Success Stories
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With Startup, Alumna Focuses on Community-Driven Products
Jen Consalvo is thankful for many things, from the mundane to the grandiose. If that sounds personal, that's the point: the former AOL executive's latest project is Thankfulfor.com, an online gratitude journal that she dreamed up last spring.
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UBA President Seized Every Opportunity
Alex Feld (BSBA ’10) has taken advantage of the lion’s share of opportunities that American University’s Kogod School of Business has to offer, from global learning to student organizations and more.
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Energetic Alumni Board Member Fueled
by AU ExperienceOne thing that Margo Herron, SPA/BA ’85, KSB/MBA ’03, never learned at AU was how to slow down. A typical day for her may include a trip to the Department of Health and Human Services for her job as director of regulatory policy at Bristol-Myers Squibb...
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Personal Attention Led Coast Guard Veteran to Choose Kogod
Though Matt Cunningham left the U.S. Coast Guard’s active duty in May 2008, he’s still a member of the Reserves and works for a retired Coast Guard officer. “I can’t get enough of the Coast Guard, basically,” he laughs.
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Former Marine Explores I.T. Consulting Through MBA Program
"During my tenure I’ve worked on many combined arms operations -- which are joint operations between the different military branches," says Thao Thompson (MBA ’11).
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Entrepreneurship Lessons Apply to Army Mission
Major Joseph Edwards (MBA ’07) chose the entrepreneurship concentration while completing his MBA at Kogod. “That might seem a little ironic for someone employed by one of the largest employers in the country,” he admits.