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L aw r ence Joel Vet er a ns M emor i a l C oliseu mMon day, M ay 17

Hooding Ceremony2021

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Hooding CeremonyMaster of Business Administration Master of Science in Accountancy Master of Science in Management

Master of Science in Business Analytics

for the

Class of 2020 / 2021Prelude

Processional

Alma Mater

Recessional

Welcome ................................................................................................................................................... Matthew T. Phillips

Recognition of Master of Business Administration Candidates,

Master of Science in Management Candidates andMaster of Science in Accountancy Candidates,

Master of Science in Business Analytics Candidates ....................................................... Michelle L. Roehm

Opening Remarks .................................................................................................................................. Michelle L. Roehm

Introduction of Speaker .................................................................................................................. Michelle L. Roehm

Address ........................................................................................................................................... Thomas P. "Todd" Gibbons

Concluding Remarks .......................................................................................................................... Michelle L. Roehm

Conferring of degrees ................................................................................ Rogan T. Kersh, Provost and Dean Roehm

Mark A. Johnson

Mark E. Evans

Norma R. Montague

Jeffrey D. Camm

Hendley Fellow and Associate Teaching Professor of Law & Ethics

Interim Dean and Peter C. Brockway Chair of Strategic Management

Chief Executive Officer BNY Mellon

Associate Dean of MBA Programs; Teaching Professor

Dale K. Cline Associate Dean for Accountancy; Associate Professor of Accountancy

Senior Associate Dean of Programs, Senior Associate Dean of MSM Program; Associate Professor of Accounting

Senior Associate Dean of Business Analytics Programs; Professor & Inmar Presidential Chair in Business Analytics; Executive Director of the Center for Analytics Impact

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Candidates for the Degree of Master of Business AdministrationClass of 2021

Class of 2020 Conferred December 30, 2020

Nia Kaye Doaks ....................................................................................................................................................... Raleigh, NC

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Priscilla-Ann Baez ................................................................................................................................................ New York, NYPhylecia Allison Barrett ................................................................................................................................... Greensboro, NCMelchior Briers .......................................................................................................... Cape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaGlenda Elizabeth Campbell .................................................................................................................................. Rock Hill, SCAkil Champsi ........................................................................................................................................................ Charlotte, NCBrandt Whitcomb Conrad ................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCMark Christian Daines .............................................................................................................................................. Willard, UTMariel Strouse Findlay ............................................................................................................................................... Tampa, FLKelley Johnson Gantt ................................................................................................................................................. Apex, NCHrishikesh Pramod Gogate ...................................................................................................................... Gaborone, BotswanaLouis Addison Haines .......................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCDavid Elijah Hobson .............................................................................................................................................. Concord, NCGordon Lee Holder .......................................................................................................................................... Huntersville, NCDarin Gregory Howe ............................................................................................................................................... Denver, NCAnggie Vania Huamani ....................................................................................................................................... High Point, NCJeffrey Charles Hutchings ....................................................................................................................................... Atlanta, GAChristopher Lawrence Jinks ............................................................................................................................... Lake Wylie, SCJerica Danielle Johnson ........................................................................................................................................ Knoxville, TNJoshua Todd Kamstra .............................................................................................................................................. Zeeland, MISarah Beth Korellis ................................................................................................................................................ Cashiers, NCAnna Manevich .................................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCMartha Kelly Marler ............................................................................................................................................... Newton, NCMegan Paige Martin ............................................................................................................................................... Fort Mill, SCSheryce E. McCullough ............................................................................................................................................ Detroit, MIRaymond Rahman Yardon Shabazz McGregor ................................................................................................ Huntersville, NCTamysha Lenee Nixon .......................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCGary Onyekachukwu Oha ...................................................................................................................................... Atlanta, GAVictor Manuel Ordonez, Jr. ......................................................................................................................... New Brunswick, NJAaron Mitchell Peacock ....................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCMatthew J. Rafalski ............................................................................................................................................ Charleston, SCJennifer Salazar .................................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCEthan Oliver Todd ...................................................................................................................................................... Austin, TX

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Class of 2020 Conferred August 15, 2020

German Aldana .................................................................................................................................................... Advance, NCBianca C. Alsobrook .............................................................................................................................................. Robbins, NCDaniel Paul Avampato ..................................................................................................................................... Greensboro, NCMargaret Bizaro Avampato ............................................................................................................................. Greensboro, NCThomas Matthew Bailey ..................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCJacob Lee Becker .................................................................................................................................................. Mondovi, WIRichard Kraft Bell ....................................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCPablo Luis Bobadilla ................................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCDavid Clark Bonner ............................................................................................................................................. Lewisville, NCKyle Peter Bowker .............................................................................................................................................. Charlotte, NCZachary Morgan Boylston ...................................................................................................................................... Raleigh, NCMatthew Thomas Brower .......................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCAlex McIver Caldwell .......................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCJocelyne Charlotte Carter ..................................................................................................................................... Queens, NYJohaly Chavez .................................................................................................................................................... Lincolnton, NCBenjamin Andrew Clayton ......................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCTiera JaKesia Craig ............................................................................................................................................... Windsor, NCMichael David Day III ....................................................................................................................................... Kernersville, NCJohn Thomas Decker ............................................................................................................................................. Hickory, NCAlex Michael Degernes ....................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCLauren Muscatell DeMaine ................................................................................................................................. Charlotte, NCLauren Ashley Nancy Dockery ............................................................................................................................ Charlotte, NCTaylor Kirkland Doolittle .................................................................................................................................... Greenville, NCCharles Pace Duckett ........................................................................................................................................ High Point, NCCaitlin Elizabeth McMahon Duff ........................................................................................................................ Columbia, MDJulie Elizabeth Duke ........................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCJonathan David Dulaney ............................................................................................................................ Winston-Salem, NCEan-James Stuart Eaton ................................................................................................................................. Johns Creek, GARebecca Kardell Edwards ................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCJennifer M. Enloe ....................................................................................................................................................... Aston, PARaphael Vincent Fitzgerald IV .................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCJohn Corliss Fox III ..................................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCBaxter Guyton Fricks ........................................................................................................................................ Chapel Hill, NCPaul Christopher Fulton ...................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCJacob Chate Gaiser .............................................................................................................................................. Herndon, VABenjamin Raphael Garcia ......................................................................................................................................... Chicago, ILNatalie LeBron Groves ........................................................................................................................................ Hinesville, GAAndréa Louise Gusdorf .................................................................................................................................... Swansboro, NCChukwuweike Uchenna Gwam ......................................................................................................................... Greenbelt, MDJeremy P. Hamilton ............................................................................................................................................. Charlotte, NCAdrienna Virginia Harris ............................................................................................................................ Winston-Salem, NC

