Tech Featured– There are many different factors that go into deciding what MBA programs a candidate should apply to. While location, cost, reputation, and acceptance difficulty are certainly the major factors that one should consider, many students would also like to know where many of today’s most successful business leaders got their MBA’s from. Apart from individually searching one by one, it is hard to find a resource to find out this information. For this reason, I’ve compiled a collection of some of my favorite MBA business leaders and where they went to school.
Alumni
Speakers at Women’s Business Conference Urge Self-Advocacy
Connecticut Post– Stomach pain has proven to be an auspicious symptom for Melissa Cummings ’98 MBA during her career.
“As I’ve considered new opportunities in my career, I’ve found that the thing that I often choose to do is the thing that actually gives me a stomach ache,” Cummings, the senior vice president and chief customer officer at the health insurer Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, said during a speech Friday at the Stamford Hilton hotel.
UConn Alum Gives Back to Hartford
Hartford Courant – John Kim hasn’t forgotten the generosity that helped bring him to the United States from South Korea decades ago. And he’s returning it in a big way.
Kim, president of New York Life Insurance Co., along with his wife Diane, have donated $1 million to help students from Hartford attend UConn School of Business, where he received his master’s degree in business administration nearly 30 years ago.
Third Annual CEO Evolution Panel Features Top-Tier Executives
Fairfield County Business Journal – The third annual CEO Evolution event will feature insights into the secrets of success from three CEOs from high-level national and global companies.
At the June 15 event the University of Connecticut School of Business in Stamford will host William S. Simon, former president and CEO of Walmart U.S.; Margaret Keane, president and CEO of Synchrony Financial in Stamford, and Scott Gillis, senior managing director and co-founder of the Manhattan managing consulting firm Galt & Co.
Nerac to Host the Next XcellR8 Meeting April 28
Nerac – Nerac (www.nerac.com/) is pleased to announce the next XcellR8 meeting which will be held Thursday, April 28, 2016 at the Nerac headquarters in Tolland, CT. The XcellR8 meetings are high energy, interactive gatherings for entrepreneurs to pitch ideas and concepts and to brainstorm creative solutions to challenges. XcellR8 welcomes Greg Kirber and the team from PartsTech, Inc. (www.partstech.com/)
UConn Alum Preps Students on Starting an International Business
The Daily Campus – Business students filed into Konover Auditorium to get advice about their industry from University of Connecticut alum Peter Broadbent, who is vice president of U.S. and European sales at Photronics, as part of the global business leadership seminar series Wednesday night.
This Man Has ‘The Best Job in America’ — Here’s What His Days Are Like
Bristol Native Joins UConn Foundation Board
The Bristol Press- Dan Toscano, originally from Bristol, has been named chairman of the UConn Foundation’s board of directors.
A Darien resident and UConn alumnus, Toscano is now a financial executive who has been a generous donor to the university.
Video Interview: UConn EBV’s Michael Zacchea
WHPX-TV – Michael Zacchea ’12 MBA, discusses UConn’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities in an interview with Shawn Murphy on ‘For The Record.’ Airing July 14.