About

CREATE THE UNIVERSITY OF TOMORROW
We want our faculty to be the ones who discover the knowledge, not just the ones who disseminate it...so that our students can learn what’s going to be important in the future.
President Harvey G. Stenger

Campaign Leadership

From chair Howard Unger

I feel tremendously fortunate to work alongside these colleagues on the EXCELERATE Campaign Committee. They are gifted, passionate ambassadors for Binghamton and, together, we are proud to share the vision of this campaign with our entire community.

Campaign Committee

Dr. Howard D. Unger ’82, LHD ’19, Chair
Managing Partner and Founder, Saw Mill Capital

William E. Baldwin ’85
Actor

James B. Bankoski ’91
Distinguished Engineer, Google, Inc.

Anita J. Borkenstein ’86
Co-Founder and Past President, Impact100

Maggie Chan Jones ’96
CEO and Founder, Tenshey

Dr. Subhachandra Chandra, MS ’95
Director of Engineering, Ghost Locomotion Inc.

Dr. Subimal Chatterjee
Area Chair Analytics, School of Management
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor
ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ

Stephanie Courtney ’92
Actress & Comedian

Susan A. Cummings-Walder ’81
Community Volunteer

Robert L. Goldstein ’94
Chief Operating Officer,Senior Managing Director and Global Head, BlackRock Solutions

David Ho
Co-Owner, Pacific BMW

Martha Ho, MA ’78
Co-Owner, Pacific BMW

Dr. Karen A. Jones
Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ

Roberta S. Joseph ’82
Community Volunteer

Michael L. Joseph ’81
Chairman and President, Clover Group, Inc.

Dr. Karen E. Fuhrman Kerner ’86
Therapeutic Optometrist, Associates in Eye Care

Michael G. Kerner ’86
President and CEO, Munich Re Specialty Insurance

Dr. Anthony I. Kornheiser ’70, LittD ’17
Co-host, ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption

Tyrone E. Muse
President and CEO, Visions Federal Credit Union

Elizabeth Bloomer Nesvold ’90
Managing Director, Raymond James

H. Peter Nesvold
Founder and Managing Partner, Nesvold Capital Partners

Molly Peacock ’69
Poet, Biographer and Essayist

Ruben Santiago-Hudson ’78
Actor

Robert H. Swan, MBA ’85
Former CEO, Intel

Dr. Gary L. Truce
Retired Professor, Health and Wellness Studies
Retired Head Coach, Cross Country and Track & Field, ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ

Jay H. Walder ’80
Former CEO, Virgin Hyperloop One

Dr. Barry R. Witt ’80
Medical Director, Greenwich Fertility Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine

Dr. Marjorie J. Strelzyn-Witt ’81
Optometrist, Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Montefiore Medical Center

MOVING OUR CAMPUS TO ACTION

Faculty, staff and students are all rallying behind the EXCELERATE campaign. Join them in helping our University to greater heights.

Donor Spotlight

Hear from our donors about what motivates them and join them in supporting EXCELERATE. Together, we are unstoppable!

Stephanie Courtney '92

Actress and comedian Stephanie Courtney '92, best known as Flo from the Progressive commercials, is a proud Binghamton graduate and encourages fellow alumni to give back.

Peter Altabef '80

Peter Altabef ’80, chair and CEO of Unisys, discusses the need to admit talented students of all backgrounds, exceptional students who will propel ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ forward into the 21st century.

Engage With the Campaign

Learn More