Mass Communications Alumni 1980s

Ann Berger Brown (1980) is raising a son and a daughter in Costa Mesa, Calif. She has lived in Southern California for 18 years.

Catherine A. Curry (1980) is a sales director for Time Inc. New Media in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Kerry Phelps Dale (1980) worked at the bi-monthly thoroughbred and breeding magazine, SPUR, in advertising, circulation and marketing. She later became publisher, editor and finally part owner before quitting to raise her three children.

John M. Dederen (1980) went on to earn his Ph.D. in history at the University of Alabama in 1988 and was a post-doctoral fellow at Yale, 1988-89. He has published two books and currently teaches at Houston's Community-Technical College.

Cherie Diez (1980) is a St. Petersburg Times photographer. She illustrated the series, titled "Angels and Demons," that won Times writer Tom French the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing over 150 other entries. She also illustrated a 1994 Pulitzer Prize-winning feature series for the Times.

Cynthia Marusarz Dobyns (1980) opened a public relations and marketing firm in Naples in 2001 after nearly three years as director of public relations for the Registry Resort and Edgewater Beach Hotel in Naples. She has been employed in the communications field for more than 20 years, beginning her career at the St. Petersburg Times, then moving to Fort Lauderdale to edit South Florida Living magazine. She also managed a public relations firm in Alexandria, Va., where she handled corporate brand publicity for Marriott's Conference Center division, as well as other travel and hospitality industry accounts. As a publicist specializing in the travel industry, she has represented luxury resort destinations in Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. In addition, she has worked on special events for the island of Jamaica and, as a Florida affiliate of Edelman, promoted Mexico as a travel destination through the Miami-based Mexican Government Tourist Office. She is the 2003-2004 President of the PR Association of Collier County.

Terrell D. Flynn (1980) owns H&F Management, a heavy equipment provider in Lakeland.

John E. Fox (1980) is an executive producer for CNN Headline News. He worked for WPEL television in West Palm Beach as a tape editor and later became 11 p.m. producer. He was also 6 p.m. producer for WCPX in Orlando.

Greg Gardner (1980) is chief executive officer and president of Wide Angle Productions in Fort Pierce. As a freelance videographer making television commercials and marketing videos, he has won three Addy awards and he has covered seven Olympic Games. Previously he worked as an editor, photographer, reporter and columnist for a weekly newspaper and as a photographer and editor for a television station.

John Giliberti (1980) was a radio newscaster until he went to law school in 1989. He is now the assistant city attorney in Rockford, Ill.

Mark Guempel (1980) wrote medical ad copy before going back to school. Now a senior programmer, he develops software.

Bonnie S. Hayflick (1980) owns a public relations firm in Jacksonville. She started her career at WUSF television in Tampa as a producer and continued to ad agencies before she found Bonnie Hayflick Public Relations Counsel.

Elizabeth Hicks (1980) works in the news department of WFLA television in Tampa.

Cynthia Barczak Lane (1980) is an attorney who also is an adjunct instructor at the University of Tampa and a freelance writer. She formerly worked as a reporter for the Tampa Tribune and WFLA television.

Glenn Marston (1980) was named editorial page editor of The Ledger in Lakeland in 2006. He oversees the newspaper's opinion pages, columnists appearing on those pages and letters to the editor. Marston has been assistant editorial page editor since 1997. Before joining The Ledger in 1993 as assistant news editor, he worked for nine years in a variety of newsroom capacities at The Daily Commercial in Leesburg, rising to managing editor. He began his newspaper career in 1980 as a reporter for the West Hernando News in Spring Hill. He lives in Bushnell with his wife, Carol, and their son.

John Meier (1980) manages Weikert Ford, Lake Wales.

Cyd Miller (1980) is an editorial and administrative specialist with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. He is based in Nairobi, Kenya and travels throughout Africa and Asia in his employment.

Donna Moore (1980) is a retail advertising manager at the News-Press in Fort Myers. Prior to her position at the News-Press, she worked in newspaper advertising at the Palm Beach Daily News and the Tampa Tribune. She has also held a number of positions in sales and management.

Patricia Moront-Figuero (1980) is a secondary and career education teacher for the School Board of Palm Beach. Prior to her position with the school board, she was a Spanish teacher, a media spokesperson for Delray Medical and the high school director of New England Tech and the Florida Culinary Institute.

Leslie Neilhouse (1980) is director of the U. S. Space Camp in Alabama.

Joe O’Neil (1980) is a Tampa-based columnist for Sunbelt Newspapers. Previously a media relations manager of USF and before that was an editor, associate editor or reporter for area newspapers and magazines.

Bruce Rolfsen (1980) is a senior writer for the Air Force Times in Springfield, Va. Prior to his position at The Times, he covered the Air Force for the Northwest Florida Daily News.

Steve Rupert (1980) is a circuit court mediator in Tampa.

Clinton Sells (1980) is a logistics supervisor at Quest Diagnostics in Tampa. He has worked in the same location for the last 21 years.

Michael (Mickey) Selz (1980) joined Farallon Capital Management in San Francisco in 2005. Previously, he worked for 20 years as a business journalist, the last 12 as a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where he covered growth companies and entrepreneurs.

Dabney T. Smith (1980) was elected bishop coadjutor of the 33,000-member Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida in 2006. His election means he will eventually become the diocese’s bishop. A third-generation Episcopal priest, he previously was rector at the Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans and before that was rector at a Melbourne church. Prior to being ordained as a priest in 1987, he worked as an audio visual coordinator at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach. He is married and has three children.

S. John Southerland (1980) sells airtime packages as an account executive for KCEC television, Denver's Univision affiliate.

Rojean Taylor (1980) is a producer of point-of-sale videos, business television broadcasts, radio and TV commercials and live special events for J.C. Penney in Plano, Texas. She worked for McCann-Erickson Advertising Agency in San Francisco for eight years.

Elizabeth Reilly Wells (1980) is the full-time mother of four children, who works part-time for her husband’s home business, Planetary Data Inc. in Georgia. Prior to her work with Planetary Data, she was a quality assurance manager for Dental Benefit Providers in Maryland and a tax auditor for the Florida Department of Revenue. She earned her master’s degree in accounting from Florida State University in 1993.

Laura L. Whiteside (1980) is an attorney in Tampa. In 2001, she joined the Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities and assists persons with disabilities to secure their civil rights. She previously represented children with disabilities in education matters. She also has represented news media, including the Tampa Tribune and WFLA television. She wrote the "Defamation and the Media" portion of the "Florida Bar Reporter's Handbook" from 1988 to 1995.

Stephen Williams (1980) is in sales and lives in Tampa Bay.

Joyce Braun Woloson (1980) works for the Morning Star World Outreach Center in Illinois.

Jordan Zimmerman (1980) is founder and chairman of Zimmerman Advertising, a Fort Lauderdale-based agency that is one of the largest ad agencies in the United States. In 2002, he received the School of Mass Communications Outstanding Alumnus Award and in 2008 he received the school’s top award: the Kappa Tau Alpha Hall of Fame Award. He is one of only two USF mass communications graduates to receive both the Alumnus and the KTA award.

Jean Bassick (1981) is a full-time student pursuing a career in building construction. Prior to going back to college, she worked for the airlines for 16 years.

Gwen A. Baumann (1981) is a teacher in the Plano Independent School District in Texas. She earned a law degree from University of Florida’s law school in 1984. She lives in Plano, Texas, and has two children.

Bruce Brodersen (1981) has worked for the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York for 14 years and is currently the director of multi-media. Prior to working at the Hall of Fame, he worked in New York City for eight years. He is the father of two children.

