SYLO

Sophomore Youth Leadership Opportunity

SYLO 2024 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 1, 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 2024 programming will include a 60-minute "Google Meet" with one of these off-campus mentors.

TO APPLY FOR SYLO, 10TH GRADE STUDENTS SHOULD LOG INTO SCHOLAR, GO TO "RESOURCES" AND THEN TO THE "SOPHOMORE YOUTH LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY."

Sample Schedule (Based on 2023)

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 mentors:

Samantha Johnson, Youth Encouragement Services
Brian Brockman, Nissan USA
Dr. Edwin Conley (MBA '04), Ascension Medical Group
William Hastings, Hastings Architecture
Jamie Redmond, Vanderbilt Football
Rachel Wachtel, Novonordisk
Margaret Renkl, Author
Arun Anandaiah (MBA '97), Formerly with National Basketball Association in India
Katilyn Domingo, Operation Stand Down Tennessee
Brandon Hill, Nashville Soccer Club
Maria De Varenne, Finn Partners
Dr. Alex Jahangir, Vanderbilt Medical Center
Robert McRae, The Aegis Group
Scott Tygard, West Nashville Sports League
John Powell (MBA '13), HCA Healthcare
Ted Morrissey (MBA '95), Metro Nashville Airport Authority
Tayo Atanda, Amazon
Chuck Beard, Metro Arts Commission
Jon Eisen (MBA '08), Pathway Lending
Judge Joe Binkley (MBA '62), Fifth Circuit Court of Nashville-Davidson County
Linda Edell Howard, Novick Law PLLC
John Ozier (MBA '98), Reservoir Media
Katie Williams, UBS Financial Services
Michele Wojciechowski, Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education
James Quick, James Q. Quick
Dr. Rose Payne, Heritage Medical Group
Chris Alford, Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services
Carl Grote (MBA '08), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
Dr. Seth Scholer, Vanderbilt Medical Center
Melanie Ober, Room in the Inn
Weston Cowden (MBA '07), Santosha Yoga and Westchase Partners, LLC

Montgomery Bell Academy

4001 Harding Road

Nashville, TN 37205

(615) 298-5514