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Christopher Robert Hendon ..................................................................................................................................... Reston, VAJames Travis London Hicks .................................................................................................................................. Charlotte, NCAlexandria Noel Hintze ......................................................................................................................................... Concord, NCTerrence Ho .............................................................................................................................................................. Chicago, ILBrian Bailey Hunt ......................................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NC Donté Rashand Jackson ................................................................................................................................... Kernersville, NCMatthew Paul Jannazzo ....................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCAlex Theodore Johnson ................................................................................................................................. Roaring River, NCSteven Tyler Johnson ........................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCJames Theodore Cheatham Johnston ................................................................................................................ Statesville, NCGareth Edward Tiabor Keah ................................................................................................................................ Charlotte, NCMatthew Warren Kemper ........................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCChristian Thomas Klimczyk ................................................................................................................................. Linthicum, MDPatrick Myles Komorous .................................................................................................................................... Indian Land, SCChristopher M. Kowalski ..................................................................................................................................... Red Hook, NYRobert Vincent Kueny ........................................................................................................................................... Lebanon, MOBenjamin English Lacy ......................................................................................................................................... Bardstown, KYClifford Dalton Lamson .................................................................................................................................. Chevy Chase, MDSteven Joseph Laub ................................................................................................................................................... Salem, VAViji Venu Leila Devi ............................................................................................................................. Trivandrum, Kerala, IndiaStephanie Cornell Lichiello ........................................................................................................................................ Forest, VAJennifer Anne Litzelman ...................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCMatthew Ross Long ......................................................................................................................................... Greensboro, NCPhilip Andrew Mantz II ..................................................................................................................................... Greensboro, NCMeredith Fran Martinez ...................................................................................................................................... Lexington, NCPatrick Robert McDonough .......................................................................................................................... Belews Creek, NCJames Anderson McLelland ................................................................................................................................. Troutman, NCDavid Harris Melton .................................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCRobert Andrew Moreau ....................................................................................................................................... Welcome, NCElizabeth Anne Malone Morgan ................................................................................................................... Charlottesville, VAMatthew Spencer Neibart ................................................................................................................................. Annandale, NJNickolas Brett Nelson ................................................................................................................................................. Belville, ILTaylor Mathew Ordines .................................................................................................................................... Jamestown, NYEric Alexander Osteen .......................................................................................................................................... Augusta, GAChristopher Stephen Pappayliou .................................................................................................................... Long Branch, NJCory Adam Parr ........................................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCWilliam Ross Peake .............................................................................................................................................. Charlotte, NCCristian Isaac Pereda Meza ......................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCAlise Michelle Maynard Raak ................................................................................................................................... Turlock, CATimothy Knight Reynolds .............................................................................................................................. West Hartford, CTMitchell Carl Robinson .................................................................................................................................... McAdenville, NCDominick Derell Rolle ..................................................................................................................................... Nassau, BahamasTaylor Gabrielle Ross ............................................................................................................................................ Yorktown, VA

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Anthony Alexander Rush .............................................................................................................................. Valparaiso, INNicholas Daniel Russian ............................................................................................................................. Greenville, SC Jeremy Martin Shaffer ............................................................................................................................. Greensboro, NCWakaas Omar Shafi ................................................................................................................................. Lake Jackson, TXConnor Charles Shanahan ........................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCZachary Martin Siceloff ................................................................................................................................ Charlotte, NCErika Simmons ..................................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCChristopher Michael Sloce .................................................................................................................. Winston-Salem, NCElizabeth Bondurant Spires ................................................................................................................ Winston-Salem, NCElizabeth Ashley Stacks ............................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCMatthew Richard Stipp ................................................................................................................................ Charlotte, NCLorenzo Talamantez Suarez II .................................................................................................................... Alpharetta, GAArunkumaar Subramanian ........................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCTheodore Francis Teumer .................................................................................................................................. Clover, SCJoseph Cameron Thomas ...................................................................................................................... Rocky Mount, NCDiana My Truong .......................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCPhilip Edward Trussell .................................................................................................................................... Fort Mill, SCAstin O'Shea Tucker ...................................................................................................................................... Brooklyn, NYJacob Charles Foster Tyndall ....................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCNicole Elizabeth Steagall Tyndall ................................................................................................................. Charlotte, NCNerine van den Berg .................................................................................................................................. High Point, NCAaron Ross Van Gorkom ..................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCTyler Chapman Van Hook ........................................................................................................................... Charleston, SCCharles William Wagster ..................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCChristopher Walker ............................................................................................................................................. Floyd, VAJoseph Calhoun Watson IV ........................................................................................................................... Columbia, SCNathaniel L. Weaver ....................................................................................................................................... Sarasota, FLHaley Elizabeth West ............................................................................................................................... Kernersville, NCMargaret Louise Whitley .............................................................................................................................. Charlotte, NCJoshua Michael Willard .............................................................................................................................. Oak Ridge, NCAlexander James Willhite ................................................................................................................ Mayfield Heights, OHPeter Anthony Wilson ................................................................................................................ Newport, Shropshire, UKAdam Maxwell Wind .................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCRobert Mason Wood ................................................................................................................................... Richmond, VAMichael Wayne Yarbrough .................................................................................................................. Winston-Salem, NCRakesh Yarlagadda .............................................................................................................. Guntur, Andra Pradesh, India

