Jack Noble

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

“Curious, joyful connector and problem-solver who believes the best work happens in strong communities.”

Hometown: Wake Forest, NC

Fun fact about yourself: I co-founded @tuckedawaydiners with my friend Justine Goggin, an Instagram account dedicated to reviewing breakfast and brunch hidden gems across the Upper Valley. What started as a fun way to explore the area turned into a genuine love for the food culture and community tucked away in small towns across New Hampshire and Vermont!

Undergraduate School and Degree: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Business Administration

Where was the last place you worked before enrolling in business school? CVS Health, Product Manager

Where did you intern during the summer of 2025? L.E.K. Consulting – Healthcare, Boston, MA

Where will you be working after graduation? L.E.K. Consulting – Healthcare, Atlanta, GA

Community Work and Leadership Roles in Business School:

• Student Board, Quality of Life Co-Chair
• Consortium for Graduate Study in Management Co-Chair & Fellow
• Discover Tuck: Perspectives Co-Chair
• Admitted Students Weekend Co-Chair
• Wine Club Co-Chair
• Nonprofit Board Fellow
• ROMBA Fellow
• Centennial Award: Given to one first-year and one second-year student chosen by their classmates who exemplify outstanding leadership, selflessness in everyday actions, extensive community involvement, and a firm commitment to Tuck’s traditions and principles.
• Fabric of Tuck Award, recognizing students who have gone above and beyond to significantly contribute to the community.

Which academic or extracurricular achievement are you most proud of during business school? I am most proud of co-leading the Discover Tuck: Perspectives Conference this year. Perspectives is a student-run conference that welcomes over 80 prospective MBA students to campus in Hanover. The event brings together current students, alumni, faculty, and staff to give prospective students a firsthand look at Tuck through panels, mentoring sessions, networking, and social events. This year’s theme, “Our Story, Our Future,” honored the full range of identities, cultures, and lived experiences that shape the Tuck community while looking ahead to the kind of leaders we are all working to become.

The achievement that made it possible was the team. My co-chairs came from many different backgrounds, but were united by a shared commitment to bringing more diverse perspectives to Tuck. That group became my personal benchmark for what values-driven collaboration actually looks like in practice. The logistics and planning were significant, but what stays with me is seeing prospective students begin to picture themselves at Tuck and feel genuinely seen and welcome in a community they were considering joining. This is the kind of work that reminds me why opening a door for someone – and making sure they feel welcome before they even walk through it – is one of the most meaningful things a leader can do.

What achievement are you most proud of in your professional career? At CVS Health, I was able to lead the launch of 70-plus CVS Rx Pickup Lockers across the country. Rx Lockers are kiosks that allow patients to pick up prepaid prescriptions using a smartphone scan without waiting in a pharmacy line. Joining the launch team as the most junior member, across both the immediate and cross-functional groups, required a deliberate choice to step fully into the responsibility rather than wait to be handed it.

Managing a wide array of stakeholders and delivering a successful launch within six months of joining the team was the most challenging professional experience of my career to that point. I learned that progress on complex, high-stakes work requires equal parts courage and humility. The work required the courage to speak up, push forward, and make decisions without perfect information, and the humility to listen, adapt, and bring people with you rather than simply move past them. The lessons from that process, including the mistakes, formed the foundation of how I approach leadership today.

Why did you choose this business school? I chose Tuck because of the depth and intentionality of the Tuck community. When I was applying to MBA programs, I always heard about how tight-knit and supportive the Tuck community was, and at first, I thought it was good marketing. As I talked to current students and alumni while I was making my decision, what I kept hearing was that Tuck does not just develop professionals, it develops people. The small size, the immersive environment, and the culture of genuine mutual investment create something rare. Tuck is a place where you are truly known, and where the people around you are as invested in your growth as you are in theirs.

That turned out to be true in ways I did not fully anticipate. Tuck gave me the time and space to reflect deeply, ask for honest feedback, and grow in the company of people who genuinely cared about the outcome. I arrived as one version of myself and leave as a better one. Tuck not only prepared me for what comes next; Tuck helped me figure out who I want to be when I get there.

