THIS IS
YOUR
MOMENT.
TODAY BELONGS TO YOU. TOMORROW IS YOURS TO SHAPE.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
School of Management
Kellogg School of Management
CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Friday, June 19, 2015
Ryan Field, 1501 Central Street, Evanston, Illinois
#KSM15
Processional
Faculty and Students
Invocation
Jacquelina Marquez
Associate University Chaplain
Welcome and Remarks to the Class of 2015
Sally Blount ’92
Dean, Kellogg School of Management
Introduction of Convocation Speaker
Elizabeth Ziegler
Associate Dean MBA Operations and Dean of Students
Convocation Address
Miles White
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Abbott
Faculty Remarks
Gad Allon
Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences
2015 L.G. Lavengood Professor of the Year
Student Remarks
Phillip Besoiu
President, Kellogg Part-Time Student Association
Benjamin Dowell
President, Kellogg Full-Time Student Association
Presentation of Degrees
Sally Blount ’92
Close to Ceremony
Sally Blount ’92
Recessional
CONVOCATION SPEAKER
MILES WHITE
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Abbott
Miles has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Abbott since 1999. In that role he’s had a
major impact not just on the company, but on its industry, Chicago, and other communities around
the world where Abbott operates, and on human health and welfare.
Over the past 15 years, Miles has redefined Abbott through a series of strategic actions all aimed
at aligning the company with long-term health care and socioeconomic trends to keep it leading,
innovating, and growing. In doing so he’s created major new companies, such as AbbVie and Hospira,
and made Abbott a global leader across a host of businesses while consistently outperforming
the market.
Under Miles’ leadership Abbott has been named the Most Admired Company in its industry by
Fortune magazine. It has also consistently been named a leading corporate citizen on the
Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, and as one of the world’s best places to work. As a result of this
superior performance, Miles has been named one of the World’s Best CEOs by Barron’s magazine
six consecutive times.
Miles is an extraordinarily active leader of civic, business and educational institutions too numerous
to name. And, although his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and his MBA are both from
Stanford, he has been a great friend of Northwestern and of Kellogg, serving as a trustee, counselor,
and speaker.
OUR GRADUATES
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREES
SINCE JUNE 2014
ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS AND STRATEGY
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Kyungha Kari Lee
Kevin Bryan
Ruomeng Cui
Ira Yeung
Robert Andrew Butters
Eric Park
Bingyang Li
Seung Bum Soh
FINANCE
Yasin Özcan
Xian Cai
Min Ren
Andreas Neuhierl
Kane Sweeney
Kin Wong
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS
Abbas Soroush
Aslani Mahmoudi
Heajung Clarissa Chaiy
Sun Young Kim
Vanessa Pouthier
Jayaram Uparna
Ella Washington
Weifeng Zhong
MARKETING
Sean Blair
Esta Denton
Ayelet Israeli
Jingjing Ma
Tae Jung Yoon
Franz Wohlgezogen
MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREES
SINCE JUNE 2014
ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT
Mark Kim
Erqiu Wang
FINANCE
Naveen Gondhi
Alice Jun
Vidya Kamate
Andreas Neuhierl
Mayukh Poddar
Arjun Ravi Kannan
Alexander Weigel
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS
AND SOCIOLOGY
MARKETING
Nevena Radoynovska
Chaoqun Chen
Cristian Ziliberberg
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS AND STRATEGY
Johnathan Thomas
Hayk Yegoryan
Seo Eun Chang
Michelle Kim
Yeo Jin Youn
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREE, JUNE 19 AND SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
Olabimpe Olajumoke Abimbola
Nasri Ashkar 
Ozgur Berberoglu
Alexander Acosta
Jonathan Ralph Assell
Zavie Berenbaum
Mehak Agarwal
Katherine Mitchell Augustus
Colleen Rollo Beres
Sadhvika Agrawal
Mina Azodi
John Fitzgerald Berkery
Shuchi Agrawal
Priscilla M. Babb
David Giles Berliner
Sanjay Ahluwalia
Aliza Sarah Bach
Gonzalo Jose Bernal Gonzalez
Shruti Akkipeddi
Srinivasa Mithun Baddela
Igor Albaneze Corrêa Netto
Katherine Abigail Bagby
Javier Antonio Bernuy Giraudi Fuentes
Timothy James Alcala
Danielle Marie Bagge
Geof Malcolm Alexander
Anil Bains
Boris Vladimir Aleynik
Gurpreet Bajwa
Anwar Ali
Lindsey Rachel Baker
Daniel James Aliaga
Jaskaran Singh Bakshi
Alexander E. Alimi
Brent Earl Banash
Ahmed Abdulatif Mohamed Alkady
Shreyas Madhukarrao Bangale
Joshua Marc Altman
Enrique Bardasano Arizti
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Henrique Alves Da Costa
Ricardo Amack
Sahil Yashwant Amin
Christopher Andersen
Nicole Elizabeth Anderson
Rebecca R. Anderson
Weston Seibold Anderson
Aldun Andre
Shota Araki
Thanabhum Aramwatananont
Lorena Arathoon
Dinesh Aravindhan
Ali Murtaza Arbab
Bryan Patrick Arcati
Blake C. Arnold
Dhivya Arumugham
Tomoyuki Asano
Thiago Ascencao Carvalho Pinto
Tanuj Bansal
Matthew J. Barden
Michael Kevin Barnes
Thomas Daniel Baroch Jr.