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Candidates for the Degree of Master of Business Administration with degrees conferred earlier in the year took part in drive-through celebrations

coordinated by their degree program leadership.

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Class of 2021

Nicolas Savvas Andreou ............................................................................................................................ Cramerton, NCGeorgia Marie Bakes ................................................................................................................................... Southport, CTNathan Behrens Bledsoe ........................................................................................................................... Brentwood, CAG. Scott Boswell ............................................................................................................................................ Naperville, ILCaroline Mannery Boyce ..................................................................................................................................... Tyner, NCManuel Vincent Capece ............................................................................................................................ Watertown, CTJoshua Fieno Cathey ............................................................................................................................... Huntersville, NCKelsey Clark Chamberlin .......................................................................................................................... Greensboro, NCWilliam Walton Chamblee ....................................................................................................................... Greensboro, NCMing Chen ..................................................................................................................................... Suzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaCheng Chi .............................................................................................................................................. Chongqing, ChinaBennett Jaynes Coe ......................................................................................................................................... Niantic, CTAudrey Louise Coleman .................................................................................................................................. Orlando, FLJake Delone Compton ................................................................................................................................. Charlotte, NCJoseph Hampton Crump .............................................................................................................................. Columbia, SCLuqiao Dong ................................................................................................................................................. Beijing, ChinaScott Bradford Douglas ............................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCSusan Jess Fowler .......................................................................................................................................... Dobson, NCJane Elizabeth Frieder .............................................................................................................................. Chappaqua, NYRachel Lauren Michele Getty ................................................................................................................... Stroudsburg, PAJohn William Gibson III .................................................................................................................................... Macon, GAAlejandro Tomas Gonzalez ................................................................................................................................. Miami, FLElizabeth Darden Grubb ................................................................................................................................. Raleigh, NCChenyun Gu .............................................................................................................................................. Shanghai, ChinaJared Michael Gurdak ...................................................................................................................................... Vienna, VAYuyan Han ..................................................................................................................................................... Beijing, ChinaEric Paul Harris ........................................................................................................................................ Moorestown, NJAyokunle Olutade Ilesanmi ................................................................................................................. Winston-Salem, NCJasmine Johnson ................................................................................................................................ Fort Lauderdale, FLMakayla Keener ................................................................................................................................... Pilot Mountain, NCJacob Wheat Lambert ................................................................................................................................. Providence, RINicole Faith Levinson .................................................................................................................................. Livingston, NJQiushi Li ................................................................................................................................................... Shenzhen, ChinaWilliam Nicholas Little III ........................................................................................................................... Nantucket, MATanvi Peeush Mahajan ..................................................................................................................... Nairobi, Kenya, AfricaDiamond Ja'Lisa McKoy .................................................................................................................................. Council, NCZachary Pierce Oxendine .............................................................................................................................. Advance, NCAlma Eva Penate ................................................................................................................................................. Miami, FLOlivia Catherine Perrone ............................................................................................................................. Cumming, GALandon Rasean Peterson ................................................................................................................... Saint Petersburg, FLSloane Irwin Pfaff ................................................................................................................................ Morehead City, NCSean Fleming Puleo .................................................................................................................................. Loudonville, NY

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Science in Accountancy

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Salvatore Albert Restivo ..................................................................................................................... North Bellmore, NYKatharine Leigh Robertson ................................................................................................................. Winston-Salem, NCOlivia Vankirk Rooney ................................................................................................................................... Memphis, TNDame Sene ........................................................................................................................................ Thiés, Senegal, AfricaDaniel Holland Strawn ..................................................................................................................................... Raleigh, NCCassie Kristine Sullivan ................................................................................................................................ Charlotte, NCDaniel Timothy Sullivan ................................................................................................................................ Westlake, OHKelsey Ann Terry ............................................................................................................................................ Chatham, NJTrace Robert Timmerman ............................................................................................................................. Newtown, PACaroline de Brux Tripodi ......................................................................................................................... Marblehead, MAJake Taylor Ullerick ............................................................................................................................... West Harrison, NYMarisa Wang ................................................................................................................................................. Westfield, NJYichen Wang ................................................................................................................................................. Harbin, ChinaYinlin Wang .................................................................................................................................... Suzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaElla Margaret Webster .................................................................................................................................... Raleigh, NCMatthew Russell White ................................................................................................................................ Charlotte, NCKhendra Rakiya Witt .................................................................................................................................... Greenville, SCHarry Baker Young IV .............................................................................................................................. Baton Rouge, LA

