ALUMNI
STETSON ALUMNI PRESENTED DURING THE 2020 VIRTUAL HOMECOMING LAST NOVEMBER Stetson President Christopher F. Roellke, PhD, wasn’t on campus when these Hatters began making their mark as students and alumni. Yet, he certainly got to learn about them in November during Homecoming 2020. As part of “Coffee with the President,” an annual tradition at Stetson, Roellke hosted his first Homecoming Awards program, including the Distinguished Alumni Awards, Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Doyle E. Carlton Award, George and Mary Hood Award, and Distinguished Service Award. Note: Nominations are being collected for the 2021 Alumni Awards. The deadline for submissions is May 1. For more information, go to www.Stetson.edu/alumni/hall-of-fame.
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented annually to up to four alumni who, through outstanding achievement in their lives and professions, have brought distinction and special recognition to the university.
STEVEN ALEXANDER ’85 A native Floridian, Steven Alexander graduated with a degree in finance, followed by a degree in accounting from Florida Southern College and a mini-MBA from the Rollins College
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Crummer Graduate School of Business. Alexander worked for nine years in the Orange County Comptroller’s Office, eventually becoming treasurer, before joining PFM Asset Management LLC in 1996. Within six years, he was named managing director of PFM’s Orlando office, overseeing the Asset Management practice across the Southeast. Alexander holds the designations of Certified Treasury Professional, Certified Government Finance Officer and Certified Public Pension Trustee. He serves on the Investment Policy Certification Committee for the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and has served as a Government Finance Officers Association Standing Advisor for the Treasury and Investment Management Committee. He is a member of the Association of Governing Boards
of Universities and Colleges. Also, he is a Certified Executive Coach and holds executive certificates in leadership, nonprofit management and endowment investing from some of the most respected institutions in the nation. Civic-minded and having a desire to better his community, Alexander currently is a board member of the Central Florida Coalition for the Homeless, the Orlando Economic Partnership and the Orlando Regional Chamber, among others. Further, Alexander has long been a champion for Stetson, where he’s served as a Stetson Trustee since 2012 and previously was a member of the School of Business Administration Advisory Board. Additionally, the Alexander family was instrumental in the successful completion of the university’s recent fundraising campaign.
