Tom (BSBA 1960) spent 36 years working in international business with Celanese Corporation. Upon his retirement in 1997, he set up a consulting and trading operation establishing sourcing and contacts between U.S. firms and Asia. Tom’s granddaughter graduated from UF in
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Bethann Johnston (BSBA ’83) | July 2014
Bethann (BSBA 1983) was promoted to Managing Director and Product Executive in the Global Transaction Services division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Her responsibilities include designing and delivering treasury management services for specialized industries. Bethann lives in Atlanta with
Anthony Ballo (BSBA ’91, MS-ISOM ’08) | July 2014
Anthony (BSBA 1991, MS-ISOM 2008) is celebrating 20 years of IT experience in catalog/retail, manufacturing and higher education. He was recently promoted to Manager, Systems and Programming for the Enrollment Management division at the University of New Mexico. He previously
Robert Peterson (BSME ’94, MBA ’96) | July 2014
Occidental Petroleum Corporation named Robert (BSME 1994, MBA 1996) president of its wholly owned subsidiary Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem). An 18-year veteran of OxyChem, Robert has held increasingly senior positions in manufacturing, sales and marketing. He served as Vice President,
Sarah Anderson (BSAc ’00, MAcc ’01) and Jason Natt (MAcc ’97) | July 2014
Sarah (BSAc 2000, MAcc 2001) and Jason (MAcc 1997) were admitted into PwC’s partnership effective July 1. Sarah, a partner in the Federal Tax Services practice, has more than 13 years of experience in international assignment services and business compliance
Kyle Kaplan (BSBA ’04) | July 2014
Kyle (BSBA 2004) is the new MBA Program Director and Assistant Professor of Business Law and Management at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Additionally, Kyle is the owner and CEO of PLAYRITE, LLC, the premier sports and recreation construction
Sarah Dethomasis (BS ’09, MSM ’10) | July 2014
Sarah (BS 2009, MSM 2010) recently joined the executive team of OFS Retail, an Atlanta-based e-commerce company, as Vice President of Marketing in June. She joins the OFS Retail team with a depth of experience in marketing and technology through
Patrick Myers (MBA ’11) | July 2014
Patrick (MBA 2011) was promoted from Chief Financial Officer to Chief Executive Officer at HealthCare Connection of Tampa in January. He has also been invited to join The Salvation Army Advisory Board.
Nicole Krassner (BA ’12, MSM ’13) | July 2014
Nicole (BA 2012, MSM 2013) interned at Yad Vashem, the world’s acclaimed center of Holocaust education, remembrance, research and documentation in Jerusalem. She wrote grants and project proposals to attract donors. During her time at the Hough Graduate School of
Janet Felletter (MBA ’94) | June 2014
Janet (MBA 1994), a Program Director, Software Sales Business Operations and Channel Ops Integration for IBM in Tampa, has been appointed to the IBM Faculty Academy where top line leaders play an active role teaching in some of IBM’s signature
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