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Dr. Anthony Borgese
IVE Fellow
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Dr. Anthony Borgese is an Associate Professor of Tourism and Hospitality with the City University of New York
at Kingsborough. His interest lies in teaching and research within the field of entrepreneurship, and is involved
in Work Force and Economic Development projects that serve Brooklyn and the greater New York City area. Dr. Borgese
has a BA in Philosophy from Brooklyn College, an MBA from Baruch College; and received his Doctorate in Sports
Management from the United States Sports Academy.
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Dr. Jonathan Deutsch
IVE Fellow
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Jonathan Deutsch is a classically trained chef and is Assistant Professor in the Department of Tourism and
Hospitality and Associate Director of the Center for Economic and Workforce Development at Kingsborough Community
College, City University of New York. He is a senior fellow of the Institute for Virtual Enterprise,
a chancellor's special initiative of CUNY charged with engaging students across the university in entrepreneurship,
financial literacy, leadership and sustainable development projects. He earned his Ph.D. in food and
food management at New York University and is Secretary of the Association for the Study of Food and Society
and education editor of the journal Food, Culture and Society. He has published in a diverse range of journals
including Gastronomica, The Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, The Journal of Leadership Education,
and Food and Foodways. He is the co-author of Jewish American Food Culture (Greenwood, 2008), and co-edited
the book Gastropolis: Food and New York City (Columbia University Press, 2008).
A graduate of Drexel University and the Culinary Institute of America, he has held leadership positions in a
variety of foodservice settings including product development, catering, institutions, luxury inns, and
restaurants, both in the US and abroad.
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Dr. Richard Graziano
IVE Fellow
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Richard Graziano, Ed.D. is a Professor of Tourism and Hospitality at Kingsborough Community College and a IVE Fellow. His doctorate is from Hofstra University; during this time he conducted an extensive study of the student outcomes of the Virtual Enterprise course. His findings are often cited as an authority in this area.
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David Rosane
IVE Fellow
Naturalist, Environmental Educator, Writer
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David Rosane is naturalist in residence for Nurture New York's Nature, Inc. and a CUNY adjunct. He currently collaborates with IVE on numerous environmental education and outreach initiatives, including College Now urban ecology workshops at KBCC, an Honors College course at Queens College (BALA), "Sustaining the Nature of New York"; and a cross-campus network of environmental clubs, or "Green Teams", that promote ecological literacy and sustainability in the City. Formerly a Cornell UniversityResearch Associate in Tropical Ecology, he has worked in Venezuela, Peru and the Dominican Republic. Other developments include a"Nature of New York" lecture series, continuing education program and on-line course with NNYN and CUNY/SPS. David continues to work onhis book "the Nature of New York", a compilation of essays dealing with the metropolitan environment.
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Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
IVE Fellow
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Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz is an Instructor of English at Kingsborough Community
College and received her Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning from New York University.
Past jobs include teaching college composition and English and Journalism
at the high school level, serving as the Director of Marketing Communications
for New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies
and as a Marketing Manager for Business Week magazine and The New York Times.
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Tamika Estwick
IVE Fellow
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Tamika Estwick was among the first graduates of the CUNY / IVE Leadership program. She earned her
Bachelors from Hunter College with a major in Environmental Studies and Anthropology. While working for
IVE as a College Assistant she completed a master's degree in Hunter's Urban Affairs program. Her areas
of interest are, community organizing, environmental justice and sustainable development.
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Peter Rayson
IVE Fellow
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Peter Rayson was an Information Technology College Assistant for IVE through the CUNY-CAP
program. He is currently obtaining his masters degree in Computer Science from Brooklyn
College after obtaining his bachelors degree in Computer Science from Queens College in
2004. Peter's first IT position was with the Museum of Television & Radio in midtown
Manhattan.
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Joseph Pyram
IVE Fellow
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Joseph Pyram was Information Technology College Assistant for IVE. He is currently finishing his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at Queens College. His areas of interest include: web development, graphics designing, artificial intelligence, and information retrieval.
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Tina M. Galvez
IVE Fellow
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Tina M. Galvez is currently attending Hunter College majoring in Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean
Studies. Tina is a graduate of the CUNY/IVE Leadership Program 2005 and is working on developing her own non-profit
organization - ORQUIDEA geared toward combating childhood asthma in the South Bronx. At Hunter College,
Tina has served as the President of the Latino Honor Society, Vice President of T.I.A.R.A. and as a Student Leader
for the Hostos Puerto Rican Club and the Dominican Perspective Club. Tina was recently selected to present her
research at the Inter University Program for Latino Research . 2006 Summer Institute for Latino Public Policy
in Washington, D.C. In addition, Tina received the CUNY Leadership Award in Spring 2006.
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Saul Petersen
IVE Fellow |
Saul moved from Ireland in 2000, and has worked across several domains of education for over a decade.
Saul is the Director of the Center for Community Research and Engagement at Seton Hall University,
and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Educational Psychology (Concentration Area: Learning, Development
and Instruction) at the CUNY Graduate Center.
At the Institute for Virtual Enterprise, Saul currently is Project Director of Urban Solutions for the
Environment (USE). For the first time in history, more than half the population of the world lives in urban
environments. Solving the challenge of sustainable living is largely a challenge to our urban lifestyle.
USE aims to provide people with the knowledge to live prosperously and sustainably in the 21st century.
This plan will be achieved through an intersection of workforce and economic development objectives,
which USE is uniquely positioned to achieve.
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