Graduate Alumni Reunion
McDonough School of Business
Graduate Alumni Reunion
Celebrating the MBA, EMBA, GEMBA, CIM, EML, MSF, MA-IBP and MSA
Classes of 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2018
September 29-30, 2023
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Welcome Back to the Hilltop
Greetings from the Dean
It is an honor to welcome you to our 2023 Graduate Alumni Reunion.
Our alumni community helps define the McDonough School of Business, and we want to create even more meaningful engagement opportunities for you. At McDonough, we are guided by True North — doing what is good for our students and academic scholarship. This extends to you as alumni in many forms. Lifelong learning is a key opportunity we have to ensure you continue to benefit from your Georgetown degree. So, whether you pick up some tips from our faculty panels or reconnect with classmates in your industry or in a different profession, there is always more to learn and experience.
Our community remains vibrant whether you’re on campus or across the globe. Please continue engaging with us and each other after the weekend is over, whether it’s through co-teaching a course with faculty, mentoring a student, or connecting with other alumni at events around the world. We hope to see you again soon.
Greetings from Alumni Relations
We are thrilled you have returned to the Hilltop to engage with one another and your alma mater. Our programming was planned by the incredible 2023 Alumni Reunion Planning Committee, who worked hard to make this weekend memorable. Thank you for taking time to be with us this weekend. We hope you, your family, and your friends enjoy the celebration.
And after reunion, I encourage you to stay involved — take advantage of the global Georgetown network at future events or join your classmates in helping us build a stronger community.
Hoya Saxa!
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Paul Almeida Dean and William R. Berkley Chair Professor of Strategy
Sara Solin Martinez Director of Alumni Relations
Reunion Weekend Schedule
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
2:30 p.m.
Registration Opens
Rafik B. Hariri Building, 1st floor
3:00 p.m.
Alumni Panel
Alumni Authors: The Power of Creation
4:00 p.m.
Alumni Fireside Chat
Personal Satisfaction, Wealth, and Your Future: A Roadmap to Making Your Aspirations a Reality
5:00 p.m.
State of the School
Featuring remarks from our leadership
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Join classmates and current and former faculty for hors d’oeuvres and an open bar Dress code is business casual
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
11:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Alumni Picnic Lunch at Dahlgren Quadrangle
Family and children are welcome - children under 16 are free to attend
2:00 p.m.
Georgetown Football vs. Fordham at Cooper Field Cheer on the Hoyas for some afternoon fun
6:30 - 11:00 p.m.
Reunion Awards Dinner at the Organization of American States
The awards dinner will feature a cocktail reception, plated dinner, and an awards presentation with remarks by the deansAn open dance floor and dessert will follow Dress code is business attire
2023 McDonough Graduate Alumni Reunion
Alumni Awards
2023 Dean’s Award
Rose Wang (GEMBA’18)
2023 Alumni Engagement Award
Evan Piekara (MBA’13)
2023 MAAC Award
Charles Harris (MBA’98)
2023 CIRCLE Award
Robert Burger (EMBA’03)
2023 EMBA Magis Award
Kafi Joseph (EMBA’18)
Scott Weber (EMBA’13)
2023 EML Magis Award
Dawn Campbell (EML’18)
Rafael Fantauzzi (EML’08)
Elizabeth Harless (EML’13)
2023 MAIBP Magis Award
Katie Lott (MA-IBP’18)
2023 Magis Award
Thomas Ortenzi (MBA’93)
Stuart Chapman (MBA’13)
2023 MSF Award
Andrew Christopher (MSF’18)
Aarushi Das (MS’F18)
Georgetown University Loyalty Society
Welcomes MBA Alumni!
The Georgetown University Loyalty Society honors alumni who have given any amount to any area of the university for two or more consecutive fiscal years. It has now grown to cover all campuses, with 20,000 members worldwide. We welcome Georgetown MBA alumni to be a part of our community of alumni dedicated to the university’s future.
To learn more about the Loyalty Society and membership benefits, visit giving.georgetown.edu/loyaltysociety.
Critical support for Georgetown McDonough MBA Programs
The McDonough School of Business seeks to increase the quantity and competitiveness of scholarships offered to enroll highly talented students. Consistent annual support will help achieve this goal and prepare the next generation of globally minded, principled leaders to be in service to business and society.
Become a member of the Loyalty Society by making a recurring gift or through consecutive years of giving to Georgetown University by visiting giving.georgetown.edu/mba or calling 202-687-3487.
