ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: George Mason’s John Cotton Earns Executive MBA After Military Service
An article on George Mason University School of Business’ website profiled recent EMBA recipient John Cotton. The retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral and third generation military pilot earned his Executive MBA from Mason in 2015, winning the Executive MBA Outstanding Student Award in the process.
Cotton told The School of Business that he “simply never had time to get an MBA degree.” He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1973, going onto serve in the Navy in various positions and roles.
Currently, Cotton is a defense and security consultant, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Navy Marine Coast Guard Residence Foundation, member of the Secretary of Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board, and Senior Fellow at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia.
According to the School of Business, Cotton wanted to take the skills and experience he gained over the course of his long, decorated military career can channel them into a non-profit organization. Cotton is currently looking for the right opportunity in a professional association or service sector business.
What does Cotton have to say about his alma mater?
“Mason is large, growing, dynamic, diverse, respected, and an academically challenging university located in one of the best cities in the world.”
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