MBA Candidate

GRANT GUESS

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University of Virginia Darden School of Business – Charlottesville, VA May 2022 Candidate for Master of Business Administration – Full-Time MBA Program

• Active member of: Business Innovation & Design Club, Outdoors Club, Resilience Initiative, School of Brew

• Leadership Roles: Community Consultants Project Lead, MBA Program Advisory Committee, Student Admissions Council Career Chair, Section C Safety & Security Representative, BGiA Auction Co-Lead, UVA Undergrad Mentor University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) – Los Angeles, CA June 2016 Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies, Minor in French

• 3.8 GPA; Phi Beta Kappa (Top 5% of Graduating Class; 7,500 Graduates); Departmental Highest Honors (Top 10% of Global Studies Majors); True Bruin Award Finalist (Top 10 Most Outstanding Seniors)

• Senior Thesis (Grade: A+): "CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD: An Analysis of Correlations Between Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings and Transnationality Rankings.”

• Outdoor Adventures Guide: Led wilderness trips for groups of 12 students throughout California; trained and mentored 2 future lead guides; established university partnership with fly fishing company, Orvis – 1st of its kind at UCLA EXPERIENCE

Erik’s Ranch & Retreats – Livingston, MT Summer 2020 Erik’s Ranch & Retreats is a non-profit providing employment opportunities to adults with autism on a working guest ranch. Ranch Manager

Managed guest ranch while leading a 6-person team which included 4 adults with autism.

• Cut cost by 25% and improved project completion rate by 150% over course of summer.

• Responsibilities included: coordinating daily schedules of adults with autism (ie: planning daily tasks, life coaching, meal prep, etc.); ensuring excellent guest experiences from check-in to check-out (ie: increased 5-star reviews by 20%) Kentucky for Kentucky – Lexington, KY 2018-2020

Kentucky for Kentucky is a creative agency dedicated to promoting Kentucky’s people, places, & products. Sales Director

Developed sales and marketing strategies for e-commerce, retail, and wholesale channels.

• Collaborated with cross-functional team to develop strategic initiatives to grow Kentucky pride, resulting in a 100% growth in retailers (200 to 400), 200K Facebook following, 100K Instagram following, & 30M Google interactions

• Redirected advertising spend from in-person events to social media platforms and implemented an accurate sales forecasting system; decreased expenditures 17%, increased revenues 10%, & optimized labor productivity 25%

• Launched “My Old Kentucky Home Hotline,” a phone number for homesick Kentuckians to call (100K calls)

• Independently managed and grew an auxiliary brand (Southern Socks) contributing $500k to annual revenues IVY – San Francisco, CA 2016-2017

IVY is a networking start-up with a mission to connect industry leaders through university-like events and meet-ups. Sales Manager 2017

Led a 6-person team consisting of 4 Recruiters and 2 Event Managers in executing 100 annual events.

• Promoted to Manager role after 3 months due to regularly ranking 1/50 Community Managers in recruitment quota

• Hired, trained, & managed 4 Recruiters, all of whom exceeded quotas month-on-month by 10% or more

• Facilitated 75% revenue increase in company’s historically least efficient market; maintained office staff amongst nationwide layoffs as a result of consistently hitting recruitment quotas (only office to do so; 7 offices)

• Organized & executed 100+ events showcasing senior-level executives and award-winning authors & academics Recruiter 2016-2017

Interviewed and assessed the Bay Area’s leading industry professionals for admission to IVY’s SF Chapter.

• Set national recruitment records (30 members per month) as a result of optimizing Salesforce funnels, automating drip campaigns, customizing lead prospecting, & exceeding customer satisfaction from beginning-to-end of recruitment cycle ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Teaching Assistant for Undergraduate Class, “Experiential Social Entrepreneurship – Impact Investing in Appalachia”

• Founder of Project Kpalime, a non-profit implementing social enterprises in Togo’s special education schools; raised

$40K while a student at UCLA; installed crocodile farm, snail raising facility, mushroom cultivation center, etc.

• Member of Erik’s Ranch & Retreats Board of Directors (only Junior Member; asked to join by CEO upon starting MBA)

• Proficient in French; Wilderness First Responder (80 hours of wilderness first aid training); Ranch dressing connoisseur

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