Alumni Profiles | Communication Arts


	Sal Augugliaro Class of B.F.A 78

	Queen Sylvia Nagginda Luswata Class of M.A. '89 An Education fit for a Queen

	Jim Geoghan Class of B.F.A. '69 Alumni Spotlight

	Xiang Ji Class of B.F.A '11 Mentoring Matters

	Rik Cordero Class of B.F.A. '02 Lights, Camera, Alumni!



	Brittney Nespola Class of '07

Alumni Notes

Ron Flaum (B.F.A. ’66) has produced and directed shows at CBS television for 45 years, including Sunday Morning and 48 Hours. Poestory, an animated film of Edgar Allan Poe’s life that’s voiced by an all-star cast (actors Hugh Dancy, Alfred Molina, and Dianne Wiest) is slated for release in 2012, courtesy of Michael Sporn (B.F.A. ’67). His New York-based animation studio is behind the production. Read about it at poestory.net.

Diane Ketcham (M.A. ’78) is an award-winning former New York Times columnist and author of the crime thriller The Vanishing A-List (tidelowpress.com).

Tony Jones (B.F.A. ’83) serves as public information officer for St. Mary’s County, Md. He’s also a sports fan and enjoys traveling.

Tony Lanni (B.F.A. ’90) is a senior producer for IMG Media, a global sports, fashion, and media company in New York City. In this role, he produces the U.S. Open Tennis Championships for USA Network’s sports division.

Jayson Vitta (B.S. ’00) has more than 10 years of experience in the advertising/marketing/PR field, has consulted for the likes of the global agency Euro RSCG in New York City, and credits his NYIT education for preparing him to succeed in his chosen career.

After an eight-month reporting stint in Ghana, Erica Ayisi (B.F.A. ’03, M.A. ’10) began the prestigious NBC Page Program in January 2012. She was one of 50 applicants selected from a pool of about 8,000 and joins the ranks of past Page Program participants turned media personalities such as Regis Philbin, Ted Koppel, and Sara Haines.

The NYIT career network is a useful resource for Michael Benjamin (B.F.A. ’03, M.A. ’04) who used it to find his job at Certified Site Safety in Purchase, N.Y., a company of trained safety professionals who service construction sites. Benjamin is the company’s controller.

Chris Bondy (B.S. ’04) is the Gannett Distinguished Professor and interim administrative chair of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Print Media in Rochester, N.Y. is the Gannett Distinguished Professor and interim administrative chair of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Print Media in Rochester, N.Y.

Emily Bolling (B.S. ’08) is communications coordinator for the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization in Anchorage, Alaska

Nigel Chiwaya (B.F.A. ’08), a reporter and photographer covering the Highbridge section of Bronx, N.Y., for BronxInk.org, is a digital media student in Columbia University’s School of Journalism.

Multimedia journalist Kate Mosso (M.A. ’10) honed her skills at LI News Tonight and now reports for WVVA News in Bluefield, W.V.

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