Carolyn Caldwell (1981) went to New York after graduating to work in theater as a stage manager. Today she works at Shaw's Restaurant and Inn in Lancaster, Ohio.

Sam J. Cardinale Jr. (1981), a senior reporter for the Ledger in Lakeland, has seen his work appear in the New York Times. Although he has won journalism and broadcasting awards, he is most proud of his reporting when it leads to positive changes in the community and state.

Linda J. Carlo (1981) is public relations manager for the Tampa Convention Center.

Ryan T. Conley (1981) is a business reporter for the Ocala Star-Banner. Prior to working for the Star-Banner, he was the editor for Wire to Wire Racing Digest and also worked at the Elkhart Truth Newspaper in Indiana.

Susannah Costello (1981) is director of communications at Mote Marie Lab and Aquarium in Sarasota. She has been a freelance writer, producer and creative director for a variety of corporate and non-profit organizations in the Tampa Bay area and the southeastern United States. She has won numerous Addy Awards plus two silver film festival awards, and is the author of a history of Florida Power.

Dennis Coxe (1981) is an instructional designer for General Physics in Connecticut. After spending seven years in newspaper journalism he earned a master’s degree in educational technology leadership from the George Washington University.

Jane Slaven Eddy (1981) is secretary/treasurer for Mikesel in Bountstown.

Mark Elias (1981) worked as a Tampa Tribune staff photographer and freelanced in New York before joining the Associated Press, Chicago, in 1983, where he stayed until 1994 when he opened his own photography business in Miami.

Warren Epstein (1981) works at the Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colo., as a movie critic and TV columnist. He was a feature writer and Friday Extra! editor of the Tampa Tribune for seven years. His stories are at gazette.com.

Sharon Allen Espinola (1981) did corporate communications for a number of companies in Tampa, Atlanta and Princeton until 1994. She then freelanced in Puerto Rico for two years before coming back to Tampa as a communications consultant in 1996.

Tracy Kolody Fantaccione (1981) is the editor for Forum Publishing Group. Prior to her position as editor, she was the assisting managing editor for www.localbusiness.com and account supervisor for www.bitner.com. She has also held positions at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the South Florida Business Journal and the Stuart News.

Ivan Fielman (1981) is national sales manager for Penn-Plax in Garden City, N.Y. He is married and has four children.

Ann S. Freed (1981) is a public affairs officer in the U.S. Army, stationed in Hawaii. She worked in non-broadcast television production for the Florida Mental Health Institute and a securities company for 10 years prior to returning to active duty in 1987.

Fawn Germer (1981) is the author of "Hard Won Wisdom: More than 50 Extraordinary Women Mentor You to Find Self-Awareness, Perspective and Balance," published in 2001. She has worked as a Florida correspondent for both The Washington Post and U.S. News and World Report. She has been a staff writer for The Miami Herald, Denver's Rocky Mountain News and the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. In addition, she was an editor for The Tampa Tribune. She holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Florida.

Nancy B. Gibson (1981) is a counselor for First Call for Help of Broward County. She received her master’s degree in counseling psychology from Nova Southeastern University in 1992 and was licensed by the state of Florida as a mental health counselor in 2000.

Janice Schneider Girgenti (1981) teaches Feng Shui at Moore College of Art, Abington Art Center, Philadelphia Art Institute and others around Jenkintown, Pa.

Terry Greenhalgh (1981) is director of development for the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation in Tampa. Previously he worked for the Sun ‘n Fun Aviation Foundation in Lakeland and the Astronauts Memorial Foundation at the Kennedy Space Center.

Mark Guempel (1981) is a senior systems analyst for an aerospace firm. He worked as a medical/pharmaceutical advertising copywriter for two years, then he graduated from the Chubb Institute for computer technology.

Maggie Echazabal Hall (1981) is a communications specialist for Pinellas County. She is also the mother of four children.

Jan Hollingsworth (1981) is an environmental reporter at the Tampa Tribune.

David C. Jackson (1981) is a copy editor for the Monterey County Herald in California. Prior to his position in California, he worked as a reporter, copy editor and feature writer at Florida’s Vero Beach Press Journal for 19 years.

Joey Johnston (1981) is a reporter at the Tampa Tribune.

Kim Klein (1981) is the director of development and communications for Operation Brightside, a public/private partnership with the city of Louisville, KY.

Carol Lim (1981) is a full-time homemaker.

Karl R. Meinecke (1981) is a teacher of drama, mass communications and creative writing at Pinellas Park High School. He also served as Pinellas Park High School's yearbook adviser for 13 years (1986-87 through 1998-99) and also taught journalism and English during that period. Prior to teaching, he was a substitute teacher and an advertising graphic artist. He earned a language arts certification from USF in 1986.

Lynn Elikan Van Metre (1981) is a student in Austin, Texas. She jokes, "I’ve been from Tampa to Tacoma to Tucson to Texas."

Thomas Lee Overbey (1981) owns Sprint Photography and Computer Graphics, Tampa.

Steven Piantieri (1981) owns a wine bar, “Tastings: A Wine Experience,” in Orlando. He also owns and manages industrial warehouses, residential rentals and a motor sports company. In 2003 he competed in the Speed World Challenge Series.

Peter Lloyd Rinzivillo (1981) is a production coordinator for Image For Network. He owns Creative Media Productions, does radio and television voiceovers, on-hold messages, video presentations and jingles.

Nicole Sandler (1981) is the morning drive-time host for WINZ, a Clear Channel radio station in Miami. She worked at WUSF and WMNF radio during her years at USF. She left Tampa to move to New York City as a producer at WMCA and WPLJ radio. She left New York for Los Angeles, where she produced and hosted a variety of radio shows, including the KLOS “Morning Show” with Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps, which became a top-rated program in Los Angeles for several years. She moved from California to Taos, N.M., after adopting a daughter, then to South Florida, with a brief stay in Boston.

Michael "Mickey" Selz (1981) is a reporter and columnist for the Wall Street Journal.

Allen J. Solomon (1981) opened Copy-Graphics in Jacksonville Beach in 1995 after spending 15 years in newspaper editing and composing. As an entertainment editor, he earned three Florida Press Association awards.

Cynthia A. Spano (1981) has worked for the Home Shopping Network in St. Petersburg for 15 years and is the director of affiliate sales. She is accredited by PRSA.

Lawrence Stout (1981) is a writer and producer for Lawrence Stout Creative Services.

Debra Summer (1981) works for Florida’s Department of Education. She taught English and later traveled the world as a reporter and writer.

Lori London Snyder (1981) is the manager for Morise Art Gallery in Sarasota. Prior to joining her family business, the gallery, she worked in radio.

Ileana Varela Valle (1981) is a weekend anchor for WFOR television in Miami. Prior to working for WFOR television she worked at WPLG television in Miami, WTOG television in St. Petersburg and WTYM radio in Tampa. Richard Wallace (1981) is a senior voice analyst for Neuberger Berman, an asset management firm based in New York City. He earned a master of business administration degree in computer information systems from Baruch College in New York City. He is married and has two children.

Ronnie Stark Zabeline (1981) is a sales representative for Blackstone Legal Supplies in Fort Lauderdale.

Jennifer Moore Zecca (1981) is the manager of communication for IBM in Atlanta, Ga.

Al Bartolotta (1982) works as a transportation planner with the Pinellas County Planning Department. He earned his master’s in Public Administration from USF in 1990.

Sue Beck (1982) became a registered nurse in 1985, got married and moved to Texas, where she worked as a labor and delivery nurse. She and her husband and three children now reside in Wisconsin.

