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 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
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
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
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
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
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.