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Alumna Jean Brownhill Featured on Today Show

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POSTED ON: March 14, 2018

Jean Brownhill AR’00 talks with the Today Show’s Savannah Guthrie on how she built Sweeten, a renovation referral company that connects general contractors with individuals seeking to make renovations.

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