Rich Berube (1982) has sold radio and cable advertising, worked in politics and still finished his master's in health services administration. He is Tampa General's Florida Poison Center development and public affairs officer.

Rene E. Borroto (1982) is the senior editor and producer for Multivision Video and Film in Miami. He also is actively involved in DVD authoring, graphics design and animation, along with managing the company's cross-platform network of PCs and Macintosh computers. Prior to his position as senior editor, he was a freelance producer, writer and director for local and regional broadcasts and industrial projects. His previous experience was with Burdines' department stores (now Macy's) in the human resources department as the director of the video studio.

Lynne Freda Capobianco (1982) is an executive producer at WTVT television in Tampa. She has been married since 1992 and has a daughter named Casey.

Penny Carnathan (1982) is an assignment editor in the features department at the Tampa Tribune, responsible for religion, fashion, Hispanic affairs, home and garden, history and general assignment coverage. She has been with the Tribune and its defunct afternoon affiliate, the Tampa Times, for 22 years. She began work as a copy clerk while attending USF.

Diane Daniel (1982), a copy editor/freelance writer for the Boston Globe, worked on several Florida dailies and taught English in Europe before moving to Boston in 1989.

Paula DeNisco (1982) is an account executive for Baycare Healthcare in Tampa.

Brent Dietz (1982) is senior manager of public relations at Intersil Corporation, a communications chip company in Melbourne.

Lisa Diggins (1982) is the advertising manager for Greenwich Magazine. She has been in the communications business for 15 years and has worked at newspapers or magazines in Miami, Chicago and San Francisco. She has two boys and lives in Connecticut.

Art Dryce (1982) is president of Video Art Productions in Palm Harbor, which produces regional TV sports and national marketing videos.

Wayne Falsette (1982) is the vice president of American Reinsurance in San Francisco.

Paul J. Grossman (1982), president for the Grossman Group in Tampa, attended graduate school at Georgia State.

John Hamlin (1982) is a producer for ESPN. He won a Emmy award for the best television sports feature in 1989.

Lizz Harmon (1982) is president and chief executive officer of Harmon Tampa Public Relations. Clients include Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus, Disney on Ice and the Florida Orchestra.

Eric Hausmann (1982), assistant chief photojournalist, has been with Tampa's WFLA television since 1984.

Gretchen Beckham Jones Hunter (1982), employee services and EEO director, has been in human services with Jim Walter Corp. for 18 years.

Cheryl Jean-Claude (1982) is the media director for Kirshenbaum Bond and Partners in New York City.

Doria Yglesias Keller (1982) is a buyer with KBYTE Manufacturing in Tampa.

Pamela Smith Kamm (1982) lives in Ohio.

Tom Ketterer (1982) developed an expertise in medical and healthcare advertising and marketing. He works for Fresenius Medical Care in Tampa, as regional business development manager. He worked at an advertising agency for seven years and is the father of three children.

Susan Lamberti (1982) has worked for United Airlines for 17 years and lives.

Matt Larson (1982) works for the marketing department of the Tampa Tribune.

Ann Liguori (1982) owns her own production company and produces as well as hosts her own show, "Sports Innerview with Ann Liguori," the longest running sports interview show on television hosted by a woman. It is seen on Fox Sports regional cable networks throughout the country. She was named winner of the 1994 School of Mass Communications Outstanding Alumnus Award.

Loretta Chaplin Lombardo (1982) is marketing manager for Centex Homes in Tampa.

Zannie C. Mount (1982) has worked for WFTS television in Tampa since 1982 and is the program coordinator.

Roger Mullen (1982) has worked at the Tampa Tribune, Stuart News and Palm Beach Post. He now works as a humor columnist and feature writer at the Fayetteville, N.C., Observer Times.

Lisa Copeland Purcell (1982) is in charge of southeastern ad sales for SHOOT Magazine, a journal for TV commercial producers. Seven years ago she co-founded New Times, an alternative weekly in Miami.

Tari C. Peterson (1982) is an attorney in Tampa. She graduated from Stetson University College of Law in 1984. She adopted two children from China.

Terry Redding (1982) currently is a freelance writer working on his master's degree in anthropology at USF. After graduation, Terry worked briefly at the Tampa Tribune before spending several years working his way around the world.

Robert Reuben (1982) has worked as an investment banker for 15 years at Fahestock and Co. in New York City. He has two children and lives in Manhattan.

Tina Lorene Russo (1982) has worked for the Tampa Hillsborough County Public Library for more than two decades and is a senior librarian. She is also the department head of the Business and Government Department of the John F. Kennedy Public Library in downtown Tampa. She received her master’s degree in library science and information from USF in 1995.

Kerry L. Sanders (1982) is an NBC news correspondent. He covered the Gulf War and has spent a lot of time in Haiti. In 1991, he was the first recipient of the School of Mass Communications Outstanding Alumnus Award.

D. Steve Scales (1982) is the vice president of corporate accounts for the Campbell Soup Company in New Jersey. Prior to joining Campbell’s, he worked for Nestle Foodservice where he held a variety of field sales management positions.

Sandy J. Scheers (1982) is a full-time homemaker and lives in Coral Springs.

Barry Shapiro (1982) is a programmer and analyst for Georgia Pacific in the Atlanta area. Three months after graduation from USF, he became a staff photographer for the Marietta Daily Journal in Georgia. He went on to become chief photographer, and in 2000, left the newspaper to become a programmer.

Catherine A. Steele (1982) died in October 2005. She was a senior research associate for the McGinn Group in northern Virginia and had published research in a number of journals. Prior to joining the McGinn Group, she was a professor at Syracuse University and worked as a senior research adviser at AARP. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Iowa in mass communications and a doctorate in mass communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Laurle Defrain Stemm (1982) worked for an advertising agency for 10 years and now is the mother of two children.

Kathleen Davis Sturgis (1982) is the president of Capital Consulting in North Carolina. She earned a master’s degree from USF in 1985 and a doctorate in communications from the University of Illinois in 1997.

Theodore R. Swing Jr. (1982) is sports editor for Hernando Today in Brooksville.

Cynthia O. Tickell (1982) worked for the USF Florida Mental Health Institute from 1982 to 2000. She lives in Tampa.

Amy Walgren (1982) is the president of Walgren Communications. Prior to starting her own public relations company, she worked as a field marketing manager in Chicago for Walt Disney World. She has two daughters and lives in Illinois.

Janice Mendell Welch (1982) writes copy freelance from her home in Lakeland.

Donald Wood (1982) is a Pinellas County-based producer and writer for independent television productions. He produces 30-minute programming seen on cable’s Court TV and the Food Network. His work includes “Forensic Files,” “Food Finds,” “Food Fight” and the “World’s Most Unusual Foods” segments. For eight years previously he was a television news producer and for 10 years before that he managed public and media relations for non-profit organizations.

Jill Carpenter Voorhis (1982) owns Extra! Extra! Graphics, a commercial printing company in St. Petersburg. She has been engaged in graphic design since 1984.

Laura Lionetti Barton (1983) is the president of LLB Communications Inc. in Tampa. She worked for WFTS television in Tampa and Fox Broadcasting in Los Angeles. She has taught broadcast writing at USF as an adjunct instructor.

Mary Ellen Burke Bianco (1983) is an editor for J. Walter Thompson Specialized Communications and is a remote site worker, working from home. Prior to her position as editor, she worked in magazine circulation, marketing, and advertising, was a newsletter editor and also a writer. She has two daughters and lives in Kentucky.

