UGA Terry College of Business Alumni

🐾 Year of the Dawg Spotlight: Terry alumni continue to lead at the highest levels, and today we're celebrating Julie Schertell on her appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Pixelle Specialty Solutions. With extensive leadership experience across the manufacturing and specialty materials industries, Julie has built a career focused on operational excellence, innovation, and growth. As CEO, she now leads one of North America's leading specialty paper manufacturers, guiding the company's next chapter and continued success.

Meet the Alum of the Day, Mack McEwen! Mack graduated with a BBA in Management in 2016 and is a Senior Learning Manager (HR) at Honeywell. Mack is on Honeywell's enterprise learning team, helping shape how learning and development programs are designed, managed, and delivered across a global organization. Since joining Honeywell in 2019, she has held a variety of HR and learning leadership roles spanning talent strategy, organizational design, leadership development, employee relations, and business transformation. Mack has lived and worked in three U.S. locations, traveled across eight countries, and earned more than 30 internal excellence awards for her impact on talent development, organizational change, and employee engagement.

Although Mack originally came to UGA on the pre-med track, she quickly realized organic chemistry had others plans for her. One conversation with a Terry advisor changed everything and even though she applied for Marketing, Mack was accepted for Management and was immediately hooked on HR. Mack is a founding member of UGA's Society for Human Resource Management, an experience that further sparked her interest in workplace culture, leadership, and people development.

Mack is both a mentor and mentee within her organization and has found tremendous value in learning from others while helping support professional growth.

It's the Year of the Dawg! 🐾 Business Bulldogs are doing big things, and today we're recognizing Michael Lage on his promotion to Chief Marketing Officer at Chick-fil-A. After 14 years with the company in a variety of leadership roles, Michael now oversees the marketing efforts of one of the nation's most recognized and influential brands. His appointment reflects a career defined by strategic leadership, innovation, and a commitment to serving customers and communities. A dedicated member of the Terry community, Michael regularly returns to campus to speak with students, visit classes, and reconnect with the professors and mentors who helped shape his journey.

For Maranie Brown (BSFCS ’12, MBT ’23), technology and service go hand in hand. As a leader in data and technology at BlackRock, she is helping drive innovation while staying committed to making a difference in her community through mentorship and nonprofit leadership.

A graduate of Terry College's Master of Business and Technology program, Brown brings a people-first approach to leadership, using her skills and experience to create meaningful impact both professionally and personally. Whether advancing technology initiatives or investing in others, she is dedicated to helping those around her succeed. Read more about Brown's heart for service in the latest Georgia Magazine. 🔗https://news.uga.edu/georgia-magazine-articles/maranie-brown-a-heart-for-service/

The Spring/Summer 2026 Terry College Magazine is here and will be arriving in mailboxes soon! 📫

This issue features a conversation with Dean Chatterjee as he shares his vision for the future of Terry, inspiring alumni stories, highlights from this year’s Terry College Gala honorees and much more.

Inside, you'll meet entrepreneurial alumni building and growing companies in the travel and outdoor experiences space, learn how Sales Dawgs are sharpening their skills and earning national recognition, and discover the many ways Terry students, alumni and supporters are making an impact in business and beyond.
🔗 https://www.terry.uga.edu/news/terry-magazine/

Meet the Alum of the Day, Jack Felton! Jack graduated in 2024 with a BBA in Real Estate and is a Real Estate Analyst at Dilmon, a family office based in the Middle East managing capital with a long-term, global investment mandate and invests across a range of asset classes. Jack works across the full investment cycle supporting the evaluation of new acquisitions and development opportunities while helping manage a global real estate portfolio spanning the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. He also contributes to sourcing and determining investment strategy, analyzing opportunities across different markets and asset types to help drive the firm's strategic growth.

Jack's interest in a real estate career sparked during an internship in construction, where he was first exposed to how projects are developed and executed on the ground. This led him to intern at StepStone Group in their real estate private equity group. Jack's role at StepStone was focused on acquisitions and evaluating new investment opportunities, where he developed skills in underwriting, investment memorandum preparation, and understanding all stages of the transaction process. He worked at StepStone for a year and a half before joining Dilmon.

While at UGA, Jack was involved in the Real Estate Society and enjoyed being in the Real Estate program. He shared Dr. Munneke leads a fantastic program that truly allows you to get a head start on your peers.

Jack attended his first UGA game in 2009 and comes from a Bulldog and Terry Alumni family!

🐾 Year of the Dawg Spotlight: Throughout the summer, we’ll be celebrating the accomplishments, promotions, and milestones of Terry alumni and supporters who continue to make an impact in their professions and communities. We begin with a major milestone for the Terry College of Business: the appointment of Dr. Santanu Chatterjee as Dean. Since stepping into the role on April 1, Dean Chatterjee has brought thoughtful leadership and a vision for advancing Terry’s impact through excellence in education, research, and engagement. We’re proud to recognize this achievement as we celebrate the people shaping the future of the Terry community.

Surrounding Terry students each day, the bricks in the Foley Courtyard reflect the lasting impact of alumni, donors, and friends who continue to invest in the future of the college 🧱

When you purchase a commemorative brick, you honor your Terry legacy while helping support the next generation of business leaders. Your brick becomes part of the foundation that surrounds and inspires students for years to come.

The deadline to purchase a brick is May 31 for summer 2026 installation. 🔗 https://gail.uga.edu/TerryBrickCampaign

This month’s Terry Third Thursday breakfast speaker series, sponsored by Synovus, brought alumni and friends together for a conversation with ESPN Analyst Aaron Murray and UGA Psychology Professor Brian Hoffman.

The discussion highlighted how leadership principles develop through athletics and behavioral science can shape stronger teams, better communication, and personal growth in any professional setting. Thank you to everyone who joined us for a meaningful morning of learning and connection. Make plans to join us at the next Terry Third Thursday on August 20.

Terry College students are taking their education across the globe through Maymester Study Away programs in Germany, South Korea, India, Chile and beyond 🌍✈️

As they explore international markets, meet with global companies, experience new cultures and learn directly from business leaders around the world, students are gaining the perspective, confidence and adaptability needed to thrive in today’s global economy.

These transformational experiences are only possible because of the generosity of alumni and donors who believe in the power of international business education. Every gift helps open doors for students to engage in immersive, life-changing opportunities that expand learning far beyond the classroom. If you are inspired by the impact of these opportunities, we invite you to support international business education and help more students gain access to transformational global learning experiences. Go Dawgs!

🔗https://give.uga.edu/funders/tcob-ibw-funder-fy26/