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LETTER FROM THE DEAN
WELCOME
I n my first year and a half here, many positive developments have occurred, and it
would be easy to use the new millennium to herald these changes. But effective, lasting
change doesnt occur overnight. In this issue, you will read about our international gradu-
ate placement results, the outcome of our long-term strategy to capitalize on George-
towns international reputation and its location in the political capital of the world. Our
graduate curriculum committee, our MBA career management office, our faculty, alumni
and the students themselves gave much thought to defining what it is to be an interna-
tional MBA program and expended a great deal of energy both before and since my
Within these pages, you will see some more changes-new faculty, each of whom brings a
special expertise to complement our academic strengths, new faces in key leadership posi-
tions within the MBA office, and in some cases, such as student life and MBA alumni
affairs, completely new positions. Each of these individuals will contribute to moving the
school toward new levels of achievement. Again, this wont happen overnight. But watch
these pages closely, and over the next couple of years, you will see the academic and
administrative initiatives of these talented members of our community bear fruit, just as
our international efforts have flourished. Our strongest constant is thoughtful progress.
I hope you enjoy the first Georgetown Business of the new millennium, the first issue
under the direction of the new editor, Elizabeth Shine. Liz Liptak, Georgetown Business
founding editor, has left Georgetown to pursue new opportunities. Thanks to Lizs creativ-
ity and vision, this publication has grown from a newsletter to a magazine with a circula-
tion of approximately 16,000, and a valuable asset in chronicling the progress of the
McDonough community.
I wish a prosperous and happy new year to all our alumni, friends, students, faculty and
administrators.
CONTENTS
Christopher P. Puto
Dean
Inside Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business
Business Without Borders . . . . . . . 7
The Challenge of
Transnational Production. . . . . . . 14
Alumni Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1
Inside Information
Winter 2000 3
Inside Information
M
We wanted to increase the fraternitys com-
munity outreach, said Kostrowicki. With Junior
Achievement, we can use our knowledge to help ore than 40 undergraduate accounting majors in Professor Thomas
educate elementary students about the fundamental Cookes taxation course met on Capitol Hill in October for a guest lecture by the
concepts of commerce. Our aim is to give something ranking minority member on the House Ways and Means Committee.
back to the city, and hopefully make a difference, Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) discussed the concept of progressive taxation, past
however small, in a young persons life. tax laws and deductions, and the politics of taxation in general, then fielded stu-
This is the first time the D.C. office of Junior dents questions during the hourlong session on October 22, 1999.
Achievement, which usually recruits professionals to I always try to address student groups when I have the time, said Stark,
volunteer, has used students to participate in the who has served as a representative for Californias 13th district since 1973. I
classroom. We decided that the McDonough stu- believe that everyone has the responsibility to assist in educating our youth, and I
dents would be a good match for the elementary want to do my part.
students, remarked Amy Headley, volunteer man- The private session with Stark was arranged by Christina Nystrom (B00),
ager for Junior Achievement of the National Capital who had interned in the congressmans office. Shortly after the course began, she
Area, Inc. Theyre enthusiastic about the subject proposed the idea to Cooke, who jumped at the chance.
matter, and the youngsters relate to them more easily If we dont take advantage of whats available in D.C., were missing the
than to older adults. boat, Cooke said. Stark is a major player on the Ways and Means Committee,
Junior Achievement gives McDonough stu- which is where all the tax laws originate. Were studying this in class, and its
dents two hours of training and orientation, and good for students to hear whats happening from a legislators perspective.
then organizes visits to the school where students The taxation course presents an overview of the U.S. Federal Individual
will learn to conduct in-class observations and work Income Tax System, explained Cooke, adding that the course also examines tax
with the classroom teachers. bills being proposed on Capitol Hill. Most students are upper-level accounting
Plans are under way to expand volunteer oppor- majors who plan to work as CPAs after graduation.
tunities with the program to all undergraduate busi- Cooke also sponsors half-day trips to the Supreme Court, the U.S. District
ness students. Court, and the D.C. Superior Court for his business law class.
Winter 2000 5
Inside Information
Connelly Program
Hosts International
T he call of the Wild West led more than 60 Georgetown MBAs to the San
Francisco Bay area this January to conduct interviews or investigate career
Ethics Conference opportunities with firms such as Cisco Systems, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, IBM,
Apple, Sun Microsystems, The Gap, Levi-Strauss, Ebay, Clorox, Yahoo, Cnet,
In conjunction with the
Netscape, 3Com, Oracle and several Internet start-up firms.
International Society for
The firm visits were organized by CalTrek, an MBA student group that
Business, Economics and
facilitates career searches with California industries, provides networking oppor-
Ethics, Georgetowns Con- tunities, and educates students on West Coast industries and lifestyles. CalTrek
nelly Program in Business targets firms to visit based on the strength of Georgetown MBA alumni repre-
Ethics hosted a conference sentation at the firm. The end goal is to land jobs, and this is best accomplished
November 5, 1999, on through alumni advocates, says John Street (MBA00), co-president of CalTrek.
Noting that the number of student and firms participating in CalTrek is
Corruption: Ethical Chal-
double last years number, Street agrees that the current fascination with Internet
lenge to Globalization.
companies is a motivating factor in MBAs heading west. The Internet craze will
Five papers were pre-
not last much longer, says Street. To head out to California is the opportunity
sented, each one address- of a lifetime.
ing the theoretical and Street is an example of CalTreks effectiveness his CalTrek visit last year
practical aspects of cor- resulted in his internship with Apple. Other students interned with IBM Emerging
ruption as one of the Technologies, Octane Software, Pandesic, Intuit, Intel, and Dynamic Solutions.
