The Forté Alumni Leadership Council (ALC) is a select group of 25 MBA alumni leaders dedicated to furthering Forté’s mission of advancing women in business. The ALC serves Forté by leveraging the diverse profiles of its members and allowing members to contribute their unique strengths, experiences, and perspectives to support #MoreWomenLeading.

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Applications are due Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.

ALC members are Forté ambassadors, fostering an engaged and active community of MBA women as they move from graduation to the highest ranks of leadership. The ALC is comprised of five working committees, each of which supports a strategic focus of Forté: Early Career Programs, Mid-Career Programs, MBA Women’s Leadership Conference, Development and Philanthropy, and Membership and Alumni Engagement.

Meet the 2022-23 Forté Alumni Leadership Council:

Chantel Adams
Asha_Aravindakshan
Amanda Archila
Leila Areff

Chantel S. Adams
Senior Vice President, Consumer,
WE Communications,
UNC Kenan-Flagler, 2014

Asha Aravindakshan
Author, Skills: The Common Denominator / MIT Sloan School of Management SFMBA '17

Amanda Archila
Head of Vendor Managment,
Amazon, 
Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management, 2018

Leila Areff
Finance Excellence Program Associate,
Siemens,
IESE 2020

Joanna Bitharas
Jennifer Boubel
Rachel Bush
Zhana M. Edmonds

Joanna Bitharas
Senior Consultant,
Carpedia International, 
Smith School of Business at Queen's University, 2020

Jennifer Boubel
Business Process Management Consultant
USAA,
UNC Kenan-Flagler, 2020

Rachel Bush
Finance Director,
Johnson & Johnson,
INSEAD 2016

Zhana M. Edmonds
Head of Organic Social - Specialty Retail and Luxury Brands,
Wayfair,
UVA Darden School of Business, 2019

Natalie Neilson Edwards
Mariel Furlong
Rachel Heydlauff
Danielle Hunt

Natalie Neilson Edwards
Global Chief Diversity Officer,
National Grid,
Wharton MBA, 2018

Mariel Furlong
GTM Strategy & Operations Lead,
Fitbit,
UVA Darden School of Business, 2013

Rachel Heydlauff
Senior Consultant,
Root LLC, a Part of Accenture,
Michigan Ross School of Business, 2017

Danielle Hunt
Associate Brand Manager,
Ocean Spray Cranberries, 
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2018

Amie Kromis
Juliet Lawrence
Jenny Lee
Jaclyn Loo

Amie Kromis
National Director of Vendor Diversity,
Skanska, 
Duke Fuqua School of Business, 2019

Juliet Lawrence
Sr. HR Executive Compensation Consultant,
Dow Inc., 
Michigan Ross School of Business, 2013

Jenny My Le
Corporate Strategy & Development Associate,
TIAA, 
Columbia Business School, 2020

Jaclyn Loo
Global Product Marketing Services lead, Nest,
Google, 
MIT Sloan School of Management, 2011

Karisa Mashlan
Raisha Medley Lavigne
Maria Milleville
Maria Paula Osorio Marin

 

 

Karisa Mashlan
Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant, 
ZS Associates,
IE Business School, 2018

Raisha Medley Lavigne
Senior Director, Integrated Care,
DaVita,
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business

Maria Milleville
Marketing & Strategic Growth Manager, X-ray Optical Systems,
Danaher Corporation,
The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Maria Paula Osorio Marin
Vice President, Institutional Account Manager
PIMCO,
Harvard Business School, 2019

 

 

Brittany Price
Stephanie Simon
Vonetta Young

Brittany Price
Manager, Commercial Strategy,
Peapod Digital Labs,
Kellogg School of Management, 2019

Stephanie Simon
Senior Marketing Manager,
Ford Motor Co.,
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, 2019

Artilie Wright
Risk and Governance Lead,
Vanguard,
Howard University School of Business, 2019

Vonetta Young
Advisor, Investment Readiness and Fund Formation,
Vonetta Young Advisors,
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, 2013

For questions about the Forté Alumni Leadership Council, contact Amy Orlov, Forté Director of Professional Programs.