Joseph Houghton

Joe graduated with a dual degree in Business Management and Supply Chain Management with a minor in Professional Writing. While at UMD, Joe graduated from the Business, Society, and the Economy Scholars Program, the QUEST Honors Program, the Global Consulting Fellows, the Supply Chain Consulting Fellows, was a tutor and intern at the Writing Center and was a 3-time Teaching Assistant. For extracurricular involvement, Joe served as the Vice President of Service for the Smith Undergraduate Student Association during his freshman and sophomore year, was the Vice President of the First Year Class Council, the Vice President of Communications for the Snider Professional Development Society, and also ran Campus Relations for the Maryland Student Legislature chapter of UMD.

Joe was selected for the Joseph and Olivia Mattingly Logistics and Transportation Scholarship, the Charles A. Taff Scholarship, the Gene and Ann West (Olga K. Werntz) '52 Endowed Family Scholarship, the Felix Kaplan Memorial Fund, was a Senior Marshal, and the Robert H. Smith School of Business' Graduation Commencement Speaker.

Joe was the Chairman and one of the original founders of Snider Consulting Group. Snider Consulting Group was his personal passion throughout college, and Joe went on to a full-time position at Ernst & Young as a Supply Chain Consultant. Joe is now a Senior Business Advisor at Rapid Finance.