Alumni

A Top Mark for Apple’s Top Marketer

Phil Schiller ’82, longtime Apple executive, topped Forbes’ list of “The World’s Most Influential CMOs” in 2020. The magazine decided on the top 50 marketing executives based upon data reflecting brand performance, industry and internal influence, and personal influence.

Cold Cuts and the Courage to Fail

CEO alum speaks candidly of “unmitigated disasters” as part of the popular Lunch with an Entrepreneur series.

The (Bike) Path to Wellness

While promoting fitness and nutrition, a young alumna empowers the teens in her community.

Alums Counted Among “30 Under 30”

Last month, Forbes unveiled its annual “30 under 30” list of America’s most important young entrepreneurs, and two graduates of the Carroll School made the cut, along with four other Boston College alums.

The Accidental Restaurateur

An alum took a chance, found an industry he loved, and is now one of its biggest players

Connors Honored as an Inspired Leader

BC HEIGHTS: The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate conferred its Award for Inspired Leadership on Jack Connors Jr. ’63, philanthropist and Hill Holliday co-founder.

Student Entrepreneurship Highlighted at Strakosch Venture Competition

At Shea Center celebration, winners are announced in the competition newly named for Greg ’84 and Peggy ’85 Strakosch

Finance by Day, Pro Soccer by Night

He was ready to hang up his cleats upon graduation. But one professor encouraged the varsity soccer goalkeeper to keep playing the sport for as long as he could.

The Rainmakers: New Alumni-led VC Firm Invests in Campus-bred Startups

SSC Venture’s program provides $5,000, office space at firms around Boston, and moral support so that Carroll School and other BC students and recent alumni can develop their startup companies.

“Powerful Woman” Karen Lynch ’84 Cites Role Model Who Made the Best of Hard Times

Fortune and Modern Healthcare ranked Aetna president Karen Lynch ’84 in their roundups of the “50 Most Powerful Women” and the “Top 25 Women in Healthcare,” respectively.

MBA ’09 Alum “Barks Up” a Bestseller

Extroverts are always more successful than introverts. Nice guys do finish last. Eric Barker, M.B.A. ’09, takes on these widely held beliefs in his first book, recognized as a national bestseller.

Philippi Named Among the Nation’s 100 “Best and Brightest” MBA Grads

“They are the all-in difference makers, curious and galvanizing go-getters, eager to give back to others—refusing to fit into any stereotype of the young professionals who pursue a graduate degree in business,” Poets & Quants says of those who made its list of “The Best and Brightest MBAs—Class of 2017.” And among the selected is Katie Philippi, M.B.A. ’17.

Jin and Wedell Named Among the Nation’s 100 “Best and Brightest”

“They challenged conventions, overcame odds, and built communities.”

A School Grows in Tanzania

Two Alums Use BC Network to Innovate Globally

Why BC Grads Are Going into Real Estate

Where do people with such diverse majors as theology, finance, and international studies wind up? Apparently, it's real estate, judging from the Boston College alumni who populated two panel discussions at a forum titled “Launching Your Real Estate Career.”

Ferit Şahenk ’89 on Failure, Culture, and the Meaning of Success

Failure, culture, and the meaning of success were among the conversation points at Carroll School’s Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship's “Lunch with an Entrepreneur” event with Turkish business magnate Ferit Şahenk ’89.

A Hollywood Star Returns to the Heights to “Espresso” His Faith and Values

Some might say that Chris O’Donnell ’92 hasn’t done all that much with his marketing degree from Boston College. But returning to his alma mater this fall, the NCIS: Los Angeles and Grey’s Anatomy star showed a skill at marketing the values inculcated by a Jesuit education.

Alumni Spotlight: Monica Chandra, M.B.A. ’88

Calling Mom every morning in India, and other lessons for business and life

A Journey from Combat to Classroom to Company

In a Washington Post published profile of veterans who have made a quick and solid transition from the military to civilian life, former U.S. Army Ranger and Purple Heart recipient Ralph Cacciapaglia, M.B.A. ’15, speaks of success after service.

A Conversation in the “6th or 7th Inning” of the Real Estate Cycle

At the Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action's “Launching Your Real Estate Career” forum, Carroll School Senior Lecturer Ed Chazen shared his assessment of the real estate field.

Taking the field for the NFL

A dozen Carroll School alums among those in the pros

Exercising Muscles—and Social Conscience

’86 Alum and Merrill Lynch VP shakes it up with “Zumba for a Cause"

A “Window Cleaner” Reflects on His Chosen Path

There are a number of reasons why Chris Rall ’09 went into the cleaning business—apparently none of which is that he likes to clean.

Whether It’s Failed Schools in D.C. or a Failed State, Carroll School Alum Is the Fixer

During recent weeks in Somalia, Foreign Minister Abdusalam Omer ’77 has welcomed a string of ambassadors to the capital city of Mogadishu, including the first U.S. ambassador to that country in 25 years.

From the Heights to Hamilton

Nick Scandalios on the Business of Theater, and the Joke He’ll Never Again Make

All in the (BC) Family

Last month, 540 Carroll School seniors walked across the commencement stage. In doing so, a distinct group of these graduates were also walking in the footsteps of parents, siblings, and other relatives—adding one more Eagle to the family.

Marvin Chow ’95 Explains What “Big Data” Can—and Can’t—Do

Returning to the Heights, Marvin Chow ’95—Google’s marketing chief—praised Big Data. But he also buried the notion that data alone can give people what they really need.

Flying the Flag in Bogotá

Carroll School Class Turns Light on BC-Bogota Connection

A “Woman of Influence”

Sighted in the New York Business Journal recently was an interview with Christina Bechhold ’07, co-founder and managing director of Empire Angels in New York, a venture capital firm that specializes in tech startups launched by millennials

Dashing into the Forbes “30 under 30”

Forbes magazine recently unveiled its annual “30 under 30” list of America’s most important young entrepreneurs, and 28-year-old Carroll School alum Phil Dumontet ’09 made the cut.

An Eagle Returns

Former executive vice president and chief marketing officer in charge of global marketing efforts at Zipcar, Brian Harrington ’89 is the first Entrepreneur in Residence of the Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship at the Carroll School.

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