The MBA Association (MBAA) President and Vice President, along with the MBAA Cabinet, advocate on behalf of clubs and individuals representing the interests, concerns, and desires of the Fuqua Daytime program across the spectrum of Duke University activities. The President and Vice President are the primary information conduit between Daytime MBA students, Faculty, and Administration. Visit the MBAA meeting minutes.
Vince Rights
President, MBAA
- Year: Class of 2009
- Pre-Fuqua Residence: Philadelphia, PA
- Undergraduate Institution: Lehigh University
- Career Interest: General Management
- Involvement in Fuqua Clubs: MBAA, Soccer Club, Blue Devil Weekend, Real Estate Club, COLE Leadership Fellow
Barri Stiber
Vice President, MBAA
- Year: Class of 2009
- Pre-Fuqua Residence: Washington, DC
- Undergraduate Institution: Boston University
- Career Interest: General Management, Consulting
- Involvement in Fuqua Clubs: Admissions Ambassador, Association of Women in Business, COLE Leadership Fellow, Health Care Club, MBA Games
Robin Abramowitz
Executive Director, MBAA
- • Manages MBAA's relationships with chartered clubs.
- • Orchestrates chartering of new clubs.
- • Oversees budget allocation process for Fuqua clubs.
- • Ensures club compliance to Fuqua brand.
- • Directs MBAA cabinet in absence of President and Vice President.
Marcelo Barretta
Treasurer, MBAA
- • Manages the MBAA club budget including student fee allocation.
- • Oversees the MBAA club controllers.
- • Ensures and monitors clubs compliance with reimbursement and expenses’ policies
James Mcnamara
Executive Officer
- • Identifies academic best practices; promotes practices within the Fuqua community.
- • Garners student feedback regarding curriculum and academic issues.
- • Drives student participation in national case competition; ensures adequate financial support.
- • Bolsters Fuqua's academic reputation among applicants, recruiters, and peer institutions.
- • Provides opportunities for student / faculty interaction outside of the classroom enabling students to learn more about faculty research.
Amy Audetat
Executive Officer
- • Ensures brand consistency between the Office of Admissions and the student body at large.
- • MBAA advocate for Admissions initiatives.
- • Manages quality and content of prospective students' message boards.
David Martin
Executive Officer
- • Works closely with the office of alumni relations to ensure that the student body has a strong working relationship with the alumni.
- • Cultivates relationships and plans activities with other MBAA and Duke Graduate program representatives.
- • Attends the bi-annual Alumni Council meetings.
- • Maintains regular communication between the Alumni Council and the student body.
Andre Pontes
Executive Officer
- • Works closely with the Career Management Center (CMC) and with the Career Fellows Coordinator to ensure that the career needs of the students are being met.
- • Leads Career Advisory Cabinet (CAC) to address student career concerns.
- • Presents student feedback in a fair and balanced manner to the CMC.
- • Champions updates to student body regarding the development and launch of new career tools.
- • Collaborates with CMC staff and professional club Presidents to plan career-related events.
Simran Sandhu
Executive Officer
- • Information/ marketing conduit between the MBAA, Fuqua School of Business Administration, and the student body.
- • Serves as the standards-bearer for all MBAA-sponsored communications.
- • Provides communications / marketing support for clubs and student body.
- • Coordinates yearbook publication.
- • Serves as Marketing Communications Fellow
Debbie Chou
Executive Officer
- • To respect and celebrate the diversity of all students at Fuqua.
- • To facilitate small group activities and Fuqua programs that will leave a lasting effect on every student.
- • To promote SY to FY mentor programs within the MBAA professional clubs.
- • To coordinate and communicate programming within the Culture Cabinet (to include promoting social responsibility, sustainability, and cooperation with the Duke University and Durham communities at large).
Dan Aycock
Executive Officer
- • Creates a richer Fuqua experience for students joining our community from outside the United States. The focus of the cabinet is "community building" and leveraging the many strengths that international students bring to Fuqua.
- • Ensures greater involvement of international students in the Fuqua community.
- • Provides support and resources that address the unique challenges faced by international students.
- • Champions concerns and needs of international population at Fuqua.
Steve Misuraca
Executive Officer
- • Ensures a balanced scheduling of student activities, identifies student needs, and troubleshoots issues affecting the student body.
- • Leads Student Life initiatives that enhance the Fuqua experience.
- • Creates and promotes initiatives that recognize the accomplishments and celebrate the achievements of the Fuqua community.
Vibhor Chhabra
Executive Officer
- • Identifies and champions student technology needs and concerns.
- • Collaborates with Fuqua IT to constantly improve the integration of technology within the curriculum.
- • Identifies and provides resources to clubs and students to equip them with the right technology.
- • Ensures that MBAA and club websites are up-to-date and in line with Fuqua website guidelines
- • Promotes Fuqua branding through available technology channels.
- • Conducts workshops to aquaint students with technology related resources available at Fuqua