SYDNEY GROSS

Marketing Director, Knights of the RELM E-mail: sydney.gross@ucf.edu Major: Entertainment Management, B.S. Student & Theme Park and Attraction Management, B.S. Student BIOGRAPHY Sydney Gross is ecstatic to serve as the first-ever Marketing Director for the Knights of the RELM! She is a Junior pursuing a degree in Entertainment Management, complemented by a certificate in Theme […]


MADELYN HUTCHINSON

Volunteer Coordinator, Knights of the RELM E-mail: ma710305@ucf.edu Major: Restaurant and Lodging Management, B.S. Student BIOGRAPHY Madelyn is a junior at Rosen College of Hospitality Management currently working towards a Bachelor of Restaurant and Lodging and earning a certificate in Beverage management graduating in spring 2027. She has already graduated from Valencia college in Orlando […]


MIA ROSSI

Secretary, Knights of the RELM E-mail: mi690878@ucf.edu Major: Event Management, B.S. Student BIOGRAPHY Mia is an undergraduate student at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Event Management. Mia is a current transfer Junior, so she is working up her experience in the hospitality industry. This summer she will be […]


ANNASTAZIA ALLGIRE

Vice-President, Knights of the RELM E-mail: annastazia.allgire@ucf.edu Major: Hospitality Management, B.S. Student BIOGRAPHY Annastazia is an undergraduate student at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Hospitality Management with an Undergraduate Certificate in Managing Sports Events. Annastazia is Founding Vice President of Knights of the RELM. She is also a […]


Sydney Weisman

President, Knights of the RELM E-mail: sydney.weisman@ucf.edu Major: Event Leadership, M.S. Student Event Management Graduate Certificate BIOGRAPHY Sydney is a graduate student at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management pursuing a Master of Science in Event Leadership and graduate certificate in Event Management. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management, Magna Cum […]


Annastazia Allgire

Executive Assistant, UCF Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery BIOGRAPHY Annastazia is an undergraduate student at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management with an Undergraduate Certificate in Managing Sports Events. Annastazia is Founding Vice President of Knights of the RELm. She is also […]


Tricia Connelly

Director of Community Engagement, UCF Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery E-mail: tricia.connelly@ucf.edu Room: NSCM 253 BIOGRAPHY Emmy-award-winning visual storyteller Tricia Ellen Connelly has touched the lives of thousands with her work producing a rich vein of public-media content, focusing primarily on education. Now researching and instructing at the University of […]


Dr. Gary Deel

Director of Research, UCF Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery E-mail: gary.deel@ucf.edu BIOGRAPHY Dr. Gary Deel CV Dr. Gary Deel is a polymath with a strong record of career success in several industries including hospitality management, higher education, legal work, and professional consulting, and a mastery of knowledge in several other […]


DR. JESSICA WICKEY

Executive Director, UCF Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery E-mail: jwb@ucf.edu Phone: 407.903.8018 RCHM Room: 109 BIOGRAPHY Dr. Jessica Wickey CV Jessica Wickey Byrd is a double UCF alumnus, graduating with her master’s degree in hospitality and tourism management from the Rosen College of Hospitality Management in 2013 and her doctorate […]


Tinting (Christina) Zhang, PhD Director of Research, UCF Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Associate Professor, Hospitality Services Tingting.Zhang@ucf.edu 407.903.8195 Faculty Profile: TINGTING ZHANG Dr. Tingting (Christina) Zhang is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF) Rosen College of Hospitality Management. She focuses on technology adoptions and innovations […]