Alumni Spotlight

  • Mary M. Sullivan (Acct’79)
    Why did you decide to attend Leeds? I was living in the mountains outside of Boulder and working for Celestial Seasonings (I was one of their first employees!) when I decided I needed to go back to school and get my degree in accounting. Knowing
  • Dane Bechtholdt (Fin’07)
    Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I decided to come to Ƶ first—I have been a Ƶ fan since I was a child. I came thinking I wanted to be an engineer. It took all of the first week on campus for me to realize that was NOT for me. Over the next two
  • Allison Williams
    What does life look like for you after graduation? Upon graduation, I will be moving to Denver to work as a business technology analyst at Deloitte Consulting. I am looking forward to joining a network of Leeds Alumni that work there. What is your
  • August Ridley
    What does life look like for you after graduation? After graduation, I will be moving to downtown Denver to work for DaVita as a government business analyst! What is your favorite memory from the Leeds School of Business? Getting my first World of
  • Monica Rowand
    COO at Phase 3 Sports and Sustainability Coordinator at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I chose Leeds because I wanted a program that would not only teach me how to “speak business” but also would allow
  • Zoe Yeros
    Analyst, The Chartis Group Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I could have been sold on Leeds just for its perfect location, but it offered so much more along with it. With multiple different tracks accompanied by a wide range of certificates, I
  • Jessie Dixon
    COO, Havenly  Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I actually transferred to Ƶ after spending my freshman year at American University in Washington, DC.  I had a number of friends who were attending Ƶ, and visited campus several
  • Kaly Trupp
    Kaly (Allen) Trupp (Mgmt'09, MBA'17) Senior Consultant, TMT Business Transformation at FTI Consulting Why did you decide to come to Leeds? While I originally thought part of the college experience meant "going away" for school, I couldn't resist
  • Tom Love
    Vice President, Consumer Insights Roku Inc. Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I grew up in Boulder and absolutely love the city. I initially studied history with the intention of becoming a teacher, but I switched to the business school on the
  • Lucie Zikova
    2018 Ƶ Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee & Policy Manager at Uber Technologies  Why did you decide to come to Leeds? I grew up in the Czech Republic and ski raced since I was a little child. When it was time to go to college, I was
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