important people

Advisers for Excellence in 2002

Ninety-eight professionals serve on advisory panels to the academic departments in the College this year. They include:

Advertising

Richard Reeves, ADV 1980, advertising director, St. Petersburg Times (chair)
Ben Ash, president, Ash Consulting Services, Coral Gables
Ken Banks, president, KAB Marketing, Largo
Andrew Brown, PR 1976, director of sales and marketing, B&W Quality Growers, Fellsmere
C.J. “Larry” Butler, president, Larry Butler & Co., State College, Pa.
Alan Campbell, ADV 1964, executive vice president, Young & Rubicam Advertising, Miami
Rob Cherof, ADV 1982, senior partner, management, J. Walter Thompson, Atlanta
Keith Cutler, ADV 1982, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Turner Sports, New York
Sarat Dayal, MA 1975, president, Dayal & Associates, Romeoville, Ill.
Jose DelCueto, president/CEO, TransAmerica Media Group Inc., Miami
Chip Eickmann, sales consultant, Orlando
Michael Fitzgerald, executive vice president, G. Carbonara & Co., Roswell, Ga.
William B. Flora, ADV 1977, account supervisor, Suissa Miller, Los Angeles
Guillermo Gonzalez, advertising manager, BellSouth Advertising and Publishing, Atlanta
Stan Harris, creative principal, Harris Drury Cohen, Fort Lauderdale
Leo L. Kubiet, senior vice president/advertising (ret.), St. Petersburg Times
Dick Monroe, ADV 1967, MA 1968, vice president, environmental relations, Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden), Orlando
Nis Nissen, chairman/president, Nissen Advertising Inc., Lakeland
William T. Nolan, president, The Nolan Group, Orlando
Philip D. Payne, executive vice president, Doe-Anderson Advertising, Louisville
David Ropes, JM 1968, executive vice president/business development, University,Stamford, Ct.
Ron Sawyer, ADV 1972, publisher, Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Howard Schemer, TEL 1970, vice president/sales manager, Southern region, Turner Broadcasting Sales Inc., Atlanta
Philip M. Schwartz, president,Turkel, Schwartz & Partners, Coral Gables
Ken Schweikhart, director of marketing communications and administration (ret.), Celotex Corp., Tampa
Kathleen Socha, ADV 1975, president, Phase One Design Services, Atlanta
Claudette Stroble, president, Orlando Conference Management Group Inc., Orlando
Bruce Sutherland, consultant, Campbell-Mithun-Esty Advertising, Minneapolis
Merrily Terry, ADV 1973, associate creative director/creative services, Walt Disney World Marketing, Lake Buena Vista
Bruce Turkel, executive creative director, Turkel, Schwartz & Partners, Coral Gables
Mickey Ulmer, ADV 1970, owner, Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q, Fernandina Beach
David W. Wilson, vice chairman, Hallmark\Tassone (ret.), Orlando

Journalism

Margo Cox Pope, JM 1970, senior writer and columnist, St. Augustine Record (chair)
Edward Barber, general manager, Campus Communications Inc., Gainesville
Rebecca Brown, MA 1987, Internet project manager, Chicago Tribune
Tom Burton, director of photography, The Orlando Sentinel
Betty Cortina, JM 1982, editorial director, Latina magazine, New York City
David Doucette, JM 1970, editor, Auto Trim & Restyling News, Shore-Varone Inc., Atlanta
Ronald Dupont, general manager of new media, St. Petersburg Times
Scott Emerson, JM 1989, editor, Citrus & Vegetable Magazine, Tampa
Michael F. Foley, JM 1970, former executive editor, St. Petersburg Times, and adjunct instructor.
Lynn Kalber, JM 1978, director of administration/newsroom, The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach
Tom Kennedy, JM 1972, managing editor for multimedia, Washington Post/Newsweek Interactive, Arlington, Va.
Debra Leithauser, JM 1987, design editor, Knight Ridder Tribune News Service, Washington, D.C.
Diane Hooten McFarlin, JM 1976, publisher, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Pat Mitchell, senior editor for presentation, The Tampa Tribune
David Osier, JM 1970, copy editor, CNN Interactive, Atlanta
Jim Osteen, executive editor, The Gainesville Sun
Kathleen Pellegrino, JM 1977, recruitment coordinator, Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale
Louis M. “Skip” Perez, JM 1969, executive editor, The Ledger, Lakeland
Kay Quinn, partner, Morgan & Quinn, Gainesville
Fabiola Santiago, JM 1983, staff writer, The Miami Herald
Anne Saul, JM 1966, news systems editor, Gannett Co. Inc., Arlington, Va.
Dick Shelton, JM 1967, MA 1971, executive director, Florida Press Association, Tallahassee
John Thomson, deputy managing editor, Dayton (Ohio) Daily News
Kevin Walsh, bureau manager, The Associated Press, Miami
Keith Woods, associate, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg

