Kingsborough Alumni Success

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Jeff Koinange
Congratulations to Kingsborough Alumnus and CNN Top Reporter, Jeff Koinange, Class of 1989, for Winning a National News Emmy Award click on link to view brief film on Jeff. andRead more...

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Lenny Green
They say find something you love and try to make a career of it, that is just what Lenny Green did. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Lenny Green had a passion for music and this love managed to take him into the broadcast industry.

Lenny attended Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn where he studied Broadcast Management in the early 1980's. Lenny is now a full time DJ on KISS-FM and says he owes it all to Kingsborough Community College.

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Pete Falcone
Former New York Met Pitcher Pete Falcone got his start pitching for the Kingsborough Baseball Team. For pete's career statistics you can click on to:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/all_time_stats/players/f/1753/

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Dr. Dennis Giordano
Brooklyn, N.Y. -- Dr. Dennis Giordano was in his senior year at Sheepshead Bay High School when, almost simultaneously, he lost his father and his family home. To assist his mother, he became an ironworker, helping to build skyscrapers in midtown Manhattan.

He recalls sitting at the end of a steel beam one day, high over 42nd Street, and thinking, "What am I doing here? I have to go to school." After graduating from Kingsborough Community College which he credits with giving him the chance he needed to succeed in higher education in 1993.

Giordano was admitted to Brooklyn College, where he majored in biology. He remembers long hours in the lab, engaged in research with his faculty mentors and delving into subjects in depth.

"Brooklyn College offered me a chance to challenge myself academically, and my teachers were exceptionally good and approachable," said Giordano, the first in his family to attend college.

Thanks to a flexible schedule and a high grade point average, he was also able to take graduate courses in molecular biology, a powerful boost to his premed studies.

Giordano received his M.D. from the State University of New York Health Science Center and currently is a physician specializing in the field of radiology at Nassau University Medical Center, the trauma center for Nassau County.

Giordano is among a select group of recent graduates featured in the City University of New York's "Express to Success" campaign, which will include bus, subway, Web, and CUNY-TV promotions highlighting their achievements.

Like many young people growing up in Brooklyn, Giordano balanced demanding work and family obligations with pursuing his dream of a solid education and a fulfilling career.

Dennis Giordano is one of many Kingsborough Community College graduates who have gone on to Brooklyn Law School, New York University School of Dentistry, SUNY Health Science Center, and other prestigious professional schools

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Dr. Anthony LoPresti
Dr. Anthony LoPresti is considered one of the top Dentists in New York City and he began his long trip in Higher education with an associate degree from Kingsborough Community College.
http://www.statenislandtmjdentist.com/Meet-Dentist.html

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Senator Larry Seabrook
State Senator Larry Seabrook credits Kingsborough with putting him on the political track that lead him to the New York State Senate.

 

 

 

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Jeff Koinage
Jeff Koinage was the Valedictorian of his Kingsborough class in 1989 he is now one of the chief correspondents for CNN in Africa and considers Kingsborough his home away from home. read more...

 

 

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Barbara Patton
Barbara Patton graduated from Kingsborough with the drive and determination to become one of the first Assemblywomen in New York State. She continues using that drive and determination today in her many activities in politics and government throughout the state. http://www.antonnews.com/threevillagetimes/2003/05/16/news/

On the steps of Hempstead Town Hall Tuesday afternoon, Democrat Barbara Patton at the podium announces her run for town supervisor in the November election in front of supporters, Legislators Roger Corbin (2nd right) and Jeff Toback (right). Photo by Joe Rizza

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Drew Brown
Drew Brown graduated Kingsborough Community College in 1974 and when on to a career as a pilot and successful motivational speaker. He is also a member of the Kingsborough Alumni Wall of fame and proudly credits Kingsborough with setting him on a course for higher education.

 

 

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Mary Pender Greene
For the past eighteen years, Mary Pender Greene has been at the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services. She has been Chief of Social Work Services and Director of Group Treatment for the last ten years.

The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services (JBFCS) is the United States' premier mental health and social service agency with a century-long tradition of helping families and children. JBFCS serves more than 68,000 New Yorkers annually in 168 different programs. The agency's staff of 2,700 professionals includes social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, child care workers, teachers, doctors, nurses and volunteers who serve all racial, ethnic, economic and religious backgrounds.

As a relationship expert, Ms. Pender Greene continues to maintain a private psychotherapy practice for adult individuals and groups. She has made numerous television appearances on shows that include Good Day New York, Live at Five and New York One.

