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Caroline Mackey
Assistant Director of Content
After a lifetime in aviation, American Airlines Captain Mike Reindl is bringing decades of high-stakes leadership experience to Darden and learning to see business from a new perspective.
A new group of courses at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business gives students the chance to dig into those topics and more. From AI and real estate finance to nonprofit leadership and stakeholder capitalism, the new courses reflect the wide range of challenges Darden students may face throughout their careers.
From 3,000 Tanzania photos to thriving business: how Caroline Jean Gray turned passion into purpose before earning her EMBA.
Rachel Edwards (MBA ’22) and her sister, Natalie Cellura (EMBA ’26), found more in common than ever with their mom, Karen Kosiba Edwards (MBA ’84), after following in her footsteps and earning their MBAs at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
For Susanne Bell (Executive MBA Class of 2027), all four are essential infrastructure. A strong childcare system allows parents to work, helps businesses retain employees, and supports thriving communities and the healthy development of the next generation. Bell now has the opportunity to advance that vision as president of the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (VECF), a statewide public-private organization working to strengthen Virginia’s childcare and early childhood systems.
Now, the UVA MD/MBA student is working with two University of Virginia Darden School of Business classmates to build OrchardOps, a software platform aimed at helping surgical and procedural facilities run more efficiently.
At NVIDIA this summer, Kshitiz Khatri (Class of 2027) is getting a close-up look behind the answer box in between his first and second year at The University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
For Michael Fajardo (MBA ’20), the word is a nod first to Michael Porter, the strategist whose Five Forces framework he studied at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. But it also meant something simpler: a person who carries the bags, lightens the load and helps someone keep moving.
