Terry Sound Business

In this episode, Terry undergraduates Melissa McDonald, Sam Eanes, Madeline Davis, and Caleb Stevens talk about their wackiest interview experiences. Later in the show, they sit down with Shannon Morrow and Rachel Smith from the business fraternity, Pi Sigma Epsilon and talk about their experiences with the organization.

Best known as co-founder of The Home Depot, Arthur Blank's growing portfolio includes the Atlanta Falcons, PGA TOUR Superstore, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Mountain Sky Guest Ranch in Montana and more.

Blank and the Falcons, in partnership with the city of Atlanta and state of Georgia, are the private funders of the new Atlanta stadium, which will open in 2017.

Blank is also dedicated to serving communities personally. The Blank Family Foundation has granted nearly $300 million to support early childhood development, education, the arts, and parks and greenspace.

Blank serves on the board of trustees of The Carter Center, The Cooper Institute, and The First Tee.

Chris Haack was named the Georgia men's golf coach on July 18, 1996, and has since taken to Bulldogs to unprecedented levels of success.

Under his guidance, the Bulldogs have earned two national championships, seven Southeastern Conference crowns, 54 team tournament titles, and several squad and individual records.

In 2012, Haack also became UGA Director of Golf. In that capacity, he serves as the liaison between the Athletic Association and the UGA Golf Course, oversees the Boyd Center and the adjacent practice facilities, and is available as counsel to women's coach Josh Brewer.

Haack was inducted into the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Associate Hall of Fame in December 2012, joining Georgia predecessors Howell Hollis and Dick Copas.

The recipient of the AJGA Sportsmanship Award, Haack graduated from Newnan High School in 1978. He attended West Georgia College, where he played on the golf team.

Haack and his wife, Tori, have a son, Charlie, and a daughter, Katie.

In this episode, Terry undergraduates Caleb Stevens, Melissa McDonald, and Sam Eanes talk about the importance of pursuing internships and chat with UGA Swim Team member and Terry undergrad Nick Salyers.

Chris Brearton serves as a partner in Latham & Watkins' entertainment, sports and media practice as well as the deputy office managing partner of the firm's Century City office.

Recognized as a leading lawyer in both the entertainment and sports law fields, Brearton advises motion picture studios, independent producers, financial institutions, investment funds, television networks and sports organizations. He counsels clients in transactions ranging from the creation of strategic alliances and complex commercial licensing arrangements to project financing and industry-specific mergers and acquisitions.

Brearton is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the LA Sports Council, as well as LA's Promise, a nonprofit organization transforming under-served communities by preparing every child in a South Los Angeles neighborhood to graduate high school. He is also a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Beverly Hills Bar Association and the Sports Lawyers Association. Brearton was formerly a certified public accountant with KPMG in Los Angeles.

Brearton graduated from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business with a BBA in 1992, and from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1998.

John Stephenson was named president and CEO of Atlanta Hall Management, Inc. in December 2011 and was asked to assume the role permanently in February of 2013. As president and CEO of Atlanta Hall Management, Stephenson is responsible for guiding the broader efforts to construct, develop and operate the 94,000-sqare foot attraction known as the College Football Hall of Fame and Chick-fil-A Fan Experience in downtown Atlanta.

Prior to joining the Hall, Stephenson was a corporate attorney at the law firm of Troutman Sanders. He joined the firm in 2000 and was named a partner in 2007. Having served as counsel to a number of clients in the hospitality, sports, and entertainment industry, Stephenson was retained by project organizers in 2009 to assist with efforts to move the College Football Hall of Fame to Atlanta from its previous home in South Bend, Indiana.

Stephenson was born and raised in Atlanta. He holds undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Georgia. www.cfbhall.com

In this inaugural episode of the Terry Student Podcast, Terry undergraduate students Caleb Stevens, Sam Eanes, and Melissa McDonald introduce the new podcast series, talk with Accounting professor Amanda Farmer, and hold a brief discussion about internships.

Reggie Bradford, an Internet and social media entrepreneur, serves as senior vice president for product development at Oracle. He leads a team responsible for developing applications for Oracle Social Cloud, a service that helps companies manage their relationships with customers on social media.

Prior to that role, Bradford founded the cloud-based social marketing platform Vitrue and held executive management positions at TANDBERG Television, N2 Broadband and WebMD.

Throughout his career, Bradford has received numerous accolades attesting to his success as an Internet visionary, including being named to Business Insider's 2014 Most Influential People in Cloud Computing, MIT's Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year and Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012.

Bradford received a bachelor's degree in finance from the Terry College of Business and an MBA from Emory University. He serves on several advisory and nonprofit boards, including Kids Link, BrightWhistle, Elemental Technologies, SoloHealth, Whitfield Academy and The Brandery.

He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Holly, and their six children.

Dan Amos is chairman and chief executive officer of Aflac Incorporated. Mr. Amos joined Aflac in 1973 and worked in the sales area for 10 years. He was named president of Aflac in 1983, chief operating officer in 1987, chief executive officer of Aflac Incorporated in 1990, and chairman in 2001.

During Mr. Amos' tenure as CEO revenues have grown from $2.7 billion to $23.9 billion as of December 31, 2013. Mr. Amos also is responsible for launching the company's national advertising program featuring the popular Aflac Duck. Today, Aflac is a top national brand and was named by Fortune magazine in 2014 as one of America's Most Admired Companies for the 13th year. Aflac has also attained the distinction of being the only insurance company to appear for 16 consecutive years on Fortune's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.

In 2013, Mr. Amos was proud to accept the Salute to Greatness Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Atlanta joining a distinguished list of past recipients that include former United States Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, entertainer Oprah Winfrey, Ambassador Andrew J. Young, U.S. Poet Laureate Maya Angelou, athlete Ervin "Magic" Johnson and singers Bono and Stevie Wonder. Mr. Amos has also received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Award and the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty Award.

In 2010 he was named as one of America's Best CEOs in the insurance category by Institutional Investor magazine, the fifth time he has appeared on the prestigious list. He has also been recognized on Chief Executive Magazine’s Wealth Creation Index as one of the top 50 CEO’s since the index's inception in 2008. Under Mr. Amos' leadership, Aflac has been named to the Ethisphere Institute's annual list of The World's Most Ethical Companies for eight consecutive years; the only insurance company to appear on this list every year since its inception in 2007.

Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, insures more than 50 million people worldwide. It is the leading provider of individual insurance policies offered at the worksite in the United States and is the largest life insurer in Japan in terms of individual policies in force. In Japan, the company insures one out of four Japanese households.

Mr. Amos is a past member of the board of trustees of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. He serves on the board of the House of Mercy of Columbus and previously served as a member of the Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He is the former chairman of the board of the Japan America Society of Georgia and former chairman of the University of Georgia Foundation. Mr. Amos holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in risk management.