Barbara Shane Boone (1983) is a teacher in the Brevard County school system in Melbourne.

Lisa Portnoy Branigan (1983) is vice president of media services at Zimmerman Advertising, a Fort Lauderdale-based agency.

Stephen R. Buckanavage (1983) is senior product manager for Zeneca Pharmaceuticals in Wilmington, Del.

Joseph Costa (1983) is president, writer and producer of Not Your Average Joe Inc., an advertising writing and production company in Tampa. He has worked at Macy’s, the Tampa Tribune, the Florida Lottery and Ellis & Diaz Advertising.

Cassandra Dudick Dakan (1983) is an executive assistant at Bay Area School Reform Collaborative. She worked in advertising agencies and did public relations for Camp Fire Boys and Girls. She is the mother of one girl.

Marcia Lynn Davis (1983) is a high school teacher in Pinellas County. After graduation, she joined the St. Petersburg Times but left to go to graduate school at USF to become a special education teacher. She is married with a daughter.

Nancy Hughes Diamond (1983) is a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines. After graduation she married an Air Force pilot who now works for American Airlines. They live in Fort Myers and have two children.

Tony Fabrizio (1983) is a senior sports writer at the Tampa Tribune.

Valorie Thomas Ferraro (1983) is president of Bauer Event Solutions in Tampa.

Kim Welker Ford (1983) is a development manager for Electronic Data Systems in Plano, Texas.

Lori Sutherland Franklin (1983) is a school media specialist in Olathe, Kan. She worked for several years as a newspaper reporter/photographer. She received a master’s in library science from Florida State University in 1996.

Colette Harper (1983) is a corporate account manager for Verizon Wireless in Tampa. She was a president’s cabinet winner in both 2003 and 2002, signifying that she achieved the top one percent in sales in the United States for Verizon Wireless. She worked at WTOG television until going into wireless communication sales in 1986.

Chris Renee Harry (1983) has covered the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the Orlando Sentinel since 2000 and covered University of Florida athletics prior to that. He was a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune from 1983 to 1996.

Steve Hegarty (1983)is a reporter at the St. Petersburg Times.

Dave Kleeman (1983) is a business manager for video audio conferencing at Siemens and a freelance cameraman. He worked at an NBC affiliate for two years.

Melanie Hollowell Marsh (1983) is the president and owner of Hollowell Advertising and Promotions in Duncan, S.C. She started the company in 1988. The firm’s primary emphasis is on travel promotions. Clients include US Airways, Delta Vacations and numerous resort companies.

Debra Merskin (1983) is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in Eugene. After finishing her bachelor’s degree, she became a broadcast media buyer for W. B. Doner and Company in St. Petersburg. After two years at Doner she became a media director for another St. Petersburg ad agency and later for a Tampa agency. She joined the UO in 1993 and teaches advertising among other subjects. She holds a master’s degree in liberal arts from USF St. Petersburg and a doctorate in mass communication from Syracuse University.

Paul Neumann (1983), associate producer, Sunshine Network/NBC Sports, Miami, has sports broadcasting experience that includes Olympics, Super Bowls, NBA finals, Major League baseball and the NHL.

Yvonne Rinzivillo Nowak (1983) worked 10 years for the Jack Eckerd Corporation as an advertising artist. She has been a library clerk with the Largo Library since 1994 and has been married for more than 19 years. While at USF she designed and created the "Braham Man" cartoons for the USF Police Department.

Michele Frank Portman (1983) is a chief financial officer employed in Atlanta.

Gordon Reiss (1983) is the owner of Full Service Insurance in Ocala.

Sherry Robinson (1983) is lifestyles editor for the St. Petersburg Times. She previously was city editor. She has twice won the School Bell Award for education reporting.

Robin Michelle Ron-Cohen (1983) worked as a gemologist before the arrival of her second child.

Kathy Subko Saunders (1983), now a freelance writer living in Pinellas County, has worked as a staff reporter for the Tampa Tribune, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the St. Petersburg Times.

Shari Schlaman (1983) is a San Francisco-based flight attendant for United Airlines. After graduating from USF, she spent a year performing around the world with the musical group, “Up with People.” She then applied to several airlines and was hired by United. She married in 1989 to an editor for Dreamworks animated films and lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband and daughter.

Gregory Kenneth Schnitt (1983) is a sales manager for Ryerson Tull Steel in Clifton, N.J. He worked in television and advertising for over four years before becoming an international steel trader. He has traveled extensively and completed several marathons.

Martha Smith Stone (1983) is training director of the Ifra Newsplex at the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies at the University of South Carolina. A former newspaper and magazine journalist, she began to write about the Internet industry in 1995 and became an international Internet industry consultant. She has written three books about the topic for media organizations.

Douglas M. Taylor (1983), vice president of marketing for Cross Tec Corp. in Boca Raton, worked as the general manager for WFIT-FM in Melbourne and was the public relations director for the Melbourne/Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce in 1991.

Richard Tettener (1983) is the sports director for WWLP television, a division of Lin Broadcasting, in Westfield, Mass. He is a 12-time recipient of the Associated Press Best Sportscaster Award and has co-hosted the Children’s Miracle Network since 1989. He is married and has three children.

Terry Tomalin (1983), outdoors editor, the St. Petersburg Times, did investigative reporting for a number of Florida papers before taking off to New Zealand and Australia for a year. He worked at the Lakeland Ledger and received many awards, including the Florida Sports Writers Association’s Feature Writing Award. Now that he's back, he tries to surf as much as possible.

Simone Walters-March (1983) is a Pembroke Pines-based free-lance production manager and coordinator for movies, advertisements and music videos. After graduation, she won the Ms. Jamaica Fashion Model contest and modeled for three years. She was a flight attendant for Air Jamaica for nine years. She is the mother of two children.

Robert E. Wiggins (1983) edited film and video at WTSP television in St. Petersburg before studying law at Stetson University where he graduated in 1990. He now practices entertainment and business law in Palm Harbor.

Seth Wirshba (1983) owns Laser Creations, a desktop publishing firm in Coral Springs. He also is president of Senior Summer School, a reservations firm for seniors attending summer university programs in the United States and Canada.

Barbara Bobzin Young (1983) lives in Atlanta, Ga.

Libby Anderson (1984) is an English teacher in the Tampa area. She is currently pursuing a career in publication design and writing.

Tammy Jayne "TJ" Filippore Billings (1984), account executive, F&F Productions and HubCom Uplinks, St. Petersburg, has been with Hubbard Broadcasting for 17 years.

Suzette Alba Bernstein (1984) and her husband, also a USF graduate, have two children and live outside Chicago. She worked at several medical-oriented sales jobs before staying home to raise her children.

Steve Burton (1984), who earned a degree from Stetson College of Law in 1988, is managing partner of the Broad and Cassel law firm in Tampa. He was appointed to the USF Board of Trustees in 2001 by Gov. Jeb Bush and served until 2005.

J.D. Callaway (1984) is a reporter at the Tampa Tribune.

Carolyn Cauceglia (1984) is vice president of sales, new business, and cruise specialty sales for Amadeus North America in Miami. After graduation she worked for Eastern Airlines and then for a computer reservations technology company. That company was acquired by Amadeus in 1998. She began in sales for Amadeus and transitioned into sales management as a manager, then director and then vice president of sales for North America. She completed a master of business administration degree from the University of Miami in 2003.

Tracy L. Filkins Cooper (1984) worked in advertising and public relations on the agency and the client sides. Most recently she has been writing freelance ad copy in Chesapeake, Va.

