Archive: Alumni
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The Questioner: Undergraduate Alumnus Gets to the Bottom of Corporate Wrongdoing at EY
“I’m a big question asker,” says Andrew Clark (B’98), a trait he recalls was instilled in him by the Jesuits at Georgetown and then nurtured over 18 years as an overseer of corporate behavior, good a
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Can An MBA Help Build A Career In Property?
Even as a child at school, Aaron Bothner had a passion for property. “My parents were thinking of moving home and I went with them to look at houses and work out how they were priced,” he recalls. “Real estate fascinates me because it’s living history,” says Bothner, 33, now a vice-president for real estate acquisitions at Wafra, a Kuwaiti state-backed investment firm in New York City. “Every building represents a confluence of what happened in the past and where people envisioned the future.” An MBA at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, Washington DC, in 2014 helped lay the foundations of his career in property….Matthew Cypher, director of the Steers Center, adds there will be jobs in acquisitions too: “In a recession, if you have money, you’ll be feasting on assets with low prices. As Warren Buffet says, ‘be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful’.” Subscription required.
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Georgetown Executive MBA Alumna Assesses the Inner Workings of Nonprofits to Effect Social Change
Social impact — using business to do good — is a very Jesuit notion. Juanita Ortiz (EMBA’11), chief impact officer at Slingshot Memphis Inc., has made this the cornerstone of her career, embarking on
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Money Talks: Georgetown MBA Alumnus Empowers Children to Make Better Financial Decisions than Previous Generations
There is a hidden crisis in the United States, according to J. Chuchi Arevalo (MBA’99), where many adults lack basic financial literacy skills. College kids quickly get into credit card debt, too m
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Women in Business Break New Ground: 60 Years of McDonough Alumnae
Sixty years after Georgetown’s first female business school graduate received her diploma, McDonough alumnae are leading the charge to level the playing field in the business world. By Sona Pai
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Meet The 51 Women Competing To Be Miss America 2020
Jade Glab hails from Belmar, New Jersey, and studied at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. She now combines two of her biggest passions — music and health — to empower children through a social-impact initiative.
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30 Under 30 – Social Entrepreneurs 2020
While studying abroad in 2016, someone slipped drugs into Danya Sherman’s drink and took advantage of the situation. But she turned that trauma into triumph by creating a cocktail napkin that changes color when it comes in contact with just a few drops of liquid laced with drugs. In addition to participating in the Target Accelerator, she has received support from Kairos and Halcyon House.
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Community Projects Are A Win-Win For EMBA Students And Society
Sachin Nagrani, who recently graduated from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Washington DC, went to Colombia to help former Farc rebels market their coffee to global supply chains. Working with coffee farmers might seem unrelated to Nagrani’s current role at a digital healthcare start-up, but he took away important lessons about being attuned to business problems — a skill he applies to his new venture. “We learnt from them that the ideas we might get from textbooks may not be executable, given other constraints,” he says.
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Georgetown Entrepreneurs Win $100,000 in Prizes at Annual “Bark Tank” Event
A web platform that connects students with side businesses to the broader marketplace is worth investing in, according to Ted Leonsis (C’77, P’14, P’15) founder, chairman, principal, and chief execut
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How An MBA Can Further A Career In Social Impact
Tory Paez (MBA‘20) entered business school with a desire to combine her consulting experience with her passion for social impact. Throughout her time at Georgetown, she has pursued classes, experiences and projects that have furthered her passion for a career in social impact, and the skills needed to be successful. She shared how she is using her MBA to build the skills she needs for a successful career in social impact, and how her time at Georgetown is helping her achieve that goal.
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