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Alisha Katz, APR

Marketing Manager

Alisha Katz joined the BOB体育 Communications team in 2015 and serves as the marketing manager for BOB体育 Surgical Services, BOB体育 Shands Transplant Center, BOB体育 Advanced Lung Program and the BOB体育 Congenital Heart Center. Prior to serving in this role, Alisha worked as a marketing coordinator for the BOB体育 Florida Recovery Center, psychiatry, pathology, ophthalmology, urology, BOB体育 ShandsCair, emergency medicine/trauma, otolaryngology and radiology. She also served on the media on-call team for news inquiries after-hours. Originally from Miami, Alisha holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in public relations from the University of Florida's College of Journalism & Communications with a minor in communication studies. After graduating magna cum laude from the university, Alisha served as the communications & research manager for the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce & the Council for Economic Outreach. Following her tenure at the Chamber, Alisha became the Director of Cinema & Development at the Hippodrome Theatre, Gainesville鈥檚 only professional regional theatre and art-house cinema. Alisha is an active member of the Junior League of Gainesville, the Ronald McDonald House of North Central Florida and the Florida Public Relations Association.

Stories by Alisha

A Quest for Answers: Cayden鈥檚 Story

Cayden Kauffman loves to explore the world in his baby walker. Once the 9-month-old gets scooting, there鈥檚 no stopping him from thrusting forward and sliding鈥�

Alexandrea Kauffman with Cayden.

A good night鈥檚 rest

For 21 years, Mark Scian never enjoyed a deep night鈥檚 sleep. His restless nights began to infringe on his personality and performance at school that resulted鈥�

Mark Scian and mom, Maureen

Cribside Critical Care

Monitoring our tiniest patients within hospital walls and beyond. David 鈥淛ackson鈥� Rodes was born on April 8 to Ashley DuBois and David Rodes of Tallahassee.鈥�

Cribside Critical Care - Monitoring our tiniest patients within hospital walls and beyond.

Finding the Root of the Problem

Ask Ethan Church what he鈥檚 passionate about and the answer may seem unusual for a 17-year-old: forestry and soil science. A first-degree black belt assistant鈥�

Two people doing karate poses

Tanecia's Story

On the surface, Tanecia Fisher is a sassy and spunky munchkin. Like other 5-year-old girls, Tanecia can be found pedaling her red tricycle, being mesmerized by鈥�

Tanecia

Metamorphosis

This story is a follow-up to 鈥淗ome is Where the Heart Is鈥� that was published in April 2016 Janan Campbell鈥檚 mother, Dawn, describes her 4-year-old son as a鈥�

Janan and family.

New Year, New Heart

In late fall of 2008, Gracyn DenBesten, 9 at the time, of Windermere practiced tirelessly to perfect her solo to 鈥淎way in a Manger鈥� for her church鈥檚 Christmas鈥�

Gracyn and family

Seconds to Spare: Savannah鈥檚 Story

Sherri Spicer, and her two daughters鈥�, Delaney and Savannah, better known by their friends and family as the 鈥淪pice Girls,鈥� share an unbreakable bond. On Aug.鈥�

Savannah

Welcoming Grayson to the Gator Nation

With a lineage of orange and blue blood running through their veins, University of Florida alumni Samantha and Ryan Padgett knew that their unborn son would鈥�

Grayson