Jim Damaske (1984) is picture editor at the Clearwater bureau of the St. Petersburg Times. Prior to joining the Times, he was a staff photographer for the Clearwater Sun. He also has been a stringer for the Associated Press and United Press International.

Katherine "Kathy" Russel Dotson (1984) freelances for the St. Petersburg Times and does public relations consulting. She worked as an account supervisor at a public relations firm and as a marketing manager for PBS stations WUSF and WEDU in Tampa.

Rui Farias (1984) is the director of coaching for the St. Petersburg Strikers Soccer Club, the soccer coach for Tampa Bay Extreme and the general manager for Tampa Bay Terror Professional Soccer. He is also the director of public relations for Tampa Bay Rowdies Professional Soccer and a journalist for the St. Petersburg Times.

Eric Garwood (1984) is assistant metro editor, Florida Today, Melbourne. He married Alice Garwood, also a USF mass communications graduate.

Carlos Granda (1984), a news anchor/reporter at KCBS television in Los Angeles, has covered some major U.S. news events including the World Trade Center bombing and Hurricane Andrew. Granda was named winner of the School of Mass Communications Outstanding Alumnus Award in 1997.

Becky Green (1984) is a homemaker and a home-school teacher in Brandon. Prior to having children and deciding to stay at home, she was the assistant public relations manager for the Tampa Port Authority and also worked in the USF media relations office.

Jeffrey L. Hartzog (1984) is Ruth Eckerd Hall's technical director in Clearwater.

Robert "Roby" Helm (1984) specialized in motorsports advertising, writing and broadcasting before opening Helm Communications, a sports promotions advertising and public relations firm in Rockford, Tenn. He worked at DeSoto Speedway as the public relations director.

William J. Hirschi (1984) covers news for the Reporter, Tavernier, in the Keys.

Sherry Colodny Hollis (1984) has returned to USF as a meeting planner in the College of Public Health. She worked in production at numerous television stations from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.

Michael J. Holmes (1984) works for autotrader.com in Atlanta.

Karen Kemp (1984) finished her journalism master’s degree at UNC-Chapel Hill, in 1996 and became director of communications, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Durham.

Sophia Manoulian Kugeares (1984), a USF Library program assistant, taught English and humanities as an adjunct at St. Petersburg Jr. College. She earned a master of liberal arts degree in 1991 and is working on a Ph.D. at Florida State University.

Mickey M. Liera (1984) freelances in real estate and sports marketing and public relations in Tampa.

Rick Mayor (1984) is a reporter at the Tampa Tribune.

Michael B. Manning (1984) is an Atlanta area-based independent public relations counselor. He has held numerous public relations positions in Atlanta and Tampa-based public relations firms and businesses. In addition, he has held numerous officer positions in Florida and Georgia chapters of the Public Relations Society of America, as well as positions in PRSA at the national level.

Rich Murphy (1984) is managing editor at WTTG television in Washington, D.C. Prior to moving to WTTG, he was executive producer of special projects and photojournalism for WTSP television in Tampa for three years and worked for WFLA television for 12 years. He was named winner of the 2004 School of Mass Communications Outstanding Alumnus Award.

Annette Vitaliano Novik (1984) is the internet manager for Orient Lines, an international cruise line in Fort Lauderdale. She has traveled extensively and has two children.

Barbara Buick Parsons (1984) worked for a PBS and CBS affiliate as a publicist. She lives in Hattiesburg, Miss., with her three children.

Elizabeth Ross Pate (1984) is a media specialist for the School District of Hillsborough County. Prior to her position as media specialist, she worked for USF for 12 years. She earned her master’s degree in library and information science in 2001 from USF.

Shannon M. Poirier (1984) spent many years working as a travel agent in Tampa and Colorado Springs. She is now living in Alberta, Canada.

Elizabeth "Lizz" Kreuger Rapaport (1984) made a career in advertising and events management. She is now a full-time mom living in Commack, N.Y.

Victor Rivera (1984) obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois’ Institute of Communications Research. He is now an assistant professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.

Margarita Carmen Roberts (1984) is a television news anchor for Bloomberg television in New York City.

John Romano (1984) is a sports writer at the St. Petersburg Times.

Marcia Forsythe Smith (1984) works for Ameristeel in Tampa.

Louise Thompson (1984) is executive director of the Tampa Bay Community Network. Her job includes managing two public access channels in Hillsborough County. She won the 2006 Executive Woman of the Year award from Tampa’s Network of Executive Women. Previously, she managed her own public relations company.

Christine R. Vaughn (1984) is a free-lance writer and lives in Largo. She has worked as a staff writer and an editor at several magazines, spent five years with McGraw-Hill. as a reporter, was the assistant editor of the Pinellas County Review and a contributor to the St. Petersburg Times.

Katherine Barfield Walker (1984) is the director of strategic planning & communications for Manatee Community College.

Robert S. Waselewski (1984) is an administrator at Tampa Electric Company. He and his wife, also a USF graduate (1993), have two children.

Karen Cleath Watson (1984) left the Tampa Tribune after 13 years to write freelance. She volunteers as chair of the American Cancer Society's Greater Tampa unit.

Ibrey Woodall (1984) is the Fort Lauderdale-based director of marketing for TEKgroup International, a Web development, hosting and design company. Prior to his position with TEKgroup International, he was a project editor and an electronic production manager for CRC Press, director of advertising productions for Times Mirror Interzines and production director for Golfweek magazine.

Lisa Brown Amick (1985) is the full-time mother of two girls. Prior to becoming a mother, she worked in the pharmaceutical business and was a division manager, regional manager and manager of communications with three divisions of Johnson and Johnson.

Eleni Z. Antoniou (1985) is the senior director of human resources at High Performance Technologies, a high performance computer company specializing in HPE, research and high-end systems architecture and design, in Reston, Va. He earned a master’s degree in human resources from Marymount University in 1995.

Lisa Cunningham (1985) wrote for the St. Petersburg Times and various weeklies before landing the positions of Inside USF editor and media relations coordinator in USF’s Public Affairs office.

Laini Berlin Dubach (1985) is a free-lance medical writer and lives in Aston, Pa.

Geri R. Espy (1985) is a writer/desktop publisher living in Clearwater.

Sharon Everedge (1985) directs and teaches dance at Jackie’s Dance theatre. She is also director of Plant City Children’s theatre.

Alice Moynihan Garwood (1985) works at Florida Today, Melbourne, as a copy editor. She is married to Eric Garwood, also a USF mass communications graduate.

Margarita Gonzalez (1985) is the international and Hispanic liaison for the city of Tampa. Prior to her position with the city, she worked at the Tampa Port Authority. She has served on the USF Alumni Board and has won the Golden Cassette Award for television productions of “Nuestra Tampa” and “Community Affairs Report,” which she produces and hosts. She is the founder and honorary chairperson of the Hispanic Professional Women’s Association.

Heidi Harris (1985) is a full-time mother of one girl and lives in Nebraska. She previously worked in advertising research for several years and earned a master’s degree in counseling. She then worked as a personal counselor for a college in Savannah, Ga., and received her license.

John Hoffman (1985) is assistant news director at WTVT television in Tampa.

Terry Golabek Holden (1985) lives in Brandon and has three daughters. She worked in radio advertising sales in the Tampa area after graduation.

Dennis Irwin (1985) is an immunology specialist for Centocor, which is a Johnson and Johnson biotechnology subsidiary in Tennessee.

Elizabeth Belsom Johnson (1985) traded reporting for law school in 1987. After clerking for a federal judge, she joined Tampa's Holland & Knight as a media lawyer.

