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FOR THE RECORD 2009 / Volume 616 ...alumniClass NotesIf you would like us to include yourinformation in the next issues of Forthe Record, visit www.cohpa.ucf.edu/alumni and click on “Stay Connected.”(Note: Degrees in bold text below wereearned at UCF. Graduates are listedunder year of the first degree in thedepartment.)1973Roger W. Martindill, B.A. in criminaljustice, retired after serving as a specialagent with the Florida Department ofLaw Enforcement for 34 years. Whileemployed with the FDLE, he served onmany high-profile investigations, flew bothairplanes and helicopters, and was a flightinstructor. His degree from UCF was his“most life-changing accomplishment” forit provided “professional and academicknowledge that helped me throughoutmy career.” For 25 years, he also servedin the Naval Reserve, where his degreehelped him obtain promotions andassignments.1974Robert W. Gleichauf, B.A. in criminaljustice, is currently employed with thePalm Beach County Sheriff’s Office,where he previously worked from 1974 to2005. He served in the U.S. Coast GuardPort Security Unit for 34 years and wasan instructor at Palm Beach CommunityCollege’s School of Criminal Justice for15 years. In 2001, he earned his Masterof Public Administration from Troy StateUniversity.Stanton V. Parsons, B.A. in criminaljustice, is retired from the U.S. Navy,where he served as a naval aviatoraboard aircraft carriers. He flew theGrunman EA-6B Prowler, EA-6A “Electric”Intruder and A-6E Intruder. During aninterim period, he worked at the FBI’sMilwaukee Division as a special agentinvolved in foreign counterintelligenceand domestic and internationalcounterterrorism. Since 2002, he hasbeen employed at the Orlando RegionalCommunications Center for the FloridaHighway Patrol.1975Cynthia J. Olson, B.A. in criminaljustice, M.A. in school guidancecounseling and mental healthcounseling (dual-degree) (’94), is aretired school guidance counselor. Shecurrently resides in Satellite Beach, Fla.,where she is a fine art jeweler specializingin sea glass. To view her work, visit www.artgalleryofviera.com/.1976Patricia Merrell Gibson, B.S. in alliedlegal services, worked as a paralegalimmediately after graduating. In 1981, sheearned a law degree with honors fromthe University of Florida’s Law School.She was admitted to the Florida Bar thesame year and went on to hand personalinjury lawsuits, primarily in the medicalnegligence field. She has taught atContinuing Legal Education Seminars andspoken at Stetson Law School. She semiretiredin 2000, but maintains her lawlicense and has since earned certificationas a civil court mediator. “Now my onlyoccasional client is the SPCA of CentralFlorida, where I was on the Board ofDirectors for a number of years and waspresident for two years.”Connie L. Patrick, B.A.in criminal justice, isdirector of the FederalLaw Enforcement TrainingCenter, a bureau of the U.S.Department of HomelandSecurity. She overseesthe interagency training of federal lawenforcement personnel at FLETC sitesin all 50 states and U.S. territories. Morethan 50,000 students graduate fromFLETC training programs each year. TheFLETC is based in Glynco, Ga.1978Barry W. Hepner, B.A. in allied legalservices, is a criminal defense attorneyin private practice in Orlando. He alsoserves as an adjunct faculty member inthe College of Health and Public Affairs atUCF. In addition, he is a glass artist andglassblower.1981Kenneth Cox, B.A. and M.S. (’01) incriminal justice, has been a sworndeputy with the Orange County Sheriff’sOffice for 27 years. He has been promotedthrough the ranks, from deputy first classto corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain,division chief and now chief deputy of theAdministrative Service Bureau. He hasbeen married to his wife, Jamie, for 23years. Their son, Kyle, is a freshman atUCF majoring in molecular biology and amember of the UCF soccer team.Emily Ambrose George, B.A. in alliedlegal services, has worked in theparalegal field for 12 years, specializing inestate planning and probate, with limitedpractice in securities fraud litigation andpersonal injury. For the past six years,she has worked at the Jeffrey P. Coleman,P.A., law firm.Bill R. Lee, Jr., B.A. in criminal justice,M.P.A. (‘95), is director of the Center forPublic Safety at Seminole State Collegeof Florida. He retired as captain from theSeminole County Sheriff’s Office. In 2001,he graduated from the FBI Academy.1984Harrell L. Henson III, B.A. in allied legalservices, is director of risk managementfor Westover Communications, Inc.1985Jeffrey B.Stonebreaker, B.S.and M.S. (’06) inCriminal Justice,is a lieutenant inthe Orange CountySheriff’s Office, wherehe oversees detectivesassigned to property,economic and organized crime activities.1986Sue (Arnold) Cavanaugh, B.A. inlegal studies, has worked as a legalassistant for 23 years. For the past 14years, she has been with the Joseph
