Montgomery Bell Academy - A Premier Independent School in Nashville, TN ~ SYLO

Sophomore Youth Leadership Opportunity

SYLO 2023 is here!

The MBA Sophomore Youth Leadership Opportunity (SYLO) is a program designed to provide MBA Sophomores with an interactive leadership opportunity involving some of Nashville's most prominent business and civic leaders.

This year selected MBA Sophomores will spend Friday, March 3, engaged in on-campus activities focused on introducing students to life in the world beyond MBA, honing skills central to success in professional and personal endeavors, role playing real world scenarios of community involvement and learning more about specific professions. The day will be filled with fun and new experiences led by experts in a variety of fields.

As part of the SYLO experience, students will be paired with some of Nashville’s top civic and business leaders in a variety of fields: business (sports, sales, manufacturing, logistics, entertainment, etc.), law, non-profit community endeavors, education, government, medicine, and the arts. The special 2023 programming will include a 60-minute "Google Meet" with one of these off-campus mentors.

SYLO 2023 Schedule

8:00 am Breakfast in the Burkholder Cafe

8:30 am Opening Session - Rashad Rayford, aka Rashad tha Poet

9:00 am Breakout 1

9:30 am Breakout 2

10:00 am Snack Break

10:30 am Breakout 3

11:00 am Breakout 4

11:30 am Break

11:45 pm Lunch - Stop and Solve

1:00 pm Mentor Meetings via Google Meet

2:00 pm Board Meetings

Dr. Kelby Garner, MNPS
Susannah Shumate, Monroe Harding Children's Home
Anderson Williams (MBA '95), Shore Capital Partners

3:00 pm Thank You Notes

3:15 pm End of the Day

Breakout Rotations

Resumes and Interviews with Abby McGee and Katie Perry, CAT Financial Recruiting
How To Make the Most of Your Last 2 Years on the Hill with Rob Harvey (MBA '18), Associate, Healthcare Transaction Advisory at Berkeley Research Group
Communications - How To Talk to Busy Folks with Holly Conner Boyer, Bliss Communications
Wellness with Crystal Holmes, Be Well in School

2023 Mentor Pairings

Following are the 2023 SYLO mentor pairings:

Thompson Adams with Samantha Johnson, Youth Encouragement Services
Brady Bauer with Brian Brockman, Nissan USA
Aiden Becker with Dr. Edwin Conley (MBA '04), Ascension Medical Group
Hite Brown with William Hastings, Hastings Architecture
Rush Buntin with Jamie Redmond, Vanderbilt Football
Emmett Casteel with Rachel Wachtel, Novonordisk
Ryan Chapman with Margaret Renkl, Author
Sayan Dalai with Arun Anandaiah (MBA '97), Formerly with National Basketball Association in India
Jake Dorfman with Katilyn Domingo, Operation Stand Down Tennessee
Jack Elrod with Brandon Hill, Nashville Soccer Club
John Farringer with Maria De Varenne, Finn Partners
Elias Franks with Dr. Alex Jahangir, Vanderbilt Medical Center
Colin Hande with Robert McRae, The Aegis Group
John Howard with Scott Tygard, West Nashville Sports League
Duncan Jackson with John Powell (MBA '13), HCA Healthcare
Henry Keefer with Ted Morrissey (MBA '95), Metro Nashville Airport Authority
Nicolas Leonard with Tayo Atanda, Amazon
Nicholas Lucas with Chuck Beard, Metro Arts Commission
George Ma with Jon Eisen (MBA '08), Pathway Lending
Kavneer Majhail with Judge Joe Binkley (MBA '62), Fifth Circuit Court of Nashville-Davidson County
Leeds Nahmias with Linda Edell Howard, Novick Law PLLC
Walker Pierce with John Ozier (MBA '98), Reservoir Media
Lyon Playfair with Katie Williams, UBS Financial Services
Hudson Ross with Michele Wojciechowski, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education
Aziz Sahibnazarova with James Quick, James Q. Quick
Will Schneider with Dr. Rose Payne, Heritage Medical Group
Jack Smithwick with Chris Alford, Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services
Jack Stanley with Carl Grote (MBA '08), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Eli Stark with Dr. Seth Scholer, Vanderbilt Medical Center
Claiborne Tompkins with Melanie Ober, Room in the Inn
Daniel Torre with Weston Cowden (MBA '07), Santosha Yoga and Westchase Partners, LLC