Impact
This is your time. Take the next step in your career.
Our intensive, two-week program is designed to equip you with the same skills and know-how that hiring managers at top firms are seeking in successful candidates. With the Next Step toolkit under your belt, you will feel ready to tackle your next move. And our alumni are already experiencing success. Learn more about their stories below or on our news site.
“The initial day, all the military people clustered together and we used jargon and acronyms, but when we started mingling with the athletes, it all clicked. We have a lot in common.”
Jan Ingram
Surface Warfare Officer, U.S. Navy
“Coming to Tuck, I was able to sit in class during the day and learn things about business strategy, accounting, and branding. Then, at night, I would go back to my hotel room and implement those things to help shape my organization and take it in the right direction. ”
Blake Bassett
Production Officer, U.S. Army Reserves
“Next Step takes a look at you as a person, hones the tools you have already, and gives you the support and confidence you need to succeed in your next step.”
Jillion Potter
Olympian, rugby
“Seeing the breadth of knowledge, the breadth of experience, and diversity was a catalyst for this whole experience.”
Maggie Ward
Workforce Analyst, U.S. Coast Guard
“I came to Next Step a little lost in my transition. Now I feel like I understand how I can have purpose within the constraints of what I'm doing and how I do it. I am more confident than ever that my Olympic journey was rich with lessons I had to learn in order to ignite meaningful change.”
Maggie Hogan
Olympian, canoe sprint; entrepreneur
“Next Step helped me realize that there is so much potential in this season of transition and we should unleash our creativity to consider multiple possible paths.”
Christina Plumley
Civil Affairs Team leader, U.S. Army
“Next Steps gave me a broad scope of business knowledge and provided great opportunities to connect with my classmates, MBA students and staff.”
Andrea Wong
Professional Golfer
“Next Step challenges you to learn more about yourself and those around you, helping you find confidence and develop skills that will aid you in your transition.”
Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu
Professional Soccer Player
“I was amazed by how much I was able to absorb in such a short amount of time. Not only do the professors at Tuck possess this great knowledge of what they're teaching, but they're also passionate about it.”
Conlin McCabe
Olympic Silver Medalist, Canada Rowing Team
“Transformative doesn't even begin to describe my experience at Next Step. The day I got home from the program, I had a meeting with a contact at my dream company and I was able to immediately implement my newly acquired knowledge and pivot into my new role.”
Sarah Lihan
U.S. Olympian, sailing; operations lead, Lyft
“What was surprising to me was how much I learned from the athletes in the program in addition to the world-class professors and veterans in the group. Truly an amazing and transformative experience.”
Herb Thompson
Operations Leader, U.S. Army
“As a professional athlete, the timing of this program was perfect for me—I am very much figuring out who I am outside of my sport. ”
Caitlin Leverenz Smith
Olympic bronze medalist, Swimming
“Transitioning out of the military, one of the things we don’t really have an appreciation for is how many career fields and industries are out there. Hearing the speakers and panelists really gave me an appreciation for all that there is for this next step transition in my life.”
Sean Millner
Flight Commander, U.S. Air Force
“This program gave me the exact exposure to business functions terminology, and practices that I needed in order to laterally transfer my skills. It's the sum of all the parts together that made it clear to me that I'm not entering an entirely new world, I'm just using different words and different tools.”
Zach Woodcox
U.S. Marine Corps, Special Operations Team Commander
“I did not think I had an interest in a particular field until I listened to the Career Day panelists. I discovered that my skill sets and those that I acquired during the program work across many seemingly disparate fields.”
Daniel MacDonald
U.S. Marine Corps veteran; founder, MacDonald's Fresh
“Next Step helped build my business skills, bolster a network among peers I would have never met without Tuck, and exposed me to new ways of thinking and problem solving that I had not yet experienced through my military career.”
Chad Chorzelewski
Executive Officer, U.S. Marine Corps; military recruitment program manager, Chewy
“The program is first rate across the board. I wanted business basics and got just that—and more. This is the best program out there for transitioning military and athletes.”
Sylvester Steele
Officer, U.S. Navy
