IMPACT Story Archives

Looking Back on This Year’s Impact Tour

Collage of Wharton Impact Tour event images

Looking Back on This Year's Impact Tour Dean Erika James visited six cities in different corners of the world for this year's Wharton Impact Tour. During this year's Wharton Impact Tour, Dean Erika James shared her hopes for the Wharton School with alumni in six cities around the world: Atlanta,…Read More

Neha Shah, W’99, C’99, WG’06, Proves the Power of Women Donors

Neha Shah, W’99, C’99, WG’06, Proves the Power of Women Donors Neha Shah, W’99, C'99, WG’06, supported Wharton during the 2023 Alumnae Challenge. Neha Shah, W’99, C'99, WG’06, shared an analogy to illustrate the significance of The Wharton Fund’s Alumnae Challenge to her. She said, for families with both a…Read More

Romel Singleton, WG’24, Shares What it’s Like to be a Venture Fellow

Romel Singleton, WG’24, Shares What it’s Like to be a Venture Fellow Venture Fellow Romel Singleton, WG’24, spent nine days leading the crew of a ship in New Zealand. In this Q&A story, Romel Singleton, WG’24, chair of the 2023-2024 Venture Fellows Selection Committee, detailed his remarkable experiences with the…Read More

Machen Family Backs Coalition for Equity and Opportunity to Unlock ‘Untapped Potential’

Machen Family Backs Coalition for Equity and Opportunity to Unlock ‘Untapped Potential’ Ayana Machen, WG’99, said it’s important to her that there’s a Wharton initiative examining barriers related to race, gender, and socioeconomic factors in education and business. She said it’s vital in ensuring that companies “have diverse viewpoints and…Read More

From One Board to Another: Robb LeMasters, W’99, Makes an Impact at Wharton

From One Board to Another: Robb LeMasters, W’99, Makes an Impact at Wharton Robb LeMasters, W’99, is helping to expand the ESG Initiative and showing Whartonites new ways to make an impact. Growing up in Southern California, Robb LeMasters, W’99, was initially unsure where to apply to college. Then he…Read More

A Legacy of Support: Pedro Lichtinger, WG’78, Rises to the Benjamin Franklin Society’s Challenge

A Legacy of Support: Pedro Lichtinger, WG’78, Rises to the Benjamin Franklin Society’s Challenge Iracilda Lichtinger, PAR'08, and Pedro Lichtinger, WG'78, PAR'08, rose to the Benjamin Franklin Society's Double Your Impact Challenge. Pedro Lichtinger, WG’78, has achieved almost everything: a successful career in pharmaceuticals spanning three decades and two continents;…Read More

Igniting Minds, Transforming Markets: Jacobs Scholars Impact at Wharton and Beyond

Igniting Minds, Transforming Markets: Jacobs Scholars Impact at Wharton and Beyond This is the first in a periodic series that highlights the impact of student support programs. Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs, G'79, GRW'86 (center), has helped MBA students like Swati Bhatia, WG'22 (left), and Anthony Kariuki, WG'23 (right), hone their…Read More

Retail With Purpose: The Business of Doing Good

Retail With Purpose: The Business of Doing Good Employees of Spencer Spirit Holdings, Inc., volunteer on Halloween at children's hospitals, a culture fostered by CEO Steven Silverstein, WG'85. The business of doing good is an ever-present — and increasingly urgent — theme in retail research, teaching, and practice. Forward-looking retail…Read More

Invested in Wharton’s Future

Invested in Wharton’s Future Alice Yin Hung, C'90, W'90 (left), and Marissa King, the inaugural Alice Y. Hung President’s Distinguished Professor Alice Yin Hung, C’90, W’90, Wharton graduate, entrepreneur, daughter, and mother, knows that planting seeds of success with certainty and love, will make things happen. How those things work…Read More

In Conversation: Wharton Chief Advancement Officer Sam Lundquist

In Conversation: Wharton Chief Advancement Officer Sam Lundquist Sam Lundquist, Chief Advancement Officer Following a year of global travels with Wharton Dean Erika James, Lundquist reflected on the expanding access to Wharton educational content; a world of change for students and alumni; and holding onto the School’s traditions while welcoming…Read More