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Why Choose the UofL College of Business?

     Your investment in graduate business education is one of the most important career decisions you will make. Hence it is important that you choose the right school -- a school that will match your talent and motivation with a fast-paced, challenging learning experience.

     We educate future corporate, public and non-profit sector leaders, and entrepreneurs determined to start their own business. Many of our graduates remain in this region and help it prosper; others are spread across the nation and the world.

     Our college has a national reputation as a leader in teaching entrepreneurial thinking. We have been selected as the National Model MBA Entrepreneurship Program and our programs in entrepreneurship are regularly ranked among the very best in the world.

Hear from our graduates why they chose the University of Louisville, College of Business:

Aaron Flaker, BS in Marketing 94, MBA 98

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Aaron founded JAMfest Events, Inc. (formerly Jammin' Spirit Productions) with Emmitt Tyler in 1995. Currently, he is a co-owner of JAMfest Events, Inc. and is the emcee and voice for JAMfest Events. Aaron is also a member of the USASF Board of Directors.

Aaron was the University of Louisville “Cardinal Bird” mascot for five years from 1991 to 1995.

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Charles P. Denny, BS in Finance, MBA

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Chuck Denny is president of Kentucky/Tennessee banking for National City Corporation.

Prior to current appointment, Mr. Denny served as executive vice president and chief credit officer of the Kentucky bank.

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Leigh Lowe, MBA

 
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Leigh Lowe is a writer and curriculum developer for Memoria Press and was one of the founding instructors of Highlands Latin School. Leigh also started her own business, Campus T-shirt Quilt Company new window icon, which was featured recently on NBC’s Today Show and the Rachael Ray Show.

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Omar N. Ayyash, MBA

 
Photo of Omar N. Ayyash Omar N. Ayyash is executive director of Louisville Metro’s Office for International Affairsnew window icon. The OIA “supports and promotes a vibrant, successful, interconnected, multicultural community through awareness, advocacy, and referral,” acting as a clearinghouse of information for immigrants and refugees, educators, businesses, and international visitors.

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Tyree Melton, MBA

 
Photo of Tyree Melton Tyree Melton was named GE Contract Sales Manager for the NE Ohio Market effective last December 18, 2006.  Tyree has been with the General Electric Company for 10 years and started his career on the Technical Leadership Program. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama and earned his MBA from the University of Louisville. Tyree, his wife Sireka, and his son Jaqson and daughter Haley have relocated to Cleveland , OH.
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James Stith, MBA

Photo of James Stith James Stith serves as Director of CQM Louisville. The Center for Quality of Management (CQM) is a non-profit organization operating internationally. James is currently completing his MBA at the University of Louisville College of Business.

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Sireka Melton, MBA

 
 Sireka Melton
Sireka Melton is the National Training Manager at GE Consumer & Industrial.  She has been with General Electric for five and a half years. Currently living in Cleveland, Ohio she juggles her career with her family - husband, Tyree Melton, and her two children,  Jaqson who is one year old, and Haley, 6 months old.

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