Online MBA Featured Profiles

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Dive Deeper Into the Online MBA Program

Learn what these Online MBA students had to say about classes, work-life balance, and connecting with their cohort in these Featured Profiles.

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Alumni

OMBA ’24

Vanda Ametlli

Accelerating her career while raising a family

The Michigan Ross Online MBA Program empowered lifelong learner Vanda Ametlli to balance her healthcare operations career and family life through immersive digital studios and residencies—earning her promotion to director of strategy deployment at Henry Ford Health.

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Online MBA

Hannah Boundy

Breaking Down Barriers in Financial Services

The Michigan Ross Online MBA program gave Hannah Boundy the flexibility to balance motherhood, authorship, and entrepreneurship while gaining the leadership acumen to scale her financial services firm.

Alumni

Online MBA ’23

Sean Brodner

From Engineering to Video Games Sales: Using an MBA to Discover His Passion

The Michigan Ross Online MBA Program gave Sean Brodner the flexibility to balance family and a demanding engineering career while honing strategic business skills through Riot Games MAPs and alumni networking—launching him into a senior manager role at Take‑Two Interactive.

Student Profile

OMBA '26

Mark Calendine

Leveraging business expertise to advance military innovation

The Michigan Ross Online MBA Program gave Mark Calendine the flexibility to balance his Air Force and Boeing career across time zones while building a global network through immersive residencies, live digital studios, and collaborative MAP projects.

Alumni

Online MBA ’26

Andrew Friedman

Pivoting from the Military to the Business World

Andrew Friedman, Michigan Ross Online MBA '26 student, shares his story of why he chose the Ross School of Business, his experience in the program, and how he's using what he's learned in the program to leverage his career in business after pivoting from the military.

Alumni

Online MBA '22

Andrew Green

Becoming Business Savvy From Home

After graduating from the University of Illinois with a bachelor’s in communications, and then enrolling in Northwestern’s artificial intelligence masters program, Andrew Green felt he had a strong...

Student Profile

OMBA '26

Kara Holding

Gaining a Broader Business Perspective

Kara Holding, OMBA ’26, has been interested in business since childhood. She comes from a family of accountants and always had an affinity for math and science.

Alumni

Online MBA '22

Alexis Kantaris

A Command Track in Leadership That's All Business

With a Marine Corps career father, Alexis Kantaris is no stranger to new challenges. Before she was 14, she moved nine times and lived in seven different states. Her strong military background led her...

Alumni

Online MBA '24

Marcin Malinowski

Using Business to Make an Impact in Healthcare

Marcin Malinowski is a practicing cardiac surgeon who was born and raised in Poland and completed his residency at the Medical University of Silesia. Marcin finds that helping others and working with...

Alumni

Online MBA '24

Erin Muller

Building a Bridge between Compassionate Care and Critical Thinking

Growing up, Erin Velez was always interested in healthcare and medicine. After majoring in the History of Science and Medicine at Yale, Erin received her Master of Science in Public Health at the...

Student Profile

OMBA '26

Josh Nysenbaum

Mastering an MBA while Residing on Military Duty

Josh Nysenbaum, OMBA ’26 is a current Online MBA student at the Ross School of Business. His academic pathway is similar to other students attaining their degree, excluding one small detail: he...

Alumni

Online MBA

Jeff Shafer

Uplifting the Community and Family Through Business

By the time Jeff Shafer enrolled at Michigan Ross, his professional and academic journeys were well under way. Jeff had spent nearly six years as a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) associate, and had...

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