Gary Payne Gary Payne ('99) and Julie Elliott Payne (’97), Denton :: debuted future alum Robert Payne sporting his Mean Green gear and playing with Scappy and big brother, Gary, 5. Robert is the newest addition to the Payne Gang, having arrived September 2013. The older Gary is the assistant manager of photography at UNT, while Julie keeps busy as the director of integrated communications strategy, "overseeing such things as this fabulous magazine."