Carlos Gomez
Carlos was honored as an inductee to the Warrington College of Business Administration Hall of Fame in the spring of 2006 for his many accomplishments. He was founder of the International Business Society; through this organization he was able to provide UF business students with a way to gain knowledge and resources of life outside of the U.S. Carlos was also involved in the Students in Free Enterprise Team where he contributed his leadership and teamwork skills to the community. Outside of the College of Business he was also a Cicerone where he served as the official ambassadors to the University of Florida. Carlos was elected the role of the Director of Student Government Multicultural Cabinet to help improve diversity of the campus life at UF. Carlos was also a member of Florida Blue key and omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honorary. Mr. Gomez tied his interests and involvement in international affairs by studying abroad in China.

Jen-Lin Hwang
Jen-Lin was inducted into the Warrington College of Business Administration Hall of Fame for her excellence in academic and leadership development during her undergraduate career. Jen-Lin served in numerous capacities to the university community including her role as a violinist with the University orchestra, Director and Outreach Chair for the Study Abroad Peer Advisors, on the WCBA Center for Retailing Student Advisory Board, and a Small Group Leader for the Emerging Leaders Conference. Jen-Lin is a 2005-2006 University Scholar; her honors thesis examined Starbucks Coffee Company's market entry strategy into the greater China market. She has worked as an intern with Brown Shoe Company and Naylor Publications. Committed to global citizenship, Jen-Lin studied abroad in Shanghai, China through the CIEE program and volunteers with the Tzu Chi Buddhist Compassion Relief Organization.

Other volunteer affiliations include tutoring through UF's OASIS program, CHAMPS mentor, and as a note-take for the Dean of Students Office/Disability Resource Center. Jen-Lin has received numerous awards for her leadership and scholarship including the Robert Byrd Honors Scholarship, the University Women's Club Scholarship, the JCPenney Retail Scholarship, the Asian Studies Study Abroad Scholarship, and the Alice Zirger Memorial Scholarship; she has been inducted into the Golden Key Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi. Jen-Lin began her graduate work concurrent with her undergraduate degree and will transition to a full-time graduate student within Warrington's Master of Arts in Business Administration, International Business (MAIB) program upon graduation.

Lee Christoff
Lee Christoff, a WCBA Hall of Fame inductee, graduates with a perfect 4.0 GPA earning. He is an Honorable Mention recipient of the Two-Year Scholar Award. During his four semester tenure at the University of Florida, Lee engaged in commendable service both in and out of the classroom. A transfer student from Edison Community College, Lee has served in many leadership positions including President of the Business Administration College Council, a member of the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team, and President/Co-Founder of the University Consulting Group. Lee's honors thesis, under the guidance of Professor Louis Gapenski, focused on Non-Profit Financial Management. Specifically, Lee analyzed the optimal capital structure for a non-profit firm, extending current models used in managing for-profit firms; his research further includes competitive analysis of non-profit and for-profit local hospitals. Lee worked as a summer intern with Wheaton College in their Discipleship Training Program.

Lee's honorable accolades include the Brent Schutler Memorial Scholarship, University of Florida Transfer Scholarship, and Beta Gamma Sigma inductee. Lee has represented the Warrington College of Business Administration at numerous national symposia including serving as a member of the UF Johnson & Johnson Case Competition team, placing first in the nation; the Duel in the South personal finance case competition, placing first in the region; and the Wake Forest National Undergraduate Marketing Case competition, taking second place. A true change agent and mentor for his peers, Lee worked diligently this past year with the Warrington College of Business Administration to reinstitute the WCBA Hall of Fame and Student Awards Banquet. Lee will begin law school this fall at DuPaul University in Chicago, IL.

Kelli Murray
Kelli Murray is honored as an inductee to the Warrington College of Business Administration Hall of Fame. While at UF Kelli has served her peers through leadership roles within Cicerones, UF Housing as a Resident Assistant for three years, and the First Year Florida/Warrington Welcome program. She has served as the Director of Student Government's Big Gators/Little Gators Cabinet, Director of Outreach Relations for the Women's Leadership Council a mentor within the University's Minority Mentor Program, and as an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Building upon a strong commitment for accessible education, Kelli served as an intern for Junior Achievement, an ambassador for the Outreach Ambassadors Program, and as Director of Gatorship.

