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From the Winter 2026 Issue
1960s
Jack Rodriguez 鈥68 was recognized in August by Florida Realtors as the 2025 winner of its Commercial Realtor Achievement Award. The award honors a Realtor鈥檚 lifetime contributions to commercial real estate through leadership, service and dedication at the local, state and national levels. According to , Rodriguez has 55 years in the profession and also has been a developer, real estate appraiser and building contractor.
From the Winter 2026 Issue
1970s
in August. Fritz is a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the Vietnam War and had a 27-year career in the armed services. In 2024, the Peoria County (IL) Veterans Assistance Commission was renamed in his honor.
Lou Bezich 鈥76 has a new book out: . Bezich is a men鈥檚 health advocate who also works as a health care executive. He lives in New Jersey and is a senior vice president and chief administrative officer with Cooper University Health Care.
From the Winter 2026 Issue
1980s
Robert Macchia 鈥83 recently retired after more than 35 years as a trial attorney in New York. Macchia defended personal injury, property damage and commercial contract matters.
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From the Winter 2026 Issue
1990s
Patrick Allman MBA 鈥90 was reappointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in October to the Port Tampa Bay Governing Board. According to , Allman is general manager of Odyssey Manufacturing Company.
Donna Long 鈥91听is an English professor at Fairmont State University (WV) and recently was honored with the establishment of an award in her name. To commemorate her service to the faculty senate, the award will be presented to current or former senators and 鈥渟hall serve as the highest honor the Senate can bestow upon one of its own members.鈥 Long is now the chair of the Department of Humanities.
Brady Crosier 鈥92 was named vice president of business development for Asia-Pacific by DTC Codan, a company focused on high-frequency communications systems, in July. According to a news release about his appointment, Crosier is based in Taiwan and will serve as a senior liaison to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. embassies and other government and commercial stakeholders.
Kendra Frorup 鈥92, a 小优视频ampa associate professor of art and design, in last summer鈥檚 Caribbean Festival of the Arts (Carifesta) XV regional visual arts exhibition in Barbados.
Charles Goodman 鈥97 assumed the role of consul general at the U.S. Consulate General in Karachi, Pakistan, in August. According to he will focus on fostering economic growth, trade and security cooperation, and people-to-people ties between citizens of the United States and Pakistanis in Sindh and Balochistan.
In August, David Noble 鈥97 published a horror novel titled , a re-imagining of the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme.
Steve Parisi 鈥97 owns Brick City Eatery in Lutz. In October, he and his restaurant were for his Tampa Bay Lightning fandom and the watch parties he hosts at the eatery known for its pizza.
In July, Erica L. Barrett 鈥99 was named the Florida Bar鈥檚 2025 Florida Registered Paralegal of the Year. According to , she is the firm administrator at Tampa鈥檚 Trentalange & Kelley.
From the Winter 2026 Issue
2000s
Daniel S. Rutishauser MBA 鈥00 was named senior vice president and relationship manager for BankUnited鈥檚 commercial real estate division in Tampa. The in July on the South Florida Business & Wealth magazine website. According to the story, Rutishauser is also board president of NOMAD Art Bus, a nonprofit that delivers arts programming to underserved communities.
Chalet Comellas 鈥01 is a Nashville-based new media artist and educator with work that was chosen to be part of a called 鈥淔lying Solo.鈥 Her paintings 鈥淎I Love Songs for Chatbots鈥 were on display on the lower level of BNA through Jan. 5. Pieces selected for 鈥淔lying Solo鈥 aim to give travelers a sense of Nashville鈥檚 arts scene.
In September, Thais Pepe MBA 鈥04 was named the vice president of originations at Churchill Stateside Group, a real estate and renewable energy financial services company, in Clearwater. According to , Pepe has more than 20 years of experience in affordable housing finance and development.
