2022 Best & Brightest Executive MBAs
| EMBA Student | EMBA Program | Hometown | Employer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johntá Austin | North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | Atlanta, GA | Austin Entertainment Enterprises |
| Dr. Kimberly Pettaway Willis | North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | Tarboro, NC | North Carolina State University |
| Lenton K. Davies | Northwestern University (Kellogg) | Freetown, Sierra Leone | Capital One |
| Sana Mohammed | Northwestern University (Kellogg) | Chicago, IL | McDonald’s Corporation |
| Megan Wenrich | Northwestern University (Kellogg) | Winter Park, FL | The Nature Conservancy |
| Cecelia Bolden | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | Bermuda | SDI Presence, LLC |
| Ryan McKee | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | Needham, MA | Fidelity Investments |
| Daniel M. Prevedello | Ohio State (Fisher) | Columbus, OH | Ohio State University |
| Debra L.A. Schrader | Ohio State (Fisher) | Columbus, OH | American Chemical Society |
| Andrzej Antoszkiewicz | University of Oxford (Saïd) | Ottawa, Canada | FIFA |
| Raluca Epureanu | University of Oxford (Saïd) | Constanta, Romania | re:look consulting |
| Madonna Okpaleke | University of Oxford (Saïd) | Lagos, Nigeria | Reckitt |
| Edward Chen | Penn State (Smeal) | North Wales, PA | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
| Kirstin Ann Kapustik | Penn State (Smeal) | Brooklyn, NY | The House Foundation for the Arts |
| Ben Coffman | University of Pittsburgh (Katz) | Wexford, PA | Coupa Software |
| Michael J. Singh, MD | University of Pittsburgh (Katz) | Wilson, NY | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| Robin Steininger, Ph.D. | Purdue University (Krannert) | Wichita Falls, TX | Tranter |
| Kristel van Haaren | Purdue University (Krannert) | Eindhoven, The Netherlands | Heijmans NV |
| Pierre S. Aristide | Rice University (Jones) | Houston, TX | Z I A Management Group |
| Keri Sprung | Rice University (Jones) | The Woodlands, TX | Texas Heart Institute |
| Noah A. Goldman | Rutgers Business School | South Orange, NJ | Penn Medicine Princeton Health |
| Athena A. Patrikios | Rutgers Business School | Old Tappan, NJ | Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey |
| James Derry | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | Houston, TX | Fidelity Talentsource |
| Heather Pondrom | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | Dallas, TX | Magnolia |
| Joel D. Harper | University of Texas (McCombs) | Pullman, WA | Apple |
| Arghavan Victoria Nawaby | University of Texas (McCombs) | Shiraz, Iran | United States Food and Drug Administration – FDA |
| Mark Hamrick | Texas A&M (Mays) | Casper, WY | Bionic Energy |
| Julie Irvin Hartman | Texas A&M (Mays) | Lockhart, TX | B2G Victory |
| Julie Dell’Aniello | University of Toronto (Rotman) | Montreal, Canada | Martin Brower of Canada |
| Idalin McKenzie | University of Toronto (Rotman) | St. Thomas, Jamaica | KLAM Consulting |
| Kunal Cholera | U.C.-Berkeley (Haas) | San Francisco, CA | |
| Seo Yeon Yoon | U.C.-Berkeley (Haas) | Jeonju City, South Korea | Gladstone Institutes |
| Emily Bibak | U.C.-Irvine (Merage) | Tehran, Iran | Glaukos Corporation |
| Anthony Christian Chavez | U.C.-Irvine (Merage) | Huntington Beach, CA | Utility Systems, Science & Software, Inc. |
| Franklyn DeCoteau | UCLA (Anderson) | San Diego, CA | U.S. Navy |
| Heidi Wu | UCLA (Anderson) | Bay Area, CA | Amazon |
| Jefferson Rogers | USC (Marshall) | Greenville, TX | PwC |
| C.J. Stermer | USC (Marshall) | Walnut Cove, NC | PwC |
| Eric Eskioglu, MD | Vanderbilt University (Owen) | Tucson, AZ | Novant Health |
| Stephen Beaudoin | University of Virginia (Darden) | Independence, MO | The Washington Chorus |
| Catriona Stadtler-Ayer | University of Virginia (Darden) | Arlington, VA | Universal Service Administrative Company |
| Timothy Brandon Parsons | Washington University (Olin) | Louisa, KY | M-Class Mining |
| Nancy Wild | Washington University (Olin) | San Fernando, Mexico | Accenture |
| Vicky Partenope | The Wharton School | Baltimore, MD | U.S. Department of Defense |
| Timothy Shishko | The Wharton School | Dix Hills, NY | Standard Fire/Standard Group |
| Susana Navarro | The Wharton School (San Francisco) | Lima, Peru | Google Cloud |
| Ledford Powell | The Wharton School (San Francisco) | Newport Coast, CA | Pacific Thoracic Surgery |
| Gina Calder | Yale School of Management | Chesterfield, MO | BJC Healthcare |
| Nathan Tribble | Yale School of Management | Oakland, CA | Vikasa Capital Partners |
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