DBA Cohort 1

Background Dr. Katrice Branner is currently the President of Branner Consulting, LLC in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the firm offers small business operations management services covering process improvement consulting, coaching, and training. In addition, she is a part of the faculty at UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business in the Business Information Systems and Operations […]

Background Suzanne is originally from Rhode Island and currently lives in the Charlotte, North Carolina area with her husband David and daughters Samantha & Sarah. Sue is a Program Manager with the Retail Technology for TIAA that delivers business solutions for the Trust Company of the firm’s Bank. She is also a marketing adjunct professor at […]

Background Sherry L. Fowler, BSBA, MSCIS is a professor of practice, author, practitioner, and consultant in the fields of Information Technology and Business Analytics, with the specific goal of applying technology to solve business problems and strategically positioning companies to develop tech-related competitive opportunities. She has a varied and multi-year professional career of systems analysis, software […]

Background Andrew recently retired, having worked for more than thirty years in the water and wastewater transport and treatment industry in various regional and global capacities including sales, engineering, marketing and business development. Andrew’s most recent role focused on developing and implementing strategies to grow Xylem’s municipal and industrial business in the US water and wastewater […]

Background John A. Gory has over 30 years of military experience and skills across the spectrum. His experience spans an extensive wealth of knowledge, skills, and abilities in the management and leadership capacity. Dr. Gory’s passion to teach coach, train, mentor and develop others is what drove his interest in the doctoral field of study at the UNC Charlotte Belk […]

Background Lawrence is a project manager for Leidos Corporation where he has worked for the last 25 years. Leidos is a global provider in the integration and application of science and technology to solve customer challenges. Lawrence holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and has developed customer management systems, planning systems, and has worked […]

Background In 2010, Barbara started a family business built around rental property management, and home staging that assists homeowners in preparing their homes for sale. Prior to that, she spent 33 years in the finance areas of two Fortune 100 companies, General Motors (1976 – 1983) and Unilever (1983 – 2009).  Varied assignments called for mobility […]

Background Dr. Lewis received her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Fayetteville State University, a constituent of the University of North Carolina system, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix, which she obtained while supporting several military defense programs. Ms. Lewis has more than 21 years of demonstrated success in working […]

Background Kellie McCorvey works in structural planning and administration at Wells Fargo Corporation in Charlotte, NC. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2018, she had various roles at Bank of America including: Chief Operations Officer for Operational Risk Management and Enterprise Independent Testing, Compliance Executive, Portfolio Management Executive, Operational Risk Executive and Operations Manager. Before joining Bank […]

Background Blaine Nashold attended University of Delaware in Newark where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science, then continued on to earn a Master of Business Administration.  His personal interests include ice hockey, golf, yoga, theatre, guitar, cooking, staying active within his church and traveling with his wife, son and dog. Blaine’s reasons for pursuing […]