Madison Couch Bencini ............................................................................................................................ High Point, NCLauren Nicole Brough ....................................................................................................................................... Aspers, PABrianna Casini .......................................................................................................................................... Emerald Isle, NCQian Chen ............................................................................................................................ Shenzhen, Guangdong, ChinaSishi Chen ................................................................................................................................................. Wenzhou, ChinaCaroline Elizabeth Clevenger ............................................................................................................................ Louisa, KYMihail Zlatev Dichev ............................................................................................................................... Dobrich, BulgariaYunjie Du ...................................................................................................................................................... Yunnan, ChinaZiyuan Fu ...................................................................................................................................... Jixi, Heilongjiang, ChinaChristopher Walter Makanaakealoha Gora ................................................................................................... Honolulu, HIJoseph Edward Graves ......................................................................................................................... Maple Grove, MNZhongyu Gu ....................................................................................................................................... Wuwei, Anhui, ChinaYunzhi Guo ................................................................................................................................... Ningbo, Zhejiang, ChinaDaniel Thomas Haskell ...................................................................................................................................... Mobile, ALWenxin Hu ..................................................................................................................................... Changde, Hunan, ChinaYifei Hu ............................................................................................................................................. Huainan, Anhui, ChinaChengwei Huang .............................................................................................................................. Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaJoshua Todd Hudson .................................................................................................................................... Siler City, NCHui Hui ...................................................................................................................................................... Shanghai, ChinaQinxuan Jin ............................................................................................................................................... Kunming, ChinaMingwei Li ................................................................................................................................ Qingdao, Shandong, ChinaHongkun Ma ......................................................................................................................................... Hefei, Anhui, ChinaJessica Nicole MacConnie ................................................................................................................................ Weston, FL

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Nathan Thomas Mallonee ........................................................................................................................... Lexington, GAShuang Meng ........................................................................................................................... Qingdao, Shandong, ChinaKelly Lorraine Nolan ...................................................................................................................................... Lake Bluff, ILAmit Popli .......................................................................................................................................................... Nutley, NJAndrew Monroe Romance ........................................................................................................................... Kingsport, TNDaniel Foster Rosenblum ............................................................................................................................. Blairsville, GAJiayi Ruan .......................................................................................................................................... Xiamen, Fujian, ChinaJordan Andrew Saltmarsh .............................................................................................................................. Hanover, PAAdam Logan Smith .............................................................................................................................. Winston-Salem, NCJames Conley Snavely ................................................................................................................................. Hurricane, WVHudson Lawson Sowders .......................................................................................................................... Chapel Hill, NCQuinten Reece Squires ................................................................................................................................... Weston, WVJoseph Colby Strange ................................................................................................................................. Greenville, SCShan Su .......................................................................................................................................... Jinan, Shandong, ChinaYiqun Sun ........................................................................................................................................... Qinhuangdao, ChinaCole Graham Thompson ..................................................................................................................................... Avon, CTJoshua Vance .................................................................................................................................................... Roslyn, NYWenjun Wang ....................................................................................................................................... Lu'an, Anhui, ChinaZichen Wei .................................................................................................................................................. Handan, ChinaShelby Ryan White ................................................................................................................................... Kernersville, NCZongliu Wu ............................................................................................................................... Shijiazhuang, Hebei, ChinaRuqing Xu ....................................................................................................................................... Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaYan Yang ......................................................................................................................................................... Xi'an, ChinaSijie Yu ....................................................................................................................................... Binzhou, Shandong, ChinaLanxin Zhang ............................................................................................................................................... Suzhou, ChinaNaimeng Zhang ............................................................................................................................................ Beijing, ChinaTingyue Zhang ............................................................................................................................... Jinan, Shandong, ChinaXinmu Zhang ................................................................................................................................... Chuzhou, Anhui, ChinaGanlin Zhao .............................................................................................................................. Qingdao, Shandong, ChinaYi Zhu ............................................................................................................................................. Jiaxing, Zhejiang, ChinaZiping Zong ........................................................................................................................................... Chongqing, China

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Class of 2021

Mariam Mohammad Alsorogi ........................................................................................................................ Prospect, KYMegan Sarah Anderson ................................................................................................... Beaconsfield, Victoria, AustraliaTayah Alexas Andrews ............................................................................................................................. Chesapeake, VAJames Everett Atwell ................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCSae Hee Bae ................................................................................................................................................. Pinehurst, NCJames Hinton Pou Bailey III ................................................................................................................. Atlantic Beach, NCJazzi-Blue Summer Baker............................................................................................................................ Jersey City, NJAyodeji John Balogun ........................................................................................................................................ Lugoff, SCKevin Allen Bates ............................................................................................................................................. Granby, CT

