Alumni Focus: Nancy Swartout

Education backgrounds in both science and business administration have served Nancy Swartout well during her professional career. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Nancy became an R&D chemist with the iconic American multinational oil and gas corporation, ExxonMobil. Nancy held that position for 6.5 years when, in 1995, she became a procurement manager for Vulcan Materials Company, a Birmingham-based producer and distributor of construction materials. The transition from research and development to management, or from science to business, is where the Turner College enters Nancy’s professional journey. As it turns out, she earned an MBA from the Turner College at CSU in 1994, thus providing Nancy with a smoother path to career advancement in corporate management. After five years with Vulcan Materials Company, she returned to ExxonMobil as a procurement manager. Over the next 22 years, Nancy advanced through the corporate hierarchy at ExxonMobil. She became a supplier diversity manager in 2004, and in 2009 advanced to area procurement manager for refining and chemicals. Later, in 2013, Nancy took on the role of Procurement Planning & Reporting Manager. She now holds the title Global Sustainable Procurement Manager, a role she began in 2016. Nancy’s path to her current position with the sixth-largest American company is remarkable. That the Turner College played a role in her transition from the science lab to the corporate ladder is, hopefully, inspirational to current and future Turner College students.

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Grant Hits Ground Running as New Turner College Marketing Intern

The Turner College's new marketing intern Lizzy Grant , a senior marketing major from Newnan who previously attended Gordon State College, where she played varsity soccer, and is scheduled to graduate from the Turner College in May of 2024, has hit the ground running in her new position. She recently played a large role in the creation of a video tour of the Synovus Center, the main campus home of the Turner College. The video helps to guide new students on where to go in the building and who they can talk to if they help. The video showcases the Student Services Center, the main lobby, and more. The video is played as part of a loop on video screens placed throughout the Synovus Center. Lizzy's list of activities at CSU is impressive. She is the Treasurer of the Turner College's Marketing Club, the President of Marketing for the Turner College's chapter of the Financial Management Association, and an Ambassador for the Turner College. She is also the Treasurer of her s

Jung Exploring Influence of Confucianism on Luxury Brand Performance in China, Japan and South Korea

In a recent chat with Turner Business , Turner College professor of marketing Sungwoo Jung made the point that luxury brands are gaining the degree of influence in many developing countries that they enjoy now in developed countries. He has been pondering this issue as part of his international marketing research program, which typically focuses on advertising, pioneering advantages and multi-cultural analysis. Currently, Jung is concentrating his energies on a cross-cultural analysis of brand equity that highlights luxury brands’ performance. His research finds that China, Japan and South Korea have each seen an increase in market share for luxury brands in recent years. As Jung explained to Turner Business , “These three countries share a common philosophical background – Confucianism.” With that point in mind, Jung and his coauthors are currently engaged in an investigation of how Confucianism influences consumer behavior in these three Asian countries, and how that behavior im

Turner College Grad Publishes Academic Study on Corporate Culture and Strategy

Former Turner College student Tamara Todorova , now an associate professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria (AUB), recently published a study on corporate culture and strategy. Todorova earned an MBA from the Turner College in 1996 and then went on to earn a doctorate in international economics from the University of Economics - Varna in 2001. She has been on the faculty at AUB since August of 2000. Todorova's study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Business Performance Management , investigates how corporate culture helps to economize on the transaction costs of internal organization. As she explains, the dimensions of corporate culture that assist in this task include increasing trust and reducing intrafirm opportunism. Todorova's study demonstrates that setting common goals and a common direction reduces the sizeable costs of internal organization. Tamara's prior research appears in Economics of Transition , International

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