Sponsor Profile
Lynda Wallace, WG'95, J&J
“I think you get immediate payoff both in terms of morale and in terms of what the student is able to do. It's a great benefit to the company for the student to be going into the academic environment and bringing the best ideas back to the workplace.”
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Companies that sponsor students in Wharton's MBA Program for Executives talk about the benefits of sponsorship to both the sponsoring organization and the employee.
Air Products
Alex Botelho, WG'07, had reached a ceiling in his career. Educated as a chemical engineer, with 15 years of experience in engineering and product development, he knew that he needed new business knowledge to move ahead in his career — but he faced a steep learning curve. See Profile »
District of Columbia
Scott Kubly, WG'10, already had a master’s degree in urban planning, but the government employee had been pondering whether or not to pursue an executive MBA degree. He asked his boss, Wharton EMBA graduate Dan Tangherlini, WG'01, if he thought an MBA would be worthwhile, and Tangherlini gave a definitive, "Yes." See Profile »
Johnson & Johnson
Sponsoring an employee to Wharton's MBA is a mutual investment says Lynda Wallace, vice president of Global Topical Health Care for Johnson & Johnson and lead sponsor of Susan Tang, WG'07. "Nobody works harder than someone who's both working and studying full time," she adds. See Profile »
Kaiser
Lilith Christiansen, vice president for human resources at strategy consulting firm Kaiser Associates, is a 2001 MBA for Executives graduate who’s paying it forward as the sponsor of Kaiser VPs Alison Banks, WG’10, and Genta Itoh, WG’10. See Profile »
McKesson Corporation
McKesson Corporation does not wait for employees to bring sponsorship proposals to the table — they take the first step. The company discovered Wharton's MBA program in San Francisco when the campus opened in 2001. Since then, they have sponsored a three students. See Profile »
Motorola
Ed Fitzpatrick, WG'05, had been at Motorola for nearly five years when he decided to apply to MBA programs. He was ready to advance his career but he didn't want to leave his job. See Profile »
