The Distinguished Achievement Awards honor [themify_hr color=”light-gray” width=”50%” border_width=”1 px” ]<\/p>\n [themify_hr color=”light-gray” width=”50%” border_width=”1 px” ]<\/p>\n [themify_hr color=”light-gray” width=”50%” border_width=”1 px” ]<\/p>\n [themify_hr color=”light-gray” width=”50%” border_width=”1 px” ]<\/p>\n [themify_hr color=”light-gray” width=”50%” border_width=”1 px” ]<\/p>\n ALAN SHAWN FEINSTEIN COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE SCIENCES COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCE AND SERVICES COLLEGE OF NURSING COLLEGE OF PHARMACY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY Wilson K. Okello, M.S. \u201912<\/strong>, First Year Adviser and Resident Director, Miami University-Ohio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2014 Ninth Annual Distinguished Achievement \u2028Awards & Gala Saturday, October 25, 2014\u00a0\u22c5\u00a0Newport Marriott, Newport, R.I. The Distinguished Achievement Awards honor those who personify URI’s tradition of excellence in achievement, leadership, and service. 2014 PRESIDENT’S AWARD RECIPIENTS Wesley R. Card \u201970 Retired CEO and Director, The Jones Group, Inc. When Wes Card retired as CEO and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":958,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-distinguished-achievement-awards"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthose who personify URI’s tradition of excellence
\nin achievement, leadership, and service.<\/p>\n![\"150210_DAA_2014\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1595\/150210_DAA_2014.jpg\")
<\/a>2014 PRESIDENT’S AWARD RECIPIENTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nWesley R. Card \u201970<\/strong><\/a>
\nRetired CEO and Director, The Jones Group, Inc.<\/em>
\nWhen Wes Card retired as CEO and director of the Jones Group earlier this year, he had served the company for 25 years, including positions as president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer. The former chair of the American Apparel and Footwear Association, he began his career at Price Waterhouse and Bank of Boston before becoming corporate controller for Warnaco Inc. He later became executive vice president and chief financial officer for Carolyne Roehm, Inc. before joining the Jones Group. He is a member of the URI President\u2019s Advisory Council, a former member of the URI Business Advisory Council and former chair of the Big Chill\/Winter Gala Committee.<\/p>\n![\"140930_Cerio\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1595\/140930_Cerio.jpg\")
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\nThomas D. Cerio III \u201976<\/strong><\/a>
\nExecutive Vice President, Warner Bros.<\/em>
\nMost of the Warner Bros. television programming seen on domestic basic cable networks and digital content providers can be attributed to the efforts of Tom Cerio. As executive vice president of cable sales at Time Warner, he is responsible for making the deals that bring shows like The Big Bang Theory to cable. He previously was senior vice president of program sales for HBO, where he was responsible for distributing iconic programs like The Sopranos and Sex and the City to basic cable networks. He began his career in television at Orion Pictures and Disney. He is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of URI\u2019s Harrington School of Communication and Media.<\/p>\n![\"140930_Hastings\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1595\/140930_Hastings.jpg\")
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\nPaul J. Hastings \u201984<\/strong><\/a>
\nChairman and CEO, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals<\/em>
\nPaul Hastings has been a leader in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries for more than 20 years. He has served as president and CEO of QLT, Inc., Axys Pharmaceuticals and LXR Biotechnology, and as president of Chiron BioPharma. He also held management positions with Genzyme Corp., including president of Genzyme Therapeutics Worldwide. Today he is president and CEO of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, a clinical development-stage biopharmaceutical company in Redwood City, Calif. In 2011 he was the first member of the LGBT community to be awarded URI\u2019s Diversity Award for Lifetime Achievement, and he has been an active supporter of StartOut, which fosters leadership among LGBT entrepreneurs and combats LGBT discrimination in the business\u00a0world.<\/p>\n![\"140930_Pennica\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1595\/140930_Pennica.jpg\")
