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Alumni Spotlight Accounting Entrepreneurship
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.
Sterling Petersen has such a passion for mountain biking, he decided to make it his day job. Since graduating from BYU Marriott’s entrepreneurship program, he’s created multiple startups focused on mountain biking products and has built a collaborative work environment in the process.
When the stock market crashed in 2008, accounting graduate Jameela Wilcox Howell jumped in to help her husband start Cordovan Art School in Texas.
Embracing diverse business experiences has given alumna Mallory Stack versatility and a vision for the future of women in business.
BYU Marriott's accounting program helped Curt Haralson take his first steps to the bureau and beyond.
Even as a young child, Darci Schurig had a love for entrepreneurship. In elementary school, she remembers riding the school bus and selling bracelets and Play-Doh to her classmates.
Sara Sparhawk and Lyn Johnson find joy in bringing entrepreneurial opportunities to women everywhere through their company West Tenth.
With three children and one on the way, Bruce Hymas and his wife Brittany found themselves quite literally losing sleep over their kids.
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.
For Dane Bendixen, startup enthusiast and father of three, the values he found at BYU Marriott have carried him throughout his career.
As a mom of two children and a small business owner, BYU Marriott alumna Brenda Tidwell uses her knowledge of entrepreneurship in every aspect of her life.
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.
TRUE Africa provides educational and humanitarian sponsorships to orphans and other vulnerable children. “We operate entirely on volunteer efforts, enabling 95 percent of every dollar donated to go toward program services,” Hite says.
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.
Since completing a social impact internship in Mexico City, entrepreneurial management alum Nathan Noble has charted a career path dedicated to serving others and helping people in need.
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.
Whether he's forming new relationships or setting a sales team up for success, BYU Marriott entrepreneurship alum Jordan Cushman has built many things throughout his career.

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.

At sixteen years old, BYU Marriott entrepreneurship alum Brad Mills started his own web design business, an endeavor that became the inspiration to a career of helping companies grow.