David Rodolfo Barrera Garza 
Bradley Barron
Matthew Garrison Bates
Lisa Lynn Battisfore
Ricardo Arturo Becker Toro
Jian Ming Beh
Neal Anton Behrend 
Grady Michael Behrens
Kyle Anderson Bell
Nathan Vincent Bell
Jessica Benchetrit
Mercedes Bender
Tyler James Benedict
Matthew Dale Benson
Michael Benstein
Amit Berry
Eric John Bertelsen 
Phillip John Besoiu
Benjamin R. Beyerlein
Brandon David Bhagat
Gaurav Bhandari
Deepthi Bhashyakarla
Jasleen Bhasin
Smita Bhatia
Sambuddha Bhattacharya
Amit Bhojraj
Kangana Bhushan
Timothy John Bielinski
Natalie Nicole Bilik
Juan Binaghi
Alexander Lee Blackstock
Noah Benjamin Bleicher
Matthew Alan Block
Ryan Randall Block
John Theiler Bode Jr.
Neil Jason Bokemeier
Jeremy Andrew Bolian
Christopher Book
Joyann M. Book
Natalie F. Bookey-Baker
Ian Thomas Booth 
Thomas Walker Jackson Borda
Legend:  = also Master of Engineering Management degree  = also Juris Doctor degree ñ = also Doctor of Medicine degree
Kevin Richard Borden 
Nicholas A. Caronna
Alan James Compton
Joshua Borin
Shea John Carroll
James Andrew Both II
Andrew Stuart Carter
Anne Elisabeth Thompson Conderacci
Kenneth Bruce Botsford Jr.
Zachary John Carusona
Philippe A. Bouchard
Amanda Nicole Casey
Alexander Michael Bourdeau
José Tomás Castañeda Diez
Noah Nathaniel Bouschard
Carlos Eduardo Castillo Calle
Pattaradit Bovonsupakitkul
Luis Raúl Cerna
Brian Paul Bowmil
Visha Chadha 
Rachel Meagen Boykins
Pierre Chakalov
Kevin Gregory Braden
Nina Chandra
Paul Thomas Brand
Pradeep George Chandy
Matthew C. Brandt
Eugene K. Chang
Jeffery Allen Branham
Meng- Ju Chang
Sukhdeep Singh Brar
Kevin Chao 
Rhett Andrew Braunschweig
Oscar Felipe Chaquea
Adam Christopher Bries
Samuel Everett Chase
Matthew Thomas Brocks
Sounak Chatterjee
Max Christer Brodin 
Nicole Chavas
Adam Patrick Brown
Jen-Hao Chen 
Anthony James Brown
Lu Chen 
Daryl William Brown
Yumei Chen
Adam Kennon Bryan
Lucy Xiao Cheng
Courtney Anne Bryant
Emily Yi-Ming Chern
Erica Rose Bubes
Ka Wai Cheung
Nicholas Edmond Buckingham
Katelyn Ann Cheyne
Rafael Guillermo Bueno
Elisa Lee Chi
Elizabeth Ruth Bugayong
Jun Won Choi
Brett Daniel Bukvic
Wai Kit Ricky Choi
Noah Buntman
Joseph Jerome Choinski
Michael David Burdick
Michael Christopher Chor
Brian Devereaux Bush
Ann Chou
Michael Patrick Byrne 
Erin Beth Cibula
Daniel H. Byrnes
Heather Lee- Ann Clark
Gracia María Cáceres Zamora
Sara Katherine Clay
Jessica Lee Callahan 
Chris Coady
Layci Michelle Calloway
Jordana Samantha Cohen
Matthew Joseph Cannon
Matthew Cohen 
Christopher Caparelli
Michael Joseph Collins
Kate Elizabeth Coney
William Brennan Connor
David John Consdorf
Mary Clark Conway
Matthew Peter Conway
Aaron Michael Cook
Elizabeth Bailey Cook
Christopher William Cooley
Kyle Austen Coots
Carri Eddana Cowan
Benjamin Lahiff Crane
Eric Alan Crawford
Andrew Scott Crewson
Peter Csanyi
Gregory Duk Soo Curreri
Alexander Chafee Cushman 
Mitchell Berger Daar
Evan Mark Dadosky
Kevin Mark Dalley
Sabyasachi Das
Subhajoy Das
Alex William Daubert
Kirtan Dave
Luke Alexander Davis 
William Kyle Davis
Courtney Albert Dayno 
Caio De Almeida Grynberg
Carlos Eduardo De Almeida Mazzei
Joao De Brito Nunes
Caldeiravicente
Rafael Odorizzi De Oliveira
Alexander Dean
Lyndsay A. Deckert
Sarah Kim Degerman
Joseph Dejean
Benjamin W. Dekker
Mary Paz De Luis
Ashley Melissa Elsner 
Nikhil Gandhi
Elizabeth Morency Dengel
Jennifer Stephanie Eng
Alice Smith Garabrant
Brian Todd Dennen
Hillary Lynn Engel
Macarena Garcia Simon
Caio De Oliveira Santos
Julie Ellen Engel
Gayatri Garg
Nick Detchev
Federico Eramo
Eugenio Garza De La Puente
