Jim Van Buren ’55 (Cornell Med ’59)
Major: Sociology
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Current Home: Atlanta, GA
Employer: Retired
Career: Jim had a long career in internal medicine in the Atlanta area, retiring in 2009, including as a member of the clinical faculty at Emory School of Medicine.
Family: Jim and wife Mary Martin Van Buren (’56) have five children, seven grandchildren, and one great granddaughter. Son Jimmy was Cornell Engineering ’81, and son David was Cornell Hotel ’83. David died in 2024 of a stroke.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Reading, current events, and golf. Jim was inducted into the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006, recognizing his time on the Big Red football team in the 1950s.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: My fraternity brothers, many of whom have already passed on.
Contact at jkvb@bellsouth.net.
Todd X. Teitell ’75
Major: Chemical Engineering
Hometown: Closter, NJ
Current Home: Dallas, TX
Employer: Retired from AmWINS Group
Job Title: President of Texas Operations
Current Job Responsibilities: Managing wholesale insurance-brokerage offices in Texas for the largest wholesale broker in the US and placing insurance for high-risk exposures with insurance carriers around the world.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Placing insurance for very technical and large catastrophic exposures, like satellites, the United Nations, the government of the US Virgin Islands, oil refineries, and off-shore oil platforms.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Love to fish anywhere, travel and cruise, lake house in East Texas, grand-kids.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: The brothers, Friday night road trips to nearby colleges, intramural sports, nights at the Fall Creek House.
Contact at txtdal@aol.com.
J. Mark “Hoss” Krause ’85
Major: ILR
Hometown: Palmyra, NY
Current Home: Penfield, NY
Employer: Baytowne Wines and Spirits
Job Title: General Manager
Current Job Responsibilities: Oversee the day-to-day operations of Rochester’s premier wine and spirits destination. Strategic planning and product selection.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Evaluating and selecting single barrels of bourbon, whiskey, tequila, rum, and mezcal for the store.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Golf, hiking. and travel.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: Hanging with brothers at the chapter house and Johnny’s.
Contact at krausejm1@msn.com.
Trevor MacMeekin ’05
Major: Applied Economics & Management, Dyson School
Hometown: Phoenix, MD
Current Home: Massapequa, NY
Employer: Center for Wealth Preservation LLC
Job Title: Financial Planner
Current Job Responsibilities: I help individuals and families protect what they have and plan for the future through life’s unexpected twists and turns.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: After more than 15 years on institutional Wall Street, it’s very rewarding to now be on the personal side of finance, working with those I love and care about and helping them reach their goals as families and their lifelong aspirations. Everyone needs financial guidance, whether you’re the savviest investor or far from it. Life is never easy, so let’s prepare for the unexpected and enjoy the time we have. Several of my clients are my Sigma Nu brothers.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Roadtripping, my four kids, coaching youth baseball and basketball, weekend guys trips, our family’s Lake Michigan cottage, Orioles and Ravens games.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: Sunday morning laughs with my best brothers after a raucous weekend, with nothing but time on our hands.
Contact at trevormacmeekin@gmail.com.
Trevin Cowman ’10
Major: Film, M-Eng Aerospace ’21
Hometown: Kingston, PA
Current Home: Florence, AL
Employer: Outpost Technologies
Job Title: Aerospace Engineer
Current Job Responsibilities: Developing mechanical and structural design solutions for defense, space, and commercial customers.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: The variety in projects. One week, I can be working on a product that will be used by a military customer on deployment, and the next week, I can be working on hardware to be used on the International Space Station.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Travel, hiking, reading, triathlon, and spending time with my wife and dogs.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: Marge ball, chandy ball, and Sunday spaghetti dinner.
Contact at tlcowman0@gmail.com.
Taylor Betros ’15
Major: Applied Economics and Management (concentration in Finance)
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Current Home: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Employer: PGA TOUR
Job Title: Senior Director, Corporate Partnerships
Current Job Responsibilities: Renewing and upselling PGA TOUR league sponsorships<.> Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Negotiating sponsorships with the biggest brands in the world.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: My kids, golf, Premier League soccer, and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: Friends and the campus.