Who was your favorite MBA professor? I have been fortunate to have many compassionate, intelligent, and inspiring professors at Tuck, but none have left a greater impression than Professor Kirsten Detrick. I had Professor Detrick for Tuck’s Global Immersion Elective, where I traveled with her to Japan to explore how the country’s aging population is reshaping corporate strategy and economic policy. She pushed us to think broadly about the full implications of what we were seeing and to approach complex, real-world problems with creativity and intellectual curiosity rather than defaulting to easy answers.

One evening in Kyoto, Professor Detrick and I walked back together and our conversation drifted from Japan to life. She asked the kind of questions that stayed with me long after that evening ended, listened in a way that made me feel genuinely heard, and challenged me to think differently about how I wanted to show up in my remaining time at Tuck. In Hanover, that same Kirsten shows up every time, whether I needed to talk through a career decision, process something happening at Tuck, or just sit with someone I trusted and think out loud about the world and where I fit in it. Kirsten has a rare ability to move between being a brilliant academic and a deeply caring mentor…often in the same conversation. Kirsten became someone I turned to not just for academic guidance but for honest perspectives on life, career, and the bigger questions that do not always have a clean answer. There are people you meet in life who make you feel more capable and more certain of yourself simply by believing in you, and Kirsten is one of them.

What was your favorite course as an MBA? My favorite course during my MBA was Leadership in the Global Economy with Dean Matthew Slaughter. It pushed me to think in ways that were uncomfortable but ultimately incredibly valuable. The course challenged us to take perspectives different from our own and to engage with viewpoints we might not naturally gravitate toward. Rather than simply learning concepts, the class was about practicing how to listen, question assumptions, and understand the experiences of others.

Much of the class was structured around simulated congressional hearings where we delivered testimony as leaders of global companies responding to policymakers on major issues. I participated as the CEO of Eli Lilly, sharing perspectives on trade wars and their impact on the pharmaceutical industry. These simulations required us to take clear positions on complex topics like trade, immigration policy, climate change, and reparations, back them up with evidence, and engage in constructive disagreement when others pushed back.

What made the course especially impactful was the environment Dean Slaughter created. He fostered a space where people felt comfortable speaking openly, even when conversations were difficult or when we were not sure we had the right answer. He pushed us to examine our thinking, consider perspectives we might initially disagree with, and reflect on how our own experiences shape the way we see the world. Those moments of tension and discomfort were often where the most learning happened. LGE helped me grow not just as a student but as a leader, and the ability to engage thoughtfully with different perspectives, with curiosity, humility, and openness, is something I will carry long after the MBA.

What was your favorite MBA event or tradition at your business school? First-Year Surprise. Without giving too much away, it is a moment where the full Tuck community, students, faculty, and staff, comes together in a way that feels wholly and wonderfully Tuck. What it reflects is that this community takes care of its people, leads with compassion and care, and always finds moments to create joy. For first-years still finding their footing, it is an early reminder that at Tuck (and afterwards), you are always surrounded by people who are rooting for you.

Looking back over your MBA experience, what is the one thing you’d do differently and why? Genuinely, nothing. I came to Tuck with clear intentions: deepen my understanding of the health care industry, develop the strategic and cross-functional skills to lead complex work, and grow into a more thoughtful and capable leader. I also came hoping to find a community of people who would challenge me, support me, and push me to be better. Every one of those things happened, and in ways that exceeded what I had imagined when I first arrived in Hanover. The two years felt intentional and full, and I would not trade a single part of the experience.

What business leader do you admire most? Kenneth Chenault. What draws me to Chenault is not just his résumé, though leading American Express through September 11 and the 2008 financial crisis while delivering exceptional results is remarkable on its own. More than the track record, I admire the way he carried himself through all of it, with moral clarity, steadiness under pressure, and a genuine commitment to doing the right thing even when it was hard. He did all of that as one of a very small number of Black chief executives leading a Fortune 500 company, and he never seemed to lose sight of what that meant.

What has stayed with me most is how he characterizes leadership, which is defining reality and giving hope. To me, that means looking a difficult situation squarely in the face, being honest with your team about what is true and what is hard, and then turning around and genuinely convincing them that you will get through it together. That combination of transparency and optimism is rarer than it sounds, and watching someone sustain it with integrity at the highest level is something that has shaped the kind of leader I want to be.

