As the horrors of the Russian invasion of Ukraine played out in front of millions around the globe, five MIT EMBA alumni decided to step in and help. Here’s how they used knowledge gained directly from the program, to developing frameworks to solve some of the country’s most pressing issues.

Krikor Dzeronian, EMBA' 20, and Jason Lavender, EMBA '20, are co-founders of Electives, a B2B SaaS startup launched after the two students met in the MIT Executive MBA.

As the current Faculty Director of the MIT Executive MBA, Georgia Perakis often thinks about how to maximize the program’s value for both students and faculty alike. Given the various global backgrounds of the faculty, it’s only natural that their collective experiences impact the members of each co...

Rhamey Elhosseiny, EMBA '22, is the Chief Financial Officer, Security North America at Stanley Black & Decker in Indianapolis, IN.

Felipe Seligman, EMBA ‘18, is the co-CEO and Founder of JOTA in Brasília, Brazil.

Continuus Pharmaceuticals, a Massachusetts-based startup focused on making medicine affordable and accessible all over the world, turned to H-Lab for help developing an actionable distribution strategy for ICM-made pharmaceuticals.

Although the chief mission of MIT Sloan is to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world, entrepreneurship and innovation play a significant part in this equation.

Naji Gehchan, EMBA '22, is Global Brand Development Leader for Global Oncology at Eli Lilly in Cambridge, co-founder of Sohati and spreadloveio.com.

Adriana Bokel Herde, EMBA '17, is the Chief People Officer at Snyk in Boston, MA.

Georg Caspary, EMBA ’17, is CEO of Scaletech in Berlin, Germany. He has worked with early-stage clients such as the World Bank, Google and major cleantech accelerators and is the recipient of three MIT innovation grants and 150K in grants from EU funds.