Class of 2026 Student Profiles

Barb Bridendolph

CEO

Crenshaw Associates

Culminating Research Project Topic: The Impact of Leader Stress Behaviors on Follower Engagement

Diana Clark

Talent Acquisition Manager

Riverside Health Systems

Culminating Research Project Topic: Leader Identity and the Impact of Rejection

Sean Doherty

Founder and CEO

Sierra Delta Advisors

Culminating Research Project Topic: The Impact of Predetermined and Emergent Supply Chain Strategies on Startup E-Commerce Firms

Tony Garcia

Program Manager

Honeywell UOP

Culminating Research Project Topic: Corporate Social Advocacy and Firm Valuation

Toay Foster-Ortiz

Executive Director, Chief of Staff, Office of the CMO

BeiGene Technology Company

Culminating Research Project Topic: Crafting Transformational Relationships through Mentorship, Allyship, and Sponsorship

George Holdsworth

Technical Fellow

RTX

Culminating Research Project Topic: Strategic Management of Technical Debt

Raymond Kusch

Founder and CEO

Hardpoint Consulting

Culminating Research Project Topic: Demystifying Applied AI: How to Work in the Age of AI

Robert Lytle

Vice President

Brenden Theatres Corporation

Culminating Research Project Topic: The Engagement of Generation Z in the Workplace

Mauricio Maldonado

CEO

BSH International, The Catholic University of Bolivia

Culminating Research Project Topic: The Impact of Sustainability Incentives on the Weighted Average of Capital (WACC)

Javier Tovar Márquez

Professor

INALDE Business School

Culminating Research Project Topic: Artificial Intelligence Maturity Models in Business

Jurudoe Martin

Director

Capgemini

Culminating Research Project Topic: Underrepresentation of Black Women in the Hierarchy of Technology

Sam Miller

President and COO

Wolfgang Confectioners

Culminating Research Project Topic: Why Boomerang Employees Make the Decision to Return

Clarke Moyer

Principal Investigator/Program Manager

Penn State University Applied Research Lab

Culminating Research Project Topic: Barriers to Technology Adoption

Serg Shpiller

Vice President, Operations

RadNet, Inc.

Culminating Research Project Topic: How Certain Job Characteristics Influence Psychological Empowerment and Employee Effectiveness Outcomes

Quetina Sims-Elby

Director, Office of Chief Legal Officer - Operations

Nationwide Insurance

Culminating Research Project Topic: The Assessment of a Company that Reversed DEI

Jim Stephens

President and CEO

11400, Inc.

Culminating Research Project Topic: Ethical Sensitivity in Neurodiverse Populations

Biko Taylor

Chief Procurement Officer

The City of Portland

Xavius da Silva Thompson

Founder and Managing Partner

Public Stage Advisors

Culminating Research Project Topic: Boom or Burden? The Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (TCJA) Effect on QOF Investments and Local Tax Revenues

Craig M. Webster

Senior Advisor

United States Army

Culminating Research Project Topic: What Drives Soldier Retention in a Rigid, Mission-Based Environments

Cara Winslow

Human Resources Director

SR Packaging North America, Inc.

Culminating Research Project Topic: The Impact of Abusive Supervision on Turnover Intentions Across Generational Cohorts