Before the trip, a student committee compiled a resum book, complete
many ethical challenges
with information about the McDonough MBA program, for all CalTrek target
to globalization.
companies. This year, a Survival Guide was published, providing information
Participants included
about dress codes, logistics for firm visits, company fact sheets, as well as a social
the U.S. Office of Govern- calendar featuring events organized by CalTrek.
ment Ethics, the Ethics Competition for the best jobs is thick, says Street. The best MBA pro-
Resource Center, and sev- grams send delegations to visit California firms, ... Our competitive advantage
eral non-governmental lies with the well-roundedness of Georgetown MBAs and our active alumni base
in California.
organizations.
Ethical Challenges of
in July 2000.
A s the recent
Middle East peace
talks demonstrate,
reaching agreement
among various
groups in this
region of the world
is no mean feat.
7
S o when Laura
Mendelson (MBA99) became the U.S.
coordinator for Arthur Andersens Bethle-
hem 2000 project in June, she knew she
would face challenges.
The project, which promotes tourism
and improving the infrastructure in Beth-
lehem for the millennium, required her to
dents as the reason they opted to pursue an
MBA on the Hilltop. The MBA pro-
grams international strength, and the abil-
ity to draw on courses from the foreign
service program were definitely factors in
my applying to Georgetown, says
Mendelsohn, who earned her bachelors
degree from Columbia University in Mid-
dle Eastern Studies, and speaks French,
Arabic and Hebrew.
Recruiters recognize this strength as
well, notes Jackie Wilbur, associate dean
and director of MBA career management.
nationally focused population, says Wilbur.
Thats why the companies come here.
They know its true of the university, they
know its true about the business school.
Statistics bear this out 37 percent of the
Class of 2001 is from overseas.
For students who wish to study a for-
eign language or improve their skills, the
Language Learning program is offered.
MBAs have the option of studying French
or Spanish through an intensive program
offered throughout the year. A weeklong
visit to France or Spain is also part of the
raise awareness among Jewish, Muslim
For the Class of 1999, 50 percent of all job program.
and Christian groups in the region and in
offers made were for international employ- Students like Martin Hossfeld
the United States. Mendelson implement-
ment, which includes: employment outside (MBA99), a German citizen and a senior
ed a successful strategy to commit this dis-
the students home country; transnational consultant in the New York office of Ora-
parate group to help with fund raising and
employment, or positions located beyond cle Corp., the worlds second largest inde-
support for the project.
the borders of the companys home coun- pendent software company, said such lan-
She credits this achievement to her
try; and jobs with international content, if guage ability is important to success in an
academic experience at Georgetown, espe-
not location. international career.
cially the team projects which required her
Approximately 70 to 80 percent of our The languages [recently] helped me
to work with foreign students.
students have language, work or study to be considered for a job with a German
The case studies and team work at
abroad experiences, so we have a very inter- client in the States, says Hossfeld, who
Georgetown provided an opportunity for
interactions with people who have differ-
ent life experiences. It taught me to be tol-
erant and to look at things from a new per-
spective, she says. Dealing with other
areas of the world, you realize things dont
always work the same way as at your home
base. You need to learn how to ask questions
in a way to get the results you want, and you
learn that from working with others.
Like Mendelson, many Georgetown
MBAs find that they learn the skills
needed to succeed in an international busi-
ness environment. An impressive 34 per-
cent of the graduates of the MBA Class of
1999 accepted international positions upon
graduation, and when asked, many stu-
dents cite the international aspects of
Georgetowns curriculum, faculty and stu-
Winter 2000 9
corporations. Professor Carla Inclan Faculty always looked to understand the opportunity to explore job possibilities,
received a grant from the National Science how situations might be different if anoth- says Guerrero.
Foundation to study international financial er countrys environment were to be con- In designing the new MBA curricu-
deregulation. Many other Georgetown sidered and drew in foreign students to lum, Lawrence Abeln, director of graduate
professors also are examining how the discuss, says Schmeltzer. programs, notes the committee felt it essen-
global marketplace effects disciplines from Directing courses abroad is another tial to require an international business
finance to strategy. way faculty stay involved with internation- course during the first year, as well as the
When faculty do international al business. Each summer, Professor Jose- GLOBAL Experience, a 12-week course
research, their knowledge and insights are Luis Guerrero-Cusumano directs the for second-year students that includes a
passed onto students in the classroom, says Georgetown Graduate Program in Inter- weeklong study trip to New Delhi, London,
Nollen, adding that in the natural pro- national Management at Oxford Universi- Buenos Aires or Hong Kong.
gression of taking courses, youre going to ty. During the six-week Oxford program, The best way to obtain an interna-
get data and cases and observations that students take three tutorials from Oxford tional education is actually to go overseas
are internationally infused. professors and European business leaders, and experience the culture and the busi-
Michael Schmeltzer (MBA99), gen- and conduct on-site visits to international ness climate in another region. That expe-
eral manager for e-commerce strategies at businesses to learn about foreign business rience cannot be substituted by U.S. class-
corporate travel firm Rosenbluth Interna- practices first-hand. room experience, Abeln says.
tional, notes that faculty not only included Marshall, who participated in the pro- The New York Times recently high-
international case studies into the curricu- gram during the summer of 1998, said the lighted Georgetowns program, one of only
lum, but encouraged foreign students to experience led her to her current position. three in the United States to require a
share their knowledge and experiences as a Although not specifically designed as a study abroad experience, noting the course
tool for learning. networking experience, many students use reflects educators attempts to go beyond
the textbook in addressing the increasingly
global nature of business.
With the introduction of the new cur-
riculum in 1998 1999, MBA students
also now have 13 international electives
from which to choose, including a course
on investing in emerging markets taught
by George Munoz, president of the Over-
seas Private Investment Corp., an inde-
pendent U.S. government agency that pro-
vides investment services to U.S.
companies investing in emerging
economies.
