We are excited to announce a new group of summer bloggers to our MBA Student Voice blog! Eight incoming first-year students will chronicle their summer experiences as they make the transition into business school this fall, as well as share their respective journeys that led them to pursuing an MBA. These students showcase a wide range of backgrounds, professional and personal experiences, and future career plans and truly exemplify the diversity that UCLA Anderson is known for. Read on to learn a little more about each of these students, and be sure to follow them on the MBA Student Voice!
Rahul Bala
I am working in Goldman Sachs as a senior technical analyst with the Program Trading equities team. I like sports and have played Badminton since '94. I have been involved with many community service initiatives since college.
Charlotte Baxter
Hi, I’m Charlotte Baxter, a member of UCLA Anderson Class of 2013. I am moving to LA from Palm Beach, FL, where I own a home and live with my fiancé and our cat. I grew up in Atlanta, GA, attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and worked at a bank in New York City prior to moving to Florida. For the last six years I was a Real Estate Developer of hotels in the top MSAs on both coasts, developing products such as Residence Inns in places like DC, Seattle, and San Diego. In my spare time I’m an avid marathoner and triathlete—I already bought a full-body wetsuit in anticipation of swimming in the cold Pacific instead of the Atlantic! I’m extremely excited to be attending UCLA this fall!
Anna Dickstein
Born and raised in the Ukraine. Currently working in pharmaceutical market research / consulting and living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Interested in meeting people from different paths of life, marketing, scenic photography and my newly-acquired M1 license. Extremely excited to start Anderson this fall!
Connie Kim
I've worked as a broker and financial consultant for the last four years and now trying to venture into securities analysis or management consulting. I also speak Korean and Japanese and consider myself a purveyor of all things related to Asian culture. I'm definitely looking forward to blogging about my Anderson experience!
Karan Kumar
Geek, optimist, opportunist, motivator (to myself). Marketer, analyst. Guitarist, drummer, music extremist. Teacher, learner. Future student at UCLA Anderson.
Evan Shuster
Canadian moving Stateside for the first time. Using my pre-MBA summer to strengthen passions for food, golf, travel and red tape. Join me for tales of cross-border move headaches, missed putts, Southern California 'WOW' moments and introductory lessons to four-down college football. Can't wait.
Brian Sim
Lifelong Philadelphian, heading out west to find my name in the California cement. Or at least in the Anderson student directory.
Graham Cloke (guest blogger)
Graham's career background is in investment banking. With a total of 13 years of experience in the industry, he has lived and worked in New York, London and Hong Kong, and has traveled on business to 22 countries. His most recent employer was Citigroup, with whom he spent the last 7 years. Prior to Citigroup, Graham worked for Credit Suisse, UBS and HSBC. Graham obtained his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Bristol, England. Sensing an enormous opportunity for the outbound Chinese tourism industry and deciding to act upon several life-long ambitions, Graham most recently embarked on a 3-year adventure that led to explore much of China, learn Mandarin Chinese and travel to over 30 countries. Born in Hong Kong to a British father and a Chinese mother, Graham has decided to combine these ambitions with a surging enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, ultimately leading him to pursue an MBA at UCLA Anderson.
