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What especially impressed Nick about Stern’s Master’s in Risk Management program was the exceptionally high caliber of his cohort.  “Some of the greatest insights I took away from the classroom came from the many great questions and views from the rest of the class that I hadn't considered,” he says.  “I believe I learned equally as much from them as I did the professors.”
 

When Annbeth Eschbach set out to revolutionize the spa and fitness industry, she turned to NYU Stern. With the help of her MBA degree, she explains, “I was able to birth not only a new brand and company, but a business that is directly in the path of progress.” Prior to enrolling at Stern, Eschbach, founder and CEO of Exhale Enterprises, Inc., worked for a high-end athletic club and spa conglomerate operating more than 50 spas and athletic clubs in different markets with different names, sizes, programs, and positioning.

For Robin Harris, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, the path to an undergraduate degree from NYU Stern was far from conventional. The eldest of eight children, his life changed dramatically, when at age 15, his family moved from New York City to Alabama, and again when his stepfather passed away during his freshman year of college.

“Global resources delivered locally” is how New York native Monica Issar describes the educational experience that NYU Stern imparts to its students, and it is one of the principal reasons she selected the School for her undergraduate and MBA studies. Stern enabled Issar to acquire a global perspective through both her coursework and the diversity of the students surrounding her, a perspective that she brings to her position as Managing Director and head of the JP Morgan Asset Management and Foundations Group.

As the child of a military family, Brittany Laughlin was raised largely in North Carolina but saw enough of the world to know that she wanted a big-city environment for her college experience. With a passion for the arts, NYU’s Tisch was a huge draw, but a convincing speech by then-NYU Stern Undergraduate College Dean Frederick Choi to a group of accepted high school seniors solidified her decision to come to New York to study both business and film.