Alumni Profiles

Startup Snapshots: An app for construction management
Javed Singha, MBA ’09, Fieldwire by Dick Anderson For all the construction design tools that look like something out of “The Jetsons,” the building process itself still resembles “The Flintstones.” […]

Confronting Challenges of Disparities in Health Care
Melva Covington, MBA ’04 Melva Covington fell into health care unintentionally. After graduating with a degree in politics and economics from The Catholic University of America, Covington aspired to earn […]

5 Reasons Startups Fail
Understanding your customers can’t be delegated by Tom Schryver ’93, MBA ’02 A few years ago, I invested in a promising startup run by an energetic, young entrepreneur — let’s […]

Startup Snapshots: Glamping luxury
Robert Frisch, MBA ’13, Firelight Camps by Dick Anderson If your ideal camping companion is Gwyneth Paltrow — not Bear Grylls — then Firelight Camps may be your ecotourism destination. […]

Profile in Leadership: George Gellert ’60, MBA ’62, JD ’63
Bringing a “Benevolent Competitiveness” to Family Business When Superstorm Sandy hit the Gellert Global Group’s Elizabeth, N.J., warehouse, offices, and shipping facility in October 2012, it left behind eight feet […]

Embracing a Passion for Travel
Rebecca Robinson ’07, MBA ’15 You want to book a romantic getaway in a five-star hotel in the Caribbean. After logging onto a hotel booking website, you enter the number […]

Blending a Passion for Economics with the Military
Kelly Ward, MBA ’98 Kelly Ward grew up in rural Cayuga County, N.Y., yearning for the excitement of joining the Army. But after graduating from West Point and serving in […]

Startup Snapshots: Fun and games at doggy daycare
Kimberly Jones Gilliam ’98 (CALS), MBA ’02, Frolick Dogs by Dick Anderson When the couple met in 2006, Kimberly Jones was director of membership and sales operations with the U.S. […]

Bringing banking competition to Southern Africa
Hitesh Anadkat, MBA ’84 If you lived in Malawi in the 1980s and wanted to open a checking account or apply for a loan, there were two banks you could […]