Success Stories
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board has appointed University of Kentucky MBA alum Elizabeth Woodward as chair of the board for 2020, which is the governing body for Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport.
UK MBA alum Yiting Jian recently became the Enterprise Sourcing Category Management Analyst for The Kroger Company which is currently the largest supermarket chain by revenue and the second-largest general retailer behind Walmart.
UK MBA alum, Angela Coleman, has been helping her clients meet their financial and wealth management goals for over 20 years at Unified Trust Company in Lexington, Kentucky ass a Fiduciary Investment Advisor.
The UK MBA program welcomes all students, young professionals and emerging leaders across all academic majors and backgrounds in Kentucky (and beyond) to their One Year MBA Open House event on Thursday, February 6th at 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM at the Gatton College of Business and Economics.
University of Kentucky MBA student at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, Elizabeth "Liz" Bazner, has recently been promoted to the Director of Digital at A&W Restaurants, Inc. with headquarters in Lexington, KY.
The Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents named University of Kentucky MBA and Gatton College of Business and Economics alum Dr. David McFaddin the interim president of Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) and will assume his leadership duties January 6th, 2020. Before being named interim president, Dr. McFaddin was the senior vice president for operations and strategic initiatives at EKU.
Kentucky Volleyball middle blocker Leah Meyer was named a 2019 First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American, becoming the second UK player ever to be named a first teamer, joining Morgan Bergren in 2015.
University of Kentucky alum of the One Year MBA program at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, Alex Norton, is now the Talent Supply Chain Engagement Sr. Coordinator at Amazon. Alex reflects back on his time in the UK MBA program and emphasizes some of the valuable experiences that he had which helped him land a great opportunity with Amazon.
Executives and University of Kentucky MBA alumni and students from UK HealthCare, Tempur-Sealy International, Matrix Design Group and the United States Air Force will lead a panel of speakers beginning 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, in Room 399 of UK’s Gatton College of Business and Economics.
Cardiothoracic surgeon and University of Kentucky MBA alum, Timothy W. Mullett, was recently named chair-elect of the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons during the ACS Clinical Congress, one of the largest international meetings of surgeons in the world.