Carnegie Mellon University

Jaymin Patel ’07

Jaymin recently published a book, The MBA Guide to Networking Like a Rockstar: The Ultimate Guide to Navigating the Complex MBA Landscape & Developing Personal Relationships to Stand Out Among Top-Caliber Candidates. The introduction and the first chapter of the book are available for download.  

Indiana University-Bloomington

Jamal Ali '91

Jamal recently presented at Chicago's Green Festival to promote his book, Black and Green. Footage from his talk can be found here.

Carol Phelps '83

Carol recently achieved the status of Certified Management Consultant (CMC) by the Institute of Management Consultants USA (IMC USA). Carol founded and is president of Global Financial Analytics, LLC, a woman-owned small business full service financial and management consulting business to government and private sector clients. Carol is the Alumni representative on The Consortium's Board of Trustees.

Eddie C. Brown '70

Eddie recently published a book, Beating the Odds: Eddie Brown's Investing and Life Strategies, and is embarking on a book tour.

New York University

Jolawn '09 and Kevan '09 Victor

Jolawn and Kevan are delighted to announce the birth of our daughter Cassidy. They invite you to celebrate with them by viewing a short video.

Cassidy Ava Ollita Victor

University of Rochester

Ken Burkeen, ’02

Ken recently joined Novartis’ Consumer Health Division as a senior brand manager within CIBA VISION. He is responsible for the DAILIES brand, the leading daily disposable contact lens brand in North America, and is based out of their suburban Atlanta headquarters in Duluth, Ga.

The University of Texas at Austin

Hassan Johnson ’10

Hassan along with Consortium classmates Edwin Polanco (Indiana University - Bloomington) and Chima Ogbuokiri (New York University '10) created a business, ThaTrunk.com, which was accepted into Texas Venture Labs.ThaTrunk is a digital music marketplace for driven Independent Hip Hop Artists that sells services normally offered by record labels.Texas Venture Labs at The University of Texas at Austin is a campus-wide initiative to accelerate the rate of start-ups on its campus, offering entrepreneurs an accelerated route in bringing their innovations to market.

Washington University in St. Louis

Jessie J. Knight Jr, '75

Jessie has been serving as Executive Vice President of External Affairs for Sempra Energy, a Fortune 200 energy services corporation, has been named the Chief Executive Officer for the company's largest subsidiary, San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E). SDG&E is a regulated utility with 5,000 employees that provide electricity, gas and energy services to 3.5 million consumers for San Diego and southern Orange Counties with $4.4 billion in revenues.

Emory University

Natalie Reeves ’09

Natalie recently accepted a full-time offer to work for The Coca-Cola Company in brand management. While in her second year, she is serving as the vice president of career and academic advancement for the Black MBA Association. She also serves on the Board of Gateway Homeless Shelter through the board fellows program at the university and is a team guide for the Goizueta Marketing Strategy Competition.

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Allen Banez '90

Allen recently released a new ebook on teaching consumers how to save money. The book is being sold for $3.99 USD at Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/100057. 

Edward T. Hightower '95

Edward recently founded and is Managing Director of Motoring Ventures LLC - an independent private equity investment and advisory firm focused on acquiring and increasing the value of middle-market companies in the automobile and powersports industries. He brings over twenty years of industry and consulting experience to the founding of Motoring Ventures and the hands-on leadership of its portfolio companies. Previously, he was a Director at AlixPartners LLP, where he helped manufacturing and consumer companies around the world grow revenue, reduce costs and increase operating profits. He also advised several of the worlds leading private equity firms and investment banks on auto sector M&A transactions throughout the US, China and the UK. Prior to consulting, Hightower held several significant product design engineering, marketing and P&L leadership roles between Ford, BMW and GM.

U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

D. Keith Pigues '93

Keith is currently the Dean of the School of Business at North Carolina Central University. 

U. of Southern California

Dr. Raye Mitchell '82

The East Bay Women's Initiative for Self Employment named Dr. Raye Mitchell the 2011 Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in Alameda County, California in recognition of her leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, and philanthropic contributions. 

Jose Rodriguez '02

Jose passed away following a brave battle with cancer. Jose leaves behind wife Cristina, daughter Delia and son Diego. Contributions in his memory can be made to The Brad Kaminsky Foundation/Heroes of Hope Race at http://heroesofhoperace.kintera.org/. Select Team "LASD for Jose."

University of Virginia

Jeff Stovall '00

Jeff, who works as Charlotte, North Carolina's Chief Iinformation Officer, has been selected by DiversityMBA Magazine as one of the Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive & Emerging Leaders for 2010. He will be honored at the organization's Awards Gala in September.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kemllen Lee ’11 and Luis Otero '11

Kemllen and Luis were interviewed by CNN's Ali Velshi on the positive impact MBAs can have on the academy. The video can be found here. Their interview begins at the 5 minute mark.