Winter 2000 11
Lessons Learned On the Road:
IEMBA
Arriving in London from Milan last have reshaped attitudes and social struc- The influx of American banks has
month, I seemed to be the only non-Ital- tures as well as economic policies. The affected Londons cosmopolitan mix. Close
ian on the flight. As soon as the plane Thatcher Revolution of 1979 1990 to 50,000 U.S. citizens are living in Lon-
landed, the cell phones were out, and by reduced the power of the labor unions, don. In mid-November, American food-
the time the cabin doors were opened, shifted most of the state enterprise sector stuffs, such as sweet potatoes and pecan
dozens of conversations were in progress. to private ownership, created the condi- pies, appeared in our local supermarket.
What interested me about this scene was tions for an enterprise culture, and helped Work habits have changed too. The morn-
the realization that most of these young undermine much of the traditional British ing rush hour once peaked between 8:00
Italians were living and, presumably, work- class system. Despite the rhetorical differ- a.m. and 8:45 a.m., followed by a mini-
ing in London. ences, Tony Blairs Labor government has rush of stockbrokers arriving in time for
Statistics prove this. Approximately deviated little from the overall direction of the market opening at 9:30 a.m. It was
55,000 Italian citizens, 65,000 Germans, Thatchers policies. then a short morning before lunch.
and a similar number of French are work- The evidence of Londons emergence The American investment banks
ing in London, and immigration is grow- as a European center is everywhere. When changed all that with their 7:30 a.m.
ing rapidly. Todays immigrants are pre- I left London in 1986, it was one of the breakfast meetings and working lunches.
dominantly professionals, working in worlds great cosmopolitan cities. But the This year, the London Stock Exchanges
investment banks, management consult- mix of nationalities largely reflected opening time was moved forward to
ing, and information technology. Britains colonial heritage. Today, ambi- 8 a.m. in order to bring it into line with
Why London? Its not the weather or tious new immigrants attracted by the Frankfurt.
the cuisine though the former has opportunity Britain offers are balancing So what of the old London? Let me
improved marginally (global warming) and that mix. take you to a Sunday morning street mar-
the latter hugely. The new cosmopolitanism is reflected ket in the East End. Well have jellied eels
Young, educated Europeans flock to in Londons professional soccer teams: from a shellfish stall, followed by a trip to a
London for the same reasons ambitious Chelsea football club has an Italian man- pie and mash shop, and come back on a
young Brits head to the States. Employ- ager and only one British player; Arsenal red, double-decker bus. Its still there, just
ment opportunities that arise from a flexi- has a German manager, and a majority of look, round the corner from the Starbucks
ble labor market, learning opportunities non-British first-team players. In the coffee shop.
that arise from international firms, and the financial sector, too, overseas players domi-
Robert Grant is a profes-
scope for initiative, innovation and fast- nate. Immigrants have long been the most
sor of strategy at George-
track advancement make London a magnet innovative and entrepreneurial of the City
town, and a native of
for continental Europe in the same way that of Londons financiers.
Britain. During Fall
the United States has been a magnet to go- Many of Londons investment banks
1999, he was a visiting
getters from all over the world. were started by immigrants: Rothschild
professor at the
Britains unemployment rate, though and Schroder (Germany), Lazard (France),
University of Londons
higher than that of the United States, is and Hambros (Norway). Almost all have
Business School.
among the lowest of the larger European since been acquired by overseas companies,
Union countries. Employment protection and today, the biggest players in London
legislation, which stifles career mobility in are the AmericansMerrill Lynch, Citi-
many European countries, is less restrictive Group, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter,
in Britain. Goldman Sachs. This U.S. dominance has
The emergence of Britain as one of reinforced Londons position as an interna-
the more dynamic, entrepreneurial and tional financial center: Most banks have
technology-driven countries in Europe transferred major parts of their international
owes much to the political changes that operations from New York to London.
13
FORUM
Faculty
The Challenge of Transnational Production
he animated meeting of the components to many of its factories out- tangible benefits and are realized mostly in
network. Rather, I have found that the uals. Specialists and experts cannot be This article is based
on his latest
optimal pattern depends on two attributes divided among different international units
research.
of the companys key operational knowl- and are usually too busy to keep up with
edge: How explicit is this knowledge and the latest changes. They do not have much
how fast it changes. If this knowledge is, or time to spend on codifying their knowl-
can be, made explicit (as in the case of edge into operating manuals and, even if
McDonalds or Coca Cola, where all oper- they did, the manual is likely to be obsolete
ational procedures are spelled out in manu- soon. Transnational production in these
als), then most of the companys knowl- companies pose a dilemma: On the one
edge resources can be kept at the center (or hand they must keep a critical mass of
headquarters). Sometimes codifying the their scarce knowledge resources at the
knowledge may require substantial invest- headquarters and, on the other hand, allo-
mentfor example developing expert sys- cate enough to each operating unit to let it
tems (such as those Dell has developed) or operate efficiently and generate new
instituting strong incentives for codifying knowledge.
the tacit knowledge (as Anderson Consult- Any company that wishes to develop
ing and Booz-Allen & Hamilton have superiority in transnational production
done). In general, more knowledge ultimately faces the same dilemma. How
resources can be kept at the center when can you design a global production net-
key operational knowledge is more explicit. work that can cope with fast changing
If the critical knowledge is inherently hence, essentially tacit production
tacit (for example, how to entertain guests technology and procedures, yet avoid
at a typical Club Med resort), strict manu- duplication and scattering of the compa-
Winter 2000 15
Research and Activities
Faculty
Professor Aggarwals publications in
1999 include: The Rise and Fall of the
AMEX Emerging Company Market-
place (with Jim Angel) in volume 52 of
n June, I was appointed senior associ- Andreasen is organizing the first national The Journal of Financial Economics; Capital
Winter 2000 17
Chase Manhattan Gives First Gift Third Century Campaign Continues Momentum
in Minority Fellowship Program
Second-Year MBA Student Authors Winning The McDonough team faced rigorous selected for membership in Georgetowns chapter
Paper in Corporate Community Relations competition, said Christopher Puto, dean of of the society in his junior year, won the scholar-
A paper written by a McDonough MBA student the McDonough School. Their placement ship on the basis of superior academic perform-
won first place in Boston Colleges Center for among the nations leading MBA programs ance, his essay application and an interview.
Corporate Community Relations annual com- speaks volumes about their accomplishment. For a student to even be selected for mem-
petition in August 1999. Inga Riggins (MBA00) Nita Brown bership in the society means that he must be in
In Corporate Responsibility and the New (MBA00) David Williams (MBA00), and James the top seven percent of his class, said BGS
Business Paradigm, Alison Habiger Thompson (MBA01), won a $6,000 team prize. Associate Executive Director Vicki Klutts. To
(MBA/F00) described how cyberspace repre- The case involved a small family-owned automo- receive the award, he must be one of the very
sents a new global space for corporate responsi- tive parts business and the owners sons differing top business students.
bility and focused on Internet privacy to visions for the future of the business. A finance major with a 3.8 grade point aver-
demonstrate how companies will be forced to age, Egan currently serves as co-vice president
Two MBA Students Win $15,000
alter their policies as various concerns about for BGS Georgetown chapter. He is also a tutor
In Texaco Scholarships
conducting business in this new medium arise. for the Sursum Corda tutoring program.
Her faculty advisor, Professor Mary Culnan, is Robert Kitterman (MBA00) and Mary Reese
the author of the 1999 Georgetown Internet (MBA00) each won a $7,500 scholarship award Accounting Student Wins American Society of
from the Texaco Corporation in September 1999. Women Accountants Award
Privacy Policy Study on online privacy.
Habiger received a $5,000 award, funded by John J. OConnor, Texacos senior vice Kathleen Saunders (B00) is the recipient of the
major corporations including Clorox, Coca president presented the awards to Kitterman Past Presidents Award of the D.C. Chapter of
Cola, Diageo, Ford, Merck, Prudential and and Reese in a ceremony at Georgetown on the American Society of Women Accountants
Time-Warner. September 30, 1999. annual scholarship. The $750 scholarship is
Alisons paper stood out from the pack, said The scholarship awards are made to second- awarded to an accounting student with out-
Steve Rochlin, research director at the Center. year MBAs with an interest in the energy indus- standing academic performance who presents
Were very pleased to give her the award. try and a minimum grade point average of 3.25. the best essay on the future of accounting. Saun-
The papers, judged by three of Boston Col- Kitterman and Reese are the first recipients of ders paper explored the topic of taxation and
leges business faculty and three corporate man- the awards at Georgetown. Other recipients Internet companies.
agers, are evaluated on the basis of scholarship include students from the business schools at
McDonough Undergraduates Garner Various
and relevance to practice. Previous winners Columbia University, Duke University and the
Corporate Awards
include students from the University of Oregon, University of Michigan.
McDonough undergraduates are the recipients
Stanford University and the Massachusetts
Chase Manhattan Bank Awards $10,000 to of a number of merit-based, competitive awards
Institute of Technology.
Georgetown MBA Student from leading corporate entities. Students who
Georgetown Team Places Third in National Tracy Young (MBA01) is the recipient of a have won scholarships this year include: Jessica
Black MBA Case Competition $10,000 Chase Manhattan Bank Scholarship Navarro (B01), who receives $7,500 annually
A team of four McDonough MBA students for the 1999-2000 academic year. Prior to from the Starr Foundation; Antoine Dickerson
won third place in the annual National Black Georgetown, Young, an African American, (B01) receives $4,000 yearly from the law firm
MBA Association Case Competition in Sep- worked for four years as a certified public of Morrison & Foerster; Nicole Adams (B00)
tember 1999. accountant for KPMG in Baltimore, Md. The won $4,000 from Merrill Lynch for the 1999-
Teams from 26 MBA programs traveled to tuition award will allow me to pursue my aca- 2000 school year; Michael Yaeger (B03) will
Anaheim, Calif., to participate in the competi- demic goals and further enhance my career receive $2,500 annually from The Boston Globe;
tion, sponsored by DaimlerChrysler. First place development, said Young, who plans to work in Melissa Hoffam (B03) receives $1,000 annually
went to University of Michigans team, and the corporate finance. from McDonalds Corporation; and Christopher
University of Virginias Darden Schools team Bledsoe (B03) receives $1,000 annually from the
Undergraduate Business Student Receives
won second place. Ford Salute to Education.
Beta Gamma Sigma Award
Winter 2000 19
Faculty and Staff NEWS
Winter 2000 21
Faculty and Staff NEWS
Winter 2000 23
Restructured MBA Office Focuses on
Serving Students Needs
As part of a continuing effort to strengthen
the MBA program, McDonough Dean
Christopher Puto restructured the MBA
office this fall. Major changes in the MBA
office include the appointment of a full-
time professional to serve as the associate
dean and director of graduate programs (see
profile on Larry Abeln, page 23), and a new,
separate student life office, several new staff
join the International Executive MBA
(IEMBA) program, admissions and career Robert Wheeler, assistant dean and Maureen Hall, assistant dean and
management. Other initiatives include refo- director of admissions director of student life
staff is to help the programs large interna- director of MBA career management director of the IEMBA program
Winter 2000 25
Johnson Named to New MBA Alumni Affairs Position
UNDERGRADUATE
Winter 2000 27
MBA
ALUMNI NOTES
Taylor Simmons, wife, Ellen,
90 Jane Ashton Hawes along with Glenn and Silvia Hodges had
and their baby daughter are doing
her husband Dick, daughter, their first child, John Black, in
Class Agent: Lorraine Herr
Emma, and son, Colin, traveled to May 1999. Glenn is currently on well. They enjoy vacationing often
[email protected]
Chicago this summer to visit rela- the global integration team of in their villa in Charles County,
tives and tour the city. Jane writes DaimlerChrysler. Md.
