1960
William Ciesla (FRM) was the recipient of the 2018 Forest Health Protection Aviation Safety Award from the USDA Forest Service for his work as a forest health surveyor, trainer and program manager in four Forest Service regions and five countries (U.S., Brazil, Mexico, Kenya and Sudan).
1963
Fred Robinson (EFB) was back in Syracuse the first weekend in November to help the Syracuse University men’s hockey team celebrate its 60th anniversary. Fred was one of eight former players who were inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class of the SU men’s hockey team Nov. 9, 2019. Fred started playing on the team in January of his sophomore year, after returning to campus after two years in the United States Coast Guard. During his senior year he was the team captain and leading scorer. Fred then played on the team while he was a grad student in forest entomology.
Raymond Nozynski (‘64, WPE) and Tom Borg were fellow forestry students on the team. Fred continues to work as a consulting arborist in northeastern Ohio, although health issues are slowing him down.
1976
Glen Stanosz (EFB) has been named a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society in recognition of distinguished contributions to plant pathology. A professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he studies diseases of trees, and has taught classes in plant and forest pathology, mycology and silviculture.
1979
M. Keithe Redenbaugh (EFB) writes, “I retired as director of regulatory affairs from Arcadia Biosciences Inc. in Davis, California, in 2018. After completing my Ph.D. from ESF under Dr. Robert Westfall in 1979, I held a post-doctorate position with Dr. Melvin Calvin at University of California, Berkeley. I then worked at the following organizations: Plant Genetics Inc., Calgene Inc., Iowa State University, Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc., Monsanto Inc. and finally Arcadia Biosciences.”
1983
David O’Connor (EFB) has retired from the Nassau County Police Department where he attained the rank of lieutenant and served for 33 years. He plans to travel the U.S.A. with his wife, Susan, intheir fifth-wheel RV. Dave remains an active member of the Great River Volunteer Fire Department.
1985
Michael Haws (PSE) was appointed president and CEO of Sappi North America. Mike joined Sappi in 2012 as managing director of Somerset Mill before being promoted to vice president of manufacturing in October 2015, giving him responsibility for the Somerset, Westbrook and Cloquet Mills, the Allentown sheeting facility, safety, research and development, and customer care. Prior to joining Sappi, he had extensive experience in the industry and held numerous leadership roles with St. Regis, Champion International, International Paper and Verso Paper.
1987
The New York State Federation of Lake Associa-tions Inc. (NYSFOLA) was the recipient of the North American Lake Management Society’s (NALMS) Leadership and Service Award presented at the NALMS International Symposium in Burlington,Vermont, in November 2019. NYSFOLA was recog-nized for 35 years of significant lake-related community education and outreach efforts. NYSFOLA Manager Nancy (Jarvis) Mueller (ES) accepted the honor on behalf of the organization. Since 1985, NYSFOLA has collaborated with the DEC to manage the Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program, New York’s largest volunteer lake monitoring program. This year, Nancy coordinated the activities of over 400 volunteers who sampled 176 sites on 156 lakes across the state. NYSFOLA also provides additional outreach and education services to over 250 lake associations across the state.
1989
In September 2019, Kristofer Alberga (EFB/FRM), was promoted to regional supervisor of natural resources with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for Region 5.
1993
James McCommons (ES), a journalism professor at Northern Michigan University, has written a biography of George Shiras III, an influential conservationist during the Progressive Era in the early 20th century. “Camera Hunter: George Shiras III and the Birth of Wildlife Photography” was published inOctober 2019 by the University of New Mexico Press.
1994
After 11 years as the director of stewardship and sustainability for HBF & Gunlocke in Wayland, New York, Roy C. Green (ES) accepted the position of corporate social responsibility manager for HNI Corporation of Muscatine, Iowa, in March 2019. Roy earned a master’s degree in science and energy management with an advanced certificate in energy technology from the New York Institute of Technology in 2006. He is certified LLED AP, O&M and WELL AP. He lives in Upstate New York with his family on a 12-acre farm.
1996
Greg Bubniak (PSE) has been promoted to a division director position within the Naval Surface Warfare Center – Indian Head, Picatinny Arsenal Detachment. Greg is responsible for the engineering organization that maintains one of the most feared U.S. Navy weapon systems, the Close-in Weapon System.
Anna Meade (ERE) just published “Cannabis: A Big Sisters’ Guide” with Halo International. The book is an easy-to-understand and informative textbook or guide to cannabis, including hemp and marijuana. The endocannabinoid system is explained and medical uses discussed. The brief book is heavily illustrated with pictures and charts. It is the “CliffsNotes” for any new student of cannabis science and use. The book is available from traditional online retailers and many outlets where CBD or smoking products are sold.
