MBA Admissions Committee Member Backgrounds

Donna Bauman
Assistant Director of Admissions

• Joined the undergraduate business program at Kenan-Flagler in 1994, concentrating on career advising and development
• Worked for several years in the advertising industry
• Worked two years as an analyst at Morgan Stanley
• BSBA, UNC Kenan-Flagler; MBA, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University

Lisa Beisser
Associate Director of Admissions

• Worked more than seven years as a management consultant with Arthur D. Little, focusing on customer management strategy
• Fluent Spanish speaker
• Lived and traveled extensively throughout Latin America and Spain
• Undergraduate degree in Human Factors Engineering, Tufts University; MBA, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Native of Boston, Massachusetts

Julie Gaudet
Assistant Director of Admissions

• Career human resources management professional
• Former Director of Human Resources for Nantucket Nectars (division of Cadbury-Schweppes)
• Worked at one of the largest Boston-area law firms
• B.A. degree in English, Boston College
• Native of Boston, Massachusetts

John Hughes
Assistant Director of Admissions

• 17 years Senior Executive, Avon Products
• Worked for Several years as Ex. VP in Financial Services Industry
• Former CEO of a Telecommunications company that he founded and sold to a NYSE firm
• Undergraduate degree- B.S. Psychology, U.C. Berkeley
• MBA - Marshall School, Univ. Of Southern California
• Native of California

Alison Hope Jesse
Senior Associate Director of Admissions

• Member of the Kenan-Flagler MBA Admissions staff since September 1998
• Formerly Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Admission at The College of William and Mary
• Lived, studied and taught in Germany and Switzerland
• B.A. in Philosophy, Grinnell College; M.A. in German Language and Literature, Washington University in St. Louis
• Native of Virginia

Shandra Jones
Associate Director of Admissions

• Joined MBA Admissions team in 2008
• Former Operations/Human Resources Director at prominent legal search firm in New York City
• Former retail buyer for major children’s retailer in Ohio
• Years of experience engaging undergraduate alumni and prospective students for her alma mater
• B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University; graduate studies in Organizational Change Management at The New School University
• Native of Mobile, Alabama

Nancy LaWall
Assistant Director of Admissions

• Joined Kenan-Flagler MBA Admissions team in 2004
• Worked 3 years as a management consultant with Accenture (formerly Arthur Andersen) Consulting, specializing in the government sector
• Formerly Assistant Manager for Part-time MBA programs at Northeastern University in Boston and Assistant to the Director of MBA programs at Syracuse University
• BSBA, University of Delaware; MBA, Syracuse University
• Native of Maryland

Peggy Tate
Assistant Director of Admissions

• Principal of consulting practice since 2003 with focus on executive search and leadership development.
• Prior Senior Vice President of DFS Group, a division of Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton, with retail operations throughout Asia and Asia Pacific
• Held Senior Human Resources position with major retail and financial services organizations
• B.S. degree and graduate study from Indiana University
• Native of Indiana

Sherry Wallace
Director of MBA Admissions

• Joined UNC Kenan-Flagler staff eleven years after earning MBA here
• Former Marketing Director at SkyBox International, now Fleer/SkyBox sports & entertainment cards
• Former self-employed marketing consultant
• Worked in brand management at Planters LifeSavers Company
• Former Account Executive (on Kraft Foods) at the Leo Burnett Company, Chicago ad agency
• B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and Spanish from UNC; MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler
• Native of Henderson, North Carolina

Julie Wiley
Assistant Director of Admissions

• Practiced law for over 10 years
• Admitted to practice in North Carolina and Maryland
• Worked as Senior Surety Claim Attorney for St. Paul-Travellers (formerly St. Paul Companies) the largest surety company in the world
• A.B. in Public Policy Studies and Art History from Duke University; J.D. from Washington and Lee University
• Native of the New York Metropolitan area

William “Buck” Williams
Assistant Director of Admissions

• Joined Kenan-Flagler MBA Admissions team in 2005
• 32 years experience in paper packaging industry. Sales, Sales Management Group and Division Operations Manager
• Corporate vice president Union Camp Corporation 1982-1993
• President, CEO Equitable Bag 1995
• BSADV, University of Florida 1959, AMP Harvard Business School 1981
• U.S. Coast Guard for 3˝ years
• Native of Florida