Ms. Pender Greene is President of the New York City Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and a member of the board of trustees of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, a member of the advisory board of the Kingsboro Community College, and a former board member of the National Association of Social Workers. She participates on the Advocacy Committee for Citizens' Committee for Children of New York and is active in Black Agency Executives, the National Social Work Managers Network, and the Association of Black Social Workers.

Since receiving her Master's from New York University School of Social Work in 1974, Ms. Pender Greene has pursued the study of family and group therapy, multiculturalism in groups, and eating disorders at such institutes as SUNY Health and Science Center, the Realization Center, the George Washington University Institute, and the A.K. Rice Institute.
http://www.adsw.org.uk/conference_speakers.cfm

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Paul Wein
Fillmore Real Estate Hires Kingsborough Alumni As Director Of Marketing And Business Development. more...

NEW YORK CITY – Fillmore Real Estate, New York City's largest privately owned and operated residential and commercial real estate company, today announced that it has hired Paul Wein as its director of marketing and business development. “Paul is a dynamic individual with a lot of imagination, drive and know-how,” says John Reinhardt, Fillmore's president and chief executive officer. “In New York's hypercompetitive real estate market, Paul, with his strong skill set and excellent work ethic, will help to move Fillmore to the next level and beyond.”

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John Johnson
MTA TRANSIT VETERAN AND KINGSBOROUGH ALUMNI IS NAMED TO DIRECT THE ONLY CITY-OWNED FREIGHT RAILROAD OPERATED BY NEW YORK SUBWAY SYSTEM.

Brooklyn N.Y. - John Johnson, a 26-year veteran of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and a Kingsborough Community College Alumni, was named the Assistant Chief Transportation Officer in charge of the South Brooklyn Railway Company. In this capacity Johnson manages and directs the operations of the only city-owned Class III freight railroad. more...

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Barbara Dixel
Barbara Dixel writes that she is the Democratic candidate for Council in Howell, New Jersey. She proudly lists her Associate Degree with Honors from Kingsborough Community College along with her many other accomplishments as a loving wife, mother and grandmother. liaison to the Howell Board of Education, community activist and member of the American Legion Auxiliary.
http://tritown.gmnews.com/news/2004/0409/Front_page/025.html
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http://www.howelldemocrats.com/candidates.htm

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Daniel Ramos
Daniel Ramos after graduating from Kingsborough Community College has worked his way up in the Information Technology Field. His facility and abilities with computers all began while a student at the college. http://lighthead.com/Dramos.htm

 

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Maria Campanella
Kingsborough Community College Alumnus Maria Campanella has won the Lifetime Achievement Liberty Medal awarded by the New York Post.

Brooklyn's Maria Campanella says that whenever she reads a story about a local hero in a newspaper, she breaks down in tears. "I wind up crying," she said. "I don't know the person, but I'm proud of them. I want to be like them." Which is funny, because a lot of people around her neighborhood ? where she's better known as "Maria the Ice Cream Lady" ? would say she's a pretty big heroine herself. Campanella, 50, drives around Bensonhurst in her ice-cream truck doing far greater deeds than selling treats to delighted kids. She has scooped out a little help for just about every local charity you could think of. She packs her truck with toys she donates to needy kids at the Marlboro Housing Projects; she drives it to hand out yellow ribbons for Mothers Against Drunk Driving and coordinate meetings for the American Red Cross; and she fills it with plants to adorn the public garden she created along the Belt Parkway through Adopt-A-Highway. She even saved an elderly man's life by performing CPR after she saw him collapsed on the sidewalk along her route. "All the stuff I do from behind this ice-cream truck, you wouldn't believe," Campanella said. In January, Campanella raised $11,000 for the Maimonides Comprehensive Cancer Center at a "roast" she helped organized. Her sister, Roseann Giuliano, nominated her for the Lifetime Achievement Liberty Medal. "She's exceptional, she really is," Giuliano said.

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David Scheinbaum
David Scheinbaum got his start in photography while a student at Kingsborough Community College. He is now a Professor at the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico.

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Jim Wunderman
Age: 47

Job: President and CEO, Bay Area Council

Education: Graduated with honors from San Francisco State University, where he majored in political science. Earned an associate degree (summa cum laude) from Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York, where he majored in business administration.

Affiliations: Former chairman of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and co-chair of the Public Affairs Roundtable of the Bay Area Council. He serves on the board of directors of several nonprofit organizations.

Family: Married, three children with one on the way. more>