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12 What Does a Former Stuntman Do? What does a former stuntman from a legendary family of daredevils do when he wants to change careers? If he’s Joie Chitwood III, he earns an MBA from USF and becomes a caretaker of motorsports history.

14 A Degree of Creativity Shelley Carson, `71, first became interested in the creative process when she was an undergrad at USF, but it wasn’t until decades later that she earned a Ph.D from Harvard and became an expert on the creative mind, as well as a Harvard instructor, author, blogger and Department of Defense consultant.

23 Employ-A-Bull Looking for work? Need to polish your resume, practice interviewing or search for jobs nationally and internationally? Your USF Alumni Association can help with a free new service for members only called CareerBeam.

39 Bulls in Arena Football Nearly two dozen former USF Bulls Football players have transitioned from college ball to the human pinball game known as Arena Football.

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2 President’s Message 3 USFAA National Board of Directors 4 Letters to the Editor 6 News Roundup 8 Where’s Rocky? 15 In the Bulls Eye: Suzanne Rhodenbaugh, `66 16 Blast from the Past 17 That was Then; This is Now

18 Chapters & Societies 22 Your Membership in Action 24 Class Notes 29 Circle of Excellence 30 Life Member Honor Roll 38 In the Bulls Eye: Rhea Law, Esq. `77 43 Calendar

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Alumni Voice Editorial:Karla Jackson, [email protected] or Rita Kroeber [email protected]: Rita Kroeber, [email protected] or 813-974-6312Design: Ethos Enterprises, LLCContributing Writers in this Issue:Carter GaddisKarla Jackson, `88Erin E. PotterMary Patrick Walker

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Fellow Bulls,

After the recent budget challenges USF had to face in the legislature, how fitting is it that we call our magazine the Alumni Voice? The united and strong voice of our 250,000+ worldwide alumni made a difference! The strength of USF’s alumni was referred to as the “tipping

point” in making a profound impact to ensure our alma mater was treated fairly. Over 40,000 advocacy messages were sent through our online advocacy system – and that’s not including the tens of thousands of letters, direct emails, calls, tweets, etc. These are challenging times for higher education in Florida, but USF was treated equitably because YOUR Alumni Voice was heard loud and clear. Thank “U” for being THE difference. USF also made headlines by receiving an invitation to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years and winning two games! Congratulations to Coach Stan Heath, who is also a Life Member of the Alumni Association, for winning Big East Coach of the Year Honors. I am excited to share that we recently concluded our national search for a new executive director and are fortunate to have hired a visionary leader who will take your USF Alumni Association to the next level. Bill McCausland, MBA `96, formerly led the “Texas Exes,” the alumni organization for the University of Texas. He also brings 25 years of private sector executive experience to his new role. Bill’s vision is to ensure that we are an indispensable partner on campus and in the community and to exponentially grow membership in your USF Alumni Association. You can read more about him on Page 5. Our future has never been brighter with Bill as our new leader, collaborating with our very strong and committed National Board of Directors. Please mark your calendars for April 21, when we will host the 2nd Annual Bulls Around the World Gala. It’s a fun way to network with fellow Bulls and support student programs. Our goal is to double the proceeds raised from last year’s event. With the cuts in higher education funding, scholarships are more important now than ever. It has been a privilege to serve my alma mater for the past 17 years as a volunteer for the Alumni Association and I am thankful for the opportunity to have served as board president for 2011-12. I will never be able to fully repay USF for the education and experiences I have gained; all I can hope to do is to continue to help out however I can. As always, stay connected the best way that suits you. Any contribution of your time, talents or treasure, whether large or small, makes a meaningful impact on our alma mater.

In Bull Pride,

Rich Heruska, `99USF Alumni Association President & Life Member


DIRECTORAshley Smith

Special Education, `78 & M.Ed, `80

Board of Directors

DIRECTORJeff Reynolds

Finance, `91

USF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION2011-12

DIRECTORLizz Harmon

Mass Communications, `82

DIRECTORManley Jaquiss

Criminology, `86

DIRECTORThomas King Jr.

Finance, `09

DIRECTORZachary JohnsonStudent Government

Vice President

DIRECTORBrenda KennyAccounting, `07

DIRECTORGordon Gillette

USF Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman,

Mech. Engineering, `81 & M.S., Engineering

Management, `85

DIRECTORBill McCausland

USF Alumni Association Executive

Director, MBA, `96

DIRECTORDr. Judy Genshaft

University of South Florida President

DIRECTORDazaun Soleyn USF Ambassadors

President

DIRECTORJoel D. Momberg

Senior Vice President for Advancement & Alumni Affairs; CEO of the USF

Foundation

DIRECTORGene Haines Criminology, `97

DIRECTORMike GriffinMarketing, `03

DIRECTORGene Balter

P.E., Engineering, `77

DIRECTORKaren Diebel

MBA, `93

NON-VOTING BOARD MEMBERS

CO-TREASURER Ed Hoeppner Marketing, `81

PRESIDENTRichard Heruska

Business, `99

TREASURERDonna Brickman

Accounting, `81

DIRECTORBetty Otter- Nickerson

Psychology, `76

DIRECTORRandy Norris Marketing, `79

DIRECTORTony Umholtz

Finance, `99 & MBA, `02

DIRECTORChristi Womack-

Villalobos English, `92

DIRECTORJon Smith

MBA, `07

DIRECTORAlan Steinberg

Communication, `78

DIRECTORLee Winter Finance, `85

DIRECTORMonty Weigel

Finance, `76

DIRECTORSean Grosso

Business, `05 & M.A. Adult Education, `08

DIRECTORAudrey Hirst

Management, `89 & M.S. `94

SECRETARyLisa Provenzano Heugel

Mass Communications/Journalism, `93, Information Systems, `96 & M.S., Computer Science `07

PAST PRESIDENTRoger T. Frazee

CFP, CLU, ChFC, CPA,Finance/Accounting, `71

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Brad KellyCPA, Accounting, `79

PRESIDENT-ELECTKimberly Choto

Communication, `92 & M.A.Adult Education, `02

DIRECTORMary Harper

Early Childhood Edu., `97 & M.Ed. & Ph.D, Curric. & Instr., `01 & `07


Sean Grosso, `05 & M.A. `08, holds a Bachelor’s degree in General Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Adult Education. Grosso is an admissions counselor for USF Sarasota-Manatee and his wife, Dannin, is a registered nurse employed by the Sarasota County School Board. The couple welcomed their first son, Gavin, into their family in January 2011. As a new member to the USF Alumni Board of Directors in 2011, Grosso was appointed to represent the Sarasota-Manatee region and works diligently to

promote Bull Pride in all of his endeavors.

Zachary Johnson, `12, is the current USF Student Body vice president and is graduating in May with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. In addition to serving in student govern-ment, he maintains involvement with the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Theta Tau Engineering Fraternity, Student Alumni Association and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Following graduation he anticipates starting a career as an engineer, and intends to earn a Master’s degree within the next five years.

Thomas King Jr.,`09, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from USF and now works in Tampa for Vanguard Real Estate as their Residential and Investment Sales Manager. King is active in his local community and heavily involved in state and local politics. He lives by the saying “Every great achievement was once considered impossible.”

Betty Otter-Nickerson, `76, is the president of the Sage North America Healthcare Division, responsible for the company’s operations and strategic vision. Prior to that, she was chief operat-ing officer of the LIVESTRONG Foundation, where she provided executive leadership for the foundation’s activities. She spent 10 years at BMC Software and pursued entrepreneurial ventures as the president and chief executive officer of both Vincera Software and Gallery Watch. In addition to a Bachelor’s in Psychology from USF, Otter-Nickerson holds a B.S. in Information Technology from

Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the University of Texas. She also holds a seat on the 2011-12 Board of Directors for the USF Foundation.

Jeffrey D. Reynolds, `91, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from USF. He is a Senior Vice President at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Tampa. He holds seats on the boards of directors of the Brandon Rotary Club, Brandon Chamber of Commerce, Center Place for Fine Arts, Hillsborough County Hospital Authority, Hillsborough County Transportation Authority, Beef ‘O’Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl, Brandon YMCA, Brandon Community Foundation and was named Honorary Mayor of Brandon. Reynolds is a board member

of the Bulls Club, a Captains Club level donor to USF Athletics, a USF Army ROTC past member and scholarship recipient and a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Tony Umholtz, `99 & MBA `02, is currently a manager and mort-gage originator with SunTrust Mortgage, a subsidiary of SunTrust Bank. In his career as a residential mortgage banker he has been recognized as one of the top producers nationally in his field. Tony graduated from USF cum laude with an undergraduate degree in Finance and went on to complete USF’s MBA program. A member and starter on the inaugural USF Football team, Umholtz received All-American honors his senior season with the Bulls. Upon gradu-

ation from USF, Tony signed NFL contracts and spent time with the Tennessee Titans, New York Giants and New England Patriots as a kicker and punter. Tony and his wife Misty have two children, Aaron and Melissa. In his spare time he enjoys golfing, fishing and reading.

Lee Winter, `85, has more than 25 years of experience in real estate brokerage and consulting. He is a senior vice president in the Tampa office of Jones Lang LaSalle, responsible for tenant representation and providing strategic real estate advisory services to local and national clients. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from USF and currently serves on both the USF Alumni Association National Board of Directors and the Bulls Club Board of Directors.

Meet the Board

Meet Your USF Alumni Association Board Members

This is the last in a series of three articles introducing readers to their fellow alumni who hold seats on the 2011-12 National Board of Directors of the USF Alumni Association. The 2012-13 board will be installed in June.

Re: Blast From the Past: Student Activism, January 2012

Your article on Student Activism on page 20 in the January 2012 Alumni Voice disappointed me greatly. To publicize/praise the 30th street blockade is unacceptable to me. This was an illegal act and violated ALL those innocent drivers’ rights during the 3 hour blockade. We as citizens must demand that ALL citi-zens rights, students or not, be protected. The protest would be acceptable on public land as long as it did not restrict the free movement/lives of other citizens not involved in the protest. While I am in full agreement with expressing our ideas and

attempting to change policies we disagree with, I am not in favor of breaking laws to do so. We have a right to protest but not to break the law. We do not have the right to impose our views on others or deny them their right to express their views or restrict their lives in any way by breaking the law ourselves. Please express my disappointment and objection of such articles in the future. — Jim Jones, `72

Just a comment on the aforementioned subject matter from a disabled Vet. I remember returning to USF in 1972 after serv-ing overseas and watching the burning of the American flag on several occasions and being called a baby killer after acknowl-edging I had honorably served my country. Not making a sweeping condemnation of all who protested during that tumul-tuous time, but for those who callously denigrated those who served I can’t say I am “proud” of them as did Matt Grisham, `75. I am glad all that has changed for our vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Kudos to them and the job they did so well. — James Smith, `74, CPA

Letters tothe Editor


McCausland comes to us after a six-year stint as chief operating officer for the University of Texas Alumni Association,

where they’ve also been known to flash the Bull horns upon occasion. He brings with him a pas-sion for alumni relations and pressing sense of urgency to grow your USF Alumni Association into one of the premier alumni organizations in the country. “I view our University with great pride at what has taken place under President Genshaft’s leadership over the last 10 years,” says McCausland, who lived in Tampa and worked at GTE while earning his MBA from USF in the 90s. “The prestige of this University has accelerated and I want the Alumni Association to keep up at the same trajectory.” McCausland believes growing the Alumni Association starts years before college graduation when future Bulls are still in high school. Alumni can play an important role in collaborating with the various colleges to recruit the best and bright-est students to all USF campuses, he says. Nothing sells a school like the spirit and proven success of a devoted alumnus. Once committed, incoming freshmen can meet other new Bulls at one of our New Student Round Ups and begin college with the sense that they are already part of the Bulls family. That relationship is strengthened through-out their college years, when they can join the Student Alumni Association, apply for USF Alumni Association scholarships and leadership programs such as the USF Ambassadors, and take advantage of the many professional mentoring and network-ing opportunities that we offer – all of which are funded in part by membership dues. Then, upon

Meet Our New Executive Director: Bill McCausland, MBA ̀ 96That new face you’re seeing at alumni events is your USF Alumni Association’s new executive director, Bill McCausland.

graduation from USF, our new alumni are poised to start their careers and assume their roles as ac-tive members of the USF Alumni Association. “I want to get to the point where becoming a member of your Alumni Association is the obvious next thing you do after you graduate,” McCaus-land says. He says he wants the student’s mindset to be, “Of course I’m going to be a member of the Alumni Association. I love my University. I know the Alumni Association supports the University, so why wouldn’t I join?” Growing your USF Alumni Association into a national force requires more than just new graduates, though. USF grads who are established in their lives and careers should consider becom-ing Life Members of the USF Alumni Association, McCausland says. In addition to benefits such as career services, priority points for athletics seating and special events like the Homecoming Parade Watch Party reception, Life Member dues support the organization’s endowment, ensuring that the Alumni Association will be there to support the University and its students forever. “Life Membership is the right thing to do,” McCausland says. “You pay dues once and it helps keep you connected to the University and the Alumni Association for life.” Of course, McCausland and his wife of 26 years, Anne, are Life Members. Their eldest daugh-ter, Taylor, is a University of Texas grad who is working as a model in New York City. You may have seen her on this season’s Project Runway or on the pages of Glam-our or Elle. Their youngest daughter Blair is a junior at Freedom High and will be appearing in the school’s spring musical. McCausland wants to get to know as many of you as possible, so please keep an eye out for him at the next alumni event. He’ll be the tall gentleman who throws the Bull horns like a pro.

