A native of the Bronx, John has taught, worked, and travelled in Europe and elsewhere. He lives in Westchester County, NY, when teaching at Dominican and spends his remaining time in the U. S. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), where his wife resides and works as a Registered Nurse.
Education:
B.B.A. Pace University
M.B.A. New York University
Certificate in Management Accounting (CMA)
Work Experience:
John’s business experience includes positions as a corporate officer in the advertising industry (Vice President—Finance of Euro-Advertising Holding Company, BV, an international group of advertising agencies based in the Netherlands; Corporate Assistant Treasurer of J. W. Thompson Company—JWT, one of the world’s largest advertising agencies). He also has small business experience in real estate management.
John brings his business and international experience to the classroom. He primarily teaches economics, but has also taught numerous courses in finance, accounting, and management at the college level during the course of fifty years. He has taught at Dominican since 1996 and was Business Administration Division Director for seven years; prior to that he was a tenured faculty member at Pace University and taught as a visiting Professore at Franklin University in Lugano, Switzerland.
I was born as raised in the Bronx. Attended public school after third grade. My family was told that I was not smart enough to attend the Catholic school everyone else in my family attended. This sounds like bad news for me, but it was a blessing to me. In fourth grade, I met my future wife. We helped each other through middle school, high school and college. I could not have done the things I have without her support. I have worked my way up the corporate ladder as I used my AAS degree to get as job as an electronics technician on a production floor. Then used my BS to get a job as a software engineer, used training to start my networking career, and finally used the MS to move into IT management. Go figure, I now work at and teach in a Catholic College. I wish I could back to the people that removed me from Blessed Sacrament in the Bronx to let them know where I ended up.
Education:
A.A.S Academy of Aeronautics Queens NY, Major in Electronics
B.S. Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry NY, Major Computer Information Systems
M.S. Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY, Major Computer Information Systems
Work Experience:
- Bear, Diagnostics Division Tarrytown NY, 5 years as an electronics technician
- Bear, Diagnostics Division Tarrytown NY, ten years as a software engineer in R&D
- Bear, Diagnostics Division Tarrytown NY, 3years as a Network administrator
- GreategMacbeth, New Windsor NY, ten years managing IT services in 5 US sites
- Dominican University, Orangeburg NY, 9 years as Executive Director of IT, 5 years as an adjunct instructor, 1year as Academic Technology Coordinator
B.A., Fordham University
M.B.A., Iona College
Ph.D., New York University
Work Experience:
Author of various journal articles and college textbook supplements
Former corporate manager at AT& T, BellSouth, MCI
Prof. Ivan is a lifelong resident of Rockland County and a graduate of Nyack HS. He and his wife have 3 children. Prof. Ivan is also “Coach Ivan” – as he coaches the Dominican University rowing team. He is a Director of the Rockland Rowing Association, a not-for-profit community program for youth and adults. He is also on the board of the Nyack Center.
Education:
B.A., Cornell University (Economics and Soviet/East European Studies)
M.B.A., Columbia University (Marketing and Finance)
CFA, Chartered Financial Analysts Institute
Experience:
Senior Vice President, AllianceBernstein – held various senior roles over a 27-year career at AB, including senior portfolio manager, head of business development and co-head of global marketing. Prior to AB, he worked at AIG focusing on new product development and at Kwasha-Lipton as an actuarial analyst. Author and co-author for many investment-related articles, including “Beyond Interest Rate Anticipation: Strategies for Adding Value in Fixed Income” (2000) and “Assigning a Duration to Inflation-Protected Bonds” (1999), both published in the Financial Analysts Journal. He also wrote “Managed Synthetics,” (1998) published in The Handbook of Stable Value Investing, and “LDI: Reducing Downside Risk with Global Bonds” (2012), published in The Journal of Investing.
Lori is passionate about empowering the next generation to be their best selves for the world. She is a faculty member at Lehigh University’s Iacocca Global Entrepreneur Summer Intensive Program for high school students. She serves as an advisor to the Girls Leadership Institute, an organization that empowers girls to create change in their world. She is also an advisor and faculty member to E-School4Girls, a summer program at NYU designed to empower young women to become confident leaders and entrepreneurs. Lori maintains a blog, LoriMassad.com, that focuses on empowering women, and strengthening a culture of women supporting women.
Education:
BSBA – University of Delaware
MBA – Harvard University
Experience:
From 2006 to 2016, Lori served as the Head of Human Capital and Chief Talent officer at AB, a global asset management firm. Before joining AB, Lori was the Chief Operating Officer at Marakon Associates, a global strategy consulting firm. She was a founding member of two start-ups – Spencer Stuart Talent Network and EmployeeMatters, a human resources outsourcing firm. Lori spent eight years at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where she was a senior manager on the consulting staff and leader of the firm’s recruiting, training and career development programs. During her tenure at BCG, Lori was an adjunct professor at New York University’s (NYU) Leonard N. Stern School of Business, teaching MBA courses.
Carrie grew up in Texas, which might explain why she would drive from Philadelphia to Orangeburg to teach Economics.
Education:
BA – Cornell University (Government)
MA – Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (European Studies and International Economics)
Experience:
Senior Vice President – Wells Fargo – held various roles serving international corporates including relationship management and portfolio manager. Relocated to London and stayed for 15 years.
Matt resides in Rockland County, NY with his wife of 30 years. When he’s not managing our Business Division’s Instagram page, he’s performing with his Classic Rock cover band: ‘Vinyl Countdown.’
Education:
B.S. Cornell University (1990); Hotel Administration, Marketing Concentration
M.B.A. University of Texas at El Paso (1994)
Work Experience:
Chief Marketing Officer, Contec, Inc.; 2017 – 2021
General Manager, PDI, Inc.; 2007 – 2017
VP, Marketing, Irving Consumer Products; 2003 – 2007
Marketing Director, Johnson & Johnson; 1998 – 2003
Account Director, IRI, Inc.; 1995 – 1998
U.S. Army (1st Lieutenant); 1990 – 1994
Mike lives in West Nyack with his wife and two children and is involved in a number of community organizations including being a member of the West Nyack Little League Board of Directors for the past fifteen years.
Education:
B.S. Accounting – Fairfield University
M.B.A. Finance – Fordham University
C.P.A. New York State
Work Experience:
Public accounting Eisner, Grant Thornton – senior audit manager
Lecroy – Director of financial reporting
Ziff Davis Media – Corporate controller
Parisi Sports Inc. – Chief Financial Officer
Major League Soccer – Controller
