Brette Powell ’18 MBA believes in signs. When she met a stranger on a plane who told her to look into UNC Greensboro’s Bryan School of Business and Economics MBA program, she listened.
Now, the 2018 graduate wakes up every day and swipes a badge granting her access to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where she assists the finance team in managing the budget for one of the most powerful buildings in the country – The White House.
In 2014, the Lewisville, North Carolina native was fresh out of Appalachian State University with a degree in electronic media broadcasting, and working as an educational leadership consultant for Delta Zeta sorority. She was headed from Nashville to Texas for work when she sat next to a fellow consultant who happened to be from Kernersville and knew the UNCG program well. Read more>>