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Alumni Spotlight: Zainab Rubab Haider (MiM’20) and her Post-Graduate Career

After living in Shanghai, China, for three years as an undergraduate at NYU Shanghai, Zainab Rubab Haider (MiM’20) enrolled in Georgetown’s Master of Science in Management …

February 19, 2021

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Study Names Georgetown as Second-Best at Turning Out Women in Venture Capital

A study by Different Funds revealed that Georgetown University is the second-best university in graduating women who lead venture capital firms.  This accomplishment is…

February 16, 2021

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Q&A: Meet National Black MBA Fellow Amanda Schultze (MBA’23)

Hometown: Evanston, Illinois Fun Fact: Growing up, I was a rhythmic gymnast. In 2006, I came in first place and won the U.S. Junior Olympic competition.  What is something we…

February 8, 2021

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Lianne Pinto (MBA’21) Named 2020 Rising Women Solar Fellow

Lianne Pinto (MBA’21) was recently named a 2020 Rising Women Solar fellow for the Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE), a program aimed at college and…

January 29, 2021

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Meet the Class of 2020: Amelia Butler (MSF’20)

Amelia Butler (MSF’20)Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida Why did you choose Georgetown? When deciding whether or not to pursue a graduate degree, I noticed many of my mentors…

May 11, 2020

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Office Hours: Catherine Tinsley Explains Why Social Distancing Is So Hard

As humans, the impulse to maintain human connection runs deep. With the growing COVID-19 crisis, it has never been more difficult to stay connected, while being physically apart.…

April 21, 2020

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Georgetown Female Entrepreneurs Find Support in Innovative Courses and Accessible Faculty

Kelsey Lents (MBA’18) wasn’t expecting to create a startup during her time as a Georgetown MBA student. Yet Lents, who co-founded Two Birds, is part of a growing number of…

April 21, 2020

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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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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,…

January 6, 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 had…

December 20, 2019