Our UCLA EMBAssadors are students and alumni who volunteer to connect with you and share their firsthand experience in the EMBA program. They are happy to answer your questions about the student experience, the value of an MBA from UCLA, balancing work/personal life/school and any other questions that are top of mind.
Connect with the UCLA EMBAssadors at our Q&A with EMBA Student events or browse our list of UCLA EMBAssadors and request an introduction. The admissions staff will not be present at these sessions. If you have specific questions about the application process, your candidacy, program cost, etc., please consider connecting with the admissions team at one of these events.
Connect One-on-one with a UCLA EMBAssador
We encourage you to explore the list of UCLA EMBAssadors below and select 1-2 individuals that you would like to connect with via a 30-minute phone call.
You can use the arrows to sort the columns to find your best match. Click on the UCLA EMBAassdor name to view their full profile and complete a brief form to initiate an email introduction.
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Name
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Class Year
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Section/Schedule
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Current Industry
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Current Company
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Current Function
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City (in EMBA)
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State (in EMBA)
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| Vikram Saurabh | 2020 | Monthly | Software | Amazon Web Services | Software Development | Los Angeles | CA |
| Sharon Friedman | 2021 | Bi-Weekly | Software | Amazon Web Services | Marketing - Brand Management | Santa Monica | CA |
| Marissa Vasquez Machuca | 2018 | Bi-Weekly | Healthcare Services | UCLA Health | Healthcare/Health Management | Los Angeles | CA |
| Annirudh Duddala | 2020 | Bi-Weekly | High Tech - Other | Amazon Web Services | Marketing - Sales | Seattle | WA |
| Ross Felix | 2020 | Bi-Weekly | Healthcare Services | Novocardia Health | Strategic Planning | Los Angeles | CA |
| Abhisek Rath | 2018 | Bi-Weekly | Entertainment | Amazon Web Services | Consulting | Culver City | CA |
| Shawna Sopp | 2019 | Monthly | Healthcare Services | Cedars-Sinai | Marketing - Other | Reseda | CA |
| Abhinav Pande | 2020 | Monthly | Entertainment | Netflix | Software Development | Cypress | CA |
| Ania Puczylows | 2020 | Bi-Weekly | Marketing | Brand Socialite | Marketing - Brand Management | Los Angeles | CA |
| Tim Arnold | 2021 | Monthly | Financial Services - VC/PE | Steamwork Ventures | Founder/Owner | Valencia | CA |
| Sudip Mishra | 2021 | Monthly | Financial Services - Investment Mgmt. | BlackRock | Software Development | Philadelphia | PA |
| Pat Gould | 2020 | Monthly | Consulting | Control Risks | Consulting | Los Angeles | CA |
| Brian D'Souza | 2021 | Monthly | Medicine/Pharma/Biotech | Amgen | Software Development | Tampa | FL |
| Raphael Kallas | 2021 | Monthly | Real Estate | Kallas Group | Real Estate - Development | Santa Monica | CA |
| Stephan Hwang | 2020 | Monthly | Financial Services - Diversified | JP Morgan | Finance - Analysis/Investments | Hayward | CA |
| Neil Madia | 2020 | Bi-Weekly | Real Estate | CoreLogic | Finance - Corporate Finance | Tustin | CA |
| Chad Hunt | 2020 | Bi-Weekly | Financial Services - Investment Mgmt. | SS&C GlobeOp | Accounting/Controller | Los Angeles | CA |
| Mark Epelbaum | 2021 | Bi-Weekly | High Tech - Other | ProHow | Founder/Owner | Los Angeles | CA |
| Lynn Bresnahan | 2021 | Bi-Weekly | Consumer Packaged Goods | Who Gives a Crap | Operations/Production | Los Angeles | CA |
