Alumni & Careers

Meet Our Alumni

• <span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/711-cole-conley"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,100,117/361_ColeConley.rev.1500389615.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/png" srcset="/live/image/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,100,117/361_ColeConley.rev.1500389615.png 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,100,117/361_ColeConley.rev.1500389615.png" alt="" width="345" height="225" data-max-w="100" data-max-h="117" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_profiles_headline"><a href="/live/profiles/711-cole-conley"><p> A Love of Sports Turned into a Career </p></a></h4><div class="lw_profiles_description"><p> Fascinated by baseball and basketball analysis, Cole is devoted to using statistical modeling to help professional sports teams make better strategic decisions. </p><p> Cole recently received his Masters in statistics from North Carolina State University, he is now working as a Coordinator: Trackman with USA Baseball in Durham, NC. During his time at Emory & Henry, he majored in economics. To him, the most attractive component of economics was the way it forced him to think about opportunity cost and the various cause–and–effect mechanisms that are applicable to everyday life. His profound interest in everyday economics drew him to pursue a graduate degree in statistics, which uses similar models and logic to make optimal decisions. Additionally, his love of sports and sports analysis fueled his devotion to pursuing a career in the sports industry. Cole remembers his first time watching the film and reading Michael Lewis’ Moneyball and seeing statistical analysis applied to baseball. Since then, he has attended several sports analytics conferences and spoken with analysts from teams such as the Charlotte Hornets, Cleveland Indians, San Antonio Spurs, and the Atlanta Falcons. Cole wants to use his skills to help teams make better decisions, whether it’s in–game strategy, prospect evaluation, or marketing analytics. During what little free time he has, Cole enjoys playing pickup basketball, attending bible study, and going to as many NC State home games as possible.</p></div><a href="/live/profiles/711-cole-conley" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div>
• <span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/669-lisa-jordan"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,499,406/15_a53889ed09046836c7246f2ad7cd8ddc_f74281.rev.1490277876.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,499,406/15_a53889ed09046836c7246f2ad7cd8ddc_f74281.rev.1490277876.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,499,406/15_a53889ed09046836c7246f2ad7cd8ddc_f74281.rev.1490277876.jpg" alt="" width="345" height="225" data-max-w="499" data-max-h="406" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_profiles_headline"><a href="/live/profiles/669-lisa-jordan"><p> Lisa Jordan (’84) Appointed to NBER Board</p></a></h4><div class="lw_profiles_description"><p> At its September 2016 meeting, the National Board of Economic Research (NBER) Board of Directors elected Dr. Lisa Jordan to a five-year membership term as an at-large director. NBER is an American private nonprofit research organization that aims to conduct unbiased research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community. The NBER has a history of predicting the start and end dates for U.S. recessions, and many of their associates have won Nobel Prizes in Economic Sciences.</p><p> Lisa is engaged in a range of applied economic research, and her primary areas of interest are labor economics, industrial relations, and race and gender economics. She currently serves as an advisor to the AFL-CIO’s Commission on Race and is a past board member of the Labor and Employment Relations Association.</p><p> Lisa completed a double major in Economics and Sociology at Emory & Henry, and then earned a Ph.D. in labor economics from the University of Notre Dame. She previously served as a labor educator and assistant professor at the University of Illinois and at the University of Minnesota before becoming the director of the School of Business at Brevard College. Today, Lisa is the director of education and membership development for the United Steelworkers of America headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. She and her staff create and coordinate the Union’s education program throughout North America and in the United Kingdom.</p></div><a href="/live/profiles/669-lisa-jordan" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div>
• <span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/703-carter-wampler"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,690,390/353_7a185548266a90f895181d9a7a7ad8c9_f1829.rev.1500385941.webp 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,690,390/353_7a185548266a90f895181d9a7a7ad8c9_f1829.rev.1500385941.jpg 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,690,390/353_7a185548266a90f895181d9a7a7ad8c9_f1829.rev.1500385941.jpg" alt="" width="345" height="225" data-max-w="690" data-max-h="390" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_profiles_headline"><a href="/live/profiles/703-carter-wampler"><p> Minister to Inmates “Feels for People Who Are Down and Out”</p></a></h4><div class="lw_profiles_description"><p> After graduating from Emory & Henry College in 1977 with double major in business economics and sociology, Carter Wampler spent a career as a furniture manufacturer’s representative. But now he represents something he thinks is more comforting than an adjustable recliner.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.theledger.com/article/20120812/NEWS/120819834" target="_blank">As reporter Rick Rousos from <em>The Ledger</em> newspaper tells you, Wampler has spent the past three years in and out of prisons, but not as an inmate.</a></p></div><a href="/live/profiles/703-carter-wampler" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div>
• <span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/profiles/709-lauren-trotman"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,100,138/359_LaurenTrotman.rev.1500389072.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,100,138/359_LaurenTrotman.rev.1500389072.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/2/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,100,138/359_LaurenTrotman.rev.1500389072.jpg" alt="" width="345" height="225" data-max-w="100" data-max-h="138" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_profiles_headline"><a href="/live/profiles/709-lauren-trotman"><p> Helping Students Achieve Dreams</p></a></h4><div class="lw_profiles_description"><p> Determined and focused, Lauren is excited to work for the American Cancer Society. </p><p> Lauren graduated from Emory & Henry in December 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Bachelor of Science in Economics. Currently, she serves as the Coordinator, Division and Event Support for the American Cancer Society in Abingdon, VA.  Previously Lauren worked as the Assistant Director of International Education at E&H. She said, “I loved my time here at Emory & Henry that I just couldn’t stay away.” Having studied abroad herself in her final semester at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, Lauren says “working in International Education has been such a unique experience…it’s very rewarding to help students achieve their dreams of international travel.” She recalls her first study abroad experience when she was sixteen. Lauren was nominated to travel to France, Italy, and Greece with the <a href="http://www.peopletopeople.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">People to People Ambassador Programs</a>. </p><p> To Lauren, the most memorable and rewarding experience she had in the Honors Program was successfully defending her honors thesis. Despite being overwhelmed by the idea of writing a thesis her freshman year, she finished her thesis a semester in advance and was able to graduate a semester early. After months and months of work, Lauren said, “it was such an amazing feeling to have my professors’ approval.”</p></div><a href="/live/profiles/709-lauren-trotman" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div>