Alumni

As chief people officer of Shake Shack, Jamie Griffin (MBA '11) is bringing southern hospitality to the New York-based fine casual restaurant chain.

Freeman School alum Michael Leffler (BSM '91) is the founder of Mike's Amazing Foods, the upstart condiment brand that's fast becoming a national household name.

Harry Gestetner (BSM ’22) wants to help you hack your sleep.“My goal is to increase the number of minutes the world sleeps each night,” Gestetner says. “And I want to make it happen through Orion.”Orion, Gestetner’s company…

Nothing says summer like an ice cream cone, and thanks to a Freeman School of Business alumnus, New Orleanians now have another way to celebrate the season. Briggs Barrios (BSM ’14) is the founder of Super Witch, an ice…

With the help of a team of Freeman School MBA students, the Shop, a design-forward shared workspace company, hopes to find the perfect location for its new space in New York.

Helmuth Chavez (MMG ’09, PhD ’12) is Dean of the School of Business at Universidad Francisco Marroquín (UFM) in Guatemala City, Guatemala, which currently offers its students two dual-degree master's programs in partnership…

Richard W. Freeman Jr. (BBA ’60), business executive, civic leader, philanthropist and lifelong supporter of Tulane University and the A. B. Freeman School of Business, died on June 10, 2026, in New Orleans. He was 88.

When Tulane staff member Maple Goldberg enrolled in the Freeman School’s Professional MBA program, she had two goals in mind.“I wanted to increase my earning potential and income, and I wanted to put myself in a stronger…

When DCOR agreed to work with a team of Master of Management in Energy students, the company expected to get a few useful insights out of the partnership. What it got instead were actionable recommendations with the…

As a senior advisor at Dell Technologies, Muhammad Shafiul Munir (MBA ’25) is advancing the future of global service operations. Working in program management, Munir ensures that Dell’s massive customer base — millions of…

Paul Friedman (MBA/JD '96), executive vice president of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Music Affairs Group, has helped orchestrate deals for some of Hollywood's most successful soundtracks.

Noah Ehren (BSM ’21, MANA ’22) works as a technology consultant at EY, where he specializes in software company SAP’s Enterprise Resource Planning program.

Millie Blumka (SSE ’16) and Taylor Borenstein (BSM ’16) are the founders of the wellness brand, STAKT.

Esteban Guillermo Armas Maza (MFIN '25) is a graduate of the Tulane/UFM Master of Finance, a joint executive program of Tulane's Freeman School of Business and Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Elba Lucía Gómez Morales (MFIN '25), an alumna of the Tulane/UFM Master of a Finance program, is Head Coordinator of Analytical Reserve Projects (Risk Integration), Risk Management at Banco Industrial in Guatemala City,…

Freeman School Dean Paulo Goes stands in front of "The New Orleans Black Experience," a mural by acclaimed New Orleans artist Brandan "BMIKE" Odums celebrating the resilience and entrepreneurial spirit of the city's Black…

Nicole Norris (BSM ’00) and Chad Norris (BSM ’01), who met as undergraduates at the Freeman School, reflect on the early days of their love story.

To celebrate Valentine's Day, Marta Machio and Ben Hamawy (MBA ’04) recount their study abroad love story.

Esther Frempong (MBA ’25) successfully leveraged the Freeman network to land a job as a strategy analyst at Entergy.

Peggy Gibson (MBA '75) was one of the first seven African American students admitted to the Freeman School’s Joint MBA program with Xavier University. 

The New York real estate market is one of the hottest in the world, and students in Freeman’s Real Estate Club are getting in on the action, with 15 club members traveling to New York City for an inside look at the industry…

Mary-Ann Maidoh Anyikam (BSM ’99) invokes a simple metaphor to describe her role at HP. “When you pull a rubber band apart, what do you want it to do?” she asks. “You want it to snap back, right?”

For this year's State of the School talk, Dean Paulo Goes discussed new programs, highlighted notable accomplishments and outlined some of the strategies the school is employing to prepare students for an AI-powered future…

Alejandra Guzman (MBA ’12) has worked in a wide variety of workplaces, both internationally in mega-corporations and locally in New Orleans non-profits. No matter where her job takes her, she has one goal: to improve lives…

The first presentation of the Freeman Futurist Series, a new forward-looking lecture series presented by the Stewart Center for Professional & Executive Education, took place on Oct. 16 in the Freeman School’s Marshall…