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Meet the MBA Class of ’27: Andrew KarcherAndrew Karcher is a rising business leader with expertise in media planning, strategic campaign execution, and data-driven marketing analytics.
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Meet the MBA Class of ’27: Cameron PyneCameron “Cami” Pyne is a JD/MBA candidate concentrating in Maritime Law with experience spanning legal practice, business operations, and policy advocacy in the shipping industry.
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Meet the MBA Class of '27: Mark "Rennie" MerhigeRennie Merhige is a sports-media development executive with a track record of building premium unscripted and documentary slates.
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Meet the MBA Class of '27: Hunter McGeheeHunter McGehee is a strategy-focused professional with experience supporting large-scale operational changes and workforce planning.
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Alum creates scholarship to give students ‘freedom to take risks’When Don Sylvester (MBA ’72) looks back on his career, he traces part of his success to the scholarship he received to attend Tulane University's Freeman School of Business.
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Meet the MBA Class of ’27: Blakeley CatheyBlakeley Cathey is an MBA candidate with a focus on human resources and people operations, bringing experience in consulting, diversity initiatives, and organizational development.
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Meet the MBA Class of ’27: Luca KunzLuca Kunz is a mechanical engineer with international experience in medical device manufacturing and process improvement.
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Alum shares playbook on forensic accountingHarold Asher (A&S ’73, MBA ’75) lives for competition. It makes sense for a former college football linebacker, and, it turns out, for a forensic accountant.
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Alum takes center stage at Kentucky DerbyMarshall Farrer (MBA ’98), executive vice president of Brown-Forman, welcomed jockey Junior Alvarado to the Winner's Circle at Churchill Downs on May 3 following the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby.
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Andrew Possi (MBA ’25)"Entering the program without knowing anyone, I was challenged to step out of my comfort zone and build meaningful relationships, many of which I hope will last well beyond graduation," says Andrew Possi (MBA '25).
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Muhammad Shafiul Munir (MBA ’25)"I will be joining Dell Technologies as a Senior Advisor, Project Management in Round Rock, Texas in July 2025," says Muhammad Shafiul Munir (MBA '25).
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Juan Ocampo (MBA ’25)"I'm most proud of pushing my boundaries by mastering new skills while collaborating with a sharp, driven, and inspiring cohort of professionals," says Juan Ocampo (MBA '25).
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Ally Garrity (MBA ’25)"The most important thing I learned at Freeman was how to properly negotiate. We did a four-day intensive on negotiations, and I felt the course gave me a ton of useful tips that I will use forever," says Ally Garrity (MBA '…
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Job pivot fostered graduate’s interest in lawHarrison Bond had always envisioned a career as an executive, but the COVID pandemic changed his plans.
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Alum balances finance and foxtrotsWhen Jazz Fest rolls around, David Bode (MBA '14) trades spreadsheets for sheet music as a member of the New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra, the 20-piece revival orchestra that’s been entertaining audiences with…
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Alums serve up hogs and hope at annual fundraiserAs members of the Boar’s Nest, a team competing at the annual Hogs for the Cause fundraiser, Chris Puckett (MBA ’04) and Ryan Kenter (MBA ’04) are cooking up pork aplenty this year.
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Changing the face of medicineAs a child growing up surrounded by poverty, food insecurity and crime, Russell Ledet (MD/MBA ’22) never dreamed he would one don a white doctor’s coat as a graduate of Tulane School of Medicine, but the Lake Charles,…
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Meet the MBA Class of ’26: Joshua ChristianJoshua Christian is an accomplished professional with a background in the education and hospitality services industries.
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MBAs help Gulf Coast passenger rail service get back on trackA team of Freeman School MBA students worked with the Southern Rail Commission to help bring passenger rail service back to the Gulf Coast for the first time in nearly 20 years.
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Mastering the art of personal brandingAs AVP and head of Organizational Development and Change with Beth Israel Lahey Health in Boston, Bouvier Williams (MBA '93) drives organizational development initiatives across the 36,000-employee healthcare system,…
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Visionary Leadership: Alum hopes to transform optical services for marginalized communitiesJesse Devlyn (MBA '93) is CEO of Zoom Vision, which hopes to transform optometry in the U.S. by providing affordable, on-demand vision care to underserved populations, including the country’s large Hispanic community.
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Neal TalaskeMBA program alum Neal Talaske (MBA/MSR ’21) is helping to create a sustainable future through the skills he acquired in Tulane’s MBA/sustainable real estate development program,
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MBA alum shifts from TV news to economic developmentIn May, Louis David (MBA ’11) was named interim president and CEO of the New Orleans Business Alliance, the public-private partnership that serves as the City of New Orleans’ official economic development organization.
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Class of ’72 celebrates past, present and future at 50th ReunionFor the members of the A. B. Freeman School of Business MBA Class of 1972, their milestone 50th reunion provided an opportunity to reconnect with friends, spend time in New Orleans and reminisce about everything that Tulane…