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Learn more about how members of the Owen community are making an impact. Meet some of Owen’s faculty, students and alumni, actively engaged in social impact activities while at Owen, continuing to make an impact in society as business professionals.
Faculty
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David OwensClinical Professor of Business Strategy and Innovation; Faculty Director, Executive Development InstituteMORE ABOUT THIS FACULTY MEMBER |
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David Owens’s research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the London Guardian and NPR’s Marketplace. His work in the area of business strategy, innovation process and product development has included engagements with NASA, LEGO, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He has also performed product design consulting work for a variety of firms including Daimler Benz, Apple Computer, and Coleman Camping. Most recently, while on leave from Vanderbilt University, Owens served as CEO of Griffin Technology Inc., the largest consumer electronics firm in the MP3/iPod accessory market space.
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James SchorrProfessor for the Practice of Business and SocietyMORE ABOUT THIS FACULTY MEMBER |
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Jim Schorr teaches Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (CSR) and Social Entrepreneurship at the Owen Graduate School of Management. Prior to joining Owen in 2008, Jim's accomplishments included roles in founding/leading Net Impact and Juma Ventures. He received his BS in Economics from the University of Tennessee and his MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
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Bart VictorCal Turner Professor of Moral LeadershipMORE ABOUT THIS FACULTY MEMBER |
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Bart Victor joined the Owen faculty from the Institute for Management Development International (IMD), in Lausanne, Switzerland where he was Professor of Management and Director of the Program for Management Development. Prior to IMD, Bart was on the faculties of the University of North Carolina and the University of Nebraska. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Academy of Management and the International Association for Business and Society.
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Students and Alumni
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Cathy Stewart Brown
Vanderbilt MBA 1990
Leadership Chair, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Cathy Stewart Brown chose Owen only incidentally because she earned her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt. With her experience and connections on Wall Street——she was a financial analyst for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette—she had sev... More of Cathy Stewart Brown’s Story
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Chris McCarthy
Vanderbilt Executive MBA 1992
Retired, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity
Chris McCarthy came to Vanderbilt to hone the skills in finance, operations and strategy that would make her more effective in her role as CFO of a $50 million manufacturing company. But she found those skills also prepared her to answer what she came to... More of Chris McCarthy’s Story
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Clayton Washburn
Vanderbilt Executive MBA 2005
Chief Executive Officer, Miller Drilling Company, Inc.
Clayton Washburn jokes that a Vanderbilt Executive MBA took his career path "out of the sewer."... More of Clayton Washburn’s Story
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Jeff Gowdy
Vanderbilt MBA 2006
Founder and Lead Consultant, J. Gowdy Consulting
By the time he was 28, Jeff Gowdy had more life experiences than many people manage in a lifetime. He'd lived on six continents, run a Habitat camp in the Bahamas, been a ranch hand in Wyoming, backpacked much of the Appalachian Trail and learned to... More of Jeff Gowdy’s Story
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Liz Pavlic Markus
Vanderbilt MBA 2008
Business Lead, Supply Chain Planning — Johnson & Johnson
At Owen, Liz Pavlic Markus found the health care business specialization she sought. In a new program, she reasoned, students could exert a shaping influence. Once she visited, the collegiality of the people convinced her she had found her place.... More of Liz Pavlic Markus’s Story
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Margaret Dolan
Vanderbilt Executive MBA 2005
Assistant Vice President, Community Relations, Ingram Industries, Inc.
Margaret Dolan considered going straight to business school after earning her undergraduate degree in accounting. Instead, she opted to enter the work force immediately. ... More of Margaret Dolan’s Story
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Megan Barry
Vanderbilt MBA 1993
Vice President, Ethics and Compliance, Premier, Inc.
Council Member At Large, Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson CountyLike many students at Owen, Megan Barry—a California native who grew up near Kansas City—adopted Nashville as her home after earning her MBA.... More of Megan Barry’s Story
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Sapna Lathia Boze
Vanderbilt MBA 2010
Senior Financial Analyst, Revenue, Autodesk
You can tell from her diverse interests—skiing, boating, hiking, sports, Indian classical dance, cooking and wine tasting—that Sapna Lathia Boze likes being active.... More of Sapna Lathia Boze’s Story
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Scott Hall
Vanderbilt MBA 2008
Vice President, Corporate Workplace, Bank of America
Scott Hall had his sights on an MBA that would provide a springboard into a position of managing finances, people and, someday, an entire business.... More of Scott Hall’s Story
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Stephen Songy
Vanderbilt MBA 2010
Strategic Services Manager, CB Richard Ellis
After several years in a large bank's startup group specializing in syndicated real estate loans, Stephen Songy saw himself in a world of circumscribed possibilities. "If I stayed in my role," he reflects, "I knew I would be pigeonhol... More of Stephen Songy’s Story
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Tripp Shubert
Vanderbilt MBA 2010
Strategy & Ops Senior Consultant, Deloitte Consulting
Tripp Shubert's advice to prospective Owen students—"Get involved, and give back to a community that thrives on each member's commitment"—is what he's always lived by. In high school, he began volunteering for the Mar... More of Tripp Shubert’s Story
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