Class of 2025: What's Next For You?

Our Class of 2025 graduates are collaborative, forward-thinking leaders ready to make a lasting impact in the business world.

We asked several of our newest alumni from each of our graduate programs to share where they’re headed next in their careers and future pursuits.

Hear directly from the newest alumni of our Full-Time MBA, Sacramento Part-Time MBA, Bay Area Part-Time MBA, Online MBA, Master of Professional Accountancy, Master of Science in Business Analytics and Master of Management programs.

They’re heading to Big 4 accounting firms like KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young, joining tech leaders such as Adobe and Cisco, landing roles at innovative start-ups, and earning promotions at their current companies—all thanks in part to their UC Davis experience.

Video Transcript

Allison Judy, Full-Time MBA
Hi, I'm Allison and I'm graduating from the Full-Time MBA, and I have already started working as a health care consultant for a boutique consulting firm in Sac.

Jack Schaufler, Full-Time MBA
I'm Jack Schaufler, graduating from the Full-Time MBA program, and what's next is I'll be working for California Community Power as a project manager of power supply.

Keerthana Hegde, Full-Time MBA
Hi, I'm Keerthana Hegde. I just graduated from Full-Time MBA UC Davis and I'm excited to take my next step as a finance manager at a startup named Nusano (Inc) with a mission to supply the fight against cancer.

Nicole Sanchez, Bay Area Part-Time MBA
Hi, my name is Nicole Sanchez. I graduated from UC Davis Bay Area Part-Time MBA program, and I recently accepted a job offer as a project coordinator for Black and Veatch, which is a global engineering and consulting firm.

Paymon Sohirad, Bay Area Part-Time MBA
Hi, my name is Paymon. I'm graduating from the Bay Area MBA program. What's next for me is I'm starting a position as a business process manager at Adobe.

Mansi Saxena, Bay Area Part-Time MBA
Hi, I'm Mansi Saxena. I graduated from Bay Area Part-Time MBA program. I'm currently a Cisco Licensing Leader running the ask licensing chat bot service. I hope that MBA can lead to more opportunities and growth for me in the future.

John Paul Estigoy, Bay Area Part-Time MBA
My name is John Paul Estigoy. I am graduating from the Bay Area Part-Time program. I work for the Clorox Company and I recently was able to get a promotion due to the program.

Gracia Liunita, Bay Area Part-Time MBA
Hi, my name is Gracia Liunita and I'm graduating from Bay Area Part-Time MBA, and I'm currently working as an analyst for Muni and I will continue serving the public with my MBA.

Marissa Hernandez, Sacramento Part-Time MBA
Hi, my name is Marissa Hernandez and I just graduated from the Sacramento Part-Time MBA program. Following graduation, I've accepted an administrative fellowship with UCLA Health, where I'll proudly serve as their very first administrative fellow in health systems finance. Go Ags!

Celine Chandler, Sacramento Part-Time MBA
Hi everyone. My name is Celine Chandler and I'm graduating from the Sacramento Part-Time MBA program. What's next for me? In the fall, I'll be joining UC Davis Law School to start law school.

Ansel Lundberg, Sacramento Part-Time MBA
I'm Ansel Lundberg. I just graduated from the Sacramento Part-Time MBA at UC Davis Graduate School of Management. What's next for me? I started a new job halfway through the program, and I just got promoted just as I was graduating. So I'm super excited to continue making a new impact in my new position. I'm excited to spend some time with my family after getting through this whole part-time degree, and I'm so glad to be finished and going out into the energy industry to make a difference.

Bryanna Kessler, Online MBA
Hi. My name is Bryanna Kessler. I did the Online MBA program while an active duty Marine. I loved that I could pursue this goal while actually still having my job and apply everything that I was learning in class to my job on the daily.

Amanda Icasiano, Online MBA
Hello, my name is Amanda Icasiano and I'm graduating from the Online MBA program. What's next for me is I'll be exploring leadership roles in my career in finance.

Uma Srinath, Online MBA
Hi, I'm Uma Srinath. So I'm graduating today from UC Davis Online MBA program. So, I'm working at ResMed as a senior product manager. I'm transforming life of patients who are having sleep apnea problems and looking forward to have a transformative journey in business and leadership.

Rekha Rajachelliah, Online MBA
I am Rekha Rajachelliah. I’m graduating from UC Davis Online MBA program. I'm so excited to grow and continue in my career. The role that I'm playing as a director in professional services at Model N. It's a leader in revenue management. I'm so grateful for UC Davis for the incredible experience.

David Meyer, Master of Management
Hi, my name is David Meyer. I'm part of the Master of Management program. And what's next for me is I'm going to be going down to Orange County and doing medical sales for Avanti Health Solutions.

Gabriel Fernandez, Master of Professional Accountancy
Hi everyone. My name is Gabriel Fernandez. I'm graduating from the MPAc program at UC Davis and I'll be working as a tax associate at KPMG this upcoming fall.

Curtis Choi, Master of Professional Accountancy
Hi everyone, I'm Curtis. I'm graduating from the MPAc program and upcoming summer I'm going to be working at PwC.

Katherine Lai, Master of Professional Accountancy
Hi, my name is Katherine Lai. I'm graduating from the MPAc program. I have accepted an offer from Deloitte and will be working as an audit associate.

Juan Carlos Castro, Master of Professional Accountancy
Hi, my name is Juan Carlos Castro and I just graduated from the MPAc program. After this, I'm going to work for EY and their FSO team in San Francisco.

Andrea Casner, Master of Professional Accountancy
Hi, my name is Andrea Casner. I just graduated from the UC Davis Master of Professional Accountancy Program, and this fall, I'll be joining PwC San Francisco as an audit associate.

Amanda Carter, Master of Professional Accountancy
Hi, my name's Amanda Carter. I am graduating from the Master of Professional Accounting program, and my next step is to start my full-time job at EY, a Big-Four accounting firm in the audit field.

Jason Wang, Master of Science in Business Analytics
Hi, my name is Jason. I'm graduating from the GSM from the MSBA degree. I plan to use my degree to make the world a better place, empowering the EV industry and getting into the automobile industry.

Fatima Maroon, Master of Science in Business Analytics
Hi, my name's Fatima. I'm graduating from the UC Davis MSBA program, and I'm going from consulting to an infusion of AI and data governance.