Featured Members in Business, Finance & Entrepreneurship
Ideas, experience, and the ambition to build.
Meet Honor Society® members sharing interests in business, finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, and organizational leadership. Their public profiles connect classroom learning with work experience, creative ideas, and plans for the businesses and careers they want to build.
Explore more featured member collections
Start with these related collections, then explore the other fields and educational journeys in our featured member community.
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Returning to education & changing careers
Read stories of returning to education, learning while working, and preparing for a career change.
7 public member profiles
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Technology, AI & cybersecurity
Discover members interested in software, artificial intelligence, data science, and cybersecurity.
10 public member profiles
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Environment & sustainability
Meet members connecting environmental science, conservation, sustainability, tourism, and business.
5 public member profiles
INTERESTS IN THIS COMMUNITY
What connects these member stories
This collection has a strong mix of early business ambitions and established professional experience. Members discuss marketing, financial planning, accounting, hospitality, operations, and nonprofit leadership. Entrepreneurship is a recurring theme, but it takes different forms—from a service business to a creative venture or a future leadership role.
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Building and growing businesses
Members connect business study with ideas for products, services, and future ownership.
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Understanding financial decisions
Profiles explore accounting, economics, financial planning, analysis, and related career interests.
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Leading people and operations
Other members bring experience in management, customer service, human resources, and organizational development.
BEHIND THE PROFILE
Meet the people behind the goals
The following introductions draw on members’ public profiles. Open a profile for the full story and its latest details.
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Linking operations with accounting
Khaled’s profile describes business-operations experience alongside accounting study. He connects an interest in building organizations with financial analysis, assurance work, and developing the people who will lead next. His public story gives readers a view of how hands-on management and academic goals can inform one another.
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Turning business learning into a practical goal
Kayla describes business-administration study and a particular interest in entrepreneurship and small-business development. Her profile connects that learning with a goal of rebuilding an appliance-repair business. The specificity of her plan gives readers a clear sense of how she hopes to put her education to work.
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Continuing to grow in accounting
Tara describes progressing into a lead-accountant role while pursuing business study and balancing work, education, and family. Her interests include financial reporting, process improvement, and mentoring other accounting professionals. Her profile shows how continuing education can become part of a broader professional story.
EXPLORE THE COLLECTION
Business, finance & entrepreneurship member profiles
Explore all 21 public profiles in this collection, listed alphabetically by first name. Each linked name takes you to the member’s existing HonorSociety.org profile.
Members provide their own education and study details. Information may describe past, current, or planned study. A member can appear in more than one collection.
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Amanda Tozatto
Study / interests: business administration
Education: Eastern Connecticut state university
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Ashlyn Soechting
Study / interests: organizational leadership
Education: Northern Oklahoma College
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Caroline Baldwin
Study / interests: Travel and Tourism Management
Education: Haverford College
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Charles Porterfield
Study / interests: Finance and Environmental Science
Education: University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Gabrielle Turnage
Study / interests: Business Administration
Education: Strayer University
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Heavyn Kenner
Study / interests: Associate of Science - Business Administration
Education: Worthington Kilbourne Highschool
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Jamaica Rosales
Study / interests: Bachelors of Science in Business
Education: Capella University
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Jo Galauski
Study / interests: Bachelor of arts in nonprofit leadership
Education: Santa Rosa Junior College
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Karlie Powell
Study / interests: Business
Education: California Baptist University
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Kayla Overton
Study / interests: Business Administration with a focus on entrepreneurship, small-business development, and management.
Education: University of Arkansas Grantham
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Kaylee Justice
Study / interests: Baking And Pastry Arts/Business Management
Education: Clark College
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Khaled Alkurd
Study / interests: Accounting
Education: George Mason University
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Marcus Millan
Study / interests: business administration
Education: Southern New Hampshire University
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Mauricio Bryant
Study / interests: economics and finance
Education: University of Northern Colorado
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Max Radovanic
Study / interests: business administration with a concentration in marketing
Education: Colorado Mesa University
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Meghan Lee
Study / interests: personal financial planning
Education: Texas Tech University
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Savannah Barrera
Study / interests: Business Marketing / Marketing
Education: Austin Community College District
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Shehryar Syed
Study / interests: Eonometrics and Quantitative Economics
Education: The University of Texas at Austin
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Spring Ye
Study / interests: Business Management Economics
Education: University of California-Santa Cruz
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Tara Mallery
Study / interests: Business Administration
Education: University of Alaska
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Terryn Mcdonald
Study / interests: Masters in Business Administration of Aviation
Education: Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
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Business, finance, and entrepreneurship FAQs
Which business and finance interests appear in this collection?
Members describe business administration, accounting, finance, economics, marketing, entrepreneurship, hospitality, nonprofit leadership, and operations. The collection includes early business ambitions and established work experience. Each profile explains the member’s own combination of studies, responsibilities, and goals.
Is the entrepreneurship collection only for people who already own a business?
No. It includes entrepreneurial interests and plans as well as work experience. Kayla Overton connects business-administration study with a specific appliance-repair business goal. A member can explain a customer need, an idea under development, or a future ownership ambition while clearly identifying the venture’s current stage.
What makes a business student’s profile more specific and memorable?
Describe a business problem that interests you, the people or customers involved, and an example of work you have done. Include your role in a project, job, student organization, or volunteer effort. Concrete contributions—such as organizing an event, analyzing a dataset, or improving a process—help readers understand your strengths without relying on broad claims about leadership.
How can working professionals connect business experience with further study?
Explain what your experience taught you and what further education will help you understand. Khaled Alkurd links operations with accounting interests, while Tara Mallery connects accounting work with continued business study. Both profiles give readers context for how work and learning fit into a larger professional direction.
Can members feature a business idea without implying an endorsement?
Yes. Describe the idea accurately, identify your own role, and distinguish plans from operating results. A featured member profile introduces an individual; it does not establish that Honor Society endorses a member-owned business, financial product, or investment. Public claims about customers, revenue, or results should be factual and appropriate to share.
Where can I find members with related interests?
Continue with returning to education & changing careers, technology, ai & cybersecurity, or environment & sustainability. These collections connect related areas of study and experience; a member may appear in more than one. The complete featured member directory provides an alphabetical starting point for all public profiles in this series.
How can I share my story or update a featured profile?
Sign in and complete your public profile with a photo, an introduction, accurate education and experience, and current goals. Explain the details that make your interests in business, finance & entrepreneurship personal to you. A complete public profile creates an opportunity to be considered for a feature; selection is not guaranteed. For corrections to an existing feature or help with visibility, contact Honor Society.
Continue with scholarship opportunities, member resources, or information about Honor Society.
Honor Society® is an independent membership organization and is not affiliated with any other honor society. Schools and organizations mentioned in members’ profiles do not thereby endorse Honor Society. These features highlight member-provided interests and experiences; they do not establish a ranking or scholarship award.
