Triad area working professionals earn Wake Forest MBA degrees
Thirty-nine working professionals earned their MBA degrees from Wake Forest University School of Business this month after completing a two-year evening program at the Reynolda campus at a ceremony on September 12 at Forsyth Country Club.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Thirty-nine working professionals earned their MBA degrees from Wake Forest University School of Business this month after completing a two-year evening program at the Reynolda campus. They were honored during a graduation celebration Friday, Sept. 12 at Forsyth Country Club.
“Balancing studies in a rigorous program with family, careers and community service, these graduates not only earned their business degrees, but in many cases, promotions by applying what they learned in class,” said Kevin Bender, executive director of the Winston-Salem Evening MBA program. “They have much to be proud of.”
The Winston-Salem Evening Class of 2014 honored finance professor Rob Nash with the Outstanding Educator Award. Christopher Warren Hood, Douglas Young Foutz and Adrian Russell Wilkinson each received the Class Leadership Award. The Academic Distinction Awards went to Christopher Warren Hood, Christina B. Smiley, Adrian Russell Wilkinson and Austin Francis Fadely.
The graduates include: Stephanie Odom Amendola, Brian Patrick Attridge, Brandon David Audie, Nicol Carla Birkhead, Jawnita Monique Boyd, Jeffrey Michael Braun, Andreadionnia Byrd, Donna Leigh Cauble, Raul David Colon, Karen McNeely Craven, Matthew Thomas Craycroft, Helen Ann Cuffe, Rusty Jason Everhart, Austin Francis Fadely, Mark William Ferris, Douglas Young Foutz, Russell Lindsay Gordon, Joseph William Hampton, Christopher Warren Hood, Youngho Hwang,Diana Parada Medina, Kathleen Marie Mosher, Jocelyn Delores Moye, Andrew William Pepper, Jeffrey Neal Perkins, William Everett Perkins, Kevin Bryan Peterson, Christopher Harrison Porter,Tyson Pugh, William Conrad Ragan, Crystal Janette Redfern, Tiffany Marie Reynolds, Jared Matthew Rice, Kseniia Shabanova Richards, Keion Kofi Samuel, Christina B. Smiley, John H. Stewart IV, April Jennings Whittington, and Adrian Russell Wilkinson.
The graduates represented the following companies: Acclarent, Ageno Lob, American Express, Bank of America, BB&T, Bellomy Research, Boxley Materials Company, Campus Partners, Carolina Medical Center, Danaher: Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery, Eaton Corporation, Ecolab, Hanesbrands Inc., Howard University College of Medicine, Insteel Wire Products Company, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Lowes Foods, MAC Panel Company, Marriott International, National Board for Certified Counselors Inc., Origin Food Group, Pugh Oil Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Reynolds American Inc., RFMD, Rhino Graphica LLC, Superior Manufacturing Company, The Boeing Company, The Fresh Market, Truliant Federal Credit Union, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wells Fargo Advisors, Winston Packaging, and Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind Inc.
