University of Delaware Lerner College of Business & Economics

Our next group of Lifelong Lerners features Snehal Satish Kalke, who earned her master’s degree in business analytics and information management and served as vice president of the Indian Graduate Student Association; Jacob Snellenburg, who earned an MBA in business analytics and will be working for Tovi Hockey as a business operations analyst; and Miriam Washington, an economics major with minors in Arabic and international business who will be working in the antitrust field.

Read more from Snehal, Jacob and Miriam here: https://brnw.ch/21x3oCQ

Our next group of Lifelong Lerners features Emma Morandi, a hospitality and event management major who is working for Goldman Sachs this summer as an event intern before returning to UD in the fall to earn her MBA in public relations; Daniel Parisi, a finance major who was a member of the football team which won the 68 Ventures Bowl; and Nabila Mahbub Briste, who earned an MBA with a focus on business analytics and marketing and is beginning her career as a senior associate in product analytics at JPMorgan Chase.
Read more from Emma, Daniel and Nabila here: https://brnw.ch/21x3iLx

The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce recently featured the Lerner Co-op Program, highlighting a co-op student working with The WRK Group, in the May/June issue of its magazine! Read the story here:
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UD’s Lerner College is implementing a strategic academic department reorganization designed to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration, align with emerging areas of business education and create new opportunities for students and faculty.

Beginning July 1 for the 2026–27 academic year, Lerner will transition from five academic departments to six and formally launch the Neil Book School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The changes support all three frontiers of the Lerner College strategic plan: AI transformation and technology, innovation and societal change, and leadership and organizations. The structure also reinforces Lerner’s longstanding strengths in experiential learning across programs, including hospitality and sport business management, accounting and finance.
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Our next group of Lifelong Lerners features Katie Redfearn, a finance and marketing major who will be working in the Corporate Analyst Development Program at JPMorgan Chase; Kartik Potukuchi, who earned an MBA concentrated in strategic leadership and hopes to use his MBA knowledge to further grow in his current career; and Maria Montroni-Currais, who earned her master’s in strategic leadership and plans to continue her work at UD in the School Success Center.
Read more from Katie, Kartik and Maria here: https://bit.ly/43DCn6w

In April, UD’s Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship celebrated Financial Literacy Month, with the focus on bridging the gap between the classroom and the living room. While schools teach financial concepts, research shows a critical piece is missing at home: conversation. To address this gap in Delaware, CEEE associate director Scott Bacon emphasized turning students’ curiosity into meaningful family conversations through Family Financial Literacy Fun Nights.
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Our next group of Lifelong Lerners highlights Redwanul Bari, an accounting major who is focusing on tackling the CPA exam; Chloe Garcia, a finance major who will be joining Bank of America Private Bank in Wilmington to work as a wealth management analyst with U.S. Trust Company of Delaware; and Anna Salamy, a marketing and sport management major who was a four-year member of the UD club water polo team.
Read more from Redwanul, Chloe and Anna here: https://bit.ly/43DCn6w

Congrats to our 2026 Lerner Alumni Award recipients who were honored in a ceremony last Friday that kicked off Alumni Weekend!

This year’s Alumni Award of Excellence recipients were Paul Altero, ’96, hotel, restaurant and institutional management; Amy Krzyzanowski, ’06, economics, and ’21, economics and entrepreneurship for educators; and Scott Somerville, ’76, accounting. The Rising Star Award was presented to Alina Serbina, ’19, marketing.
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Our next group of Lifelong Lerners features Sophia Doran, a management information systems major who was a member of Delaware Dance Fever; Brian Dilll, who earned his master’s in international business and will be an analyst in the Global Finance and Business Management Program at JPMorgan Chase; and Khadija Batool, who earned her master’s in business analytics and is pursuing a role in higher education in university administration or academic operations.
Read more from Sophia, Brian and Khadija here: https://brnw.ch/21x32cZ

We are kicking off our 2026 Lifelong Lerner series by highlighting Rosa Miraldina Baptista Futy, who earned her MBA in business analytics and plans to continue working in the chemical industry; Justin Farquhar, who completed his MBA with a concentration in artificial intelligence through a 4+1 program and will be joining Capital One as a business analyst in its Analyst Development Program in D.C.; and Anna Nichols, a marketing major whose favorite UD experience was studying abroad in Paris.
Read more from Rosa, Justin and Anna here: https://brnw.ch/21x2Wxu