IMPACT Story Archives

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

WiDS Conference Shines Light on Advances for Women in Data Science

WiDS Conference Shines Light on Advances for Women in Data Science Wharton students Sarah Hu, W’23, and Joanna Yang, W’24, GEN’24, presented their research at the Women in Data Science (WiDS) @ Penn Conference. With an increasing number of degrees awarded in data science each year, women in analytics are…Read More

Creating Transformation Through Courage, Empathy, and Inclusion

Creating Transformation Through Courage, Empathy, and Inclusion Kate Johnson, WG’94, former president of Microsoft U.S. and now president and CEO of Lumen Technologies, is helping create empathetic leaders. Kate Johnson, WG’94, former president of Microsoft U.S. and now president and CEO of Lumen Technologies, believes timing is everything. Her pre-spring…Read More

New Fund Expands Opportunity for African American Students

New Fund Expands Opportunity for African American Students Dean Erika James, in red, with WMYC Co-chairs Heather Jones, Erika Lawrence, Sierra Martin, and Elon Cornelius, WG'23, at left; and board members Larry Bailey, WG'76, and Lana Woods, WG'90, at right In 1971, President Richard Nixon delivered the eulogy for Whitney…Read More

Wharton Celebrates Hettie Simmons Love with Named Award

Wharton Celebrates Hettie Simmons Love with Named Award Hettie Simmons Love, WG'47, at left, and Tori Orr, WG'23, at right History entered the W Philadelphia hotel wearing a gold and black dress. Hettie Simmons Love, WG’47, one of Wharton’s first African American graduates, had come to the 49th Whitney M.…Read More