Mass Communications Alumni 1990s

Bradley Altman (1990) is the owner of Altman Insurance Agency in Olympia, Wash. He moved to Washington in 1991 and has four children.

Missy Abraham (1990) is a sales representative of Celotex Building Products in Florence.

Hayat Alvi (1990) is a Ph.D. student in political science in Howard University in Takoma Park, MD. He earned a master’s degree in Eastern studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and studied Arabic on Fullbright Fellowship in Damascus, Syria.

Margaret Anderson (1990) is an insurance coordinator for Morse Operations Inc.in Fort Lauderdale.

Beth Gildea Brookfield (1990) is assistant director, USF resident programs/services.

Amy Elizabeth Stabb Burns (1990) is managing director and owner of Sound and Vision Communications in London. After graduation, she worked as a media buyer at a Tampa advertising agency. After one year, she moved to Sound and Vision as a production assistant and then became an event producer for the company.

Maureen Byrne (1990) is a reporter at the St. Petersburg Times.

Cindy Krantzler Ebenfeld (1990) is an attorney for Hicks Andersen and Blum in Miami. She earned a degree in law at Stetson University in 1993.

Wendy Foster Fontaine (1990) is the media relations specialist at the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS), a national disaster safety group in Tampa. She was a producer at WFLA television until 1996, when she became a producer and later a programming manager at the Home Shopping Network.

Jeff J. Frank (1990) is promotion manager for MTV Music Television in New York City. He has worked in radio promotions, toured with bands as production manager, was press operations manager for World Cup USA 1994 and spent two years as a TV production manager for Atlanta Olympic Broadcasting/1996 Olympics.

Kendall Gay (1990) started his own business, Kendall Gay Consulting Inc. after working as marketing and research consultant in pharmaceutical and medical device companies for eight years.

Julie Herz (1990) is the marketing vice president for Redstone Meadery, a winery in Boulder, Colo.

Keri L. Hudson (1990) is vice president of ODI Consulting in Bradenton.

William Laughman (1990) is a graphic artist for Tampa Bay Newspapers in Largo. He previously worked for a direct mail company and a sign shop. He married in 2002.

Seth Liss (1990) is sports channel manager for the mercurynews.com Web site in San Jose, Calif.

Connie Marlowe (1990) is marketing director and firm administrator at Marlowe and McNabb, a law firm in Tampa.

Tina McCain Matte (1990) is a partner in Gravina, Smith and Matte, a southwest Florida marketing and public relations firm.

Donna McAllister (1990) works for the marketing department of the Tampa Tribune.

Celeste Myers (1990) specializes in corporate communications for architectural firms. At present she is marketing coordinator, Gould Evans Associates, Tampa.

Sonia Ossorio (1990) lives in New York and is active in the National Organization of Women. She was the director of public affairs for Catalyst, a think tank that works to advance women in business. She worked as a print journalist for 10 years and her work has appeared in USA Today, the Denver Post and the San Jose Mercury News.

Grace Leombruno Paulson (1990) is a respiratory therapist at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY. She has worked as an editor and designer for a newspaper and a licensed cosmetologist too.

Beverly Gusewich Perkins (1990) is a full-time homemaker and has two daughters. Prior to having children, she worked at the Miami Herald for 10 years.

Karyn Barcomb Priore (1990) is a district manager for Automatic Data Processing in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to her position with ADP, she worked in sales for Russell Stover Candies, PageNet and Worldcom. She has one daughter.

Rick Raymond (1990) is the tour manager for K.C and the Sunshine Band and lives in Florida. He worked in a recording studio, met the band on a project and started touring as a sound engineer. He became their road manager a year later and then their tour manager. He was also the Super Bowl pre-game show manager for Super Bowl 34, 35 and 36. He has worked in back-lot movie production at Universal Studios and music recording and engineering with Gloria Estefan, Jimmy Buffett and Ziggy Marley. He has one son.

Nancy C. Reynolds (1990) is assistant vice president for Treasury Services Global Marketing at J P Morgan Chase in Tampa.

Tona Bell-Rosenthal (1990) is the owner of Tricycle Studios, an interactive marketing and design firm in Tampa. After graduating, she was an account executive with Paradigm Communications, became the company spokesperson and co-founder of Paradigm Public Relations.

Gregory M. Scott (1990), captain, is a U.S. Army signal officer stationed in Hungary. He served in operations Desert Storm (Gulf War), Continue Hope (Somalia) and Joint Endeavor (Bosnia).

Paige Fisher Simpson (1990) owns with her husband Simpson Mechanical company in Hillsborough County.

Belinda Mastalski Smith (1990) is Code Enforcement Board coordinator for the city of Fort Myers.

Noel Spindler (1990) lives in Hackensack, N.J.

James D. Tomlin (1990) is a copy editor in the sports department of the St. Petersburg Times.

Celeste Myers Watson(1990) lives in Plant City with her husband. She worked as a marketing associate for professional services before retiring.

Shari Neener Wheat (1990) is a full-time homemaker with three children. She does photography part-time, teaches pre-school and is also studying medical transcription.

Renee Cassella Wilson (1990) is a research translator who lives in Naples.

Christine Wybranowski (1990) is an administrator for ENSCO and lives in Melbourne. Prior to her position as administrator, she worked for United States Air Force and NASA contractors and several other marketing companies. She has held various positions including being a technical editor for deliverable contract documentation and customer service manager for Two Dogs beer.

Sherry Ackerman (1991) is a reporter at the Tampa Tribune.

P.J. Anthony (M.A, 1991) is supervisor of regional advertising for the Subway Franchise Advertising Trust Fund. He lives in Pinellas County.

Adam D. Benalt (1991), technical director, CNN, Atlanta, produces "Newsnight," "CNN Overnight," "Daybreak," "Larry King," "Crossfire" and "Moneyline."

Eric Blum (1991), an interactive media expert, specializes in finance and investment marketing and advertising. At present he is director of interactive programming for Fidelity Investments, Boston.

Steven F. Bouvier (1991) works in ad production at the St. Petersburg Times.

Sharon Nagel Bowman (1991) is a senior sales consultant for Novartis Pharmaceuticals in central Florida. She has two children.

Jennifer Boyd (1991) works in the production department of WTVT television in Tampa.

Adam Brand (1991) is the owner of Frames USF and Art Gallery in Miami.

Ted Brunson (1991) is a free-lance voiceover artist and on-air host in the Chicago area. He has two sons.

Molly Reidy Calvello (1991) is a support engineer at Microsoft Corporation. She has worked in public relations and technical recruiting.

Jennifer Cerrito (1991) is the owner of SpinCycle Productions in Tampa. After graduating she went into the printing design industry and then printing sales. She also worked in advertising as a print buyer, first locally, then in Boston.

Michelle Gillen Chestnutt (1991) is the marketing director of West Paces Medical Center in Atlanta, GA. She has worked in marketing for seven years in Charlotte, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga.

Sheri Cook (1991) directs public relations for Panama Jack International, Orlando. Before that she reported for WBBH television and directed public relations for the Florida Citrus Growers Association.

Doran Cushing (1991) edits and publishes Southwinds Magazine, St. Petersburg.

Jennifer Dew (1991) resides in Smyrna, Ga.

Justine Gentile (1991) pursued a career in video and audio production after graduating from USF. After six years, she became a game producer. She currently co-owns New Jersey-based MC Squared, producing and directing multi-media productions for a variety of industries.

Jennifer Valella Ghodsi (1991) is the mother of one child. She worked for Sunbelt Newspapers in Tampa as a reporter. She is a member of the Association of Women Journalists.

Scott Patrick Ginniman (1991) died in March 2001. He was a studio supervisor for WUSF television and worked free-lance for WFLA television. He earned a master of business administration degree from USF.

Kimberly Phillips-Haikara (1991) received her law degree in 1998 and practices in Largo. She graduated from Mississippi College School of Law.

Heidi Henderson (1991) is manager of media relations for USA Today in McLean, Va.

Deborah Hunter (1991) is a public affairs specialist for State Farm Insurance in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Candice M. Huscusson (1991) teaches English, journalism, and creative writing at a K-8 school. She has worked as a sales manager, public relations assistant, and a teacher.

Dirk Lammers (1991) is a writer and editor with The Associated Press in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Evelyn Larrubia (1991) is a metro section reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She began her journalism career in 1990 as an editorial assistant for the St. Petersburg Times and then became a reporter for El Nuevo Herald in Miami after graduation. She worked as a police reporter for the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel between 1995 and 2001, when she joined the Times. She won the National Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting in 2006 and was a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2006.

David Liller (M.A., 1991) is a Tampa-based freelance writer and editor.

Melissah Lutz (1991) is a marketing specialist for Precision Response in Miami.

Deena M. Lyle (1991) produces video and TV for DeFalco Advertising in Heathrow.

Mary Mast Makal (1991) goes to Florida Atlantic University for a master’s degree in accounting. She has worked in banking industry for 5 years.

Teresa Mallea (1991) is news director at WTTA in Tampa. Previously she was assistant news director at Orlando’s Central Florida News 13. Mallea, a native of Chile, joined News 13 in June 1997 as part of the original launch team of the news channel. Prior to launching News 13, Mallea served as assignment editor, special projects producer, and satellite coordinator at WTSP television, the CBS affiliate in Tampa.

