Mark your calendars for Alumni Weekend 2024! We look forward to seeing you again to celebrate our alumni on April 26 – 27, 2024.
Take a look back at Alumni Weekend 2023, which brought our alumni to Chapel Hill for two days of learning, celebrating, and reconnecting.
Photo Album from 2023
In-Person Event in Chapel Hill
Expect numerous opportunities to reconnect with classmates and other members of our alumni community in-person at the class receptions and on campus.
Registration for Alumni Weekend 2024 will open this fall.
Alumni Weekend 2024 will celebrate the reunions of our ’4 and ’9 graduating classes.
Friday, April 26 – Saturday, April 27, 2024
His research explores how human capital impacts firm performance, survival, and growth. He also examines organizational dynamics related to political ideology, status, and diversity. His research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Research in Organizational Behavior. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Africa Journal of Management.
He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY), and a M.S. and Ph.D in Management and Organizations from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Berry received her bachelor of science in industrial engineering in her native country of Colombia and her MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler. During her time as a MBA@UNC student, she led the Women of MBA@UNC student group and was an active student ambassador for the program.
Berry is a distinguished toastmaster serving the organization in leadership roles for over 10 years and is the annual conference program chair for the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers based in Atlanta. She is president of her local chapter of the Society of Women Engineers and enjoys mentoring aspiring women in business and engineering. She lives in Aiken, South Carolina, and enjoys teaching Zumba in her community.
He is on the board of three public companies, one private company, and two academic institutions. He also has half a dozen advisory roles and is an active angel investor, with an emphasis on technology platforms and green tech. He earned his BSBA ('87) and MBA ('89) from UNC Kenan-Flagler, which awarded him the MBA Alumni Merit Award in 2004. He gave the commencement address for Kenan-Flagler in 2016. He is a CPA.
• PVH (NYSE): since 2014 (member of the Corporate Responsibility Committee)
• Baidu (NASDAQ): since 2015 (Chair of the Audit Committee)
• Rubicon Technologies (NYSE): since 2015 (Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee).
• Acorns (Private): since 2022 (member of the Audit Committee).
• Mayfield Senior (Private school in LA): Board of Trustees and the Chair of the Finance Committee for his UNC daughter’s old High School.
• UNC Kenan-Flagler: Chair of the Innovation Committee.
From 1999 to 2006, he worked in high tech startups including Ancestry.com in Provo, Utah and AnchorPoint in Boston, Massachusetts and as the webmaster for platinum recording artists Vertical Horizon. He also holds a BS in computer science from Johns Hopkins University. Challen is married and has four children.
Sandra is a Certified Veteran Career Strategist and currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the North Carolina Technology Association (NC Tech) and is actively pursuing her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership at NC State with an anticipated graduation date of December 2023.
Prior to the transition to UNC Chapel Hill, Sandra spent eight years with the national education nonprofit organization, New Teacher Center, focused on ending the predictability of educational inequity in public education for systemically underserved students by focusing on accelerating educator effectiveness and remains an advocate for education as an important part of enhancing economic mobility for students and families. She has also served as an Adjunct Faculty Member delivering Human Resource Development courses at Durham Technical Community College and has four years of experience on the Undergraduate Admissions team at Duke University.
Dr. Chirino-Klevans is a former Assistant Dean of Executive Education at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and founding member of Duke Corporate Education (DukeCE). She is a guest faculty at the International School of Management in Paris.
She holds a PhD in Psychology, a Master’ in Psychology, a Master’s in Business Administration and her undergraduate degree is in Psychology. She also has a specialization in Instructional Design focusing on integration of technology in training and development. A former elite gymnasts and All-American in gymnastics, she brings her expertise in sports to the classroom by designing high impact and transformative learning experiences aimed at developing competencies for teaching and learning in multicultural and global environments.
She is fluent in English, French and Spanish.
Conrad served as senior associate dean for academic affairs from 2011-2016, overseeing the work of the faculty and academic programs during the time when MBA@UNC and the Master of Accounting online format were launched. She also served two terms as area chair of finance, from 1995-1998 and 2000-2003.
She is widely recognized for her research on investments and finance, with a focus on asset pricing, capital markets, institutional investing and portfolio management.
She received a doctorate and MBA in finance and economics from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Butler University.
Jim is Professor at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, teaching Entrepreneurship to undergraduate students and was one of the founders of Launch Chapel Hill, and 1789 Venture Lab.
Over the past 30+ years, Jim has wandered through the remotest villages on the planet, across every single one of the world’s 193 United Nations recognized countries, and last year went to space, and to the very bottom of the Earth, in a submarine to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Megan most recently served as the Director of Career Coaching, working to coordinate and implement world-class coaching, programming, and relationship building across the MBA programs. Before coming to UNC Kenan-Flagler in 2017, she spent time as a career transition trainer for the U.S. Department of Labor as a government contractor helping over 1,800 active-duty military-service members successfully transition to civilian employment. Megan earned her M.Ed. in higher education from Arizona State University and her B.A. in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University.
Noemi joined UNC Kenan-Flagler in 2012. She previously spent almost six years as an integral member of the Employer Engagement & Recruiting (EE&R) team. In addition to heading MBA recruiting and hiring relationships for a portfolio of core employer partners within the consulting, marketing and real estate sectors (including Deloitte, Greystar Real Estate Partners, and Procter & Gamble Company), Noemi worked collaboratively across key stakeholders to strategically navigate recruiting challenges, identify opportunities and effectively meet hiring goals. In her most recent role as associate director of admissions and diversity programs in the Business School’s Master of Accounting (MAC) program, Noemi served as a champion for the MAC program, working to build relationships with prospective candidates and recruiting top talent. Leading the holistic strategy for the MAC program’s signature early access and diversity pipeline initiatives, she specifically focused on working with corporate sponsors, connecting with underrepresented populations and enhancing programming that ensured broad awareness of the MAC program.
Noemi is originally from Bronx, New York, and earned her BA in political science from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Prior to joining UNC Kenan-Flagler, Noemi served in variety of roles co-leading employer outreach and campus recruiting efforts at Fordham Law School in New York City. She received her MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler in December 2021. Residing in Durham, Noemi enjoys serving within her community, spending time at her favorite local coffee shops and short trips (making lasting memories) with her family.
Megan most recently served as the Director of Career Coaching, working to coordinate and implement world-class coaching, programming, and relationship building across the MBA programs. Before coming to UNC Kenan-Flagler in 2017, she spent time as a career transition trainer for the U.S. Department of Labor as a government contractor helping over 1,800 active-duty military-service members successfully transition to civilian employment. Megan earned her M.Ed. in higher education from Arizona State University and her B.A. in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University.