Alumni Spotlight

  • Allison Burt
    Business Technology Analyst, Deloitte Consulting   Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I decided to come to Leeds after determining that my Stanford dreams could wait for grad school, and I should save some money with in-state tuition as well
  • Justin Forbis
    Marketing and Communications Analyst - Leeds School of Business   Why did you decide to come to Leeds? Initially, I came to Leeds as an employee. I was on the job hunt and found an amazing job where I could use my marketing and content skills
  • Paul Munter
    Acting Chief Accountant, Office of the Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I was exploring PhD programs and found that Leeds accounting faculty had research interests and experience aligned
  • Hayley Porter
    Audit Associate, KPMG Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I decided to come to Leeds in part because of the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ legacy in my family - my mom, uncle and cousin all graduated from ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, so I grew up hearing fun stories of them being students in Boulder
  • John Maslin
    Lieutenant; U.S. Navy Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I’m a Colorado native and knew I wanted to go to school in Colorado – I was fortunate to be accepted into my top choice, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder. I specifically chose Leeds because I knew I wanted to
  • Anne Dupont
    Retired Senior Partner, Accenture Why did you decide to come to Leeds? My undergraduate major was in Business at the University of Arizona. When I was considering an MBA, I had an economics professor who highly recommended the University of
  • Ryan Callies
    Cisco Field BDE at Tech Data Why did you decide to come to Leeds? Leeds was the perfect intersection of great education and location. Nowhere else can you get a world class business education in a world class environment. The mountains helped, too
  • Kirsten Suddath
    Blackhorn Ventures // Senior Associate Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I chose Leeds for three main reasons (1) the school's commitment to sustainability and focus on entrepreneurship, (2) the impressive network of alumni in the Boulder/Denver
  • Susan L. Sakmar & Kirk Hobbs
    Could you share more about how you two met? We met during our second year at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ while we were living at the same apartment building on the hill. The apartments were full of ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ students, so there was a very active social scene and a group of us hung
  • Rachel Kois
    Founder & CEO, Simple Switch Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I am a fifth-generation Coloradan, and my dad attended ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, so Boulder was always on my radar. In high school, I was sure I wanted to go out of state for school. After being
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