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Ties that Bind: Goldman Sachs
Keep Up a Winning Partnership
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Twice a year, juniors and seniors from Goizueta Business School make a trip from Atlanta to New York City, where they get a chance to hobnob with executives from top finance, marketing and other firms.
The journey, known as the New York Trek, is one way the university reinforces its relationships with potential employers, says Douglas A. Cooper, director of Goizueta’s BBA Career Management Center. (The MBA Program has a similar trek.)
The program got a significant boost this past May, when Goizueta was designated a “target school” by the Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs.
“For some time now Goldman Sachs has had a close relationship with our graduates, and this designation brings the association to an even higher level,” says Cooper. “As a target school, we’re on the GS radar, which means they allocate staff and other recruiting resources aimed at reinforcing our mutual ties.”
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| BBA students were given insights into Goldman Sachs from Emory alumni including, from left, Lewis Kunkel 87C, Marcia Nelson 01C, Alex Foreman 05BBA, and Debra Fierro 93BBA. |
For alumni like Kim Tyson 04BBA maintaining ties with Goizueta is an added bonus. As a financial analyst within Goldman’s Investment Management Division in Atlanta, Tyson’s job involves helping to support a team of investment professionals that manage assets for wealthy individuals. But she also finds time to support Emory students.
“For the past few semesters, I have gone back to speak to the BBAs during the Career Panels,” notes Tyson. “I enjoy getting to meet current Goizueta undergrads and discussing my alumni experience.”
Lindsay Pertz 05BBA also stays involved. “The Emory alumni here tend to have strong ties to each other and to the school,” says Pertz. An analyst in Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division in lower Manhattan where she works long hours on M&As, IPOs and other deals, Pertz still finds time to take part in recruiting efforts and in panel discussions.
“Emory prepared me for working at a place like Goldman Sachs,” she says. “The combination of business and liberal-arts courses gave me a solid foundation for this.”
Alexander Foreman 05BBA, an analyst with Goldman Sachs’ Leveraged Finance Department, where he works the High Yield desk, also stays involved. “When I meet with Emory interns,
I stress the importance of asking a lot of questions about Goldman Sachs and about the industry. It’s a valuable learning experience and it’s important to make the most out of it.”
Brent Lane 04MBA says the dedication of his professors at Goizueta had a positive impact on his own outlook.
“The Emory faculty was fully committed to the business school students and was focused on more than just the academic piece of an MBA,” relates Lane, who works in Atlanta as an associate in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs. “In addition, the guest lecturers from the business community brought real life examples into the classroom.”
Today, Lane is involved in recruiting Emory graduates, and volunteers in Goizueta’s Mentor Program.
–Marty Daks