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Hazelmae Overturf

“It's amazing how you can build relationships with folks based off little Zoom squares, right? But it was pretty easy. One classmate and I would have side conversations and he would encourage me to share my thoughts and opinions with the class. Those little pushes made me a stronger student and reinforced my confidence.”

Hazelmae Overturf
Executive MBA Online, Class of 2020
Product Owner, Employee Experience, BECU
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Karli Barich

“I was big into data before, but now even more so. As an executive director, my EMBA has really helped me analyze data and apply it across the organization.”

Karli Barich
Executive MBA Online, Class of 2020
Executive Director, Foreign Language for Youth
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Aurora Weddle

“My director saw the change in me from when I decided to go back to school. Then he volunteered to be my mentor at the hospital. My hard work is already paying off.”

Aurora Weddle
Executive MBA Online, Class of 2020
Director, Diagnostic Imaging, Prosser Memorial Health

 

 

Grace Rowan

“I’ve had a great breadth and depth of management experiences over my 15+ year career. However, I’d always wanted to round out my skills and knowledge and really have a formal education behind the business skills I was gaining on the job. For me it was personal satisfaction—that gratification of growth—while also having the formal credentials behind that knowledge, not just the work experience.”

Grace Rowan
Executive MBA Online, Class of 2019
Senior Manager, Retail Pharmacy Innovation & Engineering, CVS Health
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Gary Poelma

“While in the Executive MBA program, I made eight trips to China for work. The program was designed so I could join classes live or listen to a recorded version. I was traveling a lot more than most students, but I wasn't alone in having a schedule that prevented me from attending lectures on a set schedule."

Gary Poelma
Executive MBA Online, Class of 2019
Executive Director of Engineering, Cirrus Aircraft
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Shane LinkedIn

“The entire Executive MBA program was able to provide me those skills to speak the language of business. The military has its own language, and there are a lot of parallels between the two. But the courses offered by Washington State University provided the Rosetta Stone, the Rolodex, of translation points. When I look at my resume of what it was to what it is today, it's vastly different.”

Shane Sullivan
Executive MBA Online, Class of 2020
General Manager, Aero-Flite
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Brian Lewis

I am a strong believer in the MBA education as an opportunity to really let you launch pad into another industry. It worked for me, as a Marine transitioning to the private sector, and several of my close contacts. This Executive MBA program at WSU is a phenomenal opportunity for you to gain a much broader perspective of the business world and the instructors in this program really have a vested interest in your success.

Brian Lewis
Executive MBA Online, Class of 2015
Global Operations Manager
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Victoria Burke

“I love the fact that I’m able to work in a team environment and collaborate on projects with different classmates. Even though you start with a cohort of individuals all at the same time, sometimes when you’re in a class, the people that are on your team may be few classes ahead. So, there’s a wealth of knowledge among them and I’ve been able to pick their brains and ask them about some upcoming assignments and projects.”

Victoria Burke
Executive MBA Online, Class of 2018
Area Sales Director at Royal Canin, US, Inc. (a MARS subsidiary)
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Joseph Jasser, MD

“If a colleague of mine with a lot of commitments asked about an Executive MBA program, I would recommend the WSU EMBA almost exclusively. Actually, I have done this several times already, and my physician colleagues who enrolled have thanked me for the recommendation. The WSU EMBA program is well situated for professionals like myself, combining substantial flexibility and comprehensive education with an efficient virtual classroom.”

Joseph Jasser, MD
Executive MBA Online, Class of 2014
President and CEO,Dignity Health Medical Foundation
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