Kelli's other affiliations include serving as an Ambassador to the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), a member of Florida Blue Key and the Matthew's Society. Kelli is a recipient of the Alpha Kappa Alpha's sister of the year, Josephine West scholarship, Best Buy scholars program, and the Reitz Scholars program; she has been inducted into Florida Blue Key, the Matthew's Society, and the Order of Omega Greek Honorary. Upon graduation, Kelli plans to enter graduate school.

Christina Dombrowsky
Christina is inducted into the Warrington College of Business Administration Hall of Fame for her impressive academic and co-curricular achievements while a business student.

She served in leadership positions in many different organizations within the college and University. Among her leadership positions are President of the International Business Society, one of the founding members of the NaviGators Program, Recruitment Chair of the All-Girl Competition Cheerleading Squad, the Director of Social awareness for the Delta Gamma Sorority, Assistant Director of Marketing for Gator Growl, and as a member of the Florida Cicerones. Additionally, she served the College as a teaching assistant for the Principles of Marketing and Professional Communication in Business courses.

Christina completed a thesis through the University Scholars Program under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Lutz. Her work, entitled "Telenovela Advertising and Viewership", used focus groups and quantitative data to examine the response to advertising during telenovelas by Spanish speaking U. S. citizens. This topic represents her deep interest in the international arena, which she explored further through study abroad in Rome, Italy and Utrecht, Netherlands. Along with her selection to the WCBA Hall of Fame, she has been honored with a National Merit Hispanic Scholar, membership in Beta Gamma Sigma International, Golden Key International, and the Phi Beta Delta International Honors Society.

After graduation, Christina will be traveling to study at the Universidad Belgrano in Buenos Aires, Argentina as an Ambassador of Goodwill for the Rotary Foundation, an honor bestowed upon only one University graduate this year.

Seth Mollitt
Seth has been actively involved in the Warrington College of Business Administration. He was team captain for two Johnson and Johnson Case Competition championship teams, and for the 2007 Asian Business Case Competition team in Singapore. He was the Co-Director of Operations for the Emerging Leaders Conference, which is an annual business honors symposium for top undergraduate students in the nation. Seth was also a member of the undergraduate advisory committee. While serving on the advisory committee he was given a chance to take an active role in his education by providing feedback on his business education. Through the advisory committee, Seth spent an extensive amount of time trying to develop an undergraduate business honors program.

Seth has had the opportunity to serve the University while sitting on the University Housing Committee, University Curriculum Committee, and Reitz Union Board of Managers. Seth has also been in leadership positions in the University of Florida Cicerones, the Outreach Ambassador Program, and Gatorwalk.

Additionally, he served as President and Treasurer of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Seth has served the larger US community in national level leadership positions with Boy Scouts of America, including National Vice Chief, the second highest elected youth officer in the nation.

After graduation, Seth will be working in General Electric's Financial Management Program.

Caroline Etter
Through leadership and service, Caroline has contributed to the WCBA while also being a leader in the Greek Community. She is the current President of the Warrington Diplomats and a member of the FLA Advisory Board, is a teaching assistant for the course "Effective Career Management," and assists the college in many other areas.

Outside of WCBA, Caroline also serves the community. Through personal volunteering and organizational fund raising, Caroline has served well over 340 hours in the community and has raised nearly $1 million for various charities. Caroline is a leader in the Greek Community. Former Chi Omega President, Caroline served two years on her chapter's executive board.

Beyond leadership, Caroline has enhanced her undergraduate experience through internships and case competitions. Caroline completed an internship with KCom Media Inc. and two at Procter and Gamble (P&G).

Additionally, Caroline represented the college at four case competitions (two at UF, one at the University of Arizona, and another in Singapore). The biggest success of the competitions was winning the Asian Business Case Competition in Singapore. Winning in Singapore was a testament of the skills obtained from high involvement and academic achievement at the WCBA.

Because of her leadership, Caroline has received several honorable recognitions. She was elected by fellow Panhellenic chapter presidents as the 2007-2008 "Panhellenic Chapter President of the Year." Additionally, she is a member of the following honors societies: Mortar Board, Order of Omega, Golden Key, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and Alpha Lambda Delta.

Immediately following graduation, Caroline will be working for the Procter and Gamble Company in Orlando, Florida, as the Swiffer and Febreeze Account Manager on the Publix Team. In addition to working at Procter and Gamble, she will continue her service to Chi Omega as a chapter advisor.

