Our admitted students from Round 1 are invited each year to attend Admit Preview Day (APD) here on the UCLA Anderson campus. This past weekend, admits traveled from across the U.S. (and some even from other countries!) to meet future classmates and learn more about the UCLA Anderson experience. Some pre-APD activities included attending the 2017 Anderson Women’s Leadership Summit, industry coffee chats with students, and 1-on-1 advising sessions with the Parker Career Management Center. Official programming kicked off early Saturday that allowed admits an inside look into student clubs on campus, faculty spotlights and career panels featuring current students and alums.

We are particularly thankful to our alums who came to share their advice and success stories to the Class of 2019 during the APD Anderson Alumni Panel. Whether you were unable to attend the event, want a refresher on what you learned, or just want to get to know our Anderson community, read the below to learn about some of our amazing alumni! 

Gabe Chua (’07)

Current Role: Marketing Director, Marketing Strategy & Development, Nestlé

Pre-MBA: Adobe

Undergrad: Carnegie Mellon University

“I’ve been out of Anderson for about 10 years. I’ve been fortunate to build my career at Nestlé. If you look at a lot of Anderson people and the companies they’re in, you’ll see that they’re in leadership positions. You can network with these folks while you’re in school, and it’s a meaningful network that will last throughout your career. Whether it be to exchange ideas, look for future positions, they’re pretty influential people who can make a difference.” 

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Nathan True-Daniels (’12)

Current Role: Vice President, Barclays Investment Bank

Pre-MBA: UBS Financial Services

Undergrad: Vanderbilt University

“The most important thing for business school is to constantly challenge yourself to not just skate by. There are so many incredible classes here to take, so many great people to meet and so many great things beginning. I have classmates who started a solar company with robots that would clean the dust off of solar panels, Greenbotics. They ended up being acquired a year after graduation. The people, the opportunity, the fact that you’re in the middle of Los Angeles just yields so many opportunities for you to challenge yourself and grow.” 

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Suzy Crawford (’15)

Current Role: Senior Account Manager, Media & Entertainment, Google

Pre-MBA: Double Positive Marketing Group

Undergrad: University of Arizona

“I looked at the companies that recruited at Anderson for digital marketing and for tech. I reached out to alums at Google and other companies to understand how their MBAs helped them to get their role. That’s when I knew that Anderson was definitely the place that would help me get to my next career. I also didn’t just take marketing classes. Taking finance classes was huge. It allows me to go into my job now and give a really different strategic point of view.”

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Shannon Kung (’15)

Current Role: Franchise Operations Manager, Disney

Pre-MBA: Lieberman Research Worldwide

Undergrad: UCLA

“If anyone is interested in the entertainment industry, you wouldn’t go anywhere else. Entertainment is that one industry where networking is the most important thing. It’s cool if you’re an Excel ninja and can talk about vlookups all day but if you can’t network and get buy-in, you’re not going to succeed. It’s a lot easier to be in Los Angeles and go talk to the people who work at the studios and also come to speak at our classes.”

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Jonathan Murphy (’16)

Current Role: Consultant, Boston Consulting Group

Pre-MBA: AlphaSights and US Army

Undergrad: University of Notre Dame

“I don’t think people realize how influential and how much buy-in you get from second year students really prepping you for interviews for your internships or helping you make connections at companies where they had interned. Then, you get young alumni, people like myself, who are on the Anderson recruiting team at BCG. I think there is a HUGE amount of investment that we put into going back to our school, and that stems back to the amount of investment that the people ahead of us put into us.”