Class Notes
DAVID MINCBERG, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences ’03, has been hired as director of basketball strategy by the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks basketball team. The 2015 USF Outstanding Young Alumnus Award recipient, Mincberg was previously director of scouting for the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies.
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Tulane Trolley Alumni packed the streets – and the trolleys –of New Orleans for a USF football weekend, including a tailgate that drew hundreds of revelers. The Bulls beat Tulane, marking their seventh consecutive win.
RACHEL F. PLEASANT, Mass Communications ‘03 and MA ‘16, was appointed senior director of communications for the Polk County (Fla.) School District. Pleasant was previously director of communications for Polk State College and a reporter for The Tampa Tribune. SHAUN POOLE, General Business Administration ’02, was named principal of Hickory Ridge High School in Harrisburg, N.C. He previously served as principal of Sun Valley High School in Monroe, N.C.
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REBECCA SHIREMAN, Mass Communications ’05, was promoted to manager of communications and public relations at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Titusville, Fla. She was previously assistant manager of communications and public relations.
ASHLY ANDERSON, Master of Urban and Community Design ’11, has been promoted to senior design manager for the Tampa Downtown Partnership. She helps build brand consistency and oversees design quality in communications materials as well as downtown Tampa improvements funded by the partnership.
DR. LESLIE D. WILLIAMS, Biomedical Sciences ’08, has joined Halifax Health – Primary Care at its Ormond Beach, Fla., location. Dr. Williams completed his residency at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he served as chief resident. JESSICA VITALE, Sociology ’05, is the new girls’ varsity basketball coach at Wilmington High School in Wilmington, Mass. Vitale previously served as assistant coach at Anna Maria College in Worcester, Mass., and girls basketball coach at Robinson High School in Tampa.
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DR. JENNA BEASLEY, MD ’12, recently joined Henghold Skin Health & Surgery Group in Pensacola, Fla. Beasley completed her fellowship in dermatopathology at New York University. KRIS BEHSMAN JR., Accounting ’14, joined Anthos Capital in Menlo Park, Calif., as a summer associate. Behsman was previously a private equity associate at Heritage Holding in Boston. MARCIA BERRY, MS Nursing ’10, has joined Watson Clinic in Lakeland, Fla., as a certified advanced registered nurse practitioner. She specializes in hypertension, renal disease, renal transplant issues and diabetes.
JANA BOEHMER, MS Management ’13, was elected president of the Meals On Wheels of Tampa’s board of directors. Boehmer is the employee wellness dietitian at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and clinics in Tampa and has served on the Meals On Wheels board since 2011. COY CARTER, Criminology ’16, was chosen to speak at a fundraiser golf tournament to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters. Carter is a real estate agent at Wagner Realty’s Sarasota office. TIFFANY CONNER, Communication ’12, has joined Labette Community College in Parsons, Kan., as an assistant coach for the Cardinals women’s basketball team. Conner previously was an assistant coach at Rutgers University-Newark in New Jersey. Conner was a star Bulls basketball player from 2009 to 2012. MURRAY DEVINE, English ’13 USF SarasotaManatee, earned the Thomas Nunan Rising Star Award from the Florida Public Relations Association’s Central West Coast Chapter. The communications and marketing manager for Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Devine was the 2017 Sarasota Young Professionals Group’s Young Professional of the Year.