Brian Jeffrey Deutsch
Richard Romaine Erickson
Shawn M. Gavin
Pratyusha Devarakonda
Erica Crisologo Escolin
Erik Raymond Gebhardt
Adam Michael Dewolf
Daniel Espinosa
Yuan Geng
Inderbir Singh Dhillon
Sangyoung Eun
Elena Lefevre Georgescu
Lee Joseph Diamandakis
Abigail Caitlin Evans
Ashley Irene Gestrich
Elizabeth Delores Doherty
Rafael Falcadi Vendramine
Muhammad Imran Ghatala
Shamus Miguel Donlon
Shau-Hwei Irene Fan
Daniel Travis Gibson
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Brian Robert Donnelly
Ian Scott Feder
Robert Sites Gibson
Laura Renae Oliver Donnelly
Sasikarn Feinggumloon
Meghan Nicole Gilday
Jennifer Lynne Dooley
Alexander Feldman
Sean Michael Gillis
Christopher Reid Drouét Doolin
Klaudia Patricia Fenyves
Lorena Ginocchio Pinillos
Manuel Dorantes Beltrán
Jason Matthew Ferdinand
Emily Rae Gipple
William Michael Dorsch
Scott R. Ferguson
Michael Glaser
Daniel Hoyt Doud
Benjamin Gehler Fiechtner
Ciara Glenmullen 
Benjamin Cushman Dowell
Ty Douglas Findley
Caroline Elizabeth Goble
John William Downey
David Brigham Fisher
Adam Jared Goldberg
Gavin Michael Driskill
Susan Erica Fletcher
Laila Goldberg
Rajeev D’Souza
Pratyush Fnu
Ramakrishna Sayoji Rao Goli
Scott Joseph Dudek
Gregory Michael Fodell
Megan Jean Gordon
Avery Thompson Duer
Jessica Rose Foley 
Peter Christian Granneman
Tregg Russell Duerson
Maria Teresa Fornea
Joseph Duffy
Andrew Ross Forquer
Phillip Byron Grant
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Joseph Bryant Graves
Megan Julia Foster
Mary Caroline Gray
Priya Dwarakanath
Joseph John Fourness
Joseph Clinton Green
Kaitlyn W. Dwyer
Jeffrey Frankovic
Martin Lawrence Green
Marc Bergeland Dwyer
Florence Andrea Frech Siman
Samantha Lee Greenberg
Nicholas Alec Dzierzak
Cynthia Rose Frelund
Daniel Ryan Griffin
Hathai Amy Eamrungroj
Zachary David Frisbie
Celeste Griffin-Churchill 
Robert Todd Ebe
Kenta Fukami
Leah Gronewold
Nabeel Ebeid
Hisashi Fukutomi
Bruno Guerra Rodrigues Valle
Jonathan Michael Edwards
Shwetha Gaddam
Ekta Gulati
Mark Robert Edwards
Bradley Allan Gallaher
Alexander Cooper Gundry
John Andre Elder
Nicole Lynn Gams
Gautam Gupta
Zachary Russell Elmore
Bharti Gandhi
Diego Gutierrez
Uttara Dukkipati
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Legend:  = a lso Master of Engineering Management degree  = also Juris Doctor degree ñ = also Doctor of Medicine degree
Peter David Gwynn-Sackson
Jee Sun Ha
Laura Kaitlyn Hacker
Maergrethe Frances Haines
Devika Vinayak Halbe
Paul Lewis Howell
Sabrina L. Hanitz
Patrick Gallagher Hoyt
Nadine Wafa Hanna
Po- Wen Hsueh
Michael Barrett Hardy
Kimberly Erin Harmacinski
Michael B. Harris
Yilei Huang
Neal Lee Hawkins Jr
Colin Wade Hudson
Julia Albert Hecht
Shelley Hickman Hughes 
Sarah Marie Heckert
Jun Huh
Jami Anne Hegrenes
Clare Ellen Hunter
Yashwanth Hemaraj
Angelika Katharine Husmann
Shereef Nabil Henien
Bilal Hussain
Peter David Henle
Curtis Michael Isakson
Sergej V. Henning
Paloma Ayumi Ishii
Michael Kevin Hepp
Nicolas Izquierdo Chadwick
Peter Vincent Herbst
Jorge Ignacio Izurieta Ciesla
Joshua David Hermes
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Miguel Eduardo Hidalgo Alcala
Christopher N. Hodge
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Eric Yu-On Hui
Mark Losson Helms
Simon Banh Ho
Lingyun Hua
Ting- Ying Tina Huang
Charles Edgar Hart Jr
Holly L. Hirt
Haopeng Hu
Qian Hua
Scott William Harris
Adam Louis Hirschkatz
Chayanon Horpattaporn
Nicholas Joseph Houshower
Fiona Handayani
Michelle Chaya Hirsch
Takatoshi Horiuchi
Taylor Etson Hougland
Wendy Bing Wa Han