Shae Ferguson
Shae is inducted into the Warrington College of Business Administration Hall of Fame for her impressive academic and co-curricular achievements while a business student. She has a 4.0 in her UF, Core, and Major GPA.

Shae is a graduate of the Florida Leadership Academy and serves as a peer mentor and advisory board member. She is also a Warrington Diplomat and avid case competition participant. She was on the four member team that traveled to Singapore for the Asian Business Case Challenge and took home a victory for the Warrington College of Business Administration. She has interned with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Charlotte, NC and hopes to gain more experience in the field of finance in a second internship with the firm in Summer 2008 prior to her Master's study.

Shae is very active within her sorority, served as the Panhellenic Council President in 2007, and is a member of Order of Omega and Florida Blue Key. She was also selected in Spring 2008 as a new member in the University of Florida Hall of Fame. Shae tutors athletes for the University Athletic Association and Tutoring Zone and works in both the Economics Department and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Shae volunteered for the summer entrepreneurship program for high school students and will serve as the Head Teaching Assistant for GEB3113 for the academic year 2008-2009.

Her advice for anyone she meets is to "live well, laugh often, and love much."

Business Administration College Council
The BACC offers all business students the opportunity to participate in personal and professional development opportunities through such offerings as Business Bash, Gator plunge, and the BACC Convention. They have also begun a college newsletter called the Warrington Times and a golf tournament that allows students to network with corporate guests and business members of the community.

Student Finance Group
The Student Finance Group offers business students networking opportunities through guest speakers at their meetings and developing relationships with corporate partners like Morgan Stanley. Additionally, the SFG offers professional development opportunities through their Career Fair Prep Extravaganza and the Business Quickie newsletter. The leadership of the SFG also provides its members a way to reach out to the local community through mentoring high school students at Buchholz High and through contributing over $1000 to the March of Dimes

Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ambassadors
The CEI Ambassadors are a group of students that are gathered to promote entrepreneurship to the university and throughout the community. They are comprised of 15 members of whom almost all hold a position and are involved with every activity they do. They have started a summer program for high school students, acted as mentors to high school students to help them work on a business plan, and they are involved with projects that promote sustainability. They have social activities as well; they initiated the Business Cup, which is a field day event that involves all the other business organizations.

Ann Fitzmorris
Ann has given many evenings and weekends to the Business Administration College Council attending programs and working to develop the members of the BACC into the business leaders of tomorrow.

Horace Tucker
Horace has given many hours to the development and success of the Minority Business Society this year. He has contributed to recruitment efforts and provided networking and sponsorship opportunities. This year, Horace helped connect the MBS and INROADS minority internship program to host a social that exposed minority students to the many opportunities available through the INROADS program.

A quote from one of the MBAS members: "Mr. Tucker has been a great adviser and is well deserving of the adviser of the year award. I know Mr. Tucker personally through the Minority Business Society where he serves as the faculty adviser. For the past two years, he has always been willing to lend me advice on courses, other programs that would be beneficial to me, even helping me with my plans to study abroad. In addition, he also actively seeks out other members of MBS to personally get to know the students. Although Mr. Tucker has many other commitments, he has always found time to help myself and others when needed. It is a pleasure to recommend Horace Tucker for the adviser of the year award".

Erica Byrnes
Erica has served as the Business Administration College Council advisor for over two years. Erica guided the executive board in its goal to restructure the organization by giving them a path to move towards. She allowed the board to interact with influential decision makers in the college. Erica remains patient in growing and developing the executive positions that change each semester. Erica helped to develop the Warrington Times production from monthly to bi weekly issues. Erica also attends the majority of general and executive board meetings. Erica spends endless hours with these students and is an excellent role model for them. By providing them with challenge and support, she pushes them beyond what they think they are capable of doing.

Business Bash
Each semester the Business Administration College Council organizes an opportunity for all student organizations to get together and inform students as to the opportunities to become involved in the life of the College. This Fall the event brought together eleven organizations and approximately four hundred students.

Business Quickie
The Business Quickie newsletter was started by the Student Finance Group to give business students access to "market trends, current events, professional development and career advice, and investment tips". Currently the newsletter reaches 2500 students and faculty and, through the Business Quickie website, allows readers to discuss current issues of interest to business students.