| Marissa Vasquez Machuca | 2018 | Monthly | Healthcare Services | UCLA Health | Healthcare/Health Management | Los Angeles | CA |
| Jason Anklowitz | 2017 | Bi-Weekly | Software | Zipprd / Arsome Technology | Founder/Owner | Los Angeles | CA |
| Vikash Jhunjhunwala | 2019 | Monthly | Healthcare Services | Western Dental | Finance - Corporate Finance | Lakewood | CA |
| Alison Bradbury | 2023 | Monthly | High Tech - Hardware | Elo Touch Solutions | Other | Knoxville | TN |
| Alison Giordano | 2023 | Bi-Weekly | Entertainment | The Walt Disney Company | Business Development | Los Angeles | CA |
| Andrey Kudievskiy | 2023 | Bi-Weekly | Consulting | Distillery Tech | Founder/Owner | Redondo Beach | CA |
| Anthony Kim | 2022 | Blended | Aerospace | Apogee Engineering | Operations/Production | Vandenberg SFB | CA |
| Bryan Evangelista | 2023 | Monthly | Aerospace | Northrop Grumman | General Management | Culver City | CA |
| Erin Karahadian | 2022 | Monthly | Food/Beverage/Tobacco | E&J Gallo Winery | Business Development | Costa Mesa | CA |
| Galib Galib | 2023 | Blended | Real Estate | Provincetown Property Management LLC | Founder/Owner | Los Angeles | CA |
| George Lang | 2023 | Bi-Weekly | High Tech - Other | PeerStreet | Software Development | Los Angeles | CA |
| Gideon Spitzer-Williams | 2023 | Blended | Telecommunications | Tinder | Marketing - Brand Management | Culver City | CA |
| Heidi Wu | 2022 | Monthly | High Tech - Consumer Products | Amazon | Strategic Planning | Bay Area | CA |
| Isabelle Koverda | 2023 | Bi-Weekly | Medicine/Pharma/Biotech | Edwards Lifesciences | Marketing - Product Management | Long Beach | CA |
| Jeanelle Arias | 2023 | Bi-Weekly | Non-Profit/Social Impact | Goodwill Southern California | Other | Los Angeles | CA |
| Jennifer Chu | 2023 | Bi-Weekly | Consumer Packaged Goods | Diamond Art Club | General Management | Los Angeles | CA |
| JJ Baltazar | 2023 | Blended | High Tech - Consumer Products | JP Morgan Chase | Other | Visalia | CA |
| Johnny Lin | 2022 | Bi-Weekly | Entertainment | Filmula Entertainment | Founder/Owner | Beverly Hills | CA |
| Kamini Mahajan | 2022 | Bi-Weekly | Entertainment | DIRECTV | Marketing - Product Management | Redondo Beach | CA |
| Malia Mason | 2023 | Monthly | Computer Related Services | Corvus | Other | Long Beach | CA |
| Matt Macnak | 2023 | Monthly | Software | Instabase | Technical Consulting | Dallas | TX |
| Meredith Wollman | 2022 | Bi-Weekly | Consumer Packaged Goods | Mattel | Marketing - Merchandising/Retail | Rancho Palos Verdes | CA |
| Rachel Sollenberger | 2023 | Bi-Weekly | Sports | Bally Sports | Marketing - Sales | Los Angeles | CA |
| Ranjani Krishna | 2023 | Bi-Weekly | Healthcare Services | Kaiser Permanente | Engineering | Arcadia | CA |
| Shahzad Siddique | 2023 | Monthly | Medicine/Pharma/Biotech | Mercy Medical Group | Healthcare/Health Management | Roseville | CA |
| Stephen Perlstein | 2023 | Blended | Entertainment | Studio71 | MIS/EDP Management | Los Angeles | CA |
| Victoria (Tori) Flynn | 2023 | Bi-Weekly | Entertainment | Sony Pictures Entertainment | Finance - Corporate Finance | West Hollywood | CA |
| Yana Potashnik | 2022 | Blended | Healthcare Services | Maven Clinic | Other | Palo Alto | CA |
Q&A with EMBA Student EMBAssadors
Join a Small Group Virtual Q&A Session with our student EMBAssadors to ask your questions about the program, curriculum, and student experience. One or two of the students listed below will be present at these 30 minute drop-in sessions.
Alison Bradbury (EMBA '23)
Customer Program Manager
Elo Touch Solutions
Stephen Perlstein (EMBA '23)
Vice President, Podcasting
Studio71, LP
Alison Giordano (EMBA '23)
Director, Brand & Content Strategy
The Walt Disney Company
Nicole Rodrigues (EMBA '22)
Founder & CEO
NRPR Group, Inc.
Angela Bae (EMBA '22)
Director of Slot Marketing Strategy
MGM Resorts International
Xiomara Arroyo (EMBA '22)
Vice President, Market Manager
PNC Bank