From left: McCausland, Jeff Wagner, USFAA President Rich Heruska and board member Ashley Smith.


news roundup

USFAA National Board of Directors for 2012-13 Named Your USF Alumni Association National Board of Directors for the 2012-13 fiscal year has been named. The board sets policy for the association in collaboration with USFAA executive leadership and staff. Members of the 2012-13 board are: President: Kimberly Choto, `92 & M.A. `02President-Elect: Monty Weigel, `76Immediate Past President: Richard Heruska, `99Past President: Brad Kelly, `79Treasurer: Donna Brickman, `81Secretary: Jon Smith, MBA `07Directors:Brian Campbell, `93Andy Coe, `95 & MBA `00Ken Griffin, `96 & MBA `98 Mike Griffin, `03Sean Grosso, `05 & M.A. `08Mary Harper, `97, M.Ed `01 & Ph.D `07

Other members of the board include USF President Judy Gen-shaft, USF Senior Vice President Advancement and Alumni Affairs Joel Momberg, USF Alumni Association Executive Director Bill Mc-Causland, USF Student Government Vice President George Papadeas and a USF Ambassador to be named later. The new board meets in full for the first time on June 16 at the Marshall Student Center on the USF Tampa campus.

President Genshaft Thanks Alumni forRallying for USF USF System President Judy Genshaft offered her “profound thanks” to alumni for speaking out on behalf of their alma mater when it was faced with devastat-ing and inequitable budget cuts proposed by the Florida Senate last month. Alumni

flooded legislators’ offices and the Governor’s office with more than 40,000 messages demanding equal treatment for USF. As a result, our University was treated comparably to other state universities in the budget process, reducing USF’s cuts from more than $128 million to $36.9 million out of $300 million in reductions made to higher education in Florida. While the cuts are still painful to the University, President Genshaft said that USF will find a way to persevere. “Our students will continue to excel, both in the classroom and in the community. Our faculty will continue their amazing research,” Genshaft said. “We are one of the top research universities in the state and in the country. We are strong.”


Athletics Center Dedicated to Lee Roy Selmon USF’s Athletics Center was dedicated as the Lee Roy Selmon Athletics Center in February in honor of the former USF Athletics Director and NFL Hall of Fame linebacker who died suddenly in Septem-ber 2011 at the age of 56. Bulls Football Head Coach Skip Holtz said he became very close with Selmon

after coming to USF, adding that Selmon was a big part of his deci-sion to take the job in 2010. “He’s made an unbelievable impact on my life in such a short time,” Holtz said. “It is with great honor that we’re here today to honor a man that has done so much for so many people. I think it’s fitting that we’re going to have his name on the side of this building for our history.” The Lee Roy Selmon Athletics Center now bears a bronzed plaque next to its front doors that informs visitors about “the father of USF football.”

CAMLS Begins a New Era in Medical Training USF Health’s Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) opened in February in down-town Tampa, a state-of-the-art medical

training and research facility that is expected to draw health care professionals from all over the world. “CAMLS marks an important new chapter not just for USF Health, but also for how health education and evaluation is practiced across America,” said Dr. Stephen Klasko, USF Health CEO and dean of the Morsani College of Medicine. “Our mission is to create a healthcare system in which patients can feel confident that their surgeons and other healthcare professionals have the best possible training and testing before they perform complicated, difficult procedures on patients.” The 90,000 square-foot building is the new home for high-tech robots and a state-of-the-art simulation center. USF faculty will train surgeons from around the country on how to perform robotic, computer-assisted and image-guided surgeries. In the simulation center’s Virtual Hospital, doctors, nurses and other healthcare provid-ers will train side-by-side, perfecting the teamwork and communica-tion skills vital to top-quality medicine. CAMLS has brought about 100 jobs to downtown Tampa and is likely to act as a catalyst to create even more jobs, as other training partners bring business here, Dr. Klasko said.

Sources: University Communications and Marketing, USF Health

Richard Hedley Jr., `93 & M.Acc `95Audrey Hirst, `89 & M.S. `94Ed Hoeppner, `81Lisa Provenzano Heugel, `93, `96 & M.S. `07Manley Jaquiss, `86Merritt Martin, `04 & MPA `06Andrew Mayts Jr., `93Betty Otter-Nickerson, `76Randy Norris, `79Mike Peppers, `85 & M.Acc `90Jeff Reynolds, `91Tony Umholtz, `99 & MBA `02Lee Winter, `85Christi Womack-Villalobos, `92

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Take Rocky on your next trip

and send your photos to: Karla

Jackson at [email protected] or to

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Association, 4202 E. Fowler Ave.

ALC100, Tampa, FL 33620-5455.

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Shirley Craig, `93, snapped this photo of her West Highland Terrier wearing his Bulls jersey while they watched a tribute to former USF Athletics Director and NFL Hall of Famer Lee Roy Selmon.

Rocky tagged along to Potsdam, Germany with Michael Hamlin, `10. They’re pictured here at a gate on the grounds of Sanssouci Park in the back of the palace.

Rocky was a member of the alumni entourage who sailed on the USF Alumni Association cruise of the Baltic Sea and Northern Europe. Pictured here at the Church of the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia are from left: Janet Weiss, Edward Weiss, USF Alumni Association Past Presidents Roger Frazee, `71, and Dr. Anila Jain, `81, and Life Members Dr. Mona Jain, `84, and Kailash Jain.



Kristen Jeffries, `10 and her husband Kyle Jeffries, `11, took Rocky along during their European honeymoon as they visited Germany, Spain, Italy and France. They’re pictured here on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy.

Derek Sears, `10, and his sister, Jill Sears, `11, took a December trip to London and Paris and brought along Rocky’s cuddly cousin

because Rocky was unavailable.


Rocky visited Kennedy Space Center with Glenn Genereux, `93, and taught an astronaut how to throw the Bull horns.


Where’s Rocky?

Mark Mishkin, `96, made Rocky his traveling companion during a trip to Bangkok, Thailand, to attend the International AIDS Vaccine Conference. He lives in the Washington D.C. area and works at the National Institutes of Health as a regulatory affairs specialist in the Division of AIDS.

Jim Parkhill, M.Ed. `86, and his wife Laura took

their granddaughters (and future Bulls) Ireland

Bennett and Kirstin Bennett on a northern

vacation to Buffalo, NY, Niagra Falls and Toronto. They’re pictured here at

the CN Tower in Toronto.


Telma Frege, `11, wears her Bulls hoodie during her visit to Moon Valley in La Paz, Bolivia.


Where’s Rocky?

Doug Currier, `87, made a stop at the “other” USF during a recent trip to San Francisco. Currier has visited more than 116 universities during his travels.

Beth Zentmeyer, `05, and David Schott, `05, are two USF Bulls who work in the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Zentmeyer is the embassy’s deputy knowledge management coordinator and Schott works in the regional security office.


about his professional options with his wife, Susan, and his USF instructors. “I just felt like I wanted to do something more, something different,” Chitwood said. “I felt like I wanted to prove myself, but I wasn’t sure what was next.” Armed with that ambition and bolstered by the support of his family and the guidance of his USF mentors, Chitwood threw himself into the experience of life as a non-traditional student with the same precision and relentless energy that helped him perfect death-defying feats such as hurtling head-first off the hood of a speeding car into a wall of flaming boards – an act known as the Human Battering Ram. Although he wasn’t sure what he would do when he had earned his MBA, he knew exactly how he would approach his time at USF. “I was very active,” he said. “I never let anything pass me by. I felt like the more things I

Joel Scott “Joie” Chitwood III began his career as an MBA student at USF in the early 1990s seeking the answer to an unusual question: What does a former stuntman do?

Given his automotive pedigree, perhaps it now seems inevitable that he one day would become president of two of the country’s most storied racetracks, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Daytona International Speedway. Back then, though, there was nothing inevitable about it. After 20-plus years spent thrilling crowds all over the country in his family’s legendary daredevil show, the Tampa native decided to build upon his University of Florida finance degree by enrolling in the USF MBA program. The 1987 Jesuit High graduate returned to familiar ground to begin his life’s second act, and with the comforts of home as a backdrop, he spent hours talking

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experienced, the more it would give me an idea of what I wanted to do with that experience.”Chitwood became a teaching assistant in management science under the guidance of Dr. Tom Johnson. His position as president of the Graduate Business Association (GBA) gave him a place as a student representative on the USF College of Business policy board, where he worked closely with Dean Robert Anderson and Dr. Steven Baumgarten, the head of the MBA program at the time. “So, it wasn’t just getting an education,” Chitwood said. “It was working on my leadership skills, having a voice, having an opinion.” Chitwood, whose concentration was entrepreneurship, conducted key demographic research for an open-air mall being planned by a retail company in San Juan, Puerto Rico. During one summer, Chitwood worked in the MBA admissions office, advising fellow students about how to get the most out of their post-graduate experience. During another summer, he studied history at Queens College in Cambridge, England.Even as he became engrossed with each new project, that unusual question loomed. What does a former stuntman do? The answer came to him gradually. “I can’t tell you it was in this one meeting, or one illuminating conversation,” he said. “It was a culmination of conversations with professors and with my wife helping to guide me. They said, ‘With your experience, with your family history, with the education you’ve got, those things would make you kind of valuable in motorsports. Because that business was about to boom.’ “I told my wife, ‘I want to run a super speedway.’” After earning his MBA in 1995, Chitwood sent job query letters to NASCAR

Above, top photo: Chitwood presents a guitar to country music star Brad Paisley. Above: Chitwood feeds giraffes at Busch Gardens. Bottom left: In the top photo is Chitwood as a baby with his father Joie Chitwood Jr. Bottom left is Chitwood as a young man with a car from the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show. Bottom right is Chitwood as a boy in his pint-sized Corvette. Photo credits: Daytona International Speedway and the Chitwood Family.

and Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). His grandfather, the founder and original patriarch of the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show, had competed in the Indianapolis 500 seven times from 1940-50, so the Chitwood name carried some clout at Indy. Chitwood’s first job with IMS was as an Indy Racing League staffer, helping coordinate a new race at Walt Disney World Speedway. He was appointed to oversee the $135 million construction of Chicagoland Speedway, and later became president of International Motor Speedway, which helped earn him recognition as a Celebration of Free Enterprise honoree from the USF College of Business in 2005. In August 2010, he was appointed president of Daytona International Speedway, and oversaw the first repaving of that famous track in more than 50 years. He now is responsible for all speedway activities, including fan experience, ticket sales, and event coordination. What does a former stuntman do? If he’s Joie Chitwood III, he earns his MBA from USF, and then he becomes a caretaker of motorsports

history. “I think caretaker is the exact word to use,” Chitwood said. “As I make my decisions about how we operate the venue, I’ve got to make sure we respect what makes it unique. There are a lot of race tracks, but none have the heritage of Daytona, and I’ve got to make sure we continue to tell that story, so we can pass on that heritage to the next generation.”


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arvard psychology professor and USF alum Shelley Carson, best known as author of Your Creative Brain, began studying creativity during her undergraduate years at USF. “One of the aspects of my studies at USF that influenced my current work was studying the biographies of creative writers and noting how many of their lives were plagued by inner demons,” Carson said in a recent interview. “This knowledge has remained influential in my work on the interface between creativity and psychopathology.” Carson eventually earned a Ph.D. from Harvard in 2001 and became a noted author, professor, blogger, consultant on mental health for the Department of Defense and often-quoted expert on the creative mind. Carson moved to Tampa in the late 1960s

when her father began working as a designer on Tampa International Airport. She graduated from USF in 1971 with a degree in English, but only after exploring other options. “I had been an academic vagabond of sorts. I had already attended the University of Georgia, University of Kansas, University of Florida and the Universidad de Artes Plasticas in Guadalajara, Mexico. I later became a flight attendant, which was an easier way to travel because I didn’t have to take exams at the end of every semester!” USF quickly won her over. “I really felt at home at USF and loved the wide-open spaces of the campus,” Carson said. “This was in the early days of the school, but it was already showing its great potential.” Carson has fond memories of an English literature class that held meetings over free beer at the Schlitz brewery hospitality house. “To this day,” Carson said, “I think of the Romantic poets whenever I sample domestic brew!”

Feature:Shelley Carson

A Degree of Creativity


Carson also played “a lot of bad tennis on campus” and started to get into golf right about the time USF opened its own course. “While the USF I attended was very much different than the campus today, it was, for me, an intellectually liberating place filled with sunshine and good memories,” Carson said. After leaving USF, Carson became a flight attendant and later married and raised two children. She returned to school, getting her degree from Harvard in 2001 and teaching a popular class, “Creativity: Madmen, Geniuses and Harvard Students.” In 2010, she wrote Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life. Carson said that creativity is not just for artists, writers, musicians and scientists. “Today, all of the elite business schools in the U.S. have courses in creativity. The most successful athletes are those who can incorporate creativity into their performances,” Carson said. “Parenting takes enormous creativity skills, and even the success of our military is dependent upon new strategies for dealing with our enemies. “Creativity is a sought-after trait in every profession and avocation. And research has shown that you can learn to be more creative.” Carson’s path to these positive insights began with her interest, while at USF, in the “unusual thought processes” of highly creative people. “This personal interest was definitely fueled during my undergraduate work at USF,” said Carson. During those years she realized the

connection between “high levels of creative capacity in those I studied and their unusual thought processes. I was also noting the connection between creative work and a preference for altered states — such as alcohol intoxication or dream states.” Carson said scientists working today in brain

imaging and molecular biology are learning why highly creative individuals may be more predisposed to depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis-proneness or addiction. But for most people, Carson said, tapping into creativity will better your life: “If we want to have a say in how the future will be shaped we need to sharpen our creative skills.”

In the Bull’s Eye

By Mary Patrick Walker

Poet Suzanne Jaworski Rhodenbaugh fondly remembers her days studying English at USF in the mid-1960s, particularly her time as a member of the group known as “The Scrounge Lounge.”

