Our Stories

Steve Laureti ’11 believes that in life it’s often the chances we didn’t take that we most regret. Laureti has put his expertise in finance and information systems to work selling real estate, at the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, and on the Oneida (N.Y.) Common Council. He is also an accomplished pianist. Put simply, he is not afraid to push himself out of his comfort zone.

As a medical provider with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Medical Services, Monna is tasked with safeguarding the well-being of America’s diplomatic community. She is, in effect, a health care provider, a diplomat and a logistical expert all in one. There is nothing she would rather do, and no place she’d rather be than wherever she is most urgently needed.

James Zogby ’67 remembers vividly the first time he saw Eileen McMahon ’67. It was the fall of 1963, their second day as students at Le Moyne College. Jim caught a glimpse of Eileen walking down a flight of stairs and was immediately struck. “That’s the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen,” he recalls thinking. The pair had their first date the following spring and the rest, as they say, is history.

The sound of a healthy heart – strong, steady, rhythmic – is music to the ears of any medical professional. But for Taylor Pechtel ’21 it is even more meaningful. A student in the College's Physician Assistant Studies Program, Pechtel cannot hear. But she does not allow that to keep her from caring for others. Pechtel uses adaptive technology to assess and examine patients with the same accuracy as her peers.

Demitrius McNeil ’18 defines success simply: doing what brings you joy. For McNeil, that means being a servant leader and thinking of others more than yourself. The dual business analytics and marketing major reflected on this throughout his time at Le Moyne, carefully considering where his talents and abilities meet the world’s needs. Now he is using all of those lessons and skills to give back to his alma mater as the College’s inaugural fellow in the Office of the President. Now he is using a...

As the associate executive director for health sciences at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (C.P.S.C.), Mary Kelleher '84 is responsible for helping to protect the public from unreasonable risk from items they and their loved ones use every day. In a career that has spanned the academic, nonprofit and biotechnology sectors, it is this work in public service has been the most rewarding of Kelleher’s life.

Alexis Ess ’22 and Jesenya Olivas ’23 are true digital natives. They have never known a world in which the internet did not provide people with instant access to, well, nearly anything. The cybersecurity majors plan to devote their careers to enduing that tech is safe for everyone. And they are taking the first step toward achieving that goal as members of the College's innovative Stempower program.