Many words describe what Kiana Morris does — she is Associate Director for Policy in the Office of the Associate Director for Science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
But one word best characterizes what she is: Energetic.
A9 fuels the Amazon search engine, and their work starts long before a customer types a query.
Lucas Puente is a social scientist passionate about using econometrics and data science to improve understanding of the world and turn raw data into useful insights.
Sean Walsh’s view of the world changed his view of the world. After he graduated from Terry, Walsh had a run in the bruising environs of Wall Street where his 80-, 90-, 100-hour work weeks were fueled by caffeine from six Diet Cokes a day. His job in mergers and acquisitions held a tyranny over him until he went on a different kind of run, this one around the world.
As the first African-American woman to co-host ESPN College GameDay, Maria Taylor (ABJ ’09, MBA ’13) is familiar with forging her own path.
Davis Knox likes beginnings. It’s actually kind of his forte. As a UGA student, Knox (BBA ’96) aspired to start or help start as many businesses as possible over his lifetime. Little did he realize that one of his startups would be a nonprofit dedicated to supporting others with that same entrepreneurial spirit—but more on that later.
The University of Georgia Terry College of Business announced new members joining its Alumni Board of Directors, as well as new officers for 2018-19.
Maria Taylor loves the University of Georgia. Of course, as the lead features reporter for ESPN’s flagship college football program, College GameDay, it’s important to display at least a modicum of journalistic impartiality: She took off her UGA wind-breaker to report from the sidelines of the G-Day game in April.
Nine honorees of the University of Georgia’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2018 earned a degree from the Terry College of Business.