Stony Brook University Announces This Year’s 40 Under Forty Alumni Honorees

Congratulations to Stony Brook University’s 2024 class of 40 Under Forty alumni honorees! The 40 Under Forty awards recognize exceptional young alumni who have distinguished themselves as leaders in their communities. From providing strategic counsel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during the COVID-19 public health crisis and helping to ensure veterans get the resources they need to working in the New York State Assembly and competing in the Olympics, this year’s class of honorees joins the ranks of exceptional alumni dedicated to helping their communities and addressing global issues. 

You are invited to join us in celebrating these extraordinary Seawolves on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, at the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University at 7 pm.

Among this year’s honorees are:

• Rubina Madni, Esq ’05, the director of corporate counsel at Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc., where she is serving as an in-house attorney, leveraging her extensive FDA legal experience to advise Otsuka in the area of rare disease and neurology drugs. In her tenure at the FDA, she provided counsel during COVID-19, as well as the Zika and mpox outbreaks. 
• Steven Raga ’06, ’08, an assemblyman for the New York State Assembly, where he serves the communities of Woodside, Elmhurst, Maspeth, Jackson Heights, Astoria and Middle Village. In addition to his history of public service, Raga worked in the nonprofit sector, where he advocated for the rights of senior citizens as well as fought for marginalized immigrant communities and veterans.
• Jonathan Conyers ’17, respiratory therapist at NYU Langone Health; founder of Conyers Media and Conyers Real Estate. As a respiratory therapist, he worked around the clock immediately upon graduating during the COVID-19 pandemic. He is also a published author and helped raise $1.3 million for the nonprofit organization Brooklyn Debate League.
• Russell Keogler ’11,’13, vice president of operations at HMR Veterans Services Inc., where he oversees a network of healthcare facilities for U.S. veterans. He was recognized as an expert in emergency preparedness and response by the Maryland National Guard and state surgeon.
• Jill Ringhauser ’14, emergency program manager at the U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms — Office of Security, Emergency Preparedness and Continuity, where she specializes in disaster response and recovery programs. Her work focuses on classified and unclassified life safety programs, planning, training, exercises and communication equipment maintenance and deployment.
• India Pagan ’21, who competed in the 2020 and 2024 Olympics with the Puerto Rican national team. She also played with the BC Pharmaserv Dolphins in Germany after graduation for the 2022-2023 season and signed with SBS Ostrava in the Czech Republic for the 2023-2024 season. 

For more information on Stony Brook’s 40 Under Forty program, including event details, visit stonybrook.edu/40underforty. Tickets are $50 per person.

Questions? Contact advancementevents@stonybrook.edu or call (631) 632-4466.