1997 to 2006
UWF students during this time saw the opening of the Health, Leisure and Sports Facility. They also braved Hurricane Ivan as it ravaged the Gulf Coast and descended on campus. This decade in history was marked by the turn of the century and the Y2K bug that threatened to upend the World Wide Web as we knew it—and a Harvard dropout launched Facebook.
Tyson Ray ’97
Founding Partner of FORM Wealth Advisors | Founder of Children’s World Impact
John Gormley ’98
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking at BBVA Compass
Namrata Singh Gujral '98
Filmmaker, Motivational Speaker and President of Uniglobe Entertainment
Randall “Todd” Harris ’99
Judge in the First Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
Judge Brandon Young ’99
Judge in the 14th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Kelly Addington and Becca Tieder ’98, ’04
Co-founders, One Student Nonprofit
Stephan Hall ’00
Finance Director
Dr. Karen Barber ’01
Superintendent, Santa Rosa County School District
Chris Lovell ’01
CEO and Founder of Lovell Government Services
Rev. LuTimothy May ’02
Senior Pastor, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church | Executive Director, Dixon School of the Arts
Derrik Lang ’03
Senior Editor, American Way Magazine | Former Entertainment Reporter and Producer, the Associated Press
Rockford Sansom ’03
Actor and Educator in New York City
The Honorable Kerra A. Smith ’03
County Court Judge in the First Judicial Circuit
Major John Brake ’04, '07
UWF Army ROTC Recruiting Operations Officer
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Emily Ley ’05, ’07
Founder and Creative Director, Emily Ley
Erik Medley ’05
Owner, Medley Sports Construction
Neslihan Suhi-Moore ’05, ’08
Captain, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
Justin Tate '05
Vice President, Corporate Middle-Market Banking at BBVA Compass
Hong Potomski ’06
Florida Blue, Market Leader
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Devin Collier ’06
Judge in the 14th Judicial Circuit of Florida