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Lunch and Learn Session with Partner and Portfolio Manager: OPEN TO ALL!
Beyond Bucknell Speaker Series presents Richard Soultanian ’89
Monday, March 28th 12pm in Holmes Hall 129
Join Bucknell alum Richard Soultanian ’89, President of NUS Consulting Group, to hear his professional narrative and ask questions. This Beyond Bucknell Speaker Series event is open to all Bucknell students, faculty and staff. Lunch will be provided.
Questions? Contact Amy Bennett or Missy Gutkowski in Freeman College of Management, Experiential Learning.
The Real Estate Club welcomes Michael Ritz ’01
5pm on Thursday, February 10; Hislop Auditorium, HOLM 116
Michael will be presenting the Alumni Mentorship Program
Beginning in their Junior year, the program is designed to align students with an alumnus in real estate. As Juniors, the priority will be to help students develop their resumes and network contacts to identify internship opportunities in the summer between their junior and senior years. Once a Senior, the focus will shift to the pursuit of full-time employment upon graduation.
As we ramp-up the program, initial priority will be given to those students that intend to declare the Minor in Real Estate. If there is sufficient alumni capacity, the Mentorship Program will be extended to every member of the Real Estate Club that would like to participate.
Michael Ritz received a B.A. in Finance from Bucknell University (’01), and a M.S. in Real Estate Development from Columbia University (’07). Mr. Ritz has participated in the real estate mentorship programs of Columbia University and the New York chapter of the Urban Land Institute.
Michael Ritz is currently a Senior Vice President and Head of Acquisitions and Development for the Albanese Organization. The Albanese Organization is a third generation, private New York developer, owner, and operator that has developed over 5,000,000 square feet of Class A residential and commercial assets in the New York Metro Area over the last 25 years. Mr. Ritz joined the Albanese Organization in 2013, and currently oversees all investment strategy, asset and market selection, sourcing of new opportunities, financial underwriting, transaction due diligence, pre-development, and debt and equity sourcing, structuring, and closings. Under his acquisition and finance leadership, the Albanese Organization has ventured into the New Jersey Gold Coast market where they now control over 2,000,000 square feet of multifamily development sites in various stages of development, are acting as development manager to Trinity Wall Street to develop and construct their 300,000 square feet headquarters office building in lower Manhattan, and have established a joint venture to enter the senior housing and assisted living space, among various other pursuits.
Prior to joining the Albanese Organization, Mr. Ritz was an integral member of the New York Acquisition team of Invesco Real Estate. Invesco is a $800 billion global investment manager, with $50 billion of real estate assets under management. Invesco Real Estate consists of a Core Fund, Value-Add Fund, Debt Fund, Securities Fund, and over 20 separate account public and private pension fund clients. On behalf of their various clients and capital sources, Mr. Ritz sourced, underwrote, and closed over $1 billion of acquisitions in the Manhattan and Brooklyn markets consisting of core and value-add residential and office properties.
Mr. Ritz began his career as an investment banker at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., where he served in both the Leveraged Finance group and High Yield Gaming, Lodging and Leisure research group. During his time at Bear Stearns, Mr. Ritz closed over $10 billion of high yield debt offerings, and then published over 100 research reports to institutional clients on the 30 public bond issuers he formally rated in the Gaming and Lodging sector.
Creative Careers Virtual Alumni Series
Thursdays at 6pm EST
February 3 – March 10, 2022
Creative Careers Alumni Spotlight Series
Thursdays at 6 pm ET, February 3 – March 10, 2022
Virtual discussions with alumni in creative careers. Sponsored by the Creative Arts, Media & Communications Career Community in the Center for Career Advancement. Register on Handshake.
Writing and Editing for What Do You Meme? (Toys & Games Industry)
Thursday, February 3, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Emma Miller ‘20, Content Editor, What Do You Meme?
Major: English – Creative Writing; Minor: Political Science
The most creative part of my job is definitely having the opportunity to develop new games. We have an open-door creative policy, meaning that anybody can pitch a game or idea at any time, and work internally to help develop it.
Curating Exhibitions for Contemporary Artists
Thursday, February 10, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Kimi Kitada ‘10, Jedel Family Foundation Curatorial Fellow, Charlotte Street Foundation
Majors: Art History, Classics
What is the most creative aspect of what you do? Exhibition planning and working closely with artists! In my most recent exhibition, I worked with Le’Andra LeSeur (Bucknell Class of 2010). Our freshman year, we met in the Arts Residential College way back in 2006. Le’Andra has an incredibly rich, engaging artistic practice. I followed her work for several years, and I was honored to collaborate with her on an exhibition called With Liberty and Justice at Charlotte Street.