Contact at trbetros@gmail.com.
Will Hutton ’15
Major: Applied Economics & Management, Minor in Real Estate
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Current Home: Chelsea, NY
Employer: InterVest Capital Partners (“ICP”)
Job Title: Vice President
Current Job Responsibilities: At ICP, a multi-strategy alternative-investment manager, specializing in asset-based finance and real-estate investments across the US, Europe, and Asia, I lead the firm’s equity and special-situations investment programs as part of the real-estate team.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: While my role is deeply rooted in quantitative and data-driven analysis, the most rewarding part is the relationship-based investing. These relationships include forming partnerships and transacting with fellow Cornell alumni and brothers of Sigma Nu.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: International travel, volunteering, philanthropy, spending time with my family, and my mini-golden doodle, Cosmo. My day starts at the gym at 5:00 am (health is wealth), and I am still improving my golf game (slowly) and skiing (thanks to Brother Michael Wolcott ’15 for teaching me).
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: The camaraderie of the brotherhood. The relationships forged on the hill and in the Lodge stay with you for life and take you far.
Contact at williambhutton@gmail.com.
Shane McManamon ’15
Major: Hotel Administration with focus in Finance
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Current Home: Stamford, CT (recently moved out of NYC)
Employer: Distributed Solar Development LLC
Job Title: Vice President, Finance
Current Job Responsibilities: Oversee cost controls and manage key project data, including budgets, returns, and spending, while coordinating across teams to ensure accuracy and accountability throughout the project life cycle.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Coordinating cross functionally and working with all departments of the business, as well as investors and external parties.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Golf, pickleball, traveling, die-hard Cleveland sports fan (sadly).
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: The brotherhood: living everyday surrounded by dozens of your lifelong best friends.
Contact at swm86@cornell.edu.
Max Tave ’15
Major: Hotel Administration
Hometown: Honolulu. HI
Current Home: Honolulu, HI
Employer: Red Bull
Job Title: Key Accounts, Hawaii
Current Job Responsibilities: I oversee accounts like 7-Eleven and bigger local businesses that carry Red Bull (i.e., if they do 50K cases of Red Bull a year, they likely deserve a budget and someone to wine and dine them).
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: With Red Bull, I’ve been able to travel the world, go to amazing events, and I met my wife at a Red Bull event.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: I’m a semiprofessional pickleball player. I’ve made $500K playing poker at the WSOP as a hobby in the summer. I’ve personally raised $3.5M for a startup before coming back to Red Bull. I’m a Hotelie, so I have all the food recs if you visit Hawaii or Asia.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: The friends, the slope, and the fresh air! Some of my fondest memories are looking out from Sigma Nu’s backyard over the gorges.
Contact at mt2344@gmail.com.
Sam Wood ’15
Major: Biology
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Current Home: Boulder, CO
Employer: University of Colorado Boulder, MBA ’25
Current Job: Currently searching for healthcare or technology investment banking associate roles.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Golf, intramural sports, skiing, reading.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: The camaraderie of the guys.
Contact at samdw12@gmail.com.
Anuraag Lamichhane ’20
Major: Hotel Administration
Hometown: New York, NY
Employer: Ramsfield Hospitality Finance
Job Title: Associate
Job Responsibilities: Analyzing new opportunities to lend to hotels and directly managing existing debt and equity investments.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Seeing and touring great hotels all across the country.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Traveling, soccer, trying new restaurants and cuisines, and working out.
One Thing You Miss Most About Sigma Nu: Having all your friends in the same place on a similar schedule.
Contact at anuraaglamichhane@gmail.com.
Paul Valencia ’20
Major: Hotel Administration
Hometown: Floral Park, New York
Current Home: New York, New York
Employer: Santander
Job Title: Associate
Current Job Responsibilities: Corporate lending to consumer, retail, and healthcare companies.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Working with companies we all interact with on a daily basis and advising them on how to remain competitive in their respective industries.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Traveling, working out, St. John’s basketball, golf, Arsenal Football Club.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: Watching the sunset over the lake with my best friends.
Contact at pdv23@cornell.edu.