Alumnae Spotlight

 

 

Jenn Calabrese specializes in SEC financial reporting, compliance, and consulting services to facilitate the reporting between auditors and public companies on behalf of clients. Jenn started her career at KPMG, LLP, where she was employed from January 1994 through June 2001, and held numerous positions, including senior audit manager. While at KPMG, Jenn received the firm’s Instructor of Excellence Award for her work in the firm’s continuing education program. From June 2001 through 2003, Jenn served as the Corporate Controller for United Capital Corp., a publicly traded real estate management company, and from June 2004 to July 2007, Jenn held the role of VP – Controller and Principal Accounting Officer for MKTG, Inc. From July 2007 through March 2010, Jenn was the Managing Director of SEC Solutions Group, LLC, a company specializing in SEC financial reporting compliance and consulting services. From March 2010 through August 2012, Jenn served  March 2013, Jenn was appointed Executive Vice President of Finance for uSell.com, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer in April 2014. Jenn founded Calabrese Consulting, LLC (“CCL”) in 2012, applying a hands-on approach that exemplifies her dedication to her craft. CCL is a woman-owned, full-service accounting and advisory firm which currently employs over 55 employees, serving more than 350 clients around the world. Through CCL, Jenn and her team work hand-in-hand with clients to assist them in the research, interpretation, documentation, and implementation of various rules and regulations with respect to complex business and accounting transactions, such as stock-based compensation, derivative instruments, reverse mergers, acquisitions, and other difficult equity and debt transactions. Having graduated from Hofstra University with a B.B.A. in Accounting and a B.A. in Psychology, Jenn also earned her Master of Science in Accountancy from SUNY Polytechnic. She is a Certified Public Accountant, a Chartered Global Management Accountant and a member of both The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. And since January 2020, Jenn has also returned to Hofstra University as an Adjunct Assistant Professor, teaching Accounting 101. 

After graduating from SHA, Diana received a bachelor’s degree in Photojournalism from St. John’s University in 2016. Diana worked at the Long Island Herald as a general assignment reporter for about a year, then joined the Fox News social media team for about two years. After that, she went to ABC News to build a social media audience around the up and coming streaming channel ABC News Live. As of July this year, Diana is the deputy director of social media at Forbes.

Meaghan attended Stony Brook University, where she rowed crew and conducted research on the role of smoking in breast cancer development. Following college, she ventured south to attend medical school at Tulane University. There, she ran a medical-student run free clinic that provided free HIV and Hepatitis C testing to high risk patients at homeless shelters and drug rehabs. This experience instilled in her a passion for community health, social justice, and harm reduction. After medical school, Meaghan returned to New York in the midst of the COVID pandemic in June 2020 to begin internal medicine residency at NYU. She is currently in her final year of training and intends to pursue specialization in addiction medicine next year.

Following her graduation from Sacred Heart Academy, Patricia received her Bachelor of Science and Masters of Business Administration from Providence College.  In 2018, Patricia joined Sl Green Realty Corp as a construction coordinator. Currently as project manager, Patricia manages $70 million of interior construction projects for eight properties in New York City. Patricia coordinates between project financing, design, construction, and turnover to asset management. She is a member of the board of NGLI (Next generation Industry Leaders) a non-profit organization connecting Real Estate and Construction industry leaders with young professionals.

 

LT Megan Martino was commissioned in 2015 through the Navy JAG Corps' Student Program. She completed her first tour at Region Legal Service Office Northwest where she served underway, briefly filling a gapped billet as the Disciplinary Officer onboard the USS Carl Vinson. She served as the Staff Judge Advocate to the Transient Personnel Unit and Special Assistant US Attorney covering offenses onboard Naval Base Kitsap before her 13 month rotation as Trial Counsel. In April 2018 she reported to Defense Service Office Southeast, Detachment Pensacola, where she served for three years as a defense attorney. While there, she was recognized as Naval Legal Service Command Defense Counsel of the Year for 2019. LT Martino reported to Washington DC in May 2021 where she served as a Government Appellate Counsel until July 2022 when she transitioned to the Defense Counsel Assistance Program (DCAP). She currently serves as DCAP Deputy Director. LT Martino is a Specialist I in the Military Justice Litigation Career Track. LT Martino graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2010, earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and attended the George Washington University Law School. While at GW, she interned for the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals and for a federal judge in the Eastern District of New York. LT Martino also served as president of the Equal Justice Foundation, represented clients in the Public Justice Advocacy Clinic, and wrote for the Federal Circuit Bar Journal. She graduated cum laude from George Washington University Law School in May 2015 and is admitted to practice law in the State of New York. 

 

The three of us have been close friends since high school and are so excited to share this special day with each other! We are thrilled to start the next chapter in our lives and becomes nurses. Thank you SHA for helping us create these lifelong friends!

 

 

Kristen Sullivan '09, who has been an internet news manager and web producer since joining Newsday in 2016, has been named assistant news editor lifestyle in Explore LI. In previous roles, she assigned and edited stories for lifestyle sections, including events, fashion/shopping and travel, and managed and created newsletters. She also was a Newsday lifestyle and entertainment intern. Prior to Newsday, she interned at Viacom: Nickelodeon and the New York Islanders. Kristen received a bachelor’s in media studies from Adelphi University and a master’s in media management from The New School.