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Annie Kneedler


Annie Kneedler
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Ross Student with a focus in strategy and international business; Vice President for Net Impact and the Emerging Markets Club

MBA '09

Conducted Fall 2008

Q: What keeps you up at night?

A: Partying undergrads.


Q: What’s the last book you read?

A: What is the What by Dave Eggers.


Q: What’s the first album/CD you bought?

A: DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.


Q: What’s on your iPod?

A: Nothing anymore. It died.


Q: What’s the most thrilling/adventurous thing you’ve ever done?

A: Tracked lemurs in the forest in Madagascar for three months.


Q: Guilty pleasure?

A: Chocolate.


Q: Who is your personal hero (and why)?

A: My parents. They both love their jobs, but put a lot of time into their personal lives.


Q: First job?

A: The Peace Corps.


Q: Best business decision?

A: Getting my MBA.


Q: What advice would you give to yourself if you were applying to business school again?

A: Have more confidence.


Q: What is the one thing you learned in business school that you’ll never forget?

A: NPV: Net Present Value.


Q: What is the most important room in your home?

A: My bedroom.

Q: First website you access in the morning?

A: nytimes.com.


Q: Favorite comfort food?

A: Onion rings.

Q: Three people, living or dead, you’d have over to dinner?

A: Pol Pot, Martin Luther King Jr., and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (current president of Liberia).


Q: What’s the best trophy/award you ever won?

A: The “Director’s Award” in high school.


Q: What is your favorite “haunt” in Ann Arbor?

A: Kerrytown Farmer’s Market.


Q: Unfulfilled wish?

A: To be a good singer.


Q: Favorite sport to watch?

A: Soccer in a country where people live for the sport.


Q: What did you want to be when you were a kid?

A: Jane Goodall.


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