Diversity

'Never Compromise Your Values'

Dec 15, 2020

Alumnus Kareem Cook discusses successfully changing corporate cultures and the importance of being intentional

When Kareem Cook was pursuing his MBA at Fuqua, he was part of a program for students supporting the dean’s office, including jobs like staffing guests and high profile speakers. Cook remembers vividly escorting then CEO of Bear Sterns Alan Schwartz from the airport to campus for a Distinguished Speakers Series talk. Twenty years... read more

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