Kaci Courtright

Kaci Courtright

Making & Events Intern, Uprising

USA

Kaci takes innovation by the rings, working at start ups from Chicago to Los Angeles and learning under entrepreneurial leaders. Studying Economics at Pepperdine University, she seeks to develop skills in more than just Business Administration. Kaci has been selected as a member of Pepperdine’s Model United Nations to fly to New York and participate in the national conference this upcoming March that will be held at the United Nations. Participants of the conference must exhibit public speaking, critical thinking, teamwork and leadership skills. She is also a part of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity, an internationally recognized business-focused co-ed fraternity. It’s purpose is to foster a community of entrepreneurial and corporate professionals and students of business. She is a world traveler, studying abroad in Shanghai, China this past academic year. In China, she learned conversational Mandarin and developed an appreciation of international relations. With her experience to guide her, Kaci now pursues her own entrepreneurial endeavors and has her own editing career. Along with her start-up, she has her own blog where she reads business books and then highlights key information with her own opinion, giving it a youthful twist. Because of the success of her blog and writing skills, Kaci was spotlighted at the Nextgen conference in Philadelphia earlier this year. A conference that highlights up and coming young entrepreneurs.