Meet Our Alumni - UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Amitav VirmaniMBA 2000

Title:General Manager

Company:Ranbaxy Laboratories, India

"Kenan-Flagler was instrumental in understanding corporate America."

Ashraf HossainMBA 2009

Title:Associate brand manager

Company:Olive Garden

"UNC Kenan-Flagler helped me develop my leadership skills. As I work with cross-functional teams, the communication skills I learned have helped me in leading those groups."

Brad SparksMBA 2004

Title:Director of Global Green Initiative

Company:KPMG International

"UNC Kenan-Flagler provided me with an invaluable international perspective. In one year alone, I traveled to four different continents through Kenan-Flagler related programs."

Brent CallinicosMBA 1989

Title:VP & Treasurer

Company:Google, Inc., California

"Kenan-Flagler validated my passion for business."

Cindy Davis-JonesMBA 1996

Title:Vice President of Consumer Marketing

Company:The Weather Channel

"It was in a UNC Kenan-Flagler strategy class that I found brand management to be my true calling. It taught me to think strategically and to develop a disciplined approach to problem-solving."

Ed HubbardMBA 1995

Title:Founder and President

Company:United Devices Inc.

"When you start a company, you find out the next day you're in charge of sales. I tell students in the MBA Program that if they don't have a sales background, go learn something about sales."

Ellen ThompsonMBA 2004

Title:Brand Manager of Stove Top, Taco Bell Home Originals, and Shake ‘N Bake

Company:Kraft Foods

"There is a fairly large Kenan-Flagler network here at Kraft. There were some great people who took me under their wing, and helped me to transfer my success at Kenan-Flagler to success at Kraft."

Eric RosenbaumMBA 1984

Title:Chief Operating Officer

Company:Women In Need

"I learned that you have to bring all of who you are if you want people to invest their hopes and dreams in your leadership."

Helen DingMBA 1998

Title:Institutional Client Group Risk Management, New York

Company:Citigroup Senior Vice President

"UNC taught me how to adapt to a new environment quickly. It increased my ability to be a fast learner. This ability is so critical in the ever-changing global business environment."

Hollis RuckerMBA 2006

Title:Experienced Commercial Leadership Program

Company:GE Aviation, Cincinatti

"Before I went to UNC Kenan-Flagler, I just felt like I was a passenger in the car that was driving my career. Now I feel like I'm in the driver's seat."

Ian CzajaMBA 2007

Title:Consultant

Company:The Boston Consulting Group, Atlanta

"As a result of my experience at Kenan-Flagler, more job opportunities have opened up, and my ability to succeed across multiple dimensions has been greatly magnified."

Jan DavisMBA 1979

Title:President & CEO

Company:ShopperTrak, Illinois

"If you never fail at anything, you aren't trying enough hard things."

D. Keith PiguesMBA 1993

Title:Dean

Company:School of Business, North Carolina Central University

"I have found that what I gained from UNC Kenan-Flagler's focus on leadership has been the most valuable and enduring benefit I received."

Ken HinesMBA 1984

Title:Senior managing director of bond and corporate finance group

Company:John Hancock

"What Kenan-Flagler did for me was help me transition from forestry to corporate banking. I could never have had this career without taking the step to get my MBA at Kenan-Flagler."

Lisa BeschererMBA 1991

Title:Senior Director of Marketing for Lamb Weston

Company:ConAgra Foods

"The UNC Kenan-Flagler credentials on my resume carry a lot of weight and have been very critical in helping me continuously move up in my career."

Lisa ShpritzMBA 2005

Title:Senior VP / Environmental Manager

Company:Bank of America, Charlotte

"Going to UNC Kenan-Flagler completely changed my professional life. I would never have thought of a way to bring together environmental management, corporate responsibility, real estate and all the issues I get to work on."

Liz CoddingtonMBA 2003

Title:Manager, Operations Planning and Analysis

Company:Netflix, Inc., California

"UNC really differentiates itself in that it really focuses on getting students prepared for the next step after business school."

Margret LeeMBA 2005

Title:Director of Brand Management and Advertising

Company:Norwegian Cruise Lines, Miami

"I was promoted in record time, which speaks volumes about the level and caliber of my education. Without the experience of the Kenan-Flagler MBA, I wouldn't have ever been able to make that leap and be successful.
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Michael SimonettoMBA 1991

Title:Principal

Company:Deloitte Consulting

"My decisions are still shaped by early MBA lessons in finance, marketing and operations. UNC teaches you to think, question and execute. It taught me that if you don't know the answer, at least you know where to look for the answer."

Michele BuckMBA 1987

Title:Senior VP, Chief Marketing Officer

Company:The Hershey Company, Pennsylvania

"UNC Kenan-Flagler has opened doors throughout my life."

Nathan FoxMBA 2004

Title:Brand Manager

Company:Procter & Gamble, Cincinatti

"Kenan-Flagler is really about collaborating, working together. And I think that atmosphere at UNC has translated really well for me to my career at P & G."

Omar GarciaMBA 1999

Title:Founder

Company:AVENTA Real Estate Services

"I'm a civil engineer. I love building stuff, whether it's a building or a company. My UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA helped prepare me to do both."

Paul ClaytonMBA 1984

Title:CEO

Company:Jamba Juice

"Being part of the business school opened doors to opportunities that weren't previously available to me. Most importantly, it started me on the path to where I am today - leading a great organization and building a special brand."