How a Darden Executive MBA Helped One Photographer Bring Her Vision to Life
Long before Caroline Jean Gray (EMBA ’22) had an MBA, a business plan or paying clients, she had 3,000 photographs from a high school trip to Tanzania and the patience to sort through every one.
How Georgia Ports Authority CEO Reframed His Leadership Before Taking on His Biggest Role
When Kevin Price (TEP '26) agreed to become CEO of Georgia Ports Authority, he realized he needed more than his own experience to be prepared. Enter The Executive Program.
Susanne Bell Leads Virginia’s Childcare Future While Earning an MBA
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.
At NVIDIA, Kshitiz Khatri Is Learning the Business Behind AI
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.
Darden Alum’s AI Finance Platform Lightens the Load for Startups and Small Businesses
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.
Professor Yo-Jud Cheng: A Case Method Pro Not Averse to a Lecture on Dumplings
Now in her seventh year at Darden, Professor Yo-Jud Cheng said she’s been able to continue diving deeper on her research on leadership change thanks to not only the steady supply of CEO transitions, each unfolding differently, but also the Darden students in her classes who constantly fuel her with new perspectives and research questions.
