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Alumni

Finding Peace in Science: Karen Guggenheim (EMBA’15) and the Happiness Movement

After Karen Guggenheim lost her husband unexpectedly, she had a choice to make: spend her life grieving her love or choose to live a happy life after trauma. She chose to be…

November 6, 2024

Alumni

Landing the Interview: Taking Flight: How to Be a Caring Leader — And a Successful Businessperson

Andy Blocker (EMBA’02) speaks with Kelly Grace Richardson (B’25) about pivoting in industry, building trust and empowerment in the work environment, and leading with empathy.…

November 6, 2024

Alumni

Spinning Gold: How Max Durovic (B’05, MBA’10) Turned Sign Spinning into a Guerrilla Marketing Empire — and a Cultural Phenomenon

Tyler Cartwright’s winning performance in February’s World Sign Spinning championship had the physicality of a gymnastics floor routine mixed with the precision of high…

October 24, 2024

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Georgetown McDonough Alumnus Improves Mental Health Accessibility Through Headway Platform

Dan Cimaglia (B’20) believes in the transformative potential of business to create positive change. As an early employee of Headway, a platform dedicated to broadening access…

October 10, 2024

Alumni
McDonough News

$10M Gift Commitment from the Leonsis family supports entrepreneurship program, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s new pavilion

$5M of the gift will support Georgetown Entrepreneurship, which serves the entire university from the McDonough School of Business. Their gift will fund special initiatives like…

September 10, 2024

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Business and Global Affairs

Baratta Center Announces Inaugural Alumni Award to Recognize Global Impact

The Baratta Center for Global Business at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business is proud to announce the Georgetown Baratta Center Global Impact Award. This…

July 15, 2024

Alumni

Beyond Business: Lead the Way

As the founder and executive director of the Qiyadat Global-Georgetown Women’s Leadership program and an alumna of the M.A. in International Business and Policy, Nouf Al’…

June 3, 2024

Alumni

Landing the Interview: Lessons on How to Navigate the $2 Trillion Real Estate Marketplace

Rahul Kumar (MS-GRA’24) talks with Bob Steers (B’75, P’06, ’08, ’10), executive chairman of Cohen & Steers, chair of the McDonough Board of Advisors, and a member…

June 3, 2024

Alumni

Navigating Generational Divides: How To Recruit and Retain the Next Generation of Workers

There seems to have been a generational shift in the way people approach their careers and the way they map their paths to leading the work lives they want. LaJwanne Louis (B)…

June 3, 2024

Alumni

Forging Ahead: A Multimillion Dollar Business That Takes Us Back to Our Evolutionary Roots

Jason McCarthy’s (MBA’11) mom was irritated. She had asked her son to run an errand for her, and he didn’t get it done. She was standing in the kitchen, looking at her boy…

June 3, 2024