b'ADVISORS, ALUMNI AND FRIENDS#MizzouMade MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTCROSBY MBA GRADUATE CREATES SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP STUDENTSLIKE HERSELF KIERNANMATT SABIHJOE LISADONAHUE 18HAPPE JAVED 09RAVAS 07WILLS-ROGERS Manager, Senior AccountStrategist, Director, Director, Business KPMG LLPManager, Altria Group,Bayer Crop ScienceKPMG LLPIntelligence, Analytics BY SARA DIEDRICH Chicago, IL Richmond, VA Creve Coeur, MO St. Louis, MO and Taxonomy,The University of Missouri has always held a special place in PattiDON JOE MELODYLAUREN Electronic Arts, Inc. Baymillers heart.FITZGERALD 92HECK 10MARCKS 83RESSEL 11Austin, TXThis is where she came to launchand relaunchher dreams ofCFP, Synergy WealthVP, People Support,Senior VP,Staff Accountant, DONALD exploring the world outside her small Missouri hometown: firstSolutionsHersha HospitalityCentral Bank CE Broker, Inc.WRIGHT when she received a degree from the Missouri School of Jour- Chesterfield, MO Managementof Boone CountyJacksonville, Fl Strategic Sourcing nalism in 1978 and again in 1984, when she earned an MBA fromJASON St. Louis, MO Columbia, MOTIM Manager,the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business. Each time, MizzouGALLOWAY 04 AMBERTAMMY SCHALMWalt Disney World delivered, and Baymiller went on to enjoy a successful career asPartner, KPMG LLP, HINCHMASON 94Director, StrategicResort a principal/business system consultant. St. Louis, MO AVP, AT&T, Mgr, Labor RelationsSourcing, HoneywellLake Buena Vista, FLSo, when life came full circle and Baymiller returned to Shelbina, Patti Baymiller Dallas, TX Associated ElectricKansas City, MOKIMMissouri, to care for her aging parents, she began to contemplateHAMACHER 09CHARLES Co-OpANN her legacy. One of her beneficiaries was obvious: Mizzou. While I had a name-brand journalism degree, I didnt feel like IVP, HR SharedHUNTER 78Clifton Hill, MO SCHLUETER Simply putwho had more of an impact on my life than thehad many other marketable skills, Baymiller said. I thought anServices, Nidec Retired, JANELL Purchasing Manager University of Missouri? she said. MBA would give me what I needed. Americas HoldingSr. Talent ManagementPITTMANUline Baymiller recently endowed two scholarships at the TrulaskeTurns out, Baymillers MBA was the perfect way to leverage herCorporationConsultant, Executive Advisor,Pleasant Prairie, WICollege of Businessboth of which stem from her own experiencejournalism degree and eventually land a successful career withSt. Louis, MO Commerce BankImpact Partners as a Mizzou student. The first is for an undergraduate student whoAmerican Management Systems Company (AMS) in Denver, Colo- Columbia, MO Consulting,wants an international experience as part of their degree program.rado.She soon made a name for herself as a talented technicalJohnston, IAwriter with a sharp business minda skillset that opened the Simply putwho had more of an impact ondoor to an opportunity with AMS in Germany. my life than the University of Missouri?Baymiller was asked to join the documentation team in Germany and spent the next two years managing the translation and Patti Baymiller delivery of thousands of pages of documentation involvingcustomer care and billing systems for a new cellphone company. The second is for a graduate student who has an undergraduateDuring her tenure with AMS, she completed similar assignments degree in a non-business area and has returned to college afterin England and around the U.S. with clients headquartered across working for at least two years.the globe. She also received a masters certificate in organizational An international experience is invaluable for anyone, saiddevelopment/change management from Georgetown University Baymiller, who spent the summer after her freshman year in Newin 1999.Zealand through a 4-H exchange program.By the early 2000s, Baymiller was experiencing some health Baymiller grew up in Shelbina, where her parents owned andissues and telecommunications worldwide was changing rapidly. operated Vernons Flower Shop for 21 years. But Baymiller wasntAMS was changing, too; so, when Baymiller was offered a buyout, interested in taking over the family business. She had her sightsshe took it. In 2006, she returned to Shelbina where she continues set on broadcast journalism and came to Mizzou in the mid-1970sto live in her childhood home and look after her mother in a local to pursue her dreams. nursing home. Her father died in 2019.However, disillusioned after several years working in journalism,Reconnecting with Mizzou has reminded Baymiller, now retired, Baymiller quit her job and eventually returned to Mizzou for anof the importance of giving back: I want to help students along MBA from Trulaske.the way who were on the same path I was all those years ago.30 2024 MANAGEMENT MATTERSMANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT 31'