Phillip D. Jones (1985) is a reporter/photojournalist who started his broadcasting career in Florida television markets before moving on to Toledo, Ohio's WTOL television in 1994. He previously worked at WINK television and WBBH in Fort Myers and WFLA in Tampa.

Vicki Juliano (1985) is a copy editor at the St. Petersburg Times.

Bonnie Kessler Kaufman (1985) created I Deal Books, an international wholesaler of bargain books and excess inventories in North Miami.

Diane Goodman Korinek (1985) is a project and public relations manager for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida. She is accountable for community support and media relations for 23 counties on Florida’s west coast and central areas.

Gregg Koutouvidis (1985) is a vice president of J P Morgan Private Bank in New York City. After leaving USF, he worked in investment sales at John Hancock, Bank of America and Dreyfus. He earned a master of business administration degree from the University of Rochester in 1992 and was hired by Citibank Private Bank. He joined J P Morgan in 1996. He is married and has two children.

Victoria Juliano Lach (1985) has worked at six newspapers since graduation. She and her husband are St. Petersburg Times copy editors.

Cheryl Flanders McNeal (1985) fell in love with the travel industry while working as a cruise ship director after graduation. Today she is marketing director of Lee Travel in Westport, Conn.

Richard E. Mayer (1985) has spent 19 years at the Tampa Tribune as a copy/layout editor. He was recently named team leader for the sports copy desk.

Mary Christine McMurry (1985) manages media relations for California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco’s largest nonprofit community-based hospital. Prior to her position with the hospital, she worked as an investigative, consumer and medical television news producer for 15 years.

Lynda Livingston Morrow (1985) is an independent director for the Pampered Chef, a direct-seller of professional quality kitchen tools. She is the mother of three children.

Jennifer Swanson Murnane (1985) is a full-time homemaker and lives in Marietta, Ga.

Shannon Rice (1985) is a teacher at Sickles High School in Hillsborough County.

Darcel Verducci Schouler (1985) is an account supervisor for McCann-Jay Advertising in Tampa. Prior to this position, she worked in radio, in the areas of promotions, marketing, programming, productions and sales. She also worked in television at WTMV.

Sheri Morgado Stephens (1985) is a teacher at Miles Elementary School in Tampa. She holds a master’s degree in elementary education.

Monique O. Stylos (1985) is director of public programs for the Bristol County Sheriff’s office in New Bedford, Mass. After graduating, she spent 15 years in broadcasting as a reporter and anchor and eventually, as a station manager. In 2000 she was asked by the local sheriff to head the public programs department, taking students through the jail on tours and letting them speak to inmates about the consequences of decisions. She has been married for more than a decade and has twin boys.

Amy Walsh (1985) is a writer in corporate communications at Aon Corporation, a global insurance broker. Previously, she worked in communications and knowledge management at Arthur Andersen. Before joining corporate America, she worked briefly at the Chicago Sun-Times and for 12 years as a reporter, editor and page designer at the St. Petersburg Times. She lives in Chicago with her partner, Deanna Bellandi, a reporter and editor at the Associated Press.

Ralph B. Watkins (1985) is the owner of Providence Mortgage in Palm Harbor.

Lynda Patsios West (1985) worked for Manatee county government as a communication technician. She is taking time off to raise her four children.

Victoria "Vicki" Cozart Yarnal (1985) is the director of development for the Child Abuse Council in Tampa and previously held the same position for the Suncoast Girl Scout Council. She worked on advertising and promotions for WXCR FM 92.5 and the Tampa Tribune.

Charmain Lattanzio Yobbi (1985) is a public relations and community partnerships manager for the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood in Florida. She has 20 years of professional writing experience and more than 10 years of public relations experience, working for companies such as Martin County News, Tampa Bay Business Journal, USF Small Business Development Center and First Marketing.

Dean Yobbi (1985) is a copy editor for the Miami Herald. Prior to his position with the Herald, he worked at the Tampa Tribune in the sports department and the Palm Beach Post, also in the sports department.

Elyse D. Aks (1986) is a hair designer in Palm Beach Gardens. She has a teenage daughter named Chelsea, who is an honor roll student.

Andrea Kay Aprea (1986) writes freelance now from her home in Little Ferry, N.J., but before that she worked in radio and television news as a reporter and anchor.

Jeff S. "Chico" Berke (1986) is senior editor for the largest post-production facility in the Southeast U.S. He edited several popular commercials such as the "I’m going to Disney" campaign for 1994.

Bradley A. Billings (1986) has a public relations resume that includes Hill & Knowlton Public Relations, Trenham Simmons Attorneys at Law and Tech Data Corp., among others. He has just returned to Tampa from Utah's IOMEGA Corp. to join Paradyne as senior marketing manager.

Connie L. Brown (1986) is editor of UrbanDog Communications in Tampa and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Tampa. She has more than 20 years of media experience, including service as director of public relations for the Art Institute of Tampa, community relations manager for Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Tampa, and public information specialist for the Pinellas County Department of Public Affairs. She also worked for five years for the Tampa Tribune as a promotional photographer, writer and audio visual producer after graduation.

Polly Sherman Cacurak (1986) earned her master’s in business administration and now works as finance coordinator, Broward County Clerk of Courts.

Grace Carlson (1986) is a director of marketing for a Sarasota company. She is married to a self-employed architect who specializes in “green” design and has four children. She is She is an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America.

Marcelle Castillo (1986) went to Georgia State University College of Law and became a city prosecutor. Castillo is an attorney for the Department of Justice in Memphis, Tenn.

Brian Collard (1986) owns a mail-order sports memorabilia auction business in Palm Harbor and is a show host/sports anchor at the Home Shopping Network/USA Network. He worked for networks such as CBS, TNN, ESPN, Sports Channel and DIRECT TV.

Tony Conboy III (1986) is director of current collections for the Manatee County Tax Collector's office, where he is responsible for four offices and 55 employees. As a hobby, he freelances articles to daily newspapers and nationally circulated magazines and Web sites. Since USF, Conboy also obtained his master's degree in public administration from California's Golden Gate University.

Edward T. Conley Jr. (1986) is the vice president of SSL Americas. He earned a master’s degree from USF in 1993.

David M. Corry (1986) is a shareholder and attorney in Bricklemyer Smolker and Bolves in Tampa. He graduated with honors from the Florida State University College of Law.

Christopher G. Frey (1986) is an attorney for Carlson and Meissner in New Port Richey. Prior to becoming an attorney, he graduated from Stetson College of Law in 1989 and was the assistant state attorney for Pinellas County from 1989 to 1995. He has four children: three daughters and one son.

Michelle Hajek (1986) is a sales executive for WTOG television in St. Petersburg. Prior to her position with UPN, she worked in advertising sales for the yellow pages, newspapers and television.

Diane Goodman Korinek (1986) is projects manager, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Tampa.

Shawn Lingle (1986) is a self-employed public relations counselor in Tampa.

Christine Lombard (1986) lives in Los Angeles.

Mary C. Matalobos (1986) won the prestigious Silver Anvil Award in the Public Relations Society of America’s consumer technology marketing category. She worked for six years in Tampa before moving to Washington, D.C., to work on the 1992 Bush/Quayle presidential campaign. She now manages the corporate communications office at MCI’s world headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Mary Beth Deer McDade (1986) has worked in corporate communications, public relations and advertising. She is currently the pubic relations manager of Progressive Insurance Corp. in Brandon.

Suzanne Schavet Newbern (1986) is currently running a childcare business. Prior to this, she worked in computer programming and also at an advertising agency, as a broadcast production coordinator in Tampa for five years. She has two children and lives in Raleigh, N.C.

