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Alumni Spotlight Accounting MPA
Traci Stirling Bell isn’t kidding when she says her hobby is telling fish stories. But what makes her tales unique is that they aren’t just incredible, they’re true. In 2012, Bell and her husband, Craig, started Ripple Rock Fish Farms in Frazeysburg, Ohio. From humble beginnings in the family’s garage, the company has grown into a thriving enterprise that produces 40,000 pounds of tilapia annually, with potential for another 10,000 pounds per year.
As the current chief administrative officer of the city of Provo, BYU Marriott MPA alum Wayne Parker strives to continually look to the future of the city he leads.
School of Accountancy alum Emily Gertsch applies her accounting skills to her current position as a medical director for F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG.
Instinctively, Paige Goepfert is definitely organized—but she’s so much more.
Whether he's teaching students in a classroom or coaching his players from the sidelines of a volleyball court, BYU Marriott accounting alum RJ Mattei loves learning and teaching in many forms.
Clark Pew has learned over the course of his life that persistence pays off. The executive MPA (EMPA) alumnus now lives in India working for the Department of State.
As a former national mountain biking champion, BYU Marriott SOA alumna Penny Lundgren firmly believes that she can accomplish anything with enough practice and determination.

Like trees, each person is unique and has different needs. BYU Marriott EMPA alum Ralph Clegg solves problems both in his garden and community by understanding that diversity.

As the CEO of Tucanos, a chain of Brazilian steakhouse restaurants he started in 1999, Steve Oldham strives to capture the warmth of the Brazilian culture in his restaurants.

Alfred Gantner, cofounder of Partners Group and an MBA alum, shared his insights on a balanced life as the featured speaker at convocation on 28 April.
As the CEO of Mountain America Credit Union, BYU Marriott alum Sterling Nielsen considers the welfare of his employees and customers to be his top priority.

If you ever see a white car with a Utah license plate that reads BRIGM, you are likely driving behind Lee Bowen, a School of Accountancy alumni and die-hard BYU Cougar fan.

While the COVID-19 pandemic introduced new challenges for many, few can say it made them to sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor of their office. However, for BYU Marriott EMPA alum Russell Harrington, such a situation was both a reality and a necessity.

As the executive director of the Arizona Board of Regents, John Arnold uses the skills and strategies he learned in the MPA program to facilitate change in Arizona's higher education system.

Discovering your career niche can be difficult, but for Hannah Richards Michaelsen, her role found her. After her family began receiving much-needed support from a nonprofit organization, Michaelsen joined the organiza- tion and began to provide that same service to others.
When Hayden Gunnell graduated from BYU Marriott with a master's degree in accounting, he also left with a clear plan to earn his PhD.

BYU Marriott EMPA alumna Janine Wood Green loves to learn. With her love for learning and a passion for education, Green moved to China to become a professor of English at Nanjing Tech University.

When Kara Norman Chatterton was young, her BYU alumni parents took her and her five siblings on a pilgrimage to Provo from Idaho every other year or so.
Joining the healthcare field after shooting free throws in front of thousands is quite the change of pace. However, serving others through healthcare transformation is former BYU men's Basketball player and 2016 EMPA grad Anson Winder's newfound passion.
A study group at BYU whose members called themselves the 8 to 8 Club gave BYU Marriott accounting alum Mike Baird the foundational team and leadership skills he now uses as president of a company that works to save the lives of people across America.
At the age of forty and with nine children at home, Gloria B. Larkin decided to go back to school and finish her undergraduate degree. The fact that she was busier than most college students didn’t sway her choice in major: accounting, a rigorous program at BYU Marriott.
A life with challenges and opportunities has pushed BYU Marriott alumna Lisa Bateman Quist out of her comfort zone to become an advocate for women in business.

When BYU Marriott accounting alum Janette Van der Weijden began her career, she never imagined she would work all over the world and be a champion of diversity in the workplace.
Being a police chief is a challenging position to hold, but BYU Marriott helped prepare Darren Paul, Chad Soffe, and Chris Autry to serve the communities they love.