Know your GBSA

The GBSA consists of six second year full-time day MBA students. These students are charged with serving the student body and providing an easy route of communication between students and administrators at the business school.

Jacob Perry - Co-Chair

Jacob Perry grew up in Michigan. He came to Utah to attend Brigham Young University where he earned a bachelor’s in English and minors in Business and German. After graduating, he worked as an assistant manager for Wal-Mart, started his own company, and worked as a corporate sales representative for Mrs. Fields Gifts. Currently Jacob is interning for the Governor’s Office of Economic Development in the International Trade and Diplomacy Office for Asia. His academic and career interests lie in marketing. When he is not busy working on homework, Jacob loves to watch movies, read books, ski, and hike. 

Tom Price - Officer

Tom was born in 1987 in the proud city of Sparta, New Jersey. Halfway through high school Tom relocated to Salt Lake City and started attending Judge Memorial Catholic High School. Tom played high school football during his senior year and because he could not run or catch he was a lineman. In 2009 Tom graduated with and Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering. During his undergraduate Tom managed to get an internship at Fusion-io where he learned that engineers in fact don’t know everything and business skills are incredibly important. Tom decided to continue with his schooling and pursue a MBA. Now instead of being an unemployed entry level engineer he is still a student. For one more year at least. Tom is currently learning about program management, operations, business development, and participates in Board Fellows. So if you have a problem and if no one else can help and if you can find him then maybe you can talk to Tom. Or you could just email him at tom@thomasrprice.com or visit hist website at thomasrprice.com whichever is easier.

David Andreasen - Officer

David Andreasen joins the GBSA as director of finance. As a second year MBA student at the David Eccles School of Business, David's studies focus on international trade. He most recently developed market entry strategies in Asia for a Utah based company and worked in the Utah Governor's Office of International Trade and Diplomacy. David has worked and interned in the university technology licensing industry, the U.S. Senate, and the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Analysis. He enjoys waterskiing, and volleyball, and curling, where he won a silver medal in the Utah Winter Olympics.