Congratulations Class of 2024!

Richard J. Buttimer Jr. (BBA '87, PhD '93) was named the Belk College of Business dean on Wednesday, May 1, at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Buttimer spent four years as the dean of the Coggin College of Business at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, where he extended its interdisciplinary research and collaborative partnerships and created industry-responsive centers, labs and fields of study. Buttimer also created a new master's program in business analytics. Buttimer was a previous Charlotte Belk College faculty member and served as the John Crosland Sr. Distinguished Professor of Real Estate and Development at Charlotte. Buttimer received a BBA in Finance in 1987 and earned his Ph.D. in business administration with a focus on real estate from the Terry College in 1993. 

Ben Lemoine (BBA '05, MBA '11) joined Suncoast Credit Union, the largest credit union in Florida, as chief financial officer and senior vice president. Lemoine joins Suncoast with more than 18 years of experience in the credit union industry. In his role, Lemoine will lead all aspects of Suncoast’s financial strategy, oversee the credit union’s finance, accounting and information technology functions, and manage all budgets and financial operations. Lemoine previously served as chief financial officer at a credit union in Virginia Beach, VA, and will bring his extensive financial experience to Suncoast. Lemoine possesses a sincere commitment to serving the credit union industry. Lemoine has a BBA in Economics and holds a MBA in Finance from the Terry College.

Jeremy Brook (BBA '05, JD '11) is an entertainment industry attorney in Nashville, TN. Brook, with two others, created ViNIL, a tech startup aiming to address the problem of deepfakes. ViNIL's platform allows musicians and other celebrities to certify that artificial intelligence-generated content that pops up on the internet is created with their permission. ViNIL, which stands for Voice, Identity, Name, Image and Likeness, restores control to celebrities, reassuring their corporate partners, their creative collaborators, and the public of the authenticity of authorized content. Brook graduated from the Terry College in 2005 with a BBA in Management and a certificate in Personal & Organizational Leadership, and in 2011 with a Juris Doctor degree.

Riley McBay (BBA '19) - Category Manager - Cutlery at Georgia-Pacific

Godswill Nwankwo (BBA '20) - Program Manager, Machine Learning Operations at Google

Meredith Selvey (BBA '18) - Associate Vice President at Colliers

Corey Richards (BBA '18, MBA '23) - Senior Online Merchandising Manager at Rooms To Go

Radhika Patel (left) (BBA '15, MAcc '15) and Cristy Nine (right) (BBA'94) have been connecting as mentor-mentee since 2022, when they were paired up through the Terry College Alumni and Young Alumni Board mentorship program. Patel and Nine try to meet quarterly over zoom, and when they are both in Atlanta or Athens, they make it a priority to meet in-person. Their relationship is built on mutual respect for each other and their professional relationship has grown into a personal friendship over the past two years. Patel and Nine are a resource to each other as they share with each other how they have navigated various challenges in their careers. Have a mentorship success story to share? Click here. Want to mentor a current student? Join TerryConnect.

Shep Rose graduated in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. His passion for entrepreneurship has led him to many opportunities to connect with Terry students. Shep shares with students the successes and failures he has experienced as an entrepreneur. In 2021, Shep created a study abroad scholarship to give students the same amazing experience he had while traveling in college. The scholarship is named in memory of an adventurous friend, Josh Adams, who lost his battle with cancer. Recently, Shep received an update from his scholarship recipient, who relayed that she had an incredible experience participating in the Munich and Berlin Business in Germany program, and that she was so grateful for the opportunity. Shep greatly enjoys his time in Athens, and he gets back this way often to engage with students and cheer on the Dawgs!

Meredith Selvey

Michael Fulford

Erica Gatti

Chris Clements

Leila Choucair

The May Alumni of the Day were Meredith Selvey, Michael Fulford, Erica Gatti, Chris Clements and Leila Choucair. Selvey graduated in 2018 with a BBA in Finance and Real Estate and is an Associate Vice President at Colliers. Fulford graduated in 1996 with a BBA in Accounting and a MEd in 1998 and is Assistant Dean for Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Initiatives and Director of Faculty Affairs for the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. Gatti graduated in 2023 with a BBA in Management and International Business. Gatti is a Growth Advisory Associate within the Operations and Performance Group at Grant Thornton. Clements graduated in 2022 with a BBA in Marketing and Management and is a Customer and Marketing Project Manager at Deloitte. Choucair graduated with a MBA in 2023 and is a Marketing Strategy Sr Analyst at UPS.

