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EMBA graduate Tema Hunkin Laussen had a lot to smile about in 2023. Her company, closed $20 million in residential real estate sales last year. But as much as she loved closing each deal, Laussen’s real highlight of 2023 was opening doors for students through her family’s charitable foundation.
After being surprised by a question in class that told him he might be in the wrong place, Norm Smallwood traded law school for the MOB program which ended up creating the perfect path for him.
BYU Marriott’s Management Communication 320 course helps shape students into powerful presenters and storytellers, which impacts their trajectories.
Awarded a BYU Homecoming 2023 Alumni Achievement Award, MBA alum Christopher Clason explained how inspired leaders create value in their professional and personal lives.
EMBA program alumnus Shawn Pace finds and meets people’s real-world needs, whether he’s in a Ukrainian refugee camp or an executive board room.
As the business world becomes increasingly data driven, professors in the MBA program at BYU Marriott want their students to graduate equipped with skills that will set them apart from their colleagues and give them a competitive edge in the workforce.
Jeffrey Burningham, adjunct faculty and partner to the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, believes the creative process is pivotal to a fulfilling life.
“Go, Cougs!” is still Adam Vandermyde’s enthusiastic cheer more than a decade after graduating from BYU Marriott’s MBA program in 2008. Through the years, Vandermyde has continued to support his alma mater by cheering for BYU sports and by hiring more than 150 BYU graduates to work at his companies.
Rebecca McCarron Greenhalgh is no stranger to smart wordsmithing, so it was unusual when she was suddenly speechless during an important Zoom meeting.
It was a business proposition that would change the life of Stewart R. Walkenhorst. A colleague was closing up shop and asked if Walkenhorst would be interested in taking over some outstanding retail orders.
Tracey Evelyn Haslam, a 2001 BYU Marriott management grad, was shocked when she took her four children to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
Ben Miller, a BYU Marriott MBA alumnus, gratefully remembers the influence of the Rollins Center as he explored entrepreneurship.
Whether BYU MBA alumna Betsy Rose is working on human resources projects in NYC or cheering up the elderly, Rose is all about positive impact.
Growing up in Brazil, Marcelo Souza always had a passion for education.
Ronell Hugh's 2010 MBA from the BYU Marriott School of Business gave him the career path he was looking for, but other aspects of the program ended up being much more meaningful to him.
As a principal partner marketing manager at Adobe, Ivy Portwood oversees a group she calls her "dream team."
When he thinks about his future goals, Wilson Moreno hopes to become a leader who makes an impact—in his family and his community.
Marcelo Souza always had a passion for education while growing up. He set a goal to earn an advanced degree from BYU, which he accomplished when he graduated with an MBA in 2005.
Living without a washing machine and other conveniences was hardly what Kim Kimball Fale had in mind after graduating from BYU. She had earned a bachelor’s in business education in 1977 and a master’s in business education with an emphasis in organizational behavior in 1979. But when her husband, Tevita, suggested they move to his native Tonga for a few years, Fale agreed.
Connections count in business, especially when you work in real estate.
Jeff Brownlow was recruiting at BYU when BYU recruited him.
“Art has always been in my blood,” says Maryland-based painter Rob Talbert.
The skills 2022 MBA grad Caleb Faber learned during his student exchange program at Bocconi University will help him in his future career.
In the fourth grade, Miranda Barnard pulled out the typewriter she received for Christmas and started her own newspaper; she called it Vanishing Tracks.