Alicia Ogrin Smales graduated from Oklahoma State University's School of Business with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1981, and completed her MBA at Dominican University in 1990.
Based on his career path, one might think Tim Petrikin earned a degree in entrepreneurship or even hospital administration but in 1990, he graduated from Oklahoma State University's College of Business with a bachelor's in finance.
Though Steve Tatum's career has taken him to nearly every part of the world and exposed him to numerous cultures, he still proclaims that there aren't many places he would rather be than Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Liz Norris McKinley has come a long way since graduating from Oklahoma State University's business school. The Stillwater, Okla., native earned a business degree in 1981 with a double major in marketing and management.
Ken Seaman, assistant controller at ConocoPhillips, grew up in the small town of Yukon, Okla. It was not evident at the time but Seaman's career was going to take him on a journey around the world.
Karen Walters Chapel is the Senior Director over Global Finance at CBRE, the world's largest commercial real estate services firm. She has spent her entire career in accounting/financial management and commercial real estate.
John M. Yeaman has spent his life seeking challenges. A native of Ponca City, Okla., and one of five boys, Yeaman followed his two older brothers to Stillwater to take on the challenges of Oklahoma State University.
Rod Whitson is what many would consider a "self-made man" with a great deal of help from the Spears School of Business. Growing up in Miami, Okla., his parents taught him the value of a good work ethic.
Bob Sandmeyer was raised in Kansas but instead of growing up rooting for Phog Allen's KU Jayhawks basketball team he was a fan of Henry Iba's Oklahoma A&M Aggies. Bob Kurland was his hero.
Oklahoma State University was always on Preston Nicholson's radar with his hometown of Hominy, Okla., being within 55 miles of the Stillwater campus. Attending Camp Cowboy just before his freshman year confirmed that he had made the right choice.
