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The NYU Stern Executive & Alumni-in-Residence Industry Overviews for MBA students took place in September. These events were hosted by the Corporate Relations Department and featured speakers from seven “non structured recruiting path” industries: Healthcare, Entertainment/Media, Tech, PE/VC, Finance, Sustainability/Social Enterprise and Real Estate.

Corporate Relations welcomed M. Scott Havens, Former CEO, Bloomberg Media & Jordan Hoffner (MBA ‘01) Former COO, Samsung Next for a wide-ranging conversation on media, technology and venture capital.

Corporate Relations welcomed David Katz, Former Senior Vice President & General Manager at CBS Media Ventures Digital for a Group session and 1:1 meetings with students.  

Corporate Relations welcomed Jorge Fontanez, CEO of B Lab U.S. & Canada for a lunch and learn discussion on sustainability, racial equity and more.

Corporate Relations welcomed Anton Vincent, President of Mars Wrigley North America for a conversation moderated by Professor Jennifer Wynn and co-hosted by AHBBS & GMA.

Discussion on Search Funds, Investing and entrepreneurship with Lacey Wismer, Founder and Managing Partner of Hunter Search Capital, a niche private equity fund that invests in lower middle market businesses via search funds and other Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition vehicles.

Talk moderated by Vice Dean J.P. Eggers with José Muñoz, the President and Global COO of Hyundai Motor Company, and President and CEO of Hyundai and Genesis Motor North America. Mr. Muñoz shared Hyundai’s vision for the future of mobility as well as his insights and experiences on leadership.

Corporate Relations collaborated with Alumni Relations to plan a breakfast with Fertitta Trek Hosts and members of the Stern Veterans Alumni Group. Two current students joined and expressed their appreciation for the Fertitta program with Dean Sundaram in attendance.

Mark Sirower, Principal, Deloitte LLP, and Adjunct Professor at Stern sat down with J.P. Eggers, Vice Dean, MBA & Graduate Programs to discuss his new book The Synergy Solution: How Companies Win the Mergers and Acquisitions Game. The Synergy Solution: How Companies Win the Mergers & Acquisitions Game is a comprehensive up-to-date resource for doing M&A right—providing end-to-end solutions for every step from inception to valuation, all the way through post-close execution.

Michael Paliotta, MBA '92, CEO and Head of Equities at Evercore ISI, joined students to discuss his time at Stern, his career arc, the company culture at Evercore ISI, and his take on the market. Terri Fortuna, COO at Evercore ISI, also joined to talk about what Evercore ISI looks for when recruiting new talent and what it takes to succeed within Evercore ISI.

This Spring, Corporate Relations hosted a corporate presentation with Salesforce executive, Stern alumna and the Andre Koo Tech Advisory Board member, Stephanie Glenn (Stern MBA ‘09), VP of Commercial Marketing Cloud, along with colleagues Taksina Eammano, Head of Product, Sales Cloud, and Marla Harger Thompson, SVP, Cloud GTM Strategy. The event was aimed at Focused Tech MBA students as well as MBA1s and MBA2s to understand more about the industry and Salesforce specifically.

This fall, the NYU Stern Corporate Relations team hosted a Private Equity virtual forum featuring alumni Gary Survis (MBA ‘92) operating partner, Insight Partners, and Whitney Rothe (MBA ‘13), senior director, marketing, Insight Onsite at Insight Partners. The goal was to offer MBA students an intimate forum to learn firsthand about careers in private equity, with a focus on marketing and sustainability. Gary shared his unique career arc and how he approaches recruiting and his role.