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Category: Alumni Profiles

Jim Benson

Jim Benson ’86

President/CEO of Vision Quest Productions, Inc. and second-generation alum of Montclair State owes his extensive career in television production to the opportunities he took advantage of in college.

Patrick Coyle

Patrick Coyle ’13 MBA

Vice President/CFO at Eisai Inc. has been able to achieve his dream of supporting patients while contributing to society in a meaningful way, and his alma mater played a pivotal role in his journey.

LaTarika Pierce

LaTarika Pierce ’15

Alumna who switched her major from Dance to Business Administration finds her way back to the stage, and her determination made her a Rockette.

Rose Cali

Donor Spotlight: Rose Cali ’80

Alumna’s loyalty and love for Montclair State is now a legacy, and she is forever grateful for the adventure her alma mater has given her.

Darren Groh

Darren Groh ’94, ’03 MA

Principal of Catham High School still appreciates the relationships he made during his time at Montclair State for aiding his successful career in education.

Johna Mailolli

Johna Mailolli ’09

The award-winning dietician credits Montclair State University’s Food Science and Nutrition Department, as well as perseverance, for the keys to achieving her dream of becoming a retail dietician for Shoprite, and then some.

Medinah Muhammad

Medinah E. Muhammad ’16

The Chief of Staff to New Jersey Assemblywoman Britnee N. Timberlake proves to be a great example of how the connections students establish can result in big post-graduation opportunities.

Carlos Gonzalez

Carlos E. Gonzalez ’11

The award-winning performer is set to appear in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” and the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In The Heights”– and he’s just getting started.

Autorino

Marianne Elkovich Autorino ’68

Montclair State was the catalyst for the couple’s careers, she as a Home Economics teacher and her late husband as an Industrial Arts teacher. Together, they would go on to serve a combined 75 years of teaching and give back to the university that gave them each other, and so much more.

Jan Price

Jan Price ’74, ’77 MA

The now-retired national director of Medical Science Liaisons for Women’s HealthCare and Neurology at Bayer HealthCare looks back at the impact she made at Montclair State as an undergraduate student, and the impact it has made on her in return.