Sompol Hiranrag
Tzung-Tza Jeng
Tsubasa Hotta
Hyerin Han
Daniel Whitmore Hill
Mary Katherine Holman 
Stephen Michael Holtsclaw
Brittany Dawn Hadris
Rachel Higginbotham
Angela Jekal
Eric G. Holter
Eric George Haddenhorst
Cristian Herrera Cordova
Kenneth Buchanan Hoganson III 
Nathaniel Walters Jackson
Ashley Michelle Jacobson
Kanishka Jain
Mudit Jain
Rakshay Jain
Vaibhav Jain
Vidushi Jain
Mohit Jaju 
Nandita Jakkidi
Rashaad Jamal
Eric Michael Jamison
Ashley Elizabeth Jelinek
Youngjae Jeon
Kangseok Ji
Chenwei Jiang
Kun Jiang
Nan Jiang
Rodrigo Andres Jimenez Vial
Claudia Jin
Tao Jin 
Priyanka Jindal
Michael Nazir Jiwani
Alexander Harris Johnson
Daniel Thomas Johnston
Amanda Carole Jones
Brenton Anthony Jones
Russell Patrick Jones
Sanil Juneja
Michael Jihnouk Jung ñ
Rohan Kadakia
Daniel Avi Kahn
Matt Kamhi
Duck Jin Kang
Tommy Kantapasara
Allison Te-Ju Kao
Benjamin Paul Kaplan 
Yajur Kapoor
Aarti Karia
Joseph Hopka Katelman
Olga Katon
Jacob Katz
Jordan Samuel Katz
Reenajit Kaur
Atul Kaushal
Jonathan Clay Kelley
David Cavanaugh Kelly
Abdul Hakim Khan
Milind Nandkumar Khandare 
Aftab Khanna
Jared Seth Kutner
Neil Kumar Khare
Laura Elisa Lacayo
Asheem Khondker
Jasmine Cie Lipford
Anna Hui Liu
George Patrick Lace
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Jidan Liu
Stephanie Lauren Kiehnle
Robin Ayers Lackey
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Yu Liu
Andrew Geewon Kim
Ana Isabel Lagos
Brian Patrick Livingston
Eugene D. Kim
Patrick Stephen Lahue
Chen-Lan Lo
Gilbert W. Kim
Jane Yee-Kwan Lai
Richard Joseph Long II
Kristin Suemi Kim
Christopher Lam
Jose Lopez Lecube
Min Kyoung Kim
Andrew Donald Lange
Daniel Lopiccolo
Laura Brenner Kimes
Melinda Joy Langelin
Kristopher K. Lowes
Kevin Gordon King
Lindsey Erin Lapin
Yi Lu
Daniel S. Klein
Amy Carolyn Larek
Amy K. Lucas
Eyal Klein 
Michael Hayden Large
Eric Nicholas Lucchesi 
Matthew Adam Klein
Francisco Larraín Echeverría
Tiffany Lung
Mark Kleinschmit
Natalie Victoria Lau
Ashley Elaine Luse
Daniel James Klingel
Mark Steven Laurenz
Chelsea Marlene Luse
Bruce Michael Klink
Anh Bá Nam Lê
Aaron Roger Maat
Donghyun Ko
Cassandra Alison Lea
Meghan Lee Macdonald
Linda Nicole Kohan
George Walter Leamon
Mark Hope Mackenzie
Yoshiyuki Koizumi
Kenneth Lawrence Leavitt
Sally Emad Gerges Kolta
Jane C. Lee
Ricardo Ernesto Maduro
De Diego
Nicholas Charlton Konczak
Jieun Lee
Alexandra Joann Korijn
Juwon Lee
Wojciech Ryszard Korpal
Kyung Mo Lee
Michael William Korslin
Leon Lee
Namrata Kothari
Mingdi Lee
Sonia P. Kotwal
Paul Chang Won Lee
Daniel Christopher Kotwas
Sangyoon Lee
Valeriya Kramarenko
Shane Seung Han Lee
Eric Leonard Kristensen
Lioudmila Vladimirovna
Legkodimova
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Loren Michael Kronemeyer
Michal Andrzej Krowinski
Jonathan James Kuether
Naufal Ashiq Kukkady
Yuriy Kuklyev
Lisa Nicole Kulwicki
Vivek Kumar
Jose John Kunnackal
Ardak Kussainova
Jeffery S. Leibach
Casey Jill Leiser
Davin Ethan Lencz
Chaimongkol Lerdlumsombut
Yi Li
Yin Li
Amy Rebecca Liever
Peidong Lin
Alia Majid
William Derrick Manderscheid
Ryan Mann
Erik David Mantel
Ronald Paul Mantel
Shyam Mohan Mantravadi
Jessica Nicole Marks
Justin R. Marku
Thomas Edward Marquard Quinn
Brittany Michelle Martin
Rodrigo Martinez Bocaz
Camilo Alfonso Martinez
Fernandez
Alberto Martinez Lopez
Sofia Martinez Puppo 
Guilherme Martins Caron
Andrew Ellis Maslan 
Rosemary Priya Mathew 
Legend:  = a lso Master of Engineering Management degree  = also Juris Doctor degree ñ = also Doctor of Medicine degree
Varun Mathur
Jeremy Sampana Monton
