Alumni Voices

Alumni reflect on their lives, their careers, and their experiences at Stanford GSB.

MBA Alumni

If you want to solve a problem, get as close as you can to the people facing that problem and build the solution alongside them.
Michael Hole
MD/MBA ’14
How can I help make this a reality, where Black women are in positions of power and are able to lift up our communities?
Dara Treseder
MBA ’14
I am focused on authenticity. I want people to be able to bring their full selves to work, whatever their identity is.
Kudzi Chikumbu
MBA ’16
Profitability and purposefulness are not separate things. They build on one another.
Deanna Mulligan
MBA ’89
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MSx/Sloan Alumni

I had a chance to return home with knowledge and experience and connections. It felt like I was doing something that would make a difference.
Guram “Guga” Tsanava
MS ’12
If this is what this looks like today, what does tomorrow look like?
Ed Kargbookorogie
MS ’18
I was convinced there was both a big opportunity to work on and that I was capable of working on it.
Tom Stevens
MS ’17
Tackling big problems with brilliant, determined, and hard-working people is thrilling.
Noosheen Hashemi
MS ’93
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Stanford Executive Program Alumni

Stanford is about always thinking big.
David Burke
SEP ’19
People feel like they’ve got limits on what they can and can’t do, but they can push their own boundaries a lot more than they think.
Annabelle Williams
SEP ’19
You have to find the perfect balance of the quantitative brain and the passionate heart.
Warrick Chu
SEP ’19
I think for any entrepreneur, there’s a risk in being overconfident in your own decisions. That’s something I want to improve.
Xiaorong (Hazel) Hu
SEP ’19
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