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Neha Bhaskar '09
Post SOM Employment: Product Manager, Microsoft Corp.
Club Leadership: Technology Club, Student Rep for the US India Political Action Committee at SOM
"You can make a lot out of experiences at Yale SOM outside the classroom. Those experiences gave me a lot of practical understanding that complemented the classroom study."

 

Diana Stein '10
Vice Chair Fundraising & Outreach, Women in Management; Budget Officer, Jewish Student Association; CDO Career Coach
Summer internship: Nationwide
""I was looking for a place where I could explore what I really wanted to do with my life. And that's what SOM has been.""

 

Jon Dunlop '10
Pre-SOM: Derek Lam Company
Clubs: President, Finance Club; Co-leader, Community Service Club; Cohort representative, Student Government; Captain, Ski & Snowboard Club
Summer internship: Morgan Stanley
"The curriculum really differentiated SOM from the other schools. The multidisciplinary approach is aligned with what you experience in business."

 

Morgan Hall '10
Program Manager, Net Impact
Summer Internship: Boston Consulting Group
"I know that after SOM I’ll be able to approach a system, diagnose its problems, and find ways to fix them."

 

Chris Cheever '09
Co-leader, Private Equity Club
Post-MBA Position: Founding Principal, Fontinalis Partners, LLC
"When I looked at business schools, I was excited by the SOM curriculum and how closely it modeled the issues I faced in the business world."

 

Rakesh Shankar '09
Co-leader, Energy Club and Private Equity Club
Post-MBA Position: Morgan Stanley
"I looked at schools that had a strong energy community. That was one of the reasons that Yale was an easy choice."

 

Courtney Williams '10
General Representative, Student Government
Summer Internship: Pfizer
"The curriculum has really disciplined my approach to solving problems. It teaches you not what to think, but how to think."

 

Heather Thompson '10
Co-Leader: Women in Management
Summer Internship: First Book Marketplace
"I think women can find a community at SOM where they can have a voice and a lot of opportunities to succeed and lead."

 

Amber Walsh '09
Manager: Food For Thought
Post-MBA Positions: Save the Children
"I really like the fact that we can apply what we’re learning in a very practical way."

 

Karlis Povisils '10
Pre-SOM: New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority
Summer Internship: Horizon Wind Energy
"Yale SOM allows you to set the bar higher: you are learning the skills to operate at a high level and you have access to accomplished people who can help you.”"

 

Janhabi Nandy '09
Member, Dean's Diversity Task Force
Summer internship: Yale President's Public Service Fellowship
"My choice to come to Yale was easy. SOM educates leaders for all sectors of society. And the curriculum is really focused on creating leaders who understand all the sectors, and can solve any problem that confronts them."

 

Neil Alger '10
Summer internship: Deloitte
"There's a real sense of ownership here – it's in the courses, it's in the clubs, it's in every part of the school."

 

Ian Moss '09
Co-chair of 2008 Philanthropy Conference
Co-leader, Arts and Culture Club
Internship: Hewlett Foundation
"Funding decisions end up having a huge impact on the way that an arts scene unfolds."

 

Andrew Weinman '09
Summer internship: American Century Investments
"Coming from Yale, I was prepared for my internship when I showed up on day one."

 

R. Gerard McGeary '09
Pre-SOM: Save the Children
Summer Internship: JP Morgan
"The new curriculum gives students the foundation they need but in a way that's more in line with how they'll actually use it in business."

 

Jonathan Lehr '09
Pre-SOM: Rocket Software
Co-leader, Q+ Gay/Straight Alliance, Marketing Club
Summer Internship: L’Oréal
"As I began to investigate MBA programs, SOM’s integrated way of looking at things and unique approach to teaching made sense to me. Whatever your focus at SOM, you're going to be prepared to be a leader."

 

Sarah Pickard '09
Pre-SOM: BlackRock
Budget Officer, Arts & Culture Club
Summer Internship: PepsiCo
"At SOM when you're given an ambiguous problem and put in a room with three peers, you learn."

 

John Eng '09
Summer internship: Sears Holdings
"The SOM core curriculum is built on a number of Perspectives aimed at teaching a manager to assess a problem from multiple angles."

 

Catherine Feng '09
Pre-SOM: Diplomat with Chinese government
Co-leader, Greater China Club
Second-year advisor, Leadership Development Program
Summer internship: BP
"I didn’t realize I had learned so much even in the first few months at SOM until I was interviewing for an internship."

 

Roberto Jimenez '09
Recipient, Joseph Wright Alsop Memorial Scholarship
Co-leader, Energy Club
Summer internship: Shell
"To be a great CEO, you need to understand different perspectives. And the SOM curriculum is designed perfectly to accomplish this."

 

Dave Bledin '09
Co-leader Canadian Club, Co-leader Media and Entertainment Club
Summer Internship: MTV
"I really enjoy both the quantitative and qualitative sides of things, and I think in business you can play to both of those strengths."

 

Dan Droller '09
Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Deloitte Consulting
"Medical school kept on being pushed off and I saw that I could help people and have an effect through something other than medicine."

 

Watch this video and others about the SOM community on
the Portrait 2009-2010 website.