Summer 2019

Grant Williams

Power Moves From UT's Power Forward

Tennessee Volunteer Grant Williams (HCB, ’19) is well known as a man of stature on and off the basketball court, but he’s also a man of character.Friends and family describe him as humble, smart, persevering, and always willing to lend a listening ear.

Matthew Horton

For the Love of the Game

Horton has spent the past 12 years playing a numbers game on the business side of Major League Baseball. Now senior director of data science at MLB, he leads projects that look closely at fan behavior and decision-making and use that data to present fans with media and products that fit their interests.

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Linda Myers

Globe Trotter

No. 1 Worldwide with Bloomberg

Haslam Leads World in Certifications, Trades $3 Million in Funds

Trey Quealy

On Track for Success

Carmen Colitz

A Clear Vision for Marine Mammals

Don and Cheryl Henderson

A Gift from the Heart

Charley Duggan

Connecting with his Roots

Cindy Joyce

JOYCE FOUNDATION JOINS “THE BACHELOR” COLTON UNDERWOOD TO FIGHT CYSTIC FIBROSIS

Pat’s Legacy Realized

MBA Students' Work Fuels Pat Summitt Foundation Grant Program

Marianne Wanamaker

Wanamaker Joins US Workforce Advisory Board

Lia Winter

Biomedical Engineer Finds Entrepreneurial Success at Haslam

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Thought Leadership

Scienmag

“The agri-forestry industrial complex encompasses the supply chain from farm and forest to consumers of the end products and is a vital part of the state’s economy. Accounting for multiplier effects, the complex adds $81.8 billion to Tennessee’s economy and accounts for more than 351,000 jobs.”

Matthew Murray - Ball Corporation Professor in Business, Baker Center Director, and Associate Director and Professor

Bioengineer

“The results suggest that in Tennessee, you could effectively boost income among residents by $800 million per year if you reduce opioid usage 10 percent.”

Matthew Harris - Boyd Distinguished Professor of Health Economics, Dr. Mile Stahl PEMBA Faculty Fellow (2017-2022-2023)

DC Velocity

“When we look at the emergence of technology in the supply chain, we have more data coming at us than we know what to do with—and it’s coming at us from a multitude of different angles. Organizations need to have a cohesive process for how they’re going to manage that flow of data.”

Randy V. Bradley - Associate Professor

Times Free Press

“Growth rates will probably be somewhat slower this year, but we expect the economic expansion to continue through this year. In a fully employed economy where everyone with job skills can now find a job, we continue to see growth and inflation remains incredibly mild. That’s a good economy.”

William Fox - Boyd Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Special Advisor to the UTK Chancellor

Commercial Appeal

“By every objective economic standard, the policy being put forward here is harmful and will worsen outcomes.”

Matthew Harris - Boyd Distinguished Professor of Health Economics, Dr. Mile Stahl PEMBA Faculty Fellow (2017-2022-2023)

New Equipment Digest

“With issues emerging such as big data and artificial intelligence driving total value, web-based ERP systems, an increased speed of business, externally-based customer service metrics and international tariffs and politics, companies are well-advised to adopt these frameworks and key concepts for end-to-end planning.”

Chad Autry - Associate Dean, Myers Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management, R. Stanley Bowden II Faculty Research Fellow

Barron's

“It’s not just the manufacturing capability, it’s the tacit knowledge that comes in the community of people that design, innovate, and manufacture. You can’t just snap your fingers and recreate those in a different environment.”

Shay Scott - Professor of Practice; Vice Dean & Chief Operating Officer, Digital Learning

The Washington Post

"People are coming from the sidelines straight into employment."

Marianne Wanamaker - Professor of Economics and Dean of the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs

Research

Celebrity CEO Behavior

A Boon and a Curse for Companies

CELEBRITY CEOS SUCH AS TELSA co-founder Elon Musk owe their celebrity to four media narratives that can benefit their companies but also trap them if business conditions change. Those narratives—creator, transformer, rebel or savior—are tropes through which the media elevates CEOs to fame. Read article