OCTOBER-2008

a publication by & for usf alumni association members

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FEATURES 10 18

18 A Need for Speed Weekdays, David Scigliuto, a Class of `83 Philosophy grad, is a white-collar wealth manager. But on the weekends, he has a need for speed and the trophies to prove it.

21 We Got Spirit, Yes We Do! Some of us more than others. We’ll show you fans who wear their Bull Pride on their skin and on their ride. 21 28 Plus, everything you need to know about SuperBull XII – Homecoming 2008!

28 USF MBA & AAA CEO If you’ve ever used AAA Auto Club South’s roadside assistance, travel service or insurance, CEO Tom O’Brien, Class of `68 & MBA `05, says “Thanks for your business.”

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GO BULLS!

DEPARTMENTS

2 President’s Message 12 Chapters & Societies 3 USF Spotlight 26 Blast from the Past 4 Letters to the Editor 27 That was Then; This is Now 4 Where’s Rocky? 30 Class Notes 7 News Roundup 36 Athletics 9 Member Benefit 37 Calendar 10 Q&A Homecoming 2008

OCTOBER 2008 | ALUMNIVOICE 1 Alumni Voice USF Alumni Association Gibbons Alumni Center University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue, ALC100 message Tampa, Florida 33620 president’s [email protected] USFalumni.org Alumni Voice magazine is published four times a year in January, April, July and October by and for members of the USF Alumni Association. A $40 Hello Fellow Alumni, membership fee includes Alumni Voice magazine as a member benefit. Homecoming is a tradition built for us. It’s a great opportunity for Alumni Voice Editorial us to reconnect with old friends and our alma mater. If you haven’t Karla Jackson, had the pleasure of visiting the Tampa campus in a while, you have [email protected] or much to see. There’s progress and pride everywhere you turn. Be Rita Kroeber, [email protected] sure to visit the new 300,000-square-foot Marshall Center. It’s a Advertising: Jim Gundry, showcase student union unlike anything you’ve seen before. [email protected] or 813-286-8299; Rita Kroeber, [email protected] or 813-974-6312 More important than infrastructure and size is the growing na- Design: Marilyn Stephens, University tional recognition of USF. Go to any city in the U.S. wearing a USF shirt or logo, and Communications & Marketing someone will surely flash you the “Go Bulls!” horns. This visibility comes from the Contributing Writers in this Issue: national prominence of our athletic teams, our academic research, our students and • Mia Faucher faculty and – most importantly – from you, the USF alumni members. If you read the • Kathy L. Greenberg Class Notes section at the end of this magazine, you’ll see how USF alumni are excelling • Jeffrey Jones in so many professions. And you are a member of this special community. • Dan Millott

Alumni Association Contact Information If you’ve been away for a while, I encourage you to use Homecoming as a means to re- Executive Director: John Harper, `76 connect with the University. Plan now to come back to campus on Oct. 17 and visit the Membership: 813-974-2100 or Alumni Center – the lawn in front is the best spot to watch the Homecoming Parade. 800-299-BULL Your kids will love it! On game day, be sure to attend the Bulls Roast Tailgate Party that Alumni & Student Programs: 813-974-2100 starts three hours prior to kickoff at Raymond James Stadium, then stay to watch the General Alumni e-mail: Bulls squeeze the Syracuse Orange. Bulls Roast sold out last year – don’t wait to get your [email protected] tickets. Visit USFalumni.org. Giving/Scholarships: Ron Sherman, [email protected] The Alumni Association’s mission is to “Connect Alumni, Support Students and USF Bulls License Plate: Strengthen USF.” Our programs, events and communications are designed to help you BullsPlate.org stay current and build pride and loyalty to USF. We appreciate all of your support and Alumni Association website: USFalumni.org involvement. If you want more information on how you can help build our legacy, please visit USFalumni.org or call 813-974-2100 or Letters to the editor are encouraged. 800-299-BULL (2855). Please write to Karla Jackson at [email protected] or mail to the GO BULLS! address at the top of the page. Views expressed in Alumni Voice do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the USF Alumni Association, the University Michele Norris, `79 of South Florida or the editorial staff. New Address? Moving? Update your official USF alumni record at myUSFbio.org or e-mail your infor- mation to [email protected]. You also may remove the magazine label and send it with your correct address to Alumni Voice, USF Alumni Associa- tion, 4202 East Fowler Ave. ALC100, Tampa, FL 33620. © 2008 All rights reserved.

2 ALUMNI ALUMNIVOICEVOICE | | OCTOBEROCTOBER 20082008 � USF Un i v e r s i t y o f So u t h Fl o r i d a spotlight Al u m n i As s o c i a t i o n Bo a r d o f Di r e c t o r s ACT Committee ­— President — The purpose of the Alumni Connection Team (ACT) Com- Michele Norris, `79 Marketing mittee is to advise staff and volunteers on how to engage alumni with the University via volunteer opportunities by — PRESIDENT-ELECT — means of continuing education, networking, career services, Roger Frazee, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CPA, `71 Finance & Accounting alumni scholarships, chapters and societies, international alumni liaisons and USF Ambassador programming. — SECRETARY — Patrick Poff, Esq., `92 English The committee promotes USF Homecoming activities, as well as other tradition-building and tradition-keeping events — Co-TREASURERS — and programs. The ACT Committee also reviews petitions Marie Edmonson, CPA, CFE, `88 Accounting, M.A. `90 Accountancy for new chapters and societies, as well as implements the Brad Kelly, CPA, `79 Accounting President’s Roundtable. — IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT — Ultimately, the mission of the ACT Committee is to set attain- Jeff Spalding, `87 Computer Science & Engineering able goals that will enhance the alumni experience while increasing revenue for the Association. — Board Members — Brandon Aldridge, `88 Communication Volunteers with the ACT Committee are responsible for Janice Sands Ash, P.E.,`87 Engineering Science, M.S. `89 recruiting new committee members, obtaining new Associa- Civil Engineering tion memberships, attending events, registering on the USF Gene Balter, P.E.`77 B.S. Engineering alumni website and on inCircle, the Bulls Country Network, Angie Brewer, `82 Management, M.S. `84 Management promoting brand recognition by wearing “spirit” items when- Shaye Benfield, `97 Marketing ever appropriate and helping to build the alumni associa- Bill Eickhoff, `69 Business & MBA `73 tion’s sponsorship programs. James Gossett, `98 Business Gene Haines, `97 Criminology Lizz Harmon, `82 Mass Communications/Advertising Charley Harris, Esq., `87 Business Richard Heruska, `99 Business Anila Jain, M.D., MBA `81 Biology Mike LaPan, CFE `81 Management Mark Levine, Esq.,`74 Psychology Victor Lucas, `85 Management Diana Michel, `88 Business Jim Ragsdale, `81 Management Carla Saavedra, `87 English Jim Weber, `77 Finance & MBA `82 Derek Williams, CFP `00 Finance Christi Womack-Villalobos, `92 English

— NON-VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD — Judy Genshaft, University of South Florida President John Harper, `76 Mass Comm., Alumni Association Executive Director Thomas King, Student Government Vice President Leslie “Les” Muma, `66 Mathematics, USF Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman USF Ambassadors from the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus show their spirit Elizabeth Pitts, USF Ambassadors President at a recent retreat at the Gibbons Alumni Center on the Tampa campus. Jeff Robison, University Advancement Vice President

OCTOBER 2008 | ALUMNIVOICE 3 letters n “How about “A Look Back,” where every year since USF began (pick one year per issue) it features pictures, snippets to the from the school newspaper, etc. You could have statistics, editor including how many people were attending USF that year, size of the graduating class, highlights from athletics, drama e asked you what you thought of Alumni Voice dept (something for every interest) related to that specific and boy, did you tell us! More than 500 mem- year.” bers completed our online readership survey. W n “Scholarship information and how the alumni can boost Your comments were encouraging and will be especially use- helping those in need, especially in this community, to re- ful in helping us to build a magazine that’s a valuable ben- ceive a college education. The immediate areas around USF efit of your membership in the USF Alumni Association. We Tampa are in dire need. I am sure there are kids that really thought we’d share some of your comments, in addition to need help.” offering a hearty “Congratulations!” to Chris Maloney, `07, who won the readership survey drawing for a pair of Club n “More information about networking opportunities. More seats to an upcoming Bulls football game. Go Bulls! - Editor information about how each college is doing (for example, the College of Business, the College of Engineering, etc.) More information about how USF is ranking up against the n “I love the magazine as it is and I look forward to receiv- other schools educationally in the nation.” ing it in the mail!” n “I think there should be a career section on tips on n “My daughters are planning to attend USF when they how to land a job after graduation for young alumni. It’s grow up, and it would be nice if there was a little Bull Pen very hard to get your foot in the door, especially with the for them. It might be trivia/game related to USF in order to economy now a days. So it would be very beneficial for build an understanding of what it means to be a Bull.” new alumni.” n “A section in the magazine that depicts USF alumni n “I would like it to talk more about networking for new wearing their USF apparel in unique places: Niagara Falls, in alumni w/older alumni.” front of The Leaning Tower of Pisa, etc.” n “I love how this school is progressing, it’s so exciting. See our Chapters & Societies section, pages 12 – 16. – Editor Keep up the good work!” n “Maybe include a monthly highlight of one of the ben- n “Appeal more to young alumni and students. The mo- efits that we get by being an alumni member. We all forget mentum the University has can help make the Alumni As- sometimes and we all might use more of the benefits if we sociation better by getting the new alumni committed to the were reminded.” idea of being proud USF alumni.” We’ve debuted a new Featured Member Benefit page, see page 9. – Editor where’srocky? Take Rocky with you on your next trip. Send your photos to: Karla Jackson at [email protected] or mail them to: USF Alumni Association, 4202 E. Fowler Ave. ALC100, Tampa, FL 33620-5455. SAN FRANCISCO Rocky hopped a cable car to Fisherman’s Wharf while he was in San Francisco this summer for a meeting with members of the new San Francisco Alumni Chapter.

4 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 n “I am trying to convince my grand- not just the business professionals. Write daughter that USF is the place for her. about teachers, artists, etc.” More up-to-date, hip themes would foster n “Highlight an alumnus in every issue a convincing discussion.” based on region – East Coast, South, n “Alumni job postings; alumni singles.” Midwest, Colorado Rockies, Northwest, n “More USF athletics coverage so we Southwest, West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii can improve alumni attendance and sup- – even international alumni. These 10 port for the programs.” regions should be represented in each edition. I live in Los Angeles. I want to n “The academic improvement and know who else is making a good name breakthroughs should be just as impor- for the school. I’m sure alumni in the tant as the athletic achievement. In order other regions would appreciate the same.” to attract good quality students, both cat- n egories have to be exposed to the public. “Maybe consider a “Marketplace” list- Since I often display my copy in my of- ing: items to sell, or seeking job opportu- fice waiting room, one never knows who nities, or a special low-priced advertising might be reading it.” section for alumni entrepreneurs.” n n “It would be great to see regular “More insight on campus life/Greek information/sections about the St. Pete, life and alumni interaction, and other Sarasota-Manatee, and Lakeland cam- ways to get involved in school, not just Chris Maloney, `07, won a pair of club seat donating money.” puses.” tickets to the USF vs. Kansas game in the n n “I think you should continue to reach Alumni Voice Readership Survey drawing. “I love reading about alumni memo- out to show the success of grads. It ries. I’m always telling stories about USF.” seems that every article written demonstrates some really n “I think the magazine has improved in the last few years. strong alumni, but you should show how they are impacting It was part of what influenced me to go back to USF for my their fields all over the country and the world.” Masters.” n “Not every alumni makes the big time, but I do believe n “Loved the picture of Stephen King doing the Bull horns all of us place big value on our USF experience and how is in the latest issue!” has played into the direction our lives have taken. How can We want to hear from you! Send your comments and in- you feature more about the ‘ordinary’ alumni?” sights to Alumni Voice Editor Karla Jackson at kjackson@ n “You need to write more about the everyday alumni, admin.usf.edu or write to us at 4202 E. Fowler Ave. ALC100, Tampa, FL 33620-5455.

