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Jane Miller has a sweet tooth for success. The former CEO of Lily’s Sweets has more than 35 years of executive experience in the food industry, including leadership positions at PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division, Heinz and Hostess, which she helped bring out of bankruptcy. Today’s she’s co-founder and CEO of Haevn,...

Female financial planners encourage students to explore opportunities within a dynamic discipline. Diane Hirschhorn, left, emphasizes a point during her talk as fellow panelist Raquel Hinman (Fin'92), founder and principal of Hinman Financial Planning, listens. More than 100 students registered for the event, a discussion and networking session for prospective...

Coming from a weaker institutional context can benefit entrepreneurs, Dean Sharon Matusik says on the latest Creative Distillation research podcast. When you’re the dean of a top-20 public business school, you need to manage a host of responsibilities, from setting a budget to setting a strategic course mapping out the...

CDO Magazine names Leeds professor among the world’s most influential academic leaders in analytics. 'It's fun to see who else is trying to redesign education in analytics and data,' Kai Larsen says. Larsen was recently named to CDO Magazine's list of the world's most influential academic leaders. When we talk...

The Marshall Fire and pandemic were headliners, but panelists remained upbeat about the industry’s prospects in Denver and beyond. Michael Conway, state insurance commissioner, answers an audience question as fellow panelists Clint Folsom and David Sinkey listen in. To their left is moderator Lily Colley Ferguson, of Everwest. The Marshall...

If you aren’t sure what SPACs are, don’t worry—you’re not alone. A SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company, is a publicly traded company created only to acquire, or merge with, another business seeking to go public. The concept can be pretty confusing to the average investor, but they’ve been rising...

The 2022 Young Alumni Giving Week is taking place March 7- 11, 2022. During this week, we invest in the people and programs at Leeds School of Business – the same ones that supported us when we were students. Our giving celebrates our past, invests in students today, and strengthens...

Economist Rich Wobbekind named among Colorado's most influential business leaders. Rich Wobbekind walks an executive-level class through a presentation. His insights on the economy—and the lengths he goes to in sharing them with Coloradans—are why he's so well regarded, both in the classroom and in the media. In ranking Rich...

Disneyland without guests? Unthinkable, you’d say—but the pandemic changed everything for one of the world’s busiest theme parks. The guest this week on the Leeds Business Insights podcast is Clark Jones (Acct’91), senior vice president and CFO at Disneyland. Jones had to help chart a course for the resort amid...

If successful, a startup aiming at dental disruption will have Leeds' collaboration with engineers to thank. From left, Rachel Anderson (Law'22), Camila Uzcategui, Johnny Hergert, Jennifer Howard and engineering professor Robert McLeod. All have some connection to Vitro3D, a startup that's benefiting from Uzcategui and Hergert's technical expertise, as well...