Questrom Today Alumni Newsletter Spring 2024

Alumni Highlights

The Top 25 Medical Device Executives of 2024

We are Questrom proud. Congratulations to John Sheridan (Questrom’91), President and CEO of Tandem Diabetes Care for being recognized as one of the top 25 medical executives of 2024 for his outstanding contributions to the industry.

Former Shark Tank Winner Donna Khalife’05 speaks at LA Alumni Networking Event

Questrom unites in LA for an evening filled with conversation, networking, and insights from Donna Khalife (Questrom’05, Pardee’05) on career and life pivots and the importance of failing forward for personal and professional growth. Want to speak at a future event? Email us here.

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Kate Barrand (Questrom’85), President & CEO of Horizons for Homeless Children, selected to receive the 2024 Boston University Distinguished Alumni Award

The award recognizes alumni whose exemplary accomplishments, service, and commitment have brought credit to their communities, their professions, and Boston University.

Congratulations to Questrom Class of 2024!

Over 600 Questrom undergraduate and over 800 Graduate and PhD students crossed the stage to receive their degrees during the convocation ceremonies that took place on May 19, 2024. To all our new graduates, congratulations, and welcome to the Questrom alumni family!

2024 BU Giving Day

On BU’s 10th annual Giving Day on April 3, BU alumni, parents, students, faculty/staff, and friends donated 11,736 gifts amounting to $3.9M to celebrate the causes we care deeply about. We could not be more grateful.

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“Is Business Broken” Podcast now streaming!

🎧Listen to the first of 5 episodes of “Is Business Broken?” a new podcast by The Mehrotra Insitute for Business, Markets & Society at Questrom featuring conversations on the role of business in society.

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HSM 50 Conference Floor with people standing about

The Health Sector MBA program celebrates 50 years!

The celebrations included a dinner that honored some of the past faculty who helped create and shape the program; followed by a full day conference on ‘The Future of Digital Health’, and culminated with a reception at Fenway Park. Here is a reel highlighting some of the special moments from the event!

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A student shakes the hand of an employer at a career fair

Best Practice: An Unusual Career Innovation Helps Questrom Students Land The Jobs They Want

Questrom has recruited a group of former corporate executives who counsel the school’s students on a chosen industry and specific job, helped with networking connections, and prepared students for industry-specific interview preparation and mock interviews.

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Student Highlights

Determined to Make the World a Better Place

Questrom MBA student Jyotirmaya Patro (Questrom’25, ’25) hopes to use his education to deliver health care to those who need it most …

Congratulations to Core Challenge Presentations winners!

Questrom’s Core Challenge, an annual event sponsored by TJX comprises, is the culmination of a semester-long student project focused on new product and or service development. This year’s winning project, “Hippo Helper,” is a whimsical ride-on toy cleaner-upper that doubles as a toy chest and a kid’s bench.

2024 Best & Brightest MBA:
Elizabeth Chung Nassar

Elizabeth Chung Nassar (Questrom’24), who is graduating from Boston University, has been named a Poets & Quants Best & Brightest MBA for 2024.

Venkat Venkatraman’s Book Named Finalist for 2025 AOM George R. Terry Book Award
by N. Venkatraman
Congratulations to Venkat Venkatraman, Professor Emeritus of Information Systems, whose co-authored book Fusion Strategy: How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future has been named a finalist for the Academy of Management’s 2025 George R. Terry Book Award. This esteemed award honors the book that has made the most significant contribution to the […]
The Cost of Exclusion: How Stricter Immigration Policies Threaten U.S. Construction
by Keith Munsell
The U.S. construction industry is deeply reliant on immigrant labor. Any disruption to this workforce, especially through stricter immigration policies, could significantly delay projects and drive-up costs, both directly (labor, materials) and indirectly (project timelines, housing availability). With immigrant workers, both documented and undocumented, making up a substantial portion of the construction labor force, tighter […]
BU Hosts City of Boston Civic Summit 2025
by Susan Fournier
June 16, 2025 BU Today recently highlighted the City of Boston Civic Summit 2025, hosted at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business in partnership with Mayor Michelle Wu.