“We were post-Beatnik and pre-hippie!” Rhodenbaugh explained. “We endlessly discussed everything, engaged in convoluted word play, and generally tried to distinguish ourselves as intellectual and political outlaws of a sort. Most of us were commuters, the first in our families to go to col-lege, and we were on fire with learning.” It was at USF where Rhodenbaugh, the author of several poetry collections, first discovered her talent for writing. “I took my first course in poetry writing with Hans Juergensen,” she said. “He told me I had writing talent, which I don’t believe anyone had ever said to me before.” Her writing skills also bloomed thanks to a rigorous academic schedule – including reading 50 books a semester. “My training was in literature, literary criticism and linguistics, and I still believe that kind of background is the most important grounding for becoming a writer,” said Rhodenbaugh. Another example of the intellectual rigor required during her USF years came courtesy of professor Robert Hilliard, who used the Socratic Method to teach Modern European History. “The final exam was to take everything we’d read all semester, on widely-varying theses about the cause of World War II, and establish our own position in one coherent essay written in class,” said Rhodenbaugh. “It was, and has remained, the single most intellectually demanding challenge of my life.” Rhodenbaugh has accomplishments in many areas, including creating a health clinic in a poor area of Pennsylvania and even saving her stepchildren’s school from closing. She also has achieved great success as a writer and, surprisingly, a gardener. “With respect to my writing, I’m very pleased some of it has struck enough of a nerve to be taught at several universities, and sometimes people — everyday regular people — have written me to say a poem or an essay made a difference to them,” she said. “My garden is also a thing of beauty and, as with poetry, it takes a lifetime of working at it, and is both controlled and wild.”

Suzanne Jaworski Rhodenbaugh, ̀ 66Author of poetry books Lick of Sense and The Whole Shebang.

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Blast from the Past

The Bull MarketUSF’s weekly flea market, now known as the Bull Market, has been a mid-week tradition on the Tampa campus for decades. In its original venue behind the University Center, students could buy nearly anything from car parts to concert tickets and more. During the Marshall Center renovations, the market moved to Sessum’s Mall near Cooper Hall, but now it’s back where it began, in the beautiful MLK Plaza. It’s open every Wednesday during the fall and spring semesters (except for during Spring Break.) The last Bull Market for the spring is April 25. Alumni are always welcome to visit the market and stay for lunch at the new Marshall Student Center.


By Erin E. PotterClass of 2012

USF Bull MarketAs the electric doors of the Marshall

Student Center begin to open I hear music echoing across the campus. I see colorful tents and posters and watch students fill the MLK Plaza. It’s Wednesday and the weekly Bull Market is in full swing.

The Bull Market provides students with a chance to purchase items from vendors, learn about events on campus held by student organizations or departments, contribute to an altruistic cause, and probably the highlight for most students – get free stuff! Jessica Cura, `08, remembers when the Bull Market was held on Elm Street by the College of Arts and Sciences. “I used to go by whenever I was on campus on Wednesdays to see if there was anything free. Gotta love free goodies as a college student!”

There are lots of reasons to check out the Bull Market. Many local merchants give away freebies like smoothies and nearby apartment complexes invite students to parties and other fun events that they host. Plus, you can buy anything from art to video games to jewelry, get leads on career internships and get involved with student groups that advocate for causes that you care about.

Each week there is a new mix of vendors, but there are always those regulars who sell their merchandise at the Bull Market week after week. I talked to a vendor who has attended the Bull Market on a regular basis for four years. “I know what the kids like and I bring dresses, bracelets, rings, 3D art. I love spending time with the students,” says Andre Charlatte. He is such a fixture at the Bull Market that he calls out to students by name, saying hello and asking how their day is going. The students know him too. “Hey Andre, what do you have new this week?” they ask as they banter with him about his latest offerings. A spirit of camaraderie flows throughout all of the booths at the Bull Market.

I see a young girl walking around the Bull Market in a long, tie-dyed dress, enjoying the music on her iPod and wearing a smile on her face. Jordyn Dines, who will graduate in 2016, found out about the Bull Market on her way to class when she first came to USF. “It’s a great place to meet a lot of people, get free stuff, and look at the variety of things people are selling. I love it and make it a point to come by every Wednesday.”

I was amazed at how much information I learned in just a few minutes about all the support that USF students give to local and international causes. The Students for Social Justice were selling “Bead for Life” beads made by Ugandan women to help end the cycle of poverty there. Another group was holding a date auction to raise money for a clinic in Peru, and another was registering students for an on campus 5K run to help fund the fight against ovarian cancer. Groups like this are present every week. If any student is interested in political or social activism, this is definitely the spot to be.

They tell me the Bull Market is a USF tradition that dates back to the 70s. Considering all that it has to offer, I can see why it’s lasted for so long.

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That was Then; This is Now

I bought my first Ansel Adams portrait there. Stacey Stein Salvior, `94

The albums! (Vinyl, young people!) “Derek and the Dominos in Concert” and the Steve Winwood compilation double LP “Winwood” were particularly good finds. Lots of Grateful Dead and Traffic, too. Looked forward to it every Wednesday. Dave Jackson, Class of `81

Twenty years later, I still have a good number of the books I bought from the used book seller. Evan Bennett, `95

It was a great meeting place between the Business building and Cooper hall. We celebrated Judy Genshaft as the new USF president complete with free cake for all! Shellii Martin roach, `01

I bought an old B-52’s bootleg album in 1987 and after listening to is a couple hundred times, ended up selling it for $300. not a bad flip for a poor college student! Erin O’Brien


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USF Hometown Round UpsHometown Round Ups are alumni-hosted events held across the country for incoming USF freshmen and their families prior to the start of the fall semester. These free, informal events are a chance for new students and parents to meet other USF families in their hometowns and to learn more about what college life (and beyond) is really like. Local alumni also have an opportunity to reminisce on

their college days, connect with other alumni and help young adults as they embark on their exciting new adventure at USF. More information about the Hometown Round Ups and a full list of participating cities can be found at www.usfalumni.org/RoundUp.Top: Broward County Round UpMiddle: Dallas Round UpBottom: Washington, D.C. Round Up


One of the Ambassadors’ many responsibilities is to serve as a host for guests who visit USF. In February, Ambassador Brandon Tirado took Don and Lisbeth Cooper, the son and daughter-in-law of Dr. Russell M. Cooper for whom Cooper Hall was named, on a tour of the building and the USF Tampa campus. They marveled at how much the campus had changed since their last visit in 1970.

Greater Tampa Alumni Chapter Watch Party Chair Davian Benito throws the horns with Rocky during USF Night with the Lightning on Feb. 18. Hundreds of Bulls fans turned out to watch the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals and score a co-branded USF/Lightning ball cap.


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p Members of the USF Ambassadors attended a Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

conference at Auburn University in February. The conference, entitled Affiliated Student Advancement Programs (ASAP), focused on best practices for Ambassador and student programs at the university level. Pictured from left are: Brandon Tirado, Carl Abeleda, Jessica Lee, Kevin Chostel, Director of Campus and Student Relations LaToya Wider, who was named CASE Outstanding Advisor for District III, Briana Jones, Kelly Torres, Terrence Alleyne, Meghan Palmer and Juan Henry.


The USF Alumni Association has alumni chapters all over the country. We also have college and special-interest societies for like-minded alumni. It’s easy to get involved. Just email the contact person of the group you’d like to visit.

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7@7 Dinnerst These dinners are held during the spring semester and are designed

to match USF students with professionals who work in their field of interest. If you would like to speak to students about your industry, contact LaToya Wider at [email protected].(Top at left) Engineering 7@7: Gene Balter, president and CEO of HDR Construction, talks with USF Mechanical Engineering sophomore Terry Guilliame after a 7@7 Dinner in February. Balter is a director on your USF Alumni Association’s National Board of Directors.(At left) USFHealth 7@7: Dr. Catherine O’Connor, a surgeon practicing in Sanford, ME, visited the USF Tampa campus in March and spoke to pre-med students about the health care industry.

p The Geology Alumni Society held its 12th annual banquet in February to benefit the Dr. Richard A. Davis, Jr. Endowed Fellowship in Geology. Pictured here is Leah Courtland, Geology Ph.D. candidate and one of two 2012 Richard A. Davis, Jr. Endowed Fellowship recipients, with Richard A. “Skip” Davis, Jr., Ph.D. USF Geology Professor Emeritus.


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Training and Development. A fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, Dr. Sanders earned his doctorate in Public Administration from George Washington University. He also holds an M.S. in Human Resource Management from the University of Utah in addition to his USF degree.

Pam Stewart, Elementary Education `75, was appointed as chancellor of the Division of Public Schools for the Florida Department of Education (DOE). Stewart has a long history of experience in the realm of public education; ranging from school principal, to deputy chancellor of Educator Quality at DOE, and most recently as deputy superintendent of Academic Services for the St. Johns County School District. Her daughter, Leigh Ann Stewart, Elementary Education `04, is currently a kindergarten teacher in St. Johns County.

Lt. Colonel Darrell Stinger, Engineering `74, led the Nellis Air Force Base Airmen in the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Las Vegas in November 2011, one of the largest

parades west of the Mississippi. Col. Stinger’s Air Force marching unit was comprised of 80 airmen from every Air Force occupational component at Nellis.

Ralph Wimbish, American Studies `74, was elected president of the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association (MGWA). Wimbish is also the late-night sports editor of the New York Post. He has worked at The Post since 1988 and previously worked at newspapers in St. Petersburg, Westchester and Rockland, NY; Pontiac, MI; Pittsburgh; Middletown, N. and in Rome. He joined the MGWA Board of Directors in 2006 and became vice president in 2008. He lives with his wife Grace in Mount Vernon, NY.

80sWarren Bare, Finance `87, has retired after a successful career as an Internet entrepreneur. While at USF, he started a small software development and consulting company

that eventually led to the creation of Headhunter.net, an online employment resource that sold to CareerBuilder in 2001 for a reported $200 million. In 2004, the College of Business named Bare its Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Bare then founded InJesus.com, an internet company that provided missions-based organizations with a more efficient way to communicate and receive donations. After that company sold, Bare developed his latest venture, Jobkabob, Inc., a customized, online job search engine. Bare no longer runs Jobkabob and is raising his family. He established the Warren and Larissa Bare Innovation Fund benefiting the College of Business, which is designed to provide unrestricted support for new and innovative programs at USF. It has been used to support several new initiatives,

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70sRobert Buchanan, Marketing `70, is one of two USF alumni nominated for the 2012 Indianapolis Prize, the world’s leading award for animal conservation. Buchanan, founder,

president and CEO of Polar Bears International (PBI) based in Bozeman, MT, is recognized as a leader in polar bear conservation, champion for the Arctic environment, and educator on the harmful effects of climate change. PBI’s senior scientists’ recognizable research efforts include the use of satellite collaring to track habitat use and movements across the Arctic from remote locations, determine hunting patterns, measure distances traveled, map home ranges, and collect data on cub survival rates, as well as the use of infrared technology to pinpoint the locations of hibernating polar bear families under the snow. Buchanan is also a proponent of education and created PBI’s Tundra Connections™ program that broadcasts live programs over the internet from the coast of Hudson Bay into classrooms throughout North America and worldwide. To date, his program has reached more than one million students. The other USF alumnus nominated is Sharon Matola, `81. The Indianapolis Prize winner will be announced in mid-2012 and honored at the next Indianapolis Prize Gala Sept. 29 at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis.

Dr. Ronald Sanders, Management `73, was named as fellow in Booz Allen’s Innovative Functional Skills Belting Program, which recognizes deep subject matter expertise. Booz Allen fellows are the firm’s authorities in their subject areas – individuals who are respected for their broad impact, both within the firm and the professional community. Sanders’ skills and government-wide reputation as a human capital visionary, change agent, and innovator drove his selection as the firm’s first Fellow. As a Booz Allen Hamilton senior executive advisor and fellow, Dr. Sanders supports federal clients in the areas of human capital, learning, and organizational transformation. He joined the firm after completing 37 years of federal service; 20 of those years were in senior executive positions. He is an adjunct faculty member with the Brookings Institution Center for Public Policy Education, and sits on the board of the American Society for

including the Elevator Competition and the 25 Under 25 awards.

Keyton Benson, Physical Education `83, was recently honored for his ongoing pledge to education, commitment to excellence, and dedication to the insurance profession by the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC). Benson, who is chief marketing officer of Tower Hill Insurance Group, was presented with a formally-inscribed certificate for his continued participation in the CIC program. Earning his CIC designation and maintaining all update requirements for 20 years places Benson in the top 1 percent of all insurance professionals in the country.

William Bracken, Civil Engineering `89 and M.S. `94, owns and operates Tampa-based Bracken Engineering, which was recently selected as the third best Structural Engineering Firm to Work For in the country and the best small Structural Engineering Firm to Work For in the country by the industry publication Structural Engineering & Design. This year the firm has seen a 10 percent growth in staff and nearly 30 percent growth in revenue.

Paul J. Gerry, Jr., Accounting `87, was appointed to the Massachusetts Society of CPAs (MSCPA) board of directors for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Gerry serves as partner of Gray Gray & Gray, LLP. In addition to his leadership role within the MSCPA, Gerry is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Kevin J. Martinez, Political Science `81, has written The Book on Put Option Writing published by Authorship Media. The book teaches investors how a put option writing strategy can enhance their portfolio returns with minimal risk. Martinez is the president and CEO of Premium Capital Management, LLC, an investment advisory firm located in Atlanta. The firm is dedicated primarily to the trading and management of put option contracts for client accounts.

