Smith Profiles
Alumni Profile
Leading Through Understanding
Approaching cultural differences with curiosity and openness is fundamental to leading with a global mindset.
Alumni Profile
Removing Fear from the Equation
People with a global mindset have spent time understanding, accepting and leveraging similarities and differences among cultures and business practices.
Alumni Profile
Telling Stories, With Boundaryless Thinking
Kristin Fallon, MBA ’11
A global mindset is essential for success in an increasingly interconnected world. For Kristin Fallon '11, that means developing boundaryless thinking, with no set geographical reference. “It is about thinking outside of your immediate world and really accounting for the world at large.
Alumni Profile
From Retail Banking to Jewelry Business
Heather Maier, MBA ’91
Heather Maier, MBA ’91, has always had a creative and business-oriented mind. Her interests in design and art were balanced with her skills in math and finance. And now, her year-old business, Hedy’s Gems, combines all of these.
Alumni Profile
Getting to the Story Behind Tax Season
Charlotte Cullen, MS Accounting 2019
When Charlotte Cullen graduated from Maryland Smith in December 2019, she did so at the perfect moment – the prelude to tax season.
Alumni Profile
Bringing Big Data to the Classroom
Ravi Pandey, MS in Information Systems 2016
When students enroll in the Advanced R Workshop, they will be taught by someone who stood in their shoes before them.
Alumni Profile
Making Connections Through Storytelling – and Finding a Career
For Nick Gardner ’18, a marketing degree was the perfect opportunity to pursue two of his passions: storytelling and connecting with others.
Alumni Profile
Coming Full Circle At NPR
Meg Goldthwaite, MBA ’96
For Meg Goldthwaite, MBA ’96, taking on the chief marketing officer role at National Public Radio, one of the country’s most trusted news organizations, was like coming full circle in what she calls a serendipitous career journey. Journalism is where it all started.
Faculty Profile
Merging Computer Science and Business
Louiqa Raschid, Decision, Operations and Information Technologies (Faculty)
What does computer science have to do with business school? A lot, says Louiqa Raschid, professor of information systems at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Alumni Profile
Relationship Building Doesn't Always Come Easy
Larry Legates, MBA '04
For senior global trade compliance manager, Larry Legates, MBA ’04, developing a global mindset goes far beyond the workplace. Legates studied abroad in Spain, Chile, and Mexico.