To celebrate five decades of UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business, 50 alumni from locations as far as Taiwan and Germany answered the call to submit photos and video messages for a new commemorative video.
The video, “Green and Gold Drive Business Around the Globe,” highlights the college’s impact, not just in the Charlotte region, but around the world. The Belk College has more than 33,000 alumni in 84 countries and all 50 states.
The video is helping to close out the Belk College’s 50th anniversary, which has been celebrated throughout the 2020-21 academic year with a series of virtual events. The college, established in November 1970, has grown from humble beginnings to become one of the largest and most diverse business schools in the Carolinas.
As the milestone anniversary concludes, 50 Belk College alumni from around the globe submitted photos and messages for a video celebrating the impact the Business Niner alumni network is making to drive business in Charlotte and throughout the world.
The video features these Business Niners:
- Mohammed Albaqami ’15, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Diana Alexander ’09, Washington, D.C.
- Yazan Alhakim ’18, Charlotte
- Diego Alvarz Lopez ’16, Monterrey, Mexico
- Tiffany Ashton ’20, Nashville, Tennessee
- Amanda Bill ’11, Charlotte
- Jennifer Charmley ’18, Charlotte
- Paul Claiborne ’88, Charlotte
- Frank Coleman ’77, Irvine, California
- Mark Collard ’89, Charlotte
- Matthew Colwell ’16, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Jamal Cook ’13, Charlotte
- Caleb Cox ‘04, '07, Richmond, Virginia
- Chandler Crean ’20, Charlotte
- Giulia Crippa ’20, Luxembourg
- David Dietz, ’15, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Paul Ferraro ’00, Yardley, Pennsylvania
- Amanda Gadsden ’18, Charlotte
- Baylee Harward ’19, Nashville, Tennessee
- Amy Hastings ’04, Charlotte
- Evan Hodges ’16, Charlotte
- Monica Hughes ’95, Concord, North Carolina
- Priya Jagdeo ’07, Charlotte
- Mitchell Juda ’18, Charlotte
- Sandra Kluttz ’84, Beaufort, South Carolina
- Andrea Kollmorgen ’05, Munich, Germany
- Theodoros Konstantopoulos ‘18, Charlotte
- Scott Lieberman ’12, Charlotte
- Ryan Lohnes ‘09 , St. Augustine, Florida
- Justin Marsh ‘11, '15, Wilmington, North Carolina
- David McKenzie ‘88, '91, Charlotte
- Cecilia Medina ’17, Mexico City
- Ben Miller ’03, Charlotte
- Cathrine Motte ’09, Greenville, South Carolina
- Matt Murrow ’14, Brooklyn, New York
- Mary Olson ’19, Charlotte
- Scott Plunkett ’05, Charlotte
- Tim Ralston ’09, New York
- Violeta Ramirez ’17, Monterrey, Mexico
- Jamie Rizzo ’97, New York
- Mayela Sánchez Vázquez Mellado ’17, Monterrey, Mexico
- Robert Schaff ’14, Charlotte
- Nate Schlimme ’12, Los Angeles
- Dave Stroud ‘14 , Charlotte
- Caleb Sustar ’17, Charlotte
- Ghada Ternanni ’16, Charlotte
- Jill Tietjen ’79, Denver, Colorado
- Tiffany Ting ’12, Taiwan
- Michael Todd ’16, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Jennifer Troyer, Belk College Dean
- Ross Visscher ’11, Alberta, Canada
- Jay Williams ‘07, '08, Washington, D.C.
Green and Gold Drive Business
The Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte has been driving business for more than 50 years. Established in 1970, the college offers outstanding business education programs at the undergraduate, master’s, doctoral and executive levels. The Belk College is one of the Carolinas’ largest business schools, with more than 4,600 students, over 100 full-time faculty, and more than 33,000 alumni. Accredited by AACSB International, the college is committed to building strong partnerships in the greater Charlotte region and beyond as North Carolina's urban research business school. Learn more about how the Belk College is driving business at belkcollege.charlotte.edu, and on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.