Brandeis Magazine

Michael Fallona sold his family business, On Target Utility Services, to a private equity firm in 2018, and earned a Master of Business Administration with distinction at the University of Oxford in 2020. Audrey Gruber, P’25, is assistant general manager and vice president at News 12/Altice, where she manages six local news stations, special projects, and the network’s investigative and consumer teams. Jonathan Leiken celebrated his 50th birthday on Oct. 22 by producing a staged reading of his favorite play, Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” The production raised more than $75,000 for the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, which provides free civil legal services to those in need in northeast Ohio. Jon serves on the group’s board of trustees. Ben Resnick has joined management consultancy Guidehouse as a partner in the firm’s life sciences practice, working with pharmaceutical and biotech clients. Elyse Wasch is vice president at Penn Hill Group, a bipartisan government-relations firm, where she works on education and related matters. She joined the firm following a Capitol Hill career that spanned 27 years, including nearly 17 years as legislative director and D.C. deputy chief of staff to Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI).