Smith Profiles
Alumni Profile
Embracing Ambiguity in India
Rahul Shah, PTMBA ’15, MFin ’15
Surprises come with the territory when working in international development across India. As senior engagement manager at Sattva Consulting, Rahul Shah, PTMBA ’15, MFin ’15, must navigate uncertainty as he works across all domains with all types of stakeholders on a diverse subcontinent.
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Designer Transforms Sorority House
Jenna Steckler, Undergraduate ’94
By Meredith Cobb
Alumni Profile
Ocean Studies Bring Global Adventures
Johanna Polsenberg, Executive MBA '07
Marine conservationist Johanna Polsenberg, EMBA ’07, never stays in one place for long. She has traveled through Asia and lived in the Bahamas, Alaska and Gabon on the Atlantic Coast of Central Africa.
Alumni Profile
Mass Shooting Leads to Life of Advocacy
Colin Goddard, MBA '18
Intermediate French class started with the usual chatter on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech University. “It was a normal Monday morning, talking about what we did the previous weekend,” says Colin Goddard, MBA ’18, who took the course as an international studies major.
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EMBA Alum Leads Marriott Europe
Liam Brown, Executive MBA '05
When Dublin-native Liam Brown, EMBA ’05, travelled to the United States for a friend’s wedding in 1989, he intended to stay only a few days.
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Building Bridges Between U.S., Africa
Rashida Petersen, Undergraduate '03
Different environments pose different challenges, which is why international business developer Rashida Petersen ’03 says seeking information about local contexts is more important than ever.
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Quiet on the Tee: He’s Working
George Bradford, Undergraduate
Former Terrapin golfer George Bradford, a 1997 graduate of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, had a quick response when people told him to “get a job” after college. “I have a job,” he told the skeptics. “I’m a professional golfer.”
Alumni Profile
Working With IBM's Watson
Kristie C. Bradford, A Front Row Seat at the Intersection of Business and Tech
What does a typical work day look like for Kristie Curameng Bradford, a 2005 full-time MBA graduate at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business? Well, there’s really no such thing — and that’s precisely why she loves her job.
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Fighting Food Waste and Hunger
Evan Lutz ’14
Entrepreneur Evan Lutz ’14 hates to see food go to waste. So in 2014 during his senior year at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, he co-founded Hungry Harvest from his dorm basement in College Park, Md.
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Following the Itch to Explore the World
Tekisha Harvey, Full-time MBA
In the past year Tekisha Harvey, MBA ’08, has visited Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Colombia, Argentina, the Netherlands, Bali, the Philippines, Thailand and Japan. “It’s crazy that this is my life,” she says.