William Weeks, M.S.
Clinical Associate Professor and Chair, Management and Leadership Program, Amherst Campus
William Weeks (bweeks@medaille.edu) teaches at the Amherst Campus, with interests in systems thinking, statistics, organizational behavior and change, and organizational leadership, and in the philosophy of C.I. Lewis. He began teaching at Medaille in 1997 as an adjunct instructor and accepted a full time faculty position as an assistant professor in January 2001. Weeks brings many years of quality management and statistical training experience and organizational leadership and development experience in the thirty years that he worked for the General Motors Powertrain Division.. He co-authored a corporate document on statistical capability analysis, which was used throughout the Powertrain Division of General Motors. While at Powertrain, Weeks had the opportunity to study, along with other Powertrain statistical personnel, under Dr. W. Edwards Deming and to eventually facilitate all Dr. Deming’s four day seminars. Weeks also has ten years of corporate training and consulting experience. He has provided training/consulting to the Bethlehem Steel 13” Bar Mill, Buffalo Specialty Products, O-Cel-O Sponge, Inc., Snyder Tank Corporation, Wilson Greatbatch, LTD, American Rubber Products Corporation, North American Carbide, and Sherwood Harsco Corporation, and recently consulted, pro bono, with Pure Oxygen on its strategic growth plan. In his spare time, Weeks enjoys traveling with his wife, Mary Ellen, and playing golf whenever possible.

Anand Choudri, MBA, M.A.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Steven MacMartin
Clinical Assistant Professor

Steven MacMartin is a clinical assistant professor and director of the bachelor's degree program in homeland security. MacMartin recently retired as a senior special agent/program manager with the United States Department of Homeland Security and was employed by DHS and its predecessor agency, the United States Customs Service, for 31 years. During that time, he was assigned or deployed to numerous land border ports in the northeast and on the southern border.

In addition, MacMartin served as a sanctions assistance monitor as part of the United Nations Sanctions Assistance Mission in Macedonia. He has been the case agent on a number of notable child pornography investigations and has been involved in significant seizures of items such as narcotics and currency as well as two high profile seizures of pre-Columbian artifacts. MacMartin has made many arrests in his career and was a case agent involved in the arrest of four terrorists in Niagara Falls in 1991.

He is a certified computer forensic examiner, a former firearms instructor, and a former tactical team member. MacMartin has received numerous awards during his career including the U.S. Treasury Albert Gallatin Award for Commitment to Excellence, awards for participation in the World Trade Center recovery effort, awards for excellence in computer forensics and awards for outstanding investigative excellence.

MacMartin has been an adjunct instructor in computer crime, computer forensics and computer crime investigation at Medaille College since 1999.  He developed and instructs in the Medaille College certificate program in Computer Crime Investigation and has been integral in planning and developing the online bachelor's degree program in homeland security. He holds a bachelor of science degree in education from St. Lawrence University.

Robert Nesslin, M.A., M.S.
Clinical Associate Professor, Amherst Campus
Robert Nesslin has taught at Medaille since 1996 in the MBA and Bachelor business courses in the Accelerated Learning Program at our Amherst campus. His specialties include executive marketing, executive policy and strategy, and global perspectives of business. Nesslin has been Faculty Council Chair for seven years and received Medaille's "Brian Shero Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award" in 2008. He advises and teaches in the New York State Entrepreneurial Assistance Program for new start-up businesses.

His professional achievements include: past president, Board of Directors, and committee chair with Buffalo Niagara Sales and Marketing Executives, which bestowed on him the Hall of Fame award; Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Executives International, which awarded him the first life-time designation as Certified Marketing Executive; Chair of the Small Business Council, Buffalo Niagara Partnership; chair, Marketing Committee, Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, member of the City of Buffalo Charter Revision Committee, along with service to several other non-profits. He produced two full-length feature films, syndicated worldwide, one of which being the original Tuck Everlasting shown for 15 years on the Disney Channel. He counts his grandkids and music as his most favorite hobbies.

Teresa Reinhardt, MBA, RHIA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Amherst Campus
Teresa Reinhardt has been in the health information management field for over 25 years. She has held positions as the director of HIM, privacy officer and credentialing manager at a health maintenance organization, project manager at a dictation/transcription software company, and has taught as an adjunct professor over the past several years. She is currently the program director of the Health Information Administration program and clinical assistant professor at Medaille College and is very excited to transition her knowledge and experience into the academic field.

