Imagine what would happen if we retrained our brains to focus less on the inconveniences of a problem and more on its possible solutions.
Category: Alumni
Class notes from Terry College of Business alumni as of Spring/Summer 2020.
Passings for Terry College of Business alumni for Spring/Summer 2020
Each spring the University of Georgia Alumni Association recognizes distinguished graduates who made the world better, buoyed the university community and helped to ensure that the next generation of Georgia Bulldogs is ready to make a positive impact on their communities and the state of Georgia
The coronavirus should have been noxious to a business that depends on elbows resting on bars, revelers standing closer together than six feet and marketing tours that help drive business. But Craig Moore (BBA ’00) has been an entrepreneur since he was 7 years old.
In times of crisis, inspiration comes from a variety of sources. Kayla Hittig (BBA ’11, MBA ’15) found hers in the Atlanta sewing community and a call to arms (and hands) to sew for health care workers.
When it comes to doing well while doing good, relationships and respect are key. Bonney Stamper Shuman (BBA ’80) credited both with helping her build a company that spread the adoption of bar code technology in the 1980s and continues to reshape itself today.
LeaseQuery LLC, an Atlanta-based firm headed by Terry College alumnus George Azih (BBA ’03) and Chris Ramsey, who earned a psychology degree from UGA in 2005, took the top spot in the 2020 Bulldog 100 ranking of fastest-growing companies owned or operated by UGA alumni.
Georgia MBA alumni are invited to an inaugural symposium on March 20 that will be jampacked with professional development sessions, fun opportunities to reconnect with classmates and professors, and celebrate being Bulldogs in business.
For Myron Smith and his two sons, giving back has become a year-round family affair through an Atlanta nonprofit organization that fights food insecurity and supports sustainability by rescuing surplus food.