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00s faculty member of the USF School of Theatre and Dance. FRANK RICHARZ, History ’95 & MARC ’99, has joined Baker Barrios as an architect. Richarz was previously an architect for Fleischman Garcia Architects. DR. ADAM ROBINSON JR., MBA ’94 and Life Member, was the featured speaker for the 2016 Marian Godeke Miller Public Health Lecture Series at Indiana University’s School of Public Health-Bloomington. Dr. Robinson is the former surgeon general for the U.S. Navy and currently director of the Veterans Affairs Maryland Healthcare System. SHANA SMITH, MS ’92, has published a book, Meditation for Moms and Dads. Smith is the president of Shana Banana Enterprises, Inc. JOYCE SUAREZ, Accounting ’94, has joined CareSync, Inc. as controller. A certified public accountant, Suarez was previously director of accounting services at AvMed. She has over 20 years’ experience in multiple industries, including insurance, banking and utilities.
AMY E. ARCHER, MEd ’03, is a new board member of the Rotary Futures College Resource Center in Venice, Florida. Archer is the principal of Garden Elementary School. ARIC BRIAN, MM ’05, received a grant of $3,000 from the Tampa Bay Arts Council to attend and teach at the Portoheli International Music Festival in Greece. Brian is a freelance trumpet player and educator at USF and other Florida universities. JONATHAN DEMERS, Accounting ’06, has joined Caresync, Inc. as its accounting manager. A certified public accountant, Demers was formerly the senior financial analyst for EFI Global. He is a U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Regiment veteran. MARY LOUISE DEWOLF, MA ’01, was a guest speaker at the 50th anniversary gathering of the Valdosta Unitarian Universalist Church. The Rev. DeWolf and her husband, Harold “Bud” Evans, founded the church in 1965. DR. EUGENE M. DIBETTA, Chemistry ’04, has been named the 2016 American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians’ Young Osteopathic Family Physician of the Year for his contributions and leadership skills. Dr. Dibetta practices at Suncoast
Family Medical Associates in Largo, Florida, and is a trustee on the board of the Florida Society of the ACOFP. REBECCA FLANDERS, MFA ’09, received a grant of $2,195 from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County for equipment and materials to exhibit her new work. Flanders is a self-employed artist, with a specialty in photography, performance and other media. GRACE GEALEY, Theatre ’06, married her Empire co-star, Trai Byers, on April 14 in a beach ceremony in her native Cayman Islands. Gealey plays Anika Calhoun on the awardwinning Fox network drama and Byers plays Andre Lyon. JOSEPH GRUTERS, MBA ’02, has been reappointed to the Florida State University Board of Trustees. Gruters was first appointed in 2011 and has been designated to serve through Jan. 6, 2021. Gruters is a licensed certified public accountant at his firm, Gruters CPA, in Sarasota. JAMES A. HALL III, English ’09 & MA ’12, has had his book, Moons of the Solar System: from Giant Ganymede to Dainty Dactyl, published by Springer Publishing. Hall is a freelance author who also has selfpublished two books. BOB HERRON, Management ’05 & MEd ’07, and Life Member, has been elected to the Greater Temple Terrace Chamber of Commerce Board of directors. Herron is the facility manager at USF’s Gibbons Alumni Center.
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