Thirty Under 30 and FSU's Young Alumni Awards

The Florida State University Alumni Association’s Thirty Under 30 Award was created to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of FSU’s young alumni. Each recipient must show exceptional achievement and significant contributions to his or her profession, community/society or university. The recipient must exemplify outstanding professional and personal development either through traditional channels or innovative approaches. A group of Young Alumni Council members select the Thirty Under 30 to be awarded each year.

From that 30, up to six honorees may be chosen to also receive the Reubin O'D. Askew Young Alumni Award by members of the Alumni Association National Board of Directors Awards Committee. The Askew Award, presented for the first time in the spring of 2012, is the highest honor bestowed upon young alumni by the Alumni Association.

The Florida State University Alumni Association
congratulates the 2013 Thirty Under 30.

Alisia Adamson (B.S. ’05, J.D. '08)
Attorney/Partner, Hylton Adamson Watson PPLC
Orlando, Fla.

Theodore Aquino (B.S. ’05)
Medical Department Head, United States Navy
San Diego, Calif.

Claudia Avalos (B.S. ’10)
Ph.D. Candidate, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Md.

Natalie Binder (B.A. ’06, M.L.I.S. ’11)
Librarian, Jefferson County R.J. Bailar Public Library
Monticello, Fla.

Brittney Brock (B.S. ’07), CPA
Senior Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Charlotte, N.C.

Sara Cameron Ombres (B.S. ’08)
Faculty Development Instructor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Lake Mary, Fla.

Chad Corbitt (B.S. ‘09)
Vice President, Group Interactive Networks
Gainesville, Fla.

Terin Barbas Cremer (J.D. ’10, M.B.A. ’10)
Associate General Counsel, Bankers Financial Corporation
Tampa, Fla.

Keshara Davis (B.S. ’04, J.D. ’07)
Senior Attorney/Bar Counsel, The Florida Bar
Orlando, Fla.

James Walter Doyle (B.A. ’06)
Director of Teacher Engagement, DonorsChoose.org
New York, N.Y.

Julian Dozier (B.S. ’05, M.Acc. '06)
Audit Manager, Thomas Howell Ferguson, PA
Tallahassee, Fla.

Ryan Duffy (B.S. ’06)
Communications Director, Florida House of Representatives
Tallahassee, Fla.

Juan Escalante (B.S. ’11)
Researcher, Florida Center for Reading Research
Tallahassee, Fla.

Dana Ford (B.S. ’08)
Foreign English Teacher, English First
Shanghai, China

Ben Gibson (J.D. ’08)
Assistant General Counsel, Executive Office of the Governor
Tallahassee, Fla.

Laymon Hicks (B.S. ’09, M.S. ’11)
Professional Speaker and Author, Laymon Hicks Enterprises
Riverview, Fla.

Sandy Holt (B.S. ’06)
Owner/Coach, Triattic
Tallahassee, Fla.

Jesce Horton (B.S. ’07)
Senior Sales Engineer
Portland, Ore.

Johnson Hunt (M.F.A. ’12)
Adjunct Instructor, FSU Florence Study Center
Gaithersburg, Md.

Sarah Hutchings (M.M. ’10)
President of Graduate Student Governance Association, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

Gregory LaManna (B.S. ’05)
Director of Product Development, WellCare Health Plans
Tampa, Fla.

Michael Lowry (B.S. ’05, M.S. '09)
Hurricane Specialist and Storm Surge Expert, The Weather Company
Atlanta, Ga.

Joe O’Shea (B.S. ’08)
Director of Undergraduate Research, Florida State University
Tallahassee, Fla.

Aakash Patel (B.A. ’06)
President, Elevate, Inc.
Tampa, Fla.

Jennifer Quinton (B.S. ’06)
United States Navy
Norfold, Va.

Garrett Schanck (B.S. ’10)
CEO, COO & Treasurer, Stellar Recovery, Inc.
Jacksonville, Fla
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Amanda Spann (B.S. ’09)
Black Girls Hack
Washington, District of Columbia

Megan Swiggard (B.S. ’07, M.S. '08)
Director, Mainland Japan, Central Texas College – Pacific Far East Campus
Japan

Kim Waser (B.A. ’06)
Tobacco Free Partnership of Martin County
Port Saint Lucie, Fla.

Kari Whaley Ramsey (B.S. ’08)
President and Co-Founder, Speaking of History, Inc.
Kissimmee, Fla.

Current members of the FSU Alumni Associations’ National Board of Directors, Young Alumni Council and Alumni Association staff may not be considered.

Nominations for the Thirty Under 30 Award are typically accepted in the fall. For information about the application process, please check back closer to that time or contact Dawn Randle at drandle@fsu.edu.