Graduation Spotlight

Lindsey Friedfertig (MBA '26) says Freeman's MBA program taught her technical and soft skills she can apply in any leadership role.

Reese Hathaway (BSM ’25, MANA ’26) will begin a career as a Business Analyst in strategy consulting at Kearney.

After graduation, Claire Babin (MME ’26) will be joining Callais Capital as an Entrepreneur in Residence and building her venture, Beaux Terre.

Shreya Jhajharia (MBA/MHA ’26) hopes to open a medical or wellness spa, combining her clinical knowledge with a focus on holistic care.

Leveraging the strategic, financial, and leadership skills he developed through the PMBA program, Luke Seicshnaydre (MBA ’26) will pursue a Program Manager role at Textron System.

Kathleen Greenman (MBA ’26) plans to work in the sports industry after graduation.

Marissa Yepez (MBA ’26) says she uses the lessons from her business communication course daily in her work in energy and utilities.

Following graduation, Arzaan Singh (MACCT '26) will continue his education at Harvard in the Master of Engineering in Computational Science and Engineering program.

"Although I am not originally from New Orleans, I have experienced some of the most meaningful moments of my life here," says Emily Marks Foley (MBA '26), who will be graduating in May.

Cody Bratton (MBA '26) says that at Freeman he learned that strong leadership and sound business decisions begin with disciplined thinking.

Jill Tse (MFIN '26) says her Freeman courses gave her practical insight into deal-making, investing and evaluating businesses.

Shofner Smith's (MBA '26) says his favorite memory of New Orleans was attending JazzFest. Shofner is a property tax professional.

Jessica Irene Minkel (MBA '26), Vice President of Enterprise Finance at Scholastic Inc., says her Freeman classes pushed her to challenge her own assumptions so she could make informed business decisions.

Isabella Castro (BSM '25) will begin a full-time role as an Associate at Boston Consulting Group in Austin this summer.

Abe Friedland  (BSM '26) will be an incoming Investment Banking Analyst at Gordian Group.

Bin “Jason” Wang (BSM '26) will begin a Master’s in Management at Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.

Annabelle He (BSM '26) will work as an FP&A Analyst at K1 Investment Management.

Nina Elvin (BSM '26) will be joining Barclays in New York City as an Investment Banking Analyst.

Joshua Becker (BSM '26) will be working as a Sales & Trading Analyst at Citi in New York City.

Following graduation, Emily Eckerman (BSM '26) will be working with Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking M&A Shareholder Activism and Corporate Defense Group.

Following graduation, Gianna Taveras (BSM '26) will be applying to law school.

During his time at the Freeman School, Daniel Solomon (BSM '26) interned at New Orleans Investment Bank, Chao & Associates.

After graduation, Caroline Kurzweil (BSM '26) will be a J.D. candidate at SMU Dedman School of Law.

After graduating, Sophie Lesniak (BSM '26) will work in Structured Finance at Ernst & Young.

After graduating, João Lacerda (BSM '26) will be moving to NYC and working in sales & trading at Goldman Sachs.