Alumni Committees
The mission of the MBA Alumni Advisory Council (MAAC) is to strengthen the engagement of Georgetown McDonough MBA alumni in the activities of the school and among the members of core constituencies — MBA alumni, MBA students, and MBA faculty and staff — toward the broader goals of the program.
MAAC members advise Georgetown McDonough’s Dean and Senior Associate Dean for MBA Programs on MBA curricular, co-curricular, and alumni programs; partner with the school’s Office of Alumni Relations to increase the active engagement of alumni in all aspects of the school’s goals and activities; and promote broader alumni engagement in admissions and career services activities that are critical to the success of the school.
MAAC Members
Shubber Ali (MBA’94)
John Bottimore (MBA’87)
AJ Brancaccio (MBA’02)
Craig Collins (MBA’00)
Bob Fragola (MBA’98)
Steven Fortier (MBA’93)
Tania Galarza (MBA’05)
Damon Griggs (MBA’98)
Fernando Gutierrez Eddy (MBA’00)
Charles Harris (MBA’98)
Lindsey Johnson (MBA’12)
Kristin Kelly (MBA’00)
Milbert Kiggundu-Bentham (MBA’00)
Katherine Lavelle (MBA’93)
Briana Lichter (MBA’97)
Frank Manzella (C’90, MBA/JD’94)
Siddharth Manjeshwar (MBA’05)
Lisa Mayr (MBA’98)
Matthew Meyer (MBA’91)
Svet Nikov (MBA’97)
Rupall Obaray (MBA’04)
Tom Ortenzi (MBA’93)
Preston Parker (EMBA’09)
Al Ribeiro (MBA’07)
Elizabeth Ross-Ronchi (MBA’99)
Antal Runneboom (MBA’98)
Avi Sahi (MBA’03)
Tara Scalia Quilty (MBA’97)
Shreedhar Shah (MBA’00)
Karen Snow (MBA’99)
Devin Talbott (MBA’03)
Steve Tansey (MBA’01)
Devin Thomas (MBA’09)
Susan Thompson (MBA’97)
Robert Thorsen (EMBA’17)
Bill Van Dyke (MBA’95)
Silvia Veitia Smith (MBA’98)
Sandeep Vishnu (MBA’94)
Mary Yarbrough (MBA’94)
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Alumni Committees
The Committee for Impactful Relationships for C-Level Executives (CIRCLE) is an alumni advisory committee that works to elevate the school’s executivelevel degree programs.
CIRCLE Members
Peter Biche (B’78)
Ananias Blocker (EMBA’02)
Robert Burger (EMBA’03)
Cheryl Campbell (MBA’16)
David Chavern (EMBA’03)
Kevin Cochie (EMBA’17)
Caroline Nielson Decker (EMBA’16)
Gary Gadson (EMBA’05)
Mark Gray (EMBA’03)
Tatiana Koleva (EMBA’01)
Craig Pettibone (EMBA’02)
Erjona Prifti (EMBA’16)
Keihan Sedghi (MBA’97)
David Sena (EMBA’01)
Matthew Shay (EMBA’11)
Deven Verma (EMBA’11)
Rose Wang (GEMBA’18)
For more information about the CIRCLE, contact Elie Farhat, chief of external affairs, alumni relations, corporate engagement, and executive custom programs, at Elie.Farhat@ georgetown.edu .
Reunion Planning Committee
Philip Bacchus (GEMBA’13)
Sophie Banbuck-Vasquez (MBA’08)
Kelly Bies (MBA’18)
Stuart Chapman (MBA’13)
Stephanie Cinocco (GEMBA’03)
Melissa d’Arabian (MBA’93)
Aarushi Das (MSF’18)
Tina Elsner (GEMBA’03)
Lee Emmert (MBA’13)
Bob Fragola (EMBA’98)
Elizabeth Harless (EML’13)
Charles Harris (MBA’98)
David Kee (MBA’98)
Lori Pidick (MBA’93)
Caroline Mah (MBA’18)
Lisa Mayr (MBA’98)
Mary Ann Melkonian (MBA’08)
Enrique Olivares (MBA’13)
Thomas Ortenzi (MBA’93)
Evan Piekara (MBA’13)
Antal Runneboom (MBA’98)
Avi Sahi (MBA’03)
Taylor Simmons (MBA’93)
Mahan Tavakoli (MBA’93)
Navin Thawani (MBA’18)
Silvia Veitia Smith (MBA’98)
Shelia Walsh (MBA’08)
Rose Wang (GEMBA’18)
2023 McDonough Graduate Alumni Reunion
MBA Scholarships
Georgetown McDonough has worked to create a diverse and academically rigorous community in its MBA program by enrolling top young professionals with a broad range of perspectives and experiences. As McDonough competes with other top business schools for the most talented MBA candidates, the school recognizes a strategic imperative to increase the amount of scholarship funding it offers each year to its graduate students.
