung by Billy Steeves Invocation Pastor Annie Green President’s Welcome and Remarks Jay Quaintance, President Opening Remarks Hon. Aileen Gunther, 100th Assembly District Welcome Steven Drobysh, Chair, Board of Trustees Recognition of Retirees Dr. Lynn Crockett Presentation of Chancellor’s Awards Dr. Keith Pomakoy, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Mark Lawrence Faculty Service Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Amy Colón Teaching Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Michael “Rocky” Pinciotti Adjunct Teaching Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Christine Kubis Professional Service Chancellor’s Award for Student Sarah Yousef Excellence Guest Speaker Joel Lerner, Professor Emeritus Class Speaker Sarah Yousef Conferring of Degrees Dr. Keith Pomakoy, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Congratulatory Messages from Trustees, Legislature, Faculty & Staff Benediction Pastor Annie Green

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Our Graduates

* Denotes Honors for May graduates based on third-semester GPA ** Denotes High Honors for May graduates based on third-semester GPA + Denotes membership in Alpha Epsilon Delta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society

DECEMBER 2019 Chelsea Abplanalp AA** Renee Ahlert AA* Yehuda Averick AAS Karley Baker AS* Michael Batista AS* Jordan Cherepanov AA Maryjane Conklin AAS Colleen Corcoran AS Mark Crawford AAS Bryan De Aza AAS Heidi Dertinger AAS Cindy Diaz AS Khayri Dawson AA Tiffani Foncree AOS Michael Fritz AA** Rochelle Gibson AA Shawn Gill AAS Gem Helper AA*+ Stephen Herbert AAS Karen Holloway AA** Courtney Hook AAS* Victoria Langeland AA* Ken Lee AS* Travis Levison AOS Isabel Morales AS Roger Moran AOS Jiovanni Moreno AOS Cassidy Ohl AA* Adasia Payne AS Jacqueline Perez-Cordero AOS Dara Perlman AA Bryan Reyes AS Deven Rubin AA* Paige Russell AA Dylan Smith AA* Devonice Spivey AA Julian Straughter AA* Nyzaj Thomas AA Uriel Thompson AAS* Rosemary Wolff AA***

MAY 2020 Joshua Ahlert AA Te'Asia Alston AA Merceline Amondi AAS Aiden Armstrong AS Tiffany Arroyo CERT Antoine Baker AAS Isatou Baldeh AA Ava Barca AAS* Bayron Jr., Jose AAS Natalia Bayron AS** Janine Bellacicco AA Donald Belsito AAS* Madison Berlingeri AA Christopher Bitjeman AAS* Rachel Bowens AAS Nicholas Brockner AAS Shantanasia Byrums AA Sadie Caballero AA Karen Campos AA* Priscilla Carcamo AAS* Tiffany Carofano AAS Brett Carr AAS* Merime Cenovic AAS Lissette Ciprian AAS Tushana Clarke AOS Brittnie Connolly AAS** Adem Crnovrsanin AAS Elizabeth D'Agata AA Brandon Dailey AAS Whitmore Daniel AAS Seth De Barros AAS April DeMaio AAS, AAS Christina DeMestrio AAS Seth Desrochers AAS Mariah DiLillo AAS* Deborah Donato AAS Cody Dorste AA Herman Drayton AAS Devin Edwards AAS Lauren Edwards AAS* Lynn Elkins AAS* Avery Ellison AAS* Tanaisha Ettienne AAS Sharrelle Fields AS Sarah Figueroa AAS

Kristin Fischer AAS** Kaitlyn Franklin AAS* Cherrish Frazier AAS Derian Fritz AAS** Clarissa Fuentes AA Joshua Galloway AAS Charles Gambino III AAS* Arion Gjeka AA Kylee Glendon AAS* Juliana Gonzalez AS Abigail Gorr AS* Bridget Graham AA* Adrienne Graves AA Melanie Green AAS Tyrone Grey AOS Margherita Guarnaccia AA Erzsebet Guziczek AA** Colleen Haberzettl AA Jamie Harper AAS Hope Harris AA Ameen Hawkins AAS Chelsea Henderson AAS* Sierra Hendrix AS Alexcia Hokirk AA*+ Shardasia Jackson AA Calando Jeanty AA Katelin Jester AS Crystal Johnson AAS* Adriana Kerr AAS Cieara Kerr AAS Da-Najha Lamont AS Kathleen Lasher AS Darius Lee AAS Corinne Leszczynski AAS* Mingqing Li-Shenkman AAS* Zhaielle Logan AA Anthony Lopez AA Assaf Lowengart AS** Rachel Luchtman AS Alisson Martinez AA* Christina Martinez AAS* Brian Mascaro AAS Jacqueline Maxwell AA* Brianna Mayers AAS** Katelyn McCarthy AA**

