List of Bloggers


Amanda Barth
Amanda Barth
Associate Director of Admissions

I am the Associate Director of Admissions for the Full-Time MBA Program at the Mason School of Business. I have a background in both admissions and development. Prior to joining the Mason School of Business, I was a development officer for Parents Programs at Arizona State University. My work in admissions was at Wittenberg University, which is also my undergraduate alma mater. I am quite at home on the William & Mary campus. I completed my Master’s Degree in Educational Policy, Planning and Leadership at W&M in 2006, during which time I was the graduate assistant in the Fund for William & Mary Office.

Anna Perry
Anna Perry
MBA ‘11

I am currently a first-Year student in the Full-Time MBA program. I graduated from William & Mary Undergraduate in May of 2007, at which time I thought, for sure, that I was going on to pursue medicine as my life’s line of work. In July of 2008, however, I won the title of Miss South Carolina, and my whole world changed. The next twelve months were filled with public speeches and special appearances in addition to the intense preparation for competing in Miss America in January 2009. Although I was not able to walk away with the title of Miss America, I did walk away with experiences and memories of a lifetime. My whole perspective on what I want to do in life changed during my reign as Miss South Carolina. I realized that I wanted to be a part of something much bigger than myself. Now, as an MBA Candidate, I have the world at my fingertips.

Anne Moroni
Anne Moroni
MBA ‘09

Anne Moroni, MBA '09, has a BA in Business and Management and a Master of Science in International Finance from ESCP-EAP, European School of Management, Paris, France. At the Mason School, Anne concentrates in Finance and in Brand Management. Prior to attending Mason, Anne worked for three years for Socgen Investment Banking in Paris and New York City. She specialized in Mergers and Acquisitions and Credit Analysis. Anne is now preparing to join American Airlines as a Strategic Financial Analyst.

Byron Morgan
Byron Morgan
BBA ‘10

I am a Process Management and Consulting major with concentrations in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. My fascination and curiosity of East Asian culture has encouraged desire to intimately understand Asian traditions to fully appreciate their current and future contributions to world systems. I anticipate that this will lead to a post-graduate experience with East Asian business affairs, ultimately leading to successful commercial dealings in the industry I choose to promote my expertise.

Chris Perry
Chris Perry
MBA ‘09

Chris Perry, MBA '09, earned his BA from the College of William and Mary with concentrations in French and marketing. At the Mason School, Chris concentrated in brand management and entrepreneurship. Chris has marketing experience in a number of different industries and worked at Kodak this past summer as an MBA Product Marketing Intern. He has also launched MBAHighway.com, a new MBA job and internship search website exclusively targeted to MBAs and MBA-seeking employers and recruiters. Chris currently works for Reckitt Benckiser as an Assistant Brand Manager.

Christopher Tatum

I received my MBA in 2007 and currently work at McKesson Corporation in the Horizon Clinicals division.

Dick Ash
Dick Ash
Professor, Entrepreneurship

I'm a Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Private Equity at the Mason School. I have created and served in uch firms as Dilon Technologies, Inc., a medical device company, Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Mentech Advisors, Inc. and President and Chief Executive Officer, of Roan Venture LP, a Venture Capital Innovation Incubator Company.

Drew Sutton
Drew Sutton
MBA ‘09

As an MBA student, Drew Sutton, MBA '09 focused his efforts at the on marketing and strategy. After attending the University of Pennsylvania, Drew, a Las Vegas native, worked in marketing and sales at Ford Motor Company in California. Between his first and second year at William and Mary, Drew took a long cross country drive to Oregon where he interned at Intel in marketing. Drew is married to his high school sweetheart and has become even further domesticated with the arrival of his one year old dog Moussie.

Greg Smith
Greg Smith
EMBA ‘10

I'm an Executive MBA student every other weekend, and during the week I'm Senior Director, IT Services for Hobsons. Originally from Brewster, NY, I currently live in Williamsburg with my wife Cindy and our pets: two dogs and a cat. When I'm not studying accounting or management, I enjoy photography, music, time with friends and a good bottle of wine.

Helen Levy-Myers
Helen Levy-Myers
EMBA ‘08

Helen Levy-Myers recently completed her Executive MBA at The Mason School of Business. She currently works for Idearc Media, publisher of the Verizon Yellow Pages and Superpages.com. She is networking her way to a position in mobile advertising and applications.

Janet Ownley
Janet Ownley
MAcc ‘10

I am from Hartsville, SC; the oldest of three siblings. I graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from Winthrop University in May 2009. I was very involved on campus at Winthrop, working with the Office of Orientation and New Student Programs and the Center for Career and Civic Engagement, and I was a leader in a political organization on campus. Currently, I am working on my Master of Accounting, and will graduate in May 2010. In addition to school work, I enjoy playing the piano and running to prepare for local 5k races

Joe Hertzler
Joe Hertzler
EMBA ‘10

I am the owner and founder of Hertzler & George, a landscape services company based in Williamsburg Va. Also, Class President, Executive MBA Class of 2010. I'm interested in the environment, entrepreneurship and architecture.