Tina Marie Godfrey Morrison (1991) owns Advertising Concepts in St. Petersburg.

Heather Longworth Mudrick (1991) is director of corporate communications, WEDU television in Tampa.

Jackie Nelson (1991) is a registered nurse in Deep Gap, N.C.

Jean O'Brien-Harrington (1991) is development director, Living His Life Abundantly, Clearwater.

Dawn Crawford Orzel (1991) works for K-Mart as a senior community relations specialist.

Brian J. Ososky (1991) directs marketing and public relations, Sarasota Ballet.

Adena Paroly (1991) is a promotion coordinator for 101.5 radio in Miami.

Joe Pequeno (1991) has worked as a sportscaster at TBS, Atlanta; the CBS affiliate in El Paso, Texas; and the Fox affiliate in Jacksonville.

Kimberly Phillips (1991) is an assistant state attorney and an adjunct professor at St. Petersburg Junior College. She graduated from Mississippi College School of Law.

Elizabeth Quigley Price (M.A., 1991), a Dunedin resident, raises her three children, swims and does volunteer work.

Christine Pullara (1991) hosts "Treasure Makers" on the Home and Garden network. She worked at WFLA in Tampa for two years, first as an intern and then as an associate editor. She now lives in San Francisco.

Joseph Rauner (1991) has worked in hotel industry management and recently returned to USF to earn a master’s degree in mass communications.

Sheri Cook Richardson (1991) is a television host and actress and lives in Winter Park. She has been in numerous national commercials, has been a corporate spokesperson for a variety of companies including Colgate, Panasonic and Xerox. She has also appeared in “Sea Quest,” and an ABC Movie of the Week, an NBC Movie of the Week and “It’s a Miracle.”

Martin Rice (1991) is the advertising sales director for Catalogs America in Pinellas County.

Anne Marie Rodriguez (1991) is an attorney, Faber & Gitlitz, Miami.

Lourdes Rodriguez-Barrera (1991) is public information specialist/publications editor, city of Fort Lauderdale.

Mark Rohret (1991) is video manager for the universal distribution center of Digital Generation Systems in Louisville, Ky.

Vanessa Russell (1991) is a lead producer for the Georgia-based New Birth Ministries and for the “Taking Authority” broadcast with Bishop Eddie Long. Prior to her current position, she was a reporter for ABC and Fox television stations in Tallahassee in Savannah, Ga. She later was co-host of a morning show and assistant program director of a syndicated gospel radio network. She is married, has a daughter and lives in the Atlanta area.

Patty Ryan (1991) is an editor and columnist at the St. Petersburg Times.

R. Dione Senkowski (1991) is an assistant public defender and lives in Cocoa Beach. She graduated from the University of Florida School of Law and has been a criminal defense attorney since 1991.

Mark A. Sexton (1991) is an attorney for Hosta and Buchan in Little Rock, Ark.

Lizabeth A. Sismilich (1991) is executive director of leadership gifts for the University of South Florida. Previously she was executive director of advancement for the USF College of Arts and Sciences. She was responsible for fundraising at all levels within the university's largest college, in addition to managing the college's overall advancement operation.

Donna Marie Comer Talmage (1991) lives in New Jersey where she markets her own line of golf and tennis equipment and apparel.

Stephen M. Wheeler (1991) is senior associate editor of AAA’s “Going Places” magazine. He married in 1995 and has two boys.

Melanie Williams (1991) is executive director, Tallahassee Society of Association Executives.

Paul Yuenger (1991) lives in Stuart.

Missy Abraham (1992) works for Celotex Corp., Chester, Md., as a sales representative.

Laura Aloisio (1992) has been the owner and art director of Dandelion Design, in Rensselaer, N.Y. for three years. Prior to owning her own design shop, she co-owned an advertising agency in Rensselaer, and worked for two advertising agencies in Tampa.

Dean Azevedo (1992) is an advertising sales manager at the Tampa Tribune. He started working at the Tribune in the early 1990s, while he was still attending USF.

Melissa Azevedo (1992) is advertising division manager for the Tampa Tribune.

Rita Trovato Baker (1992) recently submitted her first screenplay and is working on her second.

Tona Bell-Rosenthal (1992) is vice/president/partner, Tricycle Studios, Tampa. She focuses on multimedia and interactive production.

Chris Vogel Brownlow (1992) is a writer for the on-line version of the Virginian-Pilot, a newspaper in Virginia Beach, Va.

Lenny Cohen (1992) produces Web sites for Miami television stations WFOR and WBFS, and West Palm Beach station WTVX. Previously, he produced newscasts at KYW and WCAU in Philadelphia, WFSB in Hartford, Conn., and WSVN in Miami.

Kyle Cutchen (1992) is a mortgage broker for Bay Lending in St. Petersburg.

William J. Diaz (1992) is a regional account executive at television station WFTS television in Tampa. He was worked in sales in both radio and television and has two children.

Patricia DiCarlo (1992) is an executive producer with WTTG television in Washington, D.C. An internship at WTVT television in Tampa led to a job prior to graduation. Within months, she was promoted to producer and went on to produce all of WTVT’s main newscasts before moving to WFLA television in Tampa, where she produced the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. At WTTG, she was recently honored with an Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for best television investigation and also won an Edward R. Murrow award for best spot news coverage of the 2002 Washington-area sniper attacks.

Daniel Bartrum Doidge (1992) owns Banzai Audio Visual Productions, which is a full service Tampa Bay production company that focuses on corporate promotional videos.

Janine Losey Dorsey (1992) is the arts and entertainment producer for TBO.com. She began work with the Tampa Tribune archive and research department in 1991 and moved to TBO in 1994. She is married to author Tim Dorsey and is the mother of two girls.

Debora Edner (1992) is a full-time homemaker, has one child and lives in Coral Gables. Prior to being a mother, she worked as a promotional representative for Warner Music Group in Miami, promoting Latin artists. She also worked in the traffic department at radio station WRMD.

Tamsen Fadal (1992) is a television reporter and anchor at KYW, the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia. Fadal was a reporter and anchor for WFTV television, an ABC station in Orlando. Previously, she had been a reporter with WPGH television in Pittsburgh and WOWK television in Charleston, W. Va., where she won several Associated Press awards for her investigative work. Fadal began her broadcasting career as morning drive anchor for WHNZ radio in Tampa shortly after graduating from USF. She won the USF Outstanding Young Alumnus Award in 2004.

Glenn M. Felgoise (1992) produces infomercials in Jenkintown, Pa.

Mario Garcia Jr. (1992) is senior vice president of Garcia Media, a Tampa-based international information design firm servicing newspapers, magazines, Web sites and corporate communications. He has a law degree from Loyola University. Garcia Media redesigned The Wall Street Journal in 2002.

Sidne’ Goodwin (1992) owns a Beef O’ Brady’s in Clearwater with her husband. She is the mother of two daughters.

Ailsa Hendry (1992) is associate director of communications, United Way, Tampa.

Suzanne Rodriguez Henslee (1992) is national sales manager, USA Play, Tarpon Springs.

Nanette Woitas Holt (1992) is an editor for Woman's World Magazine in New York City. She has worked for the St. Petersburg Times and the Tampa Tribune.

Gordon L. Jackson (1992) is a staff reporter for the Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville.

Christopher D. Janoske (1992) works as a heavyweight freight courier for Federal Express in Tampa. He, his wife and his son recently moved into their new home in Wesley Chapel.

Dana R. Abecassis Ludwig (1992) is a vice president with Brown and Brown insurance in Pinellas County.

Peter L. Markos (1992) is an insurance agent in Dunedin.

Cheryl Ann McCormick (1992), senior account executive, helps produce three internationally distributed four-color magazines for duPont Publishing, Clearwater.

Lisa McCoy (1992) lives in Sarasota.

Wes Platt (1992) is an editor at the St. Petersburg Times.

Jay D. Preble (1992), director of public relations, Tampa Bay Lightning. He worked for the Tampa Tribune and the Associated Press before joining the NHL team.

Elizabeth Q. Price (1992) lives in Tampa Bay.

Edith Janusz Ramlow (1992) supervises media services at St. Leo College and will graduate with her master’s in library science from USF in 1990.

Jennifer Sandberg (1992) is an information specialist for the public relations firm of Manning, Selvage and Lee in New York City. She has a master of library science degree and previously worked in the ABC News research department.

Marc Scarpa (1992) is operations supervisor of WTVT television in Tampa. After graduating from USF, he worked as a production assistant at WINK television in Fort Myers. He joined WTVT in 1994 as a technical director. He was later promoted to director and then to operations supervisor.

Christopher Simpson (1992) is production coordinator for Crown Marketing Group in Clearwater.

Michelle McLean Tegerdine (1992) is a government and corporate account representative at Tech Street Training Solutions in St. Petersburg.

Jill Slovin Ullman (1992) is a public relations contractor in Atlanta. Prior to this, she worked in a variety of public relations fields and also as an associate editor for a publication.

Tracy Sweigart Alderman (1993) lives in Frederick, Md. She began her career as a journalist for the Tampa Tribune while in her last semester at USF. She moved to Maryland and spent three years as a reporter and in 1999 became managing editor of three newspapers owned by the Washington Post company. In 2001, she was injured in a motor vehicle accident.

