CentreCourt | 2018

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Why Attend CentreCourt Festival?

Going to business school is one of the biggest investments you are going to make, both in time and money. So, you want to make sure that you meet with the top schools, learn how to shine in the competitive admissions process, and turn your MBA dreams into reality.

The CentreCourt MBA Festival has been designed for MBA applicants by two of the world’s foremost authorities on business schools. John A. Byrne, editor-in-chief of Poets&Quants and Matt Symonds, bestselling MBA author and columnist for Forbes and The Economist are pulling together exceptional content and guest speakers – interviews, panels, workshops and school interaction – everything you need to know about the MBA.

No other MBA admissions event provides prospective students this kind of access. Get informed. Engage with deans and admissions officials. Join us at the nearest CentreCourt.

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This is your chance to:

• Find out your chances of getting into your dream school. Come to the CentreCourt MBA Festival for consideration of “The Committee,” and get a behind the scenes look at how admissions decisions are made. Former Admissions Director & Associate Directors from Wharton, HBS, Darden, Duke Fuqua, UCLA Anderson and INSEAD will assess your chances of admissions success.
• Hear from top deans and directors about the state of business education, the value of the MBA degree and its return on investment, and how schools might adapt and thrive in changing times
• Meet face-to-face with admissions officers of the world’s top 50 business schools in a casual setting
• Make your first impression utilizing the combined resources of Poets&Quants and Matt Symonds to guide you before the event even takes place

2018 CentreCourt Speakers and Moderators

John A. Byrne

Matt Symonds

John A. Byrne is the founder of C-Change Media, a global digital media company of higher education content. C-Change now has five websites, including Poets&Quants.com, the highly popular destination for applicants to the world’s best business schools. Byrne is the author or co-author of more than ten books, including two New York Times bestsellers, and is the former executive editor of Businessweek, editor-in-chief of Businessweek. com, and editor-in-chief of Fast Company. He also is the creator of the first regularly published rankings of business schools for Businessweek in 1988 and the author of several business school guidebooks. He wrote an unprecedented 58 cover stories for Businessweek and is the only business journalist to have written covers for Businessweek, Fortune, Forbes, and Fast Company magazines.

Matt Symonds is a co-founder and director of Fortuna Admissions, and the author of the international bestseller “Getting the MBA Admissions Edge,“ sponsored by Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, BCG, and Bain. His MBA admissions workshops have been attended by over 80,000 business school hopefuls, as part of the QS World MBA Tour that he founded in 1995 and the Kaplan Test Prep franchise that he launched in Europe. He covers business education and management for Forbes, The Economist, BBC, among many other global publications. As the S of QS, Symonds and his team expanded their events to 45 countries with the close participation of the world’s top business schools. He has maintained close friendships with admissions directors from the US, Europe, and Asia, bringing a rare level of insight and school knowledge to the in-house expertise at Fortuna.

Deans and Admissions Directors (updated weekly)

Kirsten Moss

Assistant Dean, MBA Admissions and Financial Aid

Stanford GSB

Admissions Director Panel

Scott DeRue

Dean

Michigan Ross

The Deans Panel

Scott Beardsley

Dean

Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

The Deans Panel

William Boulding

Dean

Duke Fuqua School of Business

The Deans Panel

Morgan Bernstein

Executive Director MBA Admissions

Berkeley Haas

Admissions Director

Colin Davis

Senior Associate Director of Admissions and Marketing

Chicago Booth

Admissions Director Panel

Idie Kesner

Dean

IU Kelley School of Business

The Deans Panel

Soojin Kwon

Director of MBA Admissions

Michigan Ross

Admissions Director Panel

Martin Boehm

Dean

IE Business School

The Deans Panel

Anjani Jain

Acting Dean

Yale School of Management

The Deans Panel

Robert Dammon

Dean

Tepper School of Business Carnegie Mellon

The Deans Panel

Peter Johnson

Assistant Dean

University of California Berkeley-Haas

Admissions Director Panel

Virginie Fougea

Director of MBA Recruitment and Admissions

INSEAD

Admissions Director Panel

M. Eric Johnson

Dean

Vanderbilt University Owen School of Management

The Deans Panel

Barbara Ostdiek

Senior Associate Dean

Jones Graduate School of Business Rice University

The Deans Panel

Shari Hubert

Associate Dean of Admissions

Duke Fuqua

Admissions Director Panel

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David Simpson

Admissions Director

London Business School

Admissions Director Panel

Kristen Lindeman

Associate Director of Admissions

MIT Sloan School of Management

Admissions Director Panel

Alex Lawrence

Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Admissions Director Panel

Seán Meehan

Dean

IMD Business School

The Deans Panel

Barbara Bickart

Senior Associate Dean

Boston University Questrom School of Business

The Deans Panel

Steef van de Velde

Dean

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

The Deans Panel

Martijn Cremers

Interim Dean

Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business

The Deans Panel

Francisco Veloso

Dean

Imperial College Business School

The Deans Panel

Dawna Clarke

Executive Director of Admissions and Financial Aid

Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

Admissions Director Panel

Tyler Henderson

Director of North American Operations

SDA Bocconi School of Management

Admissions Director Panel

Camilla Morgan

Senior Director of Admissions

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Admissions Director Panel

Jim Holmen

Director of Admissions and Financial Aid

IU Kelley

Admissions Director Panel

Sara Vanos

Associate Director of MBA Marketing & Recruitment

HEC Paris

Admissions Director Panel

Jon Kaplan

Assistant Dean, MBA and Specialty Masters Programs

UCI Paul Merage School of Business

The Deans Panel

Andrew Ainslie

Dean

Rochester Simon School of Business

The Deans Panel

Kelly Wilson

Executive Director of Masters Admissions

Tepper School of Business Carnegie Mellon

Admissions Director Panel

Jeffrey R. Brown

Dean

Gies College of Business, University of Illinois

The Deans Panel

H. Rao Unnava

Dean

UC Davis Graduate School of Management

The Deans Panel

Ron Wilcox

Senior Associate Dean

Darden School of Business

The Deans Panel

James R. Stevens

Sr. Assistant Dean

University of California, Davis Graduate School of Management

The Deans Panel

Mihir Desai

Professor of Finance

Harvard Business School

Case Study Workshop

Maria Reis

Assistant Director of Marketing and Recruitment

INSEAD

Admissions Director Panel

Anna Farrus

Head of Admissions and Financial Aid

Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Admissions Director Panel

Andrea Hayem

Associate Director MBA Admissions

IESE Business School

Admissions Director Panel

Libby Livingston

Director of MBA Admissions

Emory Goizueta

Admissions Director Panel

Heather Holland

Senior Associate Director

Emory Goizueta

Admissions Director Panel

Ashley Lautzenheiser

Associate Director of Admissions

Washington University Olin Business School

Admissions Director Panel

Ruthie Pyles

Director of MBA Admissions

Washington University Olin Business School

Admissions Director Panel

Kellee Scott

Senior Associate Director of MBA Admissions

USC Marshall School of Business

Admissions Director Panel

Alyssa Dominioni

International Marketing and Recruitment

HEC Paris

Admissions Director Panel

Linda Harding

Associate Director, Graduate Admissions and Recruiting

Northeastern University D'Amore-McKim School of Business

Admissions Director Panel

John-Derek Clarke

Executive Director, Masters Programs

Ivey School of Business

Admissions Director Panel

Kristen McAndrew

Director of MBA Admissions

Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business

Admissions Director Panel

Mar Hurtado de Mendoza

Global Head of International Development

IE Business School

Admissions Director Panel

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