Francisco Ochagavía Balbontín
Mário Emanuel Matos Catarino Mateiro
Aaron Moore
John M. O’Connell
Masashi Matsumoto
Reema Moorjani
Monica Elizabeth O’Connell
Hector Morales Valdes
Deependra Narayan Ojha
Shaina Nicole Morrison
Emily Elizabeth O’Keefe
Ryan Thomas Morrisroe
Andres Oksenberg Dueñas
Andrew Robert Mosch
John Olsen
Andrew Dean Mueller
Luke Gregory Olsen
Robert John Mueller
Ashley Joy Ordakowski
Namrata Anand Mujumdar
Efesa Origbo
Marc Mund
Marco Antonio Oropeza Gomez
David Murch
Santiago Otaola Arca
Cameron Douglas Murphy
Amit Ozer
Janelle Colleen Murphy
Matthew Packer
Chase Patrick Murray
Ellen Pajakowski
Haseeb Musa
Adam Palmore
Valerie Anna Myers Christensen
Kristen Miller Pals 
Justin J. Nadile
Xiaoming Pan 
Neeta Uday Nadkarny
Juliana Marie Moraleda Panagas
Alon Naftali
Joseph Park
Elizabeth Ann Naik
Kyung Ryul Park
Yoonsuk Nam
Joseph Rouse Parke
Pujitha Nannapaneni
Emily Kathleen Parker
Johann Narvekar
Zachary Scott Parkhill
Theodore Russell Nash
Sean James Parkins
Anand Natarajan
Nicolo’ Parravicini
Aditi Nath
Anish Shashikant Pasari
Ruben Navarro
Sonal Anish Pasari
Ignacio Naveiras Llorente 
Nirav Chandu Patel
Patricia Marie Neugent
Tarang Dipak Patel
Charles Stephen Newcom
Jagdish C. Patil
Dai Trang Ngo
Christopher Mark Patnaude
Vu Tien Nguyen
Christine Paul
David Nichols
John R. Pavletic
Jennifer Elizabeth Nichols
Mark Joseph Pawloski
Rachel Ann Nordlinger
Jacob Colon Pawlowski
Thomas Mathieu Nouvian
Joseph Anthony Howard Peris
Thomas Everette Novick
David Andrew Peterson
Joline Abra Nwafor
Mikhail Petrov
Lisa Hamming Nyhan
William Gordan Petty III
Callie Sigal Mattson 
Andrew Brendan Maynes
Matthew Eric Mazar
Christopher Scott McCrory
Joseph Lawrence McDevitt ñ
Marshall McDonald IV
Marissa Shay McGann
Nicholas Matthew McGann
Adrienne McGee
Ryan Matthew McGuinness
Caroline Elizabeth McKeon 
Kathryn Julia McKinley 
Daniel Patrick McLaughlin
Meredith McNally
Akshat Mehrotra
Matan Meital 
Collin Grayson Mendez
Matthew Emmett Merkel 
Basil Vincent Merriman
Isaac Scott Metzger
Andrew Robert Meyer
Lauren Michniacki
Andrea Lorraine Miller
Mark W. Miller
Nathan Christopher Miller
Keyu Min
Michael Richard Miner
Cyrille Minkoulou Ateba
Brent Robert Minner
Malay Mishra
Madhavi Misra
Ryan Michael Mockler
Arun Pamidipani Mohan
Nicole Marie Molenda
Oscar Fogerty Montemayor Martinez
Kiran J. Philip
Katherine Hartley Rehberger
Sarah Saxby
Joshua Michael Reilly
Florian Sylvan Schäfer
Huynh Thuy Phuong
Jalaja Repalle
Tory James Robert Schalkle
Robert Michael Pick
Albert Yunjoon Rhee
Drew J. Schanski
Patrick Pinheiro
Orion W. Richardson
Randall Charles Schenck
Joseph D. Piskai
Sarah Susan Richardson
Joseph Daniel Schlichter
Natrucha Poomgate
Sarah Michelle Rigsbee
Kelly Leona Schloesser
Moneeza Popatia
Patrick Ringsred
Timothy Mark Schroeder
Mitchell Scott Port
Jaclyn Gray Rivara
Aubrey Schwoerer
Pooja Akhila Prasad
Jessica Roberts
Gayatri Seetharaman
Carrie Katherine Preston
Frederick Arthur Robertson IV
Mihir Sejpal
David Scott Preston
Jennifer Scott Robinson
Smajil Selimagic
Ashley Marie Pridon
Kevin Michael Robinson
Macarena Seminario
Jeronimo Prieto Barbachano
Laura Gabriela Rodriguez
Jaclyn Gail Senner
Daniel José Prieto Millán
Gonzalo Romero Rodríguez
Kathryn Serra
Matthew John Pronk
Harrison Colby Rogers
Eli Sevin
Carl Protsch 
Maureen Ellen Rohe
Aadhar Shah
Manoje Prutthisathaporn
Paul Alan Rokosz
Rushabh Nalin Shah
Felix Przioda
Rachel Lyn Romero
Sheila Shah
Jutatit Ou Pumarin
Joseph R. Root
Ryan Patrick Shain 
Vikram Reddy Pydi
Sylvia Herbig Rosales 
