Profile Type: Hall of Fame

Keith Tribble, PUR 1977, Twice in 2003, Sports Illustrated recognized Keith, then Chief Executive Officer of the Orange Bowl Committee, as one of the most respected figures in collegiate athletics. SI named him the No. 23 Most Influential Minority in Sports, only behind Notre Dame head football coach Tyrone Willingham. SI added in its 2003 […]

Annie Lang, MAMC 1983, is one of the most published scholars among our alumni, received the prestigious Kreighbaum Under 40 Award from AEJMC in 1997. Annie is associate dean for research, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University and professor of telecommunications. She is author or coauthor of over 40 refereed publications, three refereed electronic […]

David Finkel, TEL 1977, is a staff writer at The Washington Post, currently assigned to the national staff. David also has worked for the Post’s foreign staff, for which he covered the wars in Iraq and Kosovo, and the Sunday magazine. Before joining the Post in 1990, he was a staff writer for the St. […]

Maryanne Culpepper, JOU 1973; MAMC 1974, is senior vice president, editorial development, at National Geographic Television & Film. Maryanne oversees story development for all NGT&F programming. Appointed to her current position in 2003, she helps extend National Geographic’s editorial assets to the broadcast format. She develops content and coordinates cross-divisional planning throughout National Geographic, utilizing […]

Betty Cortina, JOU 1992, Betty joined Latina Media Ventures in January of 2001 as its first editorial director. In this position, she oversees the creation of the company’s editorial product, Latina magazine. She has been instrumental in bringing renowned writers and top tier celebrities, such as Jennifer Lopez and Salma Hayek, into the magazine’s pages. […]

Angela Buonocore, ADV 1978, is Vice President & Director – Corporate Relations for ITT Corporation. Buonocore is a member of the company’s Executive Council and is responsible for worldwide brand and reputation management, public relations, employee communications, government affairs, corporate advertising, community relations and corporate philanthropy. Prior to joining ITT in early 2007, she was […]

Stephanie Sinclair, who’s working out of Beirut, has received awards for her photographic coverage of the war in Lebanon and has been recognized in the American Photography competition the past four years. Sinclair also won a Pulitzer while working for The Chicago Tribune as part of the paper’s coverage of problems within the airline industry. […]

Kristi Krueger is usually at WPLG-TV in Miami by 4 a.m. to co-anchor the “Local 10 Morning News.” “I’ve been sleep-deprived since my days at UF,” Krueger said, laughing. “I guess I’ll catch up with my sleep when I retire. But right now, I’m having too much fun working here and living here.” Krueger, who […]

Hal Herman is chairman and CEO of a worldwide publishing company, Worth International Communications Corporation. Besides publishing RECOMMEND Magazine, his company has a custom publishing division. Its clients have included Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Florida, Busch Entertainment Corporation and Spirit Airlines, among others.

Andy Fletcher, president and CEO of Fletcher Martin, an advertising agency in Atlanta, came up with the Gator Nation idea in 2005 with the strong belief that there’s something different about UF. “We truly create Gators,” Fletcher said. “The Gator Nation is out there, and it’s not a bunch of sports fans. It’s everyone affected […]

Vice Chairman Richard Bartlett helps Mary Kay Inc. work with 2 million independent businesswomen in 34 countries. “My work has enabled millions of women around the world to establish themselves as women entrepreneurs,” Bartlett said. “I’ve enriched women’s lives, not only financially, but by helping them contribute to their communities and their families as well.” […]

Terry Van Nortwick, PUR 1970, M.A.M.C. 1977, founder and president of PRO iNK, has over 35 years of experience in public relations and communications. Terry speaks and leads workshops on developing strategic public relations and marketing plans, employee/union communications, publications design and evaluation as well as starting a business and advertising techniques for businesses. She […]

Mickey G. Nall, M.A.M.C. 1982, is the managing director of the Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Ogilvy PR) Atlanta office and member of Ogilvy PR’s worldwide management committee. Mickey has been with Ogilvy PR for more than half of his professional career, where he has worked in the agency’s Washington, D.C., and New York offices before […]

Yungwook Kim, Ph.D. 1999, is an Associate Professor and Associate Vice President for the Office of Communications at Ewha Womans University. Yungwook was honored as the top communication scholar in South Korea when he received the “New Communication Research Scholar Award” by the Korean Society of Journalism and Communication Studies (KSJCS) in 2001. He also […]

Darrell Hammond, ADV 1978, has been a cast member of “Saturday Night Live” since 1995. Hammond also holds the record for the longest consecutive tenure of any SNL case member in the show’s history. His film credits are extensive, including acting roles in “Netherbeast Inc.,” “Celtic Pride,” “Blues Brothers 2000,” “The King and I,” “Scary […]

Dana Bullen, JOU 1953, (1931-2007). Following 15 years as the World Press Freedom Committee’s executive director, in 1997 Bullen was senior adviser to the WPFC, a coordination group of national and international news media organizations. WPFC includes as affiliates 45 journalistic organizations on six continents. During 21 years with The Washington Star before joining WPFC, […]

Danny Wuerffel, PUR 1996, is executive director of Atlanta-based Desire Street Ministries which operates ministries in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Building on his academic and athletic successes at Fort Walton Beach High School in Florida, Danny attended UF where he led the Gators to four SEC championships and a national title. Besides graduating with […]

Cynthia McCague, JM 1972, is retiring as senior vice president and global head of human resources for The Coca-Cola Company. She has worked for Coca-Cola for over 28 years. Over the past six years, Cynthia has helped with the company’s path to sustainable growth and their goal to “double the business” by 2020 with a […]

Clifford “Cliff” E. Marks, ADV 1984, National CineMedia’s president of sales and marketing, has been a leading advertising, marketing and sales professional for over 20 years. He was the architect behind The 2wenty, a first-of-its-kind digitally delivered entertainment and advertising pre-feature program, debuting in 2003. Cliff was president of sales and marketing for Regal CineMedia Corp., […]

Jeff Klinkenberg, JOU 1971, has worked for the St. Petersburg Times for more than 30 years. He writes about Florida culture and is the author of five books–most recently Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators and the best-seller Seasons of Real Florida. He is the writer-in-residence for the University of South Florida’s Florida Studies program. Jeff grew up in Miami […]

Norm Davis, JOU 1952, served for almost a decade as Deputy General Manager and then Vice President of Post-Newsweek station WPLG in Miami. Previously, he worked in the news and editorial department at WTOP-TV in Washington, D.C., where he also made documentaries. He helped build the television news department at WJXT in Jacksonville, and WJXT […]

Julie Silver Talenfeld is the founder and president of Boardroom Communications, providing media relations services to a wide scope of clients in the legal, real estate, banking, corporate, retail, education and non-profit sectors. Her firm was a finalist for Business of the Year in 2007, has been listed as a Top-25 woman-owned business by the Women’s […]