Monthly Archives: October 2009

JFound: Lopiano, Victor N. [MC1972] SVP PPL Corp

http://www.tracked.com/person/victor_lopiano

Victor N. Lopiano
Senior Vice President – Fossil and Hydro Generation: PPL Corporation

Victor N. Lopiano is in charge of PPL’s 35 hydroelectric and fossil-fueled generating plants in the United States. In addition, he is responsible for the company’s power plant engineering and construction activities and also serves as president of PPL Nuclear Development, the subsidiary formed in 2007 to develop options to expand the company’s nuclear operations.

Lopiano oversees PPL’s large power plant construction projects, such as the $1.5 billion state-of-the-art air pollution control equipment the company is installing at its Pennsylvania coal-fired power plants and over $600 million of hydroelectric generation expansion in Pennsylvania and Montana.

Under Lopiano’s leadership, PPL also has applied for a combined construction and operating license and federal loan guarantees for a possible new nuclear power plant in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Before joining PPL in 2008, Lopiano spent 12 years with USEC Inc., a leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. His most recent position was vice president of American Centrifuge, where he was responsible for developing and deploying USEC’s advanced centrifuge enrichment technology.

While at USEC, Lopiano also served as the senior USEC manager in Livermore, Calif., responsible for the development of advanced laser-based enrichment technology, and director of projects in USEC’s corporate development department in Maryland.

Prior to USEC, Lopiano held senior management positions with various power plant business units of ABB Inc. over an 11-year period. Lopiano also previously worked for Burns and Roe, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in the engineering, procurement and construction of several power plants and cogeneration facilities.

He earned a Bachelor of Engineering in electrical engineering from Manhattan College and a Master of Engineering in nuclear engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.

Victor N. Lopiano is in charge of PPL’s 35 hydroelectric and fossil-fueled generating plants in the United States. In addition, he is responsible for the company’s power plant engineering and construction activities and also serves as president of PPL Nuclear Development, the subsidiary formed in 2007 to develop options to expand the company’s nuclear operations. Lopiano oversees PPL’s large power plant construction projects, such as the $1.5 billion state-of-the-art air pollution control equipment

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Lopiano, Victor N. [MC????]

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Dear John,

   I believe that Victor is a member of the Class of 1972.

   Mike

[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.]

Lopiano, Victor N. [MC1972]

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JHQ: NYC Alumni Club Reception 11/19

LinkedIn Groups

Group: Manhattan College Alumni Society
Subject: New York City Alumni Club Reception 11/19

Join us for a special networking reception featuring guest speaker Brennan O’Donnell Ph.D., the 19th president of Manhattan College.

The event takes place Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. and is hosted by New York Life Insurance Company (51 Madison Ave, 13th Floor). Advance registration is required due to building security measures.

More information and online registration is available at http://www.manhattan.edu/alumni_friends/nycevents.php.

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JFound: Kuhn, Rob (MC1973)

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rob-kuhn/0/144/830

Rob Kuhn

Content Crafter: Create, Tweak–>Overhaul, Produce
Location   Greater New York City Area
Industry   Writing and Editing
Current
    * Editorial Producer at Major League Baseball Advanced Media
    * Writer / Editor at Freelance writing

Summary

“Editing and writing are core skills I have utilized in diverse roles.”

“I always bring great dedication to the details of my work, and unique creativity when possible.”

“I am very interested in tackling a challenging opportunity that will require me to use much of my experience, and possibly add new skills.”

That’s the boilerplate form my typical cover letter. It’s beginning to strike even me as tired. But what can you do when it’s true and you’ve lived it for upwards of 30 years professionally?

The third quote is accurate, but if I’m honest, I have never had a career goal, and — perhaps appropriately as I get my health insurance through Working Today (The Freelancers Union) — I suppose I continue to take my work where I can find it.

I would prefer the security of a full-time position to layering part-time assignments. I am prepared by experience and my current tool-set to do content development / editing for online or print. My basic skills are solid.

I would like to beef up my experience with software tools that would allow me to move toward Technical Writing (any assistance would be welcomed), but I am not limiting myself to that.

Specialties

I guess I have made “ramping up quickly” my main specialty.

I have an unfortunate habit of making a flat first impression, then (fortunately) surprising people with my competence. It’s a trend that goes all the way back to Little League tryouts (such that after I hit a grand slam to dead center one day, they asked to check my bat).

Professionally, though, this has resulted in more than one promotion out of staff into management, and one request to reconsider leaving a company.

Experience

Editorial Producer
Major League Baseball Advanced Media
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Sports industry
April 2005 – Present (4 years 7 months)

* Edit and produce text and graphics for minorleaguebaseball.com using proprietary content management system (CMS)

* Write stories, headlines, subheads, captions and blurbs using AP and in-house styles

Education

Manhattan College
B.A. English Literature
1969 – 1973

Bergen Catholic High School
1965 – 1969

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Kuhn, Rob (MC1973)

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JFound: Borrone, Lillian (MC1977)

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lillian-borrone/2/717/8b9

Lillian Borrone
Independent Maritime Professional

Chairman at Eno Transportation Foundation

February 2003 – Present (6 years 9 months)

Public Policy; develops future transportation leaders, identifies emerging issues, prepares policy positions through research and publications, sponsors public policy forums on cutting edge issues.

