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Sarah Barwinski

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Full-time MBA
  • Graduation: 2024
  • Contact: s.pluff@tcu.edu
  • Current position: Associate Category Manager, Kimberly-Clark Professional
  • Concentration(s): N/A
  • Job title prior to MBA: Account Representative, ISN
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: TCU / Entrepreneurial Management
  • Ask me about: Brand Management, Career Pivoting, Commuting, Neeley and Associates, Graduate Women in Business
  • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-pluff-barwinski

Joe Brown

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: EMBA
  • Graduation: 2024
  • Contact: joe@hfcustomsolutions.com
  • Current position: CEO, HF Custom Solutions
  • Concentration(s): Executive MBA
  • Job title prior to MBA: CEO, HF Custom Solutions
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: Marketing & Entrepreneurial Management
  • Ask me about: Application to Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-brown-2b3a5b8/
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Josh Grant

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Full-time MBA
  • Graduation: 2024
  • Contact: igrant@igcandc.com
  • Current position: Managing Director, JG Capital & Consulting 
  • Concentration(s): Finance
  • Job title prior to MBA: Engineer
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: Auburn University, Mechanical Engineering
  • Ask me about: HFIN, Career Pivet, Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETS)
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-grant-mba/

Katie Matson

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Full-time MBA
  • Graduation: 2024
  • Contact: katie.matson@alcon.com
  • Current position: Marketing Portfolio Specialist, US Surgical
  • Concentration(s): Marketing, Supply Chain
  • Job title prior to MBA: Social Media Manager / Casa Manana, FW
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: TCU, Strategic Communication, Spanish Minor
  • Ask me about: Full-time Employement to Student Transition, Neeley & Associates, Graduate Assistant Roles, Internships, Managing Family/Home Balance with School, Studying, Cohort Leadership, Cohort Relationship Building, Mentorship, Faculty
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/-katiematson/

Vivek Mehta

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Full-time MBA
  • Graduation: 2024
  • Contact: vivekintheus@gmail.com
  • Current position: Equities Associate, L/S Portfolio, Balysany Asset Management
  • Concentration(s): Finance and Investments
  • Job title prior to MBA: CFO, Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India / Accounting and Finance
  • Ask me about: EIF, N&A, Best Use of Time During School, Career Orientation and Directions
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekmehtaca

Yoro Sidibe

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Full-time MBA
  • Graduation: 2024
  • Contact: yoro.sidibe.one@gmail.com
  • Current position: Audit and Assurance, Staff-Banking and Capital Markets, Deloitte
  • Concentration(s): Accounting and Finance
  • Job title prior to MBA: Founder and Executive Director for Africa NextGen
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: Accounting
  • Ask me about: Housing, Financial Planning, Time Management, GA Positions, Banking
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoro-sidibe

Claire Steward

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Professional MBA
  • Graduation: 2024
  • Contact: mclairestewart3@gmail.com
  • Current position: Project Manager, Higginbotham
  • Concentration(s): Business Analytics
  • Job title prior to MBA: Client Service Manager
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: University of Alabama, Civil Engineering
  • Ask me about: Student Involvement / Engagement, Business Analytics, Real Estate, Time Management
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-stewart0323ba8a9/

Samantha Miller

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Professional MBA
  • Graduation: 2023
  • Contact: samthesmiler@gmail.com
  • Current position: Senior Technical Analyst, Southwest Airlines
  • Concentration(s): N/A
  • Job title prior to MBA: Salesforce Business Analyst
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: Colorado State University
  • Ask me about: Networking, Technology, Consulting
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samthesmiler/

Chris Perry

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Energy MBA
  • Contact: chris.perry@tcu.edu
  • Graduation: 2023
  • Current position: Vice President, Customer Service, Northern Natural Gas a Berkshire Hathaway company
  • Concentration(s): TCU Energy MBA, ESG Certificate 
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: Bellevue University / Marketing Management
  • Ask me about: The Neeley experience, work/life/school prioritization (PMBA), succeeding as a remote student, networking opportunities, global learning experience. 

