2024 Best & Brightest Executive MBAs

EMBA Student	EMBA Program	Hometown	Employer
Tim Schaub	Arizona State (W. P. Carey)	Moweaqua, IL	UCLA Medical Center
Ryan Dickerson	Baylor University (Hankamer)	Gainesville, TX	IPeople Healthcare
Steven G. Smith	Brigham Young University (Marriott)	Houston, TX	ExxonMobil
Alistair Wye	University of Cambridge (Judge)	Broxbourne, UK	Latham & Watkins LLP
Celine CHEN JIANJUN	China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)	Shanghai, China	Johnson & Johnson Vision Care China
John Austin	University of Chicago (Booth)	Chicago, IL	Paro
Bingjie Li	University of Chicago (Booth)	Durham, NC	Ares Management
Nathan Patrick Garlock	Columbia Business School	University Place, WA	Rubicon Carbon
Donna Keefe	Cornell University (Johnson)	Frisco, TX	NCR Atleos
Tim Wilson	Cornell University (Johnson)	Philadelphia, PA	Self-Employed
Iain Turnbull	Duke University (Fuqua)	St. Simons Island, Georgia	Google
Matt Hawkins	Emory University (Goizueta)	Auburn, IN	Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Afekuana Henry Eshioghemeh	ESADE Business School	Okpella, Nigeria	AME at The Heineken Company
Kirsten Tenney Bush	University of Florida (Warrington)	Indianapolis, IN	Cause Inspired
Louisa Brody	Fordham University (Gabelli)	New York City, NY	Two Rivers Distribution
Greg Wallig	Georgetown University (McDonough)	Arlington, VA	Grant Thornton LLP
Marcela Mesa	University of Georgia (Terry)	Roswell, GA	Summit Materials
Manjish Naik	Georgia Tech (Scheller)	Suwanee, GA	John Bean Technologies
Stéphanie Cornen	HEC Paris	Marseille, France	Innate Pharma
Michelle Denise Johnson-Tidjani	IE Brown Executive MBA	Detroit, MI	CommonSpirit Health
Nadja Håkansson	IESE Business School	Örebro, Sweden	thyssenkrupp Uhde GmBH
Ariella Pfenninger	IMD Business School	Zurich, Switzerland	Zurich Insurance Ltd.
John Erwin III	Indiana University (Kelley)	Hillsborough, TX	Endeavor Health
Assyl IKHSAN	INSEAD	Kazakhstan	Standard Chartered Bank
Dr. Nathalie Mehanna	INSEAD	Akoura, Lebanon	BASF
Adeola Ajayi	London Business School	London, United Kingdom	RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
Amal Isaiah	University of Maryland (Smith)	Cochin, India	University of Maryland School of Medicine
Marie-Claude Leblanc	McGill-HEC Montréal	Montréal, Canada	Autism Without Limits
Shanon Muir	University of Michigan (Ross)	Los Angeles, CA	Warner Bros. Discovery
Jonathon Guastella	Michigan State (Broad)	Plymouth, MI	Select 1 Transport
Rochelle Zarzar	University of Minnesota (Carlson)	Oakton, VA	Hennepin Healthcare
Antonie Jagga	National University of Singapore	Sydney, Australia	PwC Australia
Cassia Lewis Cameron	National University of Singapore and UCLA (Anderson)	Raleigh, NC	Patagonia
Natalie Rojas	New York University (Stern)	Washington, DC	BGSD Strategies, LLC.
Matt Wentzel	North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler)	Overland Park, KS	Barings
Amandeep K. Chawla	Northwestern University (Kellogg)	Castro Valley, CA	Stanford Healthcare
Brennan H. N. McMurry	Northwestern University (Kellogg)	Nashville, TN	Citadel
Jené Pulliam	Ohio State (Fisher)	Rockford, IL	State Farm Insurance Companies
Brian Rapp	Ohio State (Fisher)	Minneapolis, MN	Startup
Bernard P. Chang	University of Oxford (Saïd)	New York City, NY	Columbia University Medical Center
Iwona Staniszewski	Penn State (Smeal)	Moorestown, NJ	Campbell’s
Tracey D. Conti, MD	University of Pittsburgh (Katz)	Pittsburgh, PA	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Ana Santos	Rice University (Jones)	Houston, TX	Chevron
Jennifer Marchi-Guzmán	Rutgers Business School	Bronx, NY	BASF Corp
Laura Kreuger-Najera	Santa Clara University (Leavey)	Campbell, CA	Kreuger Properties
Bindu Challapalli	Southern Methodist University (Cox)	Chakri, Adhvait, Nigama	NA
Ashley Bruno	University of Texas (McCombs)	Clifton Park, NY	Data.World
Aida E. Adams	Texas A&M (Mays)	Amarillo, TX	Interstate Bank
Merianne Kimmel Roth	Texas Christian University (Neeley)	McComb, MS	Texas Christian University
Aleem Dhanani	University of Toronto (Rotman)	Toronto, Canada	Bank of Montreal (BMO)
Liz Castelli	U.C.-Berkeley (Haas)	Sayville, NY	Tinsel Experiential Design
Desiree Thomas	U.C.-Irvine (Merage)	Apple Valley, CA	Be Well Orange County
Mana Yamaguchi	UCLA (Anderson)	Fairfax, VA	Lionsgate
January Parkos Arnall	USC (Marshall)	Los Angeles, CA	Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Jennifer Luiz Lindsey, MD	Vanderbilt University (Owen)	Nashville, TN	Veterans Health Administration, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
Michael Thorne-Begland	University of Virginia (Darden)	Smithfield, VA	Altria
Alistair Crawford	Warwick Business School	Nottingham, UK	Mental Health Innovations
Zachary N. Litvack	University of Washington (Foster)	Los Angeles, CA	Providence Swedish
Erin Nazetta	Washington University (Olin)	Wayland, NY	Broadview Capital Holdings
James Garcia	The Wharton School	Houston, TX	PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)
Claudia Olsson	The Wharton School	Stockholm, Sweden	Stellar Capacity
Monique Andrea Rainford, MD	Yale School of Management	Kingston, Jamaica	Yale School of Medicine

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