Lauren Hyde, Executive Director of the Alabama Business Intelligence Center, joins Co-Host Sevante Metcalf to talk about how mentors and relationships with faculty helped in her career path. She also talks about serving in the community and how that has inspired her in her current position. 

Dr. Frank Messina, Collat's Alumni and Friends Professor of Accounting and UAB's NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative, reflects on the importance of involvement in extracurricular activities of Collat students and the evolution of the accounting profession and accounting program here at UAB. 

Amber Terakedis, Partner in Wealth Management at Plante Moran, joins us on this episode to reflect on her ability to balance her work life and her family of five! She provides a few tips and tricks to balancing the busy work days mixed with the active lives of her kids and how her career came to be. 

Geoffrey Kiker, Head Trader at Vulcan Value Partners, explains his path to Finance and how he made his way into the trading industry. Geoffrey also speaks on the importance of networking and connecting as a college student.