Cristina Kaminis 鈥06 is a New Orleans-based vocalist who recently released a full-length album titled Temperance, featuring 鈥淢exican elements, Brazilian vibes, folk feelings, spiritual songs, guitar shredding ranchera, 鈥80s power ballad buildups, French torch song gone country, and a sad-girl blues,鈥 according to in July. The story also said: 鈥淭he album opener 鈥淟eft Your Shirt鈥 鈥 about the cruelty of an ex-lover leaving behind their shirt 鈥斺痺as written for a college class.鈥
Cameron Diehl 鈥07 is a vice president and private wealth adviser with Raymond James. he has consistently been rated as the No. 1 Raymond James financial听adviser in the country for his cohort of advisers. He was recently named to 罢叠叠闯鈥檚 2025 40 Under 40 list.
In August, Krista Fitzpatrick MBA 鈥07 joined Water Tower Research, an investor relations firm, as director of digital events and services. According to an announcement of her hiring, she leads the firm's multimedia channels and initiatives, including conferences, industry symposiums, fireside chats, podcasts and social media.
Carina (Homann) Santa Maria 鈥07, an elected trustee in Arlington Heights Village, IL, has announced her candidacy for Illinois State Senate.
Kathryn L. Bostick 鈥08 is the Tampa office managing partner with Crowe, one of the largest accounting firms in the state. She was named to the in September.
Kristen (Benoit) McCall 鈥08 was named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal鈥檚 40 Under 40 list in October. She is the West Florida president of AdventHealth Foundation. in which she shared lessons from her career. 鈥淪uccess hinges on the connections we foster and how we present ourselves to others. 鈥 People are ultimately drawn to those who are friendly, approachable, and demonstrate a strong work ethic,鈥 she told the outlet.
Chris Persaud 鈥09 is the new vice president of emerging technologies at Maximus, a government technology services partner. was announced on ExecutiveBiz.com in October.
Kasey Sheffer MBA 鈥09听 is the vice president of marketing and own brands at Giant Eagle Inc., a supermarket chain with stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Maryland.
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From the Winter 2026 Issue
2010s
Randall Daugustinis 鈥10 was appointed in September to serve as a judge on the seventh judicial circuit court of Florida. She had been an assistant state attorney for the fourth judicial circuit since 2020. on the governor鈥檚 website.
Zachary Zelawski 鈥10 is vice president at Metalico, a scrap metal processor, and lives in Clarence Center, NY. Zelawski is pictured with his son, Asher, daughter, Lochlyn, and wife, Cassie.
Jake Halusic 鈥11 was named to the Florida Business Observer鈥檚 . He is the founder and CEO of Trofeo, a Microsoft consulting partner that was honored at the Tampa Bay Inno Awards in November.
Katie Piperata MBA 鈥11 was appointed the new听vice president of senior living at SafeSpace Global Corporation. According to , she will lead the company's national strategy and market growth for senior living, helping communities leverage AI-powered video intelligence to proactively address elopements, improve care outcomes and enhance operational performance.
Riley Walker 鈥11 is founder/CEO of ryco.io, a company that was recognized at the Tampa Bay Inno Awards in November. According to a , the company 鈥減airs teachers with top technologists to design innovative, personalized, and practical curricula that integrate into existing systems.鈥
Tamara Austin 鈥12 plays the character Paula in the newly released movie , which was filmed entirely in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.
Brian Nathan 鈥12 is vice president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 915 and was the first Democrat to file for the Senate District 14 special election, according to a report on the Florida Politics website in August.
Ilias Savakis 鈥12 was recently promoted to senior state and local tax manager at Crowe LLP, an accounting firm in Tampa.
Briana Zupko 鈥12 started a new job in the office of statewide prosecution at the Florida Attorney General鈥檚 Office. Zupko was also recently honored with the 2025 Hillsborough County Bar Association鈥檚 Young Lawyer鈥檚 Division Outstanding Young Government Lawyer Award.
Jasmine Jenkins 鈥13, MBA 鈥17 spoke at TEDx Bayshore Blvd. in October. Her talk, titled 鈥溾 discusses the silent pressures experienced by mothers. It was chosen as a TEDx Editor鈥檚 Pick.
Miles Parks 鈥13 is a new co-host for the NPR Politics Podcast. In addition to hosting the podcast, Parks will continue his work reporting for the Washington Desk, where he focuses on voting and election security.