Inger M. Padilla (1986) is a director of marketing and business development in the health/wellness industry. He has worked in marketing communications for 16 years, holding positions ranging from marketing manager to vice president of marketing communications. He lives in Clearwater and has one son.

Charles K. Paul (1986) is news operations manager at WFTS television in Tampa.

Amy Polce Rosa (1986) owns an online store in McMurray, Pa. She married one year after graduation and worked as a newspaper reporter in Detroit and Pittsburgh until 1991. She stayed at home with two children through the 1990s, did some freelance writing and taught herself Web site design. In 2002 she launched Tennishut.com, an online tennis apparrel, accessory and equipment store.

Rebecca Sera Rothermel (1986) is a fifth grade teacher in the Orange County public school system. She moved to Orlando shortly after graduation and has been a teacher there ever since. She earned a master’s degree in math and science education from the University of Central Florida in 1989.

Rebecca Sera (1986) is a fourth-grade teacher at Waterford Elementary in Orlando. She earned a master’s degree in science from the University of Central Florida in 1993.

Cynthia A. Escalante Sharpe (1986) is the owner of Sharpe Public Relations in Thonotosassa. She has worked in the field of public relations for more than 16 years, for companies like Hill and Knowlton, and for Shriners Hospital for Children and the Shrine fraternity, as well as AAA.

Ken Smith (1986) is a reporter and anchor for WRAL television in Raleigh, N. C. He also has reported for television stations in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, Columbus and Savannah, Ga., Portland, Ore., and Montgomery, Ala.

Lisa-Jane Statton (1986) is the owner and president of the American Quilt Company in New York City. She held a variety of corporate marketing and management positions prior to starting her own company and spent time living abroad in London.

Deborah Tagliarini (1986) is president of the Tagliarini construction firm in Tampa.

Peter S. Tamny (1986) is a general manager of Sims Furniture Galleries. He worked in financial services as a stockbroker for six years. He is the father of two children.

Wendy Waldron (1986) is director of marketing for the University Diagnostic Institute, a center for advanced medical diagnosis, at the University of South Florida.

Sally Dimler Alayon (1987) has been an assistant principal for Miami Dade public schools since the mid-1990s. Prior to working in public education, she was a copywriter for an advertising agency for two years and a production assistant for a television station for two years. She has two children.

Melanie Minger Courtoglous (1987) is a free-lance producer and a reporter in Washington, D.C. She spent 10 years as a newspaper reporter, six years in radio news and network television news in Washington, D.C., and is a fitness and personal trainer in her spare time.

Carolyn Watson Donnelly (1987) is in real estate sales for Coldwell Banker on Longboat Key.

Sam Hallenbeek (1987) runs CineVision Inc., doing celebrity interviews in conjunction with movie releases. He worked for WTVT television in Tampa as videotape editor and producer for 11 years. He won an Emmy and numerous awards from SPJ, AP, UPI and the Chicago Film Institute.

David Kaminski (1987) is news editor, the Daily Commercial, Leesburg.

Crystal Klir-Olefb (1987) is a massage therapist in Illinois. Prior to becoming a massage therapist, she was the traffic manager for a radio station in Chicago for five years and also worked for a sports travel agency in Fort Lauderdale from 1987 to 1991.

Merlisa Lawrence (1987) is a writer for Sports Illustrated.

Lisa Lewis (1988) is assistant vice president of communications with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International in Tampa. She previously was chief executive officer of the USF alumni association. During her years with the association, she expanded programs and services to connect USF’s graduates and serve alumni, whose numbers grew from 100,000 when she started to nearly 200,000 in 2006.

Laurie Masser (1987) is a broadcast buyer for Doner Advertising in Tampa.

Sharon Mihm (1987) works for a Tampa company that designs Web sites for Fortune 500 companies.

Vicki Thompson Morris (1987) resides in Clearwater.

Michelle Winton Plotka (1987) is a full-time homemaker who lives in Hollywood. She was a third grade teacher for 10 years.

Sheri Larson Ragsdale (1987), a Belleair resident, sells orthopedic products.

Lisa Monica Schiller (1987) is an attorney for Rice & Robinson in Miami.

Joan L. Spainhower (1987) is the public relations officer for Marion County public schools. She was the president of the Florida Public Relations Association’s Tampa Bay Chapter and currently president-elect of the Ocala Chapter.

Karen Hoffman Stone (1987) lives in Las Vegas.

Amy Goldberg Tardif (1987) is the news director for WGCU television and its radio counterpart in Fort Myers. She is also the managing editor of a half-hour environmental documentary aired each month on WGCU. Prior to her position as news director, she was a host, reporter and producer with the National Public Radio affiliate in Fort Myers for 10 years.

Jennie Susi Taylor (1987) is a library media specialist in Miami. After graduating, she worked in the Miami Herald’s advertising department as an account executive for 10 years and then became a teacher.

Winifred Wagner (1987) is a public relations practitioner in Jacksonville.

Ed Aborn (1988) is a systems engineer-webmaster for GTE Data Services. His first child was born in 1998, and he lives in Temple Terrace.

Pamela J. Musgrave Amaya (1988) is a technical writer for Sykes Enterprises in Cary, N.C.

Jodi Portante Atkison (1988) is the executive director of “Do The Right Thing,” a police-sponsored non-profit program which recognizes and awards children for positive behavior. Prior to her position as executive director, she spent 10 years at a Miami public relations firm. She has two children.

Lorie Briggs (1988) is vice president of community relations for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay. She previously worked for United Way for six years.

Martha Bone (1988) is a producer for WUSF television at the University of South Florida. She won a regional Emmy award for a 1999 science documentary about medical marijuana that aired on WUSF, one of 13 public television stations in Florida.

Zarrin T. Caldwell (1988) is the issues and research coordinator for the International Association for Religious Freedom in Oxford in the United Kingdom. He worked for a public relations agency in Washington, D.C., for three years. After receiving a master’s degree in public and international affairs, he returned to Washington to work in the area of foreign policy for more than four years. He married in 1999 and moved to Great Britain in 2000.

Sue Carlton (1988) is city editor of the Tampa edition of the St. Petersburg Times.

Jennifer Abbott Chaffman (1988) is a full-time homemaker who lives in North Carolina. She does some occasional free-lance writing and much volunteer work. Prior to having children, she was an on-air radio personality as well as a promotions director.

Colleen Farrell Chappell (1988) is president and chief executive officer of ChappellRoberts advertising and marketing in Tampa. The agency has a staff of 25 specializing in branding, advertising, marketing and public relations. She previously was statewide director  of advertising, marketing and business sales with Verizon Wireless, a Fortune 100 company. She is accredited by PRSA.

Melanie Morose Edelstein (1988) is a California-based writer and television producer. She began free-lancing for NBC News in 1996 and has produced numerous segments for them, including the Sydney Olympics coverage, the O.J. Simpson case and the Rodney King riots. She won an Emmy for Best California Midday Newscast in 1993 and has three children.

John Fiorillo (1988) is senior editor for SeaFood Business Magazine in Seattle.

Michele Myers Francis (1988) works for Custom Deco, a company that makes glass and ceramic decorations. She has three children.

David Glaser (1988) is public relations coordinator for Hospice of Southwest Florida and also publishes the USF-focused sports Web site USFBullsEYE.com. Prior to joining Hospice, he spent three years as public affairs coordinator at USF's Sarasota-Manatee/New College campus and more than a decade as a sports journalist with the St. Petersburg Times and Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Brian Huckbay (1988) is a production manager for Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta and a non-linear editor for Whoa! Films. Prior to his position with Turner Broadcasting, he was a corporate video producer for a variety of companies.

