Smith Profiles
Student Profile
Finance Skills Lead to Adidas Internship
Anthony Woodard Jr. , Full-time MBA '20 and MFin '20
By Meredith Cobb
Anthony “A.J.” Woodard Jr. ’20 loves music, leadership and math. He combines the first two passions in his side gig as a DJ.
Student Profile
PwC Consultant Seizes Opportunities
Gabrielle Bianchi, '18, MSIS '19
By Meredith Cobb
Student Profile
Ernst & Young Awaits Award Winner
Zoha Tariq, Undergraduate ’19
Zoha Tariq ’19 is the kind of person who has always had a clear vision of her goals and aspirations.
Alumni Profile
Designer Transforms Sorority House
Jenna Steckler, Undergraduate ’94
By Meredith Cobb
Student Profile
Skater Makes Her Mark in Full Color
Jasmine Snead, MBA '21
Entrepreneur Jasmine Snead, MBA ’21, has been skating since she was 5. But as a woman of color, she struggled to find tights that matched her skin tone.
Faculty Profile
Chemical Engineer Finds Finance Niche
Russell Wermers, Professor, Finance
Passion for math and science led Russell Wermers to a career in chemical engineering.
Faculty Profile
Trucks, Trains and Passion for Teaching
Thomas Corsi, Professor, Supply Chain Management
Thomas Corsi’s faculty office has that homey look of someone who has really settled in. Decorations include framed watercolors of trainyards that his father painted, a University of Maryland logo an aunt cross-stitched, and sports posters from his hometown Cleveland teams.
Student Profile
Terp Vet Transitions to Finance Career
Marwin Glenn, Master of Finance '19
A passion for finance started with a 1980s television series for Marwin Glenn ’17, MS ’19. “I used to watch Family Ties with Michael J. Fox,” says Glenn, a Master of Finance candidate with an undergraduate degree in international business.
Alumni Profile
Ocean Studies Bring Global Adventures
Johanna Polsenberg, Executive MBA '07
Marine conservationist Johanna Polsenberg, EMBA ’07, never stays in one place for long. She has traveled through Asia and lived in the Bahamas, Alaska and Gabon on the Atlantic Coast of Central Africa.
Alumni Profile
Mass Shooting Leads to Life of Advocacy
Colin Goddard, MBA '18
Intermediate French class started with the usual chatter on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech University. “It was a normal Monday morning, talking about what we did the previous weekend,” says Colin Goddard, MBA ’18, who took the course as an international studies major.