Certificate & Award Recipients for 2025

Below is a summary of degrees, awards, and certificates given to students at the diploma ceremony in June 2025.

Degrees Granted

PhD 22
Masters in Business Research 5
MSx 81
MBA 426
Grand Total 534

Arjay Miller Scholars

This award, named after former Dean Arjay Miller, recognizes the academically highest 10 percent of the graduating MBA class.

Max Adams

Peter August Adelson

Maha Al Fahim

Niranjan Balachandar

Alan Hauter Balson

Philip Oren Balson

Helen Berhanu

Joseph B. Bernstein

Jacob Lewis Blank

Thomas Osel Carroll

Catherine Cheng

Caitlin Holly Cranmer

Omer Doron

Valerie Ann Fanelle

Isabella Haegg

Richard Minor Hamrick IV

Pallavi Hukerikar

Winston Huynh

Muhammad Awais Islam

Laura Vanessa Kiehl

Rachel Hyojin Kim

Catherine Stewart Lacy

Jiyang (Michael) Liu

Matthew Mahowald

Anthony Mattar El Raachini

Ian McRae

Arnav Mehta

Madison Carlene Minsk

Ana Luisa Monteiro Laginha

John William Onderdonk

Christina Sofia Puccinelli

Riley Christopher Quinn

Joseph Robillard

Philipp Schellhaas

Stefano Schiappacasse Michelson

Meredith Marjorie Slifkin

Elias Stern

Xiaowen Sun

Leah Setsuko Surratt

Alexander David Wakil Thompson

Dhananjay Rajeev Varma

Tyler Ray Walker

Bastiaan Jan Victor Zwanenburg

Henry Ford II Scholar

This award is given to the MBA student with the highest academic achievement in the class. This student receives a cash award and the Miller Scholar Scroll, and their name is displayed on a plaque at the Knight Management Center.

Ian McRae

Alexander A. Robichek Student Achievement Award in Finance

This award is given to an MBA student selected by the finance faculty for achievement in finance courses. The recipient receives an award and their name is displayed on a plaque at the Knight Management Center.

Isabella Haegg

Ernest C. Arbuckle Award

This award is given to the second-year MBA student who is nominated and chosen by their peers as having contributed most to the fulfillment of the goals of the school. This student receives a cash award and their name is displayed on a plaque at the Knight Management Center.

Nofel Teldjoune

Robert L. Joss Scholars

This award, named after former Dean Robert L. Joss, recognizes the academically highest 10 percent of the graduating MSx class.

Oluwakemi Abdul

Chun Hou Bertram Ang

Vinicius Brisola Quintanilha

George Ivanov Georgiev

Ostap Korkuna

Tomás Maestre Martínez

Diwas Neupane

Divyansh Raghuvanshi

The George G.C. Parker Prize

This award is given to the MSx student with the highest academic achievement in the class. This student receives a cash award and their name is displayed on a plaque at the Knight Management Center.

Diwas Neupane

Miller Social Change Leadership Award

The Miller Social Change Leadership Award honors the social change leaders of the future — graduating MBA and MSx students who have made an outstanding contribution to the Stanford GSB social innovation community and commitments to social and environmental action.

Megha Agarwal, MBA

Yalcin Aydin, MBA

Alexis Brown, MSx

Keith Calix, MBA

Caroline Chen, MBA

Noelle Eveland, MBA

Juliette Hackett, MBA

Sakshi Khanna, MBA

Ankita Kodavoor, MBA

Michael Paquette, MSx

Kiera Peltz, MBA

Doug Phipps, MBA

Pragati Rastogi, MBA

Hendrick Townley, MBA

Devan Trammel, MBA

Zooey Carter Wilkinson, MBA

Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation

The Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation is awarded to MBA and MSx students who complete a course of study focused on using business and management skills to solve social and environmental issues.

