Members of Poets&Quants’ Best & Brightest MBA graduates of 2017
CLASS OF 2017 BEST & BRIGHTEST MBAs
| Name | School | Hometown | Employer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sally Lambert | MIT (Sloan) | Concord, MA | Undecided |
| Lauren Montagne | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | Raleigh, NC | Bain & Company |
| Jamen Kyle Miller | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | Hickory, NC | Clark Realty Capital LLC |
| Adam Maddock | Northwestern (Kellogg) | Ellicott City, MD | T-Mobile |
| Jared Scharen | Northwestern (Kellogg) | Ellicott City, MD | eRetirements.com |
| Sylvia Banda | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | Carmel, IN | Dimensional Fund Advisors |
| Abigail Oduro | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | Accra, Ghana | Corning |
| Ward Wolff | New York University (Stern) | San Francisco, CA | Undecided |
| Matthew Nordman | Ohio State (Fisher) | Columbus OH | Nationwide Insurance |
| Tada Yamamoto | Ohio State (Fisher) | West Chester, OH | McKinsey |
| Ashley Thomas | Oxford (Said) | Colorado Springs, CO | Undecided |
| Andrew Brennan | University of Pittsburgh (Katz) | Pittsburgh, PA | Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation |
| Lamis Sleiman | Purdue University (Krannert) | Zahle, Lebanon | Amazon |
| Ravi Teja Jagarapu | Purdue University (Krannert) | Visakhapatnam, India | Undecided |
| Caitlin Crotty | Rice University (Jones) | McLean, VA | Deloitte Consulting |
| David A. Distant | University of Rochester (Simon) | Hartsdale, NY | Citi |
| Jorge Rosales Carpio | University of Rochester (Simon) | Lima, Peru | Simon-Kucher & Partners |
| Michael Jay Orr | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | Corona, CA | Hershey Company |
| Kate Archibald | Stanford GSB | Denver, CO | Undecided |
| Federico Mossa | Stanford GSB | Sardinia, Italy | Netflix |
| Sebastian Serra | Stanford GSB | Mexico City, Mexico | Undecided |
| Timothy Carreon | University of Texas (McCombs) | Dallas, TX | Amazon |
| Caitlin Goodrich | University of Texas (McCombs) | Seattle, WA | Deloitte Consulting |
| Isabel Chirase | Texas A&M (Mays) | Amarillo, TX | Deloitte Consulting |
| David St. Bernard | University of Toronto (Rotman) | Scarborough, Ontario | Bennett Jones LLP |
| Alex Walker Turner | University of Toronto (Rotman) | Burlington, Ontario | McKinsey |
| Hady Barry | U.C. Berkeley (Haas) | Conakry, Guinea | Undecided |
| Kelly Deutermann | U.C. Berkeley (Haas) | Healdsburg, CA | U.S. Coast Guard |
| John Moore | U.C. Berkeley (Haas) | Chino Hills, CA | Bain & Company |
| Grace Guo | U.C. Davis | Chifeng, China | AT&T |
| Christian Johnson | U.C. Irvine (Merage) | San Clemente, CA | Edwards Lifesciences |
| Lynn Compton | UCLA (Anderson) | Boulder City, NV | McKinsey |
| Colleen Thomas | UCLA (Anderson) | South Holland, IL | Accenture Strategy |
| Helen ‘Mollie’ Hartung | USC (Marshall) | Los Angeles, CA | Amgen |
| Laju Obasaju | USC (Marshall) | Bellmore, NY | AT&T |
| Caroline Collins | Vanderbilt University (Owen) | Bloomfield Hills, MI | Microsoft |
| Buzz Becker | University of Virginia (Darden) | Bixby, OK | Hexagon Energy |
| Molly Duncan | University of Virginia (Darden) | Greensboro, NC | McKinsey |
| Lydia Islan | University of Washington (Foster) | Riverside, CT | Boston Consulting Group |
| Vanessa Kritzer | University of Washington (Foster) | Seattle, WA | Microsoft |
| Joshua Rodriguez | University of Washington (Foster) | Killeen, TX | Goldman Sachs |
| Markey Culver | Washington University (Olin) | St. Louis, MO | The Women’s Bakery |
| Conn Q. Davis | Washington University (Olin) | East Prairie, MO | Bain & Company |
| Kyle Brengel | Wharton School | Richmond, VA | McKinsey |
| Mary Gamber | Wharton School | New Canaan, CT | The Bridgespan Group |
| Saba Shafi | Wharton School | London, UK | Undecided |
| Jessie Wright | University of Wisconsin | Minneapolis, MN | New York City Ballet |
| Kaitlin Koga | Yale SOM | Pearl City, HI | Undecided |
| Claire Lee | Yale SOM | Seattle, WA | Deloitte Consulting |
| Katy Mixter | Yale SOM | Weston, MA | Boston Consulting Group |
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