EMBA ’17 Alum receives national recognition Kelly Feist was selected as one of the 2017 Best EMBAs by Poets and Quants. As Vice President and Business Leader for Patient Care and Monitoring Solutions, Kelly runs a $1.8 billion dollar business for Philips Healthcare. During the Vanderbilt Executive MBA program this second-degree black belt spent her free […]
Name: Beth Torres Graduation Year: 2011Program: Executive MBACompany: Make-A-Wish Middle TennesseeTitle: President & Chief Executive Officer Beth Torres is a 2011 alumnus of the Executive MBA program and was selected as the 2009 recipient of the Nonprofit Sponsorship. The Nonprofit Sponsorship covers the cost of tuition for the Executive MBA Program and is awarded each year to executive or senior staff […]
Name: Jim Jirjis Graduation Year: 2006 Track: Executive Edge MBA Company: HCA Title: Chief Health Information Officer What convinced you that you could or should do the program? I picked business school at Owen because, as my career was progressing, I realized that I needed to enhance my management and leadership knowledge. Owen was a fantastic choice because […]
Name: Reggie Crenshaw Graduation Year: 2016 Track: Global Immersion Company: Crenshaw and Associates Title: Principal and Owner Reggie Crenshaw is a 2016 alumnus of the Vanderbilt Executive program and was selected as the 2017 recipient of Leadership Memphis’ Kate Gooch Leader of the Year Award which “is intended to recognize and honor demonstrated commitment and outstanding efforts […]
Name: Ed StinnettGraduation Year: 2014 Program: Executive MBA Company: Tennessee Valley Authority Title: Principal Engineer What convinced you that you could or should do the Vanderbilt Executive MBA program? As an engineer, you spend most of your career learning how to be…an engineer. As you move your way up the ladder, the only way you learn the […]
Name: Jonathan Connor Program: Executive MBA Graduation Year: 2014 Company: HCA / Sarah Cannon Title: AVP, Strategy and Development What convinced you that you could or should do the Vanderbilt Executive MBA program? Several fellow coworkers and colleagues who had completed both the Executive MBA and MBA programs at Vanderbilt convinced me I should enroll in the […]
Name: Bruno Evangelista Track: EMBA Global Immersion Graduation Year: 2015 Company: Schneider Electric Title: Strategic Manager What convinced you that you could or should do the Vanderbilt EMBA Global Immersion track? I work for a company that heavily believes in the Vanderbilt MBA. Many colleagues and leaders of the organizations I directly work in went through the program. […]
Name: Sherie Edwards Program: Executive MBA Graduation Year: 2012 Company: State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company Title: Vice President, Corporate & Legal What convinced you that you could or should do the Vanderbilt EMBA program? My CEO at the time, Steve Williams, is an EMBA alum. We discussed business school to help with my (at […]