McDonough Talks

In Season 1, Episode 3, we continue the Roundtable series. Each Roundtable features host Mike Silverman and co-host Sam Speed, and today, they chat with two FT '22 students, Christine Kim and Andrew Mulia. Christine's focus is on strategy and issues pertaining to CSR. Before business school, Christine was an international correspondent for Reuters in South Korea and later worked in global communications for Samsung Electronics. After graduating, Christine sees herself remaining in the tech industry. Andrew Mulia, hailing all the way from Indonesia, was a corporate lawyer at Baker McKenzie Indonesia before coming to McDonough. Post-MBA, he seeks to specialize in data analytics and big data when consulting for companies and governments. Please tune in to learn about why they are the way they are and how they've taken action to amplify the AAPI experience here on campus and in the United States.

In Season 1, Episode 2, we continue our Women's Month celebration by introducing you to our Roundtable. Each Roundtable features host Mike Silverman and his co-host Sam Speed, and today, they chat with two FT '21 students, Eli Batina and Lianne Pinto. Eli served as a co-president of the Graduate Women in Business (GWIB) club, and Lianne was Mike's predecessor as VP of Careers on the Student Government (SGA) board. After graduating from MSB, both will be taking their leadership talents into the workforce -- Eli will be joining Citibank, and Lianne will be working in renewable energy-focused investment banking at Nomura Greentech. Please tune in to learn about why they are the way they are and which life experiences helped set them on a path of leadership.

Please enjoy our first ever episode as we celebrate Women's Month by chatting with Marcela Colmenares (FT '22). Marcela comes from Venezuela and has had such unique life experiences! From leaving her family and her home at age 16 to attending undergrad at Kenyon College and working for the Venezuela opposition party in DC, time after time, Marcela has trusted herself and thrived during times of ambiguity. At the McDonough School of Business, she's on the Student Government Association Board, as VP of International, on the Latin America Business Association board, and will be spending her summer at Microsoft.