UCO College of Business Names 2025-26 Leadership Program Class
Nov. 21, 2025
The University of Central Oklahoma College of Business recently named 30 students to the 2025-26 Broncho Business Leaders, also known as 2B Leaders, leadership development program.
Participants were chosen through a competitive application and evaluation process based on academic excellence and a demonstrated commitment to personal and professional growth.
"I am continually impressed by the Broncho Business Leader students and their development within the program," said Holly Osburn, Ph.D., professor and chairperson of the Department of Management and co-director of 2BLeaders.
"The students who enter this program leave as even better versions of themselves, and it is so rewarding to be a part of that. It is the effort and energy from the students that make this the college's premier flagship program."
The 2BLeaders program is a two-year experience designed to prepare students to become workforce-ready professionals and positive change agents in their communities. Participants may earn a minor in business leadership while completing specialized coursework, interning in their field, working with professional mentors and engaging in study abroad opportunities.
Applications open each spring, with the new cohort beginning the following fall semester. Admission is highly selective, reflecting the premier level of leadership development offered within the College of Business.
Admission is open to declared College of Business majors who are enrolled full time, maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA and have completed at least 60 credit hours. Students must also have a strong desire to lead.
This year's inductees are divided into two cohorts, Class XII and Class XIII, continuing the program's tradition of cultivating the next generation of ethical and effective leaders.
2BLeaders senior Class XII includes:
- Maegan Bedwell, a human resource management major from Durant, Oklahoma
- Lisa Brown, an accounting major from Bartlesville, Oklahoma
- Madelyn Bui, a management information systems major from Yukon, Oklahoma
- Gracie Cunningham, a double major in management and human resources from Lawton, Oklahoma
- Ashlyn Downing, a marketing major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Alisyn Dunn, a finance major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Carter Erickson, an accounting major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Reda Errahmouni, a finance major from Fes, Morocco
- Susana Esquda-Espinoza, an accounting major from Liberal, Kansas
- Natalie Grant, a human resource management major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Kaylie McClintock, a human resource management major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Sarah Morgan, an accounting major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Larynn Shaffer, a marketing major from Ringwood, Oklahoma
- Chase Sutton, an economics major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Kayla Walker, a management major from Yukon, Oklahoma
2B Leaders junior Class XIII includes:
- Makayla Adams, a marketing major from Crescent, Oklahoma
- Macline Ngwekung Chefor Ndambose, a management information systems major from Cameroon
- Raela Freeman, a marketing major from Bristow, Oklahoma
- Makenna Hall, an accounting major from Stroud, Oklahoma
- Zaina Hasanjee, an accounting major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Audrey Heath, a professional selling major from Rush Springs, Oklahoma
- Casandra Jamie, an accounting major from Oklahoma City
- Emma Nicholas, an accounting major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Gabe Perez Spring, an insurance and risk management major from Spiro, Oklahoma
- Trent Ray, a marketing major from Norman, Oklahoma
- MD Ahsan Abir Sakif, a management information systems major from Bangladesh
- Ariana Segovia Ortega, a business law major from El Reno, Oklahoma
- Kye Sparks, a marketing major from Edmond, Oklahoma
- Erendira Valencia, an accounting major from Oklahoma City
- Thomas Wolff, a management major from Edmond, Oklahoma
For more information about 2B Leaders, 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 recently named 30 students, pictured, to the 2025-26 Broncho Business Leaders, also known as 2B Leaders, leadership development program. Participants were chosen through a competitive application and evaluation process based on academic excellence and a demonstrated commitment to personal and professional growth.
