Zicklin Alum Turns Side Hustle into $15 Million Company with Celebrity Following
In 2015, Mayer Kamkhatchi (BBA, ’19) was a freshman at Baruch College, balancing schoolwork, a part-time job, and an unpaid side hustle helping his older sister Adina sell her homemade jewelry online. By late 2021, Adina’s Jewels had become a multimillion-dollar company whose success landed the siblings on the 2022 Forbes “30 Under 30” list in the retail and e-commerce category.
Zicklin Alum Honored as 2022 AACSB Influential Leader
Michael B. Clement (BBA, ’80), chair of the department of accounting at the University of Texas at Austin, is a longtime champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion. He was instrumental in the founding of the PhD Project, which aims to increase diversity among business school faculty. After a successful corporate career, Dr. Clement decided to follow his father’s footsteps into academia realizing the positive influence he could have in the classroom.
Zicklin MBA Student Joins McKinsey’s DEI Efforts
Denvol Haye, Jr (MBA, ’22) started his new job at McKinsey before he’d even finished his MBA. The new head of communications for the McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility spoke to Zicklin News about his new position: “I’m excited because it can have a lot of impact in terms of influencing private-, public-, and social-sector leaders to take coordinated action to accelerate Black economic development.”.
February Webinar: Good Auditors, Good Audits, Financial Failure: How Come?
How is it that even the best, the sharpest, and the most experienced auditors sometimes miss red flags that lead to major audit failures? Is it that they don’t understand management’s incentives and opportunities? Do they not have the experience, training, and knowledge of the firm and its industry that is needed to anticipate the likelihood of fraud? Are they putting more trust in management than they should? Have they not exercised the right degree of professional skepticism? Or, could it simply be that they just aren’t looking for fraud? Larry Zicklin (BBA ‘57) discusses these questions with William O’Mara (pictured), retired Global Head of Audit at KPMG, and with Senior Associate Dean Paquita Davis-Friday, a Professor of Accounting who has taught auditing at Zicklin and served as a KPMG National Instructor.
With an introduction by Dean Fenwick Huss and a Q&A session moderated by Associate Dean Gwen Webb.
Zicklin in the Media
Professor Raquel Benbunan-Fich (Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics) was quoted in Fast Company.
Alumna Jasmine Blakely (MBA, ’18) has been promoted to Vice President at Morgan Stanley.
Alumnus Stephen Catullo (Executive MBA Healthcare Administration, ’04) was appointed CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler.
Adjunct professor Kiana Danial (Bert W. Wasserman Department of Economics and Finance) was profiled in Market Realist.
Professor Marc Edelman (Department of Law) wrote in Forbes that women athletes have benefited from the NCAA’s reform of its name, image, and likeness policy. For the same publication, he also wrote about the sports trading card market and transgender athletes. He was quoted in the New York Daily News about New York’s legalization of mobile sports betting.
Alumna Rebecca (McAlvin) Laurien (MS Marketing, ’13) was named to PR Weekly’s “40 Under 40” list.
Assistant Professor Heemin Lee (Stan Ross Department of Accountancy) co-published research on the impact of the Dodd-Frank whistleblower provision in the Journal of Accounting Research.
Alumnus Richard Levychin (BBA, ’80) was nominated to the board of directors of Clearday, Inc.
Alumnus Julio Lopez (Executive MBA, ’21) was promoted to senior director of strategy, retail practice lead, at Movable Ink.
Professor Scott Newbert, Lawrence N. Field Chair in Entrepreneurship and the Academic Director of the Lawrence N. Field Programs in Entrepreneurship, was seen on Twitter co-teaching a new technology transfer course designed to help PhD students in STEM fields commercialize their scientific inventions. He also published an article in Entrepreneur and co-published an article in Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange
Graduate student Errol L. Pierre (DBA, ’22) was featured in a CBS News segment on maternal health disparities among Black women.
Alumna Chandni Rakshit (MBA, ’18) was appointed Vice President – Digital Products – Insurance Systems at Northwestern Mutual.
Undergraduate Michael Richards (BBA, ’22) was named the CUNY Athletics/Hospital for Special Surgery Scholar-Athlete of the Month for December, 2021.
Alumna Earlise Ward (BBA, ’94) was profiled as faculty director of the University of Wisconsin’s Morgridge Center for Public Service.
Alumna G. Helen Whitener (BBA, ’88) was profiled in the Baruch Alumni Magazine.
Alumna Mame (Gueye) Wilson (BBA, ’94) was profiled in the Philadelphia Inquirer as the co-owner of a new restaurant in South Jersey.
Alumna Jacky Wright (BBA, ’85), Chief Digital Officer of Microsoft, has been named to the board of directors of Exelixis, Inc. She was also named the most influential Black person in Britain.
Zicklin Events
Due to coronavirus, all in-person events have been canceled. We continue to offer an array of virtual events for the Zicklin community.
Graduate Admissions Live Chat Q&A
Wednesdays (February 2,9,16, and 23), 11 am – 12 pm
Graduate Accounting and Tax Programs at Zicklin
February 3, 11 am – 12 pm
Graduate Finance Programs at Zicklin
February 8, 11 am – 12 pm
Executive MBA Virtual Information Session
February 8, 5 – 6 pm
Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration Virtual Information Session
February 9, 11 am – 12 pm
The Law and Ethics of Legal Sports Gambling in New York
February 9, 12:30 – 2 pm
Full-Time and Evening MBA Programs with Dean Huss
February 15, 11 am – 12 pm
Doctor of Business Administration Virtual Information Session
February 15, 11 am – 12 pm
Executive MS in Human Resource Management Virtual Information Session
February 15, 5 – 6 pm
Graduate Application Workshop Webinar
February 24, 11 am – 12 pm