PITTSBURGH Rocky caught up on the local news while he was NASSAU,N BAHAMAS Rocky’s smiling because he’s sailing past visiting Pittsburgh with alumnus Mark Hafen, `92 & Ph.D `01. Atlantis and enjoying some rum punch during his visit to the Bahamas in May with USFAA Marketing Manager Rebecca Boudreaux.

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Double-teaming to High Tech Corridor. Florida’s 2008-09 state budget provides $15 million for Fight Alzheimer’s construction of Phase I of a new USF Polytechnic campus, to be located at USF and the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. I-4 and the Polk Parkway in north Lakeland. Alzheimer’s Center & Research Institute agreed over the summer to an affiliation designed to join their forces in the Researching Juvenile Diabetes research and treatment of Alzheimer’s The National Institutes of Health awarded $128 million disease. The partnership will to the University of South Florida research team led by consolidate resources and services and Jeffrey Krischer, Ph.D, to coordinate worldwide studies leverage the talent of both institutions. on the prevention and treatment of juvenile diabetes. Dr. Stephen Klasko, dean of USF’s College of Medicine and senior vice This latest funding, a seven-year award, supports Dr. president for USF Health, will serve as CEO of the center. Huntington Krischer’s coordination of the NIH network of clinical Potter, Ph.D, the center’s first CEO, will remain as a senior scientist at the research centers known as TrialNet. The award adds Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute and tenured professor in USF’s Department of to the $169 million received last year by Dr. Krischer, Molecular Medicine. a professor of pediatrics, to coordinate studies examining the causes of juvenile diabetes. That previously funded 10-year NIH study, known as High-tech Jobs Heading to USF TEDDY (The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young), seeks to Massachusetts-based Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., one of the explain why the incidence of diabetes in the very young has doubled since world’s leading independent research and development laboratories the 1980s. The $169-million contract was the largest in USF’s history. engaged in applied research, engineering and development, will establish a BioMEMS R&D Center at USF’s Tampa campus and a Multi Chip Module (MCM) Center in St. Petersburg. Draper will bring 165 new jobs to the Bay area, with an average wage of $75,000. The firm will partner with USF, SRI- “Share A Corporate Suite” St. Petersburg and others to form the nucleus of a micro-technology cluster, at NASCAR and other Sporting Events and SAVE! which should help increase the growth of innovation workers and economic development in the region and the state. Ford 400 Weekend Homestead-Miami Speedway Nov. 16, 2008 Princeton Review Praises USF Fedex BCS National Championship Game The University of South Florida is one Dolphin Stadium of the nation’s best institutions for January 8, 2009 undergraduate education, according to Daytona 500 Weekend The Princeton Review. The New York- Daytona International Speedway based education services company known for its test-prep courses features Feb. 15, 2009 the college in the 2009 edition of its annual book, The Best 368 Colleges (Random House.) Only about 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year Tampa Bay RAYS Baseball colleges and two Canadian colleges are in the book. Share a Seasonal Suite 2009

Carving a High-Tech Niche With two strokes of his pen, Gov. Charlie Crist gave the green light to USF Polytechnic, signing a bill that gave the University of South Florida Lakeland the same autonomy as other branch campuses in the USF system and officially establishing (USF Class of 1978) its new name: USF Polytechnic. The new name captures the new mission of the campus, which emphasizes HARDHEAD Randy Sheffield information technology and applied sciences. USF Polytechnic CEO Marshall Phone (772) 577-8288 Goodman said the campus’s applied science focus will make it a magnet for Marketing.com www.HardheadMarketing.com private investment in research and work force development along Florida’s

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A Tribute to Dean Margaret Fisher A small group of friends and alumni gathered in July to wish a happy 90th birthday to Dr. Margaret Fisher, USF’s first and only dean of women. Dr. Fisher joined USF in 1960, when the University first opened for classes. In addition to serving as dean of women, she was also assistant to the vice president for Student Affairs and a professor of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. She retired in 1975, but continued to work part-time as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Education, doing research projects for the government, and as an adjunct professor for the Humanities Department. Dean Fisher was a confidante to administrators, her peers, and students, and played a significant role in shaping the University and the lives of countless students; launching them into successful adulthood. Dr. Fisher was presented a framed tribute at a luncheon held in her honor. It was “presented by the USF Alumni Association, her friends and former students with love, affection, and a deep sense of gratitude on her 90th birthday.” Several years ago Dean Fisher established the Margaret Fisher Endowed Book Scholarship. Alumni who would like to honor her, should contact Ron Dean Margaret Fisher, center, with Sally Jo Power, `69, and Bill Sherman, `74, at 813-974-1891 or [email protected]. Kalbas, `69, at the luncheon.

8 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 memberfeatured benefit Travel with Fellow Bulls

In the early 1700’s Peter the Great transformed Russia into the most influential nation in Europe. This summer, USF alumni and their families and friends followed in the fateful footsteps of the legendary czar during a two-week cruise aboard the MS Repin – just one of several awesome trips that are part of the USF Alumni Association Travel Program. With the guidance of USF Professor of Russian Victor Peppard, the group explored Russian waterways lined with medieval villages and charming dachas. In St. Petersburg, they were awed by the State Hermitage Museum, once the Winter Palace of the czars. They strolled through Moscow’s Red Square and admired St. Basil’s Cathedral and The Kremlin. “Walking around a country once so closed off to the Western world was an experience unlike anything I could’ve imagined,” said traveler Suzanne Parks, `07. “To share the experience with a loved one and see it come alive in their eyes made the trip even more special.” USFAA has upcoming trips planned to Peru, South Africa and the Caribbean. For details, visit USFalumni.org/travel or call (813) 974-6099.

OCTOBER 2008 | ALUMNIVOICE 9 with Philip L. Winters By Kathy L. Greenberg, Class of 1993

Philip L. Winters is the director of the Transportation Demand Management Program at USF’s Center for Q: Commuting is Urban Transportation Research. Last year he re- a big challenge for drivers in the Tampa ceived the 2008 Bob Owens Transportation Demand Bay area. What can we do individually to improve travel Management Championship Award from the As- conditions? sociation for Commuter Transportation. The award recognizes people who influence local, regional A: Small changes in behavior can make a big difference. or national efforts to reduce traffic congestion, To deal with high gas prices, we can combine a couple of decrease pollution and improve mobility through trips at one time or substitute non-motorized trips, like bik- programs such as carpooling, vanpooling, bicycling ing or walking. Even doing something other than driving to work, flexible work hours and telework. In 2008, alone to work at least once a week can make difference he was named as an emeritus member of the Trans- over the long haul. We may see more people working a portation Research Board, one of six major divisions compressed workweek schedule. Some may be able to of the National Research Council. substitute technology for travel by working from home or participating in a web conference.

Q: Are hybrids the better choice for consumers looking to Q: The million-dollar question: How high will gas prices save on fuel costs? rise in the next year? Any predictions? A: Hybrids are more fuel-efficient, but you also need to A: It’s going to be gradual, and I think people will gradu- consider the miles driven and vehicle occupancy. I think ally adapt. But the days of cheap gas are gone for a long the fixation has been on miles per gallon and not passenger time with the demand from other countries rising and the miles per gallon. For instance, an SUV might be more fuel rate of discovery of new oil sources peaking. efficient when carrying four people compared to one person in a hybrid. Q: How will the current situation redefine the future of fuel consumption? Q: Should people give up cars and buy scooters instead? A: Vehicle technologies will continue to increase fuel I’m not advising people to sell their car. However, you efficiency, but we should also see technologies improve the A: can continue to make smart travel choices. You can link effectiveness of demand-based strategies to help reduce fuel trips, use transit, share the ride, bike or walk. consumption. Under one of our research projects funded by the Florida Department of Transportation and U.S. Depart- What incentives can employers offer? ment of Transportation, we developed software for global Q: positioning system-enabled cell phones that records an indi- A lot of employee travel habits are based on what the vidual’s travel patterns, processes the data and provides rec- A: employer provides. If an employer starts offering discounted ommendations about what options might be more efficient, transit passes, that gives employees an incentive to use like suggesting an alternate route or change in departure transit. Also, if work hours set by a company have some time to avoid fuel-wasting congestion. flexibility, that may allow employees to adjust their work

10 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 hours to match public transit. Right now the federal govern- A: Some communities are establishing a car sharing ment allows employers to provide up to $115 per month program to provide members with convenient access to a tax-free for transit or vanpool fares. So employers who offer fleet of vehicles (cars, vans, trucks) and pay an all-inclusive, those subsidies or allow their employees to purchase their hourly rate only when the member rents the vehicle. Cities own passes using pre-tax income can encourage more use that have started these car sharing programs find members of transit and vanpooling. use transit more often but still have easy access to a vehicle for running errands and attending meetings while saving Q: Would privatization and more toll roads ease road money. congestion and costs? We expect to learn more about car sharing’s impacts on A: I think in the future we’ll see more carpool lanes travel behavior and parking demand when we bring the converted to managed lanes, which will let people move program to the USF Tampa campus later in 2008. USF is through a corridor quickly regardless of vehicle occupancy. negotiating with Zipcar (www.zipcar.com) to bring four But you will have a choice: pay a toll for using those man- vehicles on campus that employees, staff and students will aged lanes or drive free in the regular travel lanes with be able to rent by the hour. In addition to the individual some congestion. The price will be set based on how benefits from car sharing, we also see this program as being congested it is. If it’s very congested, you can expect to pay consistent with USF’s pledge to eliminate greenhouse gases more. Transponder technology will replace tollbooths in the over time as part of the American College & University managed lanes. When you go through, it will charge you. Presidents Climate Commitment.

Q: How well is Florida’s transportation system keeping Q: Which city would you like to see Tampa model its up with economic growth? transportation system after?

A: I think the challenges of transportation in general are A: We can learn from the experiences of many cities. It getting into how it’s funded, which is largely from gas tax may not make sense for us to focus on a single solution or revenues. As they decline, so does the money available do it the same way given changes in demographics, growth for transportation. There are big gaps in unmet needs, and patterns and financing options. From a transportation point capital-intensive projects take a long time from planning to of view, [however], Seattle is a good example of taking a construction. very comprehensive approach for addressing transportation needs. It has an extensive network of high-occupancy lanes, Q: What else can we do in the meantime to improve ferries that service communities, rail and car sharing. Em- transportation? ployers are actively involved in influencing how employees get to work, including offering telework.

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No matter Business Alumni Jewish Alumni where you live, Jamie Ellison Nicky Spivak you’ll always be [email protected] [email protected]

a Bull! Brian Buckley Kosove Alumni [email protected] Justin Geisler The USF Alumni Association [email protected] has alumni chapters all over the Education Alumni country. We also have college Freda Abercrombie LGBT Alumni and special interest societies [email protected] Marion Yongue for like-minded alumni. It’s easy [email protected] to get involved. Just email the Engineering Alumni contact person of the group Gene Balter Lynne Carlson you’d like to visit. [email protected] [email protected] Charles “Buddy” McPherson, `95, took this Societies Entrepreneurship Alumni Jerry L. Miller photo of his wife, Chris Kluis [email protected] Architecture Alumni [email protected] Dr. Christine McPherson, Adam Fritz Marine Science `95, displaying her Bull [email protected] Geology Alumni Alumni Pride while visiting a Mike Schackne Bruce Barber friend at the White House Black Alumni [email protected] [email protected] in Washington, D.C. Felecia Brantley [email protected] Honors Alumni Beau Suthard Lisa Provenzano Heugel [email protected] Brian Campbell [email protected] [email protected]

Bulls fans celebrate with Coach Jim Leavitt at the Pinel- las Alumni Chapter Preseason Tailgate at Capogna’s Dugout.