<\/a>Diane Pennica, Ph.D. \u201977<\/a><\/strong>
\nRetired Senior Scientist, Genentech<\/em>
\nDuring her 30-year career at Genentech, Diane \u00adPennica worked on numerous projects to help reduce or eliminate the effects of heart attacks, strokes and cancer. Her 1987 invention, the clot-busting drug Activase, has helped treat more than 4.7 million patients who suffered heart attacks and strokes. She also cloned a vital tumor-suppressor gene, which was named Molecule of the Year in 1993 by the journal Science and opened a new field of cancer research. She discovered three new genes that are implicated in colon cancer, and she was first to clone tumor necrosis factor, the protein responsible for joint destruction. Her research has led to therapies\u2014such as Enbrel\u2014which have helped millions of people suffering from rheumatoid\u00a0arthritis.<\/p>\n2014 CORPORATE AWARD<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nHasbro, Inc., Alfred J. Verrecchia \u201967, M.B.A \u201972, Hon. \u201904<\/strong><\/a>
\nChairman of the Board
\nAn iconic toy and game company employing numerous URI alumni and student interns, Rhode Island-based Hasbro has been extremely generous to the University through the years, with gifts supporting academics, athletics, student affairs and alumni relations. It has supported URI\u2019s International Engineering and International Business Programs and its Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, and funded an endowed chair in business. Founded by the grandfather and great uncles of URI Foundation Trustee Alan G. Hassenfeld, the company has been included on lists of the best companies to work for, the most ethical companies in the world, the best corporate citizens, and the most community-minded companies.<\/p>\n2014 DEANS’ AWARD RECIPIENTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nGary J. Burkholder Jr. \u201992, M.A. \u201995, Ph.D. \u201900<\/strong>, Chief Academic Officer, Laureate University Partnerships, USA<\/p>\n
\nLori J. Merolla \u201983, M.S.<\/strong>, Vice President, Fidelity Investments
\nAnn M. Spruill \u201976<\/strong>, Retired Partner, GMO LLC<\/p>\n
\nThomas J. Chisholm \u201968<\/strong>, CEO, Chisholm Ventures, LLC
\nKenneth E. Knox \u201970<\/strong>, Regional Director (New England), Penn\u00a0Mutual\u00a0Life Insurance Company<\/p>\n
\nWilliam J. Murray \u201978, M.B.A.(\u201995)<\/strong>, President, Teknor Apex Co.
\nDaniel W. Urish, M.S., Ph.D. \u201978<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, URI; and Engineering Consultant<\/p>\n
\nPerry A. Raso \u201902, M.S. \u201906<\/strong>, Owner, Matunuck Oyster Bar and Matunuck Oyster Farm
\nEdward Ueber, M.S. \u201976<\/strong>, Owner and Farmer, Bluebird Oaks Organic Farm<\/p>\n
\nCaroline Tennant Kaull \u201966<\/strong>, URI Supporter and Community Leader
\nJanet W. Raymond \u201979, M.B.A.<\/strong>, Senior Vice President, Greater Providence Chamber of\u00a0Commerce<\/p>\n
\nRebecca L. Burke \u201976, RN, M.S.<\/strong>, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President\u00a0of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Kent\u00a0County Hospital
\nElaine Barber Parker \u201974, M.S. \u201979, Ph.D. \u201997<\/strong>, Retired Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Graduate School of Nursing<\/p>\n
\nAnthony Palmieri III \u201971, M.S. \u201973, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Associate Scholar, Pharmaceutics, University of Florida College of\u00a0Pharmacy
\nJean-Marie Pflomm, Pharm.D. \u201996<\/strong>, Editor, The\u00a0Medical Letter<\/p>\n
\nAmy S. Bower, Ph.D. \u201988<\/strong>, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic\u00a0Institution
\nChristopher T. H. Pell, M.M.A.\u00a0\u201980<\/strong>, Retired Executive Director, The Preservation Society of Newport County<\/p>\n2014 RISING STAR AWARD<\/strong><\/h2>\n