July 16, 2025
As a former Division II athlete at Tuskegee University, Ramone Hankle, BHS ’15, had to learn how to pivot when he hung up his football cleats after his freshman year. Now, he reacts and adapts to find the best career path.
As a student, he thought he’d go into nursing. Then he developed a different interest, resulting in an IT career in industries ranging from health insurance to aviation and now finance as a manager and scrum master at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
Hankle credits his parents and his professors at Mizzou’s College of Health Sciences for teaching him how to adjust, adapt and achieve. He passes along that same message to students.
“At alumni panels, I tell students it’s OK to rewrite their career plan,” he says. “The College of Health Sciences is giving them the skill set to be successful no matter how they pivot.”
Hankle continues to evolve today by moonlighting as a real estate agent. His goal? To build affordable housing as a community developer.