Active Alumni Involvement

Evonne Tran, BBA ’98, MPA ’98
Internal Audit Manager, Halliburton Company

Evonne Tran works closely with the Texas MPA Career Services Office to increase awareness of career options in industry. Among her contributions, she has been a panelist for the 2007 Track Night representing the managerial accounting and controls track; a presenter at the 2008 Inaugural Energy Industry Night event; and a participant in the annual UT Recruiter Summit, Mock Networking event and mock interviews.

Tran explains her enthusiasm for interacting with current MPA students: “I believe that students graduating from UT’s MPA Program have a world of opportunity ahead of them. An MPA education opens many doors, and I want to provide students with as much information in selecting from those opportunities as possible,” she says. In choosing to work in the energy industry, Tran says she has enjoyed tremendous career challenges and flexibility, and was able to make a business impact early on. “You not only review complex accounting issues, you drive changes in the way your company and industry interpret and apply the rules. My awareness of these opportunities was limited while still in school, so today, as a corporate representative, I try to share this information,” she explains.

Tran says she also enjoys meeting with students and sharing her insights with them so that they can gain from her experiences. “I also like having the opportunity to visit with past professors and share with them what I have experienced in my own career,” she says.