12 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 Florida Chapters Jacksonville Ocala/Marion Pinellas Louis B. Richardson Kathleen & William Bellamy Audrey Gilmore Tampa [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dennis Evans [email protected] Ellen Rosenblum Jerald “Jerry” Grimes Polk [email protected] [email protected] Randy Dotson Brevard [email protected] John Carpenter Manatee/Sarasota Orlando [email protected] Ross Allen Kevin Krause St. Lucie [email protected] [email protected] Frank Pennetti Barbara Lyn [email protected] barbaralyn.com Miami Palm Beach Ruben Matos Scott Teich Tallahassee Broward [email protected] [email protected] Tara Klimek Sara DuCuennois [email protected] usfbrowardalumni Carlos Rodriguez Pensacola/Spanish Fort/ @hotmail.com [email protected] Mobile Nick Kessler Fort Myers Monroe (Key West) [email protected] Sanjay Kurian Kristen Condella [email protected] [email protected]

Hernando Belinda Nettles [email protected]

U.S. Congressman Vern Buchanan, center, visited the USF Sarasota- Manatee campus in June for the opening of the Vernon G. Buchanan College of Business Wing, which was made possible by a generous gift from There’s another Bay Area on the the congressman. It was West Coast where lots of Bulls live. Members of the first major gift for the the San Francisco Alumni Chapter met at Perry’s on Union Street to regional campus. With quaff a few libations and flash the Bull horns. From left to right are: Ellen him are USF Sarasota- Salcines-Leahy, `84 & Ph.D `90; Clay Engel, `68; Maggie Subudhayangkul; Manatee Ambassadors Art Ringness, `90; John Arch, `03; Kristina Hagerstrand, `03; Simone Yash Shah, left, and Jon Ghirlanda, MSEE `06 and Suzanne Aabicoff. Moore. OCTOBER 2008 | ALUMNIVOICE 13 chapters &societies

National & Chicago Dallas Nashville International Karla Stevenson Lisa Lacy Jen Thompson Chapters [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Nolan Shaeer Rob Smith New York Atlanta [email protected] [email protected] Valerie Berrios Denise Dimbath [email protected] [email protected] Columbia, SC Denver Mile High Doug Currier Mark A. Thompson Michael Simpson Austin [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lisa Sortevik [email protected] Camille Thompson Houston Philadelphia/South Camille.E.Thompson@gmail. Nohra Martinez Jersey Brad Heath com [email protected] Joe Ebner [email protected] [email protected] D.C. Regional Indiana Barbados Rajiv Dembla Jeremy Sims Pittsburgh, PA Junior Browne [email protected] [email protected] Robb Myers [email protected] [email protected] Los Angeles Catherine Clinch Portland, OR catherine@MomsDigitalWorld. Scott Chamberlain com [email protected]

Troy Dunmire Raleigh, NC [email protected] Bob Cohn [email protected]

San Francisco Arthur Ringness [email protected]

Living in Seattle is a little like living in Tampa; it rains a lot and the traffic can be a nightmare. Maybe that’s why these Bulls feel so at home there. Members of the Seattle Alumni Chapter gathered at a popular pub, Buckley’s on Queen Ann, to raise a few pints in preparation for this fall’s tailgate parties. Pictured are, back row, left to right: Jared Capouya, `99 & M.D. `03; Margaret Austin, `79; her husband Mark Austin; Patty USFAA Life Roberts, `92; Mo Sin, `94 & M.S. `95 (standing); Sherene Member Ken Lettre, `81, wore Shalhub, `98, MPH `99 & M.D. `03; her friend, Donald Mato his USF cap while running the 2008 Disney and Jay Stark, `92. Bottom row, from left to right, are: Jared’s Marathon. He finished in 4:40:45, placing wife Mary Capouya; USFAA Director of Chapters and Corporate 328th in his division. Ken, who lives in Frisco, Relations Merrell Dickey; and Jay’s wife Dixie Stark. TX, is pictured here with his wife, Karen Lettre.

14 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 Seattle-Tacoma, WA Jared Capouya [email protected]

St. Louis Mark Greenspahn Anthony Rogers, [email protected] `85 & MSW `88, and Troy Dunmire, `00, were among a group of about a Corporate Affinity Group Lockheed Martin – Oldsmar dozen USF alumni in Los Angeles who got together at Barbara Julian Maggiano’s at the Grove to talk some Bull business. [email protected]

Incoming freshmen Katie Chin, left, and Dionelly Bernabel were among the brand new USF Bulls from the South Florida area who were treated to a student send-off party by members of the Broward Alumni Chapter and Undergradu- ate Admissions before the start of the fall term.

Jeff Murray, `08, flashes a big smile and the Bull horns as he works inside the space orbiter during his co-op internship with United Space Alliance at the John F. Kennedy Space Center. He is an orbiter handling engineer in the center’s Orbiter Processing Facility. Orlando Chapter leader Kevin Krause waves the Green & Gold before attaching Ariane Stalé Swiss, `96 the flag to his golf cart during USF & M.A. `05, enjoyed her Athletics’ Verizon Around the Horns waterfront view of the Big golf tournament at Eaglebrook Golf Apple during a cruise of & Country Club in Lakeland. Similar New York Harbor with golf and dinner receptions were held about 15 other members in Bradenton, Belleair and Tampa, of the New York Alumni featuring appearances by Coach Jim Chapter. Leavitt and Athletic Director Doug Woolard.

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Christina Burke, `04, and Georgia Windham, `05, get a hug from Rocky at the annual USF Faculty & Staff Appreciation event. Christina is a marketing coordinator for Tampa Shriner’s Hospitals for Children and Georgia is the associate director of special events for USF Health.

Members of the South Carolina Alumni Chapter share a laugh during their first meeting at Damon’s Grill in Columbia. Standing on the right is Daniel McGregor, `00, and on the left is Alisa Cooney, `95.

You never know where you’ll run into other Bulls. These alumni couples met up in Naples, Italy. From left to right are: Kim Lego; her husband David Lego, `88; USF Chief of Staff Cynthia Visot, EDD `00 and her husband, Executive Director of USF’s Joint Military Leadership Center, U.S. Army Brigadier General Luis Visot.

16 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 OCTOBER 2008 | ALUMNIVOICE 17 A Need for Speed

A Need for Speed By Jeffrey Jones, Class of 2007

ike a lot of men, David Scigliuto knew what I had to do and I gave it is passionate about his hobby. my best shot. Things went my way and L Unlike a lot of men, the Class it was enough.” of `83 Philosophy grad doesn’t golf, Scigliuto’s fascination with racing collect coins or manage a fantasy stretches back to his days as a teenager football team. in his hometown of Syracuse, N.Y. During the week, he is all business “Even when I was a kid I had a as president of David A. Scigliuto drag car – a GTO,” Scigliuto said. “In Wealth Management in Seminole, high school I used to go to the drag helping people manage their assets so strip with my friends and we used to they can live comfortably during their race.” golden years. But come Friday, he When Scigliuto joined the U.S. trades his business suit for a jumpsuit Marine Corps in 1976, he honed and cuts loose on the drag strip, his need for speed, fixing up cars blasting from zero to 180 mph in 7.4 and racing them when he had the seconds in his mean machine. opportunity. “It was a lot of fun back Scigliuto is an avid drag racer and then,” Scigliuto says of his early days recalled. “It was a great campus, but I has become quite successful since as an amateur. always remember fighting for a parking entering competitive drag racing in When he got out of the service spot.” 1997. In fact, Scigliuto, 50, seems to be in 1980, he enrolled at USF, after After graduating in `83, he had improving with age, winning his first previously attending the University of aspirations of going to law school and National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) South Carolina. becoming a judge advocate with the Summit Racing Series Super Pro He remembers USF fondly, even Marine Corps, which is essentially an National Championship at Pomona, though he dealt with some of the same attorney for the armed forces. California in 2007. hassles as students do today. But life is full of twists and turns. “I had no idea – it never crossed “I really enjoyed my time there. I Along came his first daughter and, my mind that I would do this,” used to enjoy walking around campus before he knew it, Scigliuto found Scigliuto said of winning the title. “I and just talking to people,” Scigliuto himself working as a financial advisor

18 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 for A.G. Edwards. He stayed with the six dislocated discs in his spine, his surprise, that the pressure actually firm for 17 years before leaving to dramatically altering his active lifestyle. helped his back. work for an independent firm, LPL Until then, Scigliuto played golf, “Every time I ran, it would feel like Financial. racquetball and softball on a weekly I was in traction, and it would loosen “It’s developed into a really great basis. The accident put an end to all up my back and neck, and it ended up business,” Scigliuto said. “From being a that, but not to drag racing. being a physically therapeutic thing.” retail broker to this, it’s like night and After a year of physical therapy, Ironically, it was then that Scigliuto day. I’m able to keep expanding my Scigliuto was back in the driver’s seat started a winning streak that has business and redefining it over time.” with a special support system designed continued into 2008. His career wasn’t the only thing by his surgeon to help his body “My success rate has skyrocketed,” that changed around that time. handle the three G’s of force inside Scigliuto said. “I’ve won three An accident in 2003 left him with the cockpit. He discovered, much to track championships, a division

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championship, and a national twice finished No. 2 in points in the trophy to drive home his point. He championship. I think now that I have junior dragster class at Bradenton tells the students: “Luck is what less things on my plate, I have become Motorsports Park. In spite of their happens when preparation meets master of a few.” busy schedules, the family manages to opportunity.” Scigliuto estimates that he’s won compete in the same races about four about $40,000 from drag racing in times a year. 2007, which has paid for his “big car” “Once, in a race in more than twice over. And he’s not Gainesville, it just so the only Scigliuto with a penchant for happened that Nina and racing. His wife and daughters share Kecia faced each other his passion. and they made a big deal Kecia, Scigliuto’s wife of six years, about it,” says Scigliuto. “It also races a pro car dragster. His was so close, like seven- two oldest daughters, Nina, 22, and thousandths of a second, Samantha, 20, both race their Trans Am but Kecia won.” street cars at a track in Orlando on the Scigliuto has same weekends. Younger daughter Siena, personal philosophy 12, races in the junior dragster class, for both his career and running up to 76 mph in 8 seconds. his hobby: “Believe in Nina is finishing her Master’s yourself. Find what your degree in high performance passion is, find out what engineering at the University of Central you love to do, and go for it. You Florida. Samantha, a Junior Dragster never know what the limits are.” Dave Scigliuto and his wife, Kecia. She Track Champion in 2002, is in a pre- He often visits local schools to also races dragsters, as do his daughters, med program at UCF and hopes to talk about motivation and goal setting. Nina, Samantha and Siena. become a plastic surgeon. Siena has He takes his National Championship

20 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 Bull Pride

OCTOBER 2008 | ALUMNIVOICE 21 Wearing their Pride on their Hides We’re students for a time; alumni for life, as the saying goes. These alumni made a lifelong commitment to USF by branding their bodies with their Bull Pride.