1997
Jeremy Taylor (EFB) was promoted to senior engineering research editor at the New YorkState Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in Albany. Jeremy joined the DEC in 2014 as an environmental educator and the editor of Conservationist for Kids (C4K). In his new role, in addition to continuing as editor of C4K, he will take on additional responsibilities with Conservationist magazine, as well as managing the social media and web presence for both Conservationist magazine and C4K.
1999
Andrew Ferguson (FRM) has been promoted to vice president of western residential/commercial (R/C) operations at The Davey Tree Expert Company. In his new role, Andrew will assume oversight of Davey’s Western R/C Operating Group and will continue to manage the South-Central R/C Operating Group. Andrew started with Davey in 1998 as a plant health care (PHC) technician in the Denver territory. In 2001, he was promoted to PHC coordinator and to district manager of the West Denver R/C office in 2006. In 2013, he was promoted to operations manager of the South-Central R/C Operating Group. Andrew graduated in 2000 from the Davey Institute of Tree Sciences, which is Davey’s flagship training program in biological sciences, safety, tree and plant care, and management techniques. He is an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist®.
2004
Karen Stainbrook (EFB) was promoted to section chief of the Lake Monitoring and Assessment Section in the Bureau of Water Assessment and Management at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Karen is a research scientist with over 20 years of experience working in a variety of water and watershed programs.
2006
David Moore (FRM) was the recipient of the 2019 Trailblazer Award from the Arbor Day Foundation which recognizes outstanding achievement in arboriculture and/or urban forestry by professionals under 35. After working for 10 years in New York City for the New York Restoration Project and then for NYC Parks, David is now the senior tree supervisor for Oakland, California, in the Public Works Department. Within his first year there, David secured a million-dollar grant for a citywide tree inventory and developed a 50-year urban forestry master plan for Oakland. For more about David’s work, click here to read the Q&A.
At the 2019 Northern District of New York Awards Night in Albany, Scott Swayze (ES) was recognized for his pro bono representation of indigent clients by Chief U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby.
2007
Julia Braunmueller (ES) has been promoted to senior project manager in the DeWitt, New York, office of GZA GeoEnvironmental. With a background in ecology and permitting, she has been instrumental in expanding GZA’s natural resources, renewable energy and transmission line consulting services while also leading GZA’s company wide solar working group.
2012
Matthew Taylor (NRM) has joined the Rochester office of Bond, Schoeneck & King as an associate attorney in its trust and estate practice. Matt will concentrate his practice in the areas of estate planning and taxation, probate, and trust and estate administration. Matt earned his J.D. from the University at Buffalo Law School where he was the 2018 recipient of the Judge William J. Regan Award — a commencement award given to the member of the graduating class who “demonstrated the greatest proficiency in estates and surrogate’s law, and who is motivated by a strong concern for public service and public welfare.”
2013
Graham Heberlig (CHE) received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, June 18, 2019.
2015
Mark Bailey (ERE) joined MRB Group’s Rochester office, where he will support both water and wastewater teams as project engineer.
Last summer, Samantha Meserve (ERE) was selected out of more than 200 participants to attend the International Clean Energy Challenge: 33 Under 33 program hosted by the Upper Austrian energy office with the goal of working with international organizations on the clean energy transition. Additionally, she has since been promoted to deputy director of the Renewable and Alternative Energy Division at the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources.
2016
Daniel O’Neill (LA) joined Chazen as a landscape designer for its landscape architecture group in Troy, New York. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for CLA SITE in Saratoga Springs where his work included graph and technical drawings from the planning stages through completion. Daniel also worked as an intern with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation for the Niagara Falls Region.
2017
Amanda Pachomski (EFB) was featured by Women Doing Science for her work as Audubon New York’s Long Island bird conservation manager. Amanda leads the coastal conservation team, monitoring and working to increase populations of endangered, threatened and at-risk shore birds and sea bird species while sharing the need for beachgoers to #ShareTheShore with birds.
Amanda Tomasello (ES) joined CenterState CEO’s innovation and entrepreneurship portfolio at The Tech Garden as events administrator. She previously served as communications coordinator for the startup Vessel, a reusable cup system for cafés and their customers in Boulder, Colorado.
2019
Alexandra Henderson (ERE) joined Beardsley Architects + Engineers where she will work on projects for governmental, municipal and state clients as a civil engineer intern.
Kyle Stillwell (LA) joined Foit-Albert Associates, Architecture, Engineering and Surveying P.C. as a junior landscape architect.