he founded in 2001 and operated for 12 years. “From each step of my journey, from Houston Carr’s telecommunication class to community banking solutions to enterprise solution consulting and business owner, I have had the opportunity to gain unique perspectives and skill-sets providing the complex solutions to propel my customers’ potential.” Brad is also the proud father of five children.
sion. His promotion afforded the opportunity to relocate to Frisco, Texas, with his wife, Courtney, and daughters Ellie, Sydneym and Mallory.
Caroline Hubbard Sturgeon (’95, business administration) is the general manager at Marriott International—Courtyard by Marriott Scottsdale Old Town in Arizona. She was recently promoted to general manager from senior account executive. Her hobbies include “repurposing and upcycling ‘found’ items into art or usable things,” and she recently completed her first half-marathon.
Lisa Sively Bennich (’02, accounting) serves as a senior accountant for Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn & Law, LLC in Decatur, Alabama. She obtained her CPA license shortly after graduating from Auburn and married a fellow Auburn accounting alum, Matt Bennich, in 2002. They have two children.
Ryan Tabor (’99, management information
the villages of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, with Zulus. Their travels have also taken them to Israel and Palestine.
dent of finance for Coastal, an Old Castle Company—a manufacturer and distributor of masonry and hardscrape products in Florida.
family business) serves as an international enrollment counselor for Columbia International University in Columbia, South Carolina. She got married in March 2013.
Brett Bunch (’07, business
administration), deputy district chief of contracting for the US Army’s Philadelphia District, was selected for a GS-14 promotion in January 2014. “This is a very senior level position which requires frequent interaction with headquarters—Department of the Army,” he says.
Tyler Campbell (’00, finance) recently earned
systems) was promoted to managing consultant at c3, a management consulting firm in Nashville. In July, he celebrated his 15-year anniversary with his wife, whom he met at Auburn. He enjoys playing and coaching soccer and volunteering in the community when he’s not working.
Megan Brown (’09, accounting) serves as
a promotion to investment management consultant and moved to Columbus, Ohio, with BlackRock. He says “free time is all about spending time with my three boys.”
Craig Tindell (’93, marketing) recently cel-
Kasey Brown Bryan (’07, management
Matthew Cessna (’08, accounting) recently celebrated his engagement to Lisa Prezzano. He works for the Home Depot in Atlanta as finance manager.
ebrated 20 years in the residential mortgage business. He serves as a managing member of Principal Mortgage, LLC and works with fellow Auburn alum Adam Stoffregen. In his spare time, he enjoys coaching and relaxing at Lake Martin with his family.
a V&A finance specialist for Accenture in Atlanta. Her interests outside of work include reading, travel, and wine. information systems) worked for KPMG before becoming an educator. A teacher for five years, she works at the Bedford School and resides in Fayetteville, Georgia, with her husband—a fellow Auburn grad—and daughter.
Britton Edward Turner II (’98, flight manage-
ment) began a new position as an attorney with the Veterans Administration Board of Veterans Appeals in Washington, DC.
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Allison and Michael Buckelew (’04, marketing;
’03, management information systems, respectively) founded Zulu Racing in Atlanta and have been actively involved in philanthropic efforts overseas. They have built three libraries in South Africa, a school and orphanage in the Dominican Republic, and are working to complete a soccer field in Israel. They’ve completed Florida’s Ironman Triathlon and the New York City Marathon, and have also run in
president and credit manager with People’s United Equipment Finance Corp.
which offers organizational effectiveness, strategic change and corporate learning enhancement for its clients.
Mazen El Nakib (’00, business administration, Kevin Lott (’04, marketing) serves as chief
Ken Arnott (MBA ’02) serves as vice presi-
Nicole Brooker (’07, entrepreneurship and
Brett Dekle (’09, MBA) is an assistant vice
Meridith Vinson Collari (’00, management information systems) earned a promotion to senior implementation project manager with Vital, a Tosbiba Medical Systems Group company, in May 2014. Meridith works out of Birmingham for the Minneapolis-based company. She enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, and playing with her one-year-old who “is growing into a smart little human right before my eyes.” Stephanie Parsons Day (’02, marketing) and
her husband, Steve, welcomed their third child in February. Miss Elliot Kate joined big sister, Savannah (8), and big brother, Cooper (5).
