MacLeod (MBA 1994), partner at Bachara Construction Law Group, was included in the 29th Best Lawyers in America© in construction law/litigation. This is the first time that MacLeod, who worked for many years in the construction industry before beginning a second
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Travis Gray (MBA ’07) | September 2022
Gray (MBA 2007) is the Vice President of Finance at the Walt Disney Company. Connect with him on LinkedIn.
Andres (Andrew) Alminana (BSBA ’05) | September 2022
Alminana (BSBA ’05) is a Senior Financial Advisor and Portfolio Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Palm Beach, FL. He joined the firm in 2016 and began his wealth management career in 2008. Andrew’s focus is guiding clients in
Ben Malik (BSBA ’86) | September 2022
Malik (BSBA ’86) recently joined Truist Bank as a vice president/commercial banker. Most recently, Malik was vice president/commercial relationship manager at SouthState Bank. Malik, who also is mayor of Cocoa Beach, is active with the Cocoa Beach Kiwanis Foundation Inc. and is a
Nathan Hagemeier (BSBA ’02) | September 2022
Hagemeier (BSBA 2002) was appointed vice president of sales at DMF Lighting, a leading designer and manufacturer of premium modular LED downlighting systems. Hagemeier will be responsible to lead the company in developing and executing sales strategies to drive continued
Jeremy Collett (BABA ’02) | August 2022
Collett (BABA 2002) is EVP, Head of Capital Markets for Guaranteed Rate. In his role, Collett is responsible for trading, securitization, interest rate risk management, product pricing and investor relations. Collett began his career at Guaranteed Rate in 2010 and
Jinxin Yang (MIB ’17) | August 2022
Yang (MIB 2017) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Strategy at the University of Houston-Downtown. “Without the amazing experience at UF as an ‘all-i-gator,’ I would not have been an ‘ed-u-gator’ at UHD aiming to help those students walking in
In Memoriam | July 2022
Charles Kerekes | BSBA ’50 | 1925-2022 | Kerekes, of Clearwater, Florida, passed on May 30. Born in Ft. Pierce, Florida, he served in the Navy during WWII as an EOD technician and later graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in
Jason Jhonson (MBA ’99) | August 2022
Jhonson (MBA 1999) was named Chief Marketing Officer of Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organizations. Jhonson’s more than 20 years of experience building world-class brands for pioneering technology companies like Improbable, GitHub, PayPal and
Dan Mathis (MSM ’13) | August 2022
Mathis (MSM 2013) is an adjunct professor in Columbia University’s Sustainability Management program and a policy fellow at Next100, a think tank powered by the Century Foundation. At Next100, his work focuses on the intersection of housing and climate policy,
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