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Grad Spotlight – November 2018

Grad Spotlight – November 2018

Tracey Lloyd ’03

Tracey Lloyd ’03 is an experienced retail executive and specializes in turnarounds and optimizing shareholder’s value. She was featured on the cover of Fortune Magazine in 2010 and is a Bronze Star recipient.

Present:
JCPenney – District Manager responsible for all Georgia stores.
Board member: National Black Arts Festival & Urban League of Greater Atlanta

Previous:
Bloomingdale’s – Operating Vice President
Walmart – Senior Director, District Manager

About Tracey:
She is a laser-focused, high-performing, and organized executive with two-decades of career making contributions as a leader in high tempo environments that fuel profit, team performance, and drive enduring change. She has lead organizations with more than 4,000 employees and who generated more than half a billion dollars in revenue. Inclusive, articulate, and effective communications skills in French and English. Proponent of life-long education— graduated from West Point in 2003.

How to get in touch: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceycolemanlloyd

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Nominations are voted upon by the WPSA Board monthly. Nominations can be sent to President Samir Patel ’08 at samir.t.patel@outlook.com

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Grad Spotlight for October 2018

Grad Spotlight – October 2018

Garrett Cathcart ’04

Notable Accomplishments and Achievements:

– Highly sought after executive non-profit leader and board member serving America’s veterans.

– Regional Director of Team Red, White and Blue
Team Red, White, and Blue (Team RWB) enriches the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to their communities through physical and social activities. Authentic community is built through genuine and empathetic relationships–while deliberately infusing leadership development.

Veterans are indispensable leaders and when they continue to lead after transition they make their communities better–and as a result our Nation better.

Garrett Cathcart ’04, as regional director is responsible for strategy, leadership development, growth, and management of programming in 41 U.S. cities.

– Board member at VetLanta and Bunker Labs – Atlanta

– Emory MBA, 2018

How to get in touch: garrett.cathcart@bunkerlabs.org

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Nominations are voted upon by the WPSA Board monthly. Nominations can be sent to President Samir Patel ’08 at samir.t.patel@outlook.com

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Grad Spotlight for September 2018

Ulrich Brechbuhl ’86
About Ulrich:
Ulrich Brechbuhl currently serves as the State Department Counselor. In this capacity, he provides strategic guidance to the Secretary on foreign policy, undertakes efforts to enhance U.S. diplomacy and public outreach, and conducts special diplomatic assignments as directed by the Secretary.
Prior to joining the Department, Mr. Brechbuhl was president of Appenzeller Point, LLC, a family investing and consulting business. He also served as the executive chairman of Avadyne Health and on the board of five other healthcare and financial services businesses.
Mr. Brechbuhl graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and served as a cavalry officer with the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment patrolling the Iron Curtain before its fall. He also served with the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry in the U.S. Army’s First Calvary Division during the Persian Gulf War.
After leaving active duty, Mr. Brechbuhl graduated from Harvard Business School, receiving his Master of Business Administration in 1994. Since then he worked with Bain and Company, Inc., and has served as the CFO and CEO of multiple companies, both private equity owned and publicly traded.
Born in Switzerland, Mr. Brechbuhl grew up in Garden City, New York, and speaks French, German, and Swiss-German.
Ulrich is a past President of WPSA and is an ardent supporter of Atlanta area West Point grads.
Ulrich’s business experience is extensive. Please see this attachment on his accomplishments here.
How to Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrichbrechbuhl
(Please keep in mind that Ulrich’s time is quite scarce these days with his new position).
Each month, WPSA will highlight an Atlanta area graduate and WPSA​ member doing something professionally noteworthy in a business context. Please nominate a Grad you feel has accomplished or is accomplishing something worth sharing.
Nominations are voted upon by the WPSA Board monthly. Nominations can be sent to President Samir Patel ’08 at samir.t.patel@outlook.com
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Grad Spotlight – April 2018

John Green ’09
John Green (USMA ’09)
John is currently at the top of his class at Emory Law. His work has been published in a prestigious Law Journal: “Averting an Inside Job: A Proposal to Change How Insiders Are Defined in the Bankruptcy Code.”
He was also Editor and Chief of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal last year. John is also the recipient of several scholarships.
He served with distinction with the 3rd Infantry Regiment, “Old Guard” and with Arlington National Cemetery successfully updating and implementing important policies related to our Nation’s military funeral procedures. His full military background can be found here.
Topics he can help with: legal education / law school (especially at Emory), getting published in a journal, and bankruptcy law.
How to Contact: johnathandgreen@gmail.com
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Each selected Grad agrees to help those that reach out to them seeking guidance or advice. Please respect their time. Nominations are voted upon ​
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Grad Spotlight for March 2018

Grad: Michael Boulegeris ’83

Michael G. Boulegeris (USMA ’83)

Boulegeris Investments, Inc.

 

Michael Boulegeris graduated from the United States Military Academy with a B.S. degree in Engineering and a minor in Eastern European and Soviet Studies. He served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army, achieved the rank of Captain and was entrusted with a high security clearance.

 

Mr. Boulegeris founded the firm, Boulegeris Investments, Inc., in 1992 and is the firm’s Chief Investment Officer. He also serves as a Trustee of the Annunciation Cathedral Endowment Foundation of the Greek Orthodox Church in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Boulegeris was recognized by the West Point Association of Graduates and inducted into the General Henry H. Arnold Society.

 

Mr. Boulegeris was a Co-Founder of MAP Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that was acquired by Allergan, Inc. in March 2013.

 

Topics he can help with: Investment research, Portfolio management, Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy.

 

How to Contact: mgb@boulegeris.com

 

Each month, WPSA will highlight an Atlanta area graduate and WPSA member doing something professionally noteworthy in a business context. Please nominate a Grad you feel has accomplished or is accomplishing something worth sharing.

 

Each selected Grad agrees to help those that reach out to them seeking guidance or advice. Please respect their time. Nominations are voted upon  

by the WPSA Board monthly. Nominations can be sent to President Elect Samir Patel ’08 at samir.t.patel@outlook.com

 

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