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Ross Alumni News

June 9, 2025

Michigan Ross Innovation Conference in San Francisco Showcases Future of Tech, AI, and Healthcare

<p>The Ross School of Business brought together alumni, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders for a dynamic day of insight and inspiration at the <strong>2025 Michigan Ross Innovation Conference</strong>, held June 6 in San Francisco. With a focus on emerging trends in autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, and healthcare innovation, the conference highlighted the impact that Michigan Ross alumni are making across various sectors—and how the business school is helping shape the future of the industry.</p><p>The event kicked off the evening prior with a private dinner at Roma Antica, where speakers and select guests gathered to connect and set the stage for the day ahead.<br>&nbsp;</p>
March 18, 2025

Alumni-Driven Advancement: Lichtensteins Propel Marketing Innovation at Michigan Ross

<p>Ideas within the Ross School of Business are born, nurtured, and transformed into groundbreaking strategies impacting industries worldwide. One of the key ways Michigan Ross stays on the leading edge of research and faculty innovation is through our donor and alumni community. The Lichtenstein Marketing Innovation Fund, established in 2020 by Jay Lichtenstein, BBA ’93, and Julie Lichtenstein, BBA ’95, supports programs, curricula, and faculty research and development within the marketing department.&nbsp;</p>
March 5, 2025

Vishal Chandawarkar, BBA ’13/MBA ’20: Translating Ideas into Opportunities

<p><strong>Vishal Chandawarkar, BBA ’13/MBA ’20,</strong> saw firsthand how language shapes wealth and opportunity. Driven to break workplace barriers, he created <a href="https://verbalista.com/en">Verbalista</a&gt; to level the playing field.</p>
February 24, 2025

Celebrating Impact: Michigan Ross Alums Reflect on Black History Month and Business

<p>Three alums share their journeys since graduating from the Ross School of Business and celebrate the lasting impact of Black leaders in business and the Michigan Ross community.</p>
January 24, 2025

Sucharita Dasa, MBA ’08: Banking on Positive Change

<p>From launching her career in engineering to navigating the worlds of finance and investment banking, <strong>Sucharita Dasa, MBA ’08, </strong>has built a dynamic path that ultimately led to her true passion: driving the clean energy transition.</p>
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Ross News

July 25, 2025

What to Expect from a Michigan Ross Part-Time MBA: Advice from Current Students

<p>Starting a part-time MBA program is a major step toward advancing your career, expanding your network, and sharpening your business skills — but it’s not without its challenges. Balancing deadlines, staying motivated, and adapting to the academic environment can be tough, especially when also juggling work and life responsibilities. It’s the kind of commitment – and investment – where it helps to have insight on what to expect.</p>
July 25, 2025

Career-Focused Community: Meet the Michigan Ross Weekend MBA Class of 2027

<p>Recently, 120 members of the newest cohort of the <a href="https://michiganross.umich.edu/graduate/weekend-mba">Weekend MBA Program</a> at the Ross School of Business began their journeys in the residential, two-year program, accelerating their career potential through rigorous action-based coursework and meaningful network building.</p>
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June 24, 2025

Quang Do, MBA/MS '12: Disrupting Consulting and Mentoring the Next Wave of MBAs

<p><strong>Quang Do, MBA/MS ’12,</strong> is on a mission to reinvent consulting in the age of AI, and he’s bringing Ross School of Business students along for the ride.</p>
May 27, 2025

Jennifer Steiner, MBA ’10: Answering the Call for Compassionate Mental Health Care

<p><strong>Jennifer Steiner, MBA ’10,</strong> has built her career on a mission to serve and support people during life’s most vulnerable moments. As CEO and founder of <a href="https://lightfully.com/">Lightfully Behavioral Health</a>, she’s turning that commitment into action, using her experience to create solutions to meet the growing demand for mental health care and resources.</p>
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