Sharon Matola, `81, is one of two USF alumni nominated for the 2012 Indianapolis Prize, the world’s leading award for animal conservation. Matola, director and founder of the Belize Zoo,

was recognized for her dedication to educating both the citizens of this small Central American nation and the rest of the world about Belize wildlife. Matola founded the Belize Zoo 30 years ago from nothing, and it is now known as “The Best Little Zoo in the World,” due to the impact it has had in bringing about awareness on behalf of the biodiversity in Belize. Matola’s years of fieldwork on behalf of the endangered Northern Central American scarlet macaw brought international attention to the unsound development of a dam project that would destroy their only known reproductive grounds in

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Belize and publication of the book The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw. Matola was also awarded the Meritorious Service Award by the Belize government for her work over the years on behalf of education and the preservation of the nation’s wildlife. The other USF alumnus nominated is Robert Buchanan, `70. The Indianapolis Prize winner will be announced in mid-2012 and honored at the next Indianapolis Prize Gala on Sept. 29 at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis.

Mark Peterson, Political Science `83, of Lincolnshire, IL, was appointed to Illinois Racing Board. He is a former member of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board and is president of Bridgeview Bank. He is a former director of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority and handled transportation matters for former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar.

David A. Schuster, Mass Communications `81, is the executive producer of the off Broadway production, “Kid Shamrock,” a play based on the true story of middleweight contender “Irish” Bobby Cassidy. Throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, Schuster was a manufacturer of designer jeans in the garment industry. For the last 10 years he has been involved with investment banking and raising money for different projects and businesses, including independent films. As a result of his lifelong interest in both boxing and the cinema, he formed Winner Take All Productions (WTA). Among WTA’s first projects was a feature-length documentary on the plight of Cuban boxers. Winner Take All is currently in pre-production for a feature film on boxer Roberto Duran.

Christian Šebek, Music and Finance `88, recently made his Broadway debut as Piangi in the musical “Phantom of the Opera.” Šebek double-majored in Music Performance and Finance at USF. As a

vocalist, he has performed in many off-Broadway productions, including the lead in Thomas Cabaniss’ contemporary opera “The Sandman.” Over the past three years Šebek has performed as Radames in “Aida” and Calaf in “Turandot” with Boheme Opera; and as Rodolfo in “La Boheme” with the Center City Opera Theater, Opera in the Heights and Opera Western Reserve.

Susan Shaw, MBA `81, is now the director of the University of West Florida (UWF) Emerald Coast campus. She served as interim director of the campus since August 2011. Shaw is a 29-year employee of UWF, most recently serving as associate director of marketing communications for the Emerald Coast campus.

Fon Silvers, Music `87, M.A. `89 and MBA `97, has written his second book on data warehousing, Data Warehouse Designs: Achieving ROI with Market Basket Analysis and Time Variance, (CRC Press). Silvers is a data warehouse analyst and


defense, but also has significant experience in personal injury, labor and employment law, estate planning, environmental law, land use, health law, family law and contract disputes. Dr. Grivas has been a panelist in continuing legal education courses in foreclosure defense and bankruptcy law. He has extensive pro bono experience with Legal Aid of Manasota, where he taught courses on filing for divorce. He received the Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award from Florida State University College of Law. Dr. Grivas has extensive experience with the Florida Departments of Community Affairs, Environmental Protection, and Health. He is a member of the Florida Bar and the Federal Bar for the Middle District of Florida. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Florida State University College of Law, and a Master’s and Ph.D in Toxicology from USF, in addition to his undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Biology.

Kimberly Potrykus Hamm, Accounting `97, is the director of grant management for Youth and Family Alternatives, Inc., in New Port Richey.

Elizabeth Hanlon, MBA `98, was appointed as director for GreenWorld Development, Inc., an emerging global key player in the waste-to-energy utility sector, with power plants in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Edward Hubbard, Information Systems `92, was named vice president of products and alliances for Virtual Bridges. A 20-year veteran of the technology industry, Hubbard has held leadership positions at emerging software companies as well as large enterprises.

Christopher K. Knibb, Accounting `94, has been promoted to vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of Patriot Coal Corporation. In this role, Knibb has primary responsibility for Patriot’s accounting and financial reporting, in addition to the tax, internal audit, financial planning and analysis functions. He is a certified public accountant.

Penny Phillips, M.A. Communication `99, retired from USF on Sept. 1, 2011, after nearly 28 years of service. She retired with a total of 35 years in the Florida Retirement System, having

worked with the Florida Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services from 1976 to 1983. She started employment with USF in November 1983 and held a number of positions within Human Resources, serving as an employee relations consultant for 14 years. She received USF’s prestigious Outstanding Staff Award in 1992 and again in 2005. When Phillips earned her Master’s in 1999, she was bestowed the department’s James E. Popovich Award in recognition of outstanding achievement. She hopes that retirement will afford her more time to pursue her interest in writing.

data warehouse support team lead in a Fortune 500 company. His first book was Building and Maintaining a Data Warehouse.

90sKevin Astl, Political Science `96, is now general counsel for Satvira Corp.

Brian Barber, Nursing `96, recently completed a tour as the ship’s nurse aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and is currently in the Psych Mental Health Nursing Practioner Program at the University of Washington. He is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy.

Kenneth P. Burke, Accounting `95, was reappointed by Gov. Rick Scott as the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Pinellas County, a position he has held since 2005.

Elizabeth M. Elliott, Special Education `94 & M.A. `97, was recently promoted to professor at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) where she teaches in the College of Education. Dr. Elliott has been a faculty member of FGCU since 2001.

Jason Gaskill, Biology and Chemistry `99, has been elected to the board of directors for Save Our Seabirds Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating seabirds

and the education of the public regarding adverse impacts of human activities on wildlife. Gaskill is a partner at the law firm of Adams and Reese and a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and Intellectual Property and Technology Team. He handles a variety of commercial litigation matters, including construction litigation, intellectual property litigation, non-compete litigation and real property litigation, as well as various transactional matters involving the procurement and protection of intellectual property assets. Gaskill currently serves as past president of the Young Lawyers Division of the Sarasota County Bar Association. He is also chair of the Website Committee of the Sarasota County Bar. Gaskill is a graduate of the 2011 class of Leadership Sarasota, a program developed to encourage continuing stewardship and oversight of the Sarasota County community.

Mike Glave, Electrical Engineering `92, was recently promoted to senior engineer, Field Systems, for Rockwell Automation. Glave programs and helps design various types of machines for many large manufacturing companies such as Goodyear, AMF, Nabisco Foods and many others. He works out of the Richmond, VA office. He is married to Melissa and they have one son, Griffin, who is 6.

Paul C. Grivas, Biology & Chemistry `97, is an attorney with Grivas Law Group, P.A., in Bradenton. Dr. Grivas focuses primarily on foreclosure

Dina Busciglio Sheridan, Professional & Technical Writing, `98, opened a law firm, Busciglio & Sheridan Law Group, with her husband. They practice criminal defense, traffic ticket

law, and domestic violence law. After graduation from USF, she attended Stetson University College of Law, earning a Juris Doctorate degree with a concentration in advocacy. She spent four years as an assistant state attorney prosecuting all levels of criminal charges. She is a former USF Sun Doll and Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleader.

Barry Zions, Computer Science `96, teaches mathematics at Gulf High School in New Port Richey. He started his teaching career at Gulf in February of 2005. Prior to that, he was a software engineer for 10 years.

00sJordia Benjamin, Art & Art History `09, has joined the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas as the assistant educational officer. Benjamin graduated from USF with honors and received

dual degrees, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Studio (concentration in Painting) and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History. While a student at USF, she furthered her studies abroad by enrolling in the University’s summer programs in Paris, France, and in the United Kingdom. As an undergraduate, Benjamin received numerous awards and grants including the Exceptional Talent Grant, CVPA Diversity Enhancement Grant, Transfer Student Achievement Scholarship, USF Art Department Talent Grant and USF College of the Arts Study Abroad Grant. Her work has been exhibited in several Tampa galleries: The Centre Gallery, Flight 19, Traditional and Digital Arts Gallery, The International Boba House and William and Nancy Oliver Gallery. She received Honorable Mention in “Cityscape,” the University of South Florida Study Abroad International Photo Competition, and was co-curator of “Je veux l’art” Fall 2008 Paris Study Abroad Exhibition at the USF Centre Gallery. Benjamin has worked in several museums including the Contemporary Art Museum in Tampa and the Orlando Museum of Art. She is a member of two honor societies Phi Beta Kappa and Golden Key International Honor Society. As assistant educational officer, Benjamin will assist with the development and supervision of education programs for children, adults and artists; develop and execute community and island outreach programs; and assist with the development of educational materials for exhibitions as a part of educational product development.

Jake Blanchard, Management Information Systems `05, has joined Fowler White Boggs as an associate. He practices law in the bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice group and will focus on both creditor and debtor clients, business and

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commercial litigation, foreclosure defense, wrongful representation and contract disputes.

Josh Bula, M.M. Music `01, is the web designer and IT specialist for the Center for Fine Arts Education in Tallahassee. He is also a member of the Leon County Schools Master Teacher

Technology Cadre.

Nina Contreras, Art `05, was selected as a winner for her graphic design work in the 2011 American Graphic Design Awards from Graphic Design USA (GD USA) magazine for a poster that she designed for the USF College of The Arts’ Talk of the Arts lecture series. The American Graphic Design award is given to a select group of designers each year across all media. More than 8,000 designers competed for selection for this prestigious award. As part of this select group, Contreras’ poster design was published in the November/December issue of GD USA and was featured in the online winners gallery on the GD USA website. While studying at USF as an undergraduate, Contreras majored in Studio Art with an emphasis in Electronic Media, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Since her graduation in 2005, Nina has worked in design for print and web, as well as video production. In 2008, she returned to the College of The Arts as their web curator.

Kathryn Dunathan, History `01, is a writer and organic olive farmer living in the Greek Peloponnese. Her first book was published (as Kathryn Waterfield) with co-author and husband, classicist

Robin Waterfield. The Greek Myths: Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold (Quercus, UK; Metro Books, U.S.) features the stories of the Greek gods accompanied by more than 130 images recounting the influence the Greek myths have had upon the art of the Western World.

Matt Haldeman, Criminology `08 and Erika (Ruzza) Haldeman, Criminology `07, were married on March 18, 2011. The couple honeymooned in Hawaii.

Dawn M. Hunter, Microbiology `07 and MPH `11, is a research assistant in the Advanced Biosensors Laboratory in the Center for Biological Defense at USF.

Maria Morales, Accounting `00 and MACC `01, was promoted to principal with LarsonAllen. Morales has been in public accounting for 10 years, serving public and private

companies in industries such as manufacturing, third-party administrative services, software, health care, biotechnologies, and employee benefits. Previously, Morales worked in private accounting in the aeronautical industry. She is one of the


founding board members of Tampa’s Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) chapter and currently co-chairs the women of ALPFA committee. Morales also serves on the board of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum (TBTF), and is passionate about initiatives that focus on the advancement, retention, and empowerment of female professionals. She heads the recruiting efforts for LarsonAllen’s Tampa location. Morales is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA).

Megan McNerney, Sociology `08, and Beau Hartman, Communications `08 are engaged to be married in August 2012. They met while attending USF in 2005.

McNerney, a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority met Hartman, a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, at a dinner filled with Tri Delts and Sigs. She works in the higher education industry as a program coordinator for EmbanetCompass in Orlando. He works in the banking industry as an assistant branch manager for a community bank in Lake Mary. The couple will honeymoon in St. John, USVI.

Dr. Edwin Rogers, MBA `01, has been named chief medical officer for the Baptist Medical Group. For the last 30 years, Rogers has served the greater Pensacola community as a cardiologist with Cardiology Consultants, an affiliate of Baptist Health Care.

Amit Sharan, Marketing `03 and MBA `05, was named as marketing director for Liverail, a San Francisco based technology firm that specializes in online video solutions, in October 2011.

Brian Triplett, Marketing `04, was promoted to one of only two product managers in the U.S. for Robert Bosch Tool Corporation in Chicago.

10sKhaliah Fleming, MPH `10, is a community health educator for the Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network at Moffitt Cancer Center.

Kevin Gordon, Ph.D Education Leadership & Policy Studies `11, was appointed as provost of St. Petersburg College. Gordon was previously principal of Gibbs High, where he was widely credited for jump-starting a turnaround at the long-troubled

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In MemoriamWalter Lee Dozier, Ph.D `99, 12/19/2011Carole Lisa Miller Foster, `84, 3/16/2012 Dr. Teresa Elaine McLaughlin Wrage, `75 & M.D. `78, 1/1/2012 Eric Van Wilt, `75, 2/7/2012

Pinellas County school. He began work as provost of the downtown and midtown campuses, totaling 3,200 students, on Nov. 28.

Emmanuel Jean Francois, Ph.D Curriculum and Instruction `10, is an assistant professor of Human Service and Educational Leadership at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He also has earned a graduate certificate in Higher Education Teaching from USF, a Master’s degree in Human Services from Springfield College, a postgraduate diploma in Population and Development from the State University of Haiti and a postgraduate certificate in Psycho-Education and Social Health, from the School of Cadres in Special Education of Haiti/Versailles. His undergraduate studies were in Anthropology and Sociology from the State University of Haiti and in Pedagogy of secondary education from the University Institute of Educational Sciences. Dr. Jean Francois previously taught as an adjunct professor at Springfield College, served as campus coordinator for an international program in youth leadership at USF and as research coordinator at the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. His repertoire of publications includes more than 30 titles in English, French and Haitian Creole. His last book was entitled DREAM Model to Start a Small Business.

John Kremer, MBA `11, is the assistant director of amateur scouting for the New York Yankees. Prior to attending USF, Kremer received a Bachelor’s in Mathematics from the University of Evansville in Indiana, where he also played Division I baseball. He was drafted by the Yankees and played five seasons in their minor league system before transitioning into baseball operations.