Nicholas DelVacchio, Tampa English, `03, Cum Laude Got his tattoo in 2006 “I was waiting because they had just switched the logo and I was getting up the courage to do it. It also took me a while to convince my fiancé to let me do it. She was like, ‘It’s got to be somewhere where you can cover it up.’ But now that I have it, she loves it. She’s a USF grad too, as is her whole family. It cost about $300 and took about 3 ½ hours. The worst part was the shading because they use the big blade and scrape and scrape and scrape. The guy was careful to get the green just right. I’m really glad it’s held up so well – sometimes they Brad Sufficool, Brooksville, Bull by Marriage fade. When we tailgate all my friends are Got his tattoos in 2007 & 2008 like, ‘You’ve got to see my boy’s tattoo.’” “I’m president of the South Florida Bulls Tailgating Association. Check it out at www.BullsTailgating.com. My whole family, my mom and my brothers, graduated from USF, and so did my wife, Vanessa. I went another route. I’m a Captain for the City of Brooksville Fire Department. But I’ve always been a Bulls fan, since the first game. I wanted a big tattoo and I figured there was plenty of room on my back. I also have the BullsTailgating logo on my arm.”

Dan McLean, Tampa Mass Communications, `03 Got his tattoo in 2008 “I decided to get the tattoo as a tribute to my USF experience. Ashli Hugill Wemett, USF gave me much more than a Piedmont, Alabama degree to hang on the wall, and, English, `02 as an alumnus and season ticket Got her tattoo in 2007 holder, that experience continues David Brown, Lakeland, Political Science, `03 “I decided to get the Bulls to stampede on. I am, and will Got his tattoo in 2005 tattoo, because I was trying always be, a Bull! ... Although I “I figured it was something that was going to be with me to think of something that braced myself for some criticism, for life, so it better mean something. And I’ll always be a had special meaning to me it’s been quite the opposite. graduate of USF. I actually took the license plate off my that was never going to Friends, family and even a few car and they made a photo copy of the plate and took the change. I picked the back of strangers have loved it!” design from that. ... I usually get some free beers out of it, my neck because I already especially if I go to bars around campus. They’ll say: ‘Who had five other tattoos and I Rick Scialdone, Tampa, Management & Marketing, `92 has on something from USF?’ and I’ll show them my arm. was running out of places. Got his tattoo in 2007 ... I’m dean of a charter school and the kids really like it. It was BY FAR the most “I started college in 1987 at USF, and we began the march They’ll see it when I’m playing basketball or something painful. ... I get comments for a football team with then-President Frank Borkowski. with them – and they’re always like, Go Bulls!” about it in the most random Ever since, I have been a die-hard fan of both the basketball places. I was at a wedding and football programs, as well as the entire Bulls Athletics last April in Corpus Christi, program. When the football program started, the Bulls John Arch TX, of all places and I was mascot emblem at the time served two purposes for me: Oakland, California I am a Taurus, and the mean-looking Bull was just cool at the Finance, `03 asked about it by about five time. Then USF changed the emblem to the “U” with the Bull Got his tattoo in 2003 different people! ‘Is that the horns. After procrastinating for a while, and then especially South Florida logo you have after beating my brother’s alma mater, Auburn University, last on your neck?’ So then, of year, it was time to finally get the tattoo and show off my Bull course, I would get to launch Pride, both for academics and athletics.” into my speech about how great USF is.” 22 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 Bullioneers House 3417 Leroy Ave., Tampa Owner: The Bullioneers, a nonprofit formed by Greg Todd, `89, and a group of USF alumni and friends. Edward Buschelman takes a soak in the hot tub attached to the SAE party bus. “It’s just two blocks from Raymond James Stadium SAE Party Bus and has plenty of parking. Owner: USF Society of Automotive Engineers There’s a tiki bar, three SAE President: Dustin Bride bathrooms, a full kitchen and a kids playroom. There “We travel the country in this bus – it’s a 1991 are 10 flat-screen T.V.s with International school bus that we have converted to Direct T.V., a high-fi stereo an RV: full kitchen, bathroom, bunk beds, patio on system, commercial ice the roof, train horn, diesel generator, hot tub, etc. It’s machine, two keg coolers painted like a race car, and we live on it for two months, with taps and commercial traveling to four or five Formula and Baja SAE events.” catering equipment. ... We have had incredible turnout for the Bulls games. The house is only available to our annual sponsors and their prepaid guests. We used to allow people to pay at the door, but we’ve decided not to do that anymore. It’s available to rent for private parties and a lot of the proceeds go to local children’s charities. ... Our organization was founded by Green & Gold Guys 10 guys with a passion for sports, especially football, tailgating Walter Price, `04 & Brian Hope, `03 and giving back to the community. The house was purchased in “One of the things I am most them and we bought some paint to the summer of 2006 and completely renovated just in time for proud of is the fact that Brian paint our bodies half green and half football season. The 10 guys include myself, Marshall Smith, Tye Swenson, Rich Mize, Jay Mize, Fernando Juan, Tony Rocha, and I started the Green & Gold gold. It was a hit from the beginning Matt Powell, Mark Newkirk, and Jim Zimrich. Marshall and Guys, aka The Towel Boys in and we did it for four years at every Jay played football on the inaugural team at USF. Other USF 1999 as freshmen. We decided the home football and basketball game. alumni include Tony Rocha and Tye Swenson. We received our football games needed Brian and I are happy to see non-profit 501 (c) (3) designation in July of 2007.” more excitement so many people – Greg Todd, `89 so we had my follow in our grandmother footsteps.” sew us up some – Walter Price, `04 towels with USF stitched into

OCTOBER 2008 | ALUMNIVOICE 23 Bull Pride on their Rides If we are what we drive, then these Bulls fans are “True Bull-ievers!” They’ve spent hundreds or thousands of dollars to show their allegiance and make their vehicles worthy of a spot in the Homecoming Parade.

From left to right are: Jason Shelton, Edwin Maisonet (aka DJ Wingo SI), Julie Jones, Art Jones, `73 & M.A. `75 and Jason “Mutt” Hubbard, `04. Caption: Brittany Link, right, with her boyfriend Brandon Faza, `05, the owner of the original BullDozer, lean on the BullDozer2, which is all decked out for football season. The Bulldorado Owner: Edwin Maisonet, also known as DJ Wingo SI BullDozer2 “This is a 1985 Cadillac Owner: Brittany Link, `09 (expected) Eldorado, customized into a ‘Bulldorado.’ It took me a “The original Bulldozer was a big Dodge Ram truck with USF year to complete it. When logos all over it. When that student graduated, the BullDozer2 I received the car, it had was born. It’s a Toyota Scion XB covered with USF pride. Also been sitting for 7 years. I nicknamed the BullBox, it’s been to every USF home game did a complete overhaul since its creation and is featured at the Student Government of the motor and all other tailgate. It debuted at the Meineke Car Care Bowl, USF’s first mechanical components. The bowl game and was featured at the USF Alumni tent where headliner was held up by pushpins, safety pins and thumb tacks – now it’s covered in green fans could take pictures. On Game Day, the BullDozer2 sports crushed velvet. It has a custom, two-tone paint job of gold, with gold dust, and hunter an authentic set of Bull Horns on the front of the vehicle, green, with green metallic flakes. The trunk holds two 12-inch subwoofers and a 2000 watt the original set from the first amp. The interior is custom green and gold with a mahogany wood-grain steering wheel. BullDozer.” There are 6 speakers inside the car to play the fight song “Every football season, a new loud and proud! It’s got 20-inch custom chrome wheels with Bulls design is debuted, but a 4-inch custom lift, along with the green LED neon lights the original sticker, a 4-foot underneath. I have custom USF logo on the hood, has gold “Bulldorado” emblems remained the same and is on the car that replaced the autographed by Lee Roy original Eldorado emblems.” Selmon, President Genshaft, “I consistently get offers from and Coach Leavitt. Though USF students and graduates, as well as non USF’ers, to buy the signatures have faded the car. When I got the car, it was worth $100 and ready for since our first bowl game, the junk yard – today it’s valued at $15,000!” the love and excitement that “I did this car because the former owner, Jason Hubbard, surrounds the car has not. My was a USF alumnus and it’s a tribute to my girlfriend, Julie favorite line is ‘Did USF buy Jones, who is a current USF student on the St. Petersburg that for you?’ or ‘Do they pay campus, and for her family. Everyone is proud of the car you to drive that?’ The answer and enjoys boasting about it. Dr. Karen White, Chancellor is, ‘No! I did it all on my own of USF St. Petersburg, is going to ride with me in the because I love my University Homecoming parade this year.” and it’s a fun way to bring it to the community.’”

24 ALUMNIALUMNIVOICEVOICE | |OCTOBER OCTOBER 2008 2008 Homecoming 2008 SuperBull XII Go to www.USFalumni.org or http://ctr.usf.edu/homecoming/ for details.

Monday, Oct. 13 Homecoming Kick Off Kick off Homecoming Week with a cake-cutting ceremony and the passing of the Syracuse mascot from alumni to the students. President Genshaft and Coach Jim Leavitt will speak.

Tuesday, Oct. 14 Carnival An old-fashioned, fun-filled carnival on the Tampa campus with games, free food, and rides, including a Ferris wheel.

Wednesday, Oct. 15 Rocky’s Swinging Safari Social Join the Pinellas County Alumni Chapter for light refreshments at this Homecoming tune up event to be held at the Coquina Club from 6-8 p.m. on the beautiful USF St. Petersburg campus.

Friday, Oct. 17 Alumni Center Meet & Greet Stop by the Alumni Center for coffee and a walking tour of select campus sites, including the new state-of-the-art Marshall Center. Tours leave at 9 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. RSVP by Oct. 10 to [email protected]. USF Alumni Association Parade Watch Party Gibbons Alumni Center front lawn 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Bring the family out to the Alumni Center before the Homecoming parade to enjoy music, carnival games and children’s activities and set up for the best bead-catching seats along the parade route. Stay for the Parade After Party with a live concert and lots more fun.

Saturday, Oct. 18 USF Alumni Association Bulls Roast Tailgate Party Across from Raymond James Stadium Located in the fenced lot outside of Gates A and B at the north end zone side of the stadium. Be a part of the Alumni Association’s jungle-themed Homecoming celebration. It’s the biggest party of the year! We’re planning a barbecue with Budweiser beer, music, games, free spirit supplies, children’s activities and appearances by the Herd of Thunder, Rocky, the USF Sun Dolls and Cheerleaders.

USF Bulls vs. Syracuse Orange Raymond James Stadium Time TBA Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com for details. OCTOBEROCTOBER 2008 2008 | ALUMNI | ALUMNIVOICEVOICE25 25 A Blast from the Past !

1U.S.PRESIDENT: Ronald9 Reagan 86 VICE PRESIDENT: George H.W. Bush AVERAGE INCOME: $24,897 UNEMPLOYMENT: 7% FIRST CLASS STAMP: 22 cents

IN THE NEWS: The first federal Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed; Space Shuttle Chal- IN SCIENCE: The first personal com- lenger disintegrates 73 seconds puter virus, Brain, spreads; The Voy- after launch, killing the crew of ager 2 probe passes Uranus, returning 7 astronauts; In Ukraine, a reac- images and data; K. Alex Müller (Swit- tor explodes at the Chernobyl zerland) and J. Georg Bednorz (Ger- nuclear plant, resulting in the many) discover superconductivity in world’s worst nuclear disaster. a ceramic material at -397ºF, a higher temperature than ever before.

AT USF: The Institute on Black Life IN THE ARTS: Out of Africa is established; H. Lee Moffitt Cancer wins an Oscar for Best Picture; Center and Research Institute opens; Two weeks after it was stolen, Ground is broken for the Polk the Picasso painting Weeping Woman is found in a locker Community College/USF Center in at the Spencer Street Station in Melbourne, Australia; The Lakeland. first theatrical film version of Tchaikovsky’s balletThe Nutcracker is released to mixed reviews.

