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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Erica Williamson Phillips
I wanted to do something that more directly impacted my family’s communities.

Erica Williamson Phillips

MBA ’09
Olaolu Aganga
I didn’t come from much, so I take my responsibility as a steward of capital incredibly seriously.

Olaolu Aganga

MBA ’11
Mary Barra
I strongly believe behaviors set your culture — and that’s not something you can fake.

Mary Barra

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

Rosa Li

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

Lauren Cooks Levitan

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

Monifa Porter

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

Rebecca Zucker

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

Coddy Johnson

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

Julia Collins

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

Natalya Thakur

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

Jim Hake

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

Roelof Botha

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

Ken Hersh

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

Anna Fang

MBA ’10
Orlando Bravo
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
Charles Phillips
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
Tristan Walker
The only expectation I have for myself is making decisions I can be proud of.

Tristan Walker

MBA ’10
Sam Ulloa
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
Dan Grunfeld
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
Jim Friedlich
I’m a kind of shapeshifter, a business executive with the heart and soul of a journalist.

Jim Friedlich

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

Jennifer Fate Velaise

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

George Jedenoff

MBA ’42
Michael Hole
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
Dara Treseder
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