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Taylor Stuart (MBA ’16) and Drew Leyes (MBA ’16) share how they shifted from the corporate world to own their own craft spirit distillery, and why their Stern background helped them take a customer-first approach.

“What Am I Good At, Like Really Good At?” 

Saturday, May 10, 2025

Lindsay Perper didn’t set out to become an influencer, but during the pandemic, the former Ralph Lauren director found herself on TikTok—quickly amassing 30,000 followers.

When Daria Burke decided to write a book, she wasn’t chasing a publishing dream—she was answering an internal call. “It was really a chance to understand and articulate the story beneath the story,” she said in an interview about her bestselling debut memoir, Of My Own Making.

Stern MBA students can take advantage of a variety of experiential learning courses, including the Stern Consulting Corps (SCC) and Executive MBA: Consulting Practice: Process and Problem Solving.

NYU Stern’s generous alumni and friends give toward scholarships for many personal reasons—for example, as a way to pay it forward if they received financial support for their education.

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.

Born in Canada, raised in the Cayman Islands, schooled in Florida, Avery Lambert (BS/MS ’26) says she would be happy to settle down in New York City in the future.

With NYU Stern celebrating its 125th anniversary, we asked alumni over the past six decades and across industries about their time at Stern and their most cherished memories.

Stern faculty released the following books this past year, listed in order of publication date.