MBA

Nicolas Abad

Frederick William Abbey

Megha Agarwal

Quratul Ain

Tireni Ajilore

Andrew Raffi Ansell

Mark Garo Ansell

Sonja Anton

Juan Bautista Baistrocchi

Alan Hauter Balson

Savannah Baum

Ryan Phillip Bayne

Helen Berhanu

Joseph B. Bernstein

Anya Nivedan Bharadwaj

Rebecca Alexandra Blais

Jacob Lewis Blank

Christopher Bradbury

Samuel Braunseis

Carolyn Bruckmann

Cyrus Appietse Buckman

Courtney Jordana Burton

Keith Richard Calix

Georgia Carroll

Caroline Chen

Jinny Chen

Rong Benedict Chen

Sophia Jacqueline Chen

Catherine Cheng

Caitlin Holly Cranmer

Ian Rafael De Luna

Kathryn Deal

Kathryn Elizabeth Dickinson

Catherine Holding Didier

Nathaniel Xavier Dodson III

Meera Kshitij Doshi

Zachary Alan Dyce

Valerie Ann Fanelle

Madison Freeman

Max Garrett

Cayo Alexander Gonzalez

Samuel Goldman Greenberg

Sean Guo

Juliette Marie Hackett

Richard Minor Hamrick IV

Syed Muhammad Farrukh Hamza

Jonathan William Lawrence Hoey

Pallavi Hukerikar

Toshiaki Imamura

Henry Joseph Frankenthaler Iseman

Muhammad Awais Islam

Malik Ismail

Akshatha Kamath

Esther Kamgaing

Farha Naved Khan

Sakshi Khanna

Hokuto Kikuchi

Kelsey Janae Klein

Annie Klosowicz

Ankita Kodavoor

Mackenzie Kosseim

Aakash Kotak

Tushar Krishnan

Tomonobu Kumahira

Catherine Stewart Lacy

Gahong Lee

Mark Seu Ho Lee

Caroline Levy

Chenyue Li

Yue Li

Zhenyan Li

Kristina Nicole Liang

Alexander Jacob Lubkin

Lucy Wenxiu Ma

Vinicius Mariano Hojo

Fernando Mata Cordero

Keita Matsumoto

Lauren Maymar

Elizabeth Anne McNally

Krish Akshay Mehta

Adam Merrill

Suhani Mohan

Mason Montgomery

Cariana Beth Morales

Chase Navellier

Elliot Keller Nell

Floriane Ngako Kameni

Danielle Hoai-Nhu Nguyen

Arinzechukwu Chinemelum Nwagbata

Ewoma Ogbaudu

Robert Sullivan O’Reilly

Sidney Owen

Chanwoo Park

Guitae Park

James Kyutae Park

Anirudh Shankar Pennathur

Stephanie Pham

Douglas Hopkins Phipps

Juan Pablo Pietrini Sánchez

Haley Prout

Vibha Puri

Liam Naim Rahman

Vasundhara Rakesh

James Trey Flanagan Ramsay

Pragati Rastogi

Joseph Robillard

Aria Linsey Colister Rodli

Maria Camila Rojas

Olivia Ellen Rosen

Amir Payaum Sanatkar

Ishir Seth

Jay Shah

Shreya Ashish Shah

Summer Yu Shaw

Dina Sheira

John Mitchell Shumway

William Joseph Silk

Bharti Singhla

Preetam Srinivas Soundararajan

Mara Florina Steiu

Renata Stewart

Amanda Gray Studebaker

Joshua Kheng Yan Swee

Sarah Lindsey Tang

Emily Louise Tench

Hendrick William Townley

Devan A. Trammel

Christian Antonio Urrutia

Isabel Vallina Garcia

Jessica Villarreal Reyes

Alexandra Wang

Maia Joie Christina Watson

Colin Weidmann

Carter Wilkinson

Walter S. Woo

Bastiaan Jan Victor Zwanenburg

MSx

Chun Hou Bertram Ang

Agata Maria Braja

Norma Alexis Brown

Shuhui Chen

Srikar Jandhyala

Wang Tien Khoo

Amrutha Nair

Michael Paquette

Timothy Richard Scheidler

Yongkyun Sim

Alex Szolnoki