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by Rob Brink, MBA ’16 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow Rob Brink, MBA ’16 talks about walking the career tightrope between knowledge and practice, passion and process, old business models and innovation, and work-life and personal-life. My internship this summer with GE has been all aboutbalance. How to balance knowledge with practice, passion […]

by Rizwan Ahmed Quraishi, MBA’16 Rizwan Quraishi reflects on how Johnson’s MBA has prepared him for his summer internship as he transitions into a new industry. Onboard Sri Lankan Airlines flight UL184 headed to Colombo, Sri Lanka, I had the first real opportunity to reflect on just how intense the last few months had been […]

by Erin Popelka, MBA ‘16 Drumming, brainstorming, and business strategy are all part of a regular day for Erin Popelka during her summer internship in Japan. I am about half way through my summer internship with Kodo Foundation on Sado Island, a hauntingly beautiful isolated island off the west coast of Japan. Kodo Foundation is […]

by Amador Zuazua, MBA ‘10 We all have different answers to that question. Maybe it is because the industry we are in requires an MBA to advance, we want to change careers, we want to become leaders, or better leaders, in our current jobs. Regardless of how you came to this decision, I’m pretty sure […]

On behalf of the Johnson Club of New York City, Club Co-Presidents Lisa Bonk and Dana Price receive the Henry P. Renard ’54, MBA ’55 Regional Alumni Club of the Year Award President Obama’s visits. Religious holidays. Anything around September 11. These are some of the times to avoid when scheduling alumni events in New […]

Robert J. Swieringa Young Alumni Service Award Recipient In the business world, Kimberly (Kim) S. Stevenson, MBA ’01, chief information officer and vice president at Intel, has made a splash by being the kind of transformational leader that exemplifies a Johnson MBA. Now known for raising IT’s profile at Intel, she has elevated it to […]

Kyung-Bae Suh, MBA ’87, President and CEO OF AmorePacific and recipient of the L. Joseph Thomas Leadership Award, shares his vision: “Transforming the world through beauty” Kyung-Bae Suh, MBA ’87, has established a name for himself as the leader of one of Asia’s biggest cosmetics corporations. Taking the helm of AmorePacific from his father, Suh […]

Samuel C. Johnson Distinguished Service Award Recipient A marketing veteran with more than 50 years of experience in executive management and marketing for such giants as Dr. Pepper and Procter & Gamble, Chuck Jarvie ’58, MBA ’59, has devoted his considerable expertise and countless hours and energy to Johnson’s growth and development over more than […]

In the Field: Saving Cheetahs One Bushblok at a Time by SGE Immersion Team (06/16/2015) Working with the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia to improve their Bushblok business, one of several businesses established to complement their holistic approach to saving cheetahs. Written by Claudio Macedo (MBA ’16), Arran Bardige (MBA ’16), Enrique Questell (MEng ’15) […]

by John Y. Kwalk, MBA ‘15 An internship or full-time job offer from a technology company might be one of the reasons you have decided to pursue an MBA. For me, the decision to attend business school originated when I realized that an MBA represented my best chance to pull off a triple career pivot […]