The A. B. Freeman School of Business completed its last strategic plan in the fall of 2013. That plan yielded a host of significant achievements, including the construction of the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex, the establishment of the Lepage Center for...
IN FOCUS The day started out as a normal Tuesday morning. Zach Engel (BSM ’10), executive chef of Galit, the Middle Eastern restaurant in Chicago he co-owns with Andrés Clavero (BSM/MACCT ’10), was interviewing a potential cook when he got a call. On the line was the...
Stuart Haselden (MBA ’98) became CFO of Lululemon Athletica in 2015, just as the once high-flying athleisure-wear company was recovering from a costly product recall and a series of strategic missteps. Over the next five years, the company underwent a dramatic...
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Anna Labadie (SLA ’08, MBA ’15) As senior project manager for New Orleans real estate developer Gulf Coast Housing Partnership, Anna Labadie (SLA ’08, MBA ’15) plays many roles. One day she’s thinking like an architect. The next day, a banker. Or a...
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Emily Pillars (BSM ’97) PwC partner Emily Pillars (BSM ’97) doesn’t back down when challenges arise. Instead, she meets them head on with a positive energy that’s contagious. “Let’s not think about all the problems on the way, but think, ‘We want this...
As a business student, Brian Egwele (BSM ’01) learned valuable lessons from the entrepreneurs and alumni who shared their experiences with his classes at the Freeman School, lessons that gave him a leg up in launching his career as an investment banker on Wall Street....
