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CAITLYN ALBERT PVD MERRIMACK, N.H.
Caitlyn is a graphic designer at Launchpad Media in Boston. NICOLE BEVERAGE CLT CHARLOTTE, N.C.
Nicole is a real estate professional for McAlister’s Homes at Keller Williams Realtors in Charlotte.
left to right:
Kristen King, Ndeye Fatma Seye and Sarah McJury.
LEO CARELLE GARCIA CLT CLARKSVILLE, MD.
Leo is a planning and research analyst with GEICO in Washington, D.C.
2011 LUIS ACOSTA PVD PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Luis is an electrical engineer for Lockheed Martin. STEPHANIE ALBRECHT
DEN
MACEDONIA, OHIO
Stephanie is project manager for the Lean Cuisine brand at Nestlé in Ohio. MILES JACOBS CLT MOORESVILLE, N.C.
Miles is the food and beverage manager at the Trump National Country Club.
MICHAEL LEVINE PVD COMMACK, N.Y.
Michael Levine attended the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia last fall. This invite-only summit brought together the best in every major field to swap ideas, collaborate, cook up business ideas and create partnerships. JOY LIU PVD NEW YORK, N.Y.
Joy is an account executive at BBDO New York in New York City. LAUREN LOMONACO PVD NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I.
SARAH MCJURY ’13
KEEPING THE PEACE It takes a village, but it helps to have an alumna like Sarah McJury ’13 in that village. As a Community Economic Development Volunteer with the Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa, the marketing major is an expert multitasker. She works with women’s groups in income generation trainings, teaching them how to make and market soap or solar-dried fruit. She also works with an organization of 300 fruit farmers and sellers, instructing them (as well as the women’s groups) in business planning. The grad also teaches small business owners simple accounting, stock management and marketing while also helping the mayor’s office establish an entrepreneurship program. Oh, and in her spare time, McJury tutors the High School En-
Alyssa is a right-of-way agent representing Sunoco Pipeline with Percheron LLC.
Lauren is the assistant supervisor, Service Center Operations East, for Amica Mutual Insurance Company, headquartered in Lincoln.
ADAM RICE CLT
TAYLOR NUNES PVD
African chocolate industry. Lessons from Professor Erin
NEWPORT, R.I.
Wilkinson’s International Business class have proven especially
ALYSSA PORTILLO DEN LANCASTER, PA.
SUWANEE, GA.
Adam has been recognized as a Certified Executive Chef.
[7] AMANDA WATSON CLT BLYTHEWOOD, S.C.
Amanda (Millar) Watson (shown with husband Greg) is the concierge manager at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Orlando, Fla.
Taylor handles Hertz Rental Cars’ outside sales for Boston, Mass.
glish club. They study British English, she explains, “so sometimes they correct my English.” McJury also studied Baking & Pastry Arts and is thinking long-term about fostering sustainable development in the West
useful: “We’d consider how you might behave in international situations, thinking about a product from [the foreign] perspec-
CHLOE PETRETTI PVD
tive, for example,” she says. “With the farmers here, we’re work-
MAYWOOD, N.J.
ing to reduce mango spoilage by selling mango juices and jams;
Chloe is a sales manager at AKA Sutton Place in New York City. MARK SHUDA PVD DARIEN, CONN.
Mark is the front of house manager with B&B Hospitality Group at Tarry Lodge in Westport.
our meetings sometimes run five hours long and can be repetitive. But I learned from my Sengalese supervisor that it’s very important for everyone to have their opinion heard — even if it was heard the week before.” Another difference is the intersection of business and personal relationships: “A business conversation that should take five minutes never does. You talk about how they are, what they ate for breakfast and drink tea together so it can stretch to two hours.” — Denise Dowling
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