Jessica Marie Shamoun
Xiaolu Qian
Jeffrey J. Rose
Timothy Michael Shannon
Thomas Quach
Gregory John Rossi
Yanxiang Shao
Jason Thomas Quinn
Nihar R. Rout
Jacob Louis Shapiro
Iulia Karina Radulescu
James Jordan Rowan
Garima Sharma
Khorshid Gizelle Rahmaninejad
David Benjamin Rubin
Mukul Sharma 
Devi Alamelu Raja
Daniel Jeremy Rubin-Wills
Rohit Prakash Chandra Sharma
Vijaya Natarajan Rajaram
Katherine Faber Ruckert
Gaurav Nitin Shenai
Michael Scott Randall
Nicholas Donald Rupnow
Yevgeniya Sherman
Bharat Rangan
Margaret Mary Ryan
Chirag Sheth
Kate Sullivan Rapisarda
Christopher L. Rybacki
Deepa Rajesh Sheth
Ryan Austin Rasmussen
Nitin Sagar
Nirup R. Shetty
Antonino Marco Romano Raspagliesi
Miguel Angel Salgado
Yung-Ching Shih
Joanna C. Rath
Navjeet Sandhu
Wooil Shin
Jason Mark Sandler
Bamidele Ayo Phillips
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Thanujan Ratnarajah
Brendan James Ratter 
Philip Read
Daniel Shelby Reaves
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Ira Shiner
Matt Danalan Saragih
Preeza Shrestha
Arjun Sareen
Jason Jerome Shrouder Henry
Taleen Sarkissian
Lilyan Weilyne Shu
Sandeep Satish
Jeffrey Sigal
Legend:  = a lso Master of Engineering Management degree  = also Juris Doctor degree ñ = also Doctor of Medicine degree
Andrea Silva Beer
Colin Robert Taft-Mcphee
Pablo Augusto Vega Sevilla
Luciana Silva De Oliveira
Francis Xavier Taglia
Tyler Ross Veit
Victor Castillo Simoes
Luis Eduardo Takahshi
Paul Simon II
Nicolas Ren Takamine
Francesca Alessandra Velasco Alfaro
Andrew Lloyd Sims
Michi Takeuchi
Joshua Edward Sims
Courtney Rachel Talmadge
Aman Singh
Lucas Sage Tanen
Arjun Singh
Jiarong Tang
Pankaj Mohan Singh Tanwar
Ronen Sinha
Daniel Francis Tarpey III
Alyssa Sivanich
Ariel Whitney Tauer
Benjamin Chapman Skrodzki
Hongxian Evelyn Tay
Adam Michael Sloey
Juan Marí Tenaillon
Jeffrey Joel Smeraglinolo
Yu Teraoka
Alexandria Hawkins Smith 
Angelo Phillip Terra
Kendall Loren Smith
Giovanni Terzano Orfanides
Kyle Matthew Smith
Dawn Lawnyae Thomas
Marvin Lawrence Smith II
Jennifer Lee Thomason
Ryan Thomas Smith
London Thomson-Thurm
Sona Son
Andrew William Tibbetts
Euhbin Kate Song
Christen Tingley
Kellen Meranus Spadafore
Adam Robert Tollefson
Abhilash Sridharan
William Irving Tompkins
Todd Mathew Starcevich
Aaron Harkins Toppston
Katherine Marie Stefanis
Andres Jose Torres
James Patrick Stepanek
Tricia Gail Torres
Melanie Ann Stephens
Quynh-Giao Thi Tran
Jordan Christine Stewart
Caroline Johanna Tripp
Christopher David Stine
Nicholas Paul Troyer
Christopher Robert Stipe
Le Phandinh Truong
Drew Soaring-Eagle Strellis
Paksikorn Tubtimthong
Renata C. Sujto
Angela Christi Tumidajewicz
Navdeep Suman
Adam William Tyler
Shari Lynn Summers
Elizabeth Ann Tyler
Duokui Sun 
Chukwuemeka Nnanyelugo Uba-Okonkwo
Gloria Sun
Matthew Lynn Sunderman
Lauren Sutehall
Juan G. Sutil Condon
Iryna Svyshcho
Heather L. Venkatesh
John Ball Vogelsang
Dylan Richard Babst Vokey
Ryan William Vose
Prasad Walawalkar
Laura Elizabeth Walsh
Beth Golden Walter
Tiffany Lin Walter
Jonathan Xiaochen Wang
Mo Wang
Stephanie Anne Wang
Yingzi Wang 
Tyler Russ Wanke 
James Patrick Ward
Andrew Charles Francis Warin
Kristin Ann Wasikowski
Laura Beth Wasikowski
Jennifer April Waxler
Christopher James Webb

Holly Ann Urban
Nneka Molly Uzoh
Bhanu Priya Vaddiparthi
Bailey Claire Vance
Ashwini Venkatachalam
Caitlin Elizabeth Voegele
Nikhail Singh

Paulo E. Vendramini
Kyle Braden Webb
Mary Rose Weber
David Isaac Weinman
Brooke Elysse Weitz
Joseph Frederick Wells
Dili Wen
Adam McRae White
Kyle Denton White
