The Play to Win: Leadership from the Field or Boardroom event that took place May 9 th 2017 6:00-8:00 p.m. Reid Castle was a lively discussion with our panel of women leaders. They helped illustrate how deciding on a strategic approach, then making the right choices to support it, makes the difference between just playing the game and actually winning.  The discussion was moderated by Sharon Y. Lopez, Founder, Purple Giraffe Productions and had a panel who included Ndidi Massay, Chairperson, New York State Athletic Commission; Denise Povolny, Senior Vice President, Key Bank; Stacey Tompkins, President, Tompkins Excavating. There were many great highlights from the event. Ndidi stressed “Strong leaders sit with their groups, not by their groups.” Denise said “making sure you are above reproach, do the right thing because it is.” She also gave a little career advice, and said “Never give up, achieve goals with hard work and perseverance, and mentor.” Please join...

School of Business Graduate Assistant, Christina Surrusco sat down with Laura Bigaouette, Program Director, to learn about all the programs she manages ncluding the APPEAL adult accelerated undergraduate programs, the Post Baccalaureate in Prehealth, Summer and Winter Sessions, and the noncredit initiatives.  These programs offer targetted programming for various audiences ranging from high school students, adult, life long learners and post college professionals.  CS: What draws students to take APPEAL Adult Accelerated Undergraduate degrees? LB:For the APPEAL Program a big draw is the flexibility we provide our students. These adult students work on completing their bachelor’s degree in the evening so that they can have work and life balance. We also offer rolling admissions so students can start classes six times a year – 2 sessions in the spring, summer and fall. CS: What are some of the reasons students do a Post Bac in Prehealth course of study at Manhatt...

Aaron Kolodny's notes from Professor, John Rollins,  Managing Sports Business class.  Seems like a great class! The projected Super Bowl revenue is approximately $620 Million with media broadcast revenue accounting for $375 Million and each 30 second commercial costs approximately $5 Million with a one-minute advertisement costing approximately $9 Million.  This event is a financial boom and a logistical nightmare for local economies. What once was just a football game has turned into a marketing fiasco.               It is estimated that over 200 Million will watch the game this February.  The Super Bowl now consists of 10 days of activities: parties, concerts, receptions, a fan village, media day, appearances by players and celebrities and more.  Companies and sponsors spend millions to be associated with the Super Bowl and in conjunction help build and enhance the Super Bowl brand. Moreover, the Super...

As a first year MSBM student, Allaire Primiano is far from a rookie in the field of Athletic Administration. At the young age of 26, Primiano has managed to transform herself from a Division I middle-infielder playing for Fairleigh Dickinson University to an Associate Athletic Director at Monroe College – Bronx Campus. As a fellow student in the M.S Sport Business Management   program I reached out to Primiano in an effort to inquiry about her experience as a woman in this industry as well as her time at Manhattanville School of Business .    Christina Surrusco, M.S. MSBM '18 CS: You rose through the ranks quickly at Monroe College. Can you tell me a bit more about which positions you have held and your responsibilities during your time at Monroe College? AP : When I initially applied to the position as an assistant softball coach for Monroe College, I recognized that many of the student-athletes needed assistance throughout the Admissions process and then m...

Michele Braun, Director IMR No, we can’t be prepared for all eventualities.   “It’s a stochastic world,” my grad school stats prof would remind us.   There is variability associated with all possible outcomes:   just ask the National Weather Service’s forecasters or, for that matter, political pollsters. Still, I was more than a little surprised to read the lead-in quotation for the New York Times’ post-election DealB%k coverage [November 15, 2016], in which the CEO of a major corporation admitted that “If you were to look at our game board of all the possible outcomes of the election, this one wasn’t even on the sheet.”   Given that there were only two possible outcomes to the November 8 U.S. presidential election—a Clinton victory or a Trump victory—and two possible timings for that outcome—immediate or delayed—how is it that two of the four cells in a two-by-two matrix weren’t “even on the sheet”? Enterprise risk management is the practice of r...