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2010/2011 Executive Board
Dear Class of 2012,
Welcome
to Columbia Business School! Orientation is right around
the corner and it is going to be a blast. Columbia’s
Peer Advisors will be available during the summer, the week of
Orientation and afterwards to help ease the transition into
B-school life. So if you have any questions about
laptops, classes, finding an apartment, etc. feel free to
reach out to us. We are here to help you.
The Peer Advisors Executive
Board
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Chair
Matan Ariel - [profile]
Hometown: New York, NY / Tel Aviv, Israel
Alma
Mater: Columbia University
E-mail: MAriel11@gsb.columbia.edu
Matan Ariel was born in New York City and moved to Israel
as an infant. During his teen years, Matan majored in Theater
Arts in the Thelma-Yellin High School of the Arts,
participated in community theater projects and performed with
the Israeli Opera.
Upon graduating from high school, Matan joined the Israeli
military and served three years as an entertainer in the
Israeli Navy Entertainment Unit. Following his honorary
discharge in the rank of First Class Sergeant, Matan
collaborated with his military colleagues and produced a
series of seventeen CDs and five children videos under the
label "Matan
Ariel & Friends."
Matan then moved back to New York where he studies
Political Science at Columbia University. Following his
graduation Matan accepted a position with Google's media sales
team. After three fantastic years at Google Matan returned to
Columbia for his MBA, where he is also the President of
I-PREP, a volunteering program that helps prepare individuals
on welfare for upcoming job interviews.
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VP - Leadership
Katherine Sorensen - [profile]
North Caldwell, NJ
Alma Mater: Harvard University
E-mail: KSorensen11@gsb.columbia.edu
Katherine was born in Manhattan and spent most of her
childhood in northern New Jersey. She attended
Harvard University where she initially planned to pursue the
natural sciences and ultimately medicine before discovering
her love of economics. Her first fulltime position
out of college was as an investment banking analyst at Morgan
Stanley. She then worked as a consultant at Mercer
Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) before transitioning
into executive search at Glocap, where she spent three and a
half years as a private equity recruiter before coming to
Columbia Business School.
Katherine is now in her second year at CBS. Along
with Peer Advising, she is active with the Bernstein board,
the Wine Society, and Follies. She plans to stay in the
human capital field after graduation.
In her free time, Katherine enjoys pilates, the beach
(whether the Hamptons or the Jersey shore), dining out, and
cheering on the Boston Red Sox and Boston
Celtics.
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VP
- Operations
Corey Robins - [profile]
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Alma Mater: UC Berkeley, Haas
School of Business
E-mail: CRobins11@gsb.columbia.edu
Corey is a born and bred Californian. He was born and
raised in Los Angeles, and then moved to the Bay Area (San
Francisco) to complete his undergraduate degree at the Haas
School of Business at UC Berkeley. During his time at UC
Berkeley, Corey was part of the Acacia Fraternity and played
tenor saxophone in the University of California Marching
Band. After graduating Corey stayed in San Francisco and
joined Deloitte Consulting in the Strategy & Operations
group. He worked across multiple industries including
High Tech, Health Care, & Retail.
After Deloitte, Corey knew that if he was ever going to
leave California it was to head to New York City. As
such, Columbia Business School was his top choice! In
Corey’s first year at CBS he participated in cluster
activities as the Cluster H 2011 Academic Rep, he was elected
the AVP of Alumni Relations for the West Coast Society, and he
served as a member of the Hermes Society. Additionally
Corey worked with a small local apartment furnishings
manufacturer through the Small Business Consulting
Program. In the 2010-2011 academic year Corey will
continue to be active on campus. Aside from being a Peer
Advisor, Corey will work with the CMC as a Career Fellow, and
has been elected the Cluster Q VP of Careers.
Outside of school Corey loves to go running in the city,
discovering new bands, and trying new restaurants (please send
recommendations!). In the summer of 2010 Corey will be
working in Brand Management at Unilever, focusing on the new
Dove Men + Care brand.
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VP - International
Students
Duygu Baydur - [profile]
Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey
Alma Mater: University of
Pennsylvania
E-mail: DBaydur11@gsb.columbia.edu
Duygu Baydur was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey.
She attended the German High School of Istanbul. During
her high school years, she was an exchange student for one
year in Cleveland, OH. She played Varsity Basketball,
ran Cross Country and Track. She was also the captain of
the Women's Chess Team at her high school.
In 2001, she moved to Philadelphia, PA to start her
undergraduate degree at University of Pennsylvania. She
majored in Economics and minored in Mathematics and German
Literature. After her graduation from University of
Pennsylvania, Duygu moved to New York City and started working
at Citi Private Bank. She joined the US Investment
Solutions Group and worked at Citi for four years before
joining the CBS community.
Duygu enjoys running and biking in the city. She also
likes going out with friends and trying out different
restaurants. During the summer of 2010, she will be
doing Sales and Trading at Citi.
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VP - Community
Mikki Columbus - [profile]
Hometown: White Plains, NY
Alma Mater: Wesleyan
University
E-mail: MColumbus11@gsb.columbia.edu
From 2005 to 2009 Mikki Columbus worked at HSBC in
Islamic real estate for the asset management division. Her
responsibilities, ranging from analysis to marketing to
product development helped solidify her interest in real
estate. Studying ancient Greece as a classics major
helped fuel her interest in architecture. As to the
future, as a real estate developer Mikki aspires to help
develop an Olympic village (or at least the neighborhood
pool).
Mikki is a suburban New Yorker who ventured only as far as
Middletown CT to attend Wesleyan University. She has
diverse interests including painting, cooking, reading, poker,
and athletics. In college, Mikki was a member of, not
one, but four varsity teams. She remain active through
masters swimming and corporate softball and cherish the life
long friendships these have fostered.
At school this past year many would say it's an
understatement that Mikki was involved. A member of
Follies, Rugby, the Real Estate Association, Eureka to name a
few, Mikki had an amazing time first year (yeah, there
was some studying in there as well). Mikki is looking
forward to being a part of orientation and meeting all of the
incoming first years!
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VP - Community
Laura
Hart - [profile]
Hometown: Succasunna,
NJ
Alma Mater: University of
Maryland
E-mail: LHart11@gsb.columbia.edu Laura
Hart graduated from the University of Maryland with a double
major in Marketing and Logistics. Laura spent three years as
Assistant Buyer for Park Avenue retailer Scully & Scully
where she developed and refined a premium product assortment
for the growing business. Most recently, Laura worked as
Associate Buyer for Japanese retailer Takashimaya New
York. At Takashimaya, she managed her department's
re-branding initiative and collaborated with the nonprofit
organization Aid to Artisans to incorporate a line of
sustainable home accessories from Mozambique. Laura will spend
her summer developing and implementing sustainability strategy
at Maidenform Brands. She is pursuing a focus in Marketing and
Corporate Social Responsibility at Columbia Business
School.
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