Hometown Orlando, Florida
Alma Mater University of Central Florida, Bachelor of Arts in Communication; graduate studies in Business at Rollins College
Praise University of Central Florida Distinguished Alumnus Award, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award and Alumni Distinguished Service Award, UCF Alumni Association Jefferson Award for Lifetime Achievement, as well as Florida Public Relations Association Outstanding Public Relations Professional of the Year
Around Town Roger serves on the myregion.org and Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau boards of directors, is a Charity Challenge board member, chairman of the Dean's Advisory Council for the University of Central Florida College of Science, and former chairman of the UCF Foundation.
Know-How Before founding Curley & Pynn in 1984, Roger headed public relations for Westinghouse Power Generation Systems, Belcher Oil Co. (The Coastal Corp.) and The Public Relations Group at McAllister-Barker Associates. Previously he had been a bureau chief, reporter and metropolitan editor for the Orlando Sentinel.
Insight “You will never be as smart as the next generation ... they are an inspiration and I feel for those who fail to see how much you can learn from some young person while trying to share with them the wealth of your own experience.”
Out of Office Reply Somewhere around the world with my wonderful wife, a travel agent extraordinaire
Did You Know? How great it feels to pat someone on the back?