- All right.
So, hello everyone and welcome to
Careers and Business Without the Degree.
My name is Harvey and
I'm a Career Counselor
here at the University of Vermont.
- And my name is Courtney down here.
Sorry about that everyone.
I am a student.
I'm a senior at the University of Vermont
but I also work at the career center
as a student leader in
the Business and
Entrepreneurship Interest group.
- Awesome.
Thank you so much Courtney.
And so, welcome to Careers and
Business Without the Degree.
The field of business is incredible broad
and entry into that field is not limited
to folks just with an undergraduate
degree in Business Administration.
There are tons of way to get
into the world of business
and this program is
going to highlight a few
those pathways directly from folks
who have managed to bridge that gap.
First and foremost, we're
definitely disappointed
that we couldn't host this event in person
on campus as it was intended to be hosted
but we at UVM are incredibly thankful
for alumni who have
dedicated time to this event,
whether it was gonna happen in person
or remotely, which we are doing now.
So, each of our four panelist have
graduated from the University of Vermont
with a degree that's not in business
but have managed to get jobs that are
within the business field.
So, at this point, I
would love to have each
of our panelists introduce themselves
providing their name, current position,
company they're working at, what their
undergraduate degree was in,
and if they received a graduate degree.
So, I'll pass it off to Amelia to start.
- Great.
Well, thanks so much Harvey
and nice to see everybody virtually.
My name is Amelia Gelkis
and my current position
is Chief Operating Officer
of a company called EnSave, which is
a Richmond, Vermont company
that works nationally
to do agricultural energy efficiency
and sustainability projects
and I've been there
for 16 years first in another position
and Chief Operating
Officer for about a decade.
I'm actually moving on from that company
in about a week and a
half, which is exciting
but certainly have a lot
of experience gain there.
When I was at UVM,
I was a history major
with a English minor.
- Thank you, Amelia.
My name is Brad Martin.
I'm a Managing Director
with Baystate Financial.
I graduated in 1998 from UVM with a degree
in both Economics and English.
- My name's Madeline Brumberg.
I graduated from UVM twice
for undergrad in 2012 for a
degree in Environmental Science
with a focus on Classical Design.
I now work for the Center
for Women & Enterprise
as a Program Manager.
And the second time I was
at UVM was to get my MBA
in the sustainable innovation MBA program
at the school.
- My name's Ted Tiger,
it's really my name.
As I told these guys, I'm older than Tony
and I'm more mature.
I'm the Principal of
Tiger Investment Services.
It's my little company.
I have a BS in Education
with major in Botony and Geology.
And the short version of my jobs is
I manage my client's expectations
and the risks they don't understand.
And I graduated before some
of you might've been born.
I graduated in 1978.
