LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring Lauren Guido upon the occasion of her
induction into the SUNY New Paltz School of Business Hall of Fame as
Student Leader of the Year

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to call attention to
those young people within our midst whose extraordinary accomplishments
bring pride to their families, their communities, and the State of New
York; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend
Lauren Guido upon the occasion of her induction into the SUNY New Paltz
School of Business Hall of Fame as Student Leader of the Year at a
reception to be held on Thursday, May 7, 2009, at the Wiltwyck Golf Club
in Kingston, New York; and
WHEREAS, Lauren Guido received her Bachelor of Science degree in
Management and Marketing from SUNY New Paltz in May of 2007, and is
currently a MBA student with a Management concentration; and
WHEREAS, In the winter of 2008, Lauren Guido accepted a full time
position as an Assistant Cost and Rate Analyst at Central Hudson Gas and
Electric Corporation; while working full time she continues to take MBA
classes and maintain a 3.95 GPA; and
WHEREAS, Lauren Guido made the most of her time at SUNY New Paltz; she
participated in the Business Plan Contest where her team won second
place; she also completed two internships, one as a Human Resource
Generalist for Gateway Community Industries, Inc. and the other as a
Marketing Intern for Ulster Savings Bank; and
WHEREAS, In addition, Lauren Guido worked for the SUNY New Paltz
School of Business; in the fall of 2007, as part of a graduate assis-
tantship for the School of Business, she was the Leadership Lab Coordi-
nator and an Organizational Behavior Research Assistant; and
WHEREAS, Furthermore, in the summer of 2007, Lauren Guido assisted the
Associate Dean with the School's AACSB accreditation efforts; she
researched peer schools and analyzed exit surveys; she also worked with
the MBA Coordinator, helping with the application and enrollment process
of MBA students; and
WHEREAS, While a full time student at SUNY New Paltz, Lauren Guido was
involved in several student associations including the Management Asso-
ciation, the Dean's Student Advisory Board and the American Marketing
Association; and
WHEREAS, An exemplary leader, Lauren Guido was the Director of
Programming for the Management Association in the fall of 2007; in the
same semester, she also served as the student representative for the
Business Advisory Council's Internship Committee; and
WHEREAS, A young woman of singular distinction, Lauren Guido was
inducted in the Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society and received the School
of Business Academic Award as well as the SUNY New Paltz Outstanding
Graduating Student Award; she was also the recipient of the Dr. Donald
Bishko Memorial, Dr. Edwin A. Ulrich Business and HR Leader of Tomorrow
scholarships; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to commend Lauren
Guido for her outstanding academic achievement and to extend to her the
best wishes of this Legislative Body for a future of purposeful success
and well-being, fully confident of her response to a promising future
and appreciative of the model she represents for all aspiring young
people of the Empire State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Lauren Guido upon the occasion of her induction into the SUNY New

Paltz School of Business Hall of Fame as Student Leader of the Year; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Lauren Guido.