Kathy Parkinson, BS 83, MBA 89

Kathy completed her second Fulbright Scholar in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan during the 2022–2023 academic year (her first was in the Republic of Georgia in 2005). In both Fulbrights she offered a number of economic education programming around the country. Since, she has been selected to lead Smithsonian Journey trips to the five stans, starting in fall 2025.

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