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Christine Cui has joined real estate firm A.C. Lawrence & Company as an agent. ARC Logics has named Robinson DeJesus director of its TeamMate® audit management system in Latin America. He has provided training and consulting experience to the company for the past three years, before which he worked at Merrill Lynch. CPA Bryan Stern has his own practice providing tax preparation and planning, accounting, and financial planning services for artists in all fields.

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Monica Batia (MBA) is the first woman and the first Indian appointed to head the tax transparency unit of global financial body Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), based in Paris. She is a senior Indian Revenue Service officer, in the Income Tax Department. Raymond Maniaci (MS) is president and founder of TheBestWebsiteEver.com, a platform for fans to choose the best brands and artists and for brands to market themselves. The network revolves around TheBestCharityEver.com category, wherein the charity with the most votes each month wins a percentage of the banner ad revenue.

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John Alesi has been promoted to head coach of the men’s basketball team at Baruch, replacing Ray Rankis, who has retired as coach after 29 years. Alesi, a 1,000-point scorer while at Baruch, was previously head coach at Hunter College. Entrepreneur and triple alumna Veronique Verscheure (MS ’04, MBA ’08) is one of the charter members of the Moxie Exchange Movement, a national organization of professional women founded in 2010. Its New York City chapter was launched in January.

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Pedro Mejia was promoted to VP of finance for 33Across, a growing social targeting platform. Marta Ossolinska is a member of WGIRLS NYC, a nonprofit organization that benefits New York’s underprivileged women and children.

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Eliot M. Bassin (MS) has been promoted to partner at Bregman & Company, P.C. It’s the first time a non-Bregman has been at the helm of the family-owned accounting firm in its 35-year history. In March Donna Leno Gordon (EMPA) was honored by the Fund for the City of New York with a Sloan Public Service Award. She is the founder of the Palliative Care Unit at Coney Island Hospital and currently serves as its director of behavioral health nursing and palliative care. China Information Technology, Inc., has appointed Daniel K. Lee (MS) CFO. Previously he was senior investment advisor at Pine Capital, LLC.

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Andrew Davidson (MBA) has been hired as VP of search and performance marketing at digital advertising agency Razorfish. He returns to the company after working as director of search for North America at Neo@Ogilvy. Vladislav Kuznetsov (MBA) has been appointed director of financial operations at health insurance provider Fidelis Care. He was previously administrator for the Department of Ophthalmology at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary Hospital.

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Christopher Bell (MPA) was awarded an Alfa Fellowship through Cultural Vistas, Alfa-Bank, and Oxford University. Currently in Moscow, Russia, as a participant in this professional development exchange program, Bell was the second Baruch student to be awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, in 2007. He is a senior analyst with the New York City Office of Management and Budget. Yvonne Erazo (MSEd) began doctoral studies in the higher education administration program at Northeastern University this past fall. HKS Capital Partners has hired Mohit Kohli (MBA) as senior analyst/load underwriting for the firm’s clients in the New York metropolitan area. He previously worked as a sales associate for Bond, New York. Bre Lawson has been promoted to the Program Management team at Straightline, a strategic brand consulting firm. She was the executive assistant to the company’s president and CEO, Michael Watras.

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Standup comedian Daniel Lobell released his first album, Danny Lobell, Some Kind of Comedian (available at standuprecords.com). He is a host on the talk show Yackit.com. David Shapiro (MPA) was named interim director of Family and Children’s Service of Ithaca (N.Y.) in December 2011. He previously headed homeless services for the Salvation Army in New York City.