26 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 By Mia Faucher Sharon Geiger, academic advisor and USF alumna since Class of 2010 1992, agrees that the convenience of such technology is nice, but worries that it is impinging on our privacy; not B. C. N. M. W. C. B. L. only for what we say to others, but also our privacy from the conversations of those around us. While today’s USF student body may not be able to decipher this code, it “If I’m walking around in the grocery store, I don’t want likely stirs fond memories for some of to hear other people’s phone conversations — it’s amazing you. Remember those dorm room mes- what people will talk about in the middle of a busy public sage boards informing you that a “Boy place.” Called, No Message, Will Call Back Later” while you were While it is easy to see the many pros and cons of such in class? Back then, to communicate with a friend or family instant, digital communication, we cannot predict how it member, you would speak in person or find a pay phone. will affect our world until time passes. If there is anything How times have changed. we can conclude from these deliberations, it is that such Now that advances in technology have made on-the-go advances have been realized through the knowledge and communication almost a necessity, our Bulls are in constant expertise of those that came before us. So, here is a thank and instant touch with anyone they would like, whether by you to all of our USF alumni for setting an example for us cell phone, text message, email or instant message. to aspire to. “Having instant communication available is so much more efficient; you can find anything you want to know immedi- ately,” says Judy Kane, Director of Development for USF’s Honors College. SHARE Sophomore psychology major Becky Killik seconds Ms. A Memor Excerpts of memories from y Kane’s feelings, but maintains that the most efficient mode members of the USF Alumni Association. of communication is texting. “You can do so many more things in less time with quick communication and in textual form, what you need to say will be that much clearer.” My favorite memory was of the snow on Jan. 19, 1977. Even though I grew up in snow, it was fun seeing everyone’s reaction, According to junior biomedical science major Javier Gonza- such as streaking, several minor accidents and, the best, a car lez-Cotto, this texting craze is simply cultural, as he explains with surf racks with a snowman on top. that “In Puerto Rico,” where he’s from, “people don’t text Jeffrey Pafunda, `79 at all — we call each other even for a 10-second conversa- Annual Member tion.” Others can see the benefits of such direct contact but I remember attending the first-ever Bulls football game and our believe that it detracts from our socialization, which is im- Homecoming game, as well. Also, being a USF Ambassador and mensely important, especially for first-year students who are our special weekend at Chinsegut Hill Manor. newly living on their own. Catherine L. Roberts, `98 Annual Member “People can do so much online and with their hand-held electronic devices now that they run the risk of becoming increasingly isolated from those around them,” says Erin USF gave me the friends and the love of a lifetime. I met Monahan, sophomore creative writing major at USF. my future husband while studying in Washington, D.C. (The Washington Center Internship.) Our memories start with USF! “With a student’s ability to be in constant communication, Meghan (Powell) Settles, `04 it is more difficult to make the natural break from their Annual Member parents that is necessary for them to be successful on their own,” Kane explains, “especially when they can now walk around everywhere with their iPod buds or Bluetooth ear pieces in place of human-to-human contact.” OCTOBER 2008 | ALUMNIVOICE 27 USF MBA AAA CEO AAA

USF MBA& AAA CEO

By Dan Millott Auto Club South’s CEO O’Brien, whose bright blue eyes and so impressed AAA executives that they AAA Tom O’Brien has made quick wit mask an intensely competi- offered him a job. the most of every leadership opportu- tive spirit. “At first, I didn’t want to leave Price nity that has come his way. He carried those experiences with him Waterhouse, but I knew to make When he enrolled at USF’s Tampa when he returned to Price Waterhouse partner, I would have to move to New campus in the fall of 1966, O’Brien after his discharge in 1970, and later, York or Chicago and I didn’t want signed on as a resident assistant in one with AAA. to do that,” said O’Brien, who was of the dorms. He did it to help defray married and raising a family in Largo. his college costs, but he wound up His wife Pat, a Class of `67 Account- testing his fledgling leadership skills by ing grad, was the second woman ever organizing the intramural sports teams hired by the Big-8 accounting firm, for his residence hall. He was also Arthur Andersen. president of the accounting club. O’Brien went to work for AAA in Those leadership skills caught the eye December 1976 as director of finance. of College of Business professor Bob By 1980, he was a vice president. He West who had developed close rela- claims he had no idea that the Tampa- tionships with Tampa’s major account- based motor club would climb to its ing firms. One of those firms, Price present heights. Waterhouse, hired O’Brien right after “When I started here, we had 230,000 his graduation in 1968, on the power members. Now we have 4.1 million. of West’s recommendation. Our travel agency did $3 million a No sooner had O’Brien entered the year. Now, it’s $250 million. Insurance Price Waterhouse Tampa office, than totaled about $3 million and now it’s he received his draft notice. He served over $1 billion,” he said, with a mix- two years in the height of the Viet Nam ture of pride and awe at the company’s War, one in Southeast Asia, attached to fortunes. the U.S. Army’s famed 101st Airborne He leads an organization with 3,100 Division. He attained the rank of ser- Tom O’Brien, `68 & MBA `85 employees working in 90 locations in geant and won two Bronze Medals for Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Puerto While at Price Waterhouse, O’Brien valor, three air medals and a combat Rico. infantry badge. was chosen to lead a study for AAA Peninsula Motor Club of its administra- While climbing the corporate ladder “The Army was a great experience. tive operations, including cash man- at AAA, O’Brien entered USF’s MBA It was important for me because agement and investments. His findings program, taking courses on Fridays you learned about teamwork,” says

28 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 O’Brien and his wife, Pat `67, recently marked their 40th anniversary with a trip to Italy and Spain. and Saturdays over a two-year period and auto manufacturers that include quarters, O’Brien also serves on several and earning his degree with honors in roadside service with the purchase of national AAA committees and task 1985. a car. The travel industry has changed forces. He is on the Florida Commis- “I did a paper on the marketing of drastically too. AAA Travel Agency sion on Tourism, the Tampa Bay & our travel agency and Professor Jim shifted its emphasis to selling cruises Company Board of Directors and H. Hensel, an expert at consumer market- and tours rather than airline tickets Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute ing, was a great help to me,” O’Brien now that the airlines no longer pay Board of Advisors. recalled. O’Brien and his Professor Hensel is He leads an organization with wife recently an award-winning 3,100 employees working in 90 locations in marked their 40th marketing professor anniversary with who still teaches in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Puerto Rico. a trip to Italy and the College of Busi- Spain, where they ness and leads a successful “market- enjoyed the local commissions on ticket sales. ing boot camp” program for Bay area cuisine, especially the authentic tapas executives. O’Brien says he still calls “We still sell air tickets, but we do it in Barcelona. Travel is a perk of his on Hensel and another professor, Paul only as a service to our customers and job that they both enjoy. They have a Solomon, for advice. members,” O’Brien said. “Customer married daughter and three grandchil- service is key to everything we do. dren. O’Brien likes to play a little golf O’Brien became chief operating officer When you have as many people as and it’s not unusual to find him at The of AAA Auto Club South in 1999 and we have and in as many locations, Claw at USF. was named president and CEO in 2002. you have to have something to rally He relies on his education and experi- around.” ence to manage the challenges facing AAA, such as competition from smaller In addition to his busy schedule at motor clubs linked to oil companies AAA Auto Club South’s Tampa head-

OCTOBER 2008 | ALUMNIVOICE 29 notes class60s of Florida. He is part of a team that was recently School of Law, Indianapolis and Emory University awarded a $472,992 research grant, which is ef- School of Law, receiving her J.D. from Indiana Ken Rollins, `64, retired from his fective through March 31, 2012, from the National University in 1979. post as interim executive director of Science Foundation. the Tampa Museum of Art (TMA) in Judge Delano practiced before the state and mid-July. Rollins joined the museum William Orr, `72, is principal of Hills- federal courts of California for 14 years. In 1994, in October 2005 with the charge of borough High, which was ranked 34th in she returned to her hometown of Tampa, where she securing the organization’s financial stability while Newsweek’s list of “America’s Top 100 most recently practiced law with the firm of Addison preparing the museum for a new facility, among Schools.” & Delano, P.A. She concentrated her practice on other key initiatives. bankruptcy and commercial litigation. She is a member of The Florida Bar, The State Bar Under his leadership the museum selected a new Libby Allison, `74 & Ph.D `93, co-authored Writ- museum site, hired San Francisco architect Stanley of California, the Business Law Section of The ing for the Government with Miriam F. Williams. The Florida Bar, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Saitowitz, raised the capital funds to construct the book is published by Pearson Education, 2008. new building, and developed a sound business plan Federal Bar Association, the Hillsborough County for TMA’s future. During Rollins first year as interim Rosemary Orlando, `74, is a successful local Bar Association, and the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar executive director, TMA experienced an increase in actor and director who was recently profiled in Association. Judge Delano was appointed by the annual attendance and membership, corporate and Creative Loafing magazine. United States Circuit Court for the Eleventh Circuit, foundation support, museum educational tours, and which appoints all bankruptcy judges in Florida, Dr. Larry Flegle, `75, was selected to receive expanded community partnerships – while mounting Georgia and Alabama. She and her husband have a prestigious Wagner Leadership Award from the several important exhibitions. three children. Distance Learning Administration Association. Dr. Dave Vogler, `68 & M.A. Geology `71, and his Flegle will receive Wagner’s Distance Education George Reyes, `76, has joined the six-person wife Barbara, `71 & Mathematics `81 were Leadership Award, which goes to the individual who board of directors of LifeLock, guiding the strategic proud to watch their son, Daniel, graduate from high has embraced and significantly impacted distance growth of the leading identity theft protection school this year. Their daughter, Laura will be a high education and distance learning practices. It is the firm. Reyes is also currently a director of Symantec school sophomore in the fall. association’s top annual award. Corporation. An experienced leader, Reyes’ business acumen has come from financial posts with ONI David Dre’ Solomon, formerly David Elman, Pam Stewart, `75, is the Florida Systems and Sun Microsystems. He recently retired `69 & M.A. Clinical Psychology `74, is an Department of Education’s Deputy from Google, where he helped negotiate the orga- author, columnist and founder of MotorWatch, a Chancellor for K-12 Education. nization’s innovative IPO. He earned his MBA from nonprofit transportation and automotive safety Santa Clara University and his Bachelor’s degree in organization based in Butler, MD. Solomon’s auto- Accounting from USF. motive articles have been published in BottomLine, Ellie Potts Barrett, `76, recently received the Emilio T. Gonzalez, `77, will lead an advertising-free informational journal, since 1990 2nd Annual Central Florida Dance Award presented the worldwide expansion of Indra and he sits on the periodical’s panel of experts. by the University of Central Florida Conservatory Sistemas as president and CEO of Indra He conceived the concept of MotorWatch while Theater. On April 24, she debuted “Barrettwerks,” USA, the company’s new United States volunteering at WUSF radio and conducting a self- a program showcasing her diverse choreography, subsidiary. Indra Sistemas is Spain’s help course for the USF Co-op Garage. Under the including a 12-minute dramatic dance based on leading information technology and defense systems guidance of Phyllis Marshall, director of the student the story of Opal Petty, a Texas woman who was company. Prior to joining Indra USA, Gonzalez was union, Solomon formed several student organiza- committed to a mental institution for 51 years for director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Ser- tions in the 1970’s, including the Head Theatre, Co- dancing against the wishes of her fundamentalist vice. He also served as director for western affairs op Garage and the Co-op Store. He was president family. Also on the program were “Cantata Sonata,” at the National Security Council. He has Master’s of the USF Karate Club and helped to found the first “Yet Another Tango” and “Two for Tutu.” The perfor- degrees from Tulane and the U.S. Naval War College call-in crisis hotline at USF. mances were held in the Johnny Holloway Theatre at the Harwood-Watson Dance Studio in Orlando. and a Ph.D from the University of Miami. Barrett, who grew up in Central Florida, lives in St. Barbara (Lasater) Vogler, `71 & M.A. 70s Augustine with husband Ken Barrett, a photogra- Mathematics `81, was re-elected to another pher, and is also on the faculty of Flagler College in term as a school board trustee for the Red Oak Dr. Terry Hill, `72, is a professor of Biology and St. Augustine and the Douglas Anderson School of Independent School District in Red Oak, Texas, just the James T. and Valeria B. Robertson Chair in the Arts in Jacksonville. She returns to teach weekly south of Dallas. Vogler and her husband, Dave, `68 Biological Sciences at Rhodes College. He has at the School of Performing Arts in Fern Park. & M.A. Geology `71, were proud to watch their son, expertise in cell biology, microbiology, and the Daniel, graduate from high school this year. As a biology of fungi. Hill’s publications have appeared in Caryl E. Delano, `76, was appointed school board member, Vogler got to hand Daniel his the International Journal of Medical Microbiology, as a bankruptcy judge of the United diploma. Their daughter, Laura, will be a high school Fungal Genetics and Biology, Mycologia, Microbiol- States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle sophomore in the fall. Vogler is an assistant profes- ogy, Fungal Genetics Newsletter, and the Canadian District of Florida, Tampa Division, in sor in the Mathematics department at Northwood Journal of Microbiology, among other journals. Hill June. She graduated from USF, cum University. holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University laude, in English and attended Indiana University

