
Success Requires Bravery, Not Perfection
Be brave. Not perfect. Those four words summarize the philosophy of Bansree Parikh, president of the Inland Empire market for Bank of America.
By Laurie McLaughlin |

From First-generation Student to Corporate Executive
David Gutierrez ’04 says UC Riverside graduates have a superpower. And he knows what it is. “They’ve worked hard to get where they are. Many are the first to graduate college in their family,” he says. “It leads to what I call the fire in the belly.” Gutierrez speaks from experience: He was a first-generation...
By Darin Estep |

To Be a Great Leader, Embrace Humility
Tim Wiseman ’83 will be the first to tell you he arrived at UC Riverside to play baseball, not to launch a business career. As a starting pitcher on the 1982 NCAA Championship baseball team, he formed lifelong friendships with his teammates. But Wiseman also is grateful for the relationships he built away from the...
By Darin Estep |

Executive Fellows Share Expertise with Students
When Dorothy Doronila ’22, ’24 MBA spoke at the April 13 installation dinner honoring past and present executives who have served as UCR School of Business executive fellows, she shared what she learned from 2022-2023 Executive Fellow Anita Alamshaw ’91:

Sharing Knowledge from the C-Suite with Students
A roundtable discussion with students in the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management inspired Anita Alamshaw ’91 to give each of the students a copy of Executive Presence by Sylvia Ann Hewlett.
By Darin Estep |

Taste What Life has to Offer
Although he is a leader of business-to-business marketing of high-tech products, Kenneth Leung, MBA ’89, likes to remain grounded in the human side of life. That includes exploring different types of food.

A Smart Decision: ‘UCR gave me what I needed to succeed’
Anita Alamshaw ’91 has always been decisive – that’s an important quality as executive director and general manager of U.S. Value and Access at Amgen, one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies.

‘Community is Everything’ to Restaurant Leader
As a 2022-23 Executive Fellow, Armen Karamardian ’93 wants UCR School of Business students to understand that, in business, they will not always have the right answers right away – and that’s OK.

Quick Tips: Select Advice from Executive Fellows
Five accomplished business executives recently kicked off the first in the UCR School of Business Executive Fellows Industry Discussion Series.

Integrity, Perseverance and Giving Back: Executive Fellows Discuss Keys to Success
A few years after she founded Stronghold Engineering, Inc., Beverly Bailey was at a job site when an engineer made a remark she has not forgotten for 25 years.