In his time in the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School MBA program, Eric Blocher has simultaneously served as president of the MBA Healthcare Club and has taken action to develop an independent research project supporting the Kenan Institute and UNC Kenan-Flagler on the Business of Healthcare initiative. This research intensive project will help to map the healthcare innovation and commercialization ecosystem across the campus and the region. During the past year, he also participated in five projects for startup consulting through UNC’s Technology Commercialization Carolina (TCC) Initiative.
After graduation in May 2018, Blocher will join the international marketing and business development team at Eli Lilly and Co. Blocher holds his bachelor’s degree in international development studies from the University if California at Los Angeles.