S. Brockington Law Firm in Charleston,S.C. She completed an A.S. in businessadministration from the CommunityCollege of the Air Force in 1991, andshe earned CLA national certification in1997. She retired from the U.S. Air ForceReserves in 1992 and is a veteran ofthe first Gulf War. Cavanaugh discussesthe legal assistant profession in a Q&Apublished in the November 2009 issueof Carolina Paralegal News (see http://tinyurl.com/ygqc54m).1989Charles Brown, B.A. in criminaljustice, Graduate Certificate in PoliceLeadership (’05), M.S. in criminaljustice (’07), is chief of police for theOcoee Police Department. In 2006,he completed the Command OfficersDevelopment Training at the SouthernPolice Institute at the University ofLouisville, and he participated in thedepartment’s summer study abroadprogram in Russia.Mark Phillips, B.A. in criminal justice,earned a master’s degree in humanresources development and is employedas the human resources director forTriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., in Hillsboro,Ore.1991Melissa Vander Weide, B.A. in legalstudies, is a paralegal in the bankruptcyand creditor’s rights group with Broadand Cassel Attorneys at Law. Sheearned Advanced Paralegal Certificationthrough the National Association ofLegal Assistants. In addition, she isthe chair of the National Association ofLegal Assistants’ Advanced ParalegalCertification Board for 2009–2010.1996Janine Finkelstein-Pfersching, B.A.in legal studies, is a paralegal withSteinberg, Fineo, Berger and Fischoff, P.C.,a law firm with offices in New York andNew Jersey. She married her husband,Tom, in 2001, and they have two boys,Michael and Tyler. “My beautiful family” isher greatest achievement, she wrote.1988Annette L.S. Root,B.A. in legalstudies, wasawarded the2009 Paralegalof the YearAward by theCentral FloridaParalegalAssociationin recognitionof her outstanding contributions toher firm and the legal field as a whole.Root has been a paralegal at the lawoffices of Neal T. McShane in OrlandoLucile Loveitt, B.A. in legal studies,wrote in early December 2009 that she isunemployed. She resides in Orlando.David Robison, B.S. in criminal justice,has been a special agent with the federalBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearmsand Explosives, first in Atlanta and now inOrlando, since 2000. He began his federallaw enforcement career with the U.S.Border Patrol in Harlingen, Texas.1997James C. Lyon, Jr., B.A. in legalstudies, M.P.A. (’02), is chief of policeat Northeastern Illinois University, inChicago.Jaime Quick, B.A. in legal studies,minor in criminal justice, earned a JurisDoctor from Nova Southeastern Universityin 2001 and is a general practice attorneyat the Quick Law Firm, P.A., in Jupiter, Fla.Craig Stopyra, B.A. in legal studies,minor in criminal justice, is adocuments coordinator with the OrangeCounty Comptroller Clerk’s Office of theBoard of County Commissioners. Heand his wife adopted a boy from China in2008.1998David A. Baker, B.A. in criminal justiceand B.A. public administration, M.P.A.since graduating from UCF. In afour-page letter of recommendation,McShane described the tremendouscontributions Root makes to thepractice. They include “legal decisionmakingand judgments at the level ofa highly experience trial attorney” and“outstanding legal research skills.” Shealso is “responsible for each and everyaspect of running not only a smallbusiness but also a law firm.” “Theexcellence of her performance cannotbe duplicated,” McShane concluded. Inaddition to working full-time at the lawfirm, Root is married and the mother oftwo sons.(’01), earned a Juris Doctor from BarryUniversity in January 2009 and enteredthe Florida Bar that April. He has sinceestablished the Law Office of David. A.Baker, P.A., in Rockledge, Fla., wherehe practices in all areas of civil law. Heis also a police sergeant with the CocoaPolice Department. In 2004–2005, heserved in Afghanistan with the FloridaNational Guard. In 2005, he retired fromthe guard as an army first sergeant.Kathy (Leatherwood) Deane, B.S. incriminal justice, is customer servicesupervisor with the U.S. Postal Service.She married her husband, Robert, in 1999and the couple has a four-year-old son,Hayden.Victor Peronti, M.S. in criminal justice,is a regional medical sales consultant withAdeona Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Raudel Vitier, B.S. and M.S. (’00) incriminal justice, earned a Juris Doctorfrom Barry University Law School inDecember 2009. He has worked as achief investigator for the Office of thePublic Defender, Ninth Judicial Court, inOrlando for more than seven years.1999Debra Curtis, B.S. in criminal justice,is president and co-owner of LegalOnePartners, Inc., in Orlando, which offersparalegal services. She represented17 ...
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