MAY 2020, continued Megan McKoy AAS* Kevin McPadden AAS Keysy Mendez AAS Kailen Monaghan AAS* Naomi Moody AAS Octavia Moore AA Christian Mootz AAS* Chelsea Morgan AS* Thomas Mungeer, AA Ellen Nesbitt AAS Taryn Nieke AAS Kayla O’Connell AAS Lauren Palermo AAS* Anjali Patel AAS* Sonal Patel AAS Kimberly Perez-Saravia AAS** Emily Pisall AA Kristina Poitier-Wells AAS Joseph Potter AA* Jaclyn Poveda AAS**+ Ayanna Princivil AS* Vanessa Ramos AAS Alina Reising CERT** Bryan Reyes AAS Erika Richardson AAS Kevin Ricker AAS Jahmeek Robinson AAS Marc Rodriguez AAS Andrew Russell AA Moni Russell AA MaKayla Ryder AS Alana Salazar AAS Prue Sanders AA Dara Schiff AA Doris Sharp AAS** Raneil Shim AA Fitim Sinanaj AAS Kelcey Small AAS* Taneka Snowden AAS Daniella Solorzano AAS Aaron Sostre AA Awinita Stasilli AS**+ Rose Steingart AA Debra Sunnekalb AOS Jasmin Sutton AAS*

Andres Tamayo AS* Sirgorerio Thomas Ray AA Alexander Tran AOS Kaitlyn Vaeth AAS* Bruno Valentini AS* Walter Van Vleet AA* Derrick VanGordon AAS* Morgan VanKeuren AS** Savanna Vercruyssen AAS Ashley Victor AA Danielle Viola AAS**+ Sakeenah Wadood AAS* Shannelle Wall-Carty AAS* Brittany Wallis AAS* Krysten Walsh AAS Ryan Ward AAS Angelica Waszakowski AAS Olivia Wellington AOS* Zachary Wentworth AA Kelee Whitehead AAS Autumn Whitney AA Selena Wilson AS* Brianna Williams AA Shamiq Williams AAS Raivyn Willis AA Jordan Wingert AA Charley Yaun AS* Sarah Yousef AS**+

AUGUST 2020 Yaanique Billups AOS Cody Dorste AA Tyler Green AA**+ Sierra Hendrix AS Shardasia Jackson AA Calando Jeanty AA Selena Martinez AA Courtney Minniefield AA Amirah Green-Mitchell AAS Ashish Patel AAS Kati Patterson AS* Brendan Pavese AAS* Erika Rasmussen AOS Juleda Shehi AS Samantha Simon AS* Tiger Singh AA Lumis Terrell AOS Nyonty Wisseh AA

Students whose names are listed herein are assumed to be eligible candidates for graduation. This listing cannot be regarded as conclusive since final verification was not possible prior to publication of the program.

Your Faculty

Division of Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Health Sciences Rosemarie Hanofee, Dean Laura Northrup, Director of Nursing Thomas McManus, Director of Respiratory Care Debra Lewkiewicz, Chair of Science, Technology, & Mathematics Brandon Bedenbender Ron Bernthal Robert Bertholf Mary Buck Lisa Caloro Paul Clune Grace Collaro Amy Colón Betsy Conaty Lynne Crockett Dianne Czahor Lisa Dyer Rob Eiler Chana Epstein Gregg Erickson Allen Kotun Mark Lawrence Cindy Linden Jessica Lopez-Barkl Kenneth Luck Tom Martin Marie-Christine Paupard Dave Pollack Tim Redman Larry Reeger Gabe Rikard Anne Ruszkiewicz Edward Santiago Lisa Toplovec Dorothy Valese Dani Weber Christopher Wilson Deanna Lickey Kathy Scullion Catskill Hospitality Institute Michael Bel, Director Art Riegal Diane Riegal Erroyl Rolle Mark Sanok

Adjuncts George Ackerman Charles Awasu Brian Bacchus Charles Beach Christina Buckler Mary Burkart Brian Burns Simon Clement Prabhash Das Kathena Degrassi Nancy DeLauro Carol DellaPenta Christopher DePew Nancy Dileo Bradley Diuguid Alecia Douglas Antonia Duncan Samantha Dunn Cathryn Dymond Karen Faraci Emily Favaro Paul Favata Erin Hadjstylianos Benita Hamilton Melissa Harrell Margaret Helthaler John Horner Katherine Johnson Kenneth Jones Laura Jones Damian Kodgis Brian Laskowski Lynn Leibowitz-Whitehead Yumei Leventhal Nicolas López Lorraine López-Janove Telitha Lorenzo Mary Magnetico Terel Marshburn Derek Marchione Sandra Martinetto Patrick McCullough Chereen McNellis Ryan Mead Susan Miller Anne Miller Ashley Miller Michelle Moissett Beverly Moore Jeanine Nielsen Wendolly Ortega Jacqueline Palmer

