History Major Alumni

Where Are They Now?

Our majors have gone on to successful careers in a variety of fields including business, administration, law, government and higher education. They have advanced into an array of graduate programs. Here are some examples of history major alumni and their professional endeavors:

  • Paul Turovsky (’73), Owner, True North Management Group LLC  linked in
  • Michael Timmeny (’73), Former Senior Vice President at Cisco linked in
  • Diane Fischer Castiglione (’82), Department of State (retired)
  • Joseph Tiesi ('86), Associate Director, Undergraduate Admissions, Binghamton University  linked in
  • John Choe (’93), Executive Director, Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce lined in
  • Dana West (’98), Financial Planner, Prudential lined in  
  • Kevin Schlesier (’98), Senior Director, Museum and Industry Affairs, NASCAR  Hall of Fame linked in
  • Alexander Vindman ('99), Retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army and former Director for the European Affairs for the U.S. Security Council linked in
  • Eugene Vindman (’99), U.S. Congressman from Virginia’s Seventh District linked in
  • Patrick Clarke ('00, MA ‘02), Assistant Superintendent, Vestal Central School District linked in
  • Paul Marsh, Senior Director Application Development, New York Jets linked in
  • Jared Fishman (’03), History Teacher, Hackley School and Founder and Podcast Host, 20SidedGamified LLC
  • Lilac Inthavong-McEvoy ('05) Strategic Client Executive, Zelis linked in
  • Philip McEvoy ('05), Registered Representative and Insurance Agent, New York Life linked in
  • Moira Penza (‘05), Trial Lawyer and Partner at Wilkinson Stekloff, LLP lined in
  • Michelle Jones (’05), Director, Harpur Academic Advising lined in
  • Gaddi Goren ('07), Partner, Commercial Litigation, Meister Seelig & Fein linked in
  • Stephanie Skiba Fitzpatrick (’07) President, The Book Links LLC linked in
  • Ravi Khambhampaty (’07), Chief (Supervisory Attorney-Advisor), Border Security Regulations Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol linked in
  • J. Marlena Edwards (’07, MA ’09), Assistant Professor of History, African American Studies, and African Studies, Penn State University linked in
  • Keisha Blain ('08), Professor of History and Africana Studies, Brown University and  Best-Selling Author linked in
  • Joe Rogan (’09), Director of Development at Cornell University College of Engineering linked in
  • Andrew Bard Epstein (’09), Creative Director, Zohran Mamdami for NYC Mayor linked in
  • Chris Juergens ('10, MA ’12) Senior Curator at the National WWI Museum and Memorial linked in
  • Emily Joan Elliott (’12), Associate Director for Research and Publications at H-Net linked in
  • Paul Gorelik ('14), Assistant Director for Undergraduate Education, Binghamton University linked in
  • Cara London ('14), Coordinator of Coordinator of Courage to Heal & Trauma Clinician linked in
  • Vanessa Luna ('14), Corporate Philanthropy, Education & Workforce Development, Americas, Bloomberg and Co-Founder ImmSchools linked in
  • Amanda Sterling ('14), Social Media Coordinator, Corning Museum of Glass lined in
  • Ilana Ben-Ezra (’14), President, National Claims Funding linked in
  • Kelly Garson ('15), Senior Associate at Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
  • Eric Lee (’15), PhD Candidate in History, Cornell University
  • Ali Cain ('16), Policy Officer, Delegation of the European Union to the United States 
  • Michael Miller ('16), Special Education Teacher, Binghamton High School linked in
  • Laura Earls (’16), Director of the George Read II House & Gardens and Associate Producer of the podcast Things for Things:  The History Podcast Where Things Happen and Stuff linked in
  • Rachel Blaifeder ('17), Editor for Political Science and Sociology, Cambridge University Press (New York office) linked in
  • Tiffany Camusci ('17): Associate Data Analyst - Processing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art linked in
  • Madison Avati ('17), Social Studies Teacher at Glen Cove School District linked in
  • Savoy Curry (’17), PhD Candidate in History at Northwestern University
  • Jared Goldfarb (’18), Librarian and Cataloger at Classical Numismatic Group linked in
  • Mycah Hazel (’18), Associate Producer, Radio Diaries linked in
  • Joshua Hummell ('18), Asst. Manager Orchestration and Analytics, Navy Federal Credit Union linked in
  • Nicholas Sisti (’18), Digital Merchandising Manager at Cookies Kids linked in
  • Oshila Bopearachchi ('19), Case Manager, Urban Resource Institute linked in
  • Hailee Milligan ('19, MA '20), Teacher of History at King School linked in
  • Valentin Kotlyar ('20), Medical Scribe, Consensus Health linked in
  • Zifeng Wang (’21), Policy Researcher, AI Governance Exchange linked in
  • Borana Somen (’23), Museum Coordinator, Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center linked in
  • Brian Curtis (’23), JD Candidate, University of Virginia Law School linked in
  • Eliana Ellerton (’23, MA ’24), Curatorial Research Assistant, Museum of Jewish Heritage linked in
  • Kaitlyn Bowers (’24), JD Candidate Syracuse University College of Law linked in
  • Arielle Moreau (’24, MA ’25) Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grantee, Germany linked in
  • Lia Richter (’25), PhD Student in History, Stonybrook University linked in