{"id":72197,"date":"2016-04-26T12:14:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T16:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=72197"},"modified":"2020-09-23T11:38:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T15:38:41","slug":"8-ucf-alumnae-named-obj-list-women-mean-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/8-ucf-alumnae-named-obj-list-women-mean-business\/","title":{"rendered":"8 UCF Alumnae Named to OBJ List of Women Who Mean Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eight UCF alumnae are among the Central Florida honorees of Orlando Business Journal\u2019s 2016 list of Women Who Mean Business. The 26 recipients on the 18th annual OBJ list will be honored Friday, April 29, at a luncheon at the Hilton Orlando.<\/p>\n
Two of the women \u2013 Salli Setta and Denise Swanson \u2013 are among the magazine\u2019s business executives of the year.<\/p>\n
Setta, president of Red Lobster restaurant, earned a Bachelor of Arts in communication in 1987 at UCF and an MBA at Florida Institute of Technology in 1991.<\/p>\n
Swanson, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer of Space Florida, earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting in 1998.<\/p>\n
Listed as OBJ\u2019s Women to Watch were six UCF graduates, including two who are now employed by the university.<\/p>\n
Anya Andrews, an associate professor in the College of Medicine<\/a> and director of research initiatives, earned a master\u2019s in communication in 2001 and a doctorate in instructional technology in 2006. She also previously worked as a senior research scientist in the UCF Institute for Simulation and Training, and a graduate researcher.<\/p>\n