Each week, we feature an Alum of the Day, where alumni share their career, company, activities they enjoy in their downtime, favorite Georgia memories, and how they choose to give back to their community. The goal of the Alum of the Day series is to show current Terry students the types of career opportunities that exist and give them great contacts in their industry. 

Be sure to check out @terryalumni on Facebook and Instagram each Wednesday to see our next featured alum! Head to the Alum of the Day page for more information and to fill out the form. 

For lifelong Athens resident Trent Nesbit (BBA '24), attending the University of Georgia was a chance to experience a new side of his hometown. UGA provided the opportunity to meet students from around the state and nation. Nesbit gave the University of Georgia 2024 Commencement speech, having been selected by his peers. Nesbit knows the best is yet to come, and that's one of the main messages in his Commencement speech. He wants his peers to take everything they learned on campus to pursue bigger and brighter futures. Nesbit shared "the theme of my speech is to not let college be the best four years of your life. I feel very strongly about always striving for more, and that’s what UGA has equipped us to do.” Nesbit studied economics and sport management while working as a video assistant for UGA Athletics, as well as being involved with Wesley, a student-led Christian ministry on campus, and studying abroad with Real Madrid. The best is yet to come for Trent Nesbit. 

Join the Terry College for an evening of connecting, networking and socializing with fellow Terry alumni as we hear from college football expert Tony Barnhart, and special guest Keith Marshall (BBA '15) on what to expect from our Georgia Bulldogs and other SEC teams this fall. 

Don't miss your opportunity to hear from Katie Kirkpatrick, President & CEO of Metro Atlanta Chamber, during next month's Terry Third Thursday presentation. Katie Kirkpatrick has served as CEO and president of the 164-year-old Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC) since June 2020, but has been influencing Atlanta’s policy and advocacy for 15 years. Previously MAC’s chief policy officer, Kirkpatrick served as the link between the metro Atlanta business community and local, state and national governments. Kirkpatrick, a registered professional engineer, started her career at Gold Kist as director of corporate environmental engineering. She joined MAC in 2007 as vice president for environmental affairs. An alumna of Leadership Atlanta, she contributes to causes such as the American Heart Association’s Heart of Atlanta Gala and Café Momentum’s internship program for justice-involved youth. We hope you make plans to join us.

Grow your network with fellow MBA alumni and stay ahead of industry trends at the Terry College's MBA Alumni Lunch & Learn Series. Join us at the June MBA Lunch & Learn with speaker Angie Brown, Senior VP of Technology at The Home Depot. She and her team are responsible for developing solutions for merchandising, online retail, marketing, customer service, contractor service and home services functions.

Brown started her career at The Home Depot in 1998 as an associate systems engineer. She held roles of increasing responsibility in the technology organization and was most recently vice president of technology for merchandising. Brown was honored as the 2022 Woman of the Year in Technology by Women in Technology (WIT). She holds a BBA in management information systems from the Terry College. We hope to see you there! 

With access to state-of-the-art facilities, award-winning faculty, unmatched career services and an alumni network 75,000 strong, Terry College students are primed for lasting success. We call this The Terry Edge. Yet one-third of Terry students have a documented financial need. This can prevent them from taking full advantage of all the college has to offer. With your support, we can ensure all students have the needed tools to learn, then lead.

Interested in helping a student take full advantage of their learning and leadership opportunities at Terry? Let’s talk. Contact Natalie Glenn at nglenn@uga.edu.

TerryConnect is the hub for student-alumni networking for the Terry College. Students are encouraged to join and build relationships with Terry Alumni, leading to shared information and advice, hiring opportunities and long-term networking. Whatever your question, whatever your need: TerryConnect can find a helping hand and keep you connected within the Terry community. 

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