Julia Poore, MAT `10 was named Rookie of the Year by the Council for Exceptional Children. Poore is a special education teacher for Hillsborough County.

Amanda Porupski, Accounting `10, has joined Lewis, Birch & Ricardo as a litigation analyst. In this role, she will provide accounting and business valuation support for complex litigation matters. She previously was a tax assistant at Henry Dowd Accounting and Tax Services.

Stephanie Wagenfohr, Accounting `10, recently accepted a position with KPMG as an audit associate.

APRIL 2012 | ALUMNIVOICE 29APRIL 2012 | ALUMNIVOICE 29

Jack F. PlaggeJacquelyn E. rogowKimberly and David SchmidtEllyn and Ashley SmithBettina S. Tucker

Gold Level $250-$499

Jean Aertker

Jynine and Benjamin BenvenutiBetty M. CarrollLouise ForsmanKatharine A. FreemanDale M. GibsonCarl T. GingolaJeffrey M. GreenbergLizz E. harmon John Thomas herndon

Gary A. hoogKenneth KalunianThomas raymond King Jr.Dean F. MartinJoyce D. Morales-CaramellaDoreen and Eric robinsonnancy M. rockstrohSusan and Jon SmithMichael David ThompsonEmma W. TurnerMisty and Lee Winter

Club $25,000+

Angela and James BrewerWilliam J. EspositoMary & Daniel harperAnila Jain M.D. and roger Frazee/Dr. Mona and Kailash Jainroy E. JewellBetty Sue Otter-nickerson and Glen nickersonPatricia & Jeffrey reynolds

Diamond Level $1,000+

Katherine Ann (Leach) Andrews and robert P. Andrews Jr.Jennifer Leavengood and Stephen Blumerick C. BrandtDonna and Michael BrickmanJ. Mack CarnealVictor E. ConnellWilliam Eickhoffrebecca and Thomas GerberdingDr. John n. harkerCynthia and John harperLaura and richard heruskaDavid L. hilfmanricky Scott JacobsJanet and Brad Kellyrichard William LaneMark Levine

Emerald Level $500-$999

Darrell E. BorneMark S. CallahanMyra and Mack CooleyPatrick J. FeldmanLisa Provenzano heugel and Ben heugelAudrey S. hirstTina and Dan JohnsonElizabeth B. MarshallJean-Anne and Thomas McAllister

This honorary society recognizes Life Members who continue their generous support through an annual gift or an established U Club endowment in support of the mission of the USF Alumni Association.

Circle Excellenceof


Life Member Honor Roll


Life Members Freda A. AbercrombieAmir A. Abou-El-NagaJeffrey Michael AbrahamDiane and Brian AckenJennifer and John AdamsEmily S. AdamsMarisa AdamsMelanie S. Adams-MillerRobert T. AdamsAdam T. AdkinsDeborah H. AgoosChuka Amara AguguaCynthia and Sandy AguilarVicki and Frederic AhrensRickey D. AkinsKaren and Roberto AlayonLicia AlbaneseDr. Sharon AlbersRonald R. AldrichBrandon S. AldridgeJo-Ann and Bernie AlessandriniJohn AlexanderBarbara A. AlfanoNancy J. AlfredsonElaine and Falih AljasirRoss V. AllenTerry G. AllisonTamara K. AlmondDiane C. AltwiesDr. George G. AlvarezThe Honorable F. Dennis AlvarezKaren and Steven AmideiJack and Cynthia AmorDr. Christian G. AndersonJeffrey A. AndersonWilliam AndreeLindbergh N. AndrewRobert W. Andrew Jr.April L. AndrewsLaura S. AndrewsMargaret Andronaco and Donald ThompsonLorraine M. AngelinoLisa M. AnnaheimVictoria AntoinettePeggy A. Apgar SchmidtCarole and Wayne AppleJohn W. ApplebyScott C. ArnoldLinda Sluss ArringtonDonald L. ArscottAustin B. AsgillDr. Ronald A. AshJanice S. AshGregory J. Ashley*

Leslie V. AstellDiana and Harold AstorquizaRaquel A. AstudilloBenjamin Adam AtkinsAndrew O. AuberyEmmanuel AugusteMichelle and James Austin Jr.Jeffery AustinMargaret J. AustinNorma and Leslie AvchinMark AwmillerMichael AxonCarol C. AyersJames AyersRaymond F. Ayres IISara BadenEliot M. BaderJay BaileyS. Nathaniel BaileyStephen N. BaileyMichelle and Louis BainbridgeCecil R. Baker Jr.Kenneth B. BakerRichard T. Baker IIIRajappan BalagopalSusan and Eugene BalterRuth E. BannhardLaura B. BarberNancy and James BardinWarren L. BareCharles D. BarkerRosemary BarkettJonathan I. BarlowWilliam D. BarnesScott F. BarnettNancy and Gregg BaronCindy and Phil BarringerJames T. BarryCameron BarthleKhari K. BatchelorBruce BatesPhilip Vaughn BatesLinda and Charles BaumannWilliam Robert Noel BauschAugusto Enrique BayroDore R. Beach Ed.D.Joanne Beaudet and Clinton HolderMichelle L. Beaudet-SmithSuzanne and William Becker Jr.Heidi and Vincent BekiempisDouglas T. BellElizabeth M. BellRisa Witherspoon BellSusan G. BellKathleen and William BellamyDr. Celeste BelloJoseph V. Belluccia

Jeffrey A. BelvoShaye K. BenfieldAviya J. BenskyKeyton BensonAugust M. BergTracy and Aaron BergackerBlair BergenSuzette M. BerkmanScott T. BernardElisa A. BernardSuzette and Brad BernsteinCharles D. Bess M.D.William D. Besselieu IIITimothy Ryan BestKathleen BetancourtRobin and William BethunePatrick L. BeyerDennis W. BickelMargaret Elizabeth BiebelFranklin N. BigginsTheodore T. BillMary and Wynne BlackKendall L. BlairOakley B. BlairWarren BlanchardJudy G. BlancoVictor D. BlancoDennis Norman BlankenshipH. Kirby BlankenshipMarrene and John BoerenSherri L. BogueDavid BohlJohn D. BolleAlan C. BomsteinBeverly BondarewJesse S. BondsTimothy D. BondsLee BontaStirling L. BoomhowerCharles H. BoorasJames W. BoothDavid S. BorkanKay and Francis BorkowskiJohn P. BorrecaRichard P. BosaaenVictoria A. BoswellTracey and David BoucherFrances and Tyler BowenSara and Bruce BoydJanis L. BoydThomas W. BoyerStephanie BoyleGregory BradfordMichael J. BradfordJennifer K. BradleyMelville D. BradleyKristen C. BradyAngela L. Brammer

Patrick M. BrandonCarrie A. BrangCynthia M. BrannenYoshie and Jamie BransonEdward William Braun M.D.Ann and Robert BretnallScott W. BridgesGary Patrick BriggsMark E. BrightBobby W. BrinkleyBrandi M. BronlebenGary L. BroschElizabeth F. BrownIsabelle A. BrownMelvin Wayne BrownNorman L. Brown IIIShekeria L. BrownLorie A. Brown*Richard W. BroylesWalter I. BruggerDarlene Y. BrunerFred J. BrunjesCraig H. BrunsteinLisa J. BrushSivilai and Ryan BruskoVictoria M. BruzeseJeffrey Wayne BrzoskaWilliam F. BuckleyLaurie BuddGerald BuhrArthur and M. Katherine BullardWilliam Burchenal Jr.Scott BurkettPatrick J. BurleyDarryl M. BurmanJennifer Ann BurnsFern and Deborah BurrRobert S. Burress M.D.Cheryl A. BursteinLinda and Gerald BuschPatricia BussellDr. Joseph F. BustaPatricia G. ByrnesMarissa L. ByrumLouis E. CaballerTiffany M. CacciatoreJudiann CacioppoHeather and Matthew CainLynn V. CalhounBrian C. CampbellDiana and Marshall CampbellSean Michael CampbellMargarita R. Cancio M.D.Janet CanfieldCraig Michael CapoJared D. CapouyaSandra J. CapuanoJanet E. Caragan


Christine E. CarawaySalvatore CardilloBetty and William CarlinJoEllen and James CarlsonJon M. CarlsonSusan and Edward CaronJohn H. Carpenter Jr.Paul S. CarpenterWalter L. Carpenter IIIJennifer CarpenterSheila Carpenter-Van DijkDr. Sylvia F. Carra-HahnJoyce M. CarrollRichard CarrollThomas R. CarterWilliam K. CarterDeanna R. Carter-BlackburnRyan C. CarusoJennifer R. Casatelli M.D.Colin Caspersen and Tosia KmiecJose L. CastellanosBetty CastorVicki and Nelson CastroPhilip M. CatalanoMary and Mark CatchurJenny L. Cater*Jane M. CavallucciLauro F. CavazosErika V. ChambersPatricia ChanceySuzanne C. ChandlerDanielle E. ChandonnetKristen and Craig ChanningDaniel L. ChapmanColleen Elizabeth ChappellLee and Diane ChaseScott C. ChaseJanet ChavesDonna V. CheesebroughMichael J. CherillMaureen Chiodini and Jim RinaldoMichael E. ChristmanPatricia C. Weaver ChulickJonathan P. CistoneLauren and James W. Clark IVElizabeth G. ClarkNita M. ClarkPamela I. Clark Ph.D.Sarah E. ClarkStephanie C. ClarkTami L. ClarkJohn S. ClarkeElsie and Warren Clary*Jody ClaytonDon V. ClementiGeraldine ClemonsCarline Clerge

Jennifer and Charles ClossheyCarla B. CoddAndrew Michael CoeMatthew C. CoeAndrew Benjamin CohenDaniel ColantuonoVicki L. ColbertJohnnetta B. ColeMichael E. Cole IIKimberly M. ColemanLori Beth ColemanMauricio ColladaDaron M. ColladoBarron CollierLarry H. Collins*Gary A. ConeBrian R. ConferJames C. CongelioGregory ConleyChris A. ConnSarah F. ConnellyNancy and Charles ConnerJames F. Conway IIIJason D. CookJuanita J. CookWilliam R. CookBrian J. CooperJohn CooperRobyn A. CooperPamela and Charles Copeland

Catherine M. CornettKathryn Corrigan and Brad BjornstadDavid M. CorryJohn S. CorynAna Cosme and Michael GielCatherine T. CostabelHarold J. Costello Jr.Theodore J. CouchTheodore J. Couch Jr.James O. CouncilHarrison W. Covington

Dr. Gena L. CoxConstance and John CozierWilson L. CraftRobin and Timothy CraigDavid A. CraigRebecca L. CraigSusan P. CrawleyThomas F. Creed IIIJanis S. CrewsRobert C. Crews IIThe Honorable Victor D. Crist and Angela Crist*Ruthann P. CrossGeorgann and James CrottyKristie and Charles CrouseSusan CuadraMargo Culbertson and Emma CulbertsonLinda and William CullertonThe Honorable Faye B. CulpKristin and John CunninghamMirtha and Elias CuraPatricia and Rudy CuriosoDaniel B. CurtisCheryl DafeldeckerCathy and David D’AlessandroJohn DalleyDavid H. DaltonRyan DalyClarence E. Daniel

Andrea Desrosiers and Harold DanielsLoretta K. DarcheJennifer DarleyLinda and John Darling Jr.Fran L. DarrachMargaret I. DavenportBrian DaviesToni D. DavilaAlbert DavisBaron D. Davis

Brandon D. DavisKendra R. DavisMark S. DavisShirley A. DavisSteven Allen Davis Jr.Stephen and Dewey Davis-ThompsonGregory Lee DawkinsMary Jane and Richard De AgueroRachelle M. De MoyaHeather and Benjamin DebrockeJennifer and Robert deFreeseJulie M. DekkerTamara and John del CharcoMarci DelaneyThomas J. DelaneyJohn T. DeleslineChristopher James DelgadoRajiv DemblaAndy DenkaMerle and Manuel DennisNancy and Daniel DennisonJeffrey W. DennyFranklin T. Depalma Jr.Nima B. DesaiRobin and David DevlinDerek E. DewanDavid Ryan DeWeeseAnudeep D. DharkarMelissa M. DiazMerrell T. DickeyKaren S. DiebelThair R. DieffenbachLaura and David DignamJoshua D. DillingerDenise R. DimbathJim DineNicole E. DionAngel J. Docobo M.D.Jodi A. DodgeTerri DolphChristopher D. DonaldsonTeri and Michael DonohueLisa Jardine and Jorge DopicoKatherine A. DorfMichael A. DorseyDr. David W. DortonKatherine A. DotsonDiana L. DoughtyDanita G. DowneyBruce C. DowningKaren L. DozierJudith C. DraculanJ. Kevin DrakeDorothy and John DrappRobert A. DresslerStephen G. DresslerDeborah J. Drewes

I became a Life Member because of the limitless opportunities to share my fond memories of USF with students and to build everlasting friendships with my fellow Alumni.