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Sean Loring Beckom II .................................................................................................................................... Saginaw, MISarah Dancy Blackburn .................................................................................................................................. Cashiers, NCSamantha Nicole Borden ......................................................................................................................... Coral Gables, FLDavid Morgan Burch ..................................................................................................................................... Sikeston, MOLillian Towner Butterworth ....................................................................................................................... Kernersville, NCPuyi Chen ........................................................................................................................ Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaWangda Chen .............................................................................................................................. Pujiang, Zhejiang, ChinaYuchen Chen ................................................................................................................................. Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaAnand Rakesh Chokshi .................................................................................................................................. Florence, SCChristopher Cohen, Jr. .................................................................................................................................. Durham, NCHaley Paige Davis ..................................................................................................................................... Ruckersville, VAFrancesca Andrea de Leon ..................................................................................................................... Mount Juliet, TNTimothy William DeSalvo .............................................................................................................................. Riverside, CTGeorge Prior Everitt ..................................................................................................................................... Sun Valley, IDShayla Briann Farrow .................................................................................................................................... Stamford, CTJoseph Scott Ford ............................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCEric Scott Franklin ........................................................................................................................................ Pittsboro, NCEric Leeland Gaines ..................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCChengtao Gao .......................................................................................................................................... Shanghai, ChinaYitong Gao ................................................................................................................................................ Shanghai, ChinaKonu Yaw Gardesey ................................................................................................................................. Middletown, DEKelsey Ann Gill .............................................................................................................................................. Louisville, KYBo Gong ....................................................................................................................................................... Beijing, ChinaHanwei Gong ............................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCZeyu Gong ...................................................................................................................................... Taiyuan, Shanxi, ChinaRalph Joshua Gross Galiano .................................................................................................................... Falls Church, VAAna Karen Guerrero De Lerma .................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCGregory Hairston........................................................................................................................................... Memphis, TNMary Caitlin Samuels Heintzelman ..................................................................................................... Kennett Square, PABenjamin Marshall Helm ............................................................................................................... Nouakchott, MauritaniaNathaniel Kosic Higgins ................................................................................................................................... Arden, NCJasmin Allanah Hilliard .................................................................................................................................... Medina, OHThomas John Hogan III ................................................................................................................................ Savannah, GACharles Richard Horton ........................................................................................................ Dunstable, Bedfordshire, UKZezhou Hu ........................................................................................................................................ Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaYihua Huang .................................................................................................................................. Qidong, Jiangsu, ChinaNicholas Chase Hutton ................................................................................................................................. McKinney, TXAnna Victoria Jacobs ................................................................................................................................. Kannapolis, NCBrianna Bryson Jenkins ...................................................................................................................................... Dallas, NCCorey Elizabeth Johnson .................................................................................................................................. Ambler, PANora Kelly Kane .................................................................................................................................. Winston-Salem, NCEllie Amalia Kangur ............................................................................................................................. Winston-Salem, NCSamuel Emerson Keith ..................................................................................................................... Newtown Square, PA

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Matthew Brendan Kennedy ................................................................................................................ Winston-Salem, NCNicholas Daniel Kennedy .................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NC William Austin Kisner .......................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCKristin Caroline Knight ................................................................................................................................. Santa Fe, NMMaggie Elizabeth Lancaster ........................................................................................................................ Lexington, NCJiayi Li ......................................................................................................................................... Changsha, Hunan, ChinaRuiyi Li ................................................................................................................................ Jiangmen, Guangdong, ChinaYunqian Li ...................................................................................................................................................... Shanxi, ChinaZongyang Li ............................................................................................................................................... Liaoning, ChinaCarlyn Sommer Elizabeth Liebich ........................................................................................................................ Boise, IDBenton Davis Lietz ....................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCChing-Hsuan Michael Lin ........................................................................................................................... Chapel Hill, NCRudy Kilian Loper ............................................................................................................................................... Media, PACiara Marie Loscombe .................................................................................................................................. Syracuse, NYMatthew Lugat ...................................................................................................................................... Reisterstown, MDKrista Monique Mackey ............................................................................................................................ Jamestown, NCJohn Walter Mann .......................................................................................................................................... Roanoke, VACatherine Ellen Martin ............................................................................................................................. Strongsville, OHDonovan Isaiah Martin ............................................................................................................................ McDonough, GAChase Edward Mascolo .................................................................................................................................. Fairfield, CTMadison Marie Mayes ................................................................................................................................... Louisville, KYDaniel Fendrich McCarthy IV .................................................................................................................... Washington, INMelissa Gwendolyn McCullough .................................................................................................................. Hingham, MAJack Robert McGowen ..................................................................................................................................... Easton, CTHannah Sydney Menaker ............................................................................................................................. Charlotte, NCDivineAsia Miller ........................................................................................................................................... Brooklyn, NYJarnesheia Cheraven Myers .......................................................................................................................... Scranton, SCAdithi Nagula ....................................................................................................................... Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaGenereux Nkundimana ......................................................................................................................................... Katy, TXDaniel Joseph Oberti ...................................................................................................................................... Atlanta, GAPhilip Abraham Ogram ............................................................................................................................... Gainesville, FLBrian Momanyi Osoro Ombonga ............................................................................................................. Wilmington, NCKennedi Claree Parham ............................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCJoshua James Penninger ............................................................................................................................... Fairhope, ALKayley Suzanne Petersen ................................................................................................................................... Austin, TXLuke Paul Podgorny ....................................................................................................................................... Highland, INChenyun Qiu .............................................................................................................................................. Zhejiang, ChinaZachary William Robinson ................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCCaroline O'Day Roche ....................................................................................................................................... Darien, CTZhilin Ruan .......................................................................................................................... Shenzhen, Guangdong, ChinaErik Ernst Schultz ......................................................................................................................................... Asheboro, NCZachary Christopher Seal ................................................................................................................................. Mclean, VAJocelyn Segura ............................................................................................................................................... Houston, TX

