Belmont alumna Dorinda Moss was recently named as a Politico “Person to Watch,” due to her great success as a political fundraiser. Moss oversees national finance operations at Reclaim America, Sen. Marco Rubio’s leadership PAC.

In 2003, Moss moved to Washington to work for George W. Bush’s re-election campaign. She then served as finance director for the National Republic Senatorial Committee’s 2010 and 2012 cycles and helped raise more than $200 million.

In a recent article on Politico.com, Moss’s NRSC co-worker Brian Walsh  said, “To be a successful fundraiser, you have to have a unique ability to connect with people and be extraordinarily efficient and organized. That unique combination… Dorinda is able to capture all of that.”

Moss began her career as a junior at Belmont when she worked for Fred Thompson’s Senate re-election campaign in the summer of 1996. On her first day she was placed in the finance department, a vital part of Thompson’s team.

Since then, Moss has continued to build her financial résumé by working with the Bush-Cheney campaign in 2003 and 2004 as well as the Republican National Committee’s Raiser’s Edge and Regents Program. She has worked on the fundraising team for the 55th Presidential Inaugural Committee, Thompson’s 2008 presidential campaign, Newt Gingrich’s American Solutions for Winning the Future and the Tennessee Republican Party.

Alumna Jena Locke, a 2009 Belmont graduate, was recently named vice president of The Andrews Agency, a full service public relations, marketing and event management firm for restaurant, development and automotive clients in Nashville. Locke was an account supervisor before being promoted.

While working on her degree in public relations, Locke interned at both The Onion in Los Angeles and Nashville’s Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Public Relations. Since graduating, Locke has served on Belmont’s Public Relations Department Advisory Board and Young Alumni Council.

In addition to her academic and career work, Locke supports the Nashville Public Library Foundation as the community campaign events committee chair and as a founding member and vice president of their Next Chapter Society Young Professionals group. She is also a founding member of the Friends of the Food Bank Steering Committee supporting Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee.

Locke was recently named one of Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30 for her professional success and philanthropic involvement.

After a recent announcement of a recipe alteration for the Cadbury Egg, 2011 music business alumna Barbara “Boo” Detch put her feelings into song. The witty youtube video has since skyrocketed to over 36,000 views, and Detch has been featured on news outlets all over the United Kingdom, as well as a recent BuzzFeed article.

The song express her grievances over the new candy, with a lighthearted feel and lyrics to match.

“I don’t want no peanut butter! I don’t want no caramel!
All I want is your creme in a milk chocolately covered shell!”

Detch is hoping Cadbury will take notice. Click here to watch the video.

While at Belmont, Detch was the president of the Belmont University Songwriters Association. She is now living in Los Angeles, California, pursuing a career in music.  Hear more of her music here.