Over the next 18 months, the 76 candidates in Goizueta’s Executive MBA program will expand their leadership capabilities, explore new perspectives, and build their networks. The students that make up the class of 2026 average 14 years of work experience and bring a wide range of perspectives coming from industries including healthcare, real estate, finance, consulting, marketing, the military and more.
“The Executive MBA Class of 2026 students are phenomenal and excited to start their MBA journey,” says Jaclyn Conner, associate dean, Executive MBA and Evening MBA programs. “I have already been impressed by their depth of knowledge and desire to expand their thinking. They have bonded together rather quickly and will have a tremendous impact on our school and the greater business community.”
Goizueta’s Executive MBA program is the top ranked program of its kind in Georgia by U.S. News & World Report and the #9 Executive MBA program in the nation by Financial Times. To accommodate the demands of working professionals, the program offers multiple delivery formats—on campus, hybrid, and online. Students can customize the curriculum, pairing core courses with electives that best fit their career goals. The program prioritizes immersive learning, hands-on practice, immediate feedback, and the development and fine-tuning of leadership skills.
The class of 2026 includes c-suite leaders, surgeons, an expert marksman, and an award-winning architect.
Other impressive members of this class include:
- – A Platoon Sergeant in Army Special Operations who was awarded a bronze star and purple heart and who loves to play guitar.
- – A senior director for Boston Consulting Group who sits on the board of Banksgiving, a community nonprofit aimed at strengthening and empowering the youth of Philadelphia.
- – A director of marketing and communications at the Rhodes School for the Performing Arts who leads a team that produces Broadway-caliber shows and has worked with Beyonce.
- – The chief financial officer for Georgia Diamond Corporation and Ascot Diamonds, who made the list of UGA’s 40 under 40 in 2022.
- – An architect who won New York City’s “Better Bin” trash bin design competition. This winning design led to the replacement of 23,000 trash bins across five boroughs. The design was named one of the best inventions of 2023 by Time Magazine.
- – A director of data and AI at Microsoft, who manages a $180 million business within the company’s manufacturing business.
- – The director of the Winship Brain Tumor Registry, a Neurosurgery Fellowship Director, and assistant professor at Emory who has made media appearances on PBS.
- – A director of Hyperscale Projects at QTS Data Centers that managed the development of more than a dozen data centers worth over $4.9 billion and who also writes short fiction and poetry.
- – A trauma and acute care surgeon at Emory University Hospital and community advocate for the American College of Surgeons Stop the Bleed program, which prepares members of both the healthcare industry and the public on actions to stop hemorrhaging and save lives.
- – A special agent in Federal Protection Services at Department of Homeland Security who is an expert marksman.
- – Professor of anesthesiology at Emory, vice chair of research, and executive editor of International Anesthesiology Research Society.
- – A veterinarian who advocates for wellness/mental health support for veterinarians, who received the “Wellness in Practice” award from UGA and was named one of UGA’s 40 under 40 in 2023.
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