Class agent Lorraine Herr and
that Cathy and David Burke lost
husband, Michael, are living in
their beloved dog Oprah, who has Steve Ryan recently joined Nex- Dave Roover quit his job at
Chicago. Lorraine recently fin-
gone up to the Great MBA tel Communications in a market- State Street and took a job at a
ished running her second Chicago
Lounge in the Sky. Our condo- ing role. software startup doing just about
marathon on an unseasonably cold
lences. A lovely blond pug, Jewel, everything, including develop-
morning. The Herrs son, Emerson,
has taken her place. The Burkes can Mitch Rubinstein, now vice ment, marketing and finance. He,
celebrated his first birthday in
be reached at [email protected]. president and executive producer wife, Michelle, and son, Ben, are
September and he has totally
of CBO Interactive, a design and living in the Boston area and are
charmed his mother and father.
Roland Manger will be moving advertising company, has set up a doing well.
Lorraine asks that classmates
to Palo Alto, Calif., in February Web-based Georgetown MBA92
please keep in touch by sending
updates to her e-mail address
2000 to build the U.S. operation of bulletin board. To subscribe, visit 94
Earlybird Venture Capital. Roland www.egroups.com/group/gumba- Class Agent: David Gee
above.
plans to keep his current apart- alum/. [email protected]
ment in Munich.
Beth Laboe Edgar and husband,
Jason, had a daughter, Isabel
93 Class agent, David Gee, is mov-
for this hotel chain. Drew Schwartz lives in Boulder, its bull to believe you can beat the stock
Colo., which he loves. Drew was market, refer them to Lehman Brothers
Ben & Liz Rabinowitz are the appointed president of Wall Tech- 10 Uncommon Values, an annual listing
proud parents of Maya Zoey, born nology in June 1999. He saw Sam
of stocks that have beat the market by an
in July 1999. Kobayashi, Mike Vechery and
John Jacobs in July 1999 in annual average of 7.5 percentage points
Michael Harman was married to Breckenridge, Colo., at Ron over the past 50 years.
Mary Palmer over the Fourth of Drozds wedding. He also saw Lehmans director of global equity
July weekend in Miami. Among Stefan, Patrick and Mary Var-
research, Joseph Amato (B84), oversees
the grooms men were Numa gas at the Marc Gross wedding Joe Amato (B84)
Jerome and Victor Hugo III. in Sonoma, Calif., in July. Drew is Uncommon Values. Each July, the firm
Michael is working as a produc- expecting to run the Columbus announces its 10 best stock picks for the year. The returns have been
tion supervisor with Freightliner marathon with Brad Norton, nothing short of extraordinary, Amato says. For the past year, our 10
at their Portland, Ore. truck man- whose wife is expecting triplets in
stock picks were up over 50 percent, while the market was up 20 per-
ufacturing plant as part of his November 1999.
DaimlerChrysler management cent. Last years top picks included Applied Materials, which was up
rotation program. Paddy Magee recently got 137.9 percent; Comverse Technology Inc., up 113.9 percent; and MCI
engaged to Regina McGroar, and WorldCom Inc., up 91.3 percent. In July 1999, Amato was featured in a
Stephanie Prager is still at is working in London at J.P. Mor- BusinessWeek article documenting Uncommon Values success.
Mattel and is managing Toy Story gan. He is currently defending
When not displaying his Midas touch with Uncommon Values,
2 and Disney activities, which she NatWest from a hostile bid.
says is much more exciting than Amato oversees 150 senior analysts around the world who cover more
Cabbage Patch Kids. Adam D. Struve is an invest- than 1,200 companies. The long hours that are necessary to communicate
ment officer at the International with analysts from New York to Tokyo, not to mention market-impacting
Frank and Carol Ann Manzella Finance Corp. in Washington,
situations that may arise in any country on any given day, make for a
are expecting another baby in D.C.
March 2000, who will join their position with more than its fair share of stressful moments.
wonderful 3-year-old, Casey. 95 The time differences, the fact that you find yourself on the
Frank is working at GE Capital The Class of 1995 is soliciting a phone all hours of the night dealing with issues, problems, you really
in Connecticut. new class agent. Please contact
have to enjoy it, says Amato. If you dont, youre not going to be able
Elizabeth Shine at
Herve Francois is happily mar- to put in the effort it takes to succeed.
[email protected] if
ried and works for CSFB Tech- interested. Amato was a student at Georgetown during the 1980s, the
nology Group on Long Island, decade of greed. Yet his advice to students considering potentially
N.Y. Ana Valenzuela moved to the lucrative careers on Wall Street is that money as the sole motivation for
Bay area from Madrid, Spain to
success wont cut it.
Nina Bronk Kelner left America become a researcher in the mar-
Online about a year ago, had a keting group at the University of At times, different professions are in vogue, working on Wall
second daughter, and is now California, Berkeley. Street, for Internet companies, Amato says. Given the enormous effort
consulting with Discovery Com- you will need to put forth to be successful in any field, you really need to
munications Inc. in their online
enjoy the work you do.
division.