At present, Georgetown McDonough is significantly outmatched by peer and aspirant schools in resources available for scholarship funding. To ensure its ability to enroll top students with the experience and intellect to create a first-class educational environment, McDonough seeks to meaningfully increase the quantity and competitiveness of the scholarship support it provides. The school has a long-term ambition to increase the annual scholarship funding it awards to $5 million per full-time MBA class — a total of $10 million per year.
Donor support for MBA scholarships is essential to achieving this $10 million goal — enabling the school to both increase accepted student yield rates and to attract and retain the highest caliber applicants.
Expanding MBA Scholarships
In support of this goal, we invite and appreciate your consideration of a gift to support MBA scholarships. Your generosity will be critical to enhancing the global competitiveness and financial accessibility of the institution.
Name and Endow an MBA Scholarship — $100,000 minimum
Establishing an endowed MBA scholarship is the most permanent way to support talented students in Georgetown McDonough’s MBA program. The minimum level to create a new endowed fund at Georgetown is $100,000, often paid in installments over five years. After the final payment on the endowment pledge is made, a portion of the investment income — currently 5% of the fund’s principal — is paid out annually in support of the named scholarship. Income in excess of 5% is reinvested so that the value of the fund will grow over time.
Make a Current Use MBA Scholarship Gift — Gifts of Any Size
Current use scholarship gifts provide funds over a fixed term that make an immediate impact on Georgetown’s ability to attract and enroll competitive applicants. These gifts allow Georgetown to respond with agility to the most urgent need with funds that can be expended as soon as the university receives them.
With Appreciation For Your Consideration
On behalf of our future alumni, thank you for your consideration of a gift to support MBA scholarships. Please contact Jupiter El-Asmar, assistant director, MBA and McCourt Annual giving, at giving@georgetown.edu.
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Alumni Resources and Events
Georgetown McDonough Alumni Networks and Tools
As part of our mission to support the personal and professional advancement of our alumni, the Office of Alumni Relations partners with a variety of university and alumni organizations, leveraging their capacity to suit your needs.
Georgetown McDonough Alumni website: msb.georgetown.edu/alumni
Georgetown University Alumni Association: alumni.georgetown.edu
Hoya Gateway: hoyagateway.georgetown.edu
Regional Alumni Organizations: alumni.georgetown.edu/connections
Retrieve NetID or password: alumni.georgetown.edu/faq#1-4
Georgetown McDonough Social Media
Facebook: facebook.com/GeorgetownMcDonough
Alumni Facebook: facebook.com/MSBAlumni
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/school/GeorgetownMcDonough
Twitter (X): @msbgu
Alumni Twitter (X): @msbalumni
Instagram: @georgetownmcdonough
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Attendees, as of September 28, 2023
Ashraf Abusamak
Stephanie Adams
Gregg Adzema
Andres Agudelo
Milagro Aguinaga
Mofiyinfoluwa Ajala
Jose Andrade
Robert Arnold
Juan Carlos Falquez
Lisa Avillez
Marcio Avillez
Nathalie Bacchus
Philip Bacchus
