Leadership Spotlight

Wharton's influence on my life has been huge. I met my wife, changed my career, and moved 3000 miles away…all because of Wharton, and all for the better. Wharton was the vehicle that empowered me to change from an engineer to a business person. Three intro courses gave me tools I still refer to today: marketing, accounting, and statistics.

-Arthur Yelsey, GEE'78, WG'78
President, Mediaspot, Inc.

My two years at Wharton transformed me. They changed me from a person who spent her time looking into a microscope and looking down, trying to understand smaller and smaller things, into a person who now steps back and tries to understand the big things. Now I'm doing what I love, and I couldn't have done it without the Wharton experience.

-Anne-Marrie Corner, WG'89 Chief Executive Officer, Biosyn

At Wharton I learned, better than at any time in my life, how to listen to people, how to interact with people, and how to motivate and inspire people.

-Rob Coneybeer, WG'96
General Partner, New Enterprise Associates

Wharton was the pivotal experience in my professional career. While I had always been interested in financial markets, it was my Wharton education that helped me develop a truly sophisticated understanding of how markets work around the world. Moreover, Wharton's reputation and alumni network have opened doors for me that would ordinarily be closed for an Indian woman.

-Punita Kumar-Sinha, G'93, GRW'93
Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager,
CIBC World Markets

Wharton was a launching pad. It wasn't the end of the story, but the beginning. What I left with was an appreciation that most problems are solvable as long as you work hard, apply what you've learned, and are willing to ask a lot of questions.

-Art Collins, WG'73
Chief Executive Officer, Medtronic