I am a Board member of STV, Int. Inc. an architectural, engineering, security and program management firm with offices throughout the US; a Steering Committee member of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative; a member of the Board of Advisors for the Urban Coast Institute at Monmouth University, NJ and a member of the Board of Advisors at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, King’s point, NY.

Also serve on the Board of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ Subsidiaries and its Holding Company

Manhattan College
M.S. Civil Engineering/Transp Mgmt
1975 – 1977

American University
1966 – 1968

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Borrone, Lillian (MC1977)

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JNews: Stagnaro, Melissa [MC1997?] 2009 Advocate of Agriculture Award

http://blog.evesun.com/2009/10/21/and-the-aggie-goes-to/

And the ‘Aggie’ goes to…

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In my year and a half or so with The Evening Sun, I’ve had the opportunity (read: been required) to attend annual dinners for a number of different agencies and organizations. Most of these events feature some kind of award presentation, where the group honors an individual or group of individuals for their contributions, commitment, dedication, etc.

The Chenango County Farm Bureau annual dinner, held last night at the Silo Restaurant, was no different. Except for the fact that, as it turns out, I was the person they had chosen to recognize.

Each year the farm advocacy group gives out an Advocate of Agriculture Award, honoring someone who they feel has been “extremely active” in promoting the local ag industry and the CCFB. This year, they have selected me for this honor.

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Stagnaro, Melissa [MC1997?]

[JR: Nice to see a Jasper "out standing in their field". :-) Seriously, Bravo Zulu, "farm girl".]

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JFound: Russo, Jeff [MC2010] internships

http://blog.timesunion.com/christopher/rain-rain-go-away/3407/

Rain Rain Go Away

October 24, 2009 at 7:28 pm by Vic

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In case you were wondering I will be spending the night at Manhattan College in the Bronx. Due to the poor forecast my father opted out of coming to the game. I will be attending the game with a good friend of mine Jeff Russo. Jeff is a senior at Manhattan College Marketing major. I met Jeff through the ValleyCats. Jeff was an intern with me during the past two summers with the ValleyCats. Jeff worked in the Ticketing department and I worked in sales. This past summer Jeff and I were the Senior interns with the ValleyCats. Together we lead the 2009 intern class to one of the best ValleyCats summers in history. Unlike most business the ValleyCats rely heavily on their interns so a lot of their success can be contributed to their outstanding internship program.

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Russo, Jeff [MC2010]

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JFound: Creagh, Gerard [MC1981] Pres Duff + Phelps

http://www.tracked.com/person/gerard_creagh

Gerard Creagh

Pres, Board of Directors: Duff & Phelps Corporation

Gerard Creagh currently serves as the President and a member of the Board of Directors of Duff & Phelps. Mr. Creagh served as Executive Managing Director of Standard & Poor’s Corporate Value Consulting practice prior to its merger with Duff & Phelps in September 2005. He joined Standard & Poor’s from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he held the position of North American Valuation Services Practice Leader. Mr. Creagh previously served as the U.S. Leader for the Valuation Practice of Coopers & Lybrand. He has more than 20 years of experience consulting with U.S. and multinational companies on valuation issues arising from corporate strategies, M&A, joint ventures, divestitures and restructurings. Mr. Creagh received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in mechanical engineering from Manhattan College, and his M.B.A. degree in finance from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Gerard Creagh currently serves as the President and a member of the Board of Directors of Duff & Phelps. Mr. Creagh served as Executive Managing Director of Standard & Poor’s Corporate Value Consulting practice prior to its merger with Duff & Phelps in September 2005. He joined Standard & Poor’s from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he held the position of North American Valuation Services Practice Leader. Mr. Creagh previously served as the U.S. Leader for the Valuation Practice of Coopers & Lybrand.

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Creagh, Gerard [MC????]

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Dear John,

   I believe that Gerard is a member of the Class of 1981.

   Mike

[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.]

Creagh, Gerard [MC1981]

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JEmail: McEneney, Mike (MC1953) ids Brennan, Robert T. [MC1982]

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http://www.tracked.com/person/robert_brennan_419554

JFound: Brennan, Robert T. [MC????] CEO Iron Mountain

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Dear John,

   I believe that Brendan is a member of the Class of 1982.

   Mike

[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.]

Brennan, Robert T. [MC1982]

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POSITRACTION: Against all odds

http://www.aish.com/63053312.html

Off the Face of the Earth

  by Peter Lane Taylor

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The remarkable story of a group of Holocaust survivors who hid in one of the world’s largest caves.

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“My mother never trusted authority,” Shulim told us. “The Germans, the Russians, the Ukrainians. It didn’t matter. She taught us early on that no matter who it was, if they told you to do one thing, you always did the opposite. If the Germans said, ‘Go to the ghettos, you’ll be safe there,’ you went to the forest or the mountains. You went as far away from the ghettos as you could go.”

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[JR: I wasn't sure if this should be a POSITRACTION or an ENDNOTE. So I made it both. Read the story on this webpage. POSITRACTION survival by heroic effort against terrible odds.]

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ADMINISTRIVIA: JASPER JOTTINGS Week 43 – 2009 October 25

JASPER JOTTINGS Week 43 – 2009 October 25

Jasper Jottings – The achievement journal of my fellow Jaspers, the alumni of the Manhattan College

http://www.jasperjottings.com/2009/jasperjottings2009W43.html

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