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Commencement Program

Saturday, May 9, 2026  | 2 p.m. 
Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview 
Syracuse, New York

 



Program


Processional
 

Welcome and Introductions 
Lindi Quackenbush, Ph.D.  
Provost and Vice President for Research  

President’s Remarks  
Joanne M. Mahoney, J.D.  
President  

Student Speaker  
Isabella Uzcategui
Class of 2026 

Recognition of Honorary Degree  
Basil Seggos
Partner and Senior Policy Director, Foley Hoag and Former Commissioner, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Recognition of Degree Candidates  
Zora Thomova, Ph.D.
Dean of Graduate School and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs  

Conferral of Degrees   

Alumni Welcome  
Wendi Richards ’86
Vice President, ESF Alumni Association   

Closing  
Lindi Quackenbush, Ph.D.  

Recessional  

 



Class of 2026


Key to symbols

~ Denotes those who have completed requirements for the ESF Honors Program
^ Denotes a member of Alpha Xi Sigma, ESF Honor Society
X Denotes a recipient of the 2026 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
# Denotes veteran of the United States Armed Forces
+ Denotes ESF in the High School participant
∑Denotes a member of Sigma Lambda Alpha, Landscape Architecture Honor Society
1 Denotes Sigma Lambda Chi, International Construction Honor Society
2 Denotes recipient of the 2026 Norman R. McConney Jr. Award

Hassett, Erin
Huang, Jiaqi
Kurz, Olivia (Aug. ’26)
Lamsal, Anusha

Legundapati,
     Ramachandra (Aug. ’26)

Owens, Amy
Park, Seongsu (Aug. ’26)

Ryu, Jiae
Tolentino, Geri Mae
Yang, Hanyue

Ahmad, Shaun
Benzinger, Martin (Marty)

Bollinger, Madeline
Brumfield, Katlyn

Zayas, Elizabeth (IZ)

Dengel, Harrison
Duerr, Shannon
Levin, Jacob

Reed, Giavanna
Seitz, Alexandra
Subramanian, Lalitha Shree 

Wiley, Chloe
Wilkes, Cody

Albertson, Erica
Ballenger, Amber
Beach, Anna
Bridgeford, Emily
Cross, Annamarie (Aug. ’26)
Defrancisco, Celia
Devkota, Abinash
Dominic, Peter (Aug. ’26)
Foli, Matthew (Aug. ’26)
Hagman, Aaron

Henderson, Rhiannon (Aug. ’26)
Hotaling, Asha (Aug. ’26)
Liu, Man
Loughran, Maria
Ludlow, Allison (Aug. ’26)
Marshall, Nevaeh (Aug. ’26)
Martinez, Ricardo
Ramesh, Kshirajaa (Aug. ’26)
Sanderson, Nicholas
Schuster, Laurel

Squarcia, Madeline (Aug. ’26)
Sternick, Sara
Sun, Jingzhi
Wang, Chloe
Witherspoon, Caroline (Aug. ’26)
Xiaoqi, Liu (Aug. ’26)
Xie, Weimin (Raymond)
Zellar, Edward

Arnold, Joseph
Barakat, Raedah^
Bonner, Rebecca∑
Briles, Kaleb∑
Carlucci, Gage
Corcoran, Frankie∑
Cordone, Susanna
Crawford, Georgia Rose
Foster, Chelsea#
Gabryszak, Cooper
Gifford, Ruy Pastora
Hawker, Crystal
Hebert, Mitchell
Holycross , Jordyn∑

Hutchinson, Marie∑^
Jordan, Daniel
Koehl, Keiffer
Lopane, Andrew∑
Lukonaitis, Logan∑
Mucheru, Morgan
Murthy, Ananya
Nackowski, Amanda
Naranjo, Charles
Neill, Abigail∑
O'Brien, Victoria∑
Ortiz Guarneros, Roberto2
Perkins, Zahra

Plewak, Timothy
Raab, Alexander
Reino, Lea∑~
Smith, Chloe
Snyder-Robertson, Lucienne∑
Spatz, Duncan
St. Louis, Tatum∑
Suzuki, Hillary
Takas, Grace∑~
Timmins, Keif
Umile, Eve
Wells, Jonathan∑

