Alumni News
Fall 2023
- Vasiliki Skreta (PhD 2001), the Leroy G. Denman Regents Professor at University of Texas Austin, was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society.
Fall 2022
- Joseph Constanty (BS ’02) was featured in the Fall 2022 issue of Pitt Magazine. He has found career success and an environmentally friendly passion on two wheels.
- In October 2022, Debbi Gillotti was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Fellow in partnership with the Pitt Alumni Association and the Office of the Chancellor. Gillotti earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and History from Pitt in 1977, a Master of Science degree in Accounting from Georgetown in 1981, and a Director Certificate in the Women’s Director Program in 2002 from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She is the Chief Operating Officer at nVoq, Inc. and a Member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Pittsburgh.
- Mason Putt is a two-time Pitt graduate (BS ’20, MS ’21) who works as a financial analyst at DAI Management Consultants, a Carnegie-based consulting firm specializing in renewable energy valuation.
Fall 2021
- Gayatri Pai was a graduate of the first MQE class and a Pitt undergrad. She is now a data scientist with Booz Allen Hamilton.
Fall 2020
- Caitlin McLaughlin, Executive Vice President, Director of Talent and Total Rewards at PNC and a Pitt alumni, spoke to Pitt’s undergraduate class, Professional Development for Economists.
- Sanjay Ravi was recently promoted to Senior Data Management Professional, Portfolio Holdings in January 2025 at Bloomberg. Prior to that, he was a Supply Chain Data Analyst Senior Professional, also at Bloomberg. Prior to working at Bloomberg, Sanjay worked at American Express, Mass General Brigham, and Incline Consulting Group.
- Brendan Bettez was recently promoted to Senior Relationship Manager at First Citizens Bank in March 2025. He worked as a Relationship Manager prior to being promoted. Before working for First Citizens Bank, he worked at Citizens Bank.
2019
- Julia Eger was an economics and political science graduate and then received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2023. She is currently a Judicial Law Clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
2013
- Shane Cerutti, worked for several organizations since graduating including: Northwestern Mutual, Verizon Wireless, Master-Lee Engineered Products, Inc., Century Support Services, ADP, and Call Criteria. He currently works for CallMiner where he's a Data Science Team Lead.
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