Larry Robinson, M.A., M.Arch.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Rochester Campus
Larry Robinson is an assistant professor in the Accelerated Learning Program at the Rochester Campus. His major areas of interest are in Strategic Planning, Organizational Development, Leadership and Team Building, developed through both his academic and work background. He earned graduate degrees in Speech and Theatre from the University of Florida , a Master of Architecture from SUNY Buffalo, as well as completed the core programs at both the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, and the Leadership Initiative for Tomorrow’s Schools at the University of Buffalo. He has over thirty-five years of experience in business, education, and administration.

Prior to coming to Medaille, he spent more than fifteen years consulting with a wide variety of organizations, from large manufacturing firms to small service / professional businesses, not-for-profits , schools and colleges. His contributions have resulted in increased customer/employee satisfaction, improved processes, and enhanced performance. Robinson has also made numerous presentations at national, regional and local conferences on topics that have included Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Team Building, Quality Improvement, Customer Service, Visionary Leadership, and Process Management. Robinson is a life-long Western New Yorker. He grew up in the area, raised his family here, and enjoys taking advantage of all the benefits this region has to offer. He believes in giving back to his community by volunteering in a number of agencies and civic groups. In his spare time he teaches and coaches skiing, races sailboats, and constructs wooden boats.

Susan C. Steffan, M.B.A.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Amherst Campus
Susan Steffan has taught courses in Medaille's Accelerated Learning Program since 1997. She earned an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance and a bachelor's degree in management from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

In addition to her experience teaching at Medaille, Steffan has worked in the corporate world as Senior Operations Analyst at White Directory Publishers. She also held a variety of positions at General Motors Corporation, Delphi Automotive Division, such as Supervisor for Market Research and Business Planning, Divisional Business Planner, and Senior Marketing and Advertising Specialist.

She lives in Clarence with her family, and spends her spare time traveling with youth hockey, baseball, softball and soccer games. Steffan also enjoys writing, including articles for her church newsletter, local news sources, and national magazines.

Marianne Sullivan, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Amherst Campus
Over the span of Marianne Sullivan’s 25+ year career, she has developed a strong mindset of participative management and leadership principles. "I have worked for and with major corporations and higher education institutions that have stressed quality business strategy, organizational design and quality improvement," says Sullivan. "I share these anecdotes and strategies from my experiences in my classes"

Dr. Sullivan believes that most successful business people are strong communicators and stresses these skills with her students. Dr. Sullivan said, "My goal is to create a classroom atmosphere of discussion and debate using case studies, business simulation activities, role playing and real-world problem solving." She regularly invites guests, experts in the field, to join her in classroom activities.

Dr. Sullivan began her career as a computer analyst for a Western New York company. She then went on to hold several directorship and management positions in industry and higher education and then joined Medaille in 2003. She completed her doctoral and master’s degrees from SUNY Buffalo.

Jonas J Patricko M.S.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Amherst Campus
Jonas J Patricko has been in the Information System field for several years.  A graduate of SUNY College at Buffalo, Jonas has worked with various IT companies and higher education institutions in the technology industry through the changes and advancements of information technology.  His teaching experience expands from college prep schools to colleges teaching IT and business courses that also include a position of information technology department chair. "I believe that learning never stops. We should continue to educate ourselves in our area of expertise especially in the IT field that continues to evolve".  Jonas has also directed Information System seminars and workshops at WNY colleges and universities.  Being involved in his own successful business for many years, Jonas knows both sides of education and real life experience.  He is currently the program director of the Bachelors of the Business Administration Information Systems program and clinical assistant professor at Medaille College.  Jonas plans to help continue expansion of the BBA- IS online program by staying current with the latest technology and course curriculum. Having current industry IT professional speakers address the students from time to time is essential for course success.
His professional achievements include: Advisor, University at Buffalo CS, advisor and Board Member NT school district technology advisor, advisor of computer science curriculum, Buffalo College Prep Schools, advisor & committee member ECMAA, Hall of Fame award IFMA martial arts instructor of the year and United States Coast Guard Aux Computer Specialist. Jonas is also an accomplished musician, he has written and produced music for a full-length feature film and artists for MCA Universal pictures. His most favorite hobbies are martial arts, music, water sports and flying airplanes.  Jonas likes spending time with his family especially his grandchildren.