John Elliott
John Elliott
MBA ‘09

John Elliott is a graduate of University of North Carolina Greensboro with a B.S. in Marketing. John’s marketing experience lies in non-profit positioning/public relations and health insurance sales and marketing. During his MBA, John focused on consumer marketing and brand management with the intent to pursue a career in interactive advertising. John is an avid runner and cyclist.

Jonathan Horovitz

I am a seasoned executive who has spent over 18 years in the wireless industry, and held numerous sales and sales management, General Manager and Vice President positions that focused on subscriber and revenue growth, developing sales channels, operations, churn and fraud reduction and management of third party vendors. In late 2008, I co- founded UVSunSense, and commenced operations in March, 2009. UVSunSense manufactures a UV monitoring wrist band which acts as real-time dosimeter gauges to alert users about their exposure risk through color change. I live in Northern New Jersey with my wife and two daughters.

Krista Klotter
Krista Klotter
BBA ‘10

Krista Klotter is a junior Marketing major with a minor in French and a concentration in Consulting. She is the President of Synergy, the W&M chapter of the American Marketing Association.

Laura Simmons
Laura Simmons
Accounting Professor

Laura E. Simmons joined the Mason School of Business faculty in 2008. She received her BBA from the University of Texas at Austin, her MBA from the University of Houston, and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After completing her graduate studies, Laura worked for eleven years with Cornerstone Research, an economics consulting firm specializing in complex litigation. From 1986 - 1991 Laura was an auditor with an international public accounting firm. She is a Certified Public Accountant currently licensed in the state of Texas.

Mark Case
Mark Case
Director, Mason Career Services

I am the Director of Mason Career Services for the Mason School of Business. I have worked in three Top 20 MBA programs, directing two of them (Michigan and Yale), and also spent several years as a recruiting director at Citibank. Before my current position, I worked in W&M’s Career Center as the liaison to the Mason BBA program.

Michael Blumenthal

Michael Blumenthal is graduated in May '09 with an MBA from the College of William and Mary. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with a minor in Economics from the College of William and Mary. At the Mason School, Michael concentrated in finance and accounting. Michael’s professional experiences include mergers and acquisitions advisory, business valuation, hedge fund due diligence, and wealth management. Over the summer, Michael worked for Keiter Stephens in Richmond as a member of its business valuation group and its mergers and acquisitions advisory group for the food service distribution industry. Michael is married and lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Mohit Cherian
Mohit Cherian
MBA ‘09

I graduated in May '09 with an MBA. Prior to my MBA, I worked at Ogilvy Advertising in India. I plan to work in the marketing arena, specifically in brand management.

Priyanka Tandon
Priyanka Tandon
BBA ‘07

I am currently working and living in Singapore as a member of Hanjin Shipping's Global Management Training Program, but I also like to think of myself as budding entrepreneur. I am a member of our operations team in our Southwest Asia and Middle East Regional office. As an employee of a very traditional Korean company and working abroad have allowed me to face both intense challenges and successes.

Rishap Malhotra
Rishap Malhotra
MBA ‘09

Rishap Malhotra (MBA '09) is a native of New Delhi, India. Previously a business journalist with Reuters and CNBC-India, Rishap’s last assignment as a Senior Producer and Director was with CNN-IBN. An international film and documentary buff, he spent his summer as a growth strategy intern with PBS ventures (Public Broadcasting Services’ business unit). He is fluent in English, Hindi and Punjabi , is capable of reading and writing in Russian, and continues to struggle to talk and sing in Russian.

Steve Nerheim
Steve Nerheim
EMBA ‘09

Steve Nerheim is a First Vice President with SunTrust, one of the nation’s largest and strongest financial holding companies. In this role, he provides internal process engineering and management consulting to the Retail Banking line of business. Prior to joining SunTrust, Steve was a Principal Consultant with CSC Consulting. Steve resides with his wife and son in Richmond, Virginia.

Tracy Sorensen
Web Manager

I have been the web manager for the Mason School of Business web site since December of 2008. Previously, I've have been a research librarian for a couple of newspapers and a producer for several web sites. I lived in South Florida my entire life before moving to Virginia five years ago. When I'm not updating the Mason site, I enjoy spending time in the outdoors -- especially canoeing and kayaking -- with my husband, Vic.

Vivek Reddy
Vivek Reddy
MBA ‘11

I am an MBA candidate from Mumbai, India. I graduated with a BE in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai, and have worked for three years as a Business Intelligence Technology Consultant with Capgemini India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Capgemini SA of France. I plan to specialize in Finance and Consulting, with specific focus on corporate finance and financial services. I am fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi, and have a basic knowledge of French.