Current Mentors

UWF is very thankful for our dedicated industry professionals who give their time and energy to help UWF students prepare to successfully enter STEM career fields. Those noted with a graduation cap are UWF alumni.

UWF Industry Mentoring Program Mentors
Name	Alumni	Title	Company
Ms. Sam Brown		Maintenance Engineer	Ascend Performance Materials
Jonathan Clark		Project Engineer	Rockwell Automation/HavenSmart
Mr. Joshua Cook		Research Quality Analyst	Andrews Research & Education Foundation
Mr. Robert Cruz		Chief Technology Officer	Evolent
Mr. Prakash Dhimal		Computer Scientist	US Naval Research Laboratory
Dr. Leonie Dupuis		Resident Physician	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mr. Mason Evans		Managing Director	Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Mr. Robby Fussell		Principal Architect - Trusted Advisor	AT&T Cybersecurity
Ms. Beija Gore		Department of Biological Science Master Student	Virginia Tech Department of Biological Science
Dr. Jodie Gray		Scientist/Engineer
Dr. Joe Guanci		Lab Manager/Bench Chemist - Retired (Analytical Chemistry)	Eastman Chemical Company
Ms. Amanda Hayes		Technical Sales Engineer	Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
Dr. Sharon Heise		Chief Research Officer	Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Mr. Douglas Leal		Director, Data & Analytics	CGI
Dr. Herm Lehman		Professor of Biology	Hamilton College
Mr. James Martin		CAD Engineer II	Mercury Systems
Ms. Madyson Miller		Program Analyst	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Ocean and Atmospheric Research (OAR); International Activities Office (IA)
Mrs. Peggy Milz		Flight Solutions Quality Manager	BAE Systems
Mr. Michael Moore		Senior Consultant	CGI
Mr. Thaddeas Moorer		Director of Data Warehouse	Baptist Hospital, Inc.
Mr. James Morris		Program Manager	GBSI
Ms. Ann Novakowski		Business Systems Analyst	Navy Federal Credit Union
Ms. Brook Olin		Environmental Scientist	Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Mr. Zach Pannell		Electronics Engineer	Department of Defense
Dr. Karl Pfeiffer		Assistant Vice President, Advanced Science & Technology Division	Atmospheric and Environmental Research
Mr. David Phillips		Prototype/Product Engineering Manager	Mercury Systems
Dr. Diana Ratcliff		Systems Engineer
Ms. Kaylin Regan		Fisheries Technician	Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Mrs. Casey Richards		Manager, Business Intelligence & Data Science	Navy Federal Credit Union
Mrs. Jennifer Richardson		Physician Assistant/Practice Owner	Gary Gotthelf & Associates
Jacie-Rae Rivard		Certified Medical Assistant	Texas Health Resources
Erik Spencer	UWF	Engineer	Salt River Project
Mr. Michael Viron		Director of IT & Software Engineering	KontactIntelligence/ VetCV / Veritas Healthcare
Mrs. Cari Waddell		Physician Assistant	Emerald Coast Medical Group
Ms. Missy Ward		Business Advisor	Air Force Research Laboratory (Retired)
Ms. Jennifer Wasilenko		Digital Engineering Subject Matter Expert	United States Air Force Civilian Service
Dr. Jennifer Wortendyke		Anesthesiologist/College Professor