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Alumni NOTES
96 Carol Tracy Carr is living in Stephen Gaull is still in project Pedro Herrera led a team of
ALUMNI NOTES
Boston and is working as the asso- development and finance with Georgetown MBAs from the
Class Agent: Julie Jaoudi
ciate intellectual property counsel Bechtel Enterprises in Sao Paulo, classes of 1996 and 1997 on the
[email protected]
for MITs Office of Sponsored Brazil, covering private infrastruc- Inca Trail to Machu Pichu in Peru
Programs. She loves having a job ture and pulp and paper. He is in November 1999. The group
Class agent Julie Jaoudi and her
where she can concentrate on just enjoying the good life in Brazil also spent four days exploring the
husband of two years, David
the legal aspects of intellectual and going to the beach on the Amazon jungle. This is his follow-
Wodynski, recently bought a
property. weekends. Stephen says theres an up trip to last years Argentina
home in Arlington, Va. In July
extra bedroom in the apartment if adventure. Pedro is still living in
1999, she was promoted to direc-
Alex Christianson recently got anyone is interested in visiting. New York, working for Warburg
tor of business development for
engaged to Luzmila Toledo; their Dillon Reed.
America Onlines music division.
wedding will be in May 2000. Dwight Gibbs is still the chief
Her work takes her to New York
Professionally, Alex is still enjoy- techie geek of the Motley Fool. William Hervey is working for
and California where she has been
ing success at MCI WorldCom in Dwight and his wife, Amanda the Oneida Indian Nation as the
able to connect with Georgetown
international marketing. Dory, live in Alexandria, Va., and director of intergovernmental rela-
friends. Please feel free to reach
have an exciting addition to the tions. Bill and his wife, Nikki,
her with any news at
Yi-Ching (Helen) Chen has her family: Thora Clare, who was have a beautiful new son, Alex,
[email protected].
own business as an international born on September 20,1999. who is 7 months old.
purchase office for overseas buy- Mom, baby, and Dad are all doing
Leslie and Erik Alvarado and
ers. She works with her clients to well, though two out of the three Michelle Joseph is the proud
their baby, Mara, moved into a
test products and develop soft- are somewhat sleep deprived. For mother of a 3-year-old boy, Austin
home in Princeton, N.J., close to
ware. Her company is called H2O more info, check out http://www. Cyril. In July 1999, she established
Leslies new job in global market-
Electronics. Feel free to contact geocities.com/tmfdwight. a strategic marketing solutions
ing for Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Helen at [email protected]. consulting group, klick consult-
Eriks consulting company contin-
Pankaj Gupta became a perma- ants,which focuses on e-marketing
ues to thrive.
Sara Conner has recently given nent staff member of the World opportunities.
birth; were anxiously awaiting Bank Group earlier this year. He is
Dale Bell bought a house in
more details. Congratulations! now working in the project Amy Kauffman has been a
Chevy Chase, Md., and was pro-
finance and guarantees group; his research fellow at the Hudson
moted to manager at Arthur
Alexei Dmitriev is working as work includes power projects in Institute since July; she is the
Andersens Office of Government
the regional vice president for Laos, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, director of the campaign and elec-
Services in Washington, D.C.
Teleglobe Communications Corp. and oil and gas projects in Chad, tion law project. Amy and her
in Northern Virginia. His contact Cameroon, Bolivia and Brazil. He husband, Ken Weinstein, are also
Durga Bobba recently asked for
information: tel: 703-755-2246/e- also is working on providing bank the extremely tired parents of a 5-
Geetika Bohils hand in mar-
mail: [email protected] guarantees on structured month-old son, Harrison Asher or
riage. They plan to be married on
bond/notes issues for Thailand, Harry as they call him, and a 2-
March 25, 2000, in New Orleans.
Bob Gabriel and his wife, Megan, Argentina and Brazil. year-old daughter, Raina. They
are still living in Georgetown, and live in Georgetown, only two
Clay Buckley continues to enjoy
have three young children: Mar- John Herd is living in suburban blocks from campus.
success in his job with America
garet, 5 years, Will, 3 years, and Philadelphia and teaching U.S.
Onlines business affairs depart-
Honor, 8 months. Bob is an history to 11th graders at Con- Timarie Kilsheimer recently
ment. Clays son, Fletcher, now
investment advisor with Salomon estoga High School. He also accepted a new job with
has a little sister to play with. The
Smith Barney in Washington, D.C. coaches high school lacrosse in the EduNeering as the healthcare
latest addition to Clays family:
spring. product manager and is still hap-
Eleanor Clay, born September 2,
pily based in the Washington,
1999.
D.C., area
Rebecca Kovrlija left her job as Wendy Moe is on the move. As Anne Pusey and her husband Emanuele Tosi is still at MCI
general manager of interactive of fall 2000, she will be a market- Larry Roberts recently moved to Worldcom doing wholesale mar-
services at 1-800-FLOWERS for ing professor at the University of Wolftrap, Va. She is still working keting. The new family addition is
her new job of taking care of her Texas, Austin. at America Online and is starting a second son, Piero Samuel, born
daughter, Emily Jane, born April to travel quite a bit on the job. in April 1999.
21. Emily is a really tough boss! After two years in Africa (Nige-
ria), Daniel Moss recently moved Jeff Rothschild was recently Rob Vanrenterghem and his
Kerrie Shaheen Liggio married to stunningly beautiful Rio De married. He and his wife are liv- wife have wonderful 2-year-old
Andrew Liggio on October 16 Janeiro, Brazil, where he is the ing in New York City and are identical twin girls and are living
1999 in Rumson, N.J. All of the assistant area manager for Tide- both practicing attorneys. in Northbrook, Ill. Rob is a brand
usual crew were there; Beth water Marine International manager working in Krafts pizza
Swaggart was Kerries maid of (TDW). Andrew Sachs and his wife, division. His division sells
honor. Andrew and Kerrie also Heather, live in Los Angeles. DiGiorno, Tombstone, Jacks and
bought a home last summer in Sandra Nouhra married Philipp Andrew is working at a merchant California Pizza Kitchen brands.