Kesley Villar

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Full-time MBA
  • Graduation: 2023
  • Contact: kesleyvillar@gmail.com
  • Current position: Pathways Operations Manager, Amazon
  • Concentration(s): Supply Chain Management
  • Job title prior to MBA: Demand Planning Leader
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: Federico Santa Maria Technical University/ BSC in Civli Engineering with a concentration in Industrial Civil Engineering
  • Ask me about: Balancing Family and Studies, Supply Chain Management, Time Management, International Student Experiences
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kesleyvillar/

Glenda Diaz

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Full-time MBA
  • Graduation: 2022
  • Contact: glenda.diaz@tcu.edu
  • Current position: Sr. Innovation Implementation Consultant, DFW International Airport
  • Concentration(s): Supply Chain
  • Job title prior to MBA: Realtor
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: Tarleton State University, Business Adminstration
  • Ask me about: Neeley and Associates, Study Abroad, Balancing Family and Studies, Time Management
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glendadiazrealestate/

Tejal Kshatriya

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Energy MBA
  • Contact: t.kshatriya@tcu.edu
  • Graduation: 2022
  • Current position: Asset Management Analyst, City of Fort Worth 
  • Concentration(s): TCU Energy MBA / Business Analytic Certificate
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: The University of Texas at Arlington/ Finance
  • Ask me about: Energy Efficiency, Energy Finance, Energy Analysis, Turbine, Renewable Fuel Program, Bio-Gas, ESG Framework, Neeley Energy MBA Program Experience, Networking, Energy Management Program

Austin Speni

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Professional MBA
  • Graduation: 2022
  • Contact: austin.speni@tcu.edu
  • Current position: VP of Commercial and Industrial Banking, Cadence Bank, Texas Capital Bank
  • Concentration: Finance
  • Job title prior to MBA: Senior Associate Commercial Broker, Jones Lang LaSalle
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: Fairleigh Dickinson/ Business Administration
  • Ask me about: Real estate, banking, EIF, being a parent/spouse/student, time management, accelerated PMBA option

Andrea Stafford

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: PMBA
  • Graduation: 2021
  • Contact: andreastafford16@gmail.com
  • Current position: Manager, Marketing & Communications Strategy, BNSF Railway
  • Concentration(s): Marketing
  • Job title prior to MBA: Marketing Coordinator
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: TCU, Strategic Communication & Speech-Language Pathology
  • Ask me about: Time Management, PMBA, Balancing Family and Studies
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-stafford-m-s-marketing

Eva Williams

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Professional MBA
  • Contact: eva.williams@tcu.edu 
  • Graduation: 2021
  • Current position: Grants Administrator
  • Concentration: General Management
  • Job title prior to MBA: Grants Analyst
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: Texas Woman's University / Criminal Justice
  • Ask me about: Neeley & Associates, Career Pivot, Work/Life/School prioritization (PMBA), Neeley Experience, Fort Worth Area 

Jennifer Ditmanson

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Professional MBA
  • Graduation: 2020
  • Contact: jsditmanson@gmail.com
  • Current position: Director, Commercial Marketing, EssilorLuxottica
  • Concentration(s): N/A
  • Job title prior to PMBA: Product Manager
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: UC Santa Cruz, Linguistics
  • Ask me about: Marketing, Time Management, Part-time Student + Full-time Job
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferditmanson/

Vinicius Peron

 

Contact: vinicius.peron@tcu.edu
Current position: Global Supply Chain Manager, Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA
Concentration(s): Supply Chain
Job title prior to MBA: Cargill - Production supervisor in manufacturing
Graduation: 2020
Undergraduate Institution / Major: Mechanical Engineering, Brazil
Internship: Dell Technologies
Ask me about: Study Abroad, Neeley & Associates, International Student Experience, Career Transition

Greg Donohue

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Full-time MBA
  • Graduation: 2018
  • Contact: g.w.donohue@tcu.edu
  • Current position: Lead Associate, Global Defense Sector, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Concentration(s): Marketing/Supply Chain Management
  • Job title prior to MBA: Marketing Specialist, Lafayette Federal Credit Union
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: SUNY-Oswego / Marketing/Broadcasting
  • Ask me about: Consulting, Government Contracting, DC Metro Area

Kim Speairs

 

  • TCU Neeley MBA Program: Executive MBA
  • Graduation: 2014
  • Contact: kimspeairs@yahoo.com
  • Current position: Director of Communications and Engagement, PCCA
  • Concentration(s): n/a (not offered in EMBA program)
  • Job title prior to MBA: Director of Client Services, Balcom Agency
  • Undergraduate Institution / Major: TCU / Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations
  • Ask me about: Marketing, employee engagement, communications, being a single mom & student, time management, my cancer journey & the EMBA program, transition from agency to corporate