UA-PBL Chapter Member Profiles
Crystle Alavez
Crystle is an undecided sophomore at the UofA who aspires to be
successful and independent. Among her favorite hobbies are running
and reading. In FBLA she took 1st place and 2nd place consecutively
in Emerging Business Issues. She also took 1st place for Pertnership
with Business in 2002 at the state level.
Daniel Gust - VP Activities
Chris is an Economics Sophomore at the UofA.
Chris Hilker
Chris is a Regional Development Senior with a minor in business
at the UofA. When he graduates he wants to be a commercial real
estate broker. His two favorite hobbies are playing the guitar in
a rock band and playing basketball. Last year he took 3rd place
in Business Communications at the state level.
Jeff Hohl
Jeff is a Marketing Senior at the UofA. After he graduates he intends
to go into a marketing career and go to law school. In his free
time he enjoys playing the guitar and sports.
Peter Layshock - VP Administration
Peter Layshock is a Business Economics senior. He currently works
part time at Vail High School, where he teaches Business Technology
and co-advises the local FBLA chapter. In PBL, he has received national
awards for Business Decision Making, Human Resources & Ethics,
Sports Marketing, and Network Design. In his free time, Peter enjoys
golf, cooking, learning Dutch, reading, and long walks on the beach.
Aaron McKenny - Webmaster
Aaron is a Senior majoring in Management Information Systems, Operations
Management and Entrepreneurship. Aaron enjoys playing the guitar
in his free time and is currently starting the nation's first Information
Technology honorary fraternity. Aaron is the President for the State
of Arizona Phi Beta Lambda this year. Among his Phi Beta Lambda
accomplishments are taking 1st place in the nation for Business
Plan (2004), 1st place in the nation for Networking Concepts (2004),
1st place in the nation for Network Design (2003) and 2nd place
in the nation for Business Decision Making (2002)
Lisa Minieri
Lisa is a sophomore aspiring to be a Marketing, Management and
perhaps Entrepreneurship major. Among Lisa's many aspirations are
wanting to do well in school, and becoming involved in the business
program. Lisa likes to be around people and stay active by playing
sports.
Kristin Parker
Kristin is a Geosciences sophomore with a Business Minor. Kristin
Parker enjoys showing and training horsesin her free time. Kristen
was extremely involved and recognized
in Gilbert FBLA and is in her fist semester in U of A Phi Beta Lambda.
Sean Sullivan
Sean is a Finance/Economics Sophomore at the UofA. After college
he intends to continue on in education to obtain his MBA. At some
point he wants to either own his own business or work in a financial
field. Among his hobbies are ping-pong and bowling. In FBLA he placed
1st in the region and state for economics and placed in several
other areas.
Ahmed Junaid Suria - VP Membership
Ahmed is a sophomore at the UofA and plans on being an Accounting
and Finance major.
Kendy Thompson - FESO Representative
Kendy is a Senior majoring in Finance at the UofA who will one
day be a financial investment planner. She enjoys basketball, movies,
music and volunteering. Last year she won two statewide awards in
PBL.
Trina Webb - President
Trina Webb is currently a junior in the Eller College of Management.
She is majoring in Accounting and will graduate in May of 2006 with
a B.S. in Business Administration. After receiving her Bachelor’s
degree, Trina will pursue a Master in Accounting and become a Certified
Public Accountant. Additionally, Trina is very active in PBL and
is the 2004-2005 UAPBL Chapter President.
UAPBL Adviser Profile
Kristen Culliney- Adviser
Kristen Culliney is our new U of A PBL chapter adviser.
Alumni
Aja DeZeeuw
Graduated: May 2002, BS in Marketing
Active in PBL: 1998, 2000-2002
Offices held: Chapter VP of Activities
Awards Won:
2nd place Public Speaking (State)
2nd place Business Decision Making (State)
2nd place Business Law (State)
2nd place Marketing (State)
1st place Business Communications (State)
8th place Business Communications (Nationals)
Current Job: Ladies Department Manager Stein Mart,
Washington DC
Email: powerpufflutterby@yahoo.com
Josh DeZeeuw
Graduated: May 2001, BS in Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology + some post grad classes
Active in PBL: 2002
Awards Won: 1st place, Quantitative Methods (State)
Current Job: Aquatics Specialist III, Charles River
Laboratories on a contract at the National Institute of Health.
He's in charge of maintaining an aquarium system where embryology
research is done
Email: j.dezeeuw@cox.net
Martine Duquette
Graduated: May 2004, Finance
Jim Gronowski
Graduated: May 2003, MIS
Active in PBL: 1999-2003
Offices held: Chapter President, State Secretary,
State Parliamentarian
Awards won:
99 NLC - 7th Information Management
02 NLC - 7th Network Design
03 NLC - 1st Network Design
Current Job: Systems Administrator/IT Director
- Las Vegas Monorail Company
Email: jagronow@email.arizona.edu OR james@lvnvmonorail.com
Sharon Gumbs
Graduated: May 2004, MIS+OM
Active in PBL: 2002-2004
Awards won:
04 NLC - 4th Business Decision Making
Julie Kinzy
Graduated: December 2003, Finance
Active in PBL: 2000-2003
Offices held:Chapter VP of Administration, Chapter President,
State VP of Activities, State President
Awards won:
1st Place – Future Business Executive (State)
1st Place – Marketing (State)
3rd Place – Finance (State)
Email: kinzyj19@hotmail.com
Rishi Mohindra
Graduated: August 2003, Marketing
Active in PBL: 2000-2003
Offices held: Interim Chapter Vice President of
Membership
Awards Won:
3rd Marketing (State Conference 2002)
3rd Economics (State Conference 2002)
3rd Computer Concepts (State Conference 2001)
Current Job:
Consumer Support Representative, Black and Decker's Home Improvement
and Hardware Group: Lake Forest, California (Orange County)
Email:rishmohindra@yahoo.com
Megan Short
Email: meganshort@hotmail.com
Chris Staley
Graduated: May 2002, MIS
Active in PBL: 1999-2002
Offices held: Chapter President
Awards won: Four 1st place awards at State
Current Job: Client support Analyst 1, Misys Healthcare
Systems
Email: rcs914@yahoo.com
Jessica Stevens
Graduated: May 2004, MIS+OM
Active in PBL: 2000-2004
Offices held: Chapter VP of Activities, Chapter President
Awards won:
1st Place – Network Design (Nationals 2003)
1st Place – Business Decision Making (State 2004)
Current Job: Misys Healthcare Systems
Email: jessyfw@aol.com
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