What is one way that your business school has integrated AI into your programming? What insights did you gain from using AI? Tuck has been intentional about making sure we graduate with a genuine understanding of AI, not just an awareness of it. One experience that stood out was a vibe coding session hosted by the school, where we worked hands-on with AI tools to build and iterate in real time. I went in skeptical about how much I could actually create without a technical background, and came out genuinely surprised by what was possible when you learn to work with the technology rather than around it.

Tuck’s Center for Health Care has also brought in senior industry leaders to discuss how major health care organizations are deploying AI across clinical and operational contexts. Hearing directly from executives about where AI is already changing how care is delivered and managed made the conversation feel real rather than theoretical. What I took away from both experiences is that the most important skill is not knowing how to use every tool, but developing the judgment to know when AI adds value and when human discernment is what the moment actually calls for.

Which MBA classmate do you most admire? Ramirra Marshall and Madelyn Flores. Both have been part of my Tuck experience from the very first week, and both have shaped it in ways that are difficult to fully capture. I have had the honor of working alongside Ramirra as Quality of Life Co-Chair and Consortium Co-Lead, and alongside Madelyn as a Consortium Co-Lead, and watching them lead up close has been one of the great privileges of my time at Tuck.

Both of them bring the same energy to every single thing, always fully present, deeply thoughtful, and genuinely excited about making other Tuckies’ experiences better. The work is never just work to them. Every task is an opportunity to make someone feel included, seen, and part of something. What both of them demonstrate, day-in-and-day-out, is that building community is not always convenient and not always easy but the best people do it anyway. They are passionate, hilarious, and deeply caring, and they have a way of making everyone around them feel valued without even trying. I have learned from both of them that the people who make the biggest difference are the ones who keep showing up for others, quietly and consistently, without ever making it about themselves. I am humbled to have their friendship, support, and love, and being around them has made me a better leader and a better person.

What are the top two items on your professional bucket list? One of my most meaningful long-term goals is to come back to Tuck as a professor. The professors who shaped my experience here did so because they were as invested in their students as they were in their subject matter, and the idea of one day being that person for someone else is something I think about often. Tuck gave me so much, and being able to give some of that back in the classroom would mean the world to me.

And then there is my dream to be the CEO of Krispy Kreme. As a proud North Carolinian, Krispy Kreme doughnuts (never spelled donuts) are part of my identity. There is nothing quite like a fresh hot light doughnut straight off the line, and if I am being honest, CEO of Krispy Kreme is absolutely on the bucket list. Life is short, the doughnuts are good, and someone has to do it.

What made Jack such an invaluable addition to the Class of 2026?

“Jack Noble is the type of student every administrator hopes to work with. He is thoughtful, caring, and intellectually serious, with a rare ability to meaningfully elevate the people and communities around him. Jack approaches leadership with both reflection and action. He thinks critically about what a community needs and then quietly mobilizes others to make it better. During his time at Tuck, I consistently saw him create environments where people felt welcomed, valued, and inspired to contribute.

As a conference leader, Jack demonstrated an exceptional level of ownership and foresight. Rather than simply executing logistics, he proactively organized a strategy meeting with administrators to work through potential challenges and ensure the event reflected the spirit of the Tuck community. He also took the initiative to revive a cherished Tuck tradition that had been dormant for years. Even though he had never experienced the tradition himself, Jack felt a deep responsibility to bring it back for the community. He built a team, rallied volunteers, and infused the event with a sense of care and purpose that made the gathering not just a celebration, but a meaningful moment of connection. That spirit of care extends beyond events. Jack is the type of student who still writes handwritten notes to express appreciation and reflect on lessons learned. He regularly offers small but thoughtful gestures to the many people who make Tuck run, from administrators to staff, ensuring they feel seen and valued not simply as employees of the institution, but as people. Jack honors the full humanity of those around him. In many ways, Jack embodies the spirit that makes Tuck special, an instinct to care for the community not because it is expected, but because it is simply who he is.

In a community filled with remarkable individuals, Jack exemplifies what it means to be among Tuck’s very best. His leadership is marked not only by excellence and initiative, but by a deep sense of responsibility for the well-being and success of those around him, qualities that make him profoundly deserving of recognition as one of the best and brightest members of the Tuck community.”

Vincent Mack
Co-Executive Director of the MBA Program

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