Some of the Best & Brightest Executive MBA graduates of 2017 from the world’s best EMBA programs
The Best & Brightest EMBAs: Class of 2017
| Student | EMBA Program | Hometown | Employer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sparks | New York (Stern) | Kansas City, MO | JP Morgan Chase |
| Renee M. Vieira | New York (Stern) | Pompton Lakes, NJ | Time Warner |
| Simone Saleh | North Carolina (Kenan- Flagler) | Raleigh, NC | Sassool Mediterranean Café |
| Jeffrey Brunton | Northwestern (Kellogg)-HKUST | Sydney, Australia | AMP Capital |
| Oliver Jarrett | Northwestern (Kellogg)-HKUST | Hong Kong, China | Roche Products Ltd |
| Killjan “Kill” Anderson | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | Dallas, TX | Pat Tillman Foundation |
| Juliana Mardon | Oxford (Saïd) | Tours, France | NATO |
| Courtney Metzger | Purdue (Krannert) | Newburgh, IN | Kenergy Corp |
| Edward John Kroger | Rice (Jones) | Houston, TX | Kroger Burrus |
| Robert Alan Probe | Southern Methodist (Cox) | Nassau Bay, TX | Baylor Scott and White Health |
| Chris Ogbonnaya | Texas (McCombs) | Houston, TX | JP Morgan Chase |
| Rodney Cheung | Toronto (Rotman) | Toronto, Canada | MediSolutions |
| Rachel Huckle | Toronto (Rotman) | Toronto, Canada | Drug Mart |
| Laurie Etheridge | U.C.-Berkeley (Haas) | San Rafael, CA | Lucy Activewear |
| Doug Larratt | UCLA (Anderson) | Thousand Oaks, CA | Orbital ATK |
| Tristan Simpson | USC (Marshall) | Los Alamitos, CA | Ready Pac Foods |
| Kelly A. Feist | Vanderbilt (Owen) | Ronkonkoma, NY | Philips Healthcare |
| Michael G. Fox | Virginia (Darden) | Scottsdale, AZ | Mayo Clinic Arizona |
| Katherine Buehner | Washington (Olin) | Colorado Springs, CO | Presto Staffing |
| Brian Estes | Washington (Olin) | O’Fallon, IL | St. Louis Arch Angels and SixThirty FinTech Accelerator |
| Katie Keegin | Wharton (Philadelphia) | Washington, DC | U.S. Department of Defense |
| Todd Wilson | Wharton (San Francisco) | Point Richmond, CA | Clif Bar & Company |
| Lori Wong | Wharton (San Francisco) | Los Angeles, CA | Getty Conservation Institute |
| Jamila Abston | Yale School of Management | Mobile, AL | Ernst & Young |
| Yu-Hui Rogers | Yale School of Management | Taiwan | Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine |
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