Andrea Whitaker Ireland (1988) is a full-time homemaker and a mother of two in Rochester, N.Y. Prior to having children, she spent a brief time in advertising sales for the Miami Herald, acted as a publishing manager for a Washington, D.C., professional trade organization and as a media consultant, primarily in media research, planning and buying for a New York media buying group.

Brian A. Iten (1988) is the assistant state attorney in Bradenton. He graduated from Florida State University College of Law, receiving a juris doctor degree in 1994. Prior to his position with the state attorney’s office, he was an inspector for the Bureau of Tobacco and Firearms.

Lizabeth Turner Jenne (1988) writes copy freelance in the Cleveland area.

Aaron Koppel (M.A., 1988) is a retired radio station owner who lives in St. Petersburg and is the author of “Discoveries: Things I Learned About Myself That My Mother Never Told Me.”

Stacey Lang McKay (1988) is the regional manager for Florida Family Magazine in Tampa. Since graduation, she has worked in advertising and marketing. She has one daughter.

John Morris (1988) is a general manager of Sprit FM 90.5. He married in 1993 and has two children.

Joan Richison O'Fallon (1988) is director of public relations for the Robbinsdale Area School District in New Hope, Minn. The public relations department improves student achievement in a public school district serving 100,000 residents and 13,500 K-12 students in the northwest Twin Cities metropolitan area. The department of 12 builds relationships with target audiences, encourages public involvement and understanding, builds school and community pride, and recognizes excellence in our students, staff and schools. In addition to traditional communications, public relations and customer service efforts, the department manages web communications, a print shop, video production and cable TV services for the school district.

Patti Pearson (1988) is the assistant director of development at Cardinal Mooney High School in Sarasota. Prior to her position assistant director of development, she was editor and writer for different visitor’s guides and chamber of commerce publications. She is the author of the “Insiders Guide to Sarasota” and also owned her own public relations firm.

Michael Pollaccia (1988) is the co-founder of MyWebLawyer.com, with his wife. They live in West Palm Beach.

Tedd T. Poore (1988) is director, IME Marketing Services, Genex Services, Tampa.

Stephen G. Reed (1988) is a New York City-based deputy editor for the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group. Prior to his position as deputy editor, he worked for the Sarasota Herald Tribune, the U.S. Peace Corps in Morocco and the Lakeland Ledger.

Reb E. Sauls (1988) is the store manager of Pacific Sunwear of California in Tampa. He worked in film & video production for a year after graduating.

Paige Schector (1988) is a CBS Sports Line/America on-line sports copy editor who lives in Fort Lauderdale. He has won several awards for sports and feature writing from the Florida Press Association.

Gail Sideman (1988) owns Write On! Promotions and Courtside Sports Communications in Milwaukee. She worked in collegiate and professional sports public relations for seven years before starting her own businesses in 1995 and 1997.

Susan Russell Smith (1988), graphic artist, works for Senior World Newspapers, Phoenix.

Marla Stonecipher (1988) is an afternoon-drive radio personality for Z94.3 radio in northern Colorado. Prior to her position with the Colorado station, she worked at radio stations in Tampa.

Nadine Smith (1988) as been the executive director of the Tampa-based Equality Florida organization since its inception in 1997. A former Tampa Tribune reporter, she also has written columns for various gay and mainstream publications. In addition, she has been recognized as a national leader by organizations such as the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Human Rights Task Force of Florida, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum.

Melinda Smith Toepp (1988) is a full-time homemaker and mother of two boys who lives in Oviedo. Prior to having children, she spent seven years as the human resources director for Sports Unlimited, was the manager for a beverage distributor and a consultant/manager for a software reseller.

Carlo Williams (1988) is a television production coordinator for Adelphia Communications in California.

Kristi Bell Boliek (1989) is director of marketing and member services at the Wellness and Rehab Center. She worked for Munroe Regional Medical Center in marketing and public relations and the Tampa Tribune as an accounting/advertising representative.

Paige Brower Brough (1989) is the vice president of corporate communications for Hear USA in West Palm Beach.

Jennifer Lynn Fessler Bumgarner (1989) owns J.B. Designs in Palm Harbor and works at home to spend time with her two children. She earned another B.A. degree in interior design in 1998.

Danielle Castello-Weaver (1989) is marketing services specialist for Glen-Gery Corp. in Wyomissing, Pa.

Twila Decker (1989) is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She covers Los Angeles Superior Courts.

Nora S. Freeley (1989) is marketing director for Communications Equity Associates in Denver, Colo.

John P. Flowerree (1989) is an editor for Turner Entertainment Networks in Atlanta, GA.

Annette Wolf Green (1989) is a full-time homemaker, has one daughter and lives in Melbourne. She also runs a home-based business, sewing baby items. Prior to having her daughter, she worked at a Brevard County based advertising agency as a graphic designer and production assistant, then free-lanced as a designer for several years.

Jill Haeberle Hampton (1989) is a full-time homemaker, but plans to re-enter the work force at some point and go into medical sales.

Cristina F. Hillerman (1989) completed a master’s degree in Communication Arts from the University of West Florida in 1991 and earned her teaching credentials from St. Mary’s College in Moraga, Calif., in 1996. She lives in northern California and is married and has three sons and a daughter.

David M. Hofeditz (1989) is senior designer for the Coastal Group in New York City.

Karol Kinnecom Holiday (1989) is an independent instructor and unit leader for Creative Memories in Temple Terrace. Prior to being an independent instructor, she was the public relations director at Prudential Healthcare Systems, and worked in the Metropolitan Life Insurance company’s public affairs department.

Janna McKell Kiersnowski (1989) is a marketing director of Holy Rosary Regional Credit Union in Rochester, NH.

Todd Lewis (1989) is a free-lance writer for Avid Editor.

Mercedes Villanueva Maglin (1989) is marketing division manager for Allstate Insurance in St. Petersburg. She joined Allstate in 1990 and has held numerous positions in marketing, advertising, customer care and agency support. She is married and has one child.

Eileen B. McAllister (1989) is training coordinator for Danka in St. Petersburg, and a 1993-94 graduate of Leadership Pinellas.

Kelly Young Nelms (1989) is an advertising manager for Winn-Dixie Stores, Miami division. She is the mother of one child.

Patti Pearson (1989) is marketing communications specialist, Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

Dan Serra (1989) is an information designer and editor at the Austin, Texas, American-Statesman, and freelance web developer.

Karrie Viano Thiel (1989) is a change management leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Tampa.

Stephanie Ronald Thoresen (1989) is a business development manager for Williams Earth Sciences Geotechnical Engineers in Largo. Prior to her position as business development manager, she worked for Pinellas County government public affairs and SWFWMD public communications.

Jennifer Peck Tyler (1989) is a part-time graphic designer at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. She was a production manager at Creative Loafing Newspaper. She is the mother of one child.

Scott Wellinger (1989) is a Tampa organized crime detective.

Trae D. Williams (1989) is director of broadcast standards for Fox Broadcasting Company in Los Angeles. He earned a law degree from Stetson College of law in 1992 and a master’s degree in communication management from the University of South California in 1996.

Tricia Wilson Wootton (1989) is the general manager of Wootton & Knisley PC, CPA in Hershey, Pa.

Suzanne Wyar (1989) is an instructor of graphic design technology at Manatee Community College. She also does free-lances graphic design during the summer. Prior to this, she worked as a graphic designer for seven years.