Four Daniels graduate students have been named Social Enterprise Fellows through the Barton Institute for Philanthropy and Social Enterprise. Denver MBA students Bryce Anderson-Gregson, Dustin Littleton, Charlee Ottersberg and MS Business Analytics student Max Mershon are four of the 12 fellows. Social entrepreneurship is a focus at Daniels, but we’re eager for these students to get a deeper dive.
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Bryce Anderson-Gregson
Bryce Anderson‐Gregson is a second year Denver MBA student. She is originally from Boulder, Colorado and received her B.A. in economics and political science from the University of Denver, where she first became interested in the dynamics of sustainability.
Anderson-Gregson worked for the YWCA of Boulder County, with projects focused on sustainability, compliance and risk management, as well as market analysis.
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Dustin Littleton
Prior to Daniels, Littleton held sales positions in the outdoor sports industry; including Icelantic, a boutique ski company, as well as Newell Brands, a consumer goods company. Littleton wanted to be a Barton Fellow to connect with students and others outside of Daniels.
“I wanted to expand my network and friends,” Littleton said. “It is a great way to meet business leaders in the community. I want to stay in Denver and the professional network that is available is absolutely incredible.”
Littleton hopes to gain a better understanding of how to run a business and how to have a greater effect on those that work in a business and the community they serve.
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Charlee Ottersberg
Ottersberg received her undergraduate degree in advertising and public relations, initially working as an art director for a city and regional magazine in Cleveland, Ohio. She hopes to learn from peers in other colleges.
“I want to engage in cross-disciplinary learning while also learning about the role of business in the social sector,” she said. “I’m not sure where life will take me, but I want to do good and I want to do well.”
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Max Mershon
Mershon worked at Accenture in Chicago before moving to Denver. He’s worked at a software startup serving private equity/venture capital firms while volunteering at a refugee resettlement agency on the side. He hopes to meet other open-minded people across DU who come from different backgrounds and have different ways of thinking.
“There aren’t enough people, especially with technical and business skills, addressing the socioeconomic and environment issues our planet, and the life inhabiting it, face today,” he said. “I hope to learn more about ways to be a positive influence in the world.”
Supported through a five-year arrangement with the QF Group, the fellowship program is an interdisciplinary opportunity for DU graduate and professional students to get real-world experience addressing social and economic challenges. During the winter quarter, the students will attend seminars where they learn about the social entrepreneurship model.
In the winter and spring quarters they will be paired with a local nonprofit or for-profit social enterprise and tasked with addressing a business or impact-related challenge.