Samuel Worthington Whiteman III
Christopher George Whitfield
Samuel Eliot Whittemore
Craig Richard Wiborg
Hanne Altena Wieschhoff
Mark Charles Willey 
Arren Yoshimura
Grant Taylor Williams
Katherine Michelle Young
Molly Ann Williams
Sandra Youngmeyer
Daniel Robert-Roetzel
Willoughby
Anthony Park Yu
David Wojtowicz
Courtney Marie Zalik 
Johnny Ka-Lun Wong
Meredith Ann Wren 
Jacqueline Amanda Wu
Phoebe Wu
Adam Charles Wuellner
Junhua Xu
Lauren Beth Yaffe
Junnosuke Yagura
Shuhei Yamato
Nipun Yamdagni
Steve Yan
Ji Woong Yang
Zejian Yang
Xing Cindy Ye
Jason Johnson Yeh 
Bryan Clinton Yelvington
Christopher Stephen Yenchek
Katharine Alexandra Yeskey
Young-Min Yoo
Khan Nayab Zafer
Lin Zhai
Jinglu Zhang
Yashen Zhang
Anja Zhao
Yi Zhao 
Yi Zheng
Yinxin Zheng
Feiran Zhou
Shinan Zhou
Zhenyi Zhu
Jonathan Wesley Ziebarth
Kevin Andrew Ziegler
Theodore Herbert Zimmerman
Bradley Thomas Zoelle
J. Michael Zollo
Lauren Debra Zsigray
Samuel Francis Zuckerman
Colin Roy Zweber
Legend:  = a lso Master of Engineering Management degree  = also Juris Doctor degree ñ = also Doctor of Medicine degree
CONFERRING THE ACADEMIC HOOD
Origins and symbolism
The tradition of conferring the academic hood has a long history. During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries,
when universities were evolving in medieval Europe from their ecclesiastical beginnings, the ordinary dress of
a scholar was that of a cleric. Inhabiting unheated monastic buildings, students and teachers wore long robes,
often with hoods to cover tonsured heads. Over the centuries, academic garb gained educational status and
shifted away from its former associations with practical dress. The clothing began to differ in length and color of
lining and trim, based on degree, school and faculty, according to university prescription.
In the United States, most academic dress follows the general provisions of the Intercollegiate Code of 1895,
as most recently revised in 1959. Under this code, the master’s hood is three and one-half feet in length and
the doctor’s four feet. The velvet border of the hood is three and five inches wide for the master’s and doctor’s
degrees, respectively. The hood is lined with satin in the official color of the school. At Northwestern, the hood
is lined in purple (the school’s color) with gold chevrons. The color of the hood’s border indicates the type of
degree being awarded: dark blue velvet is the universal PhD, acorn velvet is the universal MBA.
The ceremony of conferring the hood is closely allied with the medieval concept of the university faculty as a
guild of masters who were responsible for instructing their students, much like apprentices, in their specific
branches of learning. After serving his apprenticeship, the student obtained a testimony of his skill from his
instructors as a condition for obtaining his license to practice his art. The degree “master of arts” was then
conferred upon the student, recognizing him as a full member of the guild and authorizing him to begin, hence
the term “commencement.” The title of “doctor” as a degree superior to that of “master” was established
somewhat later. The hooding ceremony draws on these traditions. The hood itself symbolizes the continuity
of learning as fundamental to the concept of the university; its personal conferment symbolizes the academic
mentors’ admission of their students to the ranks of academe.
AWARDS
TOP STUDENT AWARDS
This honor is granted to graduating students who have made significant
contributions to Kellogg academic departments.
