Distinguished Award Recipients

alumni achievement award, dvm

2026 Cassandra Fleming ’14
2025 Wendy Mandese ’02
2024 Steven Rosenthal ’90, Kendra Stauffer ’99
2023 Julia Wuerz ’02
2022 Eric Hostnik ’12, Richard Sutliff ’99
2020 Amanda Martinot ’03
2019 Cynda Crawford ’89
2018 Clifford “Kip” Berry ’84
2017 Jacqui Neilson ’93
2016 Mary Gardner ’08
2015 Natalie Isaza ’94
2014 Adam Birkenheuer ’95, Chris Sanchez ’95
2013 Dana Zimmel ’95

2012 Jay Coisman ’04
2011 Jim Thompson ’81
2010 Dena Baker ’00
2009 Julio Ibanez ’80, Dale Kaplan-Stein ’81
2008 Robert Boswell ’85
2007 Link Wellborn ’82
2006 Neil Shaw ’93
2005 Carlos Risco ’80
2004 Richard Kane ’84
2003 Lisa Conti ’88
2002 Ruth Francis-Floyd ’83
2001 Scott Cornwall ’82

alumni achievement award, ms/Phd

2024 Jim Wellehan ’10
2023 Kristin Kirkby Shaw ’03, ’06, ’12
2020 Iske Larkin ’00

2019 Lucy Keith-Diagne ’14
2018 Stanley Kim ’03

distinguished service awards

2025 Irving Lerner ’82
2024 Arnold Goldman ’86
2023 Pablo Luisito
2022 Daniel Lewis
2020 Henry “Hank” Weitsma ’85
2019 Rob MacKay
2018 Renee Carleton, ’93
2017 Mark Gendizier ’87, Virginia Quelch ’87
2016 Leigh Sawyer ’85
2015 Lauren Davidson ’99
2014 Ted Yoho ’83
2013 Lisa Centonze ’03, Vincent Centonze ’03
2012 Colin Burrows

2011 Moody McCall ’86
2010 Russ Snyder
2009 Louis Archbald
2008 Cheryl Chrisman
2007 Maarten Drost
2006 Larry Dee
2005 Michael Schaer
2004 Donald Forrester
2003 Paul Nicoletti
2002 Kirk Gelatt
2001 Victor Shille

special service awards

2025 Boyd Welsch
2024 Maureen Long
2023 Lawrence Garcia
2022 Erin Porter ’07
2020 Carlos Campos ’02
2019 Michael Wong ’05
2018 Amy Stone, DVM’99, Phd ’02
2017 Kirsten Cooke
2016 Julia Conway ’06
2015 Pamela Ginn
2014 Elliot Jacobson
2013 Gail Kunkle
2012 Kevin Anderson

2011 Ernest Godfrey
2010 Bern Levine
2009 Jerome Modell
2008 Gary Ellison
2007 Donald Bennink
2006 E.T. York
2004 Wyland Cripe ’80
2003 Ellis Greiner
2002 Atwood Ashbury, Louise Courtelis
2001 James Himes

40 Gators Under 40 AWARDS (formerly OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNUS)

2025 Bryan Clarke ’10
2024 Stephanie Sabshin ’12
2023 Amy Alexander ’10
2022 Jacob Vencil ’13
2020 William “Alex” Fox-Alvarez ’12
2018 Santiago Diaz, 2011
2017 Tyrell Kahan ’11. Stephanie Kane ’12
2015 Glen Wright ’06, Johanna Elfenbein ’07
2014 Andy Roark ’08

2013 Dani McVety ’09, Destiny Prezzano ’05
2012 Kevin Drygas ’06
2011 Dana Juillerat ’03, Samantha Gibbs ’01
2010 Kristin Kirkby ’03
2009 Tonya Clauss ’03
2008 Micheal Porter ’98
2007 Scott Terrell ’97
2006 Amara Estrada ’98

Honorary Members of the UF CVM Alumni Association

2025 Thomas Ernst
2020 Jim Block
2018 Bern Levine

2017 Ellis Greiner, Larry Dee
2016 Ernie Godfrey, Richard Carpenter
2015 Stephen Shores (d)

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