Committing to Excellence
Each year, the Leavey School of Business inducts new students into the Santa Clara University chapter of the international business honor society, Beta Gamma Sigma. Only the top 20% of graduate business students, and the top 10% of undergraduate business students are invited to join. A ceremony to celebrate new inductees was held on campus this spring; all Beta Gamma Sigma members, both current students and alumni, were invited.
This year’s inductees “embody the commitment to excellence and the intellectual values that are the soul of every university,” said Dean Caryn Beck-Dudley at the ceremony. “These scholars are our very best students. We are proud and honored to have them as a part of our community.”
Jim Burns '86, an accomplished Silicon Valley executive with a track record of excellence over 30 years in both operational and financial roles, was honored as the 2018 Beta Gamma Simga chapter honoree. This award is conferred upon those who have advanced the ideals of the Society through outstanding business and managerial leadership. Currently an independent consultant and founder of Jim Burns Consulting, he serves on the advisory board for the Leavey School of Business and SCU's Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education and was named the 2016 Bay Area CFO of the Year by the San Francisco Business Times.
Over one hundred and fifty current business students are part of Beta Gamma Sigma’s ranks at SCU. Congratulations to all who were initiated into this international honor society!
Below is a list of students who are part of Beta Gamma Sigma this year. Find photos of the Ceremony here»
Undergraduate Juniors | Undergraduate Seniors | Graduate Business Class of 2018 | ||
Daniel Anaforian | Michelle Adelina | Francis Tan | Dmitry Abramov | Janelle Shook |
Richard Barber |
Justin Alexander Azzarito |
Erica M Tom |
Bhargav |
Vikrant Soman |
Kayla Bautista |
Matthew Bettencourt |
Katherine Christine Uhl | Hyunchul Byun | Neha Srivastava |
Evan Chen |
Torben P Billow |
Alexander Wood | Logan Chun | Sunil Sundaresan |
Chih-Yi Chu |
Lily Bui |
Michelle Wu |
Roopa Daga |
Prnima Tripathi |
Connor Dalbow |
Chad Sean Calnon |
Reid Kawika Yamauchi |
Dianna Dai |
Huey Veltchev |
Mike Gomez |
Callister Anne Carson |
Caleb Zatto |
Vinamrata Dake |
Chelsea Verhasselt |
Austin Gray |
David Chan |
Christopher Zhang |
Yiye Fang |
Grant Wasson |
Kalyn Ichinotsubo |
Carlie Cuddihy |
Cindy Zhu |
Benson Giang |
Jerrick Wu |
Kylie Ishii |
Patrick De Guzman |
Tuhina Goel |
Yue Wu | |
Sonya Jain |
Anya Michelle Dennis |
Donald Horton |
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Gen Kimura |
Caroline Moritz Dorman |
Melissa Howe |
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Lauren Kinerk |
Nicholas August Dudler |
Malya Jain |
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Krystal Lam |
Cooper William Ebbott |
Lige Jiang |
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Jackson Larango |
Marc Gehrig |
Nikhil Kaushik |
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Veronica Lu |
Kathryn Hanson-Dobbs |
Arpita Khandelwal | ||
Mindy Luong |
Haley Miyuki Harada |
Ravi Kongara | ||
Eoin Lyons |
Catherine Kang |
Pooja Kotian |
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Kenzie Mayer |
Kevin Nobuyuki Koda |
Sneha Krishnan |
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Cameron McDowell |
Laura Kate Kubisiak |
Ram Kumar |
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Daniel Medaglia |
Amy Michelle Lutfi |
Meiyuan Li |
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Peyton Miller |
Tristyn Martin |
Jina Lin |
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Riley Moran |
Reilley Francis May |
James McCormack |
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Katyayani Pathak |
Kirsten Lynn Mead |
Margaret McGuigan |
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Kyle Perez |
Emily C Monroe |
Sri Deepthi Melarkdoe Subramanyam |
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Jared Peterson |
Sylas Timothy Montgomery |
Tulika Dhirendra Mishra |
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Joseph Plata |
Delaney N Niehoff |
Sangeetha Narayana Prabhu |
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Jessica Ramirez |
John Patrick Niles |
Sudha Nemani |
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Matthew Robinson |
Kelly Rei Ouye |
Adrienne Nguyen |
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Matilde Saucedo |
John Peters |
Priyanka Amey Nirpase |
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Brian Schunk |
Natalie Tsurayo Ramirez |
Shreya Prabhu |
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Anna Schutt |
Jerica Paige Schlachter |
Vinesh Pratap | ||
Matthew Sipowicz |
Matt Sinsioco |
Christine Rudy |
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Mark So |
Shyla Suri |
Matthew Scates |
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Thomas Vickers |
Tiffany Phuong Tram Ta |
Parshwa Shah |
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Katherine Wickstrom |
Taylor Miyuki Tagawa |
Matthew Shahbazian |
Founded in 1913, with the Santa Clara chapter founded in 1955, Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor society for collegiate schools of business. Its purpose is to encourage and reward scholarship and academic achievement in the field of commerce.