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Daniel Student MBA 20

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE President of the Graduate Chapter of Net Impact at UC Davis Director of Intercultural Collaboration for the Associated Students of Management at the Graduate School of Management External Recruitment Lead for the Full-Time MBA Ambassadors Program, 2019 PREVIOUS DEGREE B.A., Film; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

Ran a historic non-profit theater company in Philadelphia for seven years and directed over thirty plays

Served as the administrative director of an international arts service organization for global

Jonathan Lee MBA 20
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Jonathan Lee MBA 20

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Director, UC Davis Full-Time MBA Ambassadors Program, 2019
  • Member, Marketing and Product Management Association

PREVIOUS DEGREE

  • B.S., Management, UC Merced, Merced, CA

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Loan Processor/Personal Assistant, BayCal Financial Milpitas II (San Jose)
  • Administrative Assistant, Keeco, LLC (Hayward)

FUN FACTS

  • Experienced with several musical styles
  • Love trying new recipes to bake or cook
  • I’ve performed with my choir in several different countries, including Italy, Taiwan, and Canada, by the time I was 18

"In

Alex Gordon MBA 20
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Alex Gordon MBA 20

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE

  • Events Lead, UC Davis Full-Time MBA Ambassadors Program, 2019
  • Member, Food and Wine Club
  • Member, Consulting Club
  • Member, Challenge for Charity

PREVIOUS DEGREE

  • B.S. Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Medical Assistant, Cardiovascular Consultants Stanford Healthcare
  • Athletic Trainer, UCSB Club Sports

FUN FACTS

  • A quote I live my life by: “I just like to smile.  Smiling is my favorite.” - Buddy the Elf
  • I can quote movies and answer movie trivia with the best of them.
  • I grew
Patrick Rosenberg MBA 20
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Patrick Rosenberg MBA 20

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE

  • Internal Recruitment Lead, UC Davis Full-Time MBA Ambassadors Program, 2019
  • Member, Consulting Club
  • Member, Food & Wine Leadership Club
  • Member, Challenge for Charity

PREVIOUS DEGREE

  • B.A. International Studies and East Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Brand and Marketing Manager, Ridgemont Ind.
  • Director of Facilitators, Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation
  • Instructor, World Hapkido Association

FUN FACTS

  • I have taught martial arts on 4 continents.
  • My favorite quote is, “There are no strangers
Becca Litman MBA 22
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Becca Litman MBA 22

Sacramento Part-Time MBA Ambassador

"The UC Davis GSM brings together an inquisitive, caring community and top faculty to provide a world-class business education in a collaborative, flexible environment."

Professional Experience

  • Senior Technical Communicator (Blue Shield of California). I’m a healthcare communicator and project manager at Blue Shield of California, where I focus on documentation and process improvement projects to help empower frontline Customer Experience employees. Blue Shield of California is a nonprofit health plan dedicated to providing Californians with access to high-quality health care at an
Gunasekaran Ekambaram
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Gunasekaran Ekambaram

Sacramento Part-Time MBA Ambassador

Professional Experience

  • Technical Lead, Provider Management, Delta Dental of California
  • Sacramento Metro EDGE member

Student Leadership and Experience

  • UC Davis GSM Sacramento MBA Student Ambassador

Previous Degree and University Attended

  • Bachelors in Technology, Leather Technology and Information Technology (Dual Degree) Anna University, India

Fun Facts

  • I’m an outdoorsman, I enjoy running, and I’m a technology enthusiast.

(Editor's note: This profile was originally created November 2020.)

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Joe Sullivan

Sacramento Part-Time MBA Ambassador

Professional Experience

  • Current - Director of Information Technology, Crimson Wine Group
  • Former - Information Technology Service Delivery Manager, Delta Dental
  • Former - Manufacturing Sciences and Technology Infrastructure Systems Manager, Genentech

Student Leadership and Experience

  • Current - UC Davis GSM Sacramento MBA, Student Ambassador
  • Former - Yolo County Search and Rescue Team Board of Directors, Director
  • Former - Solano County Firemen's Association Board of Directors, Director

Previous Degree and University Attended

  • Bachelors in Leadership and Organizational Studies

Deepi Agarwal MBA 22
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Deepi Agarwal MBA 22

Director, Full-Time MBA Ambassadors

As Maya Angelou said, "Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better." I joined UC Davis, as I am certain that it will provide me with numerous opportunities to know and do better.

