In this episode of the podcast, we catch up with Rachel Smolkin and Matthew Vann. Rachel and Matthew are second year students in UVA Darden’s Executive MBA Class of 2025, and they are both journalists. Rachel is Senior Vice President of Global News for CNN Digital and Matthew is a Senior Producer for ABC News. In this conversation, we talk with Rachel and Matthew about how they decided to pursue an MBA, the impact of their time at Darden, their favorite memory from the Executive MBA program, their advice for journalists considering an MBA and more.
ExecMBA Podcast #321: Meet Carlos Bortoni (MBA/M.Ed ’19), Senior Director, Tech Hub, Batten Institute
ExecMBA Podcast #320: Meet Jen Coleman, Executive Director, Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services
ExecMBA Podcast #319: Women@Darden Spotlight | Executive Fellow and Professor of Practice Carolyn Miles (MBA ’88)
ExecMBA Podcast #318: Spotlight on UVA Venture Capital Conference
ExecMBA Podcast #317: Meet Stuart Nystrom & Crescent Islam, Part-Time MBA Class of 2026
ExecMBA Podcast #316: Student Spotlight | Veronica Gordon
ExecMBA Podcast #315: Student Spotlight | Anthony Ranghelli
ExecMBA Podcast #314: Meet Anna Fife (MBA ’14), Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Batten Institute
ExecMBA Podcast #313: Comparing Darden’s Executive MBA and Part-Time MBA Programs
ExecMBA Podcast #312: Student Spotlight | Jimmy Anthony
ExecMBA Podcast #311: Student Spotlight | Finale Norton
ExecMBA Podcast #310: Women@Darden Spotlight | Senior Associate Dean Yael Grushka-Cockayne
ExecMBA Podcast #309: Darden’s Global Courses | Marc and Shizuka Modica
ExecMBA Podcast #308: Executive MBA & Part-Time MBA Career Round-Up
ExecMBA Podcast #307: Student Spotlight | Pam Peace, Executive MBA Class of 2024
ExecMBA Podcast #306: Student Spotlight | Kirby Landon, Part-Time MBA Class of 2025
ExecMBA Podcast #305: Alumni Spotlight | Dan Biga (EMBA ’21)
ExecMBA Podcast #304: Office Hours Spotlight | In Conversation with Professor Jim Naughton
ExecMBA Podcast #303: Office Hours Spotlight | In Conversation with Professor Les Alexander
ExecMBA Podcast #302: Looking Back on the Fall Semester | Melissa Thomas-Hunt & Yael Grushka-Cockayne
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