Joe Stephens: Inside UT McCombs’ Innovative MD/MBA Program in Houston

Joe Stephens: Inside UT McCombs’ Innovative MD/MBA Program in Houston

Joe Stephens is the Senior Assistant Dean and Director of the Working Professional and Executive MBA Programs at the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. In this role, he leads student affairs and program operations while driving innovation across the Executive MBA and Working Professional MBA programs in Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, and […]

Julia Davis: Fundraising, Resilience, and Sustainable Leadership

Julia Davis is a growth strategist and leadership consultant with more than 20 years of experience helping entrepreneurs, sales organizations, and nonprofit leaders build high-performing teams. Her work focuses on developing strong leaders, creating accountable systems, and designing strategies that drive measurable growth. Julia specializes in performance-driven fundraising and growth strategy for nonprofits and mission-driven […]

Beau Higgins: Translating Military Leadership into High-Impact Civilian Careers

Beau Higgins is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel who served for 25 years as an intelligence officer, with deployments to Somalia, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. During his distinguished military career, he commanded both the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, leading elite teams in some of the world’s most challenging environments. […]

Kelly Lorenzen: The “Duplicate Yourself” Strategy for Scaling Small Businesses

Kelly Lorenzen, PMP, is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, and the CEO of KLM Consulting, Marketing, and Management. With more than 20 years of experience building and scaling businesses, Kelly has successfully grown multiple companies and led KLM to impressive year-over-year growth ranging from 25% to 200%. Through her innovative model of providing “business […]

Garnet Heraman: The Mindset Behind Billion-Dollar Outcomes

Garnet S. Heraman is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and technology innovator who has founded and successfully exited three companies while creating more than $3 billion in enterprise value. With over 30 years of experience at the intersection of innovation, venture capital, and emerging technologies, he is a recognized thought leader whose insights reach millions […]