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Career Influencer Awards

Career Influencer Awards

The University of Florida Career Influencer Awards celebrate the collaboration and innovation of our partners who have had an exceptional impact on career development and career engagements during the preceding academic year. January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023, Award nominations will be accepted February 1 – April 1, 2024. All awards will be presented at the Career Connections Center’s annual Faculty and Staff Career Symposium on April 26, 2024. Nominees are not required to have had a direct collaboration with the Career Connections Center in their impact on the University of Florida. Self-nominations are accepted.

Deadline to Apply: April 1, 2024

Career Influencer Award Categories

The seven categories for the Career Influencer Awards are listed below.

2024 Career Influencer Award Recipients

P&G

Fixel Institute

International Scholars Program

Medi-Gators

Amanpreet Kapoor

Bernadine Thomas

Lucy Searcy

The Women's Network

2024 Career Influencer Award Nominees

P&G

Kimley Horn

Fixel Institute

International Scholars Program

Dustin Karp

UF BME Undergraduate Team

Medi-Gators

Pingchien Neo

Dr. Pouya Ameli

Dr. Robin Moorman Li

Dr. May Mansy

Dr. Sharon DiFino

Dr. Elizabeth Gadsby

Amanpreet Kapoor

Dr. Margarita Vargas-Betancourt

Dr. Frederick Kates

Dr. Stacey Curtis

Caleb Chambliss

Catherine Coe

Chip Johnson

Douglas Jackson

Bernadine Thomas

Lucy Searcy

Eric Segal

Brittany Honeycutt

The Women's Network

American Marketing Association

2023 Career Influencer Award Recipients

School District of Lee County

Eric Esterline

Department of Media Production, Management, and Technology

Dr. Mary Risner

Danielle Shu

Food & Resource Economics

Marc Diaz

Microsoft, UF Alumni (Computer Science)

Texas Industries

UF Department of Psychology

Citigroup

2023 Career Influencer Award Nominees

ABB

TEGNA

The Selling Factory

Invisors LLC

Elizabeth Calienes 

CJC Advertising

Dr. Zachary Gohsman

Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Rebecca Piazza

PHHP Dept. of Occupational Therapy

Dr. Misti Sharp

UF Food and Resource Economics

Dr. Ashley Allen-Durrance

UF College of Veterinary Medicine

Dana McPherson

Strategic Communications and Marketing

Steven Ghulamani

International Office

Sarah Eberhart

College of Health and Human Performance

Jarron Papale

CLAS Academic Resources

Martin Noguera

Anesthesiology

Tony Celluci 

Housing and Residence Life

Jody Green

Harn Museum of Art

Heavener School of Business Experiential Learning Department

Path to Purpose

Brown Center for Leadership and Service

Changemakers' Dialogue

2022 Career Influencer Award Recipients

School District of Lee County
Texas Industry

School District of Lee County

Brittany Grubbs-Hodges

Lecturer and Experiential Learning Coordinator
Beyond120, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Dr. Mary Risner

Sarah Furtney

Instructional Assistant Professor & Undergraduate Coordinator
Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Lisa D'Souza

Director, Career & Leadership Programs
Heavener School of Business,Warrington College of Business

UF Organization for Graduate Student Advancement

Talline Martins

Director, Graduate Professional Development
Office of Graduate Professional Development, The Graduate School

School District of Lee County

The Agency

College of Journalism and Communications

Dr. Mary Risner

Department of Animal Sciences Livestock Units

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Cece Shulz

Director of Student Engagement University of Florida David F. Miller Retail Center

2021 Career Influencer Award Nominees

2021 Career Influencer Award Recipients



UF Organization for Graduate Student Advancement

UF Organization for Graduate Student Advancement

School District of Lee County

The School District of Lee County

Dr. Mary Risner

Dr. Mary Risner

Associate Director, Outreach and Business Programs

Center for Latin American Studies

Cece Shulz

Director of Student Engagement University of Florida David F. Miller Retail Center

 
 

Career influencer award nominees

2019/2020 Career Influencers

2018/2019 Career Influencer Award Recipients

Staff Category
cynthia sain

Cynthia Sain
Academic Advisor
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Faculty Category
oliver grundmann

Dr. Oliver Grundmann
Clinical Associate Professor and Director
Graduate Programs Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Clinical Toxicology College of Pharmacy

Faculty Category
holly moses

Dr. Holly Moses
Lecturer & Internship Program Coordinator
College of Health & Human Performance

 
 
 

2018 - 2019 Career Influencer Award Nominees

Career influencer award nominees