Editor
Jan Read

Consulting Editor
Ryan Underwood, BA’96

Design and Art Direction
Michael T. Smeltzer

Photography
Chad Driver, Daniel Dubois, John Russell, Susan Urmy, Steve Woit, Terry Wyatt

Contributors
Susannah Felts, Christopher Jaeger, Becca Jensen, Nate Luce, MBA‘14, Seth Robertson

Web
Carlos Ruiz

Dean
M. Eric Johnson, Ralph Owen Dean and Bruce D. Henderson Professor of Strategy

Chief Marketing Officer
Yvonne Martin-Kidd


Vanderbilt Business magazine is published twice a year by the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University in cooperation with Vanderbilt University News and Communications, 110 21st Ave. S., Suite 802, Nashville, TN 37203. It is produced by Vanderbilt’s Creative Services and Printing Services; University Web Services provides online support.

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