Student Spotlight: Alexis TerKonda, MBA '23
Name: Alexis TerKonda Qualification: MBA, Entertainment and Data Analytics Emphasis Position: Awards & Publicity Intern Company: Screen Actors Guild Awards Alexis TerKonda is certainly a graduate student to look out for. She is a first year MBA student, with an emphasis in entertainment management and data analytics. She is also currently working as an Awards
Faculty Spotlight: Lacy Willis '05, JD '19, CPA, CVA, CFE
Professor Lacy Willis has over ten years of experience in public accounting at a large local accounting firm in Orange County, CA. During that time, she assisted privately held companies, government entities, and not-for-profit entities in various functions including financial reporting, bookkeeping, preparation of audits, reviews and compilations, tax preparation, management advisory and forensic accounting
Student Spotlight: Damien Lemagnen '24
Name: Damien Lemagnen Qualification: BS in Business Administration, Marketing Emphasis ’24 Position: Franchise Content & Strategy Intern Company: Lucasfilm What excites you about this internship? Everything. To join a franchise I grew up with is an honor. Star Wars is the first film I watched with my dad and it’s the only franchise that I
Alumni Spotlight: Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, EMBA '16
Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks is the president and CEO of ECOS, of one of the most innovative, diverse, and socially responsible companies on the planet. She leads strategy and production of environmentally friendly cleaning products at the company’s four geographically diverse facilities across the U.S., as well as a European manufacturing platform. Kelly received her undergraduate degree
Student Spotlight: Prahita Magal '23
Name: Prahita Magal Qualification: Bachelor of Business Administration Graduation date: Spring 2023 Tell us about yourself and your desired career path. My name is Prahita Magal, I’m a junior-transfer student and this is my second semester at Chapman. I’m majoring in Economics and minoring in Data Analytics, and I expect to graduate next spring. The
Alumni Spotlight: Anish Bajaj '21
Name: Anish Bajaj Position: Associate Account Strategist Company: Google Education: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing Emphasis What excites you about this company and this job? Google’s well-known reputation tends to precede itself. I am thrilled to be joining a company that is always innovating and creating a diverse workplace. I’m also super excited
Employer Spotlight: Neal Pecchenino of Boxi
Name: Neal Pecchenino Position: Founder, President Company: Boxi, Inc What differentiates Boxi in the market? Boxi is the Nation’s largest truck media platform company, operating in every major market across the United States, and working with many of the biggest brands in the world. From Liquid Death Mountain Water to the Los Angeles Lakers, we
Student Spotlight: Cynthia Le, '24
My name is Cynthia Le and I am a second-year pre-law student at Chapman, where I am majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in Management and minoring in Law and Liberal Arts. I’m currently interning as a Copyright Legal Intern at Higbee & Associates and will be interning with Bock & Plummer Law for
Alumni Spotlight: Ishaani Saha '17
Name: Ishaani Saha Position: Agent (Commercial Endorsements) Company: Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Industry: Entertainment Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Finance Emphasis Why did you choose this industry or field? To be transparent, I did not always know that I wanted to be a talent agent. In college, I was undeclared for
Alumni Spotlight: Emilio Mejia '21
Name: Emilio Mejia Position: Fulbright Scholar Industry: Foreign Affairs (Diplomacy) Degree: Business Administration and Creative Writing Double Major Concentration: Marketing Why did you choose this field? I chose my current field because I have always had a fascination in countries outside of the United States, and realized the State Department has incredible opportunities for people
Alumni Spotlight - Lourdes Louis, '21
Hello Everyone!! My name is Lourdes Louis, and I am a fresh graduate of Chapman University from the MBA program with an emphasis on Marketing and Analytics. I recently landed the position of Data Architect at Women Lifting Women (WLW). With a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, I have more than seven years of experience
Student Spotlight - Ananya Pochiraju, '23
My name is Ananya Pochiraju and I am a third-year B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance and a minor in Analytics. I am excited to be a Business Controlling Intern at Henkel, a top FMCG company. What makes me most excited is the exposure I will be getting in the finance sector of