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Logan Mackensie Shortt ............................................................................................................................... Advance, NCMonte Orlando Simmons, Jr. ............................................................................................................................ Lenoir, NC John Noland Singletary III .................................................................................................................. Winston-Salem, NCAmanda Elizabeth Sirico ................................................................................................................................... Bowie, MD Morgan Rose Swan ...................................................................................................................................... Brookfield, WIJane Lucian Thomas ............................................................................................................................ Winston-Salem, NCLucy Angela Toma ........................................................................................................................................... Raleigh, NCLizzeth Torres-Ramirez ................................................................................................................................. Manassas, VAChristian Addison Trevathan ................................................................................................................Winston-Salem, NCZachary Paul Valet ................................................................................................................................. Blowing Rock, NCRita Eline Venant ...................................................................................................................................... Huntersville, NCEllen Frances Walker ................................................................................................................................... Lewisburg, TNSamuel J. Walker ............................................................................................................................................ Rock Hill, SCJiuli Wang ........................................................................................................................................ Taiyuan, Shanxi, ChinaZizhuo Wang ............................................................................................................................... Yinchuan, Ningxia, ChinaLogan Russell Ware .................................................................................................................................. Thomasville, NCThatcher Johnson Welden .................................................................................................................. Winston-Salem, NCPhilip Blair Woodard ............................................................................................................................................ Cary, NCTerri Amani Le'che Wright ...................................................................................................................... Chattanooga, TNYuang Xu ....................................................................................................................................... Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaJinru Yao ................................................................................................................................................... Chengdu, ChinaXin Yin ........................................................................................................................................ Nanchang, Jiangxi, ChinaSamantha Kennedy Yonehiro ....................................................................................................................... Pensacola, FLKristina Renee Youngson ............................................................................................................................ Melbourne, FLMichael Andrew Potter Yow .............................................................................................................................. Keene, TXHongling Yu ................................................................................................................................... Yuyao, Zhejiang, ChinaYifei Zhang ............................................................................................................................................... Shanghai, China

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Class of 2021

John Van Ness Andrews III .......................................................................................................................... Greenville, SCAllison Ann Ault ........................................................................................................................................ Mooresville, NCRyan William Baehre ................................................................................................................................... Cincinnati, OHAmanda Lee Bales ..................................................................................................................................... Chapel Hill, NCMargaret Rose Banks ................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCChristopher Joseph Barker ......................................................................................................................... Newburgh, INAndrew Charlton Black ............................................................................................................................ Kernersville, NCMorgan Banks Blaisdell-Buck ................................................................................................................ Belews Creek, NCJacob Robert Blaudow ........................................................................................................................ Neptune Beach, FL

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Weston Michael Bostic ................................................................................................................................... Rock Hill, SCCallum Robert Brazier .............................................................................................................................. Philadelphia, PACourtney Jane Brown ................................................................................................................................ Burlington, MA Melanie Jewel Bryant ................................................................................................................................ Kennewick, WAJiarong Cai ................................................................................................................................................ Nantong, ChinaSophia Georgia Callanan ............................................................................................................................ Columbus, OHAndrew Thomas Canavan .............................................................................................................................. Caldwell, NJHanzhi Cao ................................................................................................................................................... Beijing, ChinaJinshuo Cao ................................................................................................................................. Jining, Shandong, ChinaAlexander Pennell Chambers .................................................................................................................. Spartanburg, SCXinran Chen ................................................................................................................................ Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaYijia Chen ..................................................................................................................................................... Ningbo, ChinaYu Chen ......................................................................................................................................... Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaMolly Marie Clark ........................................................................................................................................... Hudson, OHEmily Marie Conlin ........................................................................................................................................ Glendale, AZGeorge John Coumantaros ......................................................................................................................... New York, NYCaroline Briggs Davis ................................................................................................................................. Mocksville, NCBenjamin Cole Diamond ..................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCMatthew Ellison Dross ........................................................................................................................................ Dallas, TXMichaela Ruth Easley ........................................................................................................................................ Chicago, ILDevon Edward Finnegan ................................................................................................................................... Acton, MATyler Patrick Freeman ......................................................................................................................................... Dallas, TXDonald Milton Friend, Jr. ................................................................................................................................ Orlando, FLYue Guo ........................................................................................................................................................ Wuhan, ChinaAlexander Byrne Harrell ..................................................................................................................................... Tampa, FLZachary Ryan Hatch ................................................................................................................................. Haddonfield, NJColman Lane Hendershot .............................................................................................................................. Lubbock, TXMorgan Claire Hester ................................................................................................................................... Salisbury, NCBradley Thomas Horling .................................................................................................................................. Zeeland, MILiyang Hui ..................................................................................................................................... Xinxiang, Henan, ChinaYuhang Jin .................................................................................................................................... Jinan, Shandong, ChinaYunbing Jin .................................................................................................................................. Meishan, Sichuan, ChinaAlisia Nicole Jones ................................................................................................................................... Chesterfield, VAMatthew Austin Jones .............................................................................................................................. Mooresville, NCJacob Simon Karp ........................................................................................................................................... Raleigh, NCMatthew Alan Konigsberg ............................................................................................................................. Harrison, NYCody Steven Lagana ................................................................................................................................... Wellington, FLJohn Saewon Lee .......................................................................................................................................... Norcross, GAYoseob Lee ................................................................................................................................................... Millsboro, DEJames Carroll Lewis III .................................................................................................................................... Houston, TXJohn Morgan Lewis ..................................................................................................................................... Tabor City, NCMichael R. Leyshon ......................................................................................................................................... Wheaton, ILBailong Li ................................................................................................................................. Shenyang, Liaoning, ChinaSishi Li .......................................................................................................................................... Changzhi, Shanxi, China