James Belluscio 鈥14 is the new at Cerro Coso Community College in Ridgecrest, CA.
Rebecca Crose 鈥14 is senior manager of developer relations at Roblox. She was at the Tampa Animation Festival held on campus in November.
John Davis Jr. MFA 鈥14, a teacher of English and creative writing at Jesuit High School in Tampa and an acclaimed poet, published his first middle-grades novel, , in November. It is a suspenseful coming-of-age story that follows a neurodivergent teenager in small-town Florida as he seeks adventure using his police scanner and CB radio. When he learns more than he should from听the airwaves, conflicts and lessons soon follow.
Merary Eden 鈥14, MBA 鈥16 joined HSM in the Cayman Islands as an associate attorney in both the property and corporate and commercial practices.
Logan Grubb 鈥15 is a family medicine physician at Memorial Care on Koke Mill in Springfield, IL. She joined the clinic in September.
Bari (Markowitz) Marder 鈥15听owns, with her mother, The Rebecca Collection, a gift shop in Bernardsville, NJ. They and the shop were on tapinto.net.
Kelsie Chisholm 鈥16, M.S. 鈥17 was promoted in July to senior manager at PwC Cayman Islands, a firm that provides quality assurance, advisory, tax and legal services to international, regional and local businesses and government organizations. According to an announcement of her promotion, Chisholm volunteers to mentor young professionals in finance.
Eshita Gupta MBA 鈥16 is a lead product manager in enterprise analytics and infrastructure at Apple in Cupertino, CA, a position she has held since 2021. She recently authored an article for Built In and has been featured in HackerNoon and The Hans India. She was , in India, in November.
Jaime Noland M.S. 鈥16 was hired as corporate controller at Lykes Bros. According to an announcement of her hiring on the Tampa Bay Business Journal website in September, she was recently recognized as one of CBIZ Inc.鈥檚 2025 Women to Watch.
Ben Bloom 鈥18, M.S. 鈥19 was promoted to manager in the audit and accounting department of Ellin & Tucker, an accounting and business consulting firm in Maryland. The news was announced in August.
Francisco Oller Garcia MBA 鈥18 was promoted to manager of solutions engineering at RevSure. The T in November.
Dan Holahan 鈥18 is head of community for VC Platform, which was recognized at the Tampa Bay Inno Awards in November. VC Platform is the world鈥檚 largest nonprofit association for venture capital platform professionals. , Holahan brings VC Platform resources to Embarc Collective, where he teaches business leaders and founders about successful business tactics and leadership.
Aislinn Sroczynski 鈥18听got engaged to her longtime partner, Adam Freund, in September. Freund proposed where they first met,听 The Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington, at the Dave Matthews Band鈥檚 annual three-day concert over Labor Day weekend.
Shannon Sweeney 鈥18, MBA 鈥19 is a regional talent specialist in the human resources department at Marsh McLennan Agency. She is an avid triathlete and endurance cyclist who in 2024 won the Lincoln Gap 鈥渜ueen of the mountain鈥 title in the , a 109-mile race with 10,000 feet of climbing and more than 500 competitors from around the world. The Lincoln Gap has an average gradient of 17%, with a maximum gradient of 24% and is considered among the steepest climbs in the world, according to Global Cycling Network.
Larry Washington 鈥18 is the director of solid waste and environmental program management for the city of Tampa. He was recently included in the of exceptional business professionals. The TBBJ asked him about lessons he鈥檚 learned in his career. He said, 鈥淭he most valuable lesson that I've learned thus far is, 鈥榣istening is more powerful than speaking.鈥欌
Casey Bauer 鈥19 and Michael Joyce 鈥20 are collaborators on the , where Joyce interviews community leaders from across the Tampa Bay area while riding bikes across town. Bauer appeared on the kickoff episode to take viewers through his morning commute, which he bikes every day. The series is a joint effort between EMOTO Supply Co., an e-bike retailer founded by Joyce, and Tampa Downtown Partnership, where Bauer is the planning and research manager, along with That鈥檚 So Tampa and Pedal Power Promoters.
