2023 Best & Brightest Online MBAs

MBA Student	MBA Program	Hometown	Undergraduate Program	Current Employer
Sai Sravanthi Palakodety	University of Arizona (Eller)	Phoenix, AZ	Gandhi Medical College	Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
Chitray (Ray) Eddy	Arizona State (W. P. Carey)	Philadelphia, PA	Penn State	IKEA
Sara Schwartz	Arizona State (W. P. Carey)	Las Vegas, NV	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	Odyssey Real Estate Capital
Brooklyn Hiller	Auburn University (Harbert)	Fort Smith, AR	University of Arkansas	Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Brandon J. Smith	Auburn University (Harbert)	West Palm Beach, FL	Florida A&M University	Centene
Janise Brooks	Baylor University (Hankamer)	San Antonio, TX	University of Phoenix	PAX Financial Group
Pegah Janpak	Baylor University (Hankamer)	Tehran, Iran	University of Texas at Austin	Dell Technologies
Christopher “CJ” Epps	Boston University (Questrom)	Norfolk, VA	Hampton, VA	U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration
Kristen Lazard	Boston University (Questrom)	Winter Garden, FL	Cornell University	Disney
Gary D. Fleischer	Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)	Raleigh, NC	Princeton University	Bone and Joint Surgery Clinic Raleigh
Christa Musgrove	Carnegie Mellon (Tepper)	Houston, TX	Auburn University	Chevron
Austin Birner	University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	St. Louis, MO	University of Dayton	Renewal by Andersen
Guillermo Villa	University of Cincinnati (Lindner)	El Paso, TX	University of Texas at El Paso	Johnson & Johnson
Juanjiangmeng Du	ESMT Berlin	Baotou, China	Inner Mongolia University, China	Independent Consultant
Lynn Isaak	University of Florida (Warrington)	Grand Rapids, MI	University of South Florida	Foresight Planning and Engineering Services, LLC.
Daniel Ribeiro	University of Florida (Warrington)	Jupiter, FL	University of Florida	Aerojet Rocketdyne
Zoriana Adamovych	IE Business School	Dubai, UAE	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv	Visa
Kamille Carlos	IE Business School	Pampanga, Philippines	Ateneo de Manila University	GRBank
Terrica Gupton	University of Illinois (Gies)	Metairie, Louisiana	Louisiana State University	Comcast
Eric Scott	University of Illinois (Gies)	Jacksonville, FL	University of Northern Colorado	MDM Commercial
Caitlin Bristol	Imperial College	London, UK	Santa Clara University	Johnson & Johnson
Belle Chou	Indiana University (Kelley)	Danville, CA	University of California, Berkeley	SW Sustainability Solutions Inc. and SW Technologies Inc.
Leah Gistenson	Indiana University (Kelley)	Northbrook, IL	University of Iowa	Meadeco LLC
Anais Koivisto	Indiana University (Kelley)	Brooklyn, NY	Boston University	BNP Paribas
Gustav Lammerding	Jack Welch Management Institute	Hobart, Australia	AAA School of Advertising	Banjo’s Bakery Café
Christopher Rickard	Jack Welch Management Institute	Ottawa, Canada	University of New Brunswick	Gartner
Venkata Veera K Mandala	Lehigh University	Malvern, PA	Madurai Kamaraj University, India	Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
GiGi Ross	Lehigh University	Colts Neck, NJ	Smith College	Northrop Grumman
McGeady Bushnell	University of Maryland (Smith)	Severna Park, MD	University of South Carolina	U.S. Navy
Wing Pokrywka	University of Maryland (Smith)	Rockville, MD	Salisbury University	Instacart
Sarah J. Fell	University of Massachusetts Amherst (Isenberg)	San Diego, CA	Arkansas State University	Great West Casualty Company
Jill Bookman	University of Michigan (Ross)	Golden, CO	Illinois Wesleyan University	Simply Good Foods
Kelsey Wolak	University of Michigan (Ross)	Scottsdale, AZ	Rice University	Google
Jason Bateman	University of Minnesota (Carlson)	Prior Lake, MN	Colorado State University	In Transition
Jessica K. Goeller, DO	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Omaha, NE	Brigham Young University	Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Eric M. Van Horn	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Washington, DC	Iowa State University	In Transition
Alex Blain	North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	Alexandria, VA	Columbia College	U.S. Army
Ketan Rahangdale	North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	Fayetteville, NC	University of Phoenix	Unitea Inc.
Robert Berini	North Carolina State University (Jenkins)	Davidson, NC	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UBS Financial Services
Robert Saylor, DDS	Penn State (Smeal)	State College, PA	West Chester University	Central Pennsylvania Endodontics
Trent Alan Kostenuk	Rice University (Jones)	Calgary, Canada	University of Wyoming	Energy Consultant
Valarie Tran	Rice University (Jones)	Spring, TX	University of Texas at Dallas	Hewlett Packard
Niyati Raghavan	Santa Clara University (Leavey)	Hyderabad, India	University of California, San Diego	Roche Holding AG
Stephen Stanwood	Santa Clara University (Leavey)	Campbell, CA	University of Chicago	United States Patent & Trademark Office
Valecia Harris	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	Dallas, TX	NA	Independent Advisor
Riley Samaniego	University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal)	Austin, TX	The University of Texas	Advanced Micro Devices
Brandon Bessler	USC (Marshall)	Seattle, WA	California Polytechnic State University	Bridge Partners
Ta’Sheema Taylor	USC (Marshall)	Richmond, CA	University of California, Davis	Johnson & Johnson
Mohammad As’ad	Warwick Business School	Amman, Jordan	NA	Startup
Emma Willoughby	University of Washington (Foster)	Los Angeles, CA	University of California, Berkeley	U.S. Cruise at National Geographic Expeditions
Lauren Woodside Alegre	University of Washington (Foster)	Kent, WA	Pacific Lutheran University	Compassion International
Jennie Wunderlich	University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium	Kalona, Iowa	U.S. Military Academy	PSC Distribution and Studio H2O Kitchen & Bath Showroom

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