Alumni Profile

Experience and agility for hire

Gary Fassak ’76, MBA ’78 Gary Fassak enjoys helping businesses grow and prosper by sharing his extensive management and marketing expertise as a member of Chief Outsiders, a company comprising […]

East Meets West in Executive Search

Wai-Leong Chan ’83, MEng ’84, MBA ’85 Wai-Leong Chan decided to launch an executive search firm when he saw an opportunity to establish a collegial, pan-Asian search firm to better […]

A voice for the wilderness

Deirdre Monroe, MBA ’90 Unlike most of us, Deirdre Monroe can’t share war stories from work. “I can’t talk about the bulk of what I did,” she says, because it […]

Building sustainability into the supply chain

Agata Kostecka, MBA ’11 Agata Kostecka is helping to make sustainability a way of life for stakeholders at Gap Inc. After working on the firm’s supply-chain strategy team in San […]

The chief marketing mind behind Topo Chico’s success

Gerardo Galvan, Executive MBA Americas ’18 Solid education, constant self-improvement, and innate marketing talent have brought Gerardo Galvan to the pinnacle of North America’s beverage industry. As president and general […]

Confronting Challenges of Disparities in Health Care

Melva Covington, MBA ’04 Melva Covington fell into health care unintentionally. After graduating with a degree in politics and economics from The Catholic University of America, Covington aspired to earn […]

Embracing a Passion for Travel

Rebecca Robinson ’07, MBA ’15 You want to book a romantic getaway in a five-star hotel in the Caribbean. After logging onto a hotel booking website, you enter the number […]

Blending a Passion for Economics with the Military

Kelly Ward, MBA ’98 Kelly Ward grew up in rural Cayuga County, N.Y., yearning for the excitement of joining the Army. But after graduating from West Point and serving in […]

Bringing banking competition to Southern Africa

Hitesh Anadkat, MBA ’84 If you lived in Malawi in the 1980s and wanted to open a checking account or apply for a loan, there were two banks you could […]

Nelson “Nels” Schaenen Jr. ’50, MBA ’51, is honored with the Samuel C. Johnson Distinguished Service Award

Nels Schaenen Jr. is recognized for his sustained and exemplary commitment to Johnson and its alumni. By Katie O’Brien ’16 A member of Johnson’s fourth-ever graduating class, Nelson Schaenen Jr. […]