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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…

January 20, 2020

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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…

January 15, 2020

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Women in Business Break New Ground: 60 Years of McDonough Alumnae

By Sona Pai When Rita Zekas Sielicki (B’60) came to Georgetown University to study accounting in the late 1950s, she could not help but notice her new classmates.  “They…

December 20, 2019

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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…

December 17, 2019

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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…

December 3, 2019

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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…

November 18, 2019

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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,…

November 15, 2019

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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…

October 31, 2019

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Meet The Most Disruptive MBA Startups Of 2019

Melissa Antal (MBA'19) of Foublie, Inc. and Maria Margarita Womack (EMBA'19) of M'Panadas were listed among Poets&Quants most disruptive start-ups of.…

October 28, 2019

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The Douglas Dynasty

Talib Shakir, Pivot Program fellow, appeared in an interview with Diane Sawyer in a series, The Douglas Dynasty, about Cameron Douglas and surviving.…

October 22, 2019