Cranbury, N.J. Congrats to Hoffmann and has a new baby bank called Standard Capital Robs wife, Cynthia, is staying at
Andrew and Kerrie! boy, Julian, who is 8 months old. Group. In addition, Andrew con- home to raise the girls and work-
Sandra left Ernst & Young Paris tinues to make angel investments ing part time for an Internet start-
John Loncto recently started law and is now in Dubai, United Arab in start-up Internet companies. up, onenest.com. If anyone swings
school at University of California Emirates. His first investment just went through Chicago, give them a call
Los Angeles. public last month (eGain Com- at (847) 509-9750.
In March 1999, Richard Oren munications- EGAN).
Jennifer Barsema Lunger mar- accepted an opportunity to be the In September, Mustafa Abdel-
ried Tony Lunger on May 22, 1999. licensing manager for The Jim Luis F. Snchez moved back to Wadood married Neemat Abdel
Henson Company. Previously, Mexico and is chief financial offi- Wadood. Mustafa is based in
John MacKethan married Richard had been in brand mar- cer at Grupo IUSA. The recent Cairo with Orascom, the largest
Logan Harrell in October 1999; keting at Mattel. He now oversees addition to the family is his sec- Egyptian conglomerate; and trav-
they honeymooned in Australia. licensing of all Henson properties, ond daughter, Ana Paola. els frequently to New York.
John is working at National Geo- including Classic Muppets, Bear Mustafa is the director of business
graphic. John says all Georgetown in the Big Blue House and Ramiro Sanchez left Bechtel for development and investments.
MBAs should subscribe to the Farscape. He also bought his first a new and improved opportunity
new magazine he works for, home in New York in September at Bidcom. Hes having a great Ed Whitehouse and his wife,
National Geographic Adventure. 1999. time at his job and hangs out on Teresa, and son, Alex, relocated
the weekends with other George- back to Northern Virginia from
Lisa Graham McCormack and Brian Powilatis is at Mercer town MBAs in the San Francisco California. They are building a
her husband have a son, Matthew Management Consulting as a sen- area. house near Leesburg and living in
Scott, born February 22, 1999. ior associate doing work in finan- Ashburn temporarily. Ed recently
Lisas new boss is little Matthew, cial services and digital business After two years with Warburg took a job working for Louis
as she left MCI WorldCom and is design. He and his wife bought a Dillon Reed, Stefan Schmitz Rukeyser as the managing editor
staying home. home in Old Town Alexandria, decided it was time for a change for Rukeysers newsletters. Eds
Va. and recently accepted a new posi- focus these days is to oversee the
tion with J.P. Morgan still in launch of a Rukeyser Web site.
New York City. They hope to launch in early Feb-
ruary 2000.
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Alumni NOTES
97 Todd Corley a consultant in the Kristin Nonnenmann Carcieri Doug Beeman left US West in
ALUMNI NOTES
global diversity and workforce (94) and Matt Carcieri welcomed August to join eyeRIS, Inc.
Class Agents:
change management practice for their first baby, Nicholas Matthew, (growth software) in Denver,
Andrea Alexander
Towers Perrin in New York, pub- on July 8, 1999. All three are happy which builds intelligent decision
[email protected]
lished an article in The Journal of and healthy in Cincinnati, Ohio, support systems for finance, oper-
Jane Oyugi Career Planning and Employment where Matt and Kristin both work ations and marketing. He reports
[email protected] (Summer 1999). The article, for Procter & Gamble. Matt is an that Marcio Avillez and his wife
Megan Mulvihill Becoming an Employer of assistant brand manager on the Lisa, had a baby boy, Lucas Andre,
[email protected] Choice for Generation X: The Pringles brand, and Kristin is tak- in July 1999.
Elements of the Deal, examines ing time off from her job in market
Rochelle Cheng
what motivates and satisfies dif- research to be home with Nicholas. Tamara Berner moved from
[email protected]
ferent employee groups, particu- Wheat First Union in Richmond,
CORPORATE LADDER
Dan Driscoll is a fixed income Jeremy Kestler is with The
salesman, specializing in corporate Coca-Cola Company, developing In July 1994, Jennifer Sheehy
bonds, at Barclays Capital in New their worldwide decision support (MBA97) had one foot on the first
York City. He and his wife, Jenny, system for marketing. He and rung of the corporate ladder. A first-
had a daughter, Alexis, in August wife, Lisa, were married in June
year MBA student, she was intern-
1999. 1998.
ing as a market researcher for the
Courtney Dur has left the won- Nicole Kinnan left Marriott and Anheuser-Busch brewing company
derful world of fashion and LOre- the Washington, D.C., area to join in St. Louis, Mo., and had been
al to become a brand manager for a start-up company called FIRE Jennifer Sheehy (MBA97)
offered a position following gradua-
Dom Perignon champagne. She Online Training Inc. in San Fran-
lives in New York City. cisco. FIRE Online provides tion. Her career was on course.
online NASD exam preparation A swimming pool accident, in which she severely damaged her
Rob Dyer is an investment advi- and corporate internal training for spinal chord, altered those plans. Paralyzed from the neck down, Sheehy
sor in private wealth management finance, insurance and real estate
underwent a year-and-a-half hospitalization and physical therapy. Con-
for Morgan Stanley. He manages companies. Nicole creates new
fined to a wheelchair, Sheehy was forced to reconsider her future plans.
investment portfolios of high net- online courses and markets/man-
worth individuals (like himself ) ages their development. Despite the challenges inherent in such a step, she decided to return to
and medium-sized institutions. Georgetown to complete her MBA.
