2010 Alumnus of the Year
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Maria L. Bouvette
College of Business & Public Administration

Maria Bouvette is a 1978 Business graduate of the University of Louisville where she received a bachelors in Accountancy. In 1999, the College of Business named her a Distinguished Alum, and UofL awarded her an Honorary Doctorate in Business.

Since 1983, Bouvette has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Porter Bancorp, Inc., a Kentucky bank holding company, specializing in bank and corporate acquisitions, management, and real estate development. She recently successfully piloted the public offering of Porter Bancorp stock. Bouvette also serves as chief financial officer and director for two affiliated Kentucky banks. She previously was a manager with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (now Deloitte & Touche).

Active in civic and professional circles, Bouvette is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants, and has served on several boards including the UofL Board of Overseers, the Norton Healthcare Board, and the Kentucky State Board of Accountancy. She is active with the College of Business Executive Women’s Advisory Board and the National Alumni Council.

Carlton G. Brown, Ph.D.
School of Nursing

Carlton Brown is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing he earned from the University of Louisville in 1992. He later received his Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania’s Oncology Advanced Practice program and his Doctorate in cancer nursing research from the University of Utah. Brown is currently president of the Oncology Nursing Society, a national nursing organization focused on promoting excellence in oncology nursing and quality cancer care.

Completing a 20-year U.S. Army career in 2006, Dr. Brown is a retired Army Nurse Corps Officer, culminating his service at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He worked as a staff nurse, nurse manager, clinical nurse specialist, nurse educator, and nurse researcher, including managing the oncology/bone marrow transplant unit and an outpatient chemotherapy unit.

As a nurse educator, Brown created a Chemotherapy Administration Course and a Cancer and Symptom Management Course to improve quality of care and patient outcomes. As a graduate of the End of Life Nurse Education Consortium, he is qualified to teach end-of-life and palliative care. Brown established, and continues to coordinate, the chemotherapy qualification process for inpatient and outpatient nurses, based on ONS guidelines, while encouraging certification of nursing staff.

William E. Collins, D.M.D.
School of Dentistry

A Kentucky native, William “Bill” Collins received his Dentistry Doctorate from the University of Louisville in 1991. A practicing dentist, Collins is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for RAM (Remote Area Access) Kentucky, the local affiliate of a national effort to provide free health care in underserved areas such as Appalachia. Begun 24 years ago in Knoxville, Tenn., the RAM program offers free exams and education in cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cholesterol, breast and cervical cancer, dental cleanings, fillings and extractions, and eye exams and free glasses. It expanded into Kentucky in 2008 with Collins’ coordination. Students and other volunteers from UofL participate with RAM in various clinics.

His professional achievements include Letters of Recognition from both Governor Steve Beshear and the Kentucky House of Representatives for Community Service in healthcare, a KDA Presidential Citation Award, and recognition from the Los Angeles Dental Society. Collins has also received community honors including the Kentucky Dental Association’s Judicial and Ethics Committee Award and Committee for Disaster Relief Award. He lives in Pikesville, Ky., with his wife and four children.

Barbara B. Lewis, J.D.
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Barbara Lewis graduated from the University of Louisville in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts. She went on to receive her Juris Doctor from UofL in 1962. In addition, Lewis received a Master of Arts in Education from Tennessee Technological University and a Master of Law in Taxation from the College of William and Mary.

Retired, Lewis is Professor of Law Emeritus with the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Dr. Lewis’ proudest professional achievement is that she is a good teacher. For nearly 30 years she has been a pioneer in legal education, becoming in 1974 the first woman to join the legal faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Moving ahead in 1982, Lewis returned to UofL becoming the first woman dean of the School of Law.

During her teaching career, Lewis received numerous honors including the Calvert Award for Teaching Excellence, Outstanding Performance Award for Achievement in Affirmative Action, Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the KBA President’s Special Service Award. She was named the Charles M. Allen Faculty Fellow and is a Distinguished Alumna of the School of Law.

Lewis holds several professional memberships including the American Law Institute, American Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association, and the Women Lawyers Association. She is a Fellow of both the American Bar Foundation and the Kentucky Bar Foundation.

Professor Lewis believes in the power of positive role models and has a long commitment to community service and supporting young people. She has served on the Board of Directors of the ACLU, the Center for Women and Families, the YWCA, the YMCA, Project Women, and the League of Women Voters.

Veloris A. "Sonny" Marshall III, Lt. Col. (ret.)
J.B. Speed School of Engineering

A Louisville native, “Sonny” Marshall graduated from the University of Louisville in 1970 with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree. He went on to earn a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1974 from the Air Force Institute of Technology. During a distinguished 20-year career with the U.S. Air Force, Marshall served on the Joint Staff (J6) and was Deputy Director-Satellite Communications, Defense Communications Engineering Center.

Since 1991, Marshall has lead Marshall Communications Corporation as president and chief executive officer, specializing in providing broadband satellite (Interactive Distance Learning, broadband IP Content Delivery via satellite, and Business TV) and multimedia networking (streaming video) services to government and commercial clients. He has held assistant professorships at George Washington University, the Air Force Academy, and George Mason University, teaching at the graduate level.