Leadership Roles in Film and Media
Thursday, February 17, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Katrina Medoff ‘13, Co-Founder of Women’s Weekend Film Challenge
Majors: French, Theatre & Dance; Minor: English – Creative Writing
What is the most creative aspect of what you do? So much! With our film challenge, it’s fun to cull through hundreds of applications to put together teams of talented women. We’re really hands-on as producers, and we visit all of our film sets (we have anything from six to nine films shooting at once) to put out fires. Anything can happen when you put hundreds of strangers together to make a film in a weekend, from locations falling through to interpersonal conflicts.
Marketing for Crayola
Thursday, February 24, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Kate Matelan ‘10, Content Marketing Strategist, Crayola
Major: Management
What is the most creative aspect of what you do? Creativity is most at play in the collaboration between marketing, copy, design, development…all the brains working together to bring an idea to life!
Creating and Producing Music and Commercial Videos
Thursday, March 3, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Jordan Gibson ‘16, Creative Director, Odyssey Narratives, LLC
Major: Psychology; Minors: Film & Media Studies, Philosophy
The MOST creative thing I do is music video production. The sky’s the limit as far as concept goes and you can really explore as much of your inner-weirdness as you’d like.
Designing Meaningful and Useful Technical Tools Within the Finance Industry
Thursday, March 10, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Catherine (MJ) Gao ‘17, Associate, UI Designer, Blackrock
Majors: Art History, Theatre
Register on Handshake
What is the most creative aspect of what you do? I believe it’s everything. From moving pixels to brainstorming a whole new user flow that no competitors have before. Designers work with cross functional teams, where you meet different people each day, sometimes you need to get a little creative even when you communicate.
Creative Careers Alumni Spotlight Series
Thursdays at 6 pm ET, February 3 – March 10, 2022
Virtual discussions with alumni in creative careers. Sponsored by the Creative Arts, Media & Communications Career Community in the Center for Career Advancement. Register on Handshake.
Writing and Editing for What Do You Meme? (Toys & Games Industry)
Thursday, February 3, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Emma Miller ‘20, Content Editor, What Do You Meme?
Major: English – Creative Writing; Minor: Political Science
The most creative part of my job is definitely having the opportunity to develop new games. We have an open-door creative policy, meaning that anybody can pitch a game or idea at any time, and work internally to help develop it.
Curating Exhibitions for Contemporary Artists
Thursday, February 10, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Kimi Kitada ‘10, Jedel Family Foundation Curatorial Fellow, Charlotte Street Foundation
Majors: Art History, Classics
What is the most creative aspect of what you do? Exhibition planning and working closely with artists! In my most recent exhibition, I worked with Le’Andra LeSeur (Bucknell Class of 2010). Our freshman year, we met in the Arts Residential College way back in 2006. Le’Andra has an incredibly rich, engaging artistic practice. I followed her work for several years, and I was honored to collaborate with her on an exhibition called With Liberty and Justice at Charlotte Street.
Leadership Roles in Film and Media
Thursday, February 17, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Katrina Medoff ‘13, Co-Founder of Women’s Weekend Film Challenge
Majors: French, Theatre & Dance; Minor: English – Creative Writing
What is the most creative aspect of what you do? So much! With our film challenge, it’s fun to cull through hundreds of applications to put together teams of talented women. We’re really hands-on as producers, and we visit all of our film sets (we have anything from six to nine films shooting at once) to put out fires. Anything can happen when you put hundreds of strangers together to make a film in a weekend, from locations falling through to interpersonal conflicts.
Marketing for Crayola
Thursday, February 24, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Kate Matelan ‘10, Content Marketing Strategist, Crayola
Major: Management
What is the most creative aspect of what you do? Creativity is most at play in the collaboration between marketing, copy, design, development…all the brains working together to bring an idea to life!
Creating and Producing Music and Commercial Videos
Thursday, March 3, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Jordan Gibson ‘16, Creative Director, Odyssey Narratives, LLC
Major: Psychology; Minors: Film & Media Studies, Philosophy
The MOST creative thing I do is music video production. The sky’s the limit as far as concept goes and you can really explore as much of your inner-weirdness as you’d like.
Designing Meaningful and Useful Technical Tools Within the Finance Industry
Thursday, March 10, 6:00 – 7:00 pm ET
Catherine (MJ) Gao ‘17, Associate, UI Designer, Blackrock
Majors: Art History, Theatre
Register on Handshake
What is the most creative aspect of what you do? I believe it’s everything. From moving pixels to brainstorming a whole new user flow that no competitors have before. Designers work with cross functional teams, where you meet different people each day, sometimes you need to get a little creative even when you communicate.
Beyond Bucknell presents Jenna Lochiatto ’17 and Zach Crowley ’16
September 24th in Holmes Hall Rm 104; 12-1pm, lunch provided