Aaron, Antonio^
Abaza, Owen
Adams, Dalton
Adler, Aidan
Aker, Zeynep
Algarin, Abigail
Alvarez, Amelia
Amaral, Ferran
Arcadi, Landon^~
Armstrong, Heather
Ashkar, Omar
Assavathevavich, Pittchayudt 
Atulugama, Venuri~
Augustin-Orcel, Gabrielle^X
Authi, Meha
Avila, Hannah
Babieradzki, Julia^
Bailey, Raymond^X~
Bakarr, Fatu 
Balough, Ava
Barcik, Emily
Barclay, Dan
Barley, Sasha^
Bautista, Jennifer
Beakes, Noah
Beckerle, Dan
Beebe, Abigail
Begier, Dominic
Berg, Elisabeth "E"
Berthelon, Kerry
Bettencourt, Robert
Bevier, Bryce
Bianchi, Michael
Biondollilo, Ava 
Bonner, Liam
Bonventre , Lilac
Boothby, Gavin
Braden, Beryl
Brauer, Aidan 
Bregg, Hayden
Brenton, Clara
Brewer, Meghan
Broderick, Aidan
Brogan, Lana^ 
Brown, Kimora^
Butcher, Holly 
Campbell Lopez, Anna~
Cappa, Gregg+
Card, Lou
Cardichon, Gabrielle
Carney, Kaitlyn
Carroll, Brandan^#1
Castellazzo, Joseph
Celmer, Lily
Cepeda , Matthew (Aug. ’26)
Chagoya, Eduardo
Champagne, Sophie^
Champney , Sabrina
Chapell, Matthew
Chen, Tianlei
Cheney, Dustin#
Chenier, Lucas
Chevalier, Abigail^
Choodej, Joe
Chwiejczak, David
Ciak, Sierra
Civatte, Marissa
Clairborne, Alex
Claire, Hal
Clarke, Kyla 
Clingerman, Kaitlin+
Cochran, Sloan
Colucci, Dominic
Conmy, Casey
Corcoran, Katelyn
Cotter, Ian
Cox, Andrew
Cramer, Mallori
Croswell, Kendall
Culbert, Lydia
Cummings, RJ
Cunha-Bustamante, Bailey^~
Cusati, AJ
Dahlberg, Maci
Darcy, Lindsay
Davidson, Christian (Aug. ’26)
Davis, Ian~
Dawson, Chance
DeForest, Lily
Defrancisco, Celia
DeLaFuente, Skyler
Dendy, Lucien
Denson, Amaya
Dever, Aidan
Doane , Cameron 
Dombek, Olivia
Donnellan, Christopher
Donnelly, John
Drissi, Alec1
Duffy, Bridget
DuPree, Ryan Charles
Dusel, Aria
Eagan, Julia
Ells, Charlotte
El-Quhir, Brianna
Emery, Patrick
Endres, Russell
Espinoza Hernandez, Fabian
Faivre-Nigro, Rita^
Fedorowicz, Devin
Fesko, Greyson+
Fiacco, Felicia
Figard, Taija
Files, Sean
Francese, Bryan
Francisco, Isabella^~

