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Spring 2025 Issue
Georgetown Business Magazine
Georgetown Business is the alumni magazine of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Published twice a year, the magazine highlights successful and interesting alumni, covers the latest business trends and faculty research, and reports on school news, events, and student, faculty, and alumni accomplishments. Download the Georgetown Business Audio app to listen to the stories and other bonus content.
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Feature Stories
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Alumni
Daniel Ostroff (B’76) has spent an entire career telling stories. His latest project takes him behind prison walls to explore a surprising trend.
May 27, 2025
Insights: From the Dean
A Legacy of Leadership: Honoring over 40 years of service, global understanding, and impact.
Few figures have left as profound a mark on Georgetown as Jack DeGioia (C’79, G’95). As he prepares to step into the role of president emeritus, Dean Paul Almeida reflects on his more than 40 years of dedicated service, visionary leadership, and lasting global impact.
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Alumni
Matt Shay (EMBA’11) speaks with Claudia Del Rio (B’25) about how Georgetown helped him bridge the gap between law, government affairs, and business leadership.
May 27, 2025
Alumni
Beyond Business: A Promise Kept
Kristen Staples (MBA’94) has always felt a gravitational pull toward helping others.
May 27, 2025
Alumni
My Feed: The Power of Curiosity
Carlo Mahfouz (EMBA’20) is the author of Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions, which highlights the power of asking the right questions in both business and life.
May 27, 2025
Innovations
Research and Insights
Buying and Selling: How to Play the Game
Renee Bowen, Dean’s Professor of International Business and Global Affairs, explains the complexity of international trade policy through her game theory framework – and the institutional rules that allow global players to gain higher payoffs.
May 27, 2025
Research and Insights
The Edge: From Bitcoin to Banking: The Rise of Crypto
Whether individuals are pro or anti-crypto there is one consensus: the industry needs clearer regulations. In her latest research, Associate Professor Vicki Wei Tang investigates the opportunities and challenges of incorporating crypto into today’s banking system.
May 27, 2025
Alumni
Making the Case: Support Small Business
Georgetown McDonough founded Small Business Corps on the belief that when small businesses grow, local communities thrive. Take a look at three of the companies the SBC fellows supported during the inaugural year of the program and the solutions provided to support their goals.
May 27, 2025
Connections
Alumni
Lauren Presley (B’23) takes us behind the curtain of her job inside 30 Rockefeller Plaza at NBCUniversal.
May 27, 2025
Alumni
While Layla Weiss’ (B’22) role at the Federal Reserve was both intellectually and professionally rewarding, she followed an inner calling to public service in the Peace Corps.
May 27, 2025
Alumni
Why Merjan Bubernack (B’15) left her job in corporate America and headed home.
May 27, 2025
Ethically Teaching: Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics (GISME)
10 yearsof the Ethics Projectwhich asks students to “think of something good to do, and do it,” as part of their Ethical Leadership course to actively demonstrate how they can ad value to the world.
4,000undergraduate studentshave created a fictitious business, presented a business plan, and addressed custom-made ethics dilemmas and challenges through the Ethics Project.
Over 2,500students have completed300 Ethics Projects since its inception.
$5,000 in funds are awarded annuallyto the winners of the Ventures and Values Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition, where students must convince a panel of judges that their business idea is both profitable and ethical.
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