Smith Profiles
Faculty Profile
Act of Defiance Leads to Academia
Rajshree Agarwal, Professor, Management
Teaching started as an act of defiance more than a career choice for Rajshree Agarwal, the Rudolph P. Lamone Chair and Professor in Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Alumni Profile
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.
Student Profile
Mixing Business and Science
Stephanie Gomez, Full-time MBA
Stephanie Gomez’s desire to help others attracted her to STEM careers at a young age. Now, as an MBA student at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Gomez is even more determined to bring those dreams to fruition.
Student Profile
Journey from Guam to ExxonMobil
Janna Fernandez, Full-time MBA
Janna Fernandez’s journey to the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business began roughly 8,000 miles away in Guam, but her experiences are taking her even further.
Alumni Profile
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.
Faculty Profile
Where Data Meets Optimization
Margrét Bjarnadóttir, Professor, Statistics
In the year after graduating with her PhD, in what was financially a lean time, Margrét Bjarnadóttir and her husband decided to buy a new Macbook Pro to replace their aging one.
Alumni Profile
A Builder of African American History
Lisa Anders, Full-time MBA
Visitors to the National Museum of African American History and Culture can’t miss the restored Pullman railcar that dominates the Segregation Gallery in Concourse 2.
Faculty Profile
Change Agent Finds Niche at Smith
Henry C. Boyd III, Professor, Marketing
Henry C. Boyd III was just a kindergartner, living on a U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan, when he began to grasp the importance of education.
Student Profile
Engineering an MBA Career Shift
Natnapin Tangpipith, Full-time MBA
Natnapin “Nat” Tangpipith emerged quickly as a civil engineer. She worked with several public agencies around New York City, specializing in bridge rehabilitation. But as she moved up the ladder, her career interests evolved.
Faculty Profile
Fighting for Fairness in Business Law
T. Leigh Anenson, Professor, Business Law
Strict enforcement of the law sometimes rewards dirty-dealing and hypocrisy, which bothered T. Leigh Anenson as a business litigator.