“Rising Stars” is a regular feature in Reflections. It profiles Siena Heights alumni who have graduated within the past 10 years and who excel in their careers, occupations or community service accomplishments. To be considered for “Rising Stars” in an upcoming issue of Reflections, fill out the online form at www.sienaheights.edu/risingstars. Those who are selected to be included in an upcoming issue of the magazine will be contacted by the Reflections staff.

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Stephannie (Gonzalez) Bultema

Graduation year: 2014.

Current title/position: Specialist, Ad Operations, PGA TOUR.

What Stephannie is doing: She currently works for the PGA TOUR in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. as an Ad Operations Specialist. She is responsible for managing ad campaigns on both PGATOUR.com and GolfDigest.com. She began this role in February 2020 and said she is looking forward to being a part of this great organization for years to come. Her career in advertising started off at MLive Media Group (MLive.com) in Grand Rapids, Mich., where she was a Digital Operations Specialist. Her next job was as an Ad Operations Campaign Coordinator at the National Football League (NFL) in Los Angeles. She was primarily responsible for managing digital ad campaigns for the 32 team websites. She was a key person in Game Pass International campaigns and also helped with NFL 100 initiatives that celebrated the Leagues 100th season. Most notably, she helped clubs promote playoff games and Super Bowl LIV.

My favorite moment/story while a student at Siena Heights was: “My study abroad trip to Nice, France,”

My favorite person at Siena Heights was: “Jacob Bultema—my then-boyfriend, now-husband.”

My ultimate goal in life is: “Travel the world with my husband and son.”

My best piece of advice for SHU students is: “Study abroad, join a team or club, and take a class that’s out of your comfort zone.”

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Zachary Flack

Graduation year: 2018.

Current title/position: Senior Banker.

What Zachary is doing: He was recently promoted to Senior Banker at Quicken Loans. He helps clients refinance their homes and save them money.

My favorite moment/story while a student at Siena Heights was: “Being able to play Igor in the musical “Young Frankenstein” on the new stage in the Performing Arts Center.”

My favorite person at Siena Heights was: “Melissa Sissen.”

My ultimate goal in life is: “To set my future-self up for success financially! Save, invest, and make sure that I continue to development my financial literacy skills.”

My best piece of advice for SHU students is: “ALWAYS add value! Work with passion and purpose, and look to help others around you. Make sure that you work hard at what you do, because it will pay off!”

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Ryan Robinet

Graduation year: 2009 (History), 2010 BBA.

Current title/position: Director of Philanthropy, Albion College.

What Ryan is doing: He is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), who currently works at Albion College as the Director of Philanthropy. In his current role, he is part of a team that raises an average of $20 million a year to help students, faculty, and staff of Albion College. He said he has been fortunate to work most of my career thus far for two employers. At Wilson-Bennett Technology he was able to learn a lot about higher education fundraising. At Albion, he is able to put that learning into further action. Over the nearly nine combined years of fundraising experience, the teams he has been on have raised a combined $114,000,000 for scholarships and educational programs. He has had four different positions at Albion in just under five years. In June 2020, he gained CFRE certification and will complete his Master of Arts in Philanthropy and Development degree from LaGrange College in July 2020.

My favorite moment/story while a student at Siena Heights was: “Always the first few weeks of a new school year. The first part of that was reporting to training camp for the men’s soccer team. It was always exciting to be at school without yet having to go to class and get to hang out with all of the other athletes on campus. Then the first week of classes where you’d get to meet all of your classmates and learn all of the activities they were involved in on top of what you’d be learning for the semester. The power of the Liberal Arts is the combination of learning in and out of the classroom.”

My favorite person at Siena Heights was: “Sister Jeanne Lefebvre, OP.”

My ultimate goal in life is: “To start a foundation whose mission is to help high-achieving, low-income students attend top colleges and be debt-free upon graduation.”

My best piece of advice for SHU students is: “’Networking is your biggest tool for success. If you have the opportunity to build connections or a relationship with someone, do it. You never know where your next opportunity will come from.”