
2026 Best & Brightest Executive MBAs
| MBA Student | MBA Program | Hometown | Employer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica M. Griffin | Arizona State (W. P. Carey) | Phoenix, AZ | Marriott |
| Nathan Neufeld | Baylor University (Hankamer) | Calgary, Canada | The 10FOLD Group Inc. |
| Britney Greene | Brigham Young University (Marriott) | Las Vegas, NV | Brigham Young University |
| Athan Fox | University of Cambridge (Judge) | NA | Ever Resource |
| Fat Kit Lau | China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) | Hong Kong, China | Stanley Black & Decker |
| Sharan Chawla | University of Chicago (Booth) | Frankfurt, Germany | Zenco Consulting |
| Ka-hing (Ken) Ng | University of Chicago (Booth) | Hong Kong, China | GPTX Investment Management |
| Theodore “Theo” Davidson | Columbia Business School | Brooklyn, NY | Accenture |
| Melissa Linares | Cornell University (Johnson) | Scarsdale, NY | Lina Concierge MedSpa |
| Maria Surinach | Cornell University (Johnson) | Cedar Knolls, NJ | Surinach & Co. |
| Mike Valdes | Cornell University (Johnson) | Newport Beach, CA | BKM Capital Partners |
| Sardana Mikheeva | Duke University (Fuqua) | Yakutsk, Russia | Japan Remotely |
| Alexis D. Smith, M.D. | Emory University (Goizueta) | Atlanta, GA | University of Arizona-Phoenix |
| Georgina Catafal Tardos | ESADE Business School | Bellaterra, Spain | Suvoda |
| Piera Gallo | ESCP Business School | Turin, Italy | Stellantis |
| Tra Linh TRAN | ESSEC Business School | Paris, France | French Ministry of Economy and Finance |
| Bridgett Willis | University of Florida (Warrington) | Elkton, MD | NA |
| Cam Pegg | Fordham University (Gabelli) | Brisbane, Australia | Critical Mass |
| Raqeeb Haque | Georgetown University (McDonough) | Bethesda, MD | NA |
| Michele Lillard | University of Georgia (Terry) | Marietta, GA | C0ca-Cola Company |
| Jimmy Swartz | Georgia Tech (Scheller) | Atlanta, GA | The Swartz Company |
| Simone PESCE | HEC Paris | Alessandria, Italy | Deloitte Paris |
| Amal Haq | IE Brown Executive MBA | Washington, D.C. | U.S. Department of State |
| Saulo Santana | IESE Business School | Potsdam, Germany | Axel Springer SE |
| Adriana Kiedzierska-Mencfeld | IMD Business School | Namyslow, Poland | Rezon Bio |
| Lindsay Thompson | Imperial Business School | Gloucester, MA | Bank of New York |
| Jeckin Kirti Chheda | Indian School of Business | Mumbai, India | Silverline Logistics Pvt Ltd. |
| Dr. Megan Kalambo | Indiana University (Kelley) | Roseville, CA | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Selina Helenius | INSEAD | Zürich, Switzerland | Indical Bioscience |
| Jonathan Ng | INSEAD | Sarawak, Malaysia | Yeung Lok Group of Companies & Allied Dental Group |
| Mat Moakes | London Business School | London, United Kingdom | OVO Energy / OVO Home Services |
| Jaclyn Field Mathai | University of Maryland (Smith) | Kingsburg, CA | Walt Disney Company |
| Anjali Mishra | McGill-HEC Montréal | Montréal, Canada | Société de transport de Montréal (STM) |
| Steven Cole-Schwartz | University of Michigan (Ross) | Seattle, WA | Inatai Foundation |
| Ed Mamou | University of Michigan (Ross) | Birmingham, MI | Royal Oak Recycling |
| Aris Singleton | Michigan State (Broad) | Detroit, MI | Thank God It’s Natural (tgin) |
| Tina Lenneman | University of Minnesota (Carlson) | Hopkins, MN | Boston Scientific |
| Miriam Daucher | National University of Singapore and UCLA (Anderson) | Singapore | Mercer |
| Johan Gozali | National University of Singapore | Singapore | GovTech Singapore |
| Kenneth M. Esser, Jr. | New York University (Stern)/TRIUM | Bordentown, NJ | Hackensack Meridian Health |
| Crystal Law | New York University (Stern) | Edison, NJ | Latham & Watkins, LLP |
| Francisco Javier Martinez-Torres | North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | Chapel Hill, NC | Dompé US |
| Slgi Jolissaint | Northwestern University (Kellogg) | Houston, TX | Phillips 66 |
| Carlos Ortega | Northwestern University (Kellogg) | Mexico City, Mexico | HSBC |
| Abigail (Abby) Anderson | Notre Dame (Mendoza) | Farmington, WV | Viatris |
| Leslie Kim | Ohio State (Fisher) | Syosset, NY | Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center |
| Diego Salama | University of Oxford (Saïd) | Cochabamba, Bolivia | United Nations University |
| Alishia Stevenson | University of Pittsburgh (Katz) | Cooperstown, PA | Wesbury |
| Kathleen Perley | Rice University (Jones) | Houston, TX | AdaIR |
| Arnab Roy Choudhury | Rutgers Business School | Springfield, NJ | U.S. Soy Export Council |
| Denise Graciela Cosentino | Santa Clara University (Leavey) | San Jose, CA | Cosentino Coaching & Consulting LLC |
| Jay Moon | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | Allen, TX | NA |
| Sarah Scharf | University of Tennessee (Haslam) | New Jersey | Rutgers Cancer Institute |
| Sarah Prescott | University of Texas (McCombs) | Austin, TX | EliseAI |
| LaToya Jordan | Texas A&M (Mays) | Pearland, TX | JERA Americas |
| Adetoro Abass | University of Toronto (Rotman) | Toronto, Canada | Util-Assist Inc. |
| Thuy Nguyen | U.C.-Berkeley (Haas) | Albany, CA | Motional |
| Craig Norris | U.C.-Irvine (Merage) | Irvine, CA | Muir North Corporation |
| Mathangi Srinivasan | U.C.-San Diego (Rady) | Singapore | Illumina, Inc. |
| FanNa Fan | UCLA (Anderson) | Tianjin, China | Sesame Workshop |
| Tyler Tetreault, MD | USC (Marshall) | Moorestown, NJ | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles |
| Mitchell Dabling | University of Utah (Eccles) | Salt Lake City, UT | HDR Engineering Inc. |
| Corbitt Huseth | Vanderbilt University (Owen) | Memphis, TN | Veritas Ratings |
| Temi Oyewunmi | University of Virginia (Darden) | Leesburg, VA | Airbus |
| Luke Parker | Warwick Business School | Hitchin, United Kingdom | Google Cloud |
| Hannah Roosevelt | University of Washington (Foster) | University of Illinois | Seattle Children’s Hospital |
| Rony Takchi | Washington University (Olin) | St. Louis, MO | Geneoscopy Inc. |
| Katelyn Garcia | The Wharton School | Annapolis, MD | U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Gerald Glover III, Esq. | The Wharton School | Philadelphia, PA | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP |
| Charles William Lentz, Ed.D. | The Wharton School | Doylestown, PA | New Hope-Solebury School District |
| Olesya Afanasyeva | Yale School of Management | Calgary, Canada | Orion Steel Group |
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