Andy Inkeles ’85
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Great Neck, NY
Current Home: Los Angeles, CA
Employer: ManTech International
Job Title: Risk Management Lead
Current Job Responsibilities: Systems engineering and integration risk management Lead for United States Space Force (USSF) National Space Security Launch (NSSL) Program.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Get to play with rockets!
Hobbies and Personal Interests: High school baseball umpire, Little League baseball umpire.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: The “feeling” of brotherhood.
Contact Andy at ari4@cornell.edu.
Tom Cooney ’90
Major: Communications
Hometown: Berkley, MI
Current Home: Royal Oak, MI
Employer: General Motors
Job Title: VP for Global Public Policy
Current Job Responsibilities: Manage GM’s global government relations team.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: This is a new job for me—only since mid-2019—after retiring from 25 wonderful years as a State Department foreign service officer. I have been thrust into the middle of GM’s global restructuring transactions, have survived a long UAW strike, and am now working hard on GM’s effort to manufacture critically needed breathing ventilators for COVID-19 victims. Not a dull moment since joining! Also is a bit surreal to return to the Detroit area, where I grew up, after living in Asia and South America for so many years. Good to be back in Motown, although it was never in the plans.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Live music, sports, watching my three children develop. Maybe one will go to Cornell, who knows?
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: The beauty of the Ithaca area and the old Chapter House on Stewart Ave.!
Contact Tom at oahu.tom@gmail.com.
Taylor Betros ’15
Major: Applied Economics and Management
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Current Home: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Employer: PGA TOUR
Job Title: Manager, Business Development for Corporate Partnerships
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Pitching companies from all industries on why they should partner with the PGA TOUR versus other professional sports leagues.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Golf and football.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: Hanging with the boys in the backyard overlooking Cayuga Lake!
Contact Taylor at trb94@cornell.edu.
Peter McDonough ’15
Major: ILR
Hometown: Darien, CT
Current Home: Santa Monica, CA
Employer: CBS
Job Title: Showrunner’s Assistant
Current Job Responsibilities: My “company” is a TV show and my boss is the “CEO” of the show. He manages the show’s budget, hires the producers, decides on the actors cast for each role, and has creative control over the story by serving as its head writer. My job is to make sure my boss can do his job well. Like other assistant positions, I manage my boss’ calendar, handle the phones, and organize the rest of the team to make sure everything runs smoothly.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: There were only four people on the team when I started, but by the time the show pilot is finished, there will be 75-plus. The most interesting thing about the job is to watch how 30 pieces of paper turn into the shows we watch on TV.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Screenwriting, surfing, and playing for the Santa Monica Club Rugby team.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: Sig Nu sunset from the roof! #BringBackTheRoof
Contact Pete at peter.mcdonough28@gmail.com.
Shane McManamon ’15
Major: Hotel Administration
Hometown: Westlake, OH
Current Home: New York, NY
Employer: Distributed Solar Development, LLC
Job Title: Commercial Finance Associate
Current Job Responsibilities: I report directly to our CFO with a dotted line to our CCO. Some of my main responsibilities are owning cash forecasting and all pipeline reporting and forecasting. I also have ad hoc responsibilities that fluctuate according to the priorities of the business.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: I think the cash forecasting is one of the most interesting aspects of my job because I get to see the sources and uses of our cash and help to drive decision-making for the business.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Traveling, eating, golfing, and watching/playing basically any sport.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: The best views on campus and a huge, fully stocked kitchen available 24/7!
Contact Shane at swm86@cornell.edu.
Sam Wood ’15
Major: Biology & Society
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Employer: VillageMD (co-founded by CEO Tim Barry ’93)
Job Title: Senior Product Manager
Current Job Responsibilities: Responsible for the roadmap and delivery of interoperable technology products supporting the docOS ecosystem. Currently working on establishing an API-first methodology for current and future product development, leveraging the clinical and claims data of ~4M patients in the VillageMD network.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Besides working at a Sigma Nu-founded and run company, I would say the ability to see our technical products deliver value to primary care physicians and their patients, enabling new and effective ways of delivering the best care to the right patient at the right time.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Golf, any intramural sport, reading, discovering new doughnut shops.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: The constant camaraderie.
Contact Sam at samdw12@gmail.com.