State CFO selects 13 FAMU coeds for leadership program

Thirteen FAMU students have been selected to participated in Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink’s A.L.Ex.” Academy of Leadership Excellence Program. CFO Sink and President James H. Ammons today announced the launch of the A.L.Ex. program within the Florida Department of Financial Services.

The inaugural class consists of 18 university students from FSU and FAMU who will intern in 11 divisions of the Department of Financial Services.

“This is a great opportunity for our students to gain experience that will help give them a competitive edge,” said Ammons. “The students recognized today by CFO Sink are some of our best and brightest. We are hoping that they will seriously consider careers in Florida and in state government. These are students who have the potential to become the future leaders of our state.”

The students will gain experience in a various disciplines. The FAMU students who were selected included the following:

• Rodney Dean Adair, Jr., a business administration major from Chicago, Ill., who will work in the agent and agency services;
• Kyesha Austin, a health information management major from Lauderhill, Fla. will work in the workers’ compensation division;
• Dariaen Brown, from Tallahassee will work in the accounting and auditing division;
• Tiffaine Cash, a criminal justice/biology major from St. Louis, Mo. will work in the fraud division;
• Latrese Cherry, from Hollywood, Fla. will work in the agent and agency services;
• James Harden, Jr., majoring public relations with a minor Spanish from Miami, Fla. will work in the consumer services division;
• Kendra Lee, from San Antonio, Texas will work in the accounting and auditing division;
• Geena Lewis, a business administration major from Jacksonville, Fla. will work in the accounting and auditing division;
• Manuel Moody, a business administration major from Canton, Miss. will work in the rehabilitation and liquidation division;
• LaToya Russell, a public relations major from Charlotte, NC will work in the Office of Communications;
• LaToya Sheals, a graduate student from Lakeland, Fla. will work in the fraud division;
• Kaili Walker, an accounting major from Thomson Georgia will work in the accounting and auditing division; and
• William Wiggins, an accounting major from Tallahassee will work in the accounting and auditing division.