Christine Parrow Trevor Peachey Michael Pinciotti Tamara Porter Judith Reeve Stephen Samuel Shannon Sanford Richard Sauer Daniel Schmidt Anna Seniw Anthony Sinacore Shirley Sinacore Frank Sinigaglia Ryan Snair Susanne Spring Margaret Stepe Kimberly Taras Theresa Viele Hon. Amanda Ward-Almonte Karen Warden Ilyne Weinberg Ashley Weintraub Ray Wehner Keri Whitehead Brent Wilson Stephanie Zub Professors Emeriti (i/ae) Anthony (Frank) Conneely Thomas Lambert Joel Lerner Thomas Ambrosino Michael Fisher Mary Sudol Trustees Emerit (i/ae)

Robert Ernst Harold Diamond Harold Gold Kenneth Klein Joan Farrow Vice President Emerita Dr. Ellen Galligan

Academic Awards

Karley Baker, Outstanding Student: Liberal Arts & Sciences: Psychology, AS

Natalia Bayron, Outstanding Student: Liberal Arts and Sciences, AS

Janine Bellacicco, American College Theater Festival Awards: Stage Management

Amazi Browning, Outstanding Student: Division of Liberal Arts, Sciences, & Health Sciences Award

Willahna Burdick, American College Theater Festival Awards: Stage Management

Tushana Clarke, Outstanding Student: Culinary Arts, AOS

Brittnie Connolly, Outstanding Student: Respiratory Care, AAS

Brandon Dailey, Outstanding Student: Recreation Leadership: Sports Management, AAS

Jacqueline Decker, Outstanding Student: Accounting, AAS

Avery Ellison, Outstanding Student: Hospitality & Tourism Management, AAS

Derian Fritz, Outstanding Student: Computer Programming, AAS

Michael Fritz, Outstanding Student: Liberal Arts & Sciences, AA

Samantha Garcia, 2020 Summer Bridges Program Liberal Arts & Sciences: Biology, AS

Angel Giarratano-Rogers, 2020 Summer Bridges Program Liberal Arts & Sciences: Health Sciences, AS

Karen, Holloway, Outstanding Student: Liberal Arts & Sciences: Humanities, AA

Kimberly Perez-Saravia, Outstanding Student: Business Admin.: Marketing, AAS

Ayanna Princivil, Outstanding Student: Liberal Arts & Sciences: Mathematics, AS

Maggie Mitchell, Outstanding Student: Human Services, AS

Madison Rhodes, Outstanding Student: Criminal Justice, AAS

Doris Sharp, Outstanding Student: Computer Graphics/Graphic Design, AAS

Awinita Stasilli, Outstanding Student: Environmental Studies, AS

William Steeves, Outstanding Student: Division of Liberal Arts, Sciences, & Health Sciences Award

Andres Tamayo, Outstanding Student: Physical Education Studies, AS

John Ulrich, American College Theater Festival Awards: Irene Acting Scholarship

Morgan VanKeuren, Outstanding Student: Business Administration, AS

Danielle Viola, Outstanding Student: Nursing, AAS

Olivia Wellington, Outstanding Student: Pastry Arts, AOS

Raivyn Willis, 2019 Summer Bridges Program, Outstanding Student: Department of Science, Technology, & Mathematics, 2020 Summer Bridges Program, American College Theater Festival: Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship

Sarah Yousef, Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, Chemistry Achievement Award, Department of Science, Technology, and Mathematics Award, Outstanding Student: Liberal Arts & Sciences: Biology, AS

Athletic Awards Seth DeBarros, 1st Team All-Region Men’s Cross Country, All-Region Scholar/Athlete Men’s Cross Country, Men’s Track & Field Devin Edwards, All-Region Scholar/Athlete Men’s Baseball Adrienne Graves, 1st Team All-East District Women Basketball, 1st Team All-Region Women’s Basketball,1st Team All-Conference Women’s Basketball, 1st Team All-New York State Junior College Women’s Basketball Josh Galloway, All-Region Scholar/Athlete, Men's Basketball, All-Region Sportsmanship Team, Men's Basketball Hope Harris, All-Region Sportsmanship Team Women’s Basketball Darius Lee, NJCAA 1st Team All-American, MVP NJCAA Region XV, MVP Mid-Hudson Conference Prue Sanders, 1st Team All-Region Women’s Cross Country, All-Region Scholar/Athlete Women’s Cross-Country, Women’s Track & Field Aniwita Stasilli, 1st Team All-Region Women’s Cross-Country, Academic All-American Charley Yaun, All-Region Scholar/Athlete Women’s Volleyball, All-Region Sportsmanship Team Volleyball

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SPECIAL THANKS

To Dr. Kenneth Luck for generously lending his talent in producing the 2020 Commencement.

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