Paul T. Arcos (1993), professional musician, can be heard performing on seven albums/CDs under both the No Idea and Allied record labels. He recently started his own publication, the West Central Inshore Angler.

Christy Chupka Atlas (1993) has worked in advertising/corporate communications. She is now marketing director with Prudential Florida Realty, Pinellas County.

Alan S. Bachman (1993) is a senior copywriter and assistant creative director for Recourse Communications/Next Generation Advertising in Jupiter. He is married and has a daughter.

Catherine Bassett (1993) is director of direct marketing for MunicipalNet in Boston. She completed a master of business administration degree with a specialization in marketing at Boston University in 2001.

Elisa J. Berkowitz (1993) is an executive planning producer at WTTG television in Washington, D.C. She recently won her first Emmy award and the Fox station that she works for recently won an Edward R. Murrow Award.

Amy Young Bonilla (1993) is the assistant manager of the Human Resources department of Fitchburg Savings Bank in Fitchburg, Mass.

Ericka Swank-Borges (1993) is living in Idaho but hopes to move back to Tampa to continue her role as financial planner and marketing planner for her family’s insurance agency.

Jennifer Bortolus (1993 and M.A., 2000) is the editorial news editor at the St. Petersburg Times.

Carolyn Wendy Buchan (1993) coordinates the Orlando Weekly's personals while she is trying to sell a screenplay.

Veronica P. Clarke (1993) is a mediator to Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit. After leaving USF, she attended Florida State University College of Law. She earned a law degree and became a member of the Florida Bar in 1997.

Kristi Cheatham Cottier (1993) is external and governmental affairs manager for Clearwater Gas. She has been a team leader for United Way and was a 2002 Leadership Pinellas graduate. In addition, she is a member of the Clearwater Beach Chamber Board of Directors.

Matt Cunningham (1993) is the tennis director at the Boca Royale Golf and Country Club in Sarasota. Prior to his position in Sarasota, he worked as a marketing director and writer for Intellimedia Sports in Atlanta and as the tennis director at Harbour Island Athletic Club in Tampa.

Doran Cushing (1993) publishes and edits Southwinds Magazine. Cushing also works as a sailing columnist and photographer for the St. Petersburg Times.

Gina Pullara Diaz (1993) is a full-time homemaker, has one daughter and one son and lives in Tampa. Prior to having children, she worked as a computer sales representative for Tech Data Corp. in Clearwater.

Patricia DiCarlo (1993) is a senior producer for the Cable News Network’s Washington-based “Situation Room.” She previously was an associate producer for the Oprah Winfrey program in Chicago and before that was executive producer for news for WTTG television in Washington, D.C. At WTTG, she was honored with an Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for best television investigation and also won an Edward R. Murrow award for best spot news coverage of the 2002 Washington-area sniper attacks. She began her television career at WTVT television in Tampa prior to graduation. Within months, she was promoted to producer and went on to produce all of WTVT’s main newscasts before moving to WFLA television in Tampa, where she produced the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. She won the School of Mass Communications Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2007.

Meg Gilbert Durshimer (M.A., 1993) is a seventh grade language arts teacher at Center Academy in Bradenton.

Tony Fabrizio (1993) works as a sports editor, Morris News Service, Atlanta.

Brenna Fender (1993) married

Cydney Long (1993) is a reporter for KYW television, the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia. She joined the station as a general assignment reporter in 2001 and currently co-anchors the weekend morning editions of Eyewitness News in addition to covering New Jersey assignments. Long returned to Pennsylvania from Austin, Texas, where she was an investigative reporter for the CBS station there. She began her broadcasting career in Florida as a producer for WTSP-TV in Tampa. Later, she went on to Time Warner Cable’s 24-hour news stations, Bay News 9 in Tampa and Central Florida and News 13 in Orlando, where she served as anchor, reporter and photojournalist. She and her husband reside in South Jersey.

Rich Theile (1994) She teaches part time for the Mendez Foundation in Tampa and is a freelance writer for dog magazines. She earned a master’s degree in education from USF in 2000.

Sophia Robinson Garriques (1993) is a branch manager for Wachovia in Atlanta, Ga.

Clarisa Gerlach (1993) is a reporter at the Tampa Tribune.

Jodi Goldberger (1993) has been working in television news in Georgia. Currently she writes and produces programming for TV 23, Cobb County Communications, Marietta, Ga.

Ilyssa Diane Greene (1993) earned a master’s degree in English education in 1998, in addition to her earlier bachelor’s degrees in criminology and mass communications. She teaches at Westwood High School in Fort Pierce.

Donna Guida (1993) quickly moved from videography into public relations. She is currently publications coordinator, Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, N.J.

Greg Hoffman (1993) is the owner and president of the Tarpon Agency, a public relations firm in Tampa. Prior to opening the public relations firm in 1999, he worked in radio, newspapers and public relations in both Atlanta and Tampa.

Jennifer Lawson Johnson (1993) received a master's degree in 1999 from Ohio State University. She has been a staff writer for the Knoxville, Tenn. News Sentinel since 2001. In 1998, she received both a Kiplinger Fellowship from Ohio State University and also a Freedom Communications award of excellence. She has won various state contest awards from 1994 to 2001.

George Karalekas (1993) works in the news department of WFLA television in Tampa.

Dara E. Ladis (1993) left broadcasting to get her master's in education and is now a Broward County school teacher.

Keith Lawless (1993) is general sales manager for WSUN radio in St. Petersburg.

Suzanne LeMignot (1993) reports and anchors for CBS 2 television in Chicago. She previously worked at WTMJ Radio 620, WGN Radio 720 and WBBM Newsradio 780.

Rachel Lobousky (1993) is director of major gifts for a non-profit organization in New York City. She received a master of public administration degree from New York University in 2003.

Cherry Villegas Masih (M.A., 1993) was managing editor, Tennis Week, an international magazine, before she founded Island Tennis & Golf, a newsletter serving Long Island, N.Y.

Roger Mills (M.A., 1993) owns a sports media consulting company in Tampa. Previously he was a sports writer for the St. Petersburg Times.

Lesley M. Milne (1993) is a professional actor living in Tampa. Milne is producing a play and has worked on films, commercials and television projects, including one for PAXNET and one for Nickelodeon.

John R. Morris Jr. (1993) is a manager in Customer Acquisitions and Retention for Tracker Marine in Springfield, Mo.

Laura Murphy (1993) traveled to Fiji and Australia after graduation and now works in the software industry in southern California. She plans to teach in the future.

Jean Ann Palombo (1993) is an editor/reporter for the Catholic Newspaper, Venice.

Patti Pearson (1993) is a self-employed public relations consultant and writer in Bradenton.

Lisa M. Provenzano (1993) finished her B.S. in information systems in 1996 and is now a software engineer with IBM-Global Services in Tampa.

Lisa Schteiden (1993) received her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Nova Southeastern University. She works as a lead speech-language pathologist for Prism Rehab Systems.

Debora Davidson Smith (1993) left Gateway Computers, St. Petersburg, in 1996 to start her dance studio, Dance Artistry of Pinellas.

Tina Stinson (1993) lives in Chicago.

Charles Stovall (1993) is a new media publicist for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts in Lake Buena Vista.

Linda Swanson (1993) is an account supervisor at Lowe New York Advertising in New York City. She is currently working on the “Got Milk” campaign.

Erika Victor (1993) is a talent coordinator for “Living it Up! With Ali and Jack.”

Lara Wade (1993) is USF’s public information spokesperson.

Linda Ware (1993) is a speech-language pathologist in New Port Richey. She earned her master’s degree in speech and language pathology from Nova Southeastern University in 1997.

Thomas G. Ashe (1994) is a sales representative for Southern Wine and Spirits in Tampa.

John C. Austin (1994) is a service sales client executive for Avaya in St. Petersburg. He started working for Lucent Technologies in 1997 and began working in Avaya in 2000, when Lucent created Avaya as a spin-off. Prior to that, he worked at Good Buy Sportswear and Lipphardt Advertising.

Stephanie Basil (1994) is director of seminar services for a business in Lake Success, N.Y. After graduation, she worked as a production technician for WFLA television, moved up to a Chyron operator there and then returned to her native New York, where she worked as an event producer for five years prior to taking her current position.

Patricia Davenport Bever (1994) is a broker/associate at Michael W. Davis in Indian Rocks Beach.

David Biggerstaff (1994) is the owner of www.trilobyteproductions.com, a Web site that shows independent films; www.FloridaFilms.com, a Web site which focuses on independent filmmakers in the state of Florida; and www.CompleteVR.com, a Web site which provides virtual tour presentations. He lives in St. Petersburg.

Samuel D. Blanco (1994) practices law in Coral Gables.

Jeanie Blue (1994) is publisher of Heritage News in St. Petersburg.

R. Jeannie Chancellor (1994) returned to USF for her Master’s in Library and Information Science. She is a librarian specialist working for the State of Florida’s Department of Corrections in Bushnell.

Michelle Cimino (1994) has been a reporter and anchor in Alexandria, La., and Birmingham, Ala. She is now a reporter at WKMG in Orlando.

Jon Cullimore (1994) is the city editor at the Talladega, Ala., Daily Home.

Margaret Browne Ehling (1994) was a television director who worked in West Palm Beach and later in Houston. She is now homemaker and mother living in Houston.