Ted Rivera III, `98 • Port Charlotte, FL



Life Member Honor RollMargaret V. DrizdTina Dry*Sara M. DuCuennoisChristopher F. DudleyKathleen and Dan DuerrCatherine M. DuffySiobhan M. DumasTroy T. DunmirePatricia A. DunnErnestine E. Dunn*Robert S. DurfeeDonald W. Durrance M.D.Patricia DuryPaula Ann DyeDaniel J. EaganMalissa Eagens-Rolph and Brian RolphKaren and John EagleJoshua Morgan EbnerMargaret B. EddingsCarol EdelsonMichael R. EdmondsonH. Marie EdmonsonEngr. Osato F. Edo-OsagieLynette H. EdwardsR. Deadra EdwardsPamela and Ronald EggerJacqueline Eisenhauer and Kathy BureshDiana C. EkonomouJoan E. EkstromBrenda ElarbeeMary ElfterKatherine M. ElkahlyDavid D. EllerElizabeth M. ElliottNathan EllisGlenn W. ElmbladRenata S. EngelPatricia and Gene EngleJames Alan EnglishCynthia G. Enlow M.D.Sandra K. EnochMary EricksonDebra and Kenneth EriksenDiane E. ErwinDonna and Ernest EstevezLisa and Charles EvansCarly EvansDr. Kenneth L. EvansMary C. EvansWalter R. EvertonRena and John EzzellJammie Anne FairclothChristine H. FanningLinda and John FantoneJoseph R. FaulkJason C. Faulkner

Karen FedyszynPhyllis L. FeeJamie D. FeheleyAdam F. FeinbergLawrence J. FergusonLea A. FernandezPatrice FernandezJoann A. FerraHenry J. FerraraMichael and Jennifer FerrazMary J. FiggAlejandro FigueroaMichael J. FimianiKarina B. FindlayFabio FioreNicholas J. FiorentinoJoseph E. FisherMargaret B. FisherPenelope S. FisherRose M. FisherSteven L. FisherMaura FlaschnerKurt J. FleckensteinDarin R. FlemingArthur FlemmingJeffrey C. FlemmingRodel Torio FloresJane and John FlynnMyrna and Gregory FlynnKathleen A. FlynnPaul FlynnDana and Larry FoersterElizabeth and Con FoleyLeonara Y. FolsomEdmund J. FoodyEdward FordKenneth R. FordScott A. FordSusan and Jose FornsMichael ForrettJamie A. FosterJennifer C. FowlerM. Elizabeth FowlerMargaret M. FowlerSara and Jeffrey FoxHarrison W. Fox Jr.Liana F. FoxSandra G. FoxworthCarol Ann FrancisKaren A. FrankDonald FrashierDebbie L. FratusLaura A. FratusRaymond M. FrazierEdward L. Fredere IIMichelle R. FrenchRick A. FrenchPeter Frenquelle

John C. Friend Jr.Caleb N. FritzSarah Elizabeth FryKristin and Arthur FuenteJ. William FulbrightLevota A. FullerWayne A. Fuller M.D.Carolyn FulmerCheryl S. FurrWilliam A. FutchMary H. FutrellErin and James GaddisChevette M. GadsonMichael B. GagliardoSteven M. GalbraithMariya GalchenkoCynthia and Peter GalietteTony R. GallinaJoseph V. Galluzzo

Jesse P. GambleDarren L. GambrellFreddie C. Garcia Jr.Ivan Ely GarciaJulian Garcia Jr.Patrick H. GarrettTimothy GarriganGary P. GarrisonSheila and Philip GartrellGlenn GarveyRobert A. GarvyKathleen P. GastonMelissa and Kendall GayGayle and Dennis GeaganLisa Gear-Smith and Robert SmithJoseph Jude GeckJane M. GedersHeather and Justin GeislerAllen J. GenaldiJudy Genshaft Ph.D. and Steven GreenbaumHelen Georgiev

Gary C. GerardKathryn L. GerardoTheresa GerkeJay D. Germano*Eric Andrew Gershman M.D.Sam M. GibbonsWilliam F. GibbsCarissa A. GiblinHarrington Albert Gibson Jr.Lea GibsonGerald P. GigliaJulie and Jeffrey GillespieNicole and Richard Gillespie IIIPaula and Gordon GilletteAudrey A. GilmoreJeffrey GilmoreRichard A. GilsonSeth Alan GissenShannon and Benjamin Gittleman

Jennifer and Mark GivensShale M. GladfelterBrett T. GlauserShawn J. GleasonElizabeth and Ross Gload Jr.Steven E. GoforthShelly J. Goforth-WhiteSusann GolbyAdam GoldbergSeth Goldberg M.D.Paul GoldenAlan Hugh GoldsmithMichele and Randy GolombJennifer and Shannon GonzalezArmando GonzalezHenry Gonzalez IIISteven GonzalezAndrea A. GonzmartRichard GonzmartDerek GoodJason P. GoodLarry T. Goodman


It is because of my educational experiences at USF that I have had such a great career and decided to become a Life Member. Every alumnus should give back so that those who come after us will have greater opportunities.

Emma Turner, `65 & M.A. `74 • Tampa, FL


Judy and Robert GordonAngela B. GorgeiJames Richard GossettGreg H. GotlingJane A. GradwellAllison D. GrahamDaniel Joseph GrahamTwila B. GrahamCathleen M. GramlingSarah Anne GranadosBeverley and John GrantSue E. GrassinMerit L. GreavesGil P. GredingerAndrew GreeleyBeth and Ivan GreenKristin and Bradley GreenAaron M. GreenAria R. GreenJason I. GreenEdith GreenBruce GreeneJennifer GreeneWilliam M. GreenleesCathy and John Greer Jr.Jennifer and Kenneth GriffinSarah and Steven GriffinMichael E. GriffinWard E. GriffinMary Clark and Richard Grimberg Jr.Kristen A. GrimesChad GrissomJ. Michael Groff Jr.The Honorable Raymond GrossMatthew G. GroszLaura A. GrowBarbara and John GuarinoDebbie and David GulaKathleen L. GulleyJennifer GunbergM. James GunbergChad E. GunterMark C. GurleaDr. Michael J. GurucharriDavid H. GutcherRobert F. GutierrezAmanda L. GuyIsrael GuzmanPamela and Michael HaberEileen and Andrew HaferCynthia J. HaffeyEugene N. HainesJody and Gregory Hall Jr.Kimberly L. HallRosalind J. HallRichard HallstrandGregory M. HamakerAndrea and Robert Hamel

Andy B. HamiltonDavid T. HamiltonFrancis E. HamiltonKenneth G. HamiltonSamuel R. HamiltonScott D. HamiltonMary J. HandMyung-Joo Lee HandelmanJames E. Haney IIStephanie and Jeffrey HannettSusan D. HanscheRodney A. HarlachBrett G. HarperDavid HarrellMary and Charles HarrisJack H. HarrisJeffery G. HarrisRodger Craig HarrisJanice and Ronald HartleyKaren and James HartsfieldSonya and James HarveyTamara L. HarveyJohn HarvillKanae HattaDianne P. HaunRichard B. HavensGarrett Griggs HawkJoseph B. HawkinsKenneth Dane HawthorneKatherine L. HayMiriam and Richard HeadleyRamona and Stanley HeathNisreena and Joseph HeglehMichael P. Heid M.D.Jeffrey E. HengelThomas J. HennessyHeidi and Martin HernandezAlberto A. HernandezSonia D. HernandezDanielle and Gregory HerrmannHenry HersheyChristopher S. HesterSteven D. HesterTiffany A. HickmanDavid H. HicksYuri J. HigginsJohn Augustine Hildebrand IIIStephanie A. HildrethJack L. Hill IIJanice B. HillRaymond P. HillLauren and Justin HimmelbergerJames and Julie HinckAndrew H. Hines*Daniel M. HinsonWilliam F. Hintz Jr.Brent Hirschy and William Piper Jr.Julie Hirst and Bret Hart

Richard A. HjerpeWayWay M. Hlaing Ph.D.Julius F. HobbsThomas J. HochadelRuth A. HochmanCarol A. HodgesSharon P. HodgesSharon and Edward HoeppnerHeather HolbrookRandall R. HolcombJack E. HollandJeannie L. HollidayErnest F. HollingsRobin L. HollinsCasie L. HollowayJohn HollowayLoretta and Michael HoltkampSkip and Jennifer HoltzLisa and Anton HopenMae Alice HopkinsPolly and James Horne Jr.Frank HorrellGary T. HoughtalinJohnny W. HowardWanda F. HowardCelia and Joseph HoweJaclynn and John HowellJohn T. HowellMarjorie P. Howell-QuarteyMichael L. HowsareAlison and Jason HubbardBarbara and Craig HubbardAndrew G. HugginsJames E. HughJeffery HughesJoy McVey HugickCatherine and Richard HuguesJonathan E. HullScott M. HumanekJill C. HumeMarie P. HunniecuttZenaida and Randall Hunter Jr.Shirley and Deron HurleyJane HussarMarc S. HutekKristina L. HuttoGuillermo E. InchaustiDaniel A. IntriagoPamela Iorio and Mark WoodardAnna and Paul IppolitoShirley A. JacksonCynthia Stumetz JacobsWayne H. JacobusCheryl E. JaegerAnthony R. JamesTina JamesJanet A. Jameson-SzolosiThomas Janer

Jill and Manley JaquissAngela K. JarvieKristin E. JayDr. Bonnie Leigh JefferisDonna Jellison and Craig DyeMary Ann and Ronald JenksRichard Fenwick JennetteBarbara Ann Dickinson JensenJoan JernstromChrista L. JeromeJonathan Jackson Jett-ParmerRoy E. JewellBeverly and Timothy JewesakJames A. JimenezMartha JohnsonKerry A. JohnsonPaul Esrom Johnson IIIRobert G. JohnsonStephanie H. JohnsonSteven K. JohnsonSusan G. JohnsonThomas JohnsonConnie A. Johnson-GearhartLindsy and Stephen Johnston IIJennifer Joiner and Nicole WhitakerTeresa L. JoinerSarah J. JollyDeborah JonesPatricia and Arthur Jones Jr.Ethel and John JonesJeffery E. JonesShari JonesTimothy William JonesMary Jones-FreisCheryl and Steven JordanJames E. JordanJames W. JordanKimberly J. JordanBradley M. Joseph*Jill E. JoyceBrooke C. JuanBarbara and Frank JulianMarc A. JumpRodrigo Jurado Jr.The Honorable Charles R. JusticeJohn R. KaddisHans-Christian KahlertRebecca S. KaiserRobert O. KalbachJacqueline and William KalbasJennifer and Allan KalikGinger L. KalinskiBruce I. KamelhairJohn KamenarJoshua KarrenNatalie E. KaseyKevin A. KasubinskiBonnie B. Kearns



Life Member Honor RollConrad T. KearnsSharon KeeferConnie A. Keehn M.D.Brian P. KeenanDana B. KeenanRuth C. KegelKendra and Michael KellerKevin KellerJennifer KellyKristine Elyse KellyBradley J. KendellBrenda and Joseph KennyJulie and David KeyKaycie and Jeremy KiblerHao Chi KienCarlton E. KilpatrickRobert J. KincartJennifer and Kristofer KirchenTricia and Scott KirchnerLashonda N. KirklandLisa KirschtenLorie KittendorfTassey and Jerre KittleRegina L. KizerChristopher Johannes KluisThomas A. KnausCheryl J. KobresChristopher R. KoehlerDianne R. KoenigDouglas D. KonselmanGlenda and Jason KoshyMelanie KouroupisJakub M. KowalczykKenneth C. KralickStacey and Kevin KrauseRose and Clayton KreisBrian KrennAlicia KrukoskiTahlman Krumm Jr.Elizabeth Krystyn-Fueyo and Enrique FueyoAnthony KuntzLeena and Sanjay KurianRonald J. KurzGail Fugate LaCourErin M. LaipplyNancy and John LakeArchbishop LakovosGeorgia Laliotis and Charles KaneBrian D. LambMary E. LandsbergerMelanie J. LangstonMichael R. LangstonJames P. LanierSamuel LanzaPamela and Michael LaPanKimberly and Wayne LaporteRichard Larsen

Donna and John LarsonEric V. Larson Ph.D.Thomas W. Latto IIIRhea F. LawPatrick W. LawlorDeborah and Neil LaytonRonald A. LazoVictor P. LeavengoodPhilip L. LecceardoneJames W. Lee*David L. LeeverPaula J. LeftwichAurelia G. LeinartasAnnabel and Earl LennardHernan LeonLeticia G. LeppertKim and John Lersch IIIRobert LeslieLauren Leslie-HynanKenneth J. LettreRobin LevinWilliam J. LevyAmy and John LewisLisa and Michael LewisDonald W. LewisJoseph and Linda LewkowiczWillard F. LibbyAnn M. LiguoriAnn R. Lindell SheppardGregory S. LindenJohn J. LindseyCindy R. LineberryWilliam LittonSteven T. LivingstonBette A. LoBueSuzanne and Joseph LomascoloLynda K. LongWard G. Longbottom M.D.Donna Lee LonghouseDenise LoosSandra Lopez and Angela LopezMelissa LopezYvette LopezDenise and George LortonTiphaine J. Louradour-HwangAnn L. LovittRichard H. LowSteven D. LoweJennifer and Travis LoxtonVictor W. LucasDeborah and Carleton Lum IIIKyle K. LundquistSteven V. LyonsJessica Jo Lyublanovits and Scott LeyJoseph J. MacDougald IIKatrina MacGregorNathan Earl Macht

Frederick J. MackFrederick J. Mack Jr.James T. MacKayIan A. MacKechnie Jr.Cecil MackeyGlenn E. MacleanJune and Mark MaganFrank and Lora MaggioJames P. MagillRichard S. MagillMichael L. MagruderRashed MahmudSarah E. MajirskyJoseph A. MalecJennifer R. MalinRobert F. MallettA. K. Bobby MallikTimi D. MaloneyAllison and Jason MaloufTanya and John ManningMichael R. ManningElizabeth Manzano-Boulton and Steven BoultonHenry M. MarcetJorge E. Marcet M.D.Robert Lavern Margeson Jr.Cherryl L. MarlanRobert C. MarshallWilliam G. Marshall Jr.Catherine and Stephen MartinJohn W. MartinLara S. MartinSusan MartinWilliam B. MartinMary and Dushan MartinasekKevin J. MartinezAileen O. MartinoJoann S. MartinoPaul C. Marton M.D.*Donna and William MasiRandall C. MasonDiana and Michael MassiminiLacey and Nicholas MastoridesDerek MateosShelby MathiasRuben A. MatosLinda V. MattosJon C. MauroJohn MauthnerRobert B. MautzRenee and George MavrosThomas MawhinneyDavid and Debbie MayRussell S. MaynardJames B. Mayo Jr.Andrew J. Mayts Jr.Roy A. MazurMichelle M. Mazuros

