100 Best & Brightest MBAs: Class Of 2021

Class of 2021: Best & Brightest MBAs

MBA Student Business School Hometown Pre-MBA Employer Internship Post-MBA Employer
Rhett James MIT (Sloan) San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago Perkins Eastman MIT Community Innovator’s Lab Tishman Speyer
Riana Shah MIT (Sloan) Ahmedabad, India Brightidea Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley
Olga Timirgalieva MIT (Sloan) Tashkent, Uzbekistan McNICHOLS Company Boston Consulting Group Boston Consulting Group
Haley Parrin North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) Edina, MN Optum Advisory Services Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley
Aditi Paul North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) St. Louis, MO Accenture UnitedHealthcare UnitedHealthcare
Di Gao Northwestern University (Kellogg) Wuxi, China AstraZeneca GlaxoSmithKline GlaxoSmithKline
Malvi Hemani Northwestern University (Kellogg) Watchung, NJ Deloitte Consulting Google Google
Josh Nathan Northwestern University (Kellogg) Newton, MA Bridge International Academies Social Finance Social Finance
Molly Lawrence Notre Dame (Mendoza) Clifton, VA Sammamish Rowing Association Starbucks King Arthur Baking
Melanie Gonzalez New York University (Stern) Miami, FL Merrill Lynch Bank of America Bank of America
Krithik Tirupapuliyur New York University (Stern) Wakefield, MA Merck & Co. McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company
Kate Morales Ohio State (Fisher) Denton, TX Delta Gamma Foundation JP Morgan Chase McKinsey & Company
Andrew J. Marshall Penn State (Smeal) North Wales, PA Robert Half Merck & Co. Merck & Co.
Malena Hirsch University of Pittsburgh (Katz) Cincinnati, OH HORAN Associates Hospital for Special Surgery Aspirant
Bianca Joi Payton University of Pittsburgh (Katz) Detroit, MI Regus Bristol Myers Squibb Bristol Myers Squibb
Casey Sherrod Rice University (Jones) Crosby, TX U.S. Army Waste Management U.S. Army
Zachary White Rice University (Jones) Rochester, MI Johnson Law Group Northwestern Mutual Infosys
Gabriela Pacheco University of Rochester (Simon) Santa Ana, El Salvador Starbucks Microsoft Microsoft
Eric Hurley Rutgers Business School Omaha, NE U.S. Army Ethicon Ethicon
Bailey Bennett Southern Methodist University (Cox) Oklahoma City, OK FRAME Deloitte Consulting Deloitte Consulting
Stacy C. Tubonemi Southern Methodist University (Cox) Oklahoma City, OK JP Morgan Chase AT&T AT&T
Bianca Pinasco Stanford GSB Lima, Peru McKinsey & Company Rollo McKinsey & Company
Austin Ward Stanford GSB Modesto, CA Boston Consulting Group Playground Global Harvard Kennedy School of Government (Student)
Joshua Young Yang Stanford GSB San Diego, CA Nephrosant Nephrosant Nephrosant
Presney Blackman University of Texas (McCombs) Cincinnati, OH Dow Chemical Company Amazon Microsoft
Chelsea Martell Evans University of Texas (McCombs) Antioch, CA Enterprise Events Group (EEG) Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard
Nash Porter Texas A&M (Mays) Bryan, TX Enovation Controls Dell Technologies Dell Technologies
Caley Laxer University of Toronto (Rotman) Toronto, Canada Innomar Strategies Bain & Company Bain & Company
Andrea Poile University of Toronto (Rotman) Toronto, Canada Inward Bound Mindfulness Education Rotman Business Design Initiative Undecided
Olaséni Bello U.C. Berkeley (Haas) Lagos, Nigeria Wells Fargo Google Undecided
David Bolívar U.C. Berkeley (Haas) Lima, Peru Enfoca Uber Google
Corrine Marquardt U.C. Berkeley (Haas) Spokane, WA Deloitte Consulting Vida Health Undecided
Samantha Brill U.C. Davis Los Angeles, CA Educators for Excellence (E4E) Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs
Ajay Nair Sharma U.C. Irvine (Merage) Elk Grove, CA UC Irvine Health UC Irvine School of Medicine Medical Residency
Parth Chauhan UCLA (Anderson) Voorhees, NJ Deloitte Consulting Major League Cricket Amaara Sports
Shoshana Seidenfeld UCLA (Anderson) Los Angeles, CA Accenture Starbucks Undecided
Asia Liza Morales USC (Marshall) Los Angeles, CA The Posse Foundation Deloitte Consulting Deloitte Consulting
Kaitlyn Barrett Wilson Vanderbilt University (Owen) Franklin, TN McDonald’s Corporation Bain & Company Bain & Company
Kenneth Barnes Vanderbilt University (Owen) Petersburg, TN U.S. Navy University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Western Psychiatric Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine
Katie Cech University of Virginia (Darden) West Hartford, CT Wayfair EverQuote EverQuote
Amanda Wiggans University of Virginia (Darden) Palo Alto, CA Defy Ventures Homeboy Industries ZS Associates
Brian Wright University of Washington (Foster) Vancouver, WA SightLife Amazon Amazon
Kelly Yu University of Washington (Foster) Fremont, CA Juma Ventures Premera Blue Cross Centene Corporation
Kendra Kelly Washington University (Olin) King of Prussia, PA Experience LLC Colgate-Palmolive L’Oréal USA
James Clinton Francis Wharton School Orlando, FL The Kraft Heinz Company JPMorgan Chase Columbia Law School
Ayanna Kennedy Wharton School Bowie, MD ExxonMobil Deloitte Consulting Deloitte Consulting
Teddy Shih Wharton School Vancouver, Canada Deloitte Consulting ZX Ventures Deloitte Consulting
Chantell Hernandez University of Wisconsin Miami, FL Hasbro Dell Technologies Dell Technologies
Jenn Burka Yale SOM Gaithersburg, MD Marcus Samuelsson Group Equal Ventures Undecided
Julia Frederick Yale SOM Brookline, MA U.S. Senate, Office of Senator Elizabeth Warren North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Undecided

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