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Jenkins MBA Alumni Board Officers Announced

The Alumni Board’s mission is to enhance the value of the NC State Jenkins MBA degree by developing the program’s alumni network through regular communications and networking opportunities.

“We very much appreciate this commitment of time and energy that our MBA alumni have made to the NC State Jenkins MBA program,” said Pam Bostic, MBA program director.

Following are this year’s NC State Jenkins MBA Board Board officers

  • Grant Kaley (MBA ’08), president and member, business development committee. He is director of Fidelity Investments.
  • Jennifer Wilgus (MBA ’08), vice president. She is manager of clinical trial materials at Talecris Biotherapeutics.

Committee chairs and co-chairs are:

  • Chris Baucom (MSM ’99), engagement committee. He is director of engineering at Morris & Associates.
  • Matt Vertrees (MSM ’00), co-chair of engagement committee. He is senior global partner manager at Symantec Corporation.
  • Chris Caron (MBA ’09), communications committee. He is senior marketing copywriter at IBM.
  • Meredith Woods, co-chair of communications committee. She is a client partner at SciQuest, Inc.
  • Stacy Connoley, events committee member,
  • Vicente Moranta (MBA ’08), business development committee member. He is a competitive business consultant at EMC Corporation
  • Cris Gomide, nomination committee member. He is a product manager at Teleflex Medical.
  • Gene Farrelly (MBA ’03), co-chair of the nomination committee. He is vice president of IP services at Concert Technology Corporation, Research Triangle Park, N.C.

Serving as members of the board are:

  • Kathleen Armstrong (MSM ’98), communications committee. She is a finance IT analyst at GlaxoSmithKline.
  • Kate Azizi (MBA ’09), nomination committee. She is director of corporate and foundation relations at NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
  • Clayton Berry (MBA ’04), communications committee.
  • Bob Bonds (MBA’04), engagement committee, He is a business analyst at BB&T.
  • Jenny Gidley (MBA ’07), nomination committee. She is president of Total IRB.
  • Jamie Herubin (MBA ’07), business development committee. He is operations manager at EDS.
  • Scott Hudson (MBA ’05), supply manager at ABB.
  • Matt Isley (MBA ’03), president of Twin Commander Aircraft.
  • Srujan Jamindar (MBA ’05), events committee, employed at Quintiles.
  • Heather Jones (MBA ’03), nomination committee. She is a consultant/chief of construction at FMI Corporation.
  • Paul Kizakevich (MBA ’07), nomination committee. He is district sales manager at Consonus Technologies.
  • Pattie Mills (MBA ’04), financial analyst at Red Hat.
  • Sara Mogilski (MBA ’09), events committee. She is marketing manager at Womble Carlyle.
  • Marija Ribar (MBA ’08), engagement committee. She is a product consultancy manager at FulcrumPharmaDevelopments, Inc.
  • Eddie Riley (MBA ’06), engagement committee. He is a financial analyst at Red Hat.
  • Amy Rumford (MBA ’06), events committee. She is director of global accounts serviceability at Lenovo.
  • Teresa Rush-Edwards (MBA ’06). She is a manager of worldwide sales training at Lenovo.
  • Joe Starr (MBA ’08), business development committee. He is director of operations at Solutions-IES.
  • Tracy Stone (MBA ’06), nomination committee. She is a lead procurement engineer at Progress Energy.
  • Kendyle Stout Woodard (MBA ’02), events committee. She is marketing director at North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
  • Beth Traynham (MSM ’92), events committee. She is a partner at Hughes Pittman and Gupton.
  • Alex Zhong (MBA ’06), engagement committee. He is a supply chain management executive at IBM.

Photo: Jenkins MBA Alumni Board members are, left to right: Stacy Connoley, Chris Caron, Grant Kaley, Chris Baucom, Chris Gomide, and Jen Wilgus