MBA ’02), the youngest branch manager at lending officer for Heritage South Credit Fransabank SAL, lives and works in Saida, Union in Sylacauga, Alabama.When he’s Lebanon. not working, he enjoys reading, playing Legos with his children or spending time John Michael Giambrone (’09, aviation with them poolside, or at their treehouse. management) supervises airside operations and coordinates construction at Ryan Mahtani (’02, human resources manHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International agement) is an investment counselor with Airport as part of the City of Atlanta BB&T in Mobile. He is a recipient of the Department of Aviation. President’s Cup Award.
Brad Hamilton (’06, marketing) Kisha McLoyd-Mitchell (MBA ’07) earned a
serves as a senior systems engineer in the information technology department of Brasfield & Gorrie in Birmingham. He and his wife, Abby, welcomed their first child, June Frances, into the world in March 2014.
Bradley Hammer (’03, finance) owns the
Bradley Hammer State Farm Agency and recently welcomed the arrival of his second child.
promotion to financial support supervisor last year for the State of Alabama-Department of Human Resources in Bessemer.
A.J. Mills (’09, marketing) works in the Auburn University athletics department as an executive support specialist for the athletic director. In addition to serving as director of the Auburn Leadership Institute, she is nearing the completion of a PhD in higher education administration.
have two children—daughter Maryanne Ford and son Kevin Cornelius.
Christopher Partridge (MS ’07, human
resources management), human capital management system coordinator for Steptoe & Johnson PLLC in Bridgeport, West Virginia, and his wife, Mica, celebrated the arrival of their son, Ryder, in February 2014. In addition to “spending our time with the little guy,” Christopher enjoys hunting, fishing, golfing, and brewing his own beer.
Josh Patton (’09, management) is franchise owner of Volunteer Restaurant Concepts LLC and recently opened two Chicken Salad Chick franchises in Tennessee.
John Landon Pendleton (’00, management information systems) serves as chief technology officer at Instant Diagnostic Systems.
Katherine Mitchell (’06, international business) is an associate attorney with Sullivan Andy Redman (’02, business administration) tax manager for Sitel in Nashville. & Cromwell, LLP in New York City. serves as vice president of Teach for America in Chicago. This fall, he will start a new job Joseph Hodnette (’08, human resources man- Chris Moeller (’08, accounting) investigates as the chief operating officer at OneGoal, a agement) has been promoted to director narcotics and money laundering organiza- nonprofit and the nation’s only teacher-led of human resources at the Ritz-Carlton tions in an effort to “take the profit out of college access and persistence program. He Chicago, a Four Seasons Hotel. criminal activity.” Chris, a financial inves- and his wife, Sarah, have a two-year-old tigator for the US Department of Justice, daughter, Aubrey, and are expecting the Christopher D. Huff (’08, business administra- will be getting married in October 2014. arrival of another girl in December. tion) is process/safety manager for Sejin He enjoys playing golf and spending time America in Dadeville. He recently comin downtown DC and Georgetown. Levi Rentz (’05, logistics) works pleted the Hyundai Sonata’s 2015 facelift in Columbus, Georgia, as and is about to embark on one for the Kia Lucas Monroe (’09, finance) serves as prodistrict sales coordinator for Sorrento. “Business is good,” he said. He is duction planning manager for Card-MonAflac, the nation’s largest the father of a two-year-old boy. roe Corp. in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He provider of supplemental celebrated the birth of a daughter, Palmer insurance. Jennifer Kessler (’04, finance) works at Quinn, in December 2013. Wright Patterson Air Force Base in DayBrian Robbins (’08, accounting) serves as ton, Ohio, as a civilian contract negotiator Katie Murnane (MAcc ’08) is FSO assurance a business and tax attorney for Gilpin in the Air Force Security Assistance Coop- manager for Ernst & Young, LLP in BirGivhan, PC. He earned his law degree eration Directorate working to set up base mingham. She recently completed a three- from New York University in 2013. His operations support in Iraq. month rotation in Zurich, Switzerland. hobbies include spending time at Lake Martin and watching Auburn football. Brad Knueven (’03, management informaMolly Forsythe Partlow (’09, accounting) tion systems) lives in Cincinnati, where serves as a senior accountant at the UniRobert Shiver (’08, marketing) has helped he serves as director of business developversity of Alabama. She and her husband, Senior Life Insurance Company in ment for TiER1 Performance Solutions, Kevin, a 2009 building science graduate, Thomasville, Georgia, double in size since James Hildreth (’09, accounting) works as a
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