Jorge Arbesú-Cardona, SFMBA ’18, spoke to India Lab students in early March about what he called the "magic of Action Learning."

David Gitlin, SF ’03, and his wife Stephanie are determined to make a difference at the intersection of education and race and are working to increase opportunities for advancing in corporate America that higher education can provide.

After serving aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier for four years, Michael Phelan, EMBA ’12, took a very important lesson to heart: learning to trust—and be trusted by—his team members.

For Brian Via, an SFMBA student, every day is an opportunity to create new connections. Follow Brian as he attends his classes, advises classmates, spends time focused on work, and meets with his friend Jeff Lau, currently a global director at Google.

Julie Lockner, EMBA '17, is the cofounder and executive board member of 17 Minds, which focuses on wearable technology, and COO of IBM Data and AI Portfolio Operations and Offering Management, where she helps the company apply AI to solve global problems.

Dedric Carter, EMBA '14, is a former senior advisor for strategic initiatives in the Office of the Director National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA. He is currently associate dean of engineering and professor of practice at Washington University in St. Louis.

Bridget Akinc, EMBA ’13, is CEO of Building Impact, a nonprofit organization in Boston, MA.

Oli Qirko, EMBA '18, is the Senior Vice President, US Industrial Consumer and Energy Division at Cambridge Consultants.

Adam Szaronos, EMBA '18, is the Chief Commercial Officer at TearLab Corporation, located in Fort Worth, TX.

Siddharth Nagarkatti, EMBA '17, is Senior Vice President of Wealth Management Analytics and Modeling at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Boston, MA.