Janet Forgrieve (1994) is a reporter at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver.

Patrick H. Garrett (1994) is an insurance loss consultant/appraiser. A licensed captain, he has traveled extensively and fishes the Everglades part time.

John J. Gogick (M.S., 1994) is news editor at the Augusta Chronicle in Georgia, where he has worked since 1995.

Kimberly Chyle Goldberg (1994) is the vice president of KD Financial Services in Tampa. Prior to her position as vice president, she worked at the Home Shopping Network for three years and worked at MetLife in the public relations department for one year. She has one daughter.

Debraanne Johnson (1994) is working part-time and is a graduate student at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Prior to returning to school, she worked in Hollywood in feature film casting.

Marilyn Kane (1994) is a technical recruiting consultant for Strategy Resources Inc. in Jacksonville.

Rick Kenney (M.A., 1994) is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida and directs the Center for Editing Excellence for the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund. In 2005, his first year at UCF, he was co-winner of the Teaching Excellence award in the Nicholson School of Communication, the fifth-largest program of its kind in the country. He is a Poynter Institute Ethics Fellow. He earned his doctorate at the University of Georgia in 2003. He has a daughter.

Lorie Kittendorf (1994) is the School of Mass Communications’ pre-major adviser. Previously she was the coordinator for the College of Education College Student Affairs master’s program. In 1999 she completed a master’s degree in education in college student affairs from USF. She is studying for a doctoral degree in higher education at USF.

Virginia Kohl (M.A., 1994) is education enrichment coordinator for USF's Florida Community Partnership Center. She recently defended her Ph.D. dissertation at USF.

Valerie T. Lesh (1994) is an administrative coordinator for Tropicana.

Paulo Lima (1994) is a law student at Fordham University law school in New Jersey. Prior to going back to school, he worked at the Bergen Record in Hackensack, N.J., and before that as a reporter at the Tampa Tribune.

Lionel Lowry IV (1994) joined Devine Communications as an account manager. He was formerly marketing director of Tampa’s Jennie’s Flowers Inc.

Michelle Lucas (1994) earned a master's in education and now teaches in Miami.

Nelson Luis (1994) is media relations director for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association.

Treva J. Marshall (M.A., 1994) is president of TJM Communications, which is an Orland-area public relations firm. She has been named to "Who's Who Among Business Professionals."

Diane Mercado Mouskourie (1994) is a staff writer for the Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina. Prior to her position at the Observer, she worked for the Tampa Tribune and for Sunbelt Newspapers.

Leeann Pusatera (1994) is president of LM office supply in the Tampa Bay area.

Jennifer Reichley (1994) sells advertising for the Sunshine Network, Tampa.

Rhiannon Smith Reynolds (1994) is the sales manager at Radisson Beach Resort in Fort Walton Beach. Prior to her position with the hotel, she spent three and a half years in the Air Force. She moved to Alaska in late 2004 to accept a new Air Force assignment.

R. Paige Badger Romano (1994) is the media supervisor for the Bouer Group. Prior to her position as media supervisor, she was a broadcast media buyer for the Bouer Group, an assistant media buyer in Tampa and a sales assistant.

Natalie Salzman (1994) is an entertainment, media and communications marketing specialist for Price Waterhouse, Washington.

Arlene Segovia (1994) is general manager of the Telemundo television network operations in Tampa. She won a 2006 Tampa Bay Business Journal Minority Businessperson of the Year award.

Jenifer Southerland (1994) is a reporter and anchor for WFLA television in Tampa.

Lisa Speckhardt (1994) is managing editor of Landscape Architecture magazine in Washington, D.C.

Marc Toretzky (1994) is an associate producer for MGM Studios in Los Angeles. He has been in the motion picture industry since about a year after graduation.

Patricia Turner (1994) works for the city of Lake Wales. Before that she covered Lake Wales' city beat as a reporter.

Marilyn Kane Wiley (1994) works in sales for the Tommy Hilfiger Corporate office in Jacksonville.

Jeffrey Wilson (1994) works for the United States Postal Service and is completing his master’s degree in philosophy. He also teaches courses about creationism.

Heidi L. Akers (1995) is the director of communications for Smartsat Inc. in Largo. She works out of her home where she also cares for her two sons.

Carolina Ayerbe (1995) is an executive assistant at Sprint PCS in Atlanta. She lived in Valencia, Spain, for a period of time and upon returning earned her master’s degree in organizational management from the University of Phoenix.

Adam D. Benalt (1995) is senior newscast director and news production manager for XETV television, a Fox affiliate in San Diego. He is resposnible for four hours of daily news production as well as for the purchase of news production equipment and newscast direction. He previously was newscast director for KPRC television in Houston and before that was a technical director for CNN in Atlanta, working on "Newsnight," "CNN Overnight," "Daybreak," "Larry King," Crossfire" and "Moneyline."

Isabel Natera Bertram (1995) is an account executive for Credit Data Services in Tampa.

Desi Capaz (1995) is technical director at WTSP television, Channel 10.

John L. Chalmers III (1995) is a technical consultant for Inovis in Atlanta.

Alisa Cooney (1995) is associate director of judicial affairs at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. She earned a master’s degree in higher education administration at Florida State University.

Scott Corkran (1995) is a director/technical director for WTVT television in Tampa.

Dean C. K. Cox (1995) is a free-lance journalist and photographer in Brooklyn, N.Y. Prior to free-lancing, he completed a fellowship through Knight International Press with Transitions Online as a media trainer in 28 countries. He has also worked for www.CBSnews.com and the Associated Press.

Kennetha Lynn Rhodes Donohue (1995) is a law student at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

Brian S. Driggers (1995) is an account executive at the St. Petersburg Times. Prior to that, he served in a variety of positions at User Friendly Computer News in Tampa, spending his last couple of years there as general manager. He is married to Christina Louv-Driggers, a 1997 graduate.

Christina R. Flores (1995) is the client operations manager at T. Rowe Price in Colorado.

Joy Galatro (1995) is an account manager for the Walker Design Group in Tampa. Previously she was coordinator of marketing and customer communications for Tampa Electric.

Tim Glennie (1995) is the business development manager at Modis in Denver. He has worked in both the information technology field and in development and sales for eight years.

Kim Golombisky (M.A., 1995) is an assistant professor in USF's School of Mass Communications. She completed her doctorate in communications at USF in 2001.

Cathryn Greene-Zavertnik (1995) works at USF in Tampa.

Jennette L. Hexemer (1995) works at USF as the operations manager of Educational Outreach.

David P. Iacono (1995) is a nurse at Bayfront Hospital.

Mark Jaronski (1995) is the manager of public relations for Disney Cruise Line and lives in Windermere.

Daine Weiss Jones (1995) is the tourism information coordinator for the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners. Prior to working for Pasco County, she spent eight years working at AAA Auto Club South in the public and government relations department.

Ty C. Joslyn (1995) works for Putle Homes and lives in St. Petersburg.

Barbara Emener Karasek (M.A., 1995) is the PGA Tour director of corporate marketing and leads strategic marketing and activation planning for PGA Tour Official Marketing Partners. Previously, she was senior manager of consumer marketing for NASCAR, and led national, regional, grass roots and Hispanic marketing efforts, including the year-end Champions Week events in New York City. Prior to working for NASCAR, she held numerous positions with the U.S. Olympic Committee. A Jacksonville resident, she received the School of Mass Communications Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2008.

Valerie Fumea Kasper (1995) coordinates information and publication services for USF's Department of Anesthesiology.

John Kotsch (1995) is a copy editor at the Dallas Morning News. Prior to working for the Morning News he worked at Hernando Today, the St. Petersburg Times and the Tampa Tribune.

Kathy Lang (1995) is a copy editor at the St. Petersburg Times.

Renee A. Lorenzo (1995) completed his MBA and Juris Doctorate from the University of Kansas. He began working at the law firm of Morrison & Hecker, Kansas City, in September 1999.

David Lutz (M.A., 1995) teaches English in Switzerland.

Joseph M. Malley (M.A., 1995) has been the core teacher of journalism at Deltona High School in Deltona since 2001 and has resurrected the school newspaper, which had been dormant.

Abigail Brown Merkle (1995) is the advertising manager for W. S. Badcock corporation in Mulberry. Prior to being the advertising manager, she was a graphic artist for the same company and also spent three years as a proof reader and a production coordinator for Kash n’ Karry Food Stores.

Tracey A. Mills (1995) is print production manager for Chenoweth & Faulkner Advertising in Tampa.

Linda Maddox Navaro (1995) is working on her master’s degree in psychology at Chapman University in Washington. Prior to returning to school, she worked in various marketing positions in both Tampa and St. Petersburg, as well as in Tacoma, Wash. She has one son.

Leslie Neel (1995) is assistant account executive at the Tampa office of WestWayne Inc., an advertising agency.

Thomas Parkinson (1995) is a reporter and news anchor for WUSF-FM. He started there as a USF intern, and now hosts the local edition of "Morning Edition."

Roberta Hoffler Phillips (1995) is the content specialist and writer for LightPort Advisors, a Web services company in Holiday. Prior to her position as content specialist, she spent five years working for Raymond James and Associates as a financial writer.

Terri Beth Polk (1995) is a branch manager for STA Travel in Tampa.

