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The department chair and a professor of finance at BYU Marriott, Taylor Nadauld thanks his 25-year-old self for choosing to leave a lucrative position on Wall Street to earn a PhD.
Global supply chain assistant professor Brett Hathaway spends much of his free time summiting mountains. His career path has uniquely equipped him to provide perspective to students in their own journeys.
Taking over the bookkeeping for her family’s Idaho dairy farm taught fourteen-year-old Jenn Larson about unpredictable farming revenues, ignited her lifelong passion for finance, and inspired her to become a role model.
Students, employees, and executives typically work hard to present themselves professionally, ensuring blazers are pressed and handshakes are firm. Yet BYU Marriott professor Kristen DeTienne, who has more than three decades of professional experience, calls for something beyond professionalism. “What’s that extra edge that helps you be effective and enjoy what you’re doing?” DeTienne says, “It’s personal connection.”
Jeffrey Burningham, adjunct faculty and partner to the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, believes the creative process is pivotal to a fulfilling life.
With nearly three decades of experience at BYU Marriott, MBA academic program manager Christine Roundy helps students reach their goals by meeting individual needs.
As a student at BYU Marriott, Brad Agle was intrigued by why people act unethically. Now a professor, Agle helps students crack their own tough ethical questions.
Jess Dansie Anderson works hard to reach and inspire more students across campus to become changemakers.
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.
Ten BYU Marriott School of Business MBA students were recently named 2022 Eccles Scholars by the school's Whitmore Global Business Center.
Although BYU Marriott accounting professor Mike Drake was raised in Nevada, he calls BYU home.
Shawna Gygi is a matchmaker at the BYU Marriott MBA program, but her efforts aren't focused on pairings that result in weddings.
As the operations officer for the Army ROTC program at BYU, Roland Griffith hopes to be a role model for his cadets.
After retiring from a long career in sales for startup software companies, Greg Zippi knew exactly what he wanted to do next—teach.
Ten 2022 MBA grads at the BYU Marriott School of Business have received the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
Four students within the MBA program at the BYU Marriott School of Business were honored as Williams Scholars, an award that recognizes leadership, vision, innovation, motivation, and execution in the program.
Students from the BYU Marriott MBA program recently traveled across the world to meet with business leaders on a consulting assignment in Greece.
When Tom Peterson graduated from BYU in 1981, he thought he had already come to fully appreciate the value of his BYU education.
BYU Marriott MBA students recently won third place out of 4,500 teams during the 2021 Adobe Analytics Challenge.
Innovative ideas were shared by BYU student entrepreneurs at the Big Idea Jam final hosted by the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.
The office door of BYU Marriott professor Jim Brau is always open. Brau believes making connections with his students is the most important part of his job.
Connections count in business, especially when you work in real estate.
BYU Marriott MBA director Daniel Snow wishes he had a dollar for every time hears received compliments about his BYU Marriott graduates in the workforce.

When teaching his class to MBA students, BYU Marriott professor Nile Hatch shares his own method of innovation: developing a deep understanding of other's needs.