Alumni Class Notes: page 10

Carter (BSBA 1981) was recently elected Director of Quest Diagnostics’ Board of Directors.  Carter is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at FedEx Corporation, where he is responsible for setting the technology direction of the FedEx applications, infrastructure and

DiMeo (BSBA 1986) is President of the Frederick H. DiMeo Insurance Agency, Inc.  Residing in California, DiMeo returns frequently to visit family who still live in Florida. “Life is good,” he shared. “Thanks, UF.”

Cainas (DBA 2017) is among the recipients of the American Accounting Association/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte Foundation Prize, which is the foremost recognition of an individual who consistently demonstrates the attributes of a superior teacher in the discipline of

Nashtatik (MBA 2010) was recently appointed Chief Financial Officer at Nicholas Financial, Inc. She had been serving as Nicholas Financial’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since November of 2019. During her tenure with Nicholas, Nashtatik has served as Controller and Vice President

After graduating from the MSE Program, Rickabaugh (MSE 2022) founded Revolution Ranch Marketing Agency with a transformative vision: to revolutionize how brands engage with their audiences through innovative Text Message Marketing. Drawing from the rich lessons of the MSE curriculum,

Render (BSBA 2014, MS-ISOM 2015) is the owner and founder of Render Analytics. His company’s product ApplyGenie recently won a major tech start-up competition in Orlando, FL. Read more about ApplyGenie’s win in this story from the Orlando Business Journal. 

Thompson (BSBA 1979) is serving in her second year as President of the Cat Writers’ Association (CWA), an international business association for communications professionals whose work focuses on cats. The organization encourages excellence in cat communications with an annual awards

Klein (BSBA 2003), Assistant Professor at Boise State University, recently had her research featured in Forbes Magazine. The research highlights that women are vastly underrepresented in CEO roles.  Read more about the research in this story from Boise State University. 

Arnold (BSBA 1980, JD 1983, DBA 2017) was recently appointed as the founding dean of the Patty Arvielo School of Business and Management at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California. He will begin on June 1.  As founding dean, Arnold

Mehlenbacher (MBA 2016) is a senior integrated business planning consultant with MCSG. In his role, Mehlenbacher works in the supply chain arena for heavy industry. He started his career with Rayonier Advanced Materials in Jeup, GA and then Jacksonville, FL.