Sophie Bambuck
Dave Bann
Joy Bann
Jennifer Barr
Jeffrey Barth
Paula Bejarano
David Benjack
Reshma Bharne
Rajat Bhatia
Kelly Bies
Tom Billington
Baher Biltagi
Liz Blankenhorn
Joshua Blatt
April Bonds
David Boyajian
James Braun
Emma Brownstein
Janet Bruins
Iolani Bullock
Robert Burger
Catherine Butterworth
Jeanine Buzali
Beverly Byam-Hercules
Rob Byers
Sabrina Cellarosi
Stuart Chapman
Stephanie Cinocco
Peter Classen
Nomble Coleman
Jessica Copenhaver
Justin Corrado
Josefina Correa
Cesar Correa-Parker
Chris Dailey
Mark Damato
Agnes Dasewicz
Alton Davis
Dany Daya
Philippe De Dreuzy
Tara De Nicolas
Linn Deavers
Christa Demitz
Christa Demitz
Leo Dzidziguri
Jim Eckenrode
Tina Elsner
Lee Emmert
Neusa Facenda
Mary Fay
Kristen Fenster
Mitchell Fenster
Web Fletcher
Larsen Flinn
Steve Fortier
Susan Fortier (Aiken)
Jessica Foster
Peter Frantz
Steven Freund
Yaw Osei Frimpong
Sudhakar Garlanka
Tina Ghiladi
Brian Giblin
Jack Gierhart
Ivan Goldwasser
Tamara Gracon
Antoine Grand-Clement
Mary Griffith Hall
Damon Griggs
Aman Gulyani
Deepak Gupta
Nitish Gupta
Emad Hakim
J. Hall
Aminul Haque
Elizabeth Harless
Ankit Harneja
Antwone Harris
Charlie Harris
Daniel Harris
Jenny Harrop
Ashton Harvey
Daniel Heflin
Keith Hercules
Carrie Hill
Luke Hodges
Rene Houle
Emily Hsiung
Samantha Hunt Mcanulty
Wendy Hyer
Patrick Hynes
Mehmet Ilkin
Nitin Iyengar
Shayan Jamshed
Sam Jaszewski
Scott Jeffcoat
Lauren John
Cliff Johnson
Lesley Johnson
Sean Jones
John Judge
Makoto Kasai
Jeremy Kestler
Omar Khader
Hannah Killfoil
Susan Kim
Katie Kirts
Eric Koester
Leyla Korkut
Arielle Kouffman
Andrew Lavanway
Cara Mia Lavanway
Caroline Levington
Vicki Levy
David Liebreich
Natalie Liu
Zhe Liu
Katie Lott Gragnaniello
Steve Lubot
Kyle Lynch
Shamoun Maayr
Caroline Mah
Neharika Malhotra
Catherine Marquette
Bill Martin
Jane Maruszewski
Mike Masland
Lisa Mayr
Al Mazloom
John Mcdonough
Christopher Melly
Manuel Mendez
Faisal Mirza
Mitsuru Misawa
Robin Moore
Brian Morris
Barret Mueller
Edward Mundy
Chris Musser
Charles Nailen
Iriabe Nailen
Kelly Newman
Noriaki Noto
Casey O’Shea
Enrique Olivares
Hampton Oliver
Kenichiro Onuma
Thomas Ortenzi
Rebecca Osborne
Carl Parks
Alexander Parr
Jeff Perkins
Mitchell Peyser
Jeff Pfiffner
Lori Pidick
Attendees, as of September 28, 2023
Evan Piekara
Lori Pirsch
Corina Ploscaru
Ardhi Pradhana
Noor Qureshi
Dan Rabbitt
Patrick Rau
Angela Right
Ivan Right
Christian Riis-Hansen
Kyle Ritter
David Roberts
Genevieve Roberts
Michael Roomberg
David Roover
Betsy Roth
Andrew Rout
Caroline Runneboom
Cheryl Runneboom
Nicolas Runneboom
Jennifer Sagawa
Deepak Sahay
Ari Sahu
Marc Samuel
Tom Sansone
Meena Sareen
Romi Satoh
John Saunders
Seth Schneider
Tracey Schneider Pliskin
Rahul Sen Sharma
Amirali Sewani
Morgan Seymour
Joseph Shaheen
Antonio Sierra
Taylor Simmons
Angad Singh
Ashish Deep Singh
Stuart Smith
Simone Spiegel
Richard Stanarro
Christian Stauder
Madeleine Stokes
Steve Stone
Yu Sugiura
Kat Sullivan
Teona Surguladze
Zhongji Tao
Maria Tassopoulos
Tim Tassopoulos
Mahan Tavakoli
Jon Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Jeffrey Teach
Linvio Testee
Navin Thawani
Clive Thomas
Spencer Thomas
Angela Thornburgh
William Tinsley
Iris Trieb
Jeanine Turner
Silvia Veitia Smith
Jayesh Virkar
Steven Volkers
Sheila Walsh
Rose Wang
Elisabeth Watson
Austin Watzlavick
Jeremy Wheeler
Steven Woo
Julia Yang
Duk-Ki Yu
Nicole Zamalin
Beth Zucker
Jennifer Zydney
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