About the MBA Advisory Council
Our MBA Advisory Council is a group of individuals that are vested in advancing our MBA program and our MBA candidates. The council has three primary goals:
- Help improve our program through ensuring that the program is providing the tools for our candidates to excel in the workplace
- Help mentor and develop our MBA candidates through providing functional and career advice to our candidates
- Help place our MBA candidates through providing networking as well as internship opportunities
MBA Advisory Council members
Our advisory council is comprised of MBA alumni, faculty and employers, selected by Gatton faculty and the MBA Admissions Committee, and approved by the Dean of the Gatton College of Business and Economics. We are privileged to have the following individuals on our advisory council:
Michelle Allen
Vice President of DIY Sales at Valvoline
Justin Bovard
Senior Director, Indirect Sourcing at GE Appliances, a Haier company
Adrienne (Cates) Duvall
Sourcing Agent at East Kentucky Power Cooperative
Eric Evans
Chief Financial Officer at Big Ass Fans
J.J. Housley
Assistant Operations Executive at UK HealthCare
Vishnu Jayamohan
Global Marketing Senior Manager at Nissan Motor Corporation
Jill Johnson
Vice President of Marketing, Tempur-Pedic at Tempur Sealy International
Wes Johnson
Vice President, Marketing at Bullard
Josh Mitchell
Finance Manager at Procter & Gamble
Suniti Mujumdar
Manager, Educational Engagement at Alltech
Joe O'Nan
Chief Financial Officer at LBX Company
Benjamin Osei
Field Marketing Manager at Brown-Forman
Andy Reynolds
Partner, COO, and Financial Advocate at Ballast, Inc.
Tari Young
Senior Manager, Quality and Compliance at Lexmark
Join the UK MBA Advisory Council
If you would like to be considered to serve on the University of Kentucky MBA Advisory Council, then please contact:
Karl Gustafson
MBA Academic Director
Gatton College of Business and Economics
University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY 40506
859.323.4134 (office) | karl.gustafson@uky.edu