![]() ![]() At this point, these MBA candidates are just getting warmed up. If past is prologue, this class will boast tech moguls, financial heavyweights, and consulting partners in the years to come – not to mention thought leaders, public servants, and philanthropists. You’ll find many stories like these from this incoming class of MBAs. THIS FALL: A SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL LOOK AT PROMISING MBA CANDIDATES The next day, we were pleasantly surprised by the announcement by President Trump that Australia would be exempt from these proposed aluminum and steel tariffs.” I also asked former professional golf player and prominent Australian Greg Norman to make a personal phone call to President Trump to reinforce our message. and Australia and asked President Trump to reconsider the tariffs. “The letter outlined the strong bilateral relationship between the U.S. “I responded on behalf of the AABC by writing a letter to the President from our CEO members led by prominent Australian businessman Andrew Liveris, former Chairman and CEO of Dow Chemicals,” Leung explains. After tariffs were slapped onto aluminum and steel imports from several countries, the Michigan Ross MBA stepped up and achieved the seemingly-impossible: He got President Donald Trump to listen and change his mind. Jeremy Leung faced equally daunting odds as head of policy for the American Australian Business Council. “It empowered me to develop a new-found capacity for gratitude, for the full recovery I would eventually make, and for empathy, for those who may be fighting something that is invisible like I was for so long.” “My defining moment came in the late fall when doctors and I realized it was not going to be an option to go back play the sport that had, ironically, defined me my entire life,” she writes. However, this Wharton first-year’s biggest test came off the field, when she was sidelined by a neurological illness in 2018. After turning pro, she set up a non-profit that connected her peers with soccer-playing young women in underserved communities. Women’s National Team, notching a goal in her first game against Brazil. Stephanie McCaffrey applied that same toughness to the soccer field, where she played on the U.S. ![]() MICHIGAN MBA CHANGES PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MIND By the time my daughter Grace is my age, I hope the phrase “glass ceiling” is as antiquated as a flip phone.” “I hope to join the ranks of female business leaders who are paving the way for gender parity in boardrooms, c-suites, and business schools across the country. “In the Army, I had the chance to create space for future women teammates by earning a seat at the table,” she explains. As an MBA, she plans to bulldoze a different set of barriers. Her ‘never quit’ mindset enabled her to land the post, making her the 5th woman in 30 years to achieve that feat. Army’s special operations aviation organization. For 72 grueling hours, she completed a series of physical and mental challenges against male peers for a spot in the U.S. Want grit? Take Dartmouth Tuck’s Sarah Elizabeth Blatt. This is a class that was built on sweat equity, one that has embraced competition, challenge, and change on their way back to campus. Forget the popular notion of Millennials as sheltered snowflakes. Looking at the incoming students in the MBA Class of 2021, you’ll find true opportunists – they are go-to go-getters, dynamo doers, and scrappy self-starters as much as inventive spirits, electric personalities, and cerebral steamrollers. Opportunity is something every MBA craves. I was more confident I found the right program when I thought: How rewarding would it be if every day was as enriching as today?”īREAKING THE GLASS CEILING…FOR HER DAUGHTER “In a 24-hour span, I attended the HBS Tech Conference met classmates from around the world who were extremely accomplished and inspiring yet incredibly humble had candid conversations about personal growth with easily-accessible alumni and participated in a thought-provoking Q&A with Dean Nohria, exhibiting leadership values to which I fully aligned. Her mission? Trumpeting technology, Breiter intends to “provide communities without investment capital access to technology to ensure global intergenerational advancement.” Thus far, she would summarize her MBA experience in one word: opportunity. This week, she took the next step in joining Harvard Business School’s MBA Class of 2021. As a senior analyst, she spearheaded the supply chain development for the firm’s flagship rocket that will “ferry” astronauts into space. An honors graduate from USC, Breiter quickly landed a dream job at Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Despite standing 5’3, she earned the moniker “Iron Woman” by excelling in sports. Harvard Business School’s Elizabeth Breiterīy high school, Breiter would rank among the best students. ![]()
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