Distinguished couple chosen to chair Edwin A. Stevens Society
Kevin and Virginia Ruesterholz, longstanding members of the EAS Society President’s Circle, will lend their experience, expertise and leadership over the next two years to steward the Society—a network of industry leaders, inventors, business professionals, entrepreneurs and educators who make annual contributions in excess of $1,000 to Stevens. “Stevens is extremely fortunate to have such a generous and committed couple serving as chairs of this prestigious giving society,” said Stevens President Harold J. Raveche. “With their remarkable achievements, Virginia and Kevin reflect the highest quality of our alumni today. We look forward to what we know will be their outstanding leadership for the EAS Society.” Together, the couple have ample experience coordinating corporate alumni giving campaigns. They have also helped to develop corporate internship positions for students studying business management, and they have each volunteered to give lectures in Stevens classes. Virginia is also a board member of the Business and Technology program, a unique new program at Stevens that offers an undergraduate degree in technology management. “We’re very excited,” said Kevin Ruesterholz. “It’s an opportunity to give back to Stevens what it gave to us. Stevens has been a big part of our lives—we went to school there, met and got married. Now we have a great opportunity to return the favor and help to advance the Institute.” “We’re excited,” Virginia agreed, “especially to be a part of the great things that EAS has done over the past 20 years. We just hope to continue that.” Among the plans for the coming year is the Society’s annual Spring Luncheon, which will be held on May 8, 2004, at the campus’s new Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. Center for Technology Management—an event which, in part, will celebrate the successful completion of the Institute’s most recent capital campaign, the $102 million Campaign for Stevens. Also on the horizon is the reestablishment of the EAS Committee, a group of volunteers dedicated to the advancement of the Society, and the implementation of several new fund-raising strategies. Kevin Ruesterholz is the technical manager of Lucent Technologies’ Next Generation Network Laboratory, which is responsible for the demonstration and interoperability testing of multi-vendor voice, data and wireless networks. Located in Holmdel, N.J., and one of the largest labs at Lucent, the facility evaluates equipment—including switches, routers and network management software—for all of the business units of Lucent and ensures that they work together properly before they are deployed at Lucent client sites.
As technical manager, Kevin is responsible for the technical marketing, development and certification testing of Lucent’s network management software products. Prior to his current assignment, Kevin held various management positions at Lucent, working closely with key customers in international product management, and in strategic alliances and business development to expand Lucent’s portfolio of clients. While attending Stevens, Kevin served as business editor of The Link yearbook and was a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the ski club and the Rifle Team. Both Kevin and Virginia received bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering from Stevens in 1983. Kevin went on to receive an MBA in finance from Rutgers University in 1989. Virginia received a master’s in telecommunications management from Brooklyn Polytechnic University in 1988. Virginia is president of Wholesale Markets for Verizon. This business unit is responsible for serving telecommunication carriers that utilize Verizon’s domestic and international voice and data network. In this position, she is responsible for all sales, marketing, provisioning and maintenance operations. During her career with Verizon, Virginia has held numerous senior leadership positions, including responsibility for running Verizon’s telecommunications network for Manhattan and providing data services for Verizon’s largest customers on the East Coast. Virginia has received several awards, including Crain’s New York Business “40 under 40” award and the Rising Star Award of New York Women’s Agenda. When receiving the Stevens Honor Award in 1995, she was praised as a business leader and a mentor to young women executives. While at Stevens, Virginia served as president of the campus chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and vice president of the Society of Women Engineers; she also served on Student Council and in the Women in Engineering Network. The couple reside in Holmdel, N.J., with their two children, Scott and Katie. For more information about the Edwin A. Stevens Society and how to become a member, please contact the Stevens Office of Development and External Affairs at (201) 216-5495, or visit the Society’s Web page.
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