Wooster announces seven members to the Alumni Board

The College of Wooster welcomes seven new members to the Alumni Board this fall including Gabrielle S. Caldwell Aryeetey ’04, Ramses Clements ’10, Tate McCoy ’93, Yalman Onaran ’91, and Eric Van Heyst ’78. Angie Triplett ’06 joins as the alumni board president and an alumni trustee. Craig Lombardi ’89 will also serve on the Board of Trustees as an alumni trustee. The full Alumni Board (included here) is an advisory organization made up of a diverse group of alumni that leads the Alumni Association, plans programs for students and alumni, and supports the College’s advancement and development missions.  

Aryeetey is the executive vice president and chief risk executive, strategic risk and Laurel Road National Digital Bank, at KeyBank. A business economics major, she now provides risk management oversight of KeyBank’s strategic and financial planning, corporate development initiatives, and Laurel Road National Digital Bank. She is proud to serve as a mentor both at Key and for students at Wooster and was named a Woman of Professional Excellence by Cleveland YWCA in 2019. Since graduating, Aryeetey has served on the Black Alumni Council, has been an Allen Dinner Speaker and panelist for admissions events. While she was a student, Aryeetey was involved in Women of Images, Black Student Association, Student Government, Campus Council, and was an Allen Scholar. 

A philosophy major who went on to receive a master of science and social administration in public policy and community engagement from Case Western Reserve University, Clements is currently the education and outreach manager for the City of Cleveland Department of Public Utilities. In this role, he manages sponsorships with community organizations in the Cleveland Water service area, coordinates education events to families in Northeast Ohio, and promotes water equity, among other responsibilities. Previously, Clements worked as a talent development specialist for the City of Cleveland, a community outreach coordinator for Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation, and a street outreach coordinator for the Homeless and Missing Youth Program at Bellefaire JCB.  

McCoy is the CEO of the Mountain West Series of Lockton Companies, a global professional services firm that specializes in risk management, employee benefits, and retirement services. As CEO, he leads a team of more than 500 associates and is an expert on real estate, private equity, construction, and manufacturing. Before being promoted to the position in 2018, McCoy served as the executive vice president. He was named to Denver Business Journal’s 40 under 40 in 2009. He previously served the College as a Wooster presidential fellow. As a student, he was an English major, a member of Phi Omega Sigma, and a lacrosse player. McCoy and his wife Eileen, a fellow Wooster alum, have four sons and currently live in Denver, Colorado. He is active in the community, including serving on the board of directors for Colorado Open Lands, which protects land and water. 

Currently a research content manager at Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank, Onaran has had a long career in financial and political journalism. He was an economics major at Wooster who was involved in Campus Council, the International Student Network, Student Government Association, and “The Wooster Voice,” and went on to receive a master’s in journalism and a master of international affairs from Columbia University. He has worked for the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Markets Magazine, and Protiviti, covering Wall Street, investment banks, international and domestic financial regulation, and war and politics in Turkey. His book, “Zombie Banks: How Broken Banks and Debtor Nations are Crippling the Economy,” was published in 2012 by Wiley/Bloomberg Press. 

A history major who went on to receive a Master of Business Administration in finance from Vanderbilt University, Van Heyst is the North American head of structured credit at American International Group (AIG). In this position, he manages credit and political risk exposures to corporate and financial institutions on a global basis. Previously, at Safehold Special Risk, he managed one of the country’s largest insured trade credit and political risk portfolios, covering exposures to financial institutions primarily in emerging markets. He was previously the vice president and senior credit officer of trade credit and surety at QBE North America, an Australian insurance company, and the managing director at XL Capital Assurance. Van Heyst has participated in multiple Wooster alumni events since graduating. 

Appointed as both the Alumni Board president and an alumni trustee, Triplett is the associate director at The Aerospace Corporation, a nonprofit that conducts federally funded research and development for national-security space programs. She has advanced in the corporation since starting in 2015 and currently manages a team that provides technical support to advise the US Space Force in enhancing their capabilities through international partnerships. Her background is in nonlinear vibrations and her passions lie in alternative forms of energy. A physics major at Wooster, Triplett holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from University of Akron.  She has previously served on the alumni board and has been involved in Fighting Scots Career Connections and the Going True/LGBTQ+ Affinity Group. 

An alumni trustee, Lombardi is the Managing Director Defined Contribution Investment and Sub Advisory at Virtus Investment Partners. He has had a 30+ year career in the Investment Management business, previously working as the director at Vontobel Asset Management, a boutique investment firm for institutional and private clients, managing vice president and head of institutional investment at ICMA-RC, and in multiple other senior positions in sales and relationship management with AllianceBernstein as well as 20 years with Fidelity Investments. Lombardi was a history major at Wooster and co-captain of the varsity football team, as well as a member of Phi Sigma Alpha and a resident assistant. He also served on the alumni board from 1998-2001. 

Posted in News on September 6, 2023.