Harbert Magazine Fall 2025

Alumni Notes

helping him pursue his dream of becoming a business owner. “Thank you, Harbert!” Elaina Eichorn (’23, marketing)  is employed by the University of Chicago as the social media manager for the Pritzker School of Molec- ular Engineering. She develops the social media strategy for the school, creates and curates digital content across all platforms and collaborates with faculty, students and partners to amplify key initiatives. Before her current role, her time as a student in the Harbert College of Business inspired her to pursue her master's and work as a communications and marketing graduate assistant for Auburn Student Involvement. Anna Estes (’25, aviation management)  has just begun her exciting career with Leidos, a

Fortune 500 company that primarily focuses on government projects. As project engineer on the Cargo Mission Contract in Houston, Texas, she collaborates with NASA on a wide range of mission support projects. “I use my unique experience gained at the Auburn RFID Lab to come up with systems and deploy RFID across the contract, certifying flight hardware design, and more.” Anna met the team she now works for while giving them a tour of the Auburn University RFID Lab. After securing a business card from one of them, she sent over her résumé and landed an interview. Just one short month later, she began her first day at Leidos. Declan Feely (’21, supply chain management) started his career as an operations super- visor with DHL Supply Chain in Atlanta,

Georgia. He credits his connections to Au- burn with getting his foot in the door and has since been promoted from senior pro- curement analyst to procurement manager. He’s responsible for driving high delivery performance and low costs with his suppli- ers while strengthening their long-stand- ing relationships with the company. In his personal life, it has been an eventful year. After receiving a promotion at work and proposing to the love of his life, they are now happily engaged. Olivia Hurst (’20, supply chain management) is the principal supply chain procurement specialist for Northrop Grumman, a global aerospace and defense technology compa- ny. Following a student internship with the company, she was hired as an entry-level

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