# Experience Stern: Stern & the City

Alumni

June 5, 2025 ![Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert and Chief Impact and Communications Officer Corley Kenna spoke with Professor T. Alexander Puutio and his Stern Undergraduate College Organizational Communication and its Social Context class](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/2025-05/patagonia_experience_stern.jpg?itok=JOh3Vx3B)For NYU Stern students, New York City equals access. This means members of the C-suite regularly guest speak in class. And the chance to meet one-on-one with alumni executives who serve as career role models. Or the opportunity to get immersed in relevant real-world projects with actual companies. Here are a few fast facts and snapshots from the past year:

##### **Experiential Learning Projects**

- 6x growth over the last 10 years yielded a 500% increase in student participation
- 90+ clients and projects per year (five-year average) across 16 industries
- Nearly 50 alumni sponsor projects annually

##### **Executive-in-Residence Program**

- 1,000 student participants this academic year
- 27 alumni and non-Stern affiliates serve year-long appointments
- 750+ program-affiliated events held

![Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert and Chief Impact and Communications Officer Corley Kenna spoke with Professor T. Alexander Puutio and his Stern Undergraduate College Organizational Communication and its Social Context class](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-05/patagonia_experience_stern.jpg.webp?itok=5Rghsj_0)

*Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert and Chief Impact and Communications Officer Corley Kenna spoke with Professor T. Alexander Puutio and his Stern Undergraduate College Organizational Communication and its Social Context class.*

![Neha Medikayala (MBA ’25) attended the XPRIZE/New York Stock Exchange Closing Bell with corporate partner Tao Climate](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-05/tao_climate_neha.jpeg.webp?itok=prk-9Xj8)

*Neha Medikayala (MBA ’25) attended the XPRIZE/New York Stock Exchange Closing Bell with corporate partner Tao Climate. The sustainable finance project her team worked on was made possible through a partnership with the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business and Google Startups for Sustainable Development.*

![NYU Stern Undergraduate College seniors in Clinical Professor Matt Statler’s NYC Consulting Capstone experiential course teamed up with The Microsoft Garage to tackle the cutting-edge intersection of AI, aesthetics, and ethics](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-05/micosoft_uc_capstone_experience_stern.jpg.webp?itok=ObRIx7d8)

*NYU Stern Undergraduate College seniors in Clinical Professor Matt Statler’s NYC Consulting Capstone experiential course teamed up with The Microsoft Garage to tackle the cutting-edge intersection of AI, aesthetics, and ethics. The students presented their recommendations at The Garage, located in Soho—before a panel of executives, including Mike Pell, director of The Microsoft Garage NYC.*

![Elemental Cognition Founder & CEO David Ferrucci spoke to TRIUM Global Executive MBA students during the Program’s NYC module at Stern](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-05/trium_dave_ferrucci_experience_stern.jpg.webp?itok=CIi4ugnX)

*Elemental Cognition Founder & CEO David Ferrucci spoke to TRIUM Global Executive MBA students during the Program’s NYC module at Stern.*

![This fall, alumni were on campus to share career paths and industry insights with MBA students, including a tech panel featuring Full-time MBA alumnae Elspeth Rollert (MBA ’14), Stagwell Marketing Cloud, and Caroline Lau (MBA ’15), Walmart; Andre Koo Tech MBA alumnus Chaoyun Bao (MBA ’19), IBM; and Langone Part-time MBA alumnus Jason Abed (MBA ’17), Microsoft](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-05/executive_in_residence_experience_stern.jpg.webp?itok=GdbBHP1L)

*This fall, alumni were on campus to share career paths and industry insights with MBA students, including a tech panel featuring Full-time MBA alumnae Elspeth Rollert (MBA ’14), Stagwell Marketing Cloud, and Caroline Lau (MBA ’15), Walmart; Andre Koo Tech MBA alumnus Chaoyun Bao (MBA ’19), IBM; and Langone Part-time MBA alumnus Jason Abed (MBA ’17), Microsoft.*