Danielle C. Provencher (1995) works as a copy editor and page designer at the Palm Beach Daily News. She spent time at the South Florida Newspaper Network in Deerfield Beach and the Boca Raton News.

David Rutman (1995) provides in-house legal counsel to a Pompano Beach construction firm.

Paul Scheuer (1995) is the production director at the Business Journal in Tampa.

Amanda Schille (1995) is an art director/assistant production manager, Moore, Epstein, Moore Advertising, Tampa.

Christine Shia (M.A., 1995) is an information and communications specialist at Cecil G. Shops Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her job is to help doctors write clearly about their research.

Cheryl Rocha Sheppard (1995) works as a backstage supervisor for the Home Shopping Network.

Scott E. Slomcenski (1995) is project manager at RedVector.com, an Internet start-up company in Tampa.

J. Matt Swanson (1995) is a sales representative for Solvay Pharmaceuticals in Deerfield Beach. He worked in the marketing/public relations division at Morton Plant Mease Health Care.

Meredith Tupper (1995) is technical director for Pintsize Graphics & Web Hosting Inc., in Tampa.

Eric Vician (1995) is the marketing communications specialist for Freedom Scientific, the world's largest developer of software and hardware for those who are blind. Freedom Scientific is headquartered in St. Petersburg. He also is a freelance writer for the St. Petersburg Times and other publications.

David P. Wehman (1995) has owned Creative Concepts Gift Giving in the Lakeland area since 2002. Prior to owning his own business, he worked in fund-raising startup.

Diane Weiss (1995) does public and government relations for AAA Auto Club South, Tampa. She'll graduate from USF with her public administration master's degree in 1999.

Kym Littlefield Whitaker (1995) is a full-time homemaker, has three children and lives in California. Prior to becoming a full-time homemaker, she worked as a payroll database administrator.

Susan Willey (M.A., 1995) earned her doctorate from the University of Missouri in 1999 and has been the assistant professor of journalism at Florida Atlantic University since 2001.

Jennifer Szabo Berthiaume (1996) is the director of public relations for Lion Country Safari in West Palm Beach. Prior to working for the Safari, she had a child and was a stay-at-home mom for two years. She has also worked as a public relations manager for a trade show promoter.

Lynne M. Bolton (M.A., 1996) is a recreation and volunteer coordinator at the Withlacoochee State Forestry Center. Prior to her position with the Division of Forestry, she was a planner for the city of Brooksville and earned her American Institute of Certified Planners Certification in 1998.

Renee R. Brantley Buchanan (M.A., 1996) is director of information and publications, University of Florida School of Medicine. She also edits and art directs Florida Physician Magazine, voted one of the state's best designed/written magazines by the Florida Public Relations Association.

Stephanie Cebulski (1996) is an account supervisor for the Horn Group, a high technology public relations firm in San Francisco, Calif. After graduation she moved to Boston where she worked for Sterling Hager, another high tech public relations firm.

Lauren Boos Ciambruschini (1996) is the owner of Drive Designs, a graphic design studio in Bel Air, Md. Prior to opening her studio she held several different graphic design positions. She gave birth to her first child in 2004.

Shannon Deese (1996) is a systems analyst for Simione Central in Pompano Beach. She recently married USF classmate Jeff Tanzer.

Kevin Doll (1996) is a public information officer for the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. He has one son.

James T. Dunnam Jr. (1996) is a loan officer for First Security Mortgage Services. He has been in sales since graduating and has been a mortgage broker for the last three years. He has one daughter.

Alexandra Sasha Erickson (1996) does contemporary marketing for Anheuser-Busch Inc.

Erik L. Erlendsson (1996) is the Tampa Bay Lightening beat-writer for the Tampa Tribune. He has three children.

Ashley Wagner Fier (1996) is the marketing manager for Crawford Homes in Jacksonville. Prior to working for Crawford Homes, she worked for the Publix corporate office and worked on getting her master’s degree in marketing from USF, which she earned in 2001.

D. Emmy M. Rippetoe Fleeting (1996) is an insurance specialist for USAA in Tampa.

Shane Fletcher (1996) is a corporate operations and sales representative for Preferable Staffing in Clearwater. Previously he was the assistant editor of a quarterly magazine sent to 90,000 alumni members of Beta Theta Pi International Fraternity.

Shea Franciose (1996) is a sales manager for Anheuser Busch Theme Parks. Prior to working for Anheuser Busch, she worked in marketing and sales for Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta for three years.

Andrea Kennedy Fredrickson (1996) has been a model for the Home Shopping Network in St. Petersburg since the late 1990s.

William Garner (1996) graduated from the Florida State University College of Law in 2000 and works for the Florida House of Representatives in the Committee on Transportation.

Neal Gilbert (1996) works in implementation and training for Southern Datacomm, a software development company. Prior to working in software implementation, he ran his own Internet company for two years.

Julia Rodriguez-Guzman (1996) of Sarasota is the internal communications specialist, writer and intranet content editor for Acterna Corporation, a global provider of telecommunications test and management solutions, and is co-creative director for Creative Technology, a local start-up company. Previously she was a writer/editor with BayCare Health Systems and was a marketing coordinator with LLB Communications and Pages Publishing.

Rich Hays (1996) is an account manager for WDUV-FM in Tampa. He worked a Mississippi ABC affiliate as a co-anchor and weather person for "Good Morning Meridian."

William "Matt" Herold, III (1996), actor/production assistant, recently had a small role in Oliver Stone’s "Any Given Sunday" with Al Pacino. He tends bar at the Hard Rock Café in Orlando.

Charles E. Hoskinson Jr. (M.A. 1996) is an English desk editor at Agence France-Presse. His assignments have taken him to Afghanistan to cover the war. Previously he was night supervisor in the Indianapolis bureau of the Associated Press. In addition, he has worked for the St. Petersburg Times and for daily newspapers in North Carolina and Delaware. He is married to Juliana Tahin Lopes Hoskinson (M.A. 1997). She is a news editor for AOL/Digital City since 2002 (M.A. 1997).

Sherri Johnson (1996) is senior sales associate for Tech Data Corp. in Clearwater. She handles accounts in Colorado, Arizona, Washington and California.

Denise Allison Johnston (1996) worked at stations in Monroe, La., and Sarasota before moving to the Florida News Channel’s Tampa/St. Petersburg bureau. She is a general assignment reporter.

Jason Jones (1996) is an account executive for BSA Advertising in Tampa.

David E. Klement (M.A., 1996) is editorial page editor, the Bradenton Herald.

Linda Y.W. Lam (1996) is a media buyer at FKQ Advertising in Clearwater.

Sheryl A Larson (B.A., 1996 and M.A., 2003) is online marketing manager and a vice president of Northern Trust bank in Chicago. She previously held various communication roles for Cox Target Media in the Tampa Bay area.

Gabi Lorino (1996) is the author of a novel entitled "The Independent Woman¹s Guide to Life." She writes part time while working for a Tampa Bay-area brokerage house.

Jeannette Aileen Luther (1996) lives in Tampa.

Mike Marron (1996), a Clearwater pilot, has combined his many loves and now writes, edits and publishes his own flying magazine.

Abigail Brown Merkle (1996) is a graphic artist for W.S. Badcock Corp. in Mulberry.

Daniel M. Moon (1996) is the assistant director of On-Air promotions at WUSF television in Tampa.

Dana M. Sessums Navarro (1996) is a full-time homemaker, has two children and lives in Tampa. Prior to having children, she worked for an advertising firm and for the USF Alumni Association as a membership assistant.

Lisa Cavanaugh Nichols (1996) is a public relations consultant in the foothills of Santa Fe, N.M. She writes short stories and takes part in a writing group.

Deborah O’Neil (1996) is a graduate student at Florida International University. She previously was a reporter at the St. Petersburg Times.

Jennifer Osborn (1996) is preparing to go back for her M.B.A.

Stephanie Ottjepka (1996) is the chief videotape editor for news at WTVT television in Tampa.

Tom Parkinson (1996) is the morning edition producer and reporter for radio station WUSF radio. He has worked at WUSF since graduating from USF.

Lahn Bain Pease (1996) is supervisor of advertising production at an agency in Clearwater.

Lisa Pelamati (1996) is a copy editor at the St. Petersburg Times.

Tracey Prescott (1996) coordinates marketing for Market Street Mortgage in Clearwater.

David M. Quilleon (1996) is Director of Programs for Best Buddies International. Best Buddies is a not-for-profit organization founded by Anthony Kennedy Shriver that works to enhance the lives of people with mental retardation. He is based in Fort Lauderdale.

Tammy Rodriguez (1996) anchors the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news at WTXL television in Tallahassee. She also anchors a 10 p.m. newscast for the WB in Tallahassee.

Valerie Alava Ross (1996) is a key account executive for Valpak in St. Petersburg.

Mary E. Quinn Schribner (1996) is a photographer and real estate agent in St. Petersburg.

Lisa Schultze (1996) is director of employee communications and community relations at Home Shopping Network in Pinellas County.

Ron Starner (M.A., 1996) became director of publications for Conway Data in Atlanta in 2001. Conway Data publishes Site Selection magazine, a national trade publication with 45,000 subscribers. He also speaks frequently at real estate conferences.

