Sean Blankenship, Master of Business Administration (MBA) ’95, is on a quest to make the electric car more accessible to the average citizen. Although he got his start in the insurance industry, it was his experience as an automotive industry executive that best prepared him for his current role. Today, he serves as vice president of marketing in digital and media for CODA Automotive where he is working on green technologies for electric vehicles. Blankenship was featured in University of Phoenix’s Icons campaign in 2010.