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Bonnie Merrill Limbach, `79, was named senior with Mark Thompson & Brian Phelps, which became Dr. Sue Currier Golabek, `84, was counselor, public affairs, for Clarke/Eric Mower and a No. 1 show in Los Angeles for several years. She named the University of South Carolina, Associates in Sarasota, Florida. In this role, she will moved from California to Taos, N.M., after adopting Beaufort Campus’ new director of focus on reputation management, crisis communica- a daughter, then to South Florida, with a brief stay human resources. Dr. Golabek has 17 tions and media training, as well as public relations. in Boston. years experience in the areas of human Prior to joining Clarke/EMA, she was an editorial resources recruitment, immigration issues, benefit Betty J. Davis, `83, taught school in the Bahamas and public relations consultant. administration, employee relations, and employee for almost five years. She’s recently published a training and development, working for BB&T, First book about her experiences called Adventures in Virginia Bank, ACA and Chelsea Catering/Conti- the Bahamas. It’s published by Publish America and nental Airlines. Additionally, she has taught at the 80s available by order from Barnes & Noble. graduate and undergraduate levels in business and Peter Baronoff, `80, is a 3-time CEO, Councilman Tony Horrnik, `83, is a senior engineer for Pinellas human resource management for Webster Univer- & Deputy Mayor of Boca Raton. County who has worked on more than 50 bridges, sity, University of Phoenix and Strayer University. Dr. Golabek earned her B.A. in Social Sciences from Dr. Lori Sue Grieb-Severino, `80, M.A. `88 & including serving as principal designer of the Bunce’s USF, an M.A. in Human Resources from Webster Ph.D `00, is the reading coach at C. Leon King High Pass Bridge on Tierra Verde and overseeing the work University, and her Ed.D in Workforce Development School in Temple Terrace. This summer, she won the on the Belleair Beach Causeway. He was profiled from George Washington University. Dr. Golabek is Just Reads Florida High School Reading Coach of this summer in the St. Petersburg Times about his married to Doug Currier II, `87, who is the city plan- the Year award at the Just Reads conference held in expertise on bridges. ner of Newberry, SC. She has one son, Tripp, who is Orlando. She is the only teacher from Hillsborough Jim O’Drobinak, `83, and Liana O’Drobinak, 5 years old. County to receive an award at the conference. Grieb- `85 & MBA `92, are Tampa accountants. Jim is a Severino has been a reading coach since 2000. As consultant at Universal Health Care. Lisa Ann Junkerman, `84, was well as teaching staff development in reading and appointed as director of marketing for learning to the teachers at King, she also is a con- Robert Tiller, `83, and his business partner Irene the Rollins College Crummer Gradu- sultant for Hillsborough County Public Schools and Thompson, built their business, Full Circle Financial, ate School of Business. She will be teaches the Florida Reading Endorsement classes to around the philosophy of empowerment. A few responsible for marketing strategy and teachers that need certification in reading, as well years ago, they participated in a self-created “Endur- execution of marketing efforts associated with the as writing new curriculum for the county. ance Challenge” to raise money for the U.S. Marine business school. Corps Trikes for Tykes program. Tiller competed in Jon Hull, `80, was re-elected to serve his third a half-Ironman triathlon and Thompson played 45 Junkerman previously served as international term on the board of directors of QORE Property consecutive holes of golf. They raised enough money marketing manager for Motorola, Inc., where she Sciences. He will serve as chairman of the board. to donate more than three dozen hand-peddled conceptualized and managed brand strategy and Jon is based out of QORE’s Tampa office. He has tricycles to children who can’t use their legs. Tiller execution associated with global markets and a been with the firm since 1987 and has a total of 26 also ran the 2008 Boston Marathon to raise money variety of the company’s product portfolios. Prior to years of experience in the environmental consulting for the Moffitt Cancer Center. working for Motorola, Junkerman was a regional industry. marketing manager for Progress Energy where she Tiller served briefly on the Pinellas County Alumni was responsible for all facets of marketing for the Tom Bonfield, MBA `81, was named city manag- Board and helped initiate the campaign to raise Fortune 250 energy provider during her 13-year er of Durham N.C. in June 2008. He was previously money to start USF’s football program. He has been tenure, including branding, marketing communica- city manager in Pensacola, FL, for 10 years. He’s a a financial planner for 24 years and is a Certified tions, product marketing, market research and public native of St. Petersburg, FL, and holds a Bachelor’s Financial Planner, Certified Fund Specialist and relations. degree in Accounting from St. Leo University and an Registered Financial Consultant. He co-authored MBA from USF. 21st Century Wealth, Essential FInancial Planner Junkerman has a Master’s in Business Administra- tion degree from the Crummer Graduate School of Ken Lettre, `81, ran the 2008 Disney Marathon Principles and teaches professional continuing Business at Rollins College and a Bachelor of Arts in 4:40:45, placing 328th in his division. Lettre, a education courses for CPAs. degree in Business Administration with a major in Life Member of the USF Alumni Association, makes Bonnie Yegidis, Education Measurement & Marketing from the University of South Florida. She a point of wearing his Bulls cap when he races. Evaluation Ph.D `83, was named vice president is a graduate of Leadership Orlando. He and his wife Karen live in Frisco, TX. He was for academic affairs and student success for the recently promoted to supply chain manager at J.C. University of Tennessee system. In her new position, Susan Rock, `84, joined CSC as vice president of Penney Company, Inc., in their corporate office in Yegidis will oversee academic and student affairs business development for its North American Public Plano, TX. for the UT system. Previously, Yegidis was vice Sector (NPS) business unit’s Applied Technology Division. CSC is a leading information technology Nicole Sandler, `81, is the morning drive-time president for academic affairs and provost at Florida services company. Rock is responsible for develop- host for WINZ/Miami, a Clear Channel station. San- Gulf Coast University from 2004 to 2007 and associ- ing strategy and managing account teams as they dler worked at WUSF and WMNF during her years at ate vice president for academic affairs and associate identify and pursue new opportunities in managed USF. She left Tampa to move to NYC as a producer provost at the University of Georgia from 2003 to services, aviation maintenance, infrastructure at WMCA and WPLJ. She left New York for Los 2004. In 2005, Yegidis received the Distinguished services, and base and range operations. In addition Angeles, where she produced and hosted a variety Alumna Award for the School of Social Work at to her USF degree, Rock also has a Master’s degree of radio shows, including the KLOS Morning Show West Virginia University, where she earned a Master’s degree. in management from Troy State University.

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notes classRoger Cox, `85, was named 2008 90s Steve Morris, M.D. `91, traveled to Urban Engineer of the Year by the Myanmar this summer in the wake of a Florida Association of County Engineers Dr. D. Rob Haley, `90, was recognized devastating cyclone to offer medical and and Roadway Superintendents (FAC- as a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Global humanitarian aid in spite of the military ERS). FACERS awards are the most and Public Health by the J. William junta’s refusal of help. He stayed several prestigious professional performance recognition Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, weeks, doing what he could with only the most presented in Florida. To qualify for the Urban Engi- the Bureau of Education and Cultural rudimentary supplies. neer Award a nominee must have performed his/ Affairs of the Department of State, and the Council her services in a municipality of 50,000 population for International Exchange of Scholars. Dr. Haley Morris, a USF professor of nursing, is a disaster or greater. is collaborating with international governments on relief expert with a long history of volunteering to a variety of initiatives involving healthcare reform. respond during crises. He worked in Mississippi Liana O’Drobinak, `85 & MBA `92, and Jim In November 2007, he worked with the Chinese after Hurricane Katrina and returns on weekends O’Drobinak,`83, are Tampa accountants. Liana government and traveled to Beijing, Jinan, Qingdao, to work in rural hospitals there. He has responded is vice president for the south region at Jefferson Hong Kong and Macau to discuss various healthcare to natural disasters all over the world and was Wells, a global provider of accounting and financial initiatives. In July 2008, Dr. Haley implemented a se- featured in an article about his work this summer in services. ries of healthcare summits for the Egyptian govern- The Tampa Tribune. Douglas Trueblood, `85, was named general ment to provide a global perspective of healthcare Janet M. Borchers, `92, a former USF Ambas- manager, marketing & sales, for Universal Studios reform, leadership and financing. sador, is proud to announce the birth of a second Singapore. He will assist in the development of a Ed Lizarraga, `90, was named associate producer granddaughter, Jaelyn Alyse, born February 6, 2008. studio similar to the one in Orlando for the next two for Slate Media, Inc., in June. Lizarraga has exten- Borchers was also elected in March 2008 as vice years. sive experience in sales and marketing, particularly president of the Teachers’ Association of Lee County and represented the county as a state delegate to Manley E. Jaquiss, `86, is a correctional proba- in the wireless telecommunications industry. Most recently, he managed all aspects of a retail wireless the National Education Association convention in tion senior supervisor with the Florida Department of Washington, D.C. in July. Corrections in Ft. Myers. outlet. As an associate producer, Lizarraga will work directly with national advertisers to provide opportu- Stacy Carlson, `92, joined the Helios Karen Brewer Hagood, `87, is the manager of nities for product placement and enhanced exposure Education Foundation as vice president the new environmental education center at Circle B through sponsorship of Slate Media’s nationally and director of transition years. Carlson Bar Reserve, a 267-acre county environmental pre- aired television shows. He also holds an MBA from works in conjunction with the Founda- serve near Lakeland. Previously, she taught science the University of Phoenix. tion’s community investment team to at Lake Region High School. Michael Palasick, `90, joined SupportSave identify new partnership opportunities and imple- Jill Jaquiss, `87, is a vice-president at Colonial Solutions, Inc. as chief financial officer. SupportSave ment the Foundation’s strategic investment goals Bank in Fort Myers. is a provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) in Florida. She has nearly10 years of experience in services in the Philippines. Palasick, 39, brings foundation development, educational advocacy and Pamela J. Masten, MBA `87, of Celebration, nearly 20 years of experience to SupportSave nonprofit capacity building. She is a doctoral can- Florida, received the Master of Divinity and The Solutions. He has served in management roles didate in Educational Leadership at the University Arthur Paul Rech Memorial Award in Theology and at several leading financial institutions, including of Florida and holds a Master of Education from Pastoral Ministry from Princeton Theological Semi- Bank of America and Barnett Banks, specializing Harvard University. She earned a Bachelor’s degree nary at the school’s 196th Commencement Exercises in mortgage banking, capital markets and pricing in Psychology from USF. in May 2008. The Master of Divinity is a three-year strategies. Most recently, he served as a consultant graduate degree that is the basic professional Dana Perez Rodriguez, `93, is director of educa- to mortgage companies seeking to optimize their degree for ministry. tion for the Connecticut Ballet and a member of the pricing, liquidity and profitability during this current Dance Education Advisory Committee for the state Reid Sheftall, M.D. `88, was profiled in MIT’s housing downturn. Palasick holds an MBA from the Department of Education. After graduating from Technology Review. He recently authored Striking University of Tampa. USF, Rodriguez moved to New York City to pursue a It Rich: Golf in the Kingdom with Generals, Patients Jeff Knott, Executive MBA `91, career in the dance field. She has been performing, and Pros, based on his experiences as a surgeon and has written Navigating the Healthcare teaching dance, and working at various performing professional golfer. In 2003, Sheftall opened a clinic Maze, published by DC Press, which he arts organizations ever since. From 1994-1998, she for child burn victims in Cambodia, the American wrote to empower patients to become toured extensively with Shari Lewis’ Lamb Chop & Medical Center in Phnom Penh. He is also a card- informed consumers of health care. The Friends. Rodriguez has taught master classes at vari- carrying member of the Malaysian PGA Tour, which book is available at all major book stores and on ous schools in Connecticut and New Jersey, as well he earned in 2005 in the tour’s qualifying school. Amazon.com. as New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Deborah Sheridan, `89, was a finalist in the 2008 She is an advisory board member of the Martha Pippin Moreau Mebane, `91, co-founded Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Business Woman of Graham Center of Contemporary Dance’s Young Hiptotz.com, an online store for the children of the Year Awards. Sheridan, a senior vice president Artist Program and an arts education consultant. She Generation X-ers who want children’s clothing with at Synovus Bank, was nominated in the Financial also teaches jazz and lyrical dance at Monroe Dance a more hip, urban sense of style. Services category. Academy and is the co-artistic director of Monroe Dance Company.

