Driehaus College of Business alumna Natalie Jaresko (BUS ’87), an American-Ukrainian investment banker who served as Minister of Finance of Ukraine from 2014-2016, returned to DePaul this spring to deliver an impassioned address about the war-torn Eastern European nation. Jaresko was the keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Consular Corps Luncheon, hosted by The Grace…
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Professor Introduces Students to Fintech Innovations
There is a growing understanding of Fintech’s potential to transform the future of finance.” – Associate Professor of Finance Lamont Black Four years ago, Associate Professor of Finance Lamont Black had the foresight to co-host a two-day workshop for business and computer science students on a subject few knew about at the time—blockchain coding. Since…
Accounting Graduate Brews Coffee Business with Soul
Leticia Hutchins’ four-year-old coffee business has been 500 years in the making. “My family has been coffee farming in Honduras for five generations,” explains Hutchins (BUS ’16), cofounder of Alma Coffee, a Georgia-based coffee roaster and importer. “For generations that was all my family knew, the farming side of coffee. They never roasted their own…
DePaul, Business Leaders and Alumni Host Diversity Discussions
The Driehaus College of Business hosted several thought-provoking virtual events in 2021 that brought together business leaders, alumni and the DePaul community to explore issues involving diversity, equity and inclusion in business. DePaul President A. Gabriel Esteban, PhD, and Malik Murray (BUS ’96, MBA ’04) hosted a fireside chat with Ariel Investments founder, Chairman, Co-CEO…
DePaul Business Student Launches Face Mask Company During COVID-19
DePaul business student Lauren Pingad launched Fashion Masks, a high-quality protective mask venture, in April 2018 with her mother Hui Nye, a draper technician at DePaul’s Theatre School, to help people during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Pingad, who is studying management and entrepreneurship at the Driehaus College of Business, oversees the operations and marketing while…
Driehaus College of Business Celebrates Women’s History Month
Twelve DePaul business leaders — faculty, staff, students and alumni — explain why they are a “woman in business” in short video. For more than 100 years, women have been studying in DePaul’s business school. Since then, the Driehaus College of Business has welcomed its first woman dean, opened the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute, and…