Student Leadership and Experience

  • Director, UC Davis Full-Time MBA Ambassadors Program
  • Club Membership: Women in Leadership, Net Impact, Marketing and Product Management
  • Class Representative, BIMM PGDM Program

Previous Degree

  • Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Marketing & IT, Balaji Institute of Modern Management (BIMM)
  • Bachelor of Technology, Electronics
Daniel Bradley MBA 22
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Daniel Bradley MBA 22

Assistant Director, Full-Time MBA Ambassadors

Student Leadership and Experience

  • Assistant Director, UC Davis Full-Time MBA Ambassadors Program
  • Master Peer Tutor, Jackson College
  • Team Lead, Supplemental Instruction Leader, Jackson College

Previous Degree

  • B.S., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UC Davis 2020

Previous Work Experience

  • Emergency Department Medical Scribe (Sacramento, Ca & Jackson, Mi).
  • Director of Web Development, Local Logic Media (Jackson, Mi)
  • Store Manager, Vitamin World (Battle Creek, Mi)

Fun Facts

  • Hobbyist photographer, find me @UnraveledVisuals.
  • I love board games and have 40+ in my collection (so
Daniel Barron MBA 22
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Daniel Barron MBA 22

Director of Interviewing, Full-Time MBA Ambassadors

Student Leadership and Experience

  • Director of Interviewing, UC Davis Full-Time MBA Ambassadors Program
  • Member, Food & Wine Leadership Club

Previous Degree

  • Bachelor of Arts: Urban and Environmental Policy- Occidental College

Previous Work Experience

  • Senior Global Legal Specialist, IDEO
  • Maps Quality Analyst, Apple Inc

Fun Facts

  • I spent a large part of my youth playing claw machines and can now tell in one look whether any claw machine is worth trying.
  • Fantasy Football is the only reason I care about real Football
  • I tore my ACL in a log throwing competition.

“I wanted to

Aihe Chen MBA 22
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Aihe Chen MBA 22

Assistant Director of Interviewing, Full-Time MBA Ambassadors

Student Leadership and Experience

  • Assistant Director of Interviewing, UC Davis Full-Time MBA Ambassadors Program
  • Women in Leadership & Food and Wine Club, UC Davis GSM
  • Fundraiser & Event Organizer, Central Wesleyan Church
  • Assistant Manager in Student Entrepreneurship Center, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

Previous Degree

  • B.E. in international economics and trade, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics.

Previous Work Experience

  • Co-founder & Finance Manager, MONA 3D
  • Associate Finance Manager, Unilever
  • Finance Intern in Trade
Zach Hunter MBA 22
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Zach Hunter MBA 22

Veterans Success Director, Full-Time MBA Ambassadors

Student Leadership and Experience

  • Military Lead, UC Davis Full-Time MBA Ambassadors Program
  • Treasurer, CSU Sacramento Student Investment Fund
  • Director of Compliance, CSU Sacramento Student Investment Fund

Previous Degree

  • Bachelor of Science, Finance with a Minor in Risk Management, California State University, Sacramento

Previous Work Experience

  • Operations Intelligence, 509th Operations Support Squadron, USAF
  • Operations Intelligence, 325th Weapons School, USAF
  • Operations Intelligence, Joint Task Force CF-J, USAF
  • Field Engineer, L3 Harris

Fun Facts

  • I love investing
Anthony Liu MBA 22
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Anthony Liu MBA 22

Director of Communications, Full-Time MBA Ambassadors

Student Leadership and Experience

  • Student Ambassador Director of Communications
  • Member, GSM Pride Network
  • Net Impact

Previous Degree

  • B.S Molecular Biology University of Washington

Previous Work Experience

  • Clinical Trial, Healthcare Program management
  • Prior to my MBA, I worked on project management, marketing and implementation of multiple clinical trials sponsored by large biotech to start-ups and the NIH.

Fun Facts

  • I love to cook but I don’t like to follow recipes.
  • I’m allergic to mango. Kind of sad.

