{"id":91984,"date":"2020-07-09T09:08:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=91984"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:47:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:47:37","slug":"wright-state-faculty-staff-and-alumni-named-to-annual-forty-under-40-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2020\/07\/09\/wright-state-faculty-staff-and-alumni-named-to-annual-forty-under-40-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State faculty, staff and alumni named to annual Forty Under 40 list"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kunal Swani, associate professor of marketing.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State University is well-represented once again on this year’s Forty Under 40 list published by the Dayton Business Journal.<\/p>\n

Winners with Wright State connections include a marketing faculty member, a staff member who runs her own community organization and 10 alumni. The annual Forty Under 40 list honors the region\u2019s brightest young professionals.<\/p>\n

The honorees include Kunal Swani, associate professor of marketing<\/a>, and Ashley Browning, project manager for the Substance Abuse Resources and Disability Issues (SARDI) Program<\/a> in the Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Swani joined the Wright State Raj Soin College of Business<\/a> in 2014 and was promoted to his current title in 2018. He teaches courses on such topics as marketing research, integrated marketing communications, and viral and social media marketing. Swani received a 2018 Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence: Early Career Achievement.<\/p>\n

He serves as an associate editor of the business-to-business research track for the Journal of Business Research. He is also an editorial board member for Industrial Marketing Management and the Journal of Marketing Analytics.<\/p>\n

Swani received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Pune University, his M.B.A. from Hofstra University and his Ph.D. in marketing from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.<\/p>\n

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Ashley Browning, project manager for the Substance Abuse Resources and Disability Issues (SARDI) Program and founder of SoLoved.<\/p><\/div>\n

Browning oversees a grant program in the Department of Population and Health Sciences that educates college students about HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. She is pursuing a certificate in nonprofit administration<\/a> from the Wright State School of Public and International Affairs.<\/p>\n

Browning is the founder of SoLoved, a project-based organization that assists different populations through community outreach with monthly initiatives. Her work included organizing a community effort to collect and distribute everything from school supplies to toys to food and hygiene products for survivors of the 2019 Memorial Day tornados.<\/p>\n

She received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Kentucky State University, her master\u2019s degree in rehabilitation counseling from the University of Kentucky and a certificate in chemical dependency from Union College.<\/p>\n

Alumni named to the 2020 Forty Under 40 list:<\/p>\n

Zachary Beck<\/strong>, chief development officer, Sinclair Foundation, Sinclair Community College
\nBachelor’s in financial services, 2013; Master of Business Administration, 2016; Raj Soin College of Business<\/p>\n

Samantha Elder<\/strong>, director of strategic initiatives and communication, Montgomery County ADAMHS
\nBachelor’s in political science and communication, 2011; College of Liberal Arts<\/p>\n

Ivy Glover<\/strong>, community development specialist, Wright-Patt Credit Union
\nBachelor’s in public relations, 2004; College of Liberal Arts<\/p>\n

Matthew Jessup<\/strong>, CEO, Jessup Wealth Management
\nBachelor’s in financial services, 2004; Raj Soin College of Business<\/p>\n

John Kopilchack<\/strong>, director of development at Synergy and Mills Development
\nBachelor’s in marketing, 2009; Raj Soin College of Business<\/p>\n

Melissa McCarthy<\/strong>, grants development coordinator, Sinclair Community College
\nBachelor of Arts, 2012; Master of Public Administration, 2015; College of Liberal Arts<\/p>\n

Brandon Meyer<\/strong>, director of admissions, Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School
\nAssociate degree in business, 2008; Lake Campus<\/p>\n

Lesley Ott<\/strong>, chief operating officer, James Investment Research Inc.
\nBachelor’s in finance, 2004; Master of Business Administration, 2011; Raj Soin College of Business<\/p>\n

Amanda Ricci<\/strong>, director of corporate access services, Premier Health
\nBachelor’s in education leadership and administration, 2006; College of Education and Human Services<\/p>\n

Jenny Wariboko<\/strong>, founder and chief medical officer, First Priority Urgent Care
\nInternal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency; Boonshoft School of Medicine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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