Marshall was honored by the J.B. Speed School of Electrical Engineering Alumni Council as the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus. The Commonwealth of Kentucky named May 11, 2007, as “Veloris A. (Sonny) Marshall III Day.” In 2005 he received the Professional Award in Engineering. He currently serves on the Dean’s Speed School Industrial Board of Advisors. Marshall Communications is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia.

Rev. Timothy H. Moseley
Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work

Timothy Moseley received his Master of Science in Social Work degree in 1983 from the University of Louisville, having received a Master of Divinity in 1982 from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Since 1985, he has served as president and chief executive officer for Wayside Christian Mission in Louisville, providing emergency housing, food, clothing, and crisis intervention. Leading the creation of both short-term and long-range goals, Moseley has impacted life-changing opportunities for more than 12,000 homeless people and families in metro Louisville, helping them achieve a life of self-sufficiency.

His professional achievements include being a Licensed and Ordained Minister, memberships and awards from the National Association of Social Work; North American Association of Christians in Social Work, and Association of Gospel Rescue Missions.

Nina Moseley, COO of Wayside Christian Mission, is his wife and a 1994 graduate of the College of Business and the Brandeis School of Law. They have three children.

Mark F. Newman, M.D.
School of Medicine

A Kentucky native, Mark Newman received his bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green in 1981 and his medical degree from the University of Louisville in 1985. After completing his residency in Anesthesiology at Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, he went on in 1994 to serve as their Director of Research and Chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology. Best known for his research on better understanding and improving cognitive decline after cardiac surgery, Newman is also an internationally recognized authority on perioperative outcomes.

Since 1992, Dr. Newman has led the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Duke University to international prominence. In 2001, he was appointed chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and named the Merel H. Harmel Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology. Additionally, he directs the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) Academic Resource Organization, an international joint effort of the IARS and Duke’s Clinical Research Institute to improve the outcomes of surgery.

Newman also currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Duke Private Diagnostic Clinic, Medical Director for the Global Perioperative Research Organization, and Director of the Perioperative Organ Protection Consortium. With more than 200 manuscripts, book chapters, and editorials published, he is also the editor of two major anesthesiology textbooks. He has three children.

Monica K. Pearson
College of Arts and Sciences

A Louisville native, Monica Pearson is a 1975 Arts and Sciences graduate of the University of Louisville obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She leads a distinguished career in broadcast journalism at WSB-TV, Channel 2, the ABC network affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia.

Joining one of the first television stations in the South, Pearson was the first African-American and the first female to anchor a daily evening newscast in Atlanta. During her WSB-TV career, she has anchored the Channel 2 Action News at five, six, and 11 o’clock. She has received over 28 Emmy Awards for her television reporting and is well known for her humanitarian efforts with charitable, nonprofit, and community causes. Prior to joining WSB-TV, Pearson was a reporter and anchorperson for WHAS-TV in Louisville, worked in public relations for Brown-Forman, and reported for The Louisville Times.

Monica Pearson knew at an early age she would pursue a career in communications. One of her part-time high school jobs included voice-over work for a local black-owned radio station’s religious programs. As a teenager, she also sang country music on a local television show called Hayloft Hoedown.

Pearson is a recipient of numerous awards including the Women’s Sports Journalism Award, Broadcaster of the Year Award, Women of Achievement Award, and the Southern Regional Emmy Awards. The daughter of Hattie Wallace Jones Edmondson and the late Maurice Jones, Pearson attended Catholic schools. She is a mother and lives in Atlanta with her mother and husband.

Lois C. Adams-Rodgers, Ed.D.
College of Education & Human Development

Lois Adams-Rodgers graduated in 1972 from the University of Louisville with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education. She went on at UofL to earn her Master of Education in 1974 and a Doctor of Education in 1994. She worked for 32 years as a Kentucky educator, serving as a teacher, principal, superintendent, associate professor, and state department official in various capacities, including deputy commissioner in the Kentucky Department of Education. Rodgers is currently the Co-Chief Operating Officer for the Council of Chief State School Officers, a national organization based in Washington, DC.

Dr. Rodgers serves on a variety of boards, including the National Association of State Science and Math Coalitions, Appalachian Math and Science Partnership, National Community Education Association, the Steering Committee of the Arts Education Partnership, and the Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher Education. She is a past member of the UofL Board of Overseers and is a current member of the College of Education Dean’s Advisory Cabinet.

David K. Updegraff
School of Music

David Updegraff graduated from the University of Louisville in 1976 with a Bachelor of Music. He later studied at the University of Michigan and earned his Master of Music. In 1987 he was appointed to the Cleveland Institute of Music, a top-tier conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio, where he currently serves as head of the Violin Department. He taught previously at the University of Louisville and Western Michigan University.
Updegraff has concertized widely to critical acclaim in the U.S. and Europe and taught in many music festivals including 23 years at Encore, 3 years at International Music Academy, Pilsen, Czech Republic, and 3 years in London, Ontario. His students have been winners and laureates in numerous international and national competitions and have appeared as soloists with such orchestras as Cleveland Orchestra, Berlin Symphony, and the Seattle Symphony.