Steven MazzaBrian P. McAllisterDialne and David McCallKimberly A. McCartinAnne and William McCauslandPatricia and Richard McConnellShamus A. McConomyStephen M. McCormackCarol McCoyCarson E. McCoyKimberly A. McDonaldDayla J. McElroyCatherine McEwenKathryn and Murray McGarryChristine and John McGeeKathryn P. McGeeJack McGriffJennifer McHerron and Andrea BazzigaluppiDr. Levi McIntyreRobert W. McKeeDavid and Jodi McKeithanCleveland C. McKenzieJoseph McKenzie Jr.William McKownScott R. McLamEric E. McLendonTimothy and Sara McMurryKerry E. McNabLarry E. McNabbHeidi McNaneyKarl Augustus McNishMargo McVickerLisa C. MeadCraig W. MeadowsBrian E. MeatonPeter B. MedawarChristina S. MedberyFrancis C. MeddletonHarold V. MederoMarlyn and Robert MeeksWilda Q. MeierH. Frank Meiners Jr.Jerry Wayne MeinhardtJenny MeiroseMario Eric MendolaElizabeth M. MenendezSandra G. MenkeMary C. MercerSandra E. Mercer-LynchBrigid and Jason MerendaDavid A. MerenessAuberde MerilanLynne E. Merriam M.D.Ashley M. MerrillRobert E. MessingerWalter and Lauren MetcalfMichael J. Metcalf



Greg MetcalfeAlisha and Corey MeyerOtto and Kirsten MeyerFred A. MeyerJudith MeyerRudolph MichaudDiana L. MichelSteve MicheliniBernard H. MiddendorfKaren and David MillerCynthia A. MillerJames Phillip MillerLeonard E. MillerLesley J. Miller Jr.Nancy S. Miller M.D.Edward MillsAndrea and Jack MilradLynnis J. MinceyAnthony P. MinervaElena MinicucciLaura and Andrew MintzerManlio MirielJoanne and James MittenzweiCheryl A. MixsonNancy H. MizrahiH. Lee MoffittDeborah and Joel MombergKaren Lynn MonsenApril R. MonteithMichelle D. MonteleonTracy A. MontgomeryJessica and Richard MooreShirley and James MooreBrenda A. MooreDee Dee MooreJason MooreJo Ann MooreMichael John MoorePaul A. MooreLeslie and Curtis MoreauLori and Jorge MorejonDonna and Joseph MorettiElise MorganRussell G. MorganLynne M. MorneaultLilian M. MorrisPaul MorrisonSteven T. MorrisonFrank L. MorsaniLinda and Edward MortellaroStephanie D. MortonPatricia A. MosleyLuis L. MossOlin L. MottVictor L. MottoNakhle MoubarakPamela L. MoultonCharles B. Mudd Jr.

Henry J. Mueller IIIRoberta and Robert Muir*Sisy and Sudip MukerjeeRaymond L. MulhollandKym H. MullinsPamela and Leslie MumaErin Mumbulo and Robert CarpenterBrian F. MummeGilbert Jesus MunozDavid S. MurdockDonald J. Murphy IIMichael G. MurphySean MurphyLawrence J. Murphy*Susan and Stephen MurrayRaymond MurrayCasey and Stephanie MuseAdrian J. Musial Jr.

La Veda L. MyersMarlo M. MyersWilliam Alfred MyetteMichael T. MyselsFernando Vincent NarvaezMark D. NashMichael A. NashJames P. NaultTerry F. NealySamuel R. NeelMerrie B. NeelyTara B. NelanTia and William NelsonThomas Finn NelsonCatherine L. Nelson-MurphyDiane and Timothy NettlesEric C. NeumanLyris and Eric NewmanWilliam J. NeylanSamuel J. NirenbergAmol A. NirgudkarJohn NixonTonya M. Nixon

Mark W. NonnenbergMichele and Randy NorrisJack NorrisAlyson I. NouneMichael S. NovillaVarrick S. NunezCasanova Z. NurseDianne and Timothy O’BrienKimberly and Shawn O’BrienJennifer and Kenneth O’ConnorWilliam R. O’ConnorCatherine E. O’Connor*Jennifer L. O’Flannery AndersonToshiaki OgasawaraLeslie OgdenThomas C. O’HoroMary E. OjedaDr. Elizabeth Y. Okogbaa

Dr. Timothy O. OladokunThomas J. O’LenicHolly Morris and Jason OliveroChristine and Ronald OlneyStephanie and Kent OlsenSteven P. OlsenMartha and Donald OnealTommy E. O’NealWilliam OramHeidi and Alex OrosChina R. OrrJudy K. OrtonVincent E. OsborneRobert O. OsburnMarc D. OstroffColleen O’SullivanMaria J. OttoMatthew D. OttoJudith and John OuelletteElizabeth and Michael OverstreetAdrian E. OwensGeorge Brunyee Oxx Jr.Robert C. Pacenta

Girija PadmanabhKenneth J. Page IILeon D. PaigeLuanne J. PanacekKathleen and Arthur PanovPaul D. PareGeorge ParkerJohn D. ParkerMatthew M. ParkerStephen M. ParkerSamantha A. Parker-HopkinsLeslie C. ParkinsAmy J. ParrySurendra B. ParvataneniDr. Kiran PatelJanice and Scott PatonMary and Leland PatouilletL. J. PatouilletJohn R. PatrickDoreen and Michael PattersonEugene C. PattersonStephen M. PauleyScott E. Pautler M.D.Carla Jean PawichDennis A. PayneLynn P. PayneCarol and Carlos PazosDaniel PeacheeJohn PearceDarryl PearsonMichele and Vincent PedullaNathan S. Pendleton IVTaylor and Eric PenvoseJames Michael PeppersKimberly K. Perez SchneiderWilliam J. PernaWilliam G. PerretKaren S. PetersTheresa and Wayne PetersonJames C. PetersonNatalie M. PetersonNorman A. PetersonTrudy U. PettiboneSandra L. PettitRobert B. PettyjohnAda and Phillip PfotenhauerShawna L. PhelpsRudy William PhilippusAmanda and Wayne PhillipsRichard Carl PhillipsRobert M. PhillipsSharon E. PhillipsGretchen Adent PicotteScott A. PierceSanel and Frantz PierreDana D. PiggSmitha PillaiGreg I. Pine

“Life Membership with the USF Alumni Association is a lifeline to both my past and future. College connections are remade as though time had stood still. Future bonds are forged with like-minded professionals who bleed green

and gold just like me.

Audrey Hirst, `89 & M.S. `94 • Tampa, FL



Life Member Honor RollCarol and Julian PiperScott L. PiperMary E. PippinSteven J. PlaistedKristen Plastino-Arnold and Hays Arnold IIIThomas Edward PlesichJohn W. PletcherMichelle W. PlotkaKenneth W. PlunkittGary Alan Poe Sr.Nicole and Patrick PoffRonald W. PoindexterMargaret S. PolingLesly PompyNancy and Scott PopickSue Ann PorterEdith PotterTerry W. PotterJoseph L. PowellMary Lou PowellPenelope A. PowellMary Lou and Eugene Powell*Helen S. PowersWalter M. PratherVictor Matthew Prebor IIIKristen and Christopher PrenticeSusan B. PrestridgeRoss D. PrevilleAntony Aldo ProKathleen M. ProssickBrian J. PruettNicolas Psomiadis M.D.Teresa PuckettAmanda and Carlos PuentesRichard B. PylantErika L. PynerStanley Carl Raab Jr.Mary and Jack RaderLaurie and James RagsdaleNaida and John RamilJennifer A. RamilMargaret An RangelWilliam J. RaspberryErik S. RauchJonathan D. RauschDaniel B. RavicherChitra RavindraTeresa and James Rawe Jr.John RawnsleyRichard RaymondMartha and Timothy ReaGregory A. ReadRobert S. ReadScott W. ReadingRonald P. Reagan Sr.Scott A. RebaneCurtis L. Reece

Judith and Charles ReeseJohn RegarErin M. ReichRichard Gerhard Reichle Jr.*Carol Clay ReidRonald R. ReinhartMartina and Alexander ReissJennifer H. RendahlJan J. ReschKaren and Robert ReubenSueanne ReynoldsSarah Lind RibeiroFrederick R. RichLynn and Robert RichardMatthew R. RichardsonDebra and Joseph RichichiCherice N. Ridgeway

Gwendolyn H. RidleyArthur A. RingnessElizabeth and Robert RischOscar M. RivasPedro J. Rivera Esq.Teodoro Rivera IIIAndrew D. RiviearsWilliam J. RizzettaJonathan J. RobertsRichard A. RobertsBonnie A. RobertsonLeslie C. RobinsAdam RobinsonBurke P. RobinsonDean S. RobinsonHarold A. RobinsonReginald G. RobinsonShaun Charles RobinsonYvette and Sonny RobitailleRaymond R. RochaOliver R. RodriguesDeborah and Roger RodriguezEileen Rodriguez and Steven Camp

Delma RodriguezJerard E. RodriguezMary S. RodriguezWilliam Christopher RoeseGamwell A. Rogers M.D.Ruth and James RoggeGini and Quinton RollinsJames M. RoneyR. Chandler RootJames P. RosboltMichael A. RosenEllen F. RosenblumRichard RosengrenJudith O. RosenkranzJames A. RosenquistKimberly A. RossJeffrey Stuart Rothenberg

Carl T. RowanDr. David W. Rowe IIMarcella E. RuaNancy F. RubinJodee L. RuckerMichael J. RuddDouglas W. RudigErma G. Ruffkess*Richard G. RumrellAnne and Anthony RunionCasey and Jason RunklesSolveig and Cory RuppelJanice and Michael RushBradley B. RushJames B. RushDr. Charles E. Russell Jr.Dr. John H. RussellJennifer E. RussellJohn F. RuzicChristina and Patrick RyanMaryann K. RyanGlenn E. RybackiAustin F. RyderCarla J. Saavedra

Renan SaavedraMia SadlerElizabeth and Michael SaineWesley F. SainzPhillip SaladinoNicole D. SalazarMagda and Mohamad SalehRobert SaliccoNeetha and Nitin SallapudiJennifer R. SalmonGregory A. SalyerDana and Kenneth SanchezTonya and Anthony SanchezBetty L. SanchezKarina L. SandersonShomari L. SanfordHenry R. SantosDarren T. SapasheLouis SarbeckDavid Allen SarichEileen A. SarrisJeannette SasmorJolyon J. SasseJoshua D. SaundersRebecca and Neal SayersMichael T. SchaeferKelley R. SchaefferFred ScheigertWilliam D. Scheirer Jr.Lauren G. SchellmanAlfred N. SchiffRobert D. SchlechtyPhilip P. SchlossnagleKenneth C. SchlugarNancy F. SchmidtNancy M. SchneidDennis J. SchnurWolfgang SchollJames and Renee SchreckLaurie P. SchroederScott SchulloVirginia and George SchultzLisa J. SchultzeLinda L. SchwartzkopfSamuel E. ScolaroDaniel ScottShannon L. SealTherese C. SealJean Ashby SeawellLaura and Lance SebergRobert SechenKenneth J. SeibertSuzanne Marie SeidlScott E. SeigelPamela Seigrist AndersenAda M. SeltzerRobert E. SentonW. Douglas Sessions Jr.


I enjoy representing the Alumni Association in Dallas and connecting with other USF grads. This helps to positively promote our alma mater in North Texas.

Kenneth J. Lettre, `81 • Dallas, TX


Richard H. SessumsT. Terrell Sessums*Rajani and Vipul ShahNirav P. ShahCharles M. ShanbergDeborah and Timothy ShannonDebra J. ShannonPatrick O’Farrell SheaNancy and John ShearerKaren and James SheffieldCraig E. SheftellDavid B. SheplerBarry William SheppardLeo SheridanAlbert C. Sherman IIRon ShermanDonald SherwoodJoseph M. ShieldPatricia J. Shiflett Ph.D.Mandell ShimbergDong Y. ShinStephen Douglas ShipmanPerry H. SholesGail A. SidemanMichael SierraJoy and Frederick SikorskiDale P. SilerJane F. SilingDr. Kennedy SimmondsCarol and Earl SimmonsBrenda E. SimmonsCheryll SimmonsLinda O. SimmonsWilliam G. SimmonsBarry James SimonsVicki and Michael SimpsonPaige F. SimpsonLori and Kelly SimsShalonda M. SimsNathan P. SindelSharmatie B. SinghLizabeth A. Sismilich*Walter C. SkirvenBarbara Fincher and Stephen SkrzypkowiakDeborah and Neal SmalbachThomas SmerzJessica and Marshall SmithBarry S. SmithCara A. SmithCelinda L. SmithDaryn G. SmithDevern E. SmithDonald A. SmithEdward B. SmithEdward F. SmithGilbert A. SmithHerman Munroe Smith Jr.

