The connections between Deloitte and the UF Warrington College of Business started decades ago. Deloitte has long maintained a consistent presence on the Warrington campus to hire students or speak in classes. Warrington graduate J. Michael Cook (BSBA ’64) also
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Troy Atlas (BSAc ’88, MAcc ’90) | January 2022
Atlas (BSAc 1988, MAcc 1990) has been named President and CEO of Home Safety Solutions. The Tampa native specializes in business development and process optimization. His career includes successful roles at Raymond James, AIG SunAmerica and Deloitte. With Atlas’ arrival,
Mari Chumley (BSAc ’01, MAcc ’01) | January 2022
Chumley (BSAc 2001, MAcc 2001) was promoted to Partner/Principal at RSM’s Orlando office.
From Cuba to CFO
Elizabeth Castro Gulacsy’s life could have ended up vastly different had her parents not taken an opportunity to leave their home country of Cuba for the United States. After living under the repressive communist regime for years, Gulacsy’s parents and
Yesenia Scheker Izquierdo (BSAc, MAcc ’99) | October 2021
Scheker Izquierdo (BSAc 1999, MAcc 1999) was recently named KPMG’s New York Office Managing Partner and New York Market Hub Leader. She is the first woman and Latina in the role. Scheker Izquierdo has over 20 years of experience providing tax
Victoria Liu (BSAc ’19, MAcc ’19) | October 2021
Liu (BSAc ’19, MAcc ’19) is Founder and CEO of Byppo Technologies. Byppo was recently featured in an article by Business Insider as one of the “7 startups giving restaurants an alternative to DoorDash, GrubHub and UberEats.”
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.
Victoria Liu (BSAc ’19, MAcc ’19) | June 2021
Liu (BSAc ’19, MAcc ’19) is Founder and CEO of Byppo Technologies. Byppo, Gainesville’s innovative local food service platform, is partnering with Aramark, a global leader of acclaimed services in food, facilities, and uniforms, to bring a revolutionary campus dining
Lillian Mills (BSAc ’80, MAcc ’81) | June 2021
Mills (BSAc 1980, MAcc 1981) was named dean of the University of Texas – Austin McCombs School of Business. Mills is the first woman to serve as permanent dean of McCombs in the school’s nearly 100-year history. She previously held
For third year, 5 Hough programs in the top 5 among publics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After a delayed release in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest rankings from Eduniversal have once again named master’s degree programs from across the Hough Graduate School of Business at the University of Florida Warrington