Kimberly Bowen
M.S. Management*, 1996
Kimberly Bowen was working as a marketing manager for the Microsoft Corp. when she realized that career advancement might mean an M.B.A.
"I bring my whole self to my work, with the creativity and spirituality that was awakened at Antioch...."
"The curriculum in M.B.A. programs I looked into seemed mostly irrelevant to what I valued in management," she describes. "I couldn't invest that kind of time and money in learning what I didn't think was very important and essential to managing people and organizations. And I couldn't face two or three years of sitting in rows of desks while a teacher told me what I should think."
Then she discovered the Graduate Management program (GMP).
"When I learned about Antioch's GMP, I lit up immediately. I was thrilled to find a holistic curriculum that recognized personal growth was essential to being a leader and that examined the role of organizations in the community and world. When I visited a class, I knew this would be an exciting place to learn.
"A year after graduation, I left Microsoft to start my own consulting practice, providing strategic planning, marketing strategy and team development services to businesses and organizations. I have evolved my practice from learning about facilitation, organizations and team dynamics in Antioch's GMP.
"I bring my whole self to my work, with the creativity and spirituality that was awakened at Antioch, delivered in a suitably professional form. I can unlock creativity and bring disconnected teams into alignment with very productive results. That combination of spirit and business is what excites me, and what made Antioch a great place to learn," Bowen says.
*In 2010, the name of the Management program changed into "Management and Leadership."
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