Spector (BSBA 1999, MS-ISOM 2000, MBA 2009) has been recognized as a Marquis Who’s Who recipient, an esteemed recognition honoring the most accomplished professionals who have achieved notable success and prominence in their fields. Spector is a Realtor with Compass
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In UF Warrington’s Alumni Class Notes, you have the opportunity to let your classmates know what’s going on in your life and career.
Did you get a promotion, new job or retire (lucky you!)? Maybe you got married, bought a house or had a baby (congrats!)? Are you just kicking butt and taking names (snaps for you!)? Let your fellow Business Gators know by submitting your Class Note!
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José García (MBA ’16) | December 2024
García (MBA 2016) joined UBS Wealth Management as a financial advisor in South Florida. García joins advisor team VPHN Wealth Partners at UBS, which is led by UBS Private Wealth Advisors Melissa Van Putten-Henderson and Doris Neyra. The Private Wealth
Jordon Voss (MBA ’11) | December 2024
Voss (MBA 2011) was appointed as Northern Trust’s President of the Pacific Northwest Region. Voss will lead Northern Trust’s Seattle-based team in the delivery of holistic advice and superior client service, while accelerating the growth of the wealth management business
Ryan Merkel (BSBA ’08) | December 2024
Merkel (BSBA 2008) was hired as the National Gallery of Art’s new principal gifts officer and assumed the role on December 1. As the National Gallery’s principal gifts officer, Merkel will work with the chief development officer Sean O’Connor and
Dennis Wedgworth (MBA ’77) | December 2024
Wedgworth (MBA 1977) leads Wedgworth Farms and its sister company, Wedgworth’s Inc. The Dennis Wedgworth Family was recently recognized by the Western Palm Beach County Farm Bureau as the 2024 Farm Family of the Year, awarded for their outstanding commitment
Stephen Mounts (MBA ’99) | December 2024
Mounts (MBA 1999) was recently named as the Air Force Deputy Surgeon General. He is the first federal Civilian Senior Executive to serve in the role and only the third non-physician to hold the title. Mounts, a career Medical Service
Matt Redler (BSBA ’20) | December 2024
Redler (BSBA 2020) is Founder of Za-Zu, a cold email sending platform. He was ranked the #1 speaker in the country, coached two debate national championships, founded a global payroll company when he was 22, and most recently bootstrapped an
Christie Novak (DBA ’19) | November 2024
Novak (DBA 2019) recounted her journey from public accounting into academia in a new piece featured in The CPA Journal. Rather than taking the usual Ph.D., she took the sometimes overlooked path of a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA). Her
Mike Balter (BSAc ’88) | November 2024
Balter (BSAc 1988) was named the Regional Leader for CBIZ in the Southeast. Previously, he the held the same position and was a member of the executive committee for Marcum for a decade. Marcum sold to CBIZ in November 2024.
Mark Mustian (BSBA ’80) | November 2024
Mustian (BSBA 1980) has a new novel out in March 2025, “Boy With Wings,” about a boy with strange appendages on his back who ends up in a freak show in the 1930s South. (His prior novel, “The Gendarme,” has
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