Hal Lambert will move from I had to take the initiative, says Sheehy. Just as in the business
Nicholas Faure works for an Greenwich, Conn., to Dallas,
world, where it takes perseverance and focus and determination to
investment bank in Greenwich, Texas, to join J.P. Morgans private
Conn. His work includes raising bank as a large cap equity portfolio accomplish things, it was important for me to get back to those activities
capital for investment funds as manager. He says he will greatly that made me a part of community, society, life...
well as handling private place- miss living in the highest per capi- Sheehy graduated in 1997 with honors, receiving Georgetowns
ments for Internet companies. ta city in the United States.
Outstanding Student Leader Award. That year, Diet Coke and Glamour
Mitchell Fenster is an invest- Ben Liebich left his job at Price- magazine awarded her one of their Women at Their Best awards, an
ment officer for an equity fund waterhouseCoopers to join award that honors women for extraordinary achievements. For the past
management group in Washing- Salomon Smith Barney in the two years, she worked for the National Organization on Disabilities
ton, D.C. His group runs a fund equity research department. His
(NOD), traveling around the country to speak with CEOs and increase
investing largely in telecom com- current assignment has him pub-
employment opportunities for the disabled.
panies, financial services firms and lishing investment commentaries
hotels in sub-Saharan Africa. on business service companies. This January, Sheehy joined the White House Task Force on
Employing Adults with Disabilities. She will work with private corpora-
Chris Gergen is co-founder of Carolynn McMeekin works in tions to create regional training centers to train those with disabilities for
SMARTHINKING, an online Atlanta for SunTrust Equitable
technology careers. Only 29 percent of Americans with disabilities are
student tutoring service. Chris was Securities in their investment
recently named by Washingtonian banking division. She is heavily employed, she notes. Were working to dispel the myths that keep
magazine as one of 100 Washing- involved in both buy-side and sell- employers from hiring the disabled.
tonians to watch. side M&A transactions, private Like any savvy MBA, Sheehy provides a bottom-line rationale for
placements and public offerings.
her cause. Americans should take this effort very seriously, she says.
Antwone Harris has joined
DirecPC at Hughes Network Sys- Its very expensive to keep disabled people on the public rolls. We have
Winter 2000 33
Alumni NOTES
ALUMNI NOTES
have received significant venture gium and is treasurerMiddle Teller on July 24, 1999, in New
Class Agents:
funding and have launched an East, Africa, and General York. They now reside in Wash-
Mike Pastore
updated version of their Head- Exportfor Procter & Gamble. ington, D.C.
[email protected]
light.com Web site. They report
that Headlight.com is currently Chris Stauder markets interest Jose Luis Bedolla Ted Huang married Lysle Buch-
the leading provider of online rate derivatives and structured [email protected] binder on July 25, 1999, in Berke-
training for small and medium- products for large insurance com- ley, Calif. Alex Li attended.
Gabriel Montana married Clau-
sized businesses. panies for Barclays Capital. He
dia Linares July 3, 1999. The cere-
also ran the New York City David and Kim Flanagan were
mony was held in Bogata, Colum-
Eric Olson has moved to a small marathon in November 1999. married on October 2, 1999, and
bia. Five MBA 99s attended the
Internet company called Cyveil- spent their honeymoon in Bali.
ceremony Nancy Lee, Yaprak
lance to work on e-business intel- Jen Ullyot has moved within Matt Dublin and Stewart Cush-
Gungor, Ralf von Jena, San-
ligence. He also recently obtained America Online to the interactive man both attended the wedding.
drine Piret-Girard and Shep
his license to fly. marketing group. She creates
Rogers.
advertising and promotional Meredith Simmons (99) and
Lisa Price left her job at Marriott opportunities for the sales Joe Orlando (98) were married
Brian Bizzano married Ann Eliz-
and now works for Lockheed department. on October 30, 1999, in Manhat-
abeth Ingram at Georgetowns
Martin, specializing in financial tan Beach, Calif. Several members
Dahlgren Chapel on September
analysis of growth opportunities John Venusti left his job with of the Class of 98 attended, inclu-
18, 1999. The ceremony was com-
for her division. HSBC Securities and has joined ding: Maren Sturm, Jeff Nel-
plete with bagpipes and a sword
ING Barings-Furman Selz as an son, John Stokes, Andrea
arch, provided by Captain Jay
Ashish Shrivastava transferred equities analyst in their chemicals Steuve, Rob Dyer, MaryJo
Sparling, USMC, and Lt. Mark
within PricewaterhouseCoopers division. In his spare time, he likes Lock, Jeff Hild, Vince Wad-
Huber. Ann works for Health-
from the government consulting to fish and bowl. whani, Katherine Schwetman,
South Corp. specializing in ortho-
practice in Washington, D.C., to Scott Rosen, Bill McDonald,
pedic sports medicine and
the financial risk management Brian Knox. Allison White, Jen-
womens health therapy.
practice in New York. He is cur- nifer Phillippe and Alycia Drap-
rently on assignment in Seoul, er. They honeymooned in Kauai.
Karen Snow married Tim Bun-
South Korea. Joe works at Credit Suisse First
nell in Boston in October 1999.
Boston and Meredith works for
Corrie Mills, Darcy Chamides,
PowerBar.
Shellie Holubek, Alex Li, Gauri
Sohoni, Smrithi Prabhu, Raj
On July 16, 1999, at 6:42 p.m.,
Kohka (98) and Jen Brandeen
Nathan Will became the proud
(00) all attended.
father of a baby boy, Nathan James
Jake Bartlett-Will.
Sandro Bortesi married Cira
Garcia Duffo on July 17, 1999, in
George and Sarah Valaika are
Barcelona, Spain. Cira was an
the proud parents of a son, George
exchange student at Georgetown
Douglas, born November 21, 1999.
during the fall 1998 semester. Jose
He is named for his two grandfa-
Luis Bedolla and Tobias Gubitz
thers, not after his father or Doug
attended the wedding.
McCabe.
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