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Montana Stambaugh, `93, passed the PACE graduations of both their sons in May 2008. Michael Derek R. Williams, `00, has opened exam to become a registered paralegal. Stambaugh Armstrong graduated from the College of Medicine Williams Wealth Management, offering customized, works for Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stew- and Daniel Armstrong graduated from the College of concierge-style net worth advising for individuals art, P.C. in Greenville, SC. She is one of only two Engineering. and business owners. The offices are located in registered paralegals in Greenville. The Paralegal Bradenton, FL. David Quilleon, `96, and his Advanced Competency Exam is offered by the wife Debbie, had twin boys, George Bastable, `01, National Federation of Paralegal Associations to test wrote a touching guest Blake Terence and Brody John on the competency level of experienced paralegals. column for the St. Petersburg Times about his expe- April 17, 2008. riences teaching middle school students about the Thomas J. Temeyer, `94, has been awarded the Holocaust and the consequences of tacit complicity. Linda Courtney Clark, `97, has been Investment Management Consultants Association’s It was published May 18, 2008. appointed to serve a three-year term Certified Investment Management Analyst designa- on The Florida Bar Professional Ethics Jenifer A. (Markley) tion. Temeyer is a vice president in Franklin Temple- Committee. Clark is an attorney with a Boswell, `01, ton Investments’ New York Stock Exchange Division and her sister private general practice that includes Jill (Markley) Chalkley, `01, and Independent and Bank Division. Temeyer joined marital and family law, business/civil, personal the company in 1995 and is based in St. Petersburg. have joined forces as partner injury and criminal law. She has been a resident of He’s responsible for promoting Franklin Templeton realtors for Re/Max. Jill has been Hillsborough County for over 40 years and raised investment solutions to financial advisors in West successfully selling residential, commercial, and four children before entering USF and Stetson Virginia and Kentucky. business real estate for more than three years and University College of Law. Clark volunteers regularly Jenifer has over 11 years of marketing experience Dr. Frances Vaughn Wilder, in many areas, including the 13th Judicial Circuit and client management. MSPH `94 & Ph.D `98, is presenting Domestic Violence Project, the Juvenile Attorney ad Nikole Collins-Puri, `01 research at the 2008 World Congress on Litem Program and many other worthwhile causes. cum laude, Osteoarthritis in Rome, Italy, on behalf was named as a Rising Star by Women Adam Daniels, `99 & MACC ‘01, was promoted of the Arthritis Research Institute of in Technology, a 1,000-member not-for- to audit manager at Pender Newkirk & Company. America. She is presenting research on diabetes and profit organization for women in the technology industry. The Rising Star osteoarthritis during the international conference Matthew Hudkins, `99 & M.D. `03, award is one of eight annual Leadership Awards be- to be held Sept. 18-21. The congress is the annual is a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, serv- stowed by the organization. Collins-Puri is a former meeting of the Osteoarthritis Research Society ing with 33 ERQS, a rescue squadron USF Alumni Association Outstanding Senior award International (OARSI). based at Moody AFB in Georgia that is winner and a member of the Delta Sigma Theta on duty at Bagram AFB in Afghanistan. Gabe Lang, `95, is part of the leadership team for sorority. She is a global business services diversity Capt. Hudkins flies dangerous missions on HH-60 Falcon Engineering, a Cary, NC-based firm formed re- and inclusion senior manager for AT&T. helicopters supporting MEDEVAC missions to help cently as a result of the merger of Falcon and Tierra injured soldiers and Afghani citizens. He plans to Danielle Chandonnet, `01, North Carolina, Inc. The firm offers engineering received return to the U.S. to complete his residency once his services, including geotechnical and environmental the City of Mount Dora’s annual Above military commitment has ended. services, materials testing, inspections, including and Beyond award. Chandonnet earned her MPA with honors from Troy third-party and special inspections, and agency Sherri Seidman, `99, works at Boca Raton Com- University in 2006, and now works in the construction management. Lang will serve as vice munity Hospital teaching hearing babies ages 6 public sector for the City of Mount Dora Community president and geotechnical engineering manager. months to 2 years old and their parents how to use Redevelopment Agency as the marketing and busi- He is also president of the Eastern North Carolina a modified sign language in order to communicate ness development director. Most recently, Chandon- chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. with each other. After graduating in 1999 from USF, net has been charged with the task of coordinating Seidman moved to Scottsdale, AZ, and began work- Daniel Ontengco, Jr., `95 & MPA `00, has a $1 million fundraising campaign that will serve to ing for the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and written a new science fiction adventure, The History renovate a cornerstone structure in the city – the the Blind as a transcriptionist for hearing-impaired of Man’s Future. This is Ontengco’s fourth published Mount Dora Community Building. She organized students on an American Indian reservation. She work. The others are Portrait of a View, The Heresy a successful campaign kickoff event, produced a also went back to school to receive her teacher of Hearsay, and The Land of Green Eyes. short film, has coordinated numerous direct mail training. In 2002, she returned to Florida and took campaigns, written several grants, manages monthly Dr. Peter Sedgwick, `95, a job teaching students at a satellite school for is a sports medicine steering committee meetings and proactively main- the deaf in Broward County before moving to Palm specialist in Lewiston, Maine. He practices with tains a full schedule of public speaking events. Central Maine Sports Medicine. Sedgwick earned Springs Middle School. his medical degree at the University of Massachu- Jacqueline Chandonnet, `01, setts Medical School, Worcester, MA. He served completed her MPA with honors from residencies in family medicine and sports medicine 00s Northern Michigan University and re- at Maine Medical Center in Portland. cently joined Hillary Lyons Associates as Troy Dunmire, `00, is regional director for Banana senior associate, traveling to numerous Dr. Kathleen Armstrong, School Psychology Republic’s Los Angeles region, which includes Ha- healthcare facilities throughout the nation’s Mid- Ph.D `96, and her husband Rich, a former College of waii, Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico. west implementing successful fundraising programs. Education professor, were thrilled to attend the USF

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notes classChandonnet spent several years as a broadcast working towards a second bachelor’s degree from Chantel Mijo, `05, magna cum laude, founded journalist for WLUC-TV, the NBC affiliate in USF St. Petersburg in business and marketing. Divide and Conquer, a tutoring service for students Negaunee, MI. She co-produced a feature-length who are struggling academically. Most of her clients Rachel Lazinsk, `02, is a partner in Economical historical documentary film, “The Enemy in our are high-schoolers preparing for college exams and Quality Products (EQP), an Advertising Specialty Midst: Nazi Prisoner of War Camps in Michigan’s the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. Upper Peninsula,” which won a prestigious Award Institute (ASI) distributor. EQP, based in Windemere, of Merit, the highest honor given by the Michigan FL, is a privately held, woman-owned company that Francisco Blanquicet, `06, won the Ethernet Historical Society. has been providing quality promotional products for Alliance University Program 2008 White Paper Chal- 16 years. Clients include automobile dealerships, lenge. Blanquicet presented his paper on “PAUSE Chandonnet then began a career in the field of Circle K convenience stores, KB Home and many Power Cycle for Energy-Efficient Ethernet” alongside healthcare philanthropy. She served as foundation others. Products include embroidered and screened USF graduate advisor Dr. Ken Christensen at the In- executive director at Bell Hospital in Ishpeming, MI, wearables, give-aways, office products and much terop conference in Las Vegas in the spring of 2008. where she established a sustainable philanthropy more. Blanquicet’s paper received several press accolades, program and led a successful campaign raising $5 including Network World, EE Times, and TechTarget. Kim Scheeler, MBA `02, was named million for the construction of a new facility in just He also received a cash prize of $3,000. Blanquicet CEO and president of the Greater Rich- one year. is currently a grad student at USF. mond Chamber of Commerce. Scheeler Lisa Peake, M.Ed. `01, received the 2007 has served as the CEO of the Greater Jeanette Chase, `06, of Wesley Chapel, is co- Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Tampa Chamber of Commerce since leading a team traveling to Casablanca, Chile, to and Science Teaching. She and 99 other honorees 2001. He began his post at the Greater Richmond participate in a Habitat for Humanity Global Village met Vice President Dick Cheney, had breakfast in the Chamber in Virginia in August. volunteer work team from September 29 to October U.S. Capitol, dined at the State Department and won 12. Jeanette worked on a Habitat Global Village Deena G. Kemp, `03 & M.A. Mass Comm. a $10,000 grant. Peake teaches Chemistry at Wesley build team in Kuching, Malaysia in October 2007. `07, is the associate director for stewardship and Chapel High School. At 28, she is one of the young- She is on the advisory board for Hands on Tampa communications for USF Health Development at USF. est teachers to win the honor and the only Florida Bay and works with Kids Charity of Tampa Bay. teacher to win. She is responsible for communication with alumni and community supporters of the University’s col- Ashley Evans Hilton, `06, was one of three cho- Jill E. Reagan, `01 & MBA `06, has leges of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health. She reographers from USF to be selected to participate joined Panther International of Clear- was formerly a community relations specialist for in Moving Grounds, an annual concert series that water as director of Communications & the Visiting Nurse Association of the Treasure Coast. presents the best in music and dance from all over Marketing. Panther International is an Florida and the Southeast. Typically only about one- Cosme Herrera, `04, had artwork included in application development and technology third of the applicant’s make the cut to appear in the the exhibition “How Soon is Now?” at the Bronx firm with offices in Tampa Bay, Tallahassee and San series. The performances were held May 16 and 17 Museum in New York City this summer. He is one of Francisco. in Theatre II on the USF campus. only 36 artists in the exhibition selected from 300 Jeff Fairbanks, `02 & M.M. Jazz applicants. Meghan Sheehan, `06, is the associate editor of Composition `05, was awarded the Nursery Retailer magazine, Garden Chic maga- Christy J. Talbott, M.M. `04, recently BMI Charlie Parker Award on June 25th zine, both national garden retail trade magazines, received her Ph.D. from The Ohio State at the annual BMI Jazz Composer Work- and Interiorscape magazine, a national interior University. In March of this year she shop showcase concert at New York’s “plantscape” trade magazine, based in Clearwater. Merkin Hall. A noted creative forum for musical ex- presented a paper on aural training at ploration and development, the BMI Jazz Workshop the regional conference of the College Edward C. Woodward, MLA `06, admits only the top jazz composers in the world. This Music Society. A mentor to other graduate teaching did a radio interview with Bill Dudley award, given annually to only one composer from associates at Ohio State, she compiled a very help- of the Florida Humanities Council, in this group, includes the prestigious Manny Albam ful guidebook of significant pedagogical practices a statewide broadcast promoting the Commission that, in addition to the cash award, will designed to instruct the new T.A. with little class- new book Rivers of the Green Swamp, result in a new work to be premiered next summer room experience or little background in educational an Anthology. Woodward is co-founder of Paddle by the BMI/NY Jazz Orchestra. methodologies. and Path, LLC, a print and web publishing enterprise designed to celebrate Florida’s trails and waterways. Shari Deanna Wilson, `04, was Jeff also received a composer assistance grant The book, published by the Tampa Bay Writers named Ms. Wheelchair Florida 2008 from the American Music Center to help support the Network, is the culmination of two USF graduate and competed in the Ms. Wheelchair premiere of a new piece at the Brooklyn Lyceum in studies programs. Students under the tutelage of America competition this summer August by his own ensemble, the Jeff Fairbanks Jazz assistant English professor Tom Hallock wrote about in Rockville, MD. Wilson volunteers Orchestra. their explorations of four rivers – the Hillsborough, as a Children’s Ministry teacher at Joyful Noise Withlacoochee, Ocklawaha, and Peace – that In addition to all of this recognition, he is also a new Tabernacle and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Cur- comprise what is known as the Green Swamp. At father! riculum and Instruction. She was disabled in 1990 at the same time, Woodward and several of the other age 7 by the onset of Dermatomyositis, a muscular Jamie M. Knapp, `02 & M.A. Social Science participating writers were involved in the Florida autoimmune disorder. Education `05, is the marketing coordinator for Studies program co-developed by USF professor Engineering Matrix in St. Petersburg. She is also Gary Mormino, also an anthology contributing writer.

