Archive: Magazine

• 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

  Category: News Story Tags: Alumni, Executive MBA, Global, Jesuit, Magazine

• 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

  Category: News Story Tags: Alumni, Magazine, MBA

• New Research Explains Why Customers Buy More If They Wait in Long Lines

  Customers justify buying more if they wait in long lines to make a purchase, according to research by Georgetown McDonough professors.

  Category: News Story Tags: Faculty, Magazine, Operations and Information Management

• Turning Over a New Leaf: Georgetown’s Pivot Program Teaches Formerly Incarcerated Individuals How to Enter the Business World

  Kadija Clifton was on the hunt for a job, but getting nowhere. Clifton’s frustrations went beyond the average job searcher’s. She had been released from prison in 2017 and found herself in an all-too-common plight among formerly incarcerated individuals who routinely are shut out of the job market.

  Category: News Story Tags: DC, Entrepreneurship Initiative, Jesuit, Magazine

• New Research Reveals How to Reverse the Gender Imbalance Among Corporate CEOs: Join a Corporate Board

  For decades, women have been entering the workforce at equal numbers as men, and many have risen to the highest ranks of their companies as senior vice presidents, presidents, and chief operating officers. There has been one exception to this progress however: Very few women have become CEOs.

  Category: News Story Tags: Diversity & Inclusion, Faculty, Magazine, Management, Women's Leadership Initiative

• 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

  Category: News Story Tags: Alumni, Diversity & Inclusion, Executive Master's in Leadership, Magazine, Undergraduate Program

• MBA Certificate in Nonmarket Strategy Opens a Door into D.C. Resources at Intersection of Business, Public Policy

  Through the Certificate in Nonmarket Strategy’s “only in D.C.” events, MBA students receive a deeper understanding of the ways in which business and leadership are shaped by forces beyond the market.

  Category: News Story Tags: Center for Business and Public Policy, DC, Magazine, MBA

• Alumnus Continues Grandmother’s Legacy of Working for the Prosperity of the Menominee Indian Tribe

  Justin Lepscier (B’08) continues his grandmother’s legacy of working for the future prosperity of the Menominee Indian Tribe.

  Category: News Story Tags: Alumni, Diversity & Inclusion, Jesuit, Magazine, Undergraduate Program

• EML Alumnus Uses Leadership Education to Direct a Marine Squadron

  Commanding Officer Bill Walker (EML’17) uses his executive leadership education to direct a Marine squadron.

  Category: News Story Tags: Alumni, Executive Master's in Leadership, Magazine

• EMBA Alumna Builds Successful Career Through Improvisation and Education

  Kathy Baird (EMBA’04) builds a successful career through improvisation and education.

  Category: News Story Tags: Alumni, DC, Executive MBA, Magazine