Jeff Tanzer (1996) is an account executive with the Florida Marlins. He married USF classmate Shannon Deese. He received his master’s in sports administration from St. Thomas University in Miami.

Beverly Teer (1996) is the promotions coordinator for Pace Communciations, a Greensboro, N.C., magazine publishing company.

Rochelle Unger (1996) lives in Siesta Key.

Fernando Viquez (1996) is an associate producer at Walker/Fitzgerald in Miami.

Rebecca A. Vondrak (1996) works for General Growth Properties as the public relations coordinator and marketing assistant for the Westshore Plaza property in Tampa.

Maria C. Alithinos (1997) is a free-lance Tampa Bay-based production assistant working on several films in development, including an IMAX documentary about Greece.

Thomas Barthmus (1997) owns Bayshore Sound in Tampa. He specializes in audio and video production and corporate audio-visual support. For five years after graduation, he worked for Cox radio and for the marketing department of Verizon.

Michelle J. Bates (1997) works in the broadcast division of Home Shopping Network in St. Petersburg.

Susan Y. Bernstein (1997) is marketing director for CI, a telecommunications company in Clearwater.

Jacquelyn P. Bishop (M.A., 1997) is a sales representative for J and M Services in St. Petersburg. She has published several freelance pieces.

Jennifer K. Bruty (1997) is a television production specialist for the city of Clearwater channel.

Janice Bular (1997) is manager of marketing communications for Novation in Irving, Texas.

Karen Callahan (1997) is a public relations specialist for the Pinelllas Association for Retarded Children in St. Petersburg.

Timothy J. Cashman (1997) is executive director of Stepping Stone of Tampa.

Karen M. Chritton (1997) is director of public affairs for the Polk County Homebuilders Association in Lakeland.

Ray C. Cobb (1997) is a manager in the classified advertising department of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Catherine L. Conley (1997) is an on-air producer for Home Shopping Network in St. Petersburg. She also has produced live remote broadcasts.

Lissette Corsa (1997) is a writer for New Times in Miami. She recently won a second place award from the South Florida Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for sports non-deadline reporting.

Lisa Costantini (1997) is an associate editor at Entertainment Weekly magazine in New York City. In her spare time, she writes restaurant reviews and beauty reviews for nycitysearch and hobokeni, as well as freelancing for Marie Claire, FIT, TV Guide and other national publications.

Lisa A. Cunningham (M.A., 1997) is a public relations representative for Coca Cola in Atlanta.

Sheri Davis (1997) is manager of marketing services for the Florida Orchestra in Tampa.

Elizabeth M. DeBarba (1997) received her master’s degree with distinction from the University of Florida in 2000.

Mary E. Denny (1997) works in the broadcast division of Home Shopping Network in St. Petersburg.

Jenna Deopere (1997) is a staff writer at the Ledger in Lakeland. She reports police and fire news in Polk County.

Ruben D. Diaz (1997) markets the Orlando Sentinel’s Web site.

Erin J. Dougherty (1997) is a claims representative for USAA insurance in Tampa.

Elisa Preble Dunkle (1997) is a travel counselor of American Express in Tampa. After graduation she worked for an outdoor advertising company and then for a controlled-circulation newspaper.

Loretta Etienne (1997) is a master’s of social work student intern at Miami’s Barry University School of Social Work. Prior to her internship, she taught at a school for teen moms. She lives in Plantation.

Wendy S. Frasca (1997) died in June 2001.

Russell J. Garabelis (1997) is an account executive at Hill & Knowlton in Tampa.

Fran Giblin (1997) freelances in film television/film production in New York City. He has worked for the Goodwill Games, the U.S. Open and several independent feature films.

Kristyn E. Giles (1997) is a reporter for the Fairfield, Calif., Daily Republic, where she covers minority affairs and health and social services.

Elizabeth O. Gonzalez (1997) is an employment specialist at Goodwill Industries in Tampa.

Allison Graham (1997) is a high school teacher in Deerfield Beach.

Gil Gredinger (1997) is a news photographer for WPLG television in Miami. Prior to becoming a photographer, he worked for the NBC and ABC affiliates in Fort Myers and also the NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach.

Kaerrie A. Simons Hall (1997) completed a master's degree in journalism studies at the University of South Florida in 1999. She is currently a full-time writer for an education company and serves as an adjunct professor at Edison College teaching basic reporting. She is married and lives in Fort Myers.

Lynn Waddell Harvey (M.A., 1997) is a Florida-based free-lance journalist who has worked for Newsweek and the Christian Science Monitor.

Omega D. Helmholtz (1997) works for Your Events in Tampa.

Greg Henry (1997) is art director for Geac Computers Inc., a Canadian-based software company in Tampa. After graduation, he worked as a graphic artist for the Tampa Tribune.

James R. Holliman (1997) is a page designer and copy editor for the Tampa Tribune. Prior to that, he was a page designer for the Charlotte Sun in Port Charlotte.

Elvera J. Holroyd (1997) is a volunteer for Florida Spirit, a non-profit organization in Tampa Bay. She solicits donations and handles public relations. She previously worked as an assistant copy editor with Citrus and Vegetable magazine.

Juliana Lopes Hoskinson (M.A., 1997) is a news editor for AOL/Digital City. She previously worked as a reporter and copy editor for the Shelbyville, Ind., News and the Lebanon, Ind., Reporter. She is married to Charles E. Hoskinson Jr. (M.A. 1996).

Laura Huppert (1997) is a team leader at USF’s Educational Outreach-Distance Learning department. She worked as an associate producer at an infomercial station in Miami before returning to USF for a master’s degree in secondary English education.

Marisa Hurewitz (1997) is assistant marketing director for G. L. Homes in Fort Lauderdale. She previously worked for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which manages and produces boat shows in Florida.

Barbara A. Irzyk (1997) is a New York City-based corporate publicist for Bulgari, which is the world's third largest international jeweler. She previously was an account supervisor for Hill and Knowlton public relations in New York City and was assigned to accounts including Gap and Banana Republic.

Sterling E. Ivey (1997) is the communications director for the Florida Department of Corrections in Tallahassee.

Delmar G. Jacobs (M.A., 1997)is director of film and media studies at Manatee Community College in Bradenton. He is a doctoral student in communication at the University of South Florida.

Kathryn M. Juarez (1997) is community relations coordinator for the Boley Centers for Behavioral Health Care in St. Petersburg

Eric Keaton(1997) is the sports director at Bright House Channel 47 in St. Petersburg. He is also a free-lance anchor for Bay News Nine.

Erin E. Kelley(1997) is project manager for Ammo Marketing and Promotions in Los Angeles, Calif. She plans to move to a new position in San Francisco in 2000.

Jennifer Bennett King (M.A., 1997) is a writer for Home Shopping Network in St. Petersburg. After graduation she was a copywriter for Jumbo Sports in the Tampa Bay area. She also is a 1995 bachelor’s degree recipient from the School of Mass Communications.

Jennifer M. Klein (1997) recently had a child and hopes to return to school for her master’s degree.

Karen Callahan Krampitz (B.A., 1997 and M.A., 2003) is the mother of two children and lives in St. Petersburg. Previously she was a public relations specialist for the Pinellas County Association for Retarded Children and before that was a public relations coordinator for Cox Target Media.

Melissa Fearn Larson (1997) is a product support representative for Lightspan, a San Diego, Calif., educational software company.

Michelle Lee (1997) is editor of In Touch Weekly and Life and Style Weekly magazines in Los Angeles. She previously was a senior editor at Glamour magazine in New York City and before that was a senior editor at Mademoiselle magazine. She also is the author of a 2002 hardcover book, “Fashion Victim: Our Love-Hate Relationship with Dressing, Shopping, and the Cost of Style.”

Marnie N. Levy (1997) is a director and technical director at The Weather Channel in Atlanta. She previously worked as a director and technical director at WPTV television in West Palm Beach.

Steven J. Levy (1997) is a television commercial director at Highway Sixty-One Films in New York City.

Christina Louv -Driggers (1997) is an assignment editor at Bay News Nine in Pinellas Park.

Amy E. Lowder (1997) is marketing director for the America II Corporation in St. Petersburg.

Ignatios I. Mavridis (1997) is training manager for the Carlson Companies travel firm in Minneapolis, Minn.

Donald Meeker (1997) is Marketing and Communications Director for Accuform Manufacturing in Brooksville.

James H. Meyer (1997) is a news producer for Sarasota News Now, a cable channel operated by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Marc R. Moran (M.A., 1997) is a news producer for WTVT television in Tampa. He manages a regional network responsible for producing daily feeds and monitoring any breaking news in a nine-state southeast region.

Cassandra L. Morrell (1997) is news bureau chief for Bayfront St. Anthony’s Health Care in St. Petersburg. Her job includes media relations, public relations, crisis management and event coordination.

Lorelee Stepp Morrow (M.A., 1997) is information systems coordinator at the University of South Florida.

Stephanie F. Munoz (1997) is pursuing a master’s degree in English at the University of South Florida.

Emily Henson Nicholas (1997) is the production development manager at MacDill Federal Credit Union in Tampa. Prior to working at MacDill, she worked as a reporter, anchor and producer in Alabama.

Brian Noland (1997) is a police officer in Asheville, N.C.

Christine M. O’Connor (1997) is an account executive for Roberts Communications and Marketing in Tampa.

