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K.B. Scull ’79 retired from the Hillsborough County Public Schools system after more than 46 years. Scull taught at Turkey Creek Junior High, Armwood High School and Bloomingdale High School and spent over 30 years as a driver education teacher and won 330 games as a high school baseball coach. 

Joe Potuzak ’87 retired from Truist after 38 years in commercial banking. His most recent position was chief risk officer for the enterprise payments division and enterprise corporate functions. Potuzak and his wife, Michelle, also recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. They live in North Carolina.

Martina Trapani ’88 received her doctorate in higher education leadership from Wilmington University (DE) and recently got married to her husband, Andre.

Marc Asturias ’89 is the senior vice president of marketing and the field chief information security officer at Fortinet, a cybersecurity company. Asturias is based in the Washington, D.C., area and manages the company’s operations in Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Francesca C. Doran ’10, a third-grade teacher at Westchase Elementary in Tampa, was a finalist for Hillsborough County Schools teacher of the year.

In January, Kevin McNally ’10 CohnReznick in Orlando as a tax partner in the firm’s commercial real estate practice.

D’Asante (Beneby) Small ’10 is a Bahamian senator. According to a Bahamian news story from her appointment ceremony in December, she outlined five priorities for her time in service: public safety, mental health, youth intervention, women’s leadership, and addressing gender-based violence.

Camara (Bensinger) Gaither ’12 is the new poet laureate of the city of Orlando. In February, the Orlando Sentinel ran a story about her ahead of her appearance at her first major city-sponsored event, Orlando’s Black History Month Community Celebration. The story mentioned that when Gaither performed a poem for the mayor, who would choose the poet laureate from three finalists, “people in the room were teary-eyed.”

Vincent Lanci ’13, MBA ’15 published a , TBI Recovery, in January. Part memoir, part manual, the book aims to help survivors and caretakers affected by traumatic brain injuries.

Elizabeth Vanneste M.S. ’14 was in January to the 2026 Top 50 Women Leaders of Tampa by Women We Admire. Vanneste is the chief revenue officer and business advisor for Crescive Services consulting practice and is an investment partner of Mother Kombucha, based in St. Petersburg.

Travis Damato ’15 is the director of bands at Seffner Christian Academy and recently welcomed twins, Luca and Lillia, with his wife, Elizabeth.

Logan Grubb ’15 is a family medicine physician specializing in women’s health care at Memorial Care hospital in Springfield, IL. In an  posted on the hospital’s YouTube channel, Grubb said one of her favorite things about her job is providing care to everyone in a family and watching them grow over a long period of time.

Madeleine (Gagne) Wadleigh ’15 is the program operations manager of conservation for PĆ«lama Lāna‘I, a land and resource management company, and lives in Lanai City, HI.

Tyler Cooler ’16 is senior project manager of construction services at Tampa General Hospital. Previously, Cooler managed major developments at Universal Creative for five years, including Epic Universe and the Endless Summer Resort.

Paul Linzey MFA ’16 released his in February, titled Bekker’s Burial. The mystery novel is the first in Linzey’s Village of Hockessin series and is about a lawyer named Madison who inherits papers from her father that lead her into a high-stakes search for family heritage, involving murder and danger.

Hannah Farrow ’17 started a new position as the newsletter editor at the Tampa Bay Times in December. According to an announcement on LinkedIn, Farrow helped conceptualize the Times’ Florida in Focus and The Rundown newsletters. She has been with the Times since 2023. 

Jamie (Citera) Courtney ’18 married her husband, Kevin, last year at Varlow Farms outside of Tampa.

Omar Pulido MBA ’18 received his American citizenship. Pulido came from Venezuela to attend grad school at șù«ӰҔampa and met his wife, Sarah, during the MBA program.

Andrea Tanzi ’18 runs a hyperlocal Instagram account, FoodFreaksGuide, focused on Tampa restaurants and food establishments. She was the focus of a story in magazine about how hyperlocal social media influencers make a difference to small businesses. Tanzi is also the social media manager for the International Photography Hall of Fame.

In March, Casey Bauer ’19 started a new job conservation finance director at the Trust for Public Land. TPL works with communities to create parks and protect public land.

Kaitlyn Gengler ’19 is an educator and animal caretaker at the Florida Aquarium. In December, she was the subject of a Tampa Bay 28 about how she sometimes can be found before a Lightning game in Thunder Alley with animals from the aquarium for the public to enjoy.