Entrepreneurship for Dummies Workshop (budget below $250)
The "Entrepreneurship for Dummies" workshop was created in response to the Entrepreneurship minor that was cut. The CEI Ambassadors wanted to continue their mission of spreading entrepreneurship to the business students. The workshop was used as a crash course of different topics in entrepreneurship. This event was held both semesters and attendance was over 130 students.

Gators are Green (budget above $250)
The International Business Society created Gators are Green to fundraise for their organization and decrease plastic consumption in supermarkets in Gainesville. They sold environment friendly, reusable grocery bags to replace plastic bags. Through this program they reached 300 people in the Gainesville community and helped to reduce plastic consumption. Not only was IBS able to raise money but they accomplished this in a sustainable "green" way.

The Pop Tab Challenge for the Ronald McDonald House
this year the members of Phi Beta Lamba, with a great deal of community involvement, have collected approximately twenty gallons of aluminum can pop top tabs to be donated to the Ronald McDonald House. Phi Beta Lambda members have also volunteered at Ronald McDonald house hosting babysitting, movie nights, and a Christmas toy drive.

Day of Difference
In the Spring of 2007, Florida Women in Business partnered with Junior Achievement to bring the Junior Achievement Program to local elementary schools. Florida Women in Business was able to mobilize 120 business students to participate in 62 elementary school classrooms around Alachua County. Through their efforts, 1200 students had the opportunity to learn the valuable lessons offered by the Junior Achievement Program.

Build a Bear, Make a Smile
In the Fall of 2007, The Retail Society worked with Build a Bear to donate up to 20 bears to deserving children. They donated the bears around Christmas time to the Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease Unit at Shands. With the help of the nurses, the students were able to match the bears to the children's personalities. The Retail Society was able to bring some brightness into the children's lives with their feel good activity.

Delta Epsilon Chi set two goals for themselves this year: to increase membership and to increase the number of members participating in the State Career Development Conference. They have achieved both. Membership in DEX increased this year from three to twenty-two members and state conference participation increased from one member to seven. Achieving these goals earned the Florida chapter the "Largest Membership Increase Award" at the state conference.

Beginning this Fall with only 5 active members, the leadership of the International Business Society restructured their organization to allow greater engagement with, and between its, members. Actions such as reviving committees and redistributing responsibilities within the organization led to an increase in active membership to almost 40. this increased membership and organizational efficiency has allowed IBS to create events such as the International Speaker Series, The 1st annual IBS Film Festival, and Study Abroad Forums.

This year the Student Investment Club improved its organization in numerous ways. They increased their networking with other WCBA student organizations to familiarize their members with all that the School of Business can offer them. This increased networking caused new ideas and programs to surface. They improved their marketing strategies in order to spread awareness of their new programs. They also acquired new sponsorships from Gumby's Pizza and TheUpDown.com, which provided SIC with more funds to help the organization grow and improve. Their membership also increased from 54 students last spring to 141 this spring. Their increased membership and improved organizational efficiency has allowed SIC to host and help with events such as Reichert House, Investment Workshop, and Investment Challenge.

Student Finance Group
Since their founding in the Spring of 2006, the Student Finance Group has engaged business students in leadership, professional development, and community service opportunities. Currently they have 180 members and a 23 student executive board that gives students a valuable opportunity to learn leadership skills.

Lee Christoff
In two short years Lee has immersed himself in the campus life of the Warrington College of Business Administration. Lee has served several positions in the Business Administration College Council including the Presidency. Lee has also been actively involved in the Students in Free Enterprise team.

David Meyrowitz
David has amassed an impressive list of leadership credentials while at the Warrington College of Business Administration. David founded the University Consulting Group, was twice elected to the Presidency of the Business Administration College Council, and served as Vice-President for the board of College Councils. Additionally he represented the College as a member of the Students in Free Enterprise Team and as a participant in the Spring 2005 Johnson & Johnson Case Competition. Through his efforts, David has added value to our campus and to the college experience of his peers.

Rikesh Amin
Rikesh has progressed through Business Administration College Council from a member to various leadership positions to his current position as the Vice President of Internal Affairs. He is also a project captain in SIFE and a founding member of Warrington Student Integrity Team as well as a brother in Alpha Kappa Psi. Rikesh's activities have made a significant and positive impact on the College community by creating interactions between the organizations he is involved with as well as applying ideas from one organization to another.