If you come from a non-traditional business background, keep reading, you might enjoy my MBA perspective.   My most recent job before coming to UNC Kenan-Flagler was in publishing where I did everything from organizing trade shows and conferences, writing and designing newsletters, moderating and conducting webinars, overseeing a design competition for marketers including facilitating entry and judging processes, contest communications, promotion development and executing an awards ceremony. Prior to my job in publishing I worked in television post-production at ESPN/ABC Sports. To say the least, business school is a very different environment for me!

I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin; then ventured to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN for a degree in communications. I lived in the New York area and Chicago before moving to Durham for business school. Yes, you read that correctly, I live in Durham. My fiancé is a first-year MBA student at Duke which makes life very interesting (rivalrous) and extremely busy.

In my free time I enjoy tennis, singing, playing the piano, cooking, painting, drawing, writing and reading. After school I plan to work in marketing or advertising and eventually would love to open my own marketing firm and write novels on the side.

If you have any questions about the transition to business school life from a non-business background, don’t hesitate to contact me!