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Xiping Li ................................................................................................................................................. Chongqing, ChinaYanran Li ........................................................................................................................................ Jinhua, Zhejiang, ChinaYiwen Li ........................................................................................................................................................ Beijing, ChinaZhaopeng Li .................................................................................................................................................. Beijing, China Zhengzhuo Li ............................................................................................................................................. Qingdao, ChinaHui Lin ........................................................................................................................................................... Beijing, ChinaSiyun Liu .................................................................................................................................................... Shanghai, ChinaXinxin Liu ................................................................................................................................. Zhuhai, Guangdong, ChinaYao Lu ........................................................................................................................................................ Qingdao, ChinaRobert Lewis Mack ...................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCMatthew Edward Mahoney ................................................................................................................ The Woodlands, TXAdam Joshua Mann .................................................................................................................................... Matthews, NCRoxanne Arianna Maxwell ............................................................................................................................. Kingston, WIDylan Thomas McCollough .............................................................................................................................. Dothan, ALJohn Henry McCormick .................................................................................................................................. Fairfield, CTEmile Isaac Mennin ....................................................................................................................................... Asheville, NCPeter Daniel Metro ...................................................................................................................................... Pittsburgh, PAChenhong Mo ........................................................................................................................................... Shanghai, ChinaSamuel Fox Mordecai III .................................................................................................................................. Raleigh, NCYan Niu ....................................................................................................................................................... Greenwood, INLillian Lockwood Noble ............................................................................................................................. Woodstock, VTDillon Cade O'Brien ................................................................................................................................... Haymarket, VAGeorge Pantovic ................................................................................................................................................ Austin, TXRuhi Niravkumar Patel .................................................................................................................................... Norwalk, CTVinay Ajay Patel ........................................................................................................................................... Cornelius, NCPatrick Donovan Perkins .............................................................................................................................. Charlotte, NCJessica A. Peters ......................................................................................................................................... Toms River, NJMichael Minh Tam Dinh Pham ..................................................................................................................... Greenville, SCPeter John Porcelli III .......................................................................................................................... Winston Salem, NCLuis Daniel Puentes ............................................................................................................................................. Miami, FLFangzhou Qian ................................................................................................................... Shenzhen, Guangdong, ChinaZhenhuan Qiu ......................................................................................................................................... Hangzhou, ChinaDerek Austin Raczkowski .......................................................................................................................... Kannapolis, NCFaria Atif Rahman .......................................................................................................................................... Concord, NCChad Skyler Raines .................................................................................................................................... Clemmons, NCPhillip John Ramus .......................................................................................................................................... Moneta, VAZiyi Ren ............................................................................................................................................... Winston-Salem, NCLois Katharina Eileen Ruffle ..................................................................................................................... Ellicott City, MDJames Edwards Foster Russell ............................................................................................................... Myrtle Beach, SCMariam Ashraf Samuel .......................................................................................................................... Fleming Island, FLCarroll Guadalupe Sanchez ......................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCMatthew Nicholas Sherrick ......................................................................................................................... Southbury, CTTianshu Shi ................................................................................................................................................... Beijing, ChinaMohit Shrestha ..................................................................................................................................... Kathmandu, Nepal

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Norcross, GAMatthew Kohl Timmons ................................................................................................................................. Rock Hill, SCShibei Tong ...................................................................................................................................... Xiamen, Fujian, ChinaXinjie Tong ......................................................................................................................................... Wuxi, Jiangsu, ChinaValavan Veeramani .................................................................................................................. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaWenqing Wang ............................................................................................................................................. Beijing, ChinaThomas Harold Wei ...................................................................................................................... Upper Saddle River, NJJacob Charles Reed White .................................................................................................................................. Greer, SCLucy Camille Whitney ..................................................................................................................................... Nokomis, FLJacob Ryan Wicker ....................................................................................................................................... Charlotte, NCChi-Ni Wu ..................................................................................................................................................... Taipei, TaiwanQianxi Wu ................................................................................................................................... Changsha, Hunan, ChinaXian Wu .................................................................................................................................... Shenyang, Liaoning, ChinaYuefei Wu .................................................................................................................................................. Shanghai, ChinaJunyan Xu ..................................................................................................................................................... Wuhan, ChinaSijie Xu .................................................................................................................................................... Hangzhou, ChinaXueling Yan ......................................................................................................................... Ordos, Inner Mongolia, ChinaChen Yang ................................................................................................................................................. Shanghai, ChinaSongyi Yao ..................................................................................................................................... Lanzhou, Gansu, ChinaXianzhe Yao ................................................................................................................................ Guiyang, Guizhou, ChinaNathan Raphael Young ................................................................................................................................. Galveston, INLuke John Zengel ............................................................................................................................................. Clinton, NJKuangzheng Zhao ........................................................................................................................... Lanxi, Zhejiang, ChinaXueting Zhao ............................................................................................................................ Shaoxing, Zhejiang, ChinaYang Zhao ............................................................................................................................. Pingdingshan, Henan, ChinaRui Zheng ....................................................................................................................................... Jingshan, Hubei, ChinaWei Zhu ......................................................................................................................................... Qidong, Jiangsu, ChinaYitao Zhu ...................................................................................................................................................... Jiangxi, China

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Student Leadership Award

Impactful Pillar Award

Professional Pillar Award

Honorable Pillar Award

Global Pillar Award

This award recognizes a student in each graduate degree program who demonstrates outstanding leadership, scholastic performance and integrity, and embodies the vision and values of the School of Business to develop business leaders who are ready, able, and honorable.

