<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/student-stories-anderson-lattimore.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>09/03/2024</pubDate><title>Holistic MBA proves key step toward consulting business  </title><description>Anderson Lattimore had a feeling he was destined for more than his current job demanded. Time and an MBA could get him where he wanted to be.</description><author>Student Stories</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/anderson_lattimore_feature.jpg" alt="Anderson Lattimore"/></image><image-cap/><quote>I needed it to break through the glass ceiling of proverbial middle management.</quote><quote-name>Anderson Lattimore</quote-name><quote-info>CERT '22, MBA '25</quote-info><tags><tag>Merrick School of Business</tag><tag>Student Stories</tag><tag>graduate stories</tag></tags></item>