Pat J. Engfer and Richard A. Nunis were selected by industry executives and the faculty and staff of UCF’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management. They will be inducted at the 2008 Grande Hospitality Gala on March 29 at Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando.

A 30-year Hyatt veteran, Engfer has been general manager in Orlando since the hotel opened in 1992. She has led the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission and the Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association. Engfer also will serve as chair of the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce in 2009. Engfer has been honored as general manager of the year by the Hyatt Hotels and Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association, and she also has been named best hotel general manager by Orlando Magazine.

Nunis retired as chairman of The Walt Disney Co. in 1999 after a 44-year career with the company. He then opened a consulting company, New Business Solutions Inc. Nunis also was a charter member of the UCF Board of Trustees and served as chairman from 2003 to 2006. He remains a university trustee. Nunis has served on the board of the Travel & Tourism Advisory Council for the United States Department of Commerce, and he is chairman emeritus of The Recreation Roundtable, an advisory committee of recreation industry leaders. He also was involved in the establishment of Enterprise Florida and is a past chair of the Florida Council of 100.

Pat J. Engfer          Richard A. Nunis