UCO College of Business Names 2024-25 Leadership Program Class
Oct. 3, 2024
The University of Central Oklahoma College of Business recently named 31 students to the 2024-25 Broncho Business Leaders, also known as 2BLeaders, leadership development program.
Following an application and evaluation process, students were selected based on academic achievement and aspiration to improve their leadership skills.
"I am immensely proud of the life-changing leadership development program we built a decade ago," said Holly Osburn, Ph.D., professor and chairperson of the Department of Management and director of 2BLeaders.
"Seeing it now, I fully realize my vision back then. It fills me with profound satisfaction and awe. The students who enter this program leave becoming better versions of themselves; it is so rewarding to be a part of that."
2BLeaders prepares individuals to be workforce-ready professionals and positive change agents in their organizations and communities. The two-year program encourages students to study abroad, gain internship experience in their respective fields, work one-on-one with a professional mentor and complete coursework to earn a minor in business leadership.
Applications open each spring, with the new cohort of 2BLeaders starting the following fall semester. Admission is highly competitive and represents the highest degree of leadership advancement in the College of Business.
To be considered, students must be a declared College of Business major, enrolled full time, have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA and completed at least 60 credit hours. Students must also have a strong desire to lead. The incoming inductees are sectioned into two classes, Class XI and Class XII.
2BLeaders senior Class XI includes:
- Anne-Michelle Jean Baptiste, an accounting major from Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- James Brison, a management major from Dewar, Oklahoma
- Emma Cunningham, a finance major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Emma Janes, an economics major from Wellston, Oklahoma
- Brock Jones, a finance major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Ragan Kelley, a human resource management major from Midwest City, Oklahoma
- JohnPaul Krug, a management and human resource management double major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Gavin Leeth, a marketing major from Mustang, Oklahoma
- Pablo Lopez, a finance major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Jordan Montelongo, a management and human resource management double major from Oklahoma City
- Angelina Newton, a marketing major from Yukon, Oklahoma
- Kathryn Plunkett, a marketing major from Garber, Oklahoma
- Katherine Ryerson, a finance major from Alva, Oklahoma
- Katherine Tran, management major Yukon, Oklahoma
2BLeaders junior Class XII includes:
- Maegan Bedwell, a human resource management major from Durant, Oklahoma
- Lisa Brown, an accounting major from Bartlesville, Oklahoma
- Mai Bui, a management information systems major from Vietnam
- Gracie Cunningham, a management and human resource management double major from Lawton, Oklahoma
- Alisyn Dunn, a finance major from Yukon, Oklahoma
- Ashlyn Downing, a marketing major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Carter Erickson, an accounting major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Reda Errahmouni, a finance major from Casablanca, Morocco
- Susana Esqueda-Espinoza, an accounting major from Hooker, Oklahoma
- Natalie Grant, a human resource management major from Wagoner, Oklahoma
- Yiel Lee, a marketing major from Seoul, South Korea
- Kaylie McClintock, a human resource management major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Sarah Morgan, an accounting major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Magda Samara, a management and human resource management double major from Yukon, Oklahoma
- Larynn Shaffer, a marketing major from Ringwood, Oklahoma
- Kayla Walker, a management major from Yukon, Oklahoma
- Lane Willoughby, a finance major from Ardmore, Oklahoma
For more information about 2BLeaders, visit go.uco.edu/2BLeaders or contact Osburn at 405-974-2443 or hosburn1@uco.edu.
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Cutline: The University of Central Oklahoma College of Business has named 31 students, pictured, to the 2024-25 Broncho Business Leaders program, also known as 2BLeaders.
Nathan Aker