The final episode of the 2024-25 academic year for SOU's Faculty & Staff Spotlight podcast is a conversation with Dee Fretwell Carreon, a senior instructor of business and director of the Global Innovation Scholars program. Carreon is also a co-director of the annual SOU Creativity Conference and is a former chair of the School of Business.
Carreon began her career in 1999 as an operations director and later worked 10 years as vice president of operations for agricultural manufacturer Ecoteas of Ashland. She has recently worked on scaling issues with Heather's Choice, a "packable meals and snacks" company that was featured on Shark Tank and has since relocated to Ashland.
She has worked in the nonprofit world, assisting in nonprofit development for organizations across the United States. She also enjoys developing systems and assisting in the direction of music festivals and major events.
Carreon describes herself as an "operations girl" who is admittedly nerdy about the nuts-and-bolts of businesss.
She is interviewed in this 12th installment of "Faculty & Staff Spotlight," an SOU News podcast series in which a student multi-media host in SOU's Office of Communications shines a light on SOU faculty and staff members who make an impact on students and their campus community. This year's podcast host is SOU freshman Hailey Demarest, of Wolf Creek, Oregon.