James P. SmithLeslie H. SmithSam D. SmithStephen W. SmithWilliam R. Smith Jr.L. Lisa SmithsonKenneth M. SneadRichard M. SnyderSandra and Michael SobzackStephen SodheimNicole M. SolanaJulie and James SomersJoseph D. SonnenbergDouglas S. SonoskyVicky and Peter SorensenLois A. SorensenDavid SoyerLisa Spagnoulo-Oklu and Jay OkluBarbara J. SpahrSara and Jeffrey SpaldingBarbara Sparks-McGlinchyRyan SpellinsHomer A. SpencerJames G. SpencerStephen A. Spencer M.D.Carol Minshew-Speyerer and David SpeyererTonald E. SpinksLynne and Michael SprengerAngela Lyn Spurlin-HorwitzPatricia R. SpychalaKristina StadtherrLydia G. StageShawn M. StambaughBrett E. Stanaland M.D.Susan B. StantonSherri and Charles StargelSean A StaroweskyEllen C. StavrosGus A. StavrosVicki L. StecherBarbara K. SteeleJacqueline L. SteeleLorinda and Craig SteinLeslie Reicin SteinAlan H. SteinbergMichael S. SteinerArnold SteinhardtRandy J. SteppElliott W. SternJamie and Patrick StevensBrian P. StevensDeborah H. StevensonMichael R. StewartStephanie J. StilesDarrell E. StingerGeorge Michael StoneMarybeth and Craig Storts

Jane A. StovallMarsha-Ann M. StrandGeorge StrawbridgeWilliam H. StreatorJennifer L. StrykowskiPaula S. StuartBrian H. StuckerDiane and Alan StullCharles J. StyerNatalie D. SuarezFrederick C. SumnerRandall M. SumnerWilliam R. SunterCatherine M. SuttleRoy SweatmanShannon SweatmanColleen and Thayne Swenson IIIGennie and Michael SwensonRonnie SwopesG. Michael SworJuliana G. SzakacsShelly K. TabarDeborah and Peter TagliariniTom A. TagliariniDr. Paul J. TalbotDeborah J. TamargoThomas N. TamburroRony TanisScott M. TappanLance E. TaylorMerrily E. TaylorRobert L. TaylorTracy S. TaylorVon G. Taylor IIIDavid TeagueJoseph P. TeagueGene H. TempleRobert L. TennantZenjiro TerasakiSherry T. TerpeningStella F. ThayerCharles ThomasDenise H. ThomasJohn C. ThomasSophie and Michael ThompsonChristopher D. ThompsonGracie L. ThompsonLora Thompson Ph.D.Robert S. ThompsonThomia E. ThompsonMark D. TighePatricia A. TobinRichard M. ToddCynthia and Andrew ToledoJanet TolsonJoseph M. TomainoSherrill M. TomasinoCindy and Larry Tonjes

Denise TooleNancy M. TooleDavid and Mary Ann TouchtonCharles H. TownesScott K. TozianVeronica and Karl TramerTodd S. TraubNoreen TravisMichael TreeDr. Laurier J. Tremblay Jr.Johnnie H. TrevenaJerry E. Trimble M.D.Mary TrimbleJustin M. TrollerGary TrombleySusan and Richard TronPatricia and Kenneth TuckerRobert G. Turner Jr.Spencer TurnerDexter G. TurnquestKathryn K. TushausChristopher L. UglesLawrence Will Ulvila Jr.Keith A. UmbaughAnthony J. UmholtzWendell M. UnderwoodCarolyn L. UndorfJamiel VadellJames A. ValdesJessica and Dennis ValentiJose E. ValienteDr. Monique Dibbs-Vallee M.D. and Dr. John Vallee M.D.William J. Van Houten Jr.Cynthia and Russell VarneyPia VasconiWayne VaseyTimothy and Victoria VaughanThomas A. Veit Jr.Christopher VermillionJames E. VermillionJean and Gregory VestriJohn J. VictoravichDeborah M. VincentClyde Anthony VinsonChristopher Viscusi*Cynthia and Luis VisotJeanne VivianiJill VoorhisKimberly E. VoteryJennifer L. VozneMark VrahotesCarri A. WackerCharles R. WagnerJeff J. WagnerJodi L. Wagner-ZallisAlbert M. WaksmanGinger E. Wald



In the Bull’s Eye

Life Member Honor RollSelinda B. WaldenHeather A. WaldersMatthew J. WaldronKaren and Donald WalkerRenee and Benjamin WalkerLawrence and Sharlene WallGeorge M. WallJames Kipp Wall Jr.Judy and Lew WallaceMatthew L. WallaceAmy P. WalshJeffrey D. WalterDiane and David Wandel Jr.Clara WansleyBruce L. WardKatrina K. WardSuzanne M. WardIan WareElizabeth A. WasdinEvelyn P. WatkinsSherry R. WatkinsCharles P. WatsonCarol D. WeberJim WeberJody B. WeberSharon and Theodore WeeksDavid C. WeeksKathryn A. WeeseH. Monty Weigel

Stephen J. WeihmanLink V. WelbornJohn and Kimberly WellsR. James WelzMark P. WentleyDeborah L. WernerDenny WernerJacqueline and Helen WertelMary and M. Brent WertzJames C. WestAngela M. WestbrookDouglas P. WetherillJacqueline G. WexlerJeanne M. WhalenJanet F. WheelerElizabeth and Alexander White M.D.Andrew S. WhiteGary L. WhiteHarold J. WhiteKenneth L. WhiteSamantha B. WhiteJohn Nathaniel Whitehead IIICheryl and Thomas Whiteman Jr.Betsy R. White-StewartTheodore W. Whitford Jr.Judy Whitman and David SawickiAlbert WiesbauerHelena and Derek WilliamsAmber J. Williams

Belynda E. WilliamsCalvin WilliamsElizabeth and Kenneth WilliamsJason WilliamsLee WilliamsCarl V. WilliamsonTammy and Christopher WillmanKarla H. WillmanAdriana and Michael WilseyJanet and Todd WilsonJennifer WilsonStuart WinogradKurt D. WinslowDon E. Winstead Jr.Michael K. WisniewskiRichard WittcoffDavid M. WitteNicole E. WittlinSusan A. Wittpenn*Debra L. WohlersDenery and Philip WolfJerry A. WolfeEdgar WolframChristi R. Womack-VillalobosJanet M. WoodTonya E. WoodKimberly and Keven WoodardKatherine A. WoodsPhillip Goley Wooley

Rea and John WrightEric N. YatesShelley A. Yingst-SmithgallYolanda and Russ YoderCynthia Gurey and Mark YonchakMarion T. YonguePatricia and Frederick YonteckRichard D. YostBill YoungRobert B. ZeitlinJessica and David Zeller Jr.Jeffrey E. ZientaraJason ZimmermanLee ZimmermanDina Zumbahlen

*Denotes an additional gift to the Alumni Endowment or Executive Director’s Fund for Excellence.

Fully paid Life Members through December 31, 2011.

We have made every attempt to ensure the accuracy of the donor list; however, please accept our sincere apologies for any omission or errors.

Rhea Law, ̀ 77, USLFG President USF Trustee Rhea

Law added another

accolade to her impressive list of accomplishments in February when she was named president of the United States Law Firm Group (USLFG), a network of independent law firms with more than 6,000 lawyers operating globally. Law is CEO and chair of the board of Fowler White Boggs, a 70-year-old law firm with more than 130 attorney’s and five offices throughout Florida. In addition to serving on the USF Board of Trustees, as a director and past chair, Law also has served as chair for numerous community organizations, including the Command Advisory

Council for the 6th Air Mobility Wing at MacDill Air Force Base, the Tampa Bay Partnership, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce and the Committee of 100, among others. She was the recipient of the 2010 University of South Florida President’s Fellow Medallion and has been selected as one of Tampa Bay’s 100 Most Influential Business Leaders, inducted into the Business Hall of Fame for Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, and was named to the Florida Legal Elite Hall of Fame. As president of the USLFG, Law will preside over the twice-

annual meeting of trustees as they consider law firm management and operational matters and coordinate client services.


Rhea Law, ̀ 77, USLFG President

By Carter Gaddis

Former Bulls quarterback Matt Grothe thrilled USF football fans for three-plus seasons with his uncanny ability to stop on a dime

in the face of a pass rush, reverse his course with a 180-degree spin, find a receiver downfield and let fly with a pin-point pass for a big gain. Or, if no receiver was open, Grothe would tuck the ball and take off, dodging through defenders as if they were orange traffic cones. Now, Grothe believes his elusiveness is an asset as he attempts to solidify his career in the Arena Football League with the team down the street, the Tampa Bay Storm. “There are plenty of times when the play you draw up on paper doesn’t work out that way, and with only three linemen coming at you, you can get outside and be an athlete and make a play,” said Grothe, who entered his second season with the Storm this spring competing for the starting job at quarterback. “What I love about [Arena football] is that it is not ever slow-paced.” Grothe is one of nearly two dozen former Bulls who have made the transition from traditional 11-player college football to the eight-player human pinball game known as Arena

football. The first prominent former Bulls player to make a mark in the Arena game was receiver and Tampa native Cliff Dell, a member of USF’s inaugural team in 1997 who spent nine seasons (2000-2008) with the Orlando Predators, Tampa Bay Storm and Philadelphia Soul. In addition to Grothe, the current generation of former Bulls making a mark in Arena football includes a pair of receivers, Huey Whittaker and Amarri Jackson. In 2011 for Tampa Bay, Whittaker and Jackson formed one of the Arena game’s most prominent receiving tandems, combining for 250 receptions with 3,024 yards and 63 touchdowns.Whittaker moved on to the San Jose SaberCats in 2012, but Jackson will attempt to build on his impressive rookie season in the same city where he played the college game. “We still see a lot of fans [at Storm games in the Tampa Bay Times Forum] who cheer for myself and Matt Grothe,” said Jackson, a Sarasota native. “I do think that’s an upside to playing in Tampa.” The Storm also began this season with two other Bulls on the team’s reserve list, fullback/linebacker Terrance Royal and offensive lineman Jamar Bass. A fifth former Bull, defensive lineman Jarriett Buie, was invited to training camp after

USF Bulls in Arena FootballMatt Grothe, `09, drops back to throw a pass during a Tampa Bay Storm game.

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tying the Storm’s single-game record with 4½ sacks against the Orlando Predators in June 2011.As in the 11-man game, quarterback is the position of focus in the Arena game. Grothe, whose career with USF came to an untimely end with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee during the third game of his senior year, is embracing the chance to perform in front of many of the same fans who saw him dominate the BIG EAST just a few years ago. But always at the back of his mind is a dream common to nearly every player in Arena football: A chance to play in the NFL. “Anybody who has loved to play football ever since they were a little kid dreams of the NFL,” Grothe said. “But I’m a glass half-filled guy. I’m here in Tampa now. If there ever comes a time when I get a shot [in the NFL], I’ll run with it. But I’m happy to be here now and look forward to a long and rewarding Arena football career.”

Former USF Bulls with Arena Football ties:

OS RJ Anderson (2001-03; Houston, Carolina)DL Jarriett Buie (2011; Tampa Bay)OL/DL Richard Clebert (2010-current; Spokane, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, Orlando)FB Clenton Crossley (2007; Tampa Bay)DS Glenn Davis (2003-04; Orlando, Carolina)WR Cliff Dell (2000-08; Orlando, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia)OL Marc Dile (2012; Orlando)QB Glen Gauntt (2003-10; Carolina, Dallas, Georgia, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Orlando)K Bill Gramatica (2006-07; Tampa Bay)QB Grant Gregory (2011; Tampa Bay)QB Matt Grothe (2011-present; Tampa Bay)DL Aaron Harris (2012; Pittsburgh)WR Amarri Jackson (2011-present; Tampa Bay)OL Kenyatta Jones (2008; Tampa Bay)WR Taurus Johnson (2012; San Jose)LB Craig Kobel (2006, 2008; Utah, Philadelphia)OL/DL John Miller (2007; Orlando)FB/LB Terrance Royal (2010-present; Tampa Bay)WR DeAndrew Rubin (2006-2011; Orlando, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Dallas)OL/DL John Simmons (2010; Iowa)OL/DL Joe Sipp (2002; Orlando)WR Huey Whittaker (2006-present; Tampa Bay,

Jarriett Buie, `11, makes a tackle during a Tampa Bay Storm game.

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calendar your membership in action

April 21 Bulls Around the World Gala, 6 p.m., Traditions Hall, Gibbons Alumni Center, USF Tampa campus. Visit http://USFalumni.org/bullpride for details or call (813) 974-2100 for information.

30 Distinguished Alumni Awards Nomination Deadline, 5 p.m. Visit http://USFalumni.org/alumniawards for eligibility information and a nomination form. Contact Jenny Cater at [email protected] for more details.

May 3 College of Business Alumni Cinco de Mayo Networking, 6 p.m., Tampa Club, 101 E. Kennedy Blvd. Suite 4200. Visit www.USFalumni.org/coba for details and to RSVP.

11 Life Member Party at the USF vs. Connecticut Baseball Game, 6 p.m., USF Baseball Stadium, USF Tampa campus. Life Members will be emailed with information on how to RSVP.

11 National Public Gardens Day, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., USF Botanical Gardens, USF Tampa campus. Free. Visit http://www.cas.usf.edu/garden for details.

June 1 Moonlight Canoeing, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., USF Riverfront Park boathouse, $5 per person. Call 813-974-9395 to sign up or contact Cathy Steadman at [email protected] for details.

11 USF Pre-College Summer Programs for High School Students. Visit http://uc.usf.edu/precollege for details.

16 USF Alumni Association Annual Board of Directors Meeting, 1:30 p.m., Marshall Student Center, USF Tampa campus. Contact Jenny Cater at [email protected] or 813-974-9127 for details.

Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com for Athletics schedules.

Visit www.arts.usf.edu for the arts events calendar.

Details are subject to change. Please visit www.USFalumni.org for the latest information.

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