Franco Aguado, Antonio Javier~
Frazier Bestpitch, Danielle
Fredeman, Joshua
Freeman, Samuel
Frombgen Carrera, Scarlet
     Xochitl
Gagnon, Natalie (Aug. ’26)
Garbry, Garett
Garcia, Justin 
Gardner, Emelia (Dec. ’26)
Gardner, Kennon
Garvey, Brian
Genao, Catherine
George, Ainsley (Aug. ’26)
Geschwindt, Abigail^~
Anjali Gobin (Aug. ’26)
Grace, Lindsey
Graham, Paul (Aug. ’26)
Grant, Sienna (Aug. ’26)
Greenblatt, Sam
Grzywacz, Emily^
Guastella, Nina
Guldenpfennig, Parker
Gutierrez, Malia
Hanna, Simon
Harrison, Sofia
Hedges, Ari
Henderson, Shawn
Heppner, Artemis Grace
Herr, William 
Herrick, Elise 
Heywood, Noah
Hildesheim, Samantha
Hollamby, Ethan
Holleran, Piper
Holsinger, Morgan ^
Hopkins, Peter
Horn, Megan
Huetz, Shaynen
Hughes, Owen
Jaen, Paul 
Jaén, Sergio
Jasniok, Jacob
Jenkins, Reese
Johnson, Nicholas
Kaewsonthi, Pattarapon^
Kammerer, Lydia^
Kanaovicz, Melia~
KarDi , Azalea 
Karnik, Vignesh
Kaufman, Leila^
Kelley, Meghan
Kester, Emma
Kettlehone, Mackenzie
Kingsley, Megan+
Kinley, Justin (Dec. ’26)
Kleiber, Emily
Knox, Jacob+
Konopka, Isabel
Kovalskaya, Sasha
Kramek, Jeanine (Aug. ’26)
Krauth, Caitlin
Krieger, Robert
Krouse, Logan
Kuhn, Vienna
LaBounty, Lillian
Lane, Maura
Lathrop-Olmedo, Silas
LeClair, Allison^
Legundapati , Ramachandra 
Levine, Alex
Li, Zhenghao^~
Loccisano, Max^
Lord, Nathaniel^~
Lucas, Austin^ (Dec. ’26)
Ludlow, Allison
MacEwen, Marae
Mack, Daniel
Mai-Cao, Brandon
Manzene, Stephen
Marchant, Emily
Martin, Amelia
McClary, Emily (Aug. ’26)
McClellan, William
McCloskey , Tiernan
McDonald, Emily
McDonald, Eve
McDonald, Ulysses
McGarity, Molly~
McKechnie, Kamari 
McPherson, Benjamin1
Meaney, Kara
Methven, Aubrie^
Meyers, Ean
Milhaven, John
Miller, Sean
Minbiole, Colby
Moffitt, Maya
Monteleone, Drew (Dec. ’26)
Morgan, James (Dec. ’26)
Morley, Chloe
Morrill, Mitchell
Morris, Mary
Moxley, Iz+
Mumford, Alexis
Murphy, Cassidy (Aug. ’26)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Victoria^
Myers, Luke
Mygland, Bjørn (Dec. ’26)
Nash, Vivian^
Natal, Eva
Nelson, Sara Finn
Nicol, Kathleen
Nigro, Rita
Noel, Grace
Norris, Adi

Nutchanart, Mark
O'Brien, Maura 
Osei, Damon Kwabena
Pahucki, Cora
Palmer, Alex
Pamas, Nico
Papantonopoulos, Anna^
Pardinas, Helena
Paré, Russell
Patterson, Theresa
Pereira, Gabriella 
Perez, Kylie
Peskin, Erin
Peters, Haley^
Phelps, Timothy^
Platt-Strack, Jeremy
Poland, Owen
Prasertsri, Mark 
Puckett, Mac
Purvis, Lauren
Quadt, Elizabeth
Quillinan, Tomás 
Quinn, Siena~
Raio, Calder^~
Reardon, Vermillion
Richard, Robert
Richardson, Kathleen
Rifkin, Hunter
Ritchie, Meg
Roberts, Joey
Roberts, John
Robie, Brennan
Roche, Gareth
Rodriguez, Henry 
Rodriguez-Bornot, Carlos^
Rogers, Calvin
Roppel, Jonathan
Rosado, Anthony
Rosado, Mel
Roy, Max
Ryan, Margaret
Ryan, Sophia 
Sabbatini, Keira
Sadykov, Lucien
Saeed, August
Saibua, Asama
Salerno, Owen
Salgado, Scarleth Michelle
Samuelson, Jordan
Sapp, Don
Sayre, Augustine 
Schildknecht, Liam
Schwartz, Samuel
Scocca, Jillian^
Sharp, Thomas
Shaw, Brooke Parker (Dec. ’26)
Shearer, Peyton
Siegmann, Madison
Siford, Aiden
Smith, Connor
Smith, Jenna
Smith, Tanner
Snowden-Hallowell,
     Lilac (Aug. ’26)

