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Ryan Gadzo '15 - Erie County Department of Senior Services - Transportation Coordinator

Roxanne Cuebas, '14 Health Foundation for Western & Central New York - Program Officer

Mo Sumbundu '17 Empire State Development - Assistant Director, WNY

Julia Witherell '23 First Deputy Commissioner, Department of Social Services - Chautauqua County

Kelly Craig '20 Pride Center of Buffalo - Executive Director

Jordan Then '15 - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Mid-Atlantic Manager/Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps

Michael Hughes '17 Department of Homeland Security, USCIS - Management & Program Analyst

Anthony Astran '17 Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Public Information Specialist NYS Smokers' Quitline

Maria Garozzo-Payne, '15 City of Buffalo - Principal Tax Assessor (Ret) Board Vice President, Centro Culturale Italiano (current)

Alaska McInnis '17 New York University - Assistant Director, Institutional Engagement

Heather LaForme-Maldonado '19 New York State, Office of Children & Family Services - Director, Bureau of Native American Services

Raymond Wagner '19 City of Buffalo, Commissioner of Parking

Joseph Gramaglia '16 Commissioner, City of Buffalo Police Department

Nicole Staszak '19 People Inc. Associate Vice President, Quality Improvement

Tirzah Peters '23 New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal - Project Manager

Michael Ramos '19 Project Coordinator, NYS Department of Labor

Ulysees O. Wingo, Sr. '18 - Chief Operations & Outreach Officer, Community Action Organization of Western New York

Esmeralda Sierra ' 19 President - Hispanic Heritage Council of Western New York

Ana Brignoni-Waliczek '18 NYS Unified Court System - Principal Court Interpreter, 8th Judicial District

Casey Shannon '18 Budget Analyst - U.S. Census Bureau

Joshua Oballim ' 22 New York State OPWDD Excelsior Fellow - Technical Project Manager

Our MPA alumni are employed in the public, nonprofit, and business sectors.

This is a list of some of the places and job titles of our

SUNY Buffalo State University MPA alumni

Edward Barfour '16
U.S. General Services Administration

Christopher Carey '17
New York State Power Authority - Operations Superintendent II

Kayla Carrasquillo '16
NYS Department of Conservation - Public Participation Specialist

Don Dentice '12
Account Manager - Rockwell Automation

Jessica DePasquale '18
NYC Department of Education - Community Coordinator Division of Early Childhood Education

Alex Desha '20
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Portfolio Management Specialist, Buffalo Field Office

Donna Estrich '14
City of Buffalo - Commissioner of Administration, Finance, Policy & Urban Affairs (retired)

Jestina Eubanks'14
City University of New York - Assistant Program Director

Shiana Eve '21
New York State Unified Court System

Jennifer Jacobs '19
City of Buffalo - Director of Street Sanitation

Taylor Johnson 20-22
NYS Excelsior Fellow, 2023 Presidential Management Fellowship (appointment to federal agency)

Katlyn Kean '21
Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking - Hotline and Advocacy Manager

Dan Keppel '14
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Sarah Klotzbach '18
Unifrac I LLC - Human Resource Assistant

Maura Kutnyak-Smalley '19
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc. - Public Defender

Christopher Kuwik '17
Executive Assistant, Erie County (NYS) Clerk's Office

Willam Langer '15
U.S. Department of State

Brett LoSchiavo '16
Erie County (NYS) Department of Social Services - Senior Welfare Examiner

Patrick J. Lyons, III '18
U.S. Social Security Administration - Social Insurance Administrator

Carolyn Martino '15
SUNY Buffalo State University - Assistant to the Provost

Toni Martinucci, '22
Financial Aid Adviser, SUNY Buffalo State University

Abdullahi Mohamed ' 21
USAID - Program Manager

Stefany Nakatsubo '18
U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Asylum Officer

Candice O'Bryan '23
New York State Office of Mental Health

Patricia Patton '20
NYS Department of Health, Public Health Field Services Representative 1 Trainee

Miguel Reyes-Mariano, '15
Erie County - Senior Social Services Program Specialist
Logistics, US Navy

Norman Simmons '21
City of Rochester, NY - Senior Community Engagement Specialist - Police Accountability Board

Sharon Rochelle '15
Pitt County Government, NC -Director of Social Services

Seraphine Sargent ' 14
Diversified Labor Solutions Divison of Cantalician Center for Learning -
Program Manager

Gordon Stewart, III '19
City of Niagara Falls - Firefighter/EMT
Niagara Falls Uniformed Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 714 - Trustee

Elizabeth Smith Rossiter '14
Organizer - New York State Union of Teachers

Geoffrey Szymanski '19
Erie County Workplace Development - Director

Naima Yancey '16
NYS OPWDD - Diversity Officer