MBA Alumni Voices

Hear from MBA alumni and learn how the Stanford GSB experience is helping them to make an impact on the world.

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I strongly believe behaviors set your culture — and that’s not something you can fake.

Mary Barra

MBA ’90
I wanted to do something to honor my grandma and bring more representation to retail shelves.

Rosa Li

MBA ’14
Knowing that you can empower these hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs is very gratifying.

Lauren Cooks Levitan

MBA ’92
I want to put tools into people’s hands to build their own businesses and solve their own problems.

Monifa Porter

MBA ’03
The biggest pain point in organizations is the ability to deal with conflict in a constructive way.

Rebecca Zucker

MBA ’94
Constantly look for mentors, wherever you can find them, and be willing to hear their feedback.

Coddy Johnson

MBA ’07
Food systems, when managed by stewards, could be a way to protect the planet and people.

Julia Collins

MBA ’09
We have to solve today’s problems while also building something that can address altruistic issues.

Natalya Thakur

MBA ’20
No matter what we’re trying to accomplish as a country, government can’t do it all.

Jim Hake

MBA ’83
We believe our job is not merely to invest; we are company builders.

Roelof Botha

MBA ’00
My goal is to be the fastest tortoise in the race… not to chase the shiny new penny. It worked.

Ken Hersh

MBA ’89
For me, it’s always about meeting interesting people who want to make change.

Anna Fang

MBA ’10
If you can be innovative with fewer resources, you will learn things about operations that you may never have considered.

Orlando Bravo

JD/MBA ’97
The thing I am most proud of is that 23 of my classmates think highly enough of me to back me.

Charles Phillips

MBA ’99
The only expectation I have for myself is making decisions I can be proud of.

Tristan Walker

MBA ’10
There are a lot of hard-working people who are deserving of access to responsibly priced financial services, just like my parents.

Sam Ulloa

MBA ’05
A lot of what I do you can relate to my career in sports. You want to win, but you also need to work well with others.

Dan Grunfeld

MBA ’17
I’m a kind of shapeshifter, a business executive with the heart and soul of a journalist.

Jim Friedlich

MBA ’85
Our tribe elects me to represent them and it’s deeply gratifying work.

Jennifer Fate Velaise

MBA ’88
That’s why I’m still here at 104 — because I’ve been adaptable and optimistic.

George Jedenoff

MBA ’42
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