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Explore the following stories of minority students at Owen and discover how their degrees helped prepare them for success in their careers.

  • Danielle Akins

    Danielle Akins

    Vanderbilt MS Finance 2009

    Financial Risk Management Analyst, Tennessee Valley Authority

    Danielle Akins, a math major who had prepared for a career as a teacher, knew all about numbers. Finance, however, was a different matter. Developing skills in that area, she believed, would help advance her career. ... More of Danielle Akins’s Story

  • Will Brown

    Will Brown

    Vanderbilt Executive MBA 2010

    Compliance Examiner, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

    When he was assigned to submarine duty with the U.S. Navy, Will Brown entered a new and exotic world. But for the latest stage in his career, he decided to stay within agreeably familiar territory. ... More of Will Brown’s Story

  • Danielle Craig

    Danielle Craig

    Vanderbilt MBA 2009

    Human Resources Manager, GE (General Electric)

    Danielle Craig has a special appreciation for a Taiwanese dessert that one of her classmates prepared for Owen's Global Food Festival-a confection involving berries, crushed ice and cubes of sugar. After all, if your specialty is human resources, an... More of Danielle Craig’s Story

  • Uri Clinton

    Uri Clinton

    Vanderbilt Executive MBA 2007

    Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary,
    and Chief Compliance Officer, Baha Mar, Ltd.

    He had already earned his law degree and established himself on an upwardly mobile career path. But until he joined Vanderbilt's Executive MBA program, Uri Clinton had never been outside the United States. His International Residency trip to China, ... More of Uri Clinton’s Story

  • Traci Galbreath

    Traci Galbreath

    Vanderbilt JD/MBA 2011

    Judicial Clerk, United States District Court for the District of the U.S. Virgin Islands

    Traci Galbreath's position as an audit associate for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Atlanta was an entrée to the business world. She traveled all over the U.S. auditing global corporations in the consumer products and services industry. ... More of Traci Galbreath’s Story

  • Raymond McGill Jr.

    Raymond McGill Jr.

    Vanderbilt Accelerator 2007

    MBA Candidate, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University

    Ray McGill rounded out his Ivy League education with some Vanderbilt acceleration. At Cornell, where he graduated in May 2007 with a degree in Information Sciences, Ray had served as Vice President of Web Development and Communication for the Coalition o... More of Raymond McGill Jr.’s Story

  • Ravyn Miller

    Ravyn Miller

    Vanderbilt MBA and Master of Divinity 2009

    Leadership Development Rotational Program—Marketing/Business Development, Medtronic

    How does studying to become a minister mesh with pursuing an MBA? It's a question Ravyn Miller says she was often asked as she simultaneously pursued degrees in business and divinity. ... More of Ravyn Miller’s Story

  • Carla Ruiz-Ney

    Carla Ruiz-Ney

    Vanderbilt MS Finance 2009

    Capital Markets Analyst, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

    Given Carla Ruiz-Ney's strong liberal arts education—she majored in Economics and Business Administration at Wesleyan College and completed nine-month internships with Bank of America Mortgage and Merrill Lynch—she set out to pursue a Fi... More of Carla Ruiz-Ney’s Story