ACCOUNTING INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
MEDIA MANAGEMENT
Deepthi Bhashyakarla
Kyle Bell
Angelika Husmann
DECISION SCIENCES
MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONS
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Lucy Cheng
Rhett Braunschweig
Alexandria Smith
FINANCE
STRATEGY
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Ben Skrodzki
Euhbin Song
Jonathan Kuether
HEALTH ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
REAL ESTATE
Joseph McDevitt
Nate Jackson
INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MARKETING
David Berliner
Yajur Kapoor
DEAN’S SERVICE AWARDS
Christopher Andersen
Lorena Arathoon
Lisa Battisfore
Mercedes Bender
Michael Benstein
Phillip Besoiu
Natalie Bilik
Alexander Blackstock
JoyAnn Book
Thomas Borda
Kevin Borden
Alex Bourdeau
Rachel Boykins
Matt Brocks
Felipe Chaquea
Nicole Chavas
Ann Chou
Heather Clark
Will Connor
Carri Cowan
Kevin Dalley
Alex Daubert
Mary De Luis
Liz Dengel
Pratyusha Devarakonda
Manuel Dorantes
Benjamin Dowell
Matthew Klein
This award is given to graduating students who have made significant
and lasting contributions to the Kellogg community.
Avery Duer
Jessica Foley
Cynthia Frelund
Muhammad Ghatala
Lorena Ginocchio
Martin Green
Ekta Gulati
Michael Hardy
Mark Helms
Adam Hirschkatz
Holly Hirt
Steve Holtsclaw
Nandita Jakkidi
Eric Jamison
Amanda Jones
Rohan Kadakia
Yaju Kapoor
Olga Katon
Neil Khare
Laura Kimes
Matt Klein
Alexandra Korijn
Namrata Kothari
Sonia Kotwal
Patrick Lahue
Stephen Lane
Lindsey Lapin
Natalie Lau
Cassandra Lee
Ashley Luse
Mark MacKenzie
Priya Mathew
Caroline McKeon
Patricia Neugent
Chip Newcom
Dai Trang Ngo
Thiago Pinto
Joseph Piskai
Moneeza Popatia
Manoje Prutthisathaporn
Khorshid Rahmaninejad
Joanna Rath
Thanujan Ratnarajah
Brendan Ratter
Maureen Rohe
Joseph Root
Greg Rossi
James Rowan
Kate Ruckert
Miguel Salgado
Navi Sandhu
Sandeep Satish
Randall Schenck
Kelly Schloesser
Tyler Veit
Jack Vogelsang
Ryan Vose
Tyler Wanke
Laura Beth Wasikowski
Chris Whitfield
Phoebe Wu
Christopher Yenchek
Lin (Susan) Zhai
Bradley Zoelle
Tim Shannon
Mukul Sharma
Deepa Sheth
Lilyan Shu
Jeffrey Smeraglinolo
Alexandra Smith
Marvin Smith
Abhilash Sridhara
Katie Stefanis
Jordan Stewart
Drew Strellis
Gloria Sun
Nick Takamine
Angelo Terra
Christen Tingley
William Tompkins
Caroline Tripp
Chukwuemeka Nnanyelugo Uba-Okonkwo
Bruno Valle
BETA GAMMA SIGMA AWARDS
Students nominated for this honorary scholastic society are in
the top 10 percent of their graduating class.
Sanjay Ahluwalia
Joshia Altman
Bryan Arcati
Blake Arnold
Jaskaran Bakshi
Tanuj Bansal
Michael Barnes
Neal Behrend
Kyle Bell
Tyler Benedict
Matthew Benson
Zavie Berenbaum
John Berkery
David Berliner
Phillip Besoiu
Benjamin Beyerlein
Deepthi Bhashyakarla
Jeremy Bolian
Brian Bowmil
Rhett Braunschweig
Brian Bush
Matthew Cannon
Pierre Chakalov
Kevin Chao
Lucy Cheng
Emily Chern
Eric Crawford
Andrew Crewson
Elizabeth Dengel
Adam Dewolf
Nabeel Ebeid
Abigail Evans
Alexander Feldman
Joseph Fourness
Laura Hacker
Sarah Heckert
Yashwanth Hemaraj
Mary Holman
Angelika Husmann
Nathaniel Jackson
Ashley Jacobson
Ashley Jelinek
Michael Jiwani
Daniel Johnston
Michael Jung
Rohan Kadakia
Yajur Kapoor
Jacob Katz
Jonathan Kelley
Matthew Klein
Daniel Klingel
Daniel Kotwas
Jonathan Kuether
Jose Kunnackal John
Robin Lackey
Aaron Maat
Meghan MacDonald
William Manderscheid
Ryan Mann
Erik Mantel
Mario Matos Catarino Mateiro
Andrew Maynes
Joseph McDevitt
Adrienne McGee
Lauren Michniacki
Chase Murray
David Nichols
Thomas Novick
Kristen Pals
Carrie Preston
Brendan Ratter
Katherine Rehberger
Joshua Reilly
Daniel Rubin-Wills
Ryan Shain
Jessica Shamoun
Timothy Shannon
Nirup Shetty
Ira Shiner
Jeffrey Sigal
Alyssa Sivanich
Benjamin Skrodzi
Jeffrey Smeraglinolo
Alexandria Smith
Euhbin Song
Courtney Talmadge
Pankaj Tanwar
Christen Tingley
Caroline Tripp Hess
Le Truong
Tiffany Walter
Joseph Wells
Kyle White
Molly Williams
Christopher Yenchek
Arren Yoshimura
Theodore Zimmerman