Plenary Sessions

Telling Your Brand Story: How the Right Insight, the Right Product, and the Right Communication Set the Stage for Brand Growth
Tracy Barash, Owner and Principal of Cut-Thru Consulting

Executive Degrees in Times of Disruption: Rediscovering Purpose, Redefining Progress
Jordi Diaz, Dean and Director General, EADA Business School

Leading in a World Where Everything is Urgent All the Time
Brandon Smith, The Workplace Therapist, President, The Worksmiths LLC

Industry Speaks!
Trish Vassar, Vice President, Global Learning and Development, the Coca-Cola Company / Ramona Arora, Ph.D., Vice President, Learning & Talent Solutions | Career Development & Talent Tech, The Walt Disney Company

Concurrent Sessions

Stacking Value: Embedding Graduate Certificates to Enhance the Executive MBA Experience / Shad Satterthwaite, University Equal Opportunity Officer, University of Oklahoma

Revitalizing the EMBA Pipeline: A Candidate-Centered Approach / Aram Karakashian, Imperial College London, and Louise-Marie Fischer-Dallée, Director of Recruitment & Admissions, MBA Suite, Imperial College Business School

Admissions Reimagined: The AI Advantage in Recruiting Tomorrow’s Leaders / Anthony Campisi, GPRS/ReadyRecruit.ai, and Jennifer Wiess, Assistant Dean, Executive MBA and Lifelong Learning, Villanova School of Business

The Thriving Executive: Leadership Reimagined with Wisdom Works Coaching / Erin Halford, Director, MBA Employer Relations and Professional Development, College of Charleston, School of Business

Start Small, See Results: AI for Everyday Work / Michael Alexander, Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs, Texas A&M University

Powerful Alliances – A Global Example / Frank Oprandy, Auburn University, and Lloyd Edmondson, Austral Group

AI-Powered Networking: Use Pre-Conference Research to Accelerate Connections and Increase Hiring Potential / Helene Bumbalo, Associate Director of Graduate Professional Development, Virginia Commonwealth University

Boosting Cohort Engagement on a Shoestring / Ron Magnuson, Director of MBA and Professional Programs, College of Charleston

Open Forum: Diversity, Policy, and the Evolving American Landscape / Randell Hernandez, University of Washington

[I can’t get no] Satisfaction: Analysis of EMBA Student Satisfaction / Nicole Woodard, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Bridging Generations: Turning Gen Z into Your Strategic Advantage / Tom Little and Juliette Silva, MIT

Higher Ed: Navigating the New and Dynamic Public Affairs and Policy Environment / Joe Stephens, University of Texas at Austin; John Gresley, University of Florida; and Mike Lord, Washington Campus

Three School’s Approaches for Attacking the Admissions & Recruitment Funnel / Keith Gallinelli, Yale University; Nita Swinsick, Georgetown University; and Yasmin Kovacic, Columbia University

Bringing the Walls Down to Meet Demand of Practice / Angelika Lindstrand, Stockholm School of Economics; Siobhan Frank, Oxford Said; and Francesco Venuti, ESCP Business School

Strategic Career Ownership for Executives: Leveraging the Value Proposition Canvas / Diana Ritchie, IMD

Designing Unforgettable Experiences / Chris Bray, WorldStrides and Susan Brown, University of Georgia

Bridging Strategy and Story: Strengthening the Admissions-Faculty Alliance in MS Program Recruitment and Stakeholder Engagement / Joshua Rosenthal, Santa Clara University

Integrating Transformative Leadership / Jana McQuaid and Chris Reina, Virginia Commonwealth University

No. 1 Program in South Korea: From Innovation to Impact / Youngchan Kim, Yonsei University

Staying Competitive in a Crowded Market: Evolving Tools and Standards to Attract Tomorrow’s Talent / Manish Dharia and Jenene Vernon, GMAC, and Nita Swinsick, Georgetown University

Hand-to-Hand Combat: Selling to Busy, Exhausted, and Distracted Executives / Joe Stephens, University of Texas at Austin; Steve Summers, Rice University; Matt Clemons, Duke University; Dr. Naz Erenguc, University of Florida; and Oren Pinhas, ProspectCloud

Navigate Uncertain Times with EMBAC Benchmarking Insights / Randell Hernandez, University of Washington; Elizabeth Stanners, University of California, Berkeley; and Brian Mahoney and Jerry Sabo, Percept Research

Transformative Insights: Learnings from the MIT Executive MBA Impact Study / Johanna Hising DiFabio and Amber Ackerman, MIT

Expecting the Unexpected: How to Act Proactively in a Reactive World / Sara Lynn Ianni, Sabina Sattler, and Camilla Morgan, Cornell University

The EMBA Redesign Journey: Successes, Struggles, and Strategic Lessons / SPhil Davidson, University of Calgary, and Lynn Snyder, Wisconsin School of Business