Snyder, Evan
Snyder, Owen
Solfrian, Jackson~
Sorace, Taylor
Spar, Nicole^
Squires, Ryan 
Stamm-Walsh, Eamonn
Stiffler, Faye
Stone, Maeve^ (Dec. ’26)
Stufft, Kaylin
Swalla, Xavier
Syron, Benjamin (Dec. ’26)
Taub, Elizabeth 
Terrell, Damien
Terwilliger, Asa
Thatcher, Andy (Aug. ’26)
Tihami, Maya
Tiwari, Shreeyash Singh^
Tsalkind, Illan^
Tucker, Everett^
Turner, Braeden
Ulrich, Christopher
Usselman, Adam
Uzcategui, Isabella
Vallary, Michael
Van Der Vliet, Katherine
Van Wie, Alexis
VanWormer, Annika
Velardi, Bethany 
Villalba, Natalie 
Volcko, Troy
Waclawik, Alexis+ 
Waligora, Sylvia
Walsh, Abigail
Weber, Taylor^
Weiman, Benjamin
Weimer, Jack (Aug. ’26)
Wheeler, Faith
White, Sean
Whittaker, Jacob
Wilanan, Prima~
Wilkinson, Hannah
Wimmers, James
Wingard, Brenden
Wise, Hannah
Wood, Liam
Woodruff, Mary
Wright, Jason (Aug. ’26)
Zilberg, Samuel 
Zimpfer, Michael 

 

 

 




Graduates, Summer/Fall 2025

 

Chaudhry, Eaqan (Dec. ’25)
Hossain, Md Sahadat (Aug. ’25)
Hossain, Md Shahadat (Dec. ’25)

Nahar, Sarah (Aug. ’25)
Olagunju, Babatunde (Dec. ’25)
Paul, Anindita (Dec. ’25)

Poudel, Abishek (Aug. ’25)
Wang, Zhixin (Dec. ’25)
Webster, Abby (Dec. ’25)

Cramton, Ethan (Dec. ’25)

Goertzen, Emma (Dec. ’25)

 

Arreaga, Ana (Dec. ’25)
Beidler, Jacob (Aug. ’25)
Benman, Eliot (Aug. ’25)
Booker, Jenelle C. (Dec. ’25)
Carvajal Martinez,
     Beth Sua (Aug. ’25)
Cushing, Samia (Aug. ’25)
Guinan, Abigail (Dec. ’25)
Haskell, Natasha (Aug. ’25)
Hawes, Liam (Dec. ’25)
Herne, Justin (Dec. ’25)
Huang, Tao (Dec. ’25)
Hullihen, Abigail (Aug. ’25)

Koirala, Shreya (Dec. ’25)
Kuteesa, Margret (Dec. ’25)
Leippert, Gianna (Aug. ’25)
Long, Samantha (Aug. ’25)
Lymberopoulos,
     Katherine (Dec. ’25)
Marshall, Jack (Dec. ’25)
McCoy, Nicole (Dec. ’25)
Niesz Kutsch, Maya (Dec. ’25)
Olaosebikan, Olayinka
     Nurudeen (Dec. ’25)
Opel, Sydney (Dec. ’25)

Radford, Wesley (Dec. ’25)
Ren, Kexin (Aug. ’25)
Rios Galeano,
     Sheyla Gaviota (Aug. ’25)
Suriano, Sophia (Dec. ’25)
Tennant, Jeremiah (Aug. ’25)
Verma, Aditi (Dec. ’25)
Walls, Alexandra (Dec. ’25)
Wegner, Taylor (Aug. ’25)
Williams, Laurel (Aug. ’25)

Davoodi,   
     Seyedehsoheila
(Aug. ’25)
Foley, Peter (Dec. ’25)

Godshalk, Isaac (Dec. ’25)
Haumann, Jade (Dec. ’25)
Hopper, Bryce (Dec. ’25)

Romero, Tatiana (Dec. ’25)
Sagor, Pabitra Singha (Dec. ’25)
Scanlon, Jocelyn (Dec. ’25)

