A graduate from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, Michele Buck has held senior leadership roles at Kraft, the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo and The Hersey Company.
With degrees from Carolina in journalism and business administration, Jason Kilar went on to become a visionary in digital media.
A pharmacist in New Bern, Caleb Bradham had a $1 million company on his hands when he launched Pepsi-Cola in 1898.
DeSimone’s breakthroughs to improve human health include 3D printed dentures, nanomedicines for cancer therapy, drug delivery devices that can be implanted and tailored to a patient’s needs and an inhalable pulmonary vaccine platform that can be used to target diseases such as tuberculosis and pneumonia.