State Representative. Florida’s Speaker of the House. World War II and Korean War Veteran. Commissioner of Education. Professor of Business. Namesake of UF’s largest classroom building and the State Department of Education headquarters. Ralph Turlington (BSBA 1942) donned many titles during his
Alumni Class Notes: page 33
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!
Submitting a Class Note is also a great way to expand your network of Business Gators. By sharing what you’re up to, along with a link to your LinkedIn page, you give other Business Gators the opportunity to connect.
Share about yourself and connect with other Business Gators by submitting your Class Note today!
Bobby Raymond (BSBA ’84) | June 2021
Raymond (BSBA 1984) is owner of Brightway Insurance, Fort Caroline. He was recently featured in chapter 30 of “The Walk-On Method,” which shares the stories of 31 “underdogs who became extraordinary.” Raymond was a 1981 football walk-on at UF, who became the team’s starting
Ani Mathers (Ph.D. ’12) | June 2021
Mathers (Ph.D. Finance 2012) received the University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence, one of USM’s highest honors. She is associate professor of finance and associate dean of Salisbury University’s Franklin P. Perdue School of Business. In addition to teaching, she is credited with advising students
Kris Wiebeck (BSAc ’06, MAcc ’06) | June 2021
Wiebeck (BSAcc 2006, MAcc 2006) is chief strategy officer for Baldwin Risk Partners (BRP) Group, an independent insurance and risk management advisory and distribution firm in Tampa, serving more than 600,000 clients across the country and internationally. He formerly served as the company’s CFO.
Evan Morgan (BSAc ’82) | June 2021
Morgan (BSAc 1982) is principal at the Kaufman Rossin accounting firm in Miami. He’s focused his 35 year career on income tax and compliance services for businesses, including construction, manufacturing, health care, real estate, technology and professional service firms.
Courtnei Sanders (MSF ’14) | June 2021
Sanders (MSF ’14) is director of Biz Dev & Analytics at Ware2Go, a UPS-owned nationwide fulfillment network designed to help merchants position products closer to end customers for a fast and reliable order-to-delivery experience. Prior to this post, she worked with SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and was
Yasmeen Neal (BABA ’02) | June 2021
Neal (BABA 2002), is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army National Guard. She was named the 2021 Black Engineer of the Year, an honor bestowed by the Stars and Stripes National Guard Bureau. Neal serves as a program analyst and as the liaison to the Army Finance
Joe Hair (BSBA ‘66, MS ‘69, Ph.D. ’71) | June 2021
Hair (BSBA ‘66, MS ‘69, Ph.D. ’71) is Distinguisher Professor of Marketing and Director of the Ph.D. in Business Administration Program at the University of Southern Alabama. He has written more than a dozen books on marketing and is the
Jinxin Yang (MIB ’17) | June 2021
Yang (MIB 2017) is completing his Ph.D. in management at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he also teaches courses in organizational behavior and human resources. “UF refreshed my life and prepared me for my career development in
Osamah Abdelhaq (BS ’19, MS-ISOM ’20) | June 2021
Abdelhaq (BS 2019, MS-ISOM 2020) is a Data Scientist with Guidehouse LLP. Read the story he recently contributed to the Warrington Newsroom about how his AI background at Warrington translated into a data science career.