"The MBA program at GSM is practical, collaborative and

Camille Harris MBA 22
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Camille Harris MBA 22

Director of Yield Management, Full-Time MBA Ambassadors

Student Leadership and Experience

  • Director of Yield Management, UC Davis Full-Time MBA Ambassadors Program
  • Vice President, Phi Chi Theta, Professional Business Fraternity

Previous Degree

  • Bachelor’s of Science, Marketing and International Business, University of Maryland, College Park

Previous Work Experience

  • People Operations Specialist, Mattermost, Inc.
  • Content Moderator, HubPages, Inc.
  • Project Coordinator, Judicata, Inc.

Fun Facts

  • Had a column in a local paper senior year of high school
  • Once had my face plastered in BART stations and on the side of buses

“I really

Farah Shartaz MBA 22
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Farah Shartaz MBA 22

Director of Outreach, Full-Time MBA Ambassadors

Student Leadership and Experience

  • Director of Outreach, UC Davis Full-Time MBA Ambassadors Program
  • Member of Net Impact, Women in Leadership, Food & Wine Leadership Club

Previous Degree

  • ●      Bachelor of Business Administration: Management; University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Previous Work Experience

  • Marketing Dept. Specialist - Safeway
  • Product Launch with Martha Stewart - “the Everyday System”
  • Product Coordinator - California Closets Inc

Fun Facts

  • Love traveling - traveled 11 countries so far.
  • Practice mindfulness, meditation, yoga - if there is any meditation or yoga
Jayce Smalley MBA 22
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Jayce Smalley MBA 22

Full-Time MBA Ambassador

Student Leadership and Experience

  • GSM Full-Time MBA Ambassador
  • Student-Athlete (football)

Previous Degree

  • B.A., Communication, UCLA

Previous Work Experience

  • Commercial Real Estate Analyst - C2 Commercial (Santa Monica, CA)

Fun Facts

  • Played Collegiate Football at UCLA and currently on the UC Davis football team.
  • I like to surf.
  • I was born and raised in Hawaii.

“I choose UC Davis because of the welcoming atmosphere that the GSM offers and the willingness of the staff, to help get you to where you want to be.”

Molly Jo Scott MBA 22
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Molly Jo Scott MBA 22

Full-Time MBA Ambassador

Student Leadership and Experience

  • Club membership: Women in Leadership, Food & Wine Leadership, Marketing and Product Management

Previous Degree

  • Master of Music in Oboe Performance, Carnegie Mellon University

Previous Work Experience

  • Program Coordinator at NC State University, Department of English (Raleigh, NC)
  • Music faculty at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion (Vermillion, SD)
  • Oboe/English horn performances in orchestral groups across the United States as well as private teaching (Everywhere, USA)

Fun Facts

  • Davis is my hometown. I’ve known the Aggie fight-song
Yasaman (Yasi) Dehnavi
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Yasaman (Yasi) Dehnavi

Bay Area Part-Time MBA Student

Yasaman (Yasi) Dehnavi (Vice President) is a 2021 MBA candidate at GSM, interested in General Management and Marketing. She grew up in Iran and completed her undergraduate studies in Industrial Engineering and operational research at Amirkabir University of Technology.

She has experience in oil and gas industry and is currently working in a telecommunication company as a Project Manager.

In her spare time, she enjoys going to the gym, cooking traditional Persian food and traveling to new places.

Muttika Chaturabul
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Muttika Chaturabul

Bay Area Part-Time MBA Student

Muttika Chaturabul is a, Employee Relations Analyst on the Human Resources team at Blue Shield of California.  Prior to joining Blue Shield of California, Tika was a Program Manager at the University of California, Berkeley specializing in organization development and learning, program management, and leadership coaching and training for over 8 years.  She received her Bachelor’s in Social Welfare at UC Berkeley and is pursuing her Master of Business Administration at UC Davis Graduate School of Management (GSM).

Muttika fell in love with the community at UC Berkeley who taught her the value

Carmen Das-Grande
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Carmen Das-Grande

Bay Area Part-Time MBA Student

Carmen Das-Grande is a Senior Financial Analyst at Zendesk supporting the Finance & Strategy team. She graduated from Wheaton College (MA) with a degree in Economics in 2015.

One of her favorite parts of the UC Davis Part Time MBA so far has been getting to know her diverse cohort of classmates.

Her main reason for becoming an ambassador was the hope of being able to pass along the community energy to prospective students.