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Erik Dyson
Erik Dyson (MBA 1999) uses the management skills he learned at HBS to lead All Hands Volunteers, a nonprofit that coordinates volunteers around the world to help communities affected by natural disasters. View Details
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Jack Perkowski
Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring young mainland Chinese with... View Details
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Avi Kremer
He can no longer walk, talk, or swallow, but Avi Kremer (MBA 2007) won’t let that slow down his pursuit of a cure for ALS, a progressive neurodegenerative disease. As founder of Prize4Life, the nonprofit he launched in 2006 with HBS classmates and professors, Kremer... View Details
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Jan Petzel
After scaling Mount Everest in 2013, Jan Petzel (MBA 2003) transformed his personal triumph into an opportunity to raise funds for the construction of a permanent shelter and medical facility in the Gokyu Lakes region of Nepal for the porters who assist the climbing... View Details
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Casey Gerald
“Truth is, there weren’t a lot of kids around me going to an Ivy League school.” Initially “convinced” he would become a lawyer, a summer internship within a law firm “quickly disabused me of the idea.” Investment banking came next, accompanied by figurative broken... View Details
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Alexandra Stanek
Why did you pursue the joint MBA/MPP degree with HBS and the Kennedy School? Both schools offer many different answers to questions concerning economic development and the role business can play for the poor. For the MBA specifically, one motivation is the hard... View Details
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Ann Chao
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? First, I was drawn to the application-based nature of the MBA degree. My college experience was heavy on social theory and deep intellectual debate, which gave me a solid foundation to examine broader issues in society.... View Details
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Kanwaljit Bakshi
work. "The models of law enforcement and international public policy are not strategic by nature," she explains. "There are no other Harvard MBAs working there. Just having that perspective has been very valuable both to me... View Details
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Shaun Miller
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning an MBA has been a career aspiration of mine since my undergraduate studies - I had always looked forward to the idea of not only expanding my technical skill set, but also learning about the broader business... View Details
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Ruth Cenat
Ruth Cenat (MBA 2015) has a new-found interest in economic development, especially in her native Haiti, and plans to make a difference as a philanthropist. View Details
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Charles Jennings
Why was earning your MBA here important to you? Although I was making an impact at my organization, I felt that I wasn't achieving my objectives as quickly or efficiently as I could. Earning an MBA from HBS would provide additional tools to drive faster and more... View Details
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Donna Khalife
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning my MBA at HBS was critical in giving me the right environment to explore my passions and gain new skills to pursue those passions whole-heartedly. How has your HBS experience shaped your career path? My HBS... View Details
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Robert Leke
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? An MBA at HBS was important in providing the opportunity for me to step back, assess my current capabilities, and develop the additional skills I lacked to become a successful manager in the future. The diversity of... View Details
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Leo Markel
Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? I came to Harvard Business School to further develop my leadership ability. While confident in my analytical skills, I recognized that I did not have the leadership skills necessary to achieve my... View Details
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March Bishop
for introspection and self-discovery. Given the breadth of the curriculum and international reach of the name, it is positioning me well for moving out into the global workforce. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals... View Details
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Nneka Ezeigwe
Nneka Ezeigwe (MBA 2015) is looking to make an impact in her native Nigeria through entrepreneurial ventures and work in the public sector. View Details
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Arvind Chandrababu
What led you to the HBS MBA program? When I was an undergraduate at the University of Texas, Austin, studying electrical engineering, I realized that as much as I enjoyed coding, I didn’t want to spend eight hours out of every day in front of a computer. I wanted to... View Details
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Tricia Lee
divisions at Microsoft. It was an incredible journey, but I realized that to achieve the goals I had in mind, I'd need to round out my knowledge base. I wanted to learn the formal language of business (i.e. finance, ops, marketing), best practices and lessons from a... View Details
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Rawiah Abdallah
Why was getting a business education important to you? Getting a business education among people with diverse backgrounds exposes you to many different skills and opportunities. After working for four years, it has been a great time to reflect on the kind of business... View Details
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Lindsay Steinmetz
Conversations with them reinforced my desire to be in social enterprise, where the complexities of social impact are tackled and debated. It was the energy they brought to public health, international development, education and corporate... View Details
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