"That was the best for me in terms of pure development as a leader," Livermore said. "I really learned how to push what I believed were my limits — and that I could do all sorts of things that I never imagined were possible."

Livermore has taken those lessons to the business world, where the executive vice president navigates Hewlett-Packard's services business, and pushed the technology giant into providing Internet services. Her accomplishments have brought national recognition as one of Fortune magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business.

The Greensboro native has relied heavily on her Morehead experiences in the high-pressure business world.

During her Morehead internship with DuPont, Livermore learned about satisfying customers, maintaining communication and training sales teams to be enthusiastic and knowledgeable. As an economics major, she fell in love with both the academic and practical sides of the field.

Always a go-getter, Livermore feels her experience at a big university prepared her for the real world — "the size, the diversity, the pace were all great preparations," she said.

"The Morehead provided for me a fabulous education at one of the best schools on the globe," Livermore said. "An education at UNC and participation in the Morehead Program are too good for anyone to pass up."

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