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Under brilliant lights, Mark Dickson spoke to a crowd hanging on his every word. He was a 20-something college student refereeing a BYU Intramural Sports flag football game, and for him, the stakes had never been higher.
With two bachelor’s degrees and two master’s degrees, Tricia Seguine is no stranger to learning. She’s learned that she can use her unique educational blend to make a positive impact.
When the stock market crashed in 2008, accounting graduate Jameela Wilcox Howell jumped in to help her husband start Cordovan Art School in Texas.
BYU Marriott's accounting program helped Curt Haralson take his first steps to the bureau and beyond.
Sara Sparhawk and Lyn Johnson find joy in bringing entrepreneurial opportunities to women everywhere through their company West Tenth.
Most 57-year-olds are thinking about heading back to school and taking classes. However, Lyn Ellis, a 1985 accounting graduate of the BYU Marriott School of Business, recently did so.
Joseph Appiah, an alum of the School of Accountancy at BYU Marriott, is grateful\ for the early mornings of his youth that helped him develop beneficial lifelong habits.
SOA alumnus Daniel Leslie is an example of the incredible things that can be accomplished when one is willing to pivot their life plans.
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.
School of Accountancy alum Emily Gertsch applies her accounting skills to her current position as a medical director for F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG.
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.
Instinctively, Paige Goepfert is definitely organized—but she’s so much more.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
BYU Marriott alumna Skye Murphy Moench took first at the 2019 IRONMAN European Championship, attributing her success to a life of hard work and commitment.
Patrice Mano loves the fact that her position provides opportunities to work with intelligent people and dynamic organizations.