Alumni Notes
Auburn, she developed leadership skills, a work ethic, and a curiosity to never stop learning which she believes led to her professional and personal successes. At home, those skills apply to chasing around her 4- and 2-year-olds and running the logistics of her house! Emmalyn Merrill (’17, business administra- tion - human resources management) is thrilled to be in her third and final year of law school! While it certainly wasn’t the traditional approach to law, her human resources degree from Auburn turned out to be great preparation for her legal career. She is proud to be an Auburn Alum! Bryan Nieznajko (’19, MBA) worked full- time as director of enterprise architecture at Optum while attending the MBA/MSIS dual degree program at Auburn. He most recently became a vice president of cloud engineering with Optimum Healthcare IT. He is continuing his education in the form of IT Certifications with Azure and AWS. As VP of cloud engineering, he is involved in managing all of the cloud engineering staff, hiring new staff, planning projects, managing services improvements, provid- ing sales support, serving as an escalation point for client issues and generally planning strategy. Logan Pack (’19, business analytics) and his wife both live and work remotely from Auburn and both recently received promotions. They are in the process of starting a non-profit that will benefit children across the Lee County area. Logan works as a data engineer for Altec, a utility truck manufacturer based out of Birmingham. He credits his background in the business analytics program learning about data science, programming, and big data with getting him his job. “Without the business analytics program exposing us to cloud infrastructure and big data concepts, I’d never be in this field.”
Doug Lundy (’14, MBA) served as co-president of Resurgens Orthopaedics in Atlanta, Georgia from 2014 to 2021. When the company shifted into sell- ing private equity, Doug left and is now the chair of orthopaedic surgery at St. Luke’s University Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He still works as an ortho- paedic trauma surgeon as well. One of his sons graduated from Auburn in aviation management, and the other is a current student. Josh McInturff (’10, supply chain manage- ment) began his professional career at McKesson Pharmaceuticals right outside of Atlanta in 2011. With a degree in supply chain, he used his skillset to navigate a complex and highly regulated industry. He held varied roles with increasing respon- sibilities with McKesson and is now the director of customer experience with CoverMyMeds, leading multiple teams across different sectors. After spending more than ten years outside of Atlanta, he was fortunate enough to move to a work- from-home schedule, which enabled his family to move back to where their hearts lie: Auburn! He, his wife, and their two young daughters currently live in Opelika. Sam McManus (’19, management) recently got married to a girl he’s known for ten years! They are living in Pine Mountain, Georgia. A few years ago, Sam published a book called “The Prayer Pursuit,” and his second book should be coming out this fall. His entrepreneurship course at Auburn came in handy when he recently launched a small online clothing brand. He works for Impact 360, a Christian gap year experience and graduate program, as the ambassador for the organization to their donors and alumni. Maryanne McWhirter (’11, business admin- istration - human resources management) is honored and excited to have recently been promoted to vice president/senior director at LeadG2, a B2B marketing and sales performance company. While at
Christopher Grimm (’13, MAcc) recently left his position as CTO at Family Dental Health in Greenville, South Carolina for a senior leadership position at Mortenson Dental Partners in Louisville, Kentucky. When he graduated from Auburn, he worked as a senior accountant for a health club franchise and soon advanced to direc- tor of corporate accounting. During that time he was able to utilize his undergradu- ate and graduate skills to build better busi- ness processes for the growing company. “My business education at Auburn helped me grow into a partner who is able to bridge the gap between business and tech.” Harrison Holman (’19, finance) recently began working for SkyBeam Capital as director of loan servicing and account- ing. Th responsibilities of leading a team have been challenging but enjoyable. Previously, he had been working with his father in a similar, but smaller company. Elenita Hopkins (’15, MAcc) completed her MAcc through the hybrid program and then relocated with her family from Hawaii to her hometown in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has had the amaz- ing experience of working with multi- ple companies in Silicon Valley over the past nine years including EY, Poshmark, Twitch, and now MasterClass. She is currently a corporate accounting manager with MasterClass and is responsible for the accounting function for all business operations, managing a team based in the U.S. and abroad. Her second daugh- ter recently joined the Auburn Family as a pre-architecture major. Adam Kalson (’19, management) has been working in recruitment, starting in 3rd party staffing and now working with Kimley-Horn, a civil engineering design and consulting firm. He focuses on campus recruitment through the intern program and hiring recent college graduates. He and his wife (’19, AU School of Nursing) have settled down in Orlando, Florida.
56 Harbert Magazine, Spring 2025
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