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Ashley Butler, `07, was the first female franchise Carissa Caricato, `08, is the new Jason Richards, `08, is a news photojournalist owner of Ice Cold Air on W. Hillsborough Ave. director of marketing and communica- with WFTX-TV, a Fox affiliate owned by Journal She now owns the larger shop on S. Dale Mabry tions at the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay. Broadcast Group, in Cape Coral. Highway. She graduated summa cum laude in Julie Salomone, `08, May 2008 with a major in Public Rela- is a reporter for WXOW Stephen Deucker, MBA `07, joined the new tions and minors in both Business Administration television, the ABC affiliate in La Crosse, WI. Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain resort in Tucson as the and Communications. Corina Van Wicklin, `08, head of sales and marketing. He previously was in joined Intelligent Tar- the same position for the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota. Adam King, `08, received a Fulbright geting as an account executive. She is responsible Grant to teach English in Taiwan. King for the day-to-day coordination of agency services Melanie Hackney, `07, is pursuing a Doctorate graduated in May as a King O’Neal for clients’ direct marketing programs, manag- degree at Louisiana State University, where she Scholar, an honor given to graduates ing timelines, providing account service, solving was recently elected president of the Department of with at least a 4.0 GPA. problems, and reporting progress. She also assists French Studies Graduate Association. In February, in business development. Intelligent Targeting is a she presented a paper at an International Medieval Brianne Northcutt, `08, went to Tampa-based direct marketing and interactive firm. Graduate Conference and was elected to the board South Africa this summer to work at a of directors for the conference. She is also president new child care center near the Univer- of LSU’s petanque club, Petanque Louisianaise, and sity of Limpopo that was developed by she recently received the Eliot Dow Healy memo- USF Associate Professor of Educational rial fellowship, a $1000 award for excellence in Psychology Darlene DeMarie, Ph.D. Medieval Studies.

In the Bulls Eye… Devin Hammer, Criminology, `97 Chandler, AZ Hammer, a field systems engineer for Eaton Powerware, turned down endorsement money so he could wear his Bulls T-shirt when played in the World Series of Poker, held in Las Vegas this summer. “I dedicated my whole Main Event experience to my grandfather, José Lopez. He passed away Jan. 4, 2008. He taught me the basics of poker when I was younger. I cut out a picture of him wearing a USF shirt, put it in a plastic cardholder and it sat in front of my chips throughout the tournament. He meant the world to me.” His progress during the series was followed closely by USF supporters on TheBull- sPen.com message boards. “Every day after playing, I’d get on the boards and tell them what was going on – how many chips I had and stuff like that. On breaks, I text them and they’d post the updates. It was pretty great.” He hung in until Day 3 of the tournament, finish- ing in the top 1,300 out of more than 6,800 players. “I did all right for the first time playing in the Main Event. Next year I hope to improve. Hope- fully, I’ll get to the final table. Then USF will be all over T.V.

José Lopez

OCTOBERJULY 2008 | ALUMNIVOICE 35 athletics Knowledge-A-Bull A Class Year: Sophomore Sure, you know their stats on Height/Weight: 6’ 4”/212 lbs. the field, but how much do you Shoe Size: 12 Birthday: 4/6/1988 know about your USF Bulls off Siblings: 1 sister the field? Take this quiz and Favorite Movie: “Finding Nemo” see if you can match the player B with his personal info. (You can Class Year: Junior visit www.GoUSFBulls.com to Height/Weight: 6’ 0”/209 lbs Shoe Size: 11.5 “confirm” your answers or you 1. Delbert Alvarado ____ 5. Carlton Mitchell ____ Birthday: 1/3/1989 can just check at the bottom of Siblings: 1 brother; 1 sister the page.) Favorite Movie: “Crash”

C Class Year: Senior Height/Weight: 6’ 5”/320 lbs Shoe Size: 14 Birthday: 8/30/1986 Siblings: 1 brother; 1 sister Favorite Movie: “Shooter”

D 2. Matt Grothe ____ 6. George Selvie ____ Class Year: Junior Height/Weight: 6’ 0”/205 lbs. Shoe Size: 13 Birthday: 9/8/1986 Siblings: 2 brothers Be Respect-A-Bull Favorite Movie: “Daylight” The University of South E Florida in partnership with Class Year: Junior the student body, alumni Height/Weight: 6’ 4”/245 lbs. and fans has initiated the Shoe Size: 13 "Be Respect-A-Bull" Birthday: 3/6/1987 campaign aimed at promot- Siblings: None ing a higher level or pride, 3. Taurus Johnson ____ 7. Ryan Schmidt ____ Favorite Movie: “Waterboy” sportsmanship and honor. Please welcome the play- F ers, coaches and fans of our Class Year: Senior Height/Weight: 6’ 1”/205 lbs. opponent with great respect Shoe Size: 12 and the wonderful hospital- Birthday: 4/13/1986 ity that can and will be the Siblings: None hallmark of Bulls every- Favorite Movie: “Remember the Titans” where. Our goal is to create a first-class environment to G lend support to our team Class Year: Senior while maintaining a safe and Height/Weight: 6’ 2”/235 lbs. 4. Tyrone McKenzie ____ fun atmosphere for visiting Shoe Size: 12.5 Birthday: 12/11/1985

fans as well. Siblings: 3 sisters Key: 1-B; 2-D; 3-F; 4-G; 5-A; 6-E; 7-C 6-E; 5-A; 4-G; 3-F; 2-D; 1-B; Key: Favorite Movie: “American Gangster”

36 ALUMNIVOICE | OCTOBER 2008 your membership calendarin action OCTOBER 2 USF vs. Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m., Raymond James Stadium, Tampa. Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com or Ticketmaster.com for ticket info. 2 “Hair” opens, 8 p.m., USF Theatre Hall, USF Tampa campus. Visit http:// www.arts.usf.edu>Arts Events Calendar for ticket info. 14 SuperBull XII Homecoming Carnival, TBA, USF Tampa campus. Visit http://ctr.usf.edu/homecoming for details. 15 USF St. Petersburg Homecoming Social, 6 p.m., Contact Donna Brickman at [email protected] for details. 17 Sam & Martha Gibbons Alumni Center Open House, 9 a.m., USF Tampa campus, RSVP to [email protected] 17 USF Alumni Association Awards Luncheon and Board of Directors Meet- ing; Gibbons Alumni Center, Traditions Hall, USF Tampa campus, RSVP to Jenny Cater at [email protected] 17 USF Alumni Association Homecoming Parade Watch Party, 6:30 p.m., Gibbons Alumni Center, USF Tampa campus. Visit www.USFalumni. org>Events for details. Voting for the Coach of the Year is a snap 18 Bulls Roast Tailgate Party, 3 hours prior to kickoff, Raymond James Sta- dium, Tampa. 18 Homecoming SuperBull XII, USF vs. Syracuse, TBA, Raymond James and so is saving on your car insurance. Stadium, Tampa. Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com or Ticketmaster.com for ticket info. 23 Great Book Series: The March by E.L. Doctorow, 6:30 p.m., Gibbons You could save hundreds of dollars a year on your car and home insurance. Call Alumni Center, USF Tampa campus, RSVP to [email protected] for a free no o igation rate uote and find out a out the specia 800-317-3502 - bl q , b l 25 USF vs. Louisville, TBA, Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY. group discount you could receive just for being a University of South Florida alum.* Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com or Ticketmaster.com for ticket info. While you’re scoring savings, cast your vote for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year. 30 Columbia SC Chapter Watch Party, TBA, Visit www.USFalumni. Last year nearly a million fans voted for the football coach they thought best demonstrated org>Events for details on this and other watch parties locally and across responsibility, integrity and excellence, on and off the field. the country. 30 USF vs. Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m., Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OH. Visit www. Be part of this year’s action by visiting coachoftheyear.com/savings. GoUSFBulls.com or Ticketmaster.com for ticket info.

NOVEMBER 15 USF vs. Rutgers, TBA, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa. Visit www. GoUSFBulls.com or Ticketmaster.com for ticket info. 23 USF vs. Connecticut, 8 p.m., Raymond James Stadium, Tampa. Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com or Ticketmaster.com for ticket info.

DECEMBER 6 USF vs. West Virginia, TBA, Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, WV. Visit www.GoUSFBulls.com or Ticketmaster.com for ticket info. This organization recieves financial support for allowing Liberty Mutual to offer this auto and home insurance program. *Discounts and credits are available where state laws and regulations allow, and may vary by state. To the extent permitted by law, applicants are individually underwritten; not all applicants may qualify. Coverage provided and underwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and its affiliates, 175 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA. In Texas, coverage provided and underwritten by Liberty County Mutual Insurance Company and its affiliates, 2100 Walnut Hill Lane, Irving, TX. A consumer report from a consumer reporting agency and/or motor vehicle report on all drivers listed on your policy may be obtained where state laws and regulations allow. ©2008 Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. All rights reserved.JULY 2008 | ALUMNIVOICE 7 PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID USF Alumni Association TAMPA FL PERMIT NO 923 Gibbons Alumni Center University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Ave. ALC 100 Tampa, FL. 33620-5455

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