Timothy Knight Reynolds (Charlotte Evening MBA, August 2020)Christopher Lawrence Jinks (Charlotte Saturday MBA, December 2020)Meredith Fran Martinez (Winston-Salem Evening MBA, August 2020)Caroline Elizabeth Clevenger (MS in Accountancy, December 2020)

Sloane Irwin Pfaff (MS in Accountancy, May 2021)Christian Addison Trevathan (MS in Management, May 2021) Colman Lane Hendershot (MS In Business Analytics, May 2021)

Jeremy Richard Johns (MS in Business Analytics, Online, December 2020)Casey Owen Privette (MS in Business Analytics, Online, December 2020)

Emile Isaac Mennin (MS in Business Analytics, Online, May 2021)

This award recognizes an outstanding pre-experience graduate student who reflects the educational priority of the School of Business to develop and support impactful businesspersons. The recognized student is exceptional

for their demonstrated abilities to think strategically, act practically, and communicate effectively.

Jacob Simon Karp (MS in Business Analytics)John Noland Singletary III (MS in Management)

This award recognizes an outstanding pre-experience graduate student who reflects the educational priority of the School of Business to develop and support professional businesspersons. The recognized student is exceptional for their demonstrated abilities to create value for others, embrace a professional identity, and steward the profession of business.

Anand Rakesh Chokshi (MS in Management)

This award recognizes an outstanding pre-experience graduate student who reflects the educational priority of the School of Business to develop and support honorable businesspersons. The recognized student is exceptional for their

demonstrated abilities to lead ethically and exhibit personal strengths.

Caroline Mannery Boyce (MS in Accountancy)

This award recognizes an outstanding pre-experience graduate student who reflects the educational priority of the School of Business to develop and support global businesspersons. The recognized student is exceptional for their

demonstrated abilities to leverage diversity and demonstrate a global mindset.

Dame Sene (MS in Accountancy) Qianxi Wu (MS in Business Analytics)

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Federation of Schools of Accountancy Achievement Award

Outstanding Graduate Award – Assurance Services

Outstanding Graduate Award – Financial Transaction Services

Outstanding Graduate Award – Tax Consulting

Scarritt Family Pro Humanitate Award

This award recognizes an MS in Accountancy student who has shown superior academic achievement, leadership and professionalism in post-baccalaureate accounting education.

Joshua Fieno Cathey

This award recognizes a graduating MS in Accountancy student who has demonstrated academic and leadership skills in the assurance services field.

Rachel Lauren Michele Getty (May 2021) Nathan Thomas Mallonee (December 2020)

This award recognizes a graduating MS in Accountancy student who has demonstrated academic and leadership skills in the financial transaction services field.

Bennett Jaynes Coe (May 2021) Chengwei Huang (December 2020)

This award recognizes a graduating MS in Accountancy student who has demonstrated academic and leadership skills in the tax consulting field.

Caroline Mannery Boyce (May 2021) Daniel Thomas Haskell (December 2020)

This award recognizes two outstanding MS in Management students who exemplify the University’s motto, have enriched the program through their actions, and have demonstrated a commitment to the communities around them as

both students and emerging professionals.

Jarnesheia Cheraven MyersJoshua James Penninger

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Charlotte Evening MBA Teaching Award

Charlotte Saturday MBA Teaching Award

Winston-Salem Evening MBA Teaching Award

MSA Teaching Award

MSBA Teaching Award

MSM Teaching Award

MSBA Online Teaching Award

The graduating class of the Charlotte Evening MBA Program gives this award to a member of the faculty whocontributes vitally and fundamentally to the education and personal development of the students.

Denis T. Maier

The graduating class of the Charlotte Saturday MBA Program gives this award to a member of the facultywho contributes vitally and fundamentally to the education and personal development of the students.

Amy Wallis

The graduating class of the Winston-Salem Evening MBA Program gives this award to a member of the faculty who contributes vitally and fundamentally to the education and personal development of the students.

John Sumanth

The graduating class of the MS in Accountancy Program gives this award to a member of the accounting faculty who contributes vitally and fundamentally to the education and personal development of the students.

Whitney L. Simpson

The graduating class of the MS in Business Analytics Program gives this award to a member of the faculty who contributes vitally and fundamentally to the education and personal development of the students.

Tonya E. Balan

The graduating class of the MS in Management Program gives this award to a member of the faculty whocontributes vitally and fundamentally to the education and personal development of the students.

Kenneth C. Herbst

The graduating classes of the MS in Business Analytics Program online gives this award to a member of the faculty who contributes vitally and fundamentally to the education and personal development of the students.

Tonya E. Balan

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Graduating Members of the Honor CouncilAs a community that seeks to develop ethical leaders who achieve results with integrity, the School of Business is grateful

to the graduating student leaders who have played a significant role in the administration of the honor council.

James Everett AtwellRichard Kraft Bell

Callum Robert BrazierCourtney Jane BrownAlex McIver Caldwell

Glenda Elizabeth Campbell Joshua Fieno Cathey

Alexander Pennell ChambersAlex Michael Degernes Ean-James Stuart EatonMariel Strouse Findlay

Raphael Vincent Fitzgerald IVJacob Chate Gaiser

Hrishikesh Pramod GogateAlexandria Noel HintzeGordon Lee HolderDarin Gregory Howe

Christopher M. KowalskiRobert Vincent Kueny Shabazz McGregor Elliot Michael MeeDavid Harris Melton

Samuel Fox Mordecai IIIElizabeth Anne Malone Morgan Jarnesheia Cheraven MyersMatthew Spencer NeibartNickolas Brett Nelson

Timothy Knight ReynoldsLogan Mackensie ShorttZachary Martin Siceloff Matthew Richard StippAaron Ross Van GorkomMichael Wayne Yarbrough Raymond Rahman YardonHarry Baker Young IV

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inclusion as a candidate is not an official indication

of graduation or conferral of degree.

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