After soaring to success on Madison Avenue, Linda Sawyer, GWSB BBA ’83, made the jump to entrepreneurship and co-founded Skura Style in partnership with her childhood best friend. Sawyer, CEO of the venture, describes it as “a lifestyle brand that wants to enhance the experience around the kitchen sink.” The company launched in 2017 with a […]
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Alumnus Reinvents Restaurant Business Model to Support Front Line Workers and Employees
When Dan Simons was forced to change his business model less than two months ago, it wasn’t in the plans. For the last 12 years, Simons, GWSB BBA ’92, and his partners have been building and expanding their restaurant company. What started as a single Founding Farmers restaurant in D.C. on Pennsylvania Ave in 2008 […]
Alumna Aims to Give Life-Changing Internship Opportunities
A six-credit internship as a GW undergrad changed Maria Rodriguez’s life. Years later, she’s reconnecting with the university to give more students that same opportunity. ~ As a first-generation American, whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Spain by way of Venezuela, Maria Rodriguez, GWSB BBA ’82, says education was constantly reinforced growing up, and […]
When a Second Semester Brainstorm Becomes a Full-blown Business
If necessity is the mother of invention, then The Pocket Palette—a full face makeup kit for women on the go—is a baby conceived on a train ride. Some years back, The Pocket Palette’s founder and CEO, Lynda T. C. Peralta, GWSB MBA ‘17, didn’t want to wake up early enough to do her makeup […]
In Their Own Words: Pooja & Yogin
Thanks to Pooja Shah Kothari, CCAS BA ’14 and Yogin Kothari, ESIA BA ‘11, for sharing their story, and to Nupur Moondra, GWSB BAccy ’12, MAccy ’13, for nominating the couple! Where and how did you meet? We met in early 2010 – through a mutual friend. Yogin was finishing up his third and final […]
In Their Own Words: Ben & Rebecca
Thanks to Ben Kirshner, GWSB BBA ’00, and Rebecca Schimmer Kirshner, CCAS BA ’01, for sharing their story! Ben and Rebecca met outside of Thurston Hall the evening of Rebecca’s move-in day during her first year at GW. Ben was a sophomore, and they were introduced after realizing they knew some people in common. Their […]
In Their Own Words: Gregg & Stacey
Thanks to Gregg and Stacey (Singer) Rood for sharing their story, and extra special thanks to their daughter Alexandra Rood, Columbian College Class of 2019, for nominating her parents as alumni valentines! The summer before they started at GW, Gregg Rood, GWSB BBA ’84, and Stacey (Singer) Rood, GWSB BBA ’84, both attended a student […]
In Their Own Words: Maggie & Tom
Thanks to Maggie Wood Danielski, CCAS ’02, and Tom Danielski, GWSB BAccy ’02, for sharing their story! We met freshman year in Lafayette Hall. We were neighbors and friends and romance bloomed! Our #onlyatGW moment was that we had an annual tradition of visiting the National Christmas tree and ice skating in the sculpture garden […]
2019 Alumni Valentines
Our most popular feature of the year is back! Alumni Valentines tell the stories of couples and friends whose lives are forever intertwined thanks to GW. Do you have a love story to share? Send an email to [email protected] for next steps! Additional submissions will be accepted through February 22, 2019. Alumni Valentines Charles and Jamila Colleen […]
In Their Own Words: Brian & Kate
Thanks to Brian McCall, ESIA BA ’10, GWSB MTA ’12, and Kate (Guesman) McCall, CCAS BA ’08, for sharing their story! Where did you meet? We met on the stage of the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre in the fall of 2006. We were building a set for Juvenelia for [what was then] the department of theatre […]