Stu Clark Graduate School News Archive

February 21, 2025 — 
Of the many skills that business competitions test, competencies like agility, adaptability, and dynamism are signatures. Two of the biggest competitions that Asper students participate in each year are JDC West and the MBA Games, each of which includes a case component in addition to athletics, spirit, and more.

February 13, 2025 — 
Rachel Wheatley, who holds a BComm and MBA from the Asper School of Business, has served as CEO of Special Olympics Manitoba for over two years. Her leadership journey began with a desire to make an impact, a drive that inspired both her volunteerism and her pursuit of a business degree.

January 27, 2025 — 
Kathleen BlueSky [MBA/15] has received recognition from AACSB International (AACSB)—the world’s largest business education association—in its 2025 Class of Influential Leaders, a group of 24 outstanding entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs from AACSB-accredited business schools.

January 21, 2025 — 
Matt Schaubroeck [MBA/17] is Principal and CEO of Leverage Point Consulting, where he works with start-ups and founders seeking to pursue business that has a positive impact on the world—fellow entrepreneurs with the drive not just to start a business but to do business differently. The role is a natural fit for Schaubroeck, a founder who thrives in the execution.

October 15, 2024 — 
The James W. Burns Leadership Institute has appointed Connie Walker O.M. as Leader-in-Residence (LIR), effective September 1, 2024.

June 6, 2024 — 
Pinaz Mehta was prepared to climb the ladder from the laboratory to the boardroom, working as a criminalist assisting in the validation of AI software for the City of Tucson Arizona. With graduate training in forensic science and technology, Mehta excelled in research and began to detect the possibility of more. Suddenly, feeling even farther away from her family in Toronto amid lockdowns, Mehta realized that she needed a leap, not a ladder, to move forward. She began looking into MBA programs, seeking to develop her leadership skills closer to home.

April 23, 2024 — 
As Chief Clinical Operations Officer at CancerCare Manitoba, Asper alum Ken Borce [MBA/18] considers health equity a “guiding light” in his work.

January 26, 2024 — 
Asper School of Business and Stu Clark Graduate School students competed in the fall case season. Supported by alumni, faculty and members of the Associates, and guided by coaches, mentors and judges, the Asper case experience continues to thrive and represent the School around the world.

January 16, 2024 — 
Asper MBA alum Pablo Reich [MBA/02] is the executive vice president of Arconas, a Canadian manufacturer and distributor of high-performance furniture for airports and passenger terminals in North America. Reich has built on the company’s legacy of sustainability, all while growing a successful business in a unique market.

January 10, 2024 — 
Kathleen BlueSky [MBA/15] has always been driven by a desire to uplift Indigenous people and create more sustainable, just systems in her community.