Public Relations

Edward Albanesi, PR 1972, manager, member communications, and editor, FloridaAgriculture, Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Gainesville (chair)
Kevin Bakewell, vice president, public and governmental relations, AAA Auto Club South, Tampa
David Bruce, ADV 1985, director, corporate communications, Ryder System Inc., Miami
Cheryl N. Campbell, vice president, public relations & corporate communications, Convergys Corp., Cincinnati
Kitty Cunningham, president, Cunningham Ink, Miami Shores
Fernando Figueredo, vice president, corporate communications, America Online, Latin America, Fort Lauderdale (vice chair)
Rosanna Fiske, president, Communique Group, Coral Gables
James R. Frankowiak, president, Public Communications Inc., Tampa
Sheryl A. Garelick, PR 1978, vice president, client services/senior writer, Husebo Advertising & Public Relations Inc., Leesburg
Jack A. Glasure, president/CEO, Glasure Group Inc., St Petersburg
David Grossman, principal thought partner, David Grossman & Associates, Chicago
Trevor C. Hale, corporate communications manager, DaimlerChrysler AG, New York City
Mike Hatfield, consultant, Williamsburg, Va.
Rose M. Kirk, director of marketing, Verizon Online, Irving, Texas
Kimberly Krautter, correspondent, PRWEEK, Los Angeles
Lisa A. Malone, acting deputy director, external relations and business development, NASA Kennedy Space Center
Eileen Marcus, senior vice president, Fleishman-Hillard Inc., Washington, D.C.
Jennifer K. McMillin, PR 1988, executive vice president, Golin/Harris International, Atlanta
Merrie Meyers-Kershaw, PR 1978, MA 1979, director, partnerships, The School Board of Broward County, Fort Lauderdale
Jeanne Olson Mitchell, Washington, D.C. representative, Exxon Mobil Corp.
J. Michael Neumeier, PR 1992, vice president of public relations, Abovo Marketing Group, Atlanta
Kim Rester Sams, PR 1979, manager, conservation initiatives, Walt Disney World Co., Lake Buena Vista
Laura Santos, vice president/general manager, WTMO-TV, Orlando
Esther Silver-Parker, corporate affairs vice president and president, AT&T Foundation, New York City
Donald Thomas, PR 1968, COO, American Cancer Society, Atlanta
Park M. Trammell Jr., MA 1966, executive director, Florida Supreme Court Historical Society, Tallahassee
Kathy E. Viehe, director of marketing and communications, Gainesville Regional Utilities

Telecommunication

Michael T. Harding, TEL 1975, president and CEO, Millennium Media Inc., Panama City (chair)
Sharyl Thompson Attkisson, TEL 1982, CBS-TV news correspondent, Washington, D.C.
Gary Corbitt, vice president/research director, WJXT-TV/Post Newsweek Stations, Jacksonville
Mark Dvornik, executive vice president and general sales manager, domestic television group, Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles
Paul Gordon, ADV 1973, executive vice president, marketing and sales, Cox Target Media, Largo
Dawn Rodriguez Hudson, PR 1985, marketing specialist, WJXT/Post Newsweek Stations, Jacksonville
Yvette Miley, TEL 1985, vice president and news director, WVTM-TV, Birmingham
Vickie Oldham, TEL 1980, media marketing consultant, LAYR Group, Sarasota
Leigh Davidson Seaman, TEL 1989, supervising producer, Ross Television Productions, Knoxville
Tom Sheddan, TEL 1974, president and CEO, Atlanta International Teleport
Robyn Goulding Sieron, TEL 1982, independent producer, Gator Tales, Jacksonville
Steve Streit, president/CEO, Next Estate Communications Inc., San Marino, Calif.
Frank Verdel, TEL 1976, general manager, SNN6-Sarasota News Now
Michael Williams, TEL 1980, reporter/anchor, WTVJ-TV (NBC-6), Miami