Acker-Krzywicki,
     Sarah (Aug. ’25)
Alarcon Aquino, Randy (Dec. ’25)
Ayoub, Alaa (Dec. ’25)
Baker, Nathaniel (Dec. ’25)
Ball, Kiara (Dec. ’25)
Bartlett, Emily (Dec. ’25)
Benot, Alaina (Dec. ’25)
Bhujel, Madan (Dec. ’25)
Bickel, Marie (Dec. ’25)
Bishop, Travis (Aug. ’25)
Blunnie, Conner (Aug. ’25)
Bogner, Brianna (Dec. ’25)
Boje, Jordan (Aug. ’25)
Bono, Ethan (Dec. ’25)
Brown, Harry (Dec. ’25)
Caballero, Joon (Dec. ’25)
Carman, Anna (Aug. ’25)
Castillo-Patino,
     Estefanny (Aug. ’25)
Connor, Samuel (Aug. ’25)
Cook, Karissa (Aug. ’25)
Correa, Aaron (Dec. ’25)
Day, Samuel (Dec. ’25)
Dils, Cameron (Aug. ’25)
Derzanovich, Hannah (Dec. ’26)
Desrameaux, Thomas (Aug. ’25)
Doerger, Haley (Dec. ’25)
Earls, Jaylen (Dec. ’25)
Eisenbach, William (Dec. ’25)
Fernandez, Thomas (Aug. ’25)
Ferraro, Jonah (Aug. ’25)
Ferry, Kaitlynn (Dec. ’25)

Fuer, Bethany (Dec. ’25)
Georgoudes,
     Alexandra (Dec. ’25)
Gephard, Benjamin (Aug. ’25)
Gravante, Lily (Dec. ’25)
Green, Molly (Dec. ’25)
Gura, Andriy (Dec. ’25)
Hall, Bethany (Dec. ’25)
Hall, John (Dec. ’25)
Haraty, Nicholas (Dec. ’25)
Herron, Flynn (Dec. ’25)
Hoover, Karin (Dec. ’25)
Hughes, Gabriel (Dec. ’25)
Ingham, Troy (Aug. ’25)
Jacobs, Connor (Aug. ’25)
Jedra, Kelsey (Dec. ’25)
Jenner, Emily (Dec. ’25)
Jibb, Emily (Dec. ’25)
Johnson, Luella (Dec. ’25)
Kavanaugh, Rebecca (Dec. ’25)
Kavanaugh, Rordan (Aug. ’25)
Knickerbocker, Nolan (Dec. ’25)
Leibert, Abbey (Dec. ’25)
Lofdahl, Cameron (Dec. ’25)
Malcolm, Brahm (Dec. ’25)
Maul, Lydia (Dec. ’25)
McDonough, Isabelle (Dec. ’25)
McNamara, Ian (Aug. ’25)
Mercer, Zoe-Hateya (Dec. ’25)
Modell-Kowalski,
     Isabel (Dec. ’25)
Montes, Diego (Dec. ’25)
Morgan, Lydia (Aug. ’25)

Morgantini, Sebastion (Dec. ’25)
Mualem, Netta (Aug. ’25)
Mullally, Fallon (Aug. ’25)
Newman, Taylor (Dec. ’25)
Oakley, Gabriel (Dec. ’25)
Passalacqua, Luca (Dec. ’25)
Paz, Arturo (Dec. ’25)
Pesesky, Gretta (Dec. ’25)
Pineau, Gillian (Dec. ’25)
Porsche, Samantha (Aug. ’25)
Prosper, Christian (Aug. ’25)
Quinones, Dalia (Dec. ’25)
Rainey, Stephnique (Dec. ’25)
Rampulla, Anthony (Aug. ’25)
Rositzke, Merryn (Dec. ’25)
Rubinstein, Rosa (Dec. ’25)
Russo, Emily (Dec. ’25)
Schultz, Dawson (Aug. ’25)
Schwarzmueller,
     Lawrence (Dec. ’25)
Shurtliff, Archer (Dec. ’25)
Sidle, Ida (Aug. ’25)
Skinner, Nicholas (Aug. ’25)
Smith, Isabella (Dec. ’25)
Stiles, Jenna (Dec. ’25)
Tollner, Morgan (Dec. ’25)
Vallet, Benjamin (Dec. ’25)
Vanderbeek, John (Aug. ’25)
Wasserman, Ethan (Dec. ’25)
Wood, Nicholes (Dec. ’25)
Zachwieja, Erik (Dec. ’25)

 


 

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