Competitors

Past Competitors of The Next CEO competition include:

Erin Antosh
Currently, Erin is in negotiations with various Fortune 500 corporations to sell her patented business venture. Upon graduation, she may work for one of these companies in order to direct and facilitate the implementation of her concept into its operations. As an alternative, Erin is considering a consulting position with Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington, D.C.

Robert Dinkelspiel
Robert graduated with a degree in Business Management and a minor in Entrepreneurial Engineering. He moved to the Washington D.C. area to work as a project engineer for Bozzuto Group. Bozzuto Group is a real estate development company that has holdings throughout the Northeast.

Kenneth Birk
Kenneth graduated in May from the Smeal College of Business with a B.S. in Actuarial Science. He is working as an actuarial analyst for CIGNA HealthCare in Bloomfield, Connecticut as a member of the Actuarial Executive Development Program (AEDP). While in CIGNA’s AEDP, he will be completing rotations throughout the company and studying to progress through the rigorous exam process that actuaries must go through in order to achieve their F.S.A. (Fellowship of the Society of Actuaries). After obtaining his F.S.A., he hopes to rise to upper management and utilize his actuarial education to provide entrepreneurial vision and strategy within the insurance industry.

Quintin Schroeder
Quintin started a job with Kimberly-Clark Corporation in the area of logistics. His career goals are to become a CEO and start his own company.

Daniel Watson
Daniel interned at Ernst & Young within their Technology, Security, and Risk Services Department this past summer. Upon graduation he plans to attend graduate school and obtain an MBA.

Frank Howard
Frank is working full-time for Howard Concrete Pumping, Inc., a company owned by his father. The company rents concrete pump equipment and acts a contractor on geo-technical projects. The company has offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio.

Morgan Samet
Morgan worked for GE Commercial Finance as a Financial Management Program (FMP) summer intern. She will continue work with the Nittany Lion Fund and Alpha Kappa Psi. Upon graduation she will pursue a career in investment banking.

Robert Bacci
Robert is doing project management for a Software company out of Madison, Wisconsin. He plans to begin investing in real estate.

Melissa Ferrari
Melissa works for Procter & Gamble on their Wal-mart Customer Service Team in the Supply chain function.

Daniel Kokini
Daniel has a job in investment banking with Bear Stearns. Regarding further education, he plans on entering a JD/MBA program in the future.

Andrew Demers
Andrew is working for Bates White, LLC, an economic consulting firm based in Washington, DC. His long-term plans include earning a Ph.D. in economics.