Elizabeth 鈥淚zzy鈥 Sanders 鈥19 is the owner of Izzy鈥檚 Barkin鈥 Bandanas, a custom embroidery and dog bandana boutique in St. Louis, MO. She hand-makes all items and was recently included in the Best of Missouri Market, a fall tradition at Missouri Botanical Garden that features select vendors from across the state.
Pedro Tonietto 鈥19, M.S. 鈥22 is CEO and chief investment officer of Wealth Warden Partners, an investment management firm which, according to by Tampa Bay Business & Wealth, is expanding its Tampa headquarters, an initiative led by Tonietto.
Paul Venghaus M.S. 鈥19 recently opened his third coffee shop, Retro House, located in Ybor City. Along with a full coffee and tea bar, Retro House offers several pastry varieties and authentic Chinese dim sum.
From the Winter 2026 Issue
2020s
Lauren A. Karwoski 鈥20 , a travel content creator on TikTok, was a contestant on the marketing competition show On Brand with Jimmy Fallon, which premiered Sept. 30. In October, she to talk about her life, career and experience on the show.
Chicago White Sox pitcher Jordan Leasure 鈥20 was the subject of in July, when the White Sox came to Tampa to play the Rays. At the time, he had 40 appearances and a 4.25 ERA in what was his first full MLB season.
Lizandro Barragan MPAM 鈥21 and Tianna (Melara) Barragan MBA 鈥22 recently in Turlock, CA, serving a莽a铆 bowls, smoothies, wraps and salads.
Hanna Montague MPAM 鈥21听 in Lakeland in July, serving as a plastic and reconstructive surgery physician assistant.
In July, Cassandra Kemper 鈥22 was in the Wayne Township (NJ) Police Department.
Jackson Masters 鈥22, M.S. 鈥24 is a tax senior at Baker Newman Noyes in Boston and passed all four sections of the CPA exam last fall.
Nicolette Radparvar 鈥23听is the channel and events coordinator at Benchmark International. In her role, she supports engagement with Benchmark International Arena, coordinates professional associations speakers and sponsorships, and helps with community and corporate events.
In November, J.D. Urso 鈥23听was selected by the Loco Beach Coconuts in the inaugural Banana Ball players draft. The Coconuts are a new team that will compete against the popular sports-entertainment outlet, the Savannah Bananas.
Fabrizio Mejia Lartilleux 鈥24, pictured below, lives in Miami and is a ticketing specialist for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Amber Peterson 鈥24 is collaborating with Abhilash Kancharla, assistant professor of computer science at 小优视频ampa, and the students in his web programming class on a project for the Tampa Palms Professional Center. When Peterson started as a marketing manager at TPPC, she noticed that the website needed refreshing and thought that students could benefit from working with a real client.
In October, JP Robinson M.A. 鈥24 published his thesis about how to communicate support to widows in the journal Qualitative Research Reports in Communication on the same day he graduated from the Army's Officer Candidate School to become a second lieutenant.
In July, Constantine Stanovich 鈥24, was named a deputy speech writer for the U.S. Department of Education.
Isabella Zabaneh 鈥24听represented Belize in the 74th edition of Miss Universe, held on Nov. 20.
Jacob Backall 鈥25 is a roller coaster enthusiast who went viral on TikTok last summer when he posted a slideshow of his 30 favorite coasters. In August, as he was closing in on having ridden 500 different coasters. His favorite, he said, is Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point in Ohio.
Terrence Concannon 鈥25, known as 鈥淭ampa Terrence鈥 on his popular social media platforms, recently completed a nationwide RV tour to promote a brand of body care products labeled 鈥淲.鈥
Tyson Leitao 鈥25 signed a professional basketball contract with the Iserlohn Kangaroos. In August, on the team that competes in Germany鈥檚 ProB league.
Kiley Petracek 鈥25 is an engagement producer at the Tampa Bay Times, working on newsletters and social.
Jessie Wahlers 鈥25 was , Living on Earth, about conservationist Jane Goodall鈥檚 legacy.