Jeanette D. Ogonowski (1997) is a training specialist for the Home Shopping Network in St. Petersburg.

Denise M. Lamoureux Parke (1997) works in industrial sales for ChemStation of West Florida in Tampa.

Kip Pyle (1997) is a producer for FKQ advertising in Clearwater.

Ami J. Smith Rego (1997) is a homemaker. She previously was a promotional representative for Busch Gardens in Tampa.

Robert L. Roan (1997) continues to visit the University of South Florida as a McGraw-Hill textbook representative. He specializes in business-oriented textbooks.

Terrance P. Roberts (1997) is a law student at Florida State University.

Cindy Combee Rodriguez (1997) is a legislative liaison for the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. She spends most of her time lobbying the state legislation and also works as public information specialist.

Matthew R. Rogerson (1997) is a graphic designer for the Kuhn Honda Volkswagen dealership in Tampa.

Elizabeth A. Roop (M.A., 1997) is an account executive at a Tampa advertising agency.

Tracy D. Rosselle (M.A., 1997) is eastern editor of The Packer in Tampa. Owned by Vance Publishing, The Packer is a weekly broadsheet newspaper covering the fresh produce industry.

Christopher N. Rotar (1997) is a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune.

Carrie A. Shadley (1997) is event coordinator for the Special Events Center at the University of South Florida. Prior to that, she was an account executive and public relations specialist for an integrated marketing company.

Cynthia A. Simmons (M.A., 1997) is senior producer at WTVT television in Tampa. In 2000 she won first place in the Society of Professional Journalists' news-talk segment category.

Bertie S. Smith (1997) is a communications specialist for St. Leo University in St. Leo.

Suzy Smith (1997) is a communications specialist at St. Leo University.

Rhiannon M. Smith (1997) is the webmaster for the Alumni Association at the University of South Florida.

Bradley L. Stager (1997) is an employee of the radio reading service at WUSF-FM at the University of South Florida.

Kyriakoulis Stefanakos (M.A., 1997) lives in Greece.

Elizabeth Gonzalez Steffen (1997) is the human resources recruiter at the law firm of Fowler White Boggs Banker in Tampa.

Ira S. Stern (1997) is a data sales manager for Sprint in Tampa.

Michael J Strefling (1997) is a robotic camera operator for the Golf Channel in Orlando. He started his television career as a camera operator with Home Shopping Network.

Ami J. Smith Rego (1997) is a homemaker. She previously was a promotional representative for Busch Gardens in Tampa.

Thomas Santoro (1997) is the automation supervisor for the Pax television national network hub in Clearwater.

Jeffrey J. Szucs (1997) is a web design manager for centrifusion.com in Chicago.

Maureen K. Tabaczka (1997) is a marketing secretary for Tropicana Products in Bradenton. She scripted and coordinated three Tropicana internal video projects within the last year.

Deana Marie Tischler (1997), Customer Service Manager, GE Capital Mortgage Insurance, Tampa.

Amanda J. Tomaini (1997) is a sports writer for the Carrollwood News.

Debra L. Trujillo (1997) is a realtor with Coldwell Banker in Clearwater.

Christina K. Valiente (1997) is an account executive with Bernard Hodes Advertising in Tampa.

Hector S. Vega (1997) works in retail sales in the Tampa Bay area and can also be heard on WGUL, where he hosts a weekend music program.

Sabrina C. Vizzari (1997) is an independent marketing and public relations consultant in Lutz. She works with not-for-profit organizations.

Maria C. Walkiewicz (1997) is special events coordinator for the Pinellas Association for Retarded Children. She writes and designs brochures, invitations, program books and other materials.

James A. Watkins Jr. (1997) is a group manager for GTE Data Services in Temple Terrace.

Patricia A. Weidman (1997) is a national diversity recruitment associate for Price Waterhouse Coopers in Tampa. She previously worked for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in community relations.

David N. Weston (1997) is a Fort Lauderdale-based public relations and communications assistant with the Epilepsy Foundation of South Florida.

Sharolyn P. Widrig (1997) is an account executive for the Shaker Advertising Agency in Tampa.

Laura Ann Adkins Wilson (1997) is community editor of the Star Democrat & Sunday Star in Easton, Md. She was formerly the managing editor of the Pinellas News.

Jo-Ann Gould Alessandrini (M.A., 1998) joined the development and alumni team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., in 2008. She previously was interim vice president for university advancement and interim president of the USF Foundation and prior to that role was USF associate vice president for development.

Agustin Almonte (1998) works in human resources for a Tampa credit card company.

John W. Aquilino (1998) sells telecommunications services in the Tampa Bay area.

Daniel W. Baker (1998) is a media specialist with University Community Hospital in Tampa.

Taryn A. Baldanza (1998) is an account executive with Doner Advertising in Tampa.

Brian J. Bard (1998) is a contract webmaster for government agencies. He works from his home in Land O’ Lakes.

Heidi Gagnon Bergs (1998) is an education programs coordinator for the American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians in Durham, N.C.

Marlene M. Bertino (1998) is a financial analyst in Tampa.

Heather E. Brady-Elton (1998) works in retail sales in Sarasota.

Margaret A. Brancolino (1998) is a regulatory affairs administrator for Bausch and Lomb Pharmaceuticals in Tampa. She files drug labeling and advertising submissions to the Food and Drug Administration.

Jenny Brockwell-Frank (1998) is an aerial photographer and promotion manager for Aerial Innovations in Tampa. She also creates photographic art and her images are displayed in galleries and restaurants and at events around Tampa Bay.

Marilyn Brown (M.A., 1998) is a education reporter at the Tampa Tribune.

Rachel Soyke Brown (1998) is a graphic designer for the Charleston City Paper. After attending USF, she went to the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.

Jeffrey S. Brunk (1998) is a database developer for Transworld Data Services in Tampa.

Christine Burkhart (1998) is a media buyer and planner for Wenstram Communications After graduation, she went to work for a national television representation firm and then moved over to the agency side of media and has been there since.

James F. Carstens (M.A., 1998) is a faculty member at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. He holds a doctorate in journalism from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Park Fellow.

Carla Ciricillo (1998) is a software trouble-shooter for Retail Data Systems in Tampa.

Timothy E. Craig (M.A., 1998) is a community college instructor in Lakeland.

Robert L. Dorian (M.A., 1998) is an advertising manager for the Times Publishing Company in Port Richey. His current project is a real estate publication for the St. Petersburg Times.

Camille K. Dyer (1998) works in human resources for the United Parcel Service in Atlanta.

Len Erickson (1998) is a photojournalist for WFLA television in Tampa.

Eric W. Eyre (M.A., 1998) is an education writer for the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia. He has won 10 national awards, including an Education Writers Association National Reporting Award, a National Headliner's Award, a Green Eyeshade Award and a Benjamin Fine Award.

Stephen G. Fenske (1998) is an assignment editor at WTVT television in Tampa.

Kristy Garvey (1998) is a traffic manager for Roberts Communications and Marketing in Tampa. She previously was a production manager at Walker Brand Communications.

Janet L. Gillis (1998 is director of corporate communications and public relations for Epix in Tampa.

Andy Gotlieb (M.A., 1998) reports on banking and finance issues for the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Carlisa S. Hamagaki (1998) lives in the Los Angeles area.

Michael A. Harris (1998) is a sports producer for KPIX television in San Francisco. Prior to that, he was a sports producer at WFTS television in Tampa.

Scott T. Hartzell (1998) is a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times. He writes a weekly column. He recently published a book on St. Petersburg's history.

Keri D. Hays (1998) is a human relations analyst at Forefront Technologies in Sarasota. She worked at a television station and at an Internet advertising company before changing career directions.

Bonnie L. Hill (1998) is a promotions producer for WALB television in Albany, Ga. She also does voice over work and is a spokes model for on-air clients.

Bridgette Howden-Blake (1998) is a public relations specialist for Alliance Communications in Tampa. She earned her master's degree from the University of Sarasota in 2001 and has two daughters.

Taryn Baldanza Jones (1998) is an account executive for J A and G Advertising in St. Petersburg. She has worked on the Eckerd Drug account since 1999.

Tarah R. Kennedy (1998) is an editorial assistant at Vanity Fair magazine in New York City. She assists the fashion editor.

R. Kurt Kraus (1998) is the producer and host of the city of Clearwater’s C-VIEW TV program.He is also a radio play-by-play announcer for the Nauticom Sports Network and a sports correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times.

Kristen M. Kusek (M.A., 1998) is director of the Science Journalism Center at the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg. She organized a national conference about water coverage with the Poynter Institute in 2000.

Allison R. Lang (1998) earned a master’s degree in mass communication studies from the University of South Florida in 2000 and is a doctoral student in Brighton, England.

Selwyn Liburd (1998) is a graduate student in journalism studies at the University of South Florida. In addition, he is the managing director of SBL Impressions, which is based in St. Kitts in the West Indies.

Michelle H. Lowery (1998) is a bank mortgage loan officer in Ooltewah, Tenn.

Steven A. McClure (1998) is a television production manager for the Hillsborough County Government, HTV-22. He has held this position since he earned his master’s degree.

Carey L. McDaniels (1998) is an account executive with Stoorza, Ziegaus and Metzger in San Diego, Calif. After graduation, she was employed by a public relations firm in Tampa Bay and then moved to the San Diego firm, where she specializes in "dot com" public relations.

