{"id":127,"date":"2020-02-18T12:31:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T20:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:13:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:13:33","slug":"2020-cohort","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/2020-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Cohort"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section &#8211; Background colour&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#3ecde1&#8243; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;105deg&#8221; min_height=&#8221;149px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-30px||-30px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;60px|0px|60px|0px&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Meet our students header text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Poppins||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.8)&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Poppins|600|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;48px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Poppins|600|||||||&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|160px||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\n<h1>Meet Our Students (2020)<\/h1>\n<p>Read the biographies of our Doctor of Business Administration students below.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section &#8211; Students&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#fafbfc&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px|110px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;height: 100%;&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Benjamin Ameh&#8221; position=&#8221;Doctoral Student&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2020\/03\/benjamin-ameh.jpg&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#44d89e&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Benjamin Ameh&#8221; module_id=&#8221;benjamin&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Poppins|500|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#486066&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; max_width=&#8221;360px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|30px|30px|30px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/benjamin-ameh&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;height: 100%;&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|6px|6px|6px|6px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;10px&#8221; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;24px&#8221; box_shadow_spread=&#8221;6px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.06)&#8221; icon_hover_color=&#8221;#353740&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; icon_color__hover=&#8221;#353740&#8243; icon_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221;]\n<p>Ameh is a supply chain and logistics professional. 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He will investigate the impact of full-scale deregulation of the downstream oil and gas industry in Nigeria. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/benjamin-ameh\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Edward Appiah-Brafoh&#8221; position=&#8221;Doctoral Student&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/01\/edward.jpg&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#44d89e&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Edward Appiah-Brafoh&#8221; module_id=&#8221;edward&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Poppins|500|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#486066&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; max_width=&#8221;360px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|30px|30px|30px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/edward-appiah-brafoh&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;height: 100%;&#8221; db_link_target=&#8221;on&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|6px|6px|6px|6px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;10px&#8221; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;24px&#8221; box_shadow_spread=&#8221;6px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.06)&#8221; icon_hover_color=&#8221;#353740&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; icon_color__hover=&#8221;#353740&#8243; icon_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221;]\n<p>Edward is a human capital professional with 15 years of experience in human resources management and development. 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His initial research proposal focuses on exploring strategies to deal with the challenges of nursing recruitment and retention in rural Canadian communities. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/nathan-banda\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;height: 100%;&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Tasha Brooks &#8221; position=&#8221;Doctoral Student&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2020\/03\/tasha-brooks.jpg&#8221; linkedin_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brookstasha\/&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#44d89e&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Tasha Brooks&#8221; module_id=&#8221;tasha&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Poppins|500|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#486066&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; max_width=&#8221;360px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|30px|30px|30px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200ms&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/dbaprogrampage\/tasha-brooks&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;height: 100%;&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|6px|6px|6px|6px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; box_shadow_vertical=&#8221;10px&#8221; box_shadow_blur=&#8221;24px&#8221; box_shadow_spread=&#8221;6px&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.06)&#8221; icon_hover_color=&#8221;#353740&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; icon_color__hover=&#8221;#353740&#8243; icon_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221;]\n<p>Tasha Brooks works as an Indigenous education navigator at Vancouver Island University (VIU), where she is also a term instructor in the faculty of Indigenous\/Xwulmuxw Studies. 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His research explores the factors that can facilitate agility in organizations and establishes the interplay between these factors. 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