Alumni Network

As a Penn State Smeal MBA, you’re joining the largest alumni organization in the nation with more than 465,000 living graduates.

Our alumni are renowned for their Penn State pride and a willingness to help students and fellow graduates. No matter where you are in the world, you’re bound to run into a Penn State alumnus. So when you graduate, you’re saying hello to a world of opportunity.

And the alumni network will also impact your life on campus. You will partner with a member of our MBA Alumni Advisory Board to develop a personalized strategy that will help you achieve your career goals. Members of the board – all proven professionals in their own right – return to campus several time each year to provide career advice and support. The board includes:

Barbara Bridendolph, ’82 MBA
President, Crenshaw Associates

Stuart Gelfond, ’99 MBA
Senior Applications Consultant, SAP America

Richard Herman, '03 MBA
Business Analyst, Finance Decision Support Air Products and Chemicals

Angela Holley, ’92 MBA
Director, Global Sourcing and Procurement, Graphic Packaging International

Brian Keefe, ’82 MBA
MBA Advisory Board Chair
Business Director, Wood Coatings, The Valspar Corporation

Jill Leithner ’96 MBA
Executive Events and Speech Programs Manager, Integrated Contact Marketing Group, Intel Corporation

Alan Majewski, '02 MBA
Chief Financial Officer, Standard Steel Holdings, LLC

Krishna Nadella, ’04 MBA
Global Structured Credit Products, Citigroup

Andre Nazareth, ’91 MBA
Vice President, Mid-Corporate Banking, Charter One Bank

Jesse Neumyer, 05 MBA
Associate, JPMorgan Chase Bank

Sandra Ortiz, ’05 MBA
Vice President, Corporate Capital Markets, Wilmington Trust Company

David Polansky, '87 MBA
Managing Member, Lymestone Holdings, LLC

Michael Provance, ’94 MBA
President, Provance Asymmetric Inc.

Ronald Schnur, ’87 MBA
Vice President, Strategic Sourcing & Supply, The Coors Brewing Company

William Simon, ’89, ’94 MBA
Vice President, H.J. Heinz

Christine Vargo, '07 MBA
Director of Sales, Restek Corporation