Matthew A. McEachern (1998) is a graphic designer for the advertising department of the Tampa Tribune.

Charles McKenzie (1998 and M.A., 2001) began his doctoral studies in 2002 at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He had been a teaching assistant for the USF School of Mass Communications between 1998 and 2001.

Maria D. McNeil (1998) is a graduate student in adult education at the University of South Florida.

Larry W. Meadows (1998) is a marketing manager for Microsoft in the Seattle, Wash., area. Prior to his move to Washington in 1999, he was web relations manager on the Internet marketing team at Paradyne in Largo.

Lara L. Misuraca (1998) is a continuity director for Cox radio in Tampa.

Kevin D. Murray (M.A., 1998)is an instructor at St. Petersburg Junior College.

Carla M. Mutone (1998) has moved to Tarpon Springs after working for Florida Southern College in Lakeland.

Cheryl L. Muzzy (1998) is an account executive and new business development staffer for the Shaker Advertising Agency in Tampa.

Angela D. Page (1998) works in sales for a major television representation firm in New York City.

Lee Ann Peck (M.A., 1998) is the assistant professor of international communication at Franklin College Switzerland and recently earned her doctorate at Ohio University.

Maria A. Puma (1998) works in corporate marketing for Uniglobe in Oldsmar.

Bob Putnam (M.A., 1998) is a sports writer at the St. Petersburg Times.

Johnathan R. Safford (1998) is a non-linear editor for Spectrum Productions in Tampa.

Michele Sager (1998) is a reporter for the Tampa Tribune.

Stephanie A. Shreve (1998) returned to her job as an interior designer in the Tampa Bay area.

Rhiannon M. Smith (1998) is the webmaster for the Alumni Association at the University of South Florida.

Bradley L. Stager (1998) is an employee of the radio reading service at WUSF-FM at the University of South Florida.

Kyriakoulis Stefanakos (M.A., 1998) is living in Greece.

Margaret K. Sterle (1998) is a financial consultant for T. Rowe Price Associates in Tampa.

John Strang (1998) works in the news department of WFLA television in Tampa.

Terrence Stroder (1998) is an associate sports producer for Comcast Sportsnet in Bethesda, Md.

Michelle Taylor (1998) is a project manager in public and government relations for AAA Auto Club South in Tampa.

Zener Teo (1998) is an employee of a television station in Thailand.

Laura Nicole Torres (1998) is self-employed as a recruiter in the plastic industry in the Tampa Bay area.

Sabrina C. Vizzari (1998) is an independent marketing and public relations consultant in Lutz. She works with not-for-profit organizations.

Lance G. Von Vogt (1998) completed his master's degree at Georgia State University and is now head basketball coach at Oxford College of Emory University in Atlanta. He had been an assistant coach at Georgia State for two seasons.

Rebecca E. Wakefield (1998) is an environment writer for the Naples Daily News.

Muriel T. Watts (M.A., 1998) is a copy editor for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans.

Sharolyn P. Widrig (1998) is an account executive for the Shaker Advertising Agency in Tampa.

Gregory Wolf (1998) is an on-air personality at WILD radio. He has worked at 98.7 FM since 1998 and has hosted the number one-rated night show in Tampa Bay for four years.

Matthew Yoder (1998) is a media sales representative for Harrington, Righter and Parsons in Tampa.

Paige L. Young (1998) is public relations manager for Wild Tangent corporation in Redmond, Wash.

Tamara L. Zorn (M.A., 1998) owns an advertising and graphics business in Denver.

Mike Aldrink (1999) is a high school teacher and track and cross country coach at Manatee High School.

Tony Bernhardt (1999) works in the news department of WFLA television in Tampa.

Rebecca Bertke (1999) is account and media coordinator at HLA Marketing Communications in Tampa.

Dana J. Borick (1999) is the lifestyle and education editor at the Williamsport Sun-Gazette in north central Pennsylvania.

David Brothers (M.A.,1999) is a public information writer at the University of Tampa. He is currently working on a book titled, “Until Proven,” about the Joel Kirkpatrick homicide in Illinois.

Lauren Brown (1999) is the entertainment editor for Cosmo Girl! magazine. She moved to New York City in the summer of 1999 and has lived there since.

Courtney Decker (1999) is marketing services coordinator for the Trammell Crow Company in Tampa. After graduation she got a job creating educational board games for a large corporation and worked there for a year. Her first position with Trammell Crow involved marketing and project accounting for the company’s development and investment sales units. In 2003, she was promoted to marketing services coordinator and is responsible for marketing all of the buildings Trammell Crow has listed for sale in Florida.

Laurie Dean Ekaitis (1999) is the executive assistant to the head of business and legal affairs at the UPN television network in Los Angeles. She is expecting her first child in September.

Carter Gaddis (1999) is a reporter at the Tampa Tribune.

Amy Gall (1999) is a writer and editor for Dermplace.com, a skincare and health Website.

Julie Hauter Heidelberg (1999) is a public relations consultant in private practice, and is also an adjunct instructor at USF. She spent two years working for AAA Auto Club, in public and government relations. She also teaches as adjunct faculty for the School of Mass Communications.

Melissa Howard (1999) is a cast member on “Girls Behaving Badly,” a hidden prank show on Oxygen TV. She was a cast member of MTV’s “Real World New Orleans,” which aired during 2000 and 2001. She also appeared on “The Jamie Foxx Show,” “The X Show” and “The Real World/Road Rules Battle of the Sexes.” She lives in Los Angeles.

Rob Hyypio (1999) is convention services manager at the Trade Winds Resorts in St. Pete Beach, where he has worked since the mid-1990s.

David A. Johnson (1999) is the video production specialist at Raymond James Financial in St. Petersburg.

Molly Wohlert Jones (1999) is an attorney for a corporate law firm in St.Louis, Mo. She practices in the commercial litigation group. She graduated from the Washington University law school in 2003 and is married.

Susan Keith (M.A. 1999) is a faculty member at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She was named Outstanding Graduating Ph.D. Student in 2001 by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Heather Lantry (1999) works in the news department of WTVT television in Tampa.

Jooyeon Lee (M.A., 1999) lives with her husband and child in Long Beach, Calif. She was a research assistant for the USF School of Mass Communications between 1997 and 1999.

Andy Lopusnak (1999) is public relations manager for the Grand Rapids, Mich., Rampage. He previously was vice president of communications for the San Diego, Calif., Riptide.

Bryan Marks (1999) is a marketing specialist for McShane Communications in Tampa.

Gloria Montoya (1999) is the weekday anchor for Bay News 9 en espanol, the Tampa Bay area's first 24-hour Spanish language local news channel. The channel is available to Time Warner Cable's digital service subscribers.

Jessica Pawelkop Muroff (1999) is an account manager for Raymond James Financial. executive. Previously she was an account executive for Roberts Communications and Marketing in Tampa and before that was the in-school education specialist in the Southwest Florida Water Management District communications and community affairs department. She completed a master’s degree in English education from USF in 2002.

Emily Nipps (1999) is a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times. After graduation, she covered sports for the Tampa Tribune, moved to the Times in 2001 and got married in 2002.

Jose Portillo (1999) works in the news department of WESH television in Orlando.

Torch Pratt (1999) is an English teacher at Santa Belle American School in LoTung, Taiwan.

Emily Presser (1999) is a property manager for Post Properties in Arlington, Va.

Alexis Redmond (1999) is senior public relations specialist for Amdocs, a global customer care and billing software company. Based in Toronto, Canada, she also freelances as a copywriter and editor for various technology and sports organizations. Alexis' previous experience includes working under the director of publications for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Dominica Sinapoli Reed (1999) is a pharmaceutical sales representative in St. Louis.

Dawn Renee (1999) is a Center for Modeling Hydralogic and Aquatic Systems program assistant for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineers in Tampa. Prior to her position as program assistant, she worked for Educational Outreach at USF for three years and was in the Navy.

Claudia Sanchez-Bustamante (1999) works for the programming department of the Discovery Channel’s Latin America division in Miami. She edits material before it is sent to Latin America.

Christina Snyder (1999) is a publicist for Buena Vista Pictures in Los Angeles.

Robyn Howse Spoto (1999) is a real estate advertising sales specialist for the Tampa Tribune. She previously was director of operations for Garcia Media, a Tampa-based international information design firm servicing newspapers, magazines, Web sites and corporate communications. Prior to that, she was an event planner and marketing coordinator for the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce. She earned a master of business administration degree from the University of Tampa in 2004.

Gail Stokesberry (1999) is an event coordinator for Publix Supermarkets in Tampa. She also sells real estate and had her first child in 2003.

Pamela J. Radzenko Synoski (1999) is a sales engineer for Eaton in Tampa. Previously she was the Southeast Regional Sales Manager for Honeywell. She earned her master’s degree in organizational management from the University of Phoenix in Tampa.

Gerard S. Walen (1999) is a news editor at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Kim Zagar (1999) is the co-owner of RNK Productions, a home-based business in Los Angeles that contracts for tasks such as entertainment program transcribing. Prior to owning her own business, she worked for Walt Disney Studios as a marketing coordinator for domestic films and for Modern Video Film, a post-production company.