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.”
Santa Clara alumnus Kirk Syme ‘80 (pictured left with Dean Caryn Beck-Dudley), founder and president of Woodstock Development and an active member of Santa Clara University’s Board of Regents, was honored as the 2016 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.
Over one hundred and fifty current students are part of Beta Gamma Sigma’s ranks. 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 2016 | |
| Jason Bassett | Christopher Allen | Navid Akhavantafti |
Van Thi Thanh Nguyen |
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Justin Bautista |
Jonathan Arzeno |
Harshinder Bagga |
Shashank Nimje |
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Taylor Beatty |
Jeffrey Becker |
Stefanie Boros |
Divya Pari |
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Jacob Brackett |
Marissa Cagle |
Justin Heringer Brock |
Vu Phan |
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Lily Bui |
Joseph Caputo |
Ji Chen |
Kalyan Teja Posani |
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Kylie Chun |
Nicholas Casaccia |
Xi Chen |
Abhishek Pradhan Shrestha |
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Arun Coumar |
Jonathan Colarelli |
Kathryn Rose Davis |
Maya Gadhvi Purisai |
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Thomas Deal |
Brendan Cooke |
Cliff R. Dennett |
Anand S. Raj |
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Ashley Derakhshandeh |
Connor Creswell |
Sonali Desai |
Abhilash Raman |
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Marcus Gavino |
Carlos Demarty |
Hong T. Doan |
Pratyusha Ramarathinam |
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Kyle Gionet |
Matthew Croetelaars |
Daniel Hansen Dunkley |
Eli Schulman |
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Peter Haenel |
Brendan Haggerty |
Michael A. Estopinal |
Sonali Amrut Shilimkar |
| Kaylee Hansen |
Connor Hauck |
William Fung |
Manish Singh |
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Aiden Ho |
Ronald Hernandez |
Sakshi Gambhir |
Swayamwara Singh |
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Kristi Hong |
Alana Hinkston |
Abhay Gangadharan |
Reshma Pampapathi Singnal |
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Aaron Miller |
Kyle Huang |
Ryan Giordano |
Marilene Soares da Costa |
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Stephen Montgomery |
Tiffany Iskandar |
Vijayalakshmi Gowri Shanker |
Christina Stuart |
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Erin Murphy |
Nicole Jokom |
Gaela Christian Guerra |
Sung Hoon Suh |
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Chau Nguyen |
Jaclyn Kavanaugh |
Smriti Kawal Jaggi |
Ryan Toshio Suzuki |
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Katherine Oslund |
Jia Yiee Lee |
Ritul Jhanwar |
Marni Sara Swedroe |
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William Parentice |
Clay Leedy |
Deukyoon Kang |
Anusha Tiwari |
| Jamie Petrucci |
Grace Lewis |
Adrienne Yvonne Karalius |
Neeti Tulsyan |
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Kawal Preet |
Connor Liston |
Ishrag Khababa |
Hiroyuki Uenishi |
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Katharine Rogers |
Tiffany Lu |
Ruchi Khurana |
Meenakshi Vasudevan |
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Nancy Romo |
William Mittenthal |
William Wan Kim |
Jessica K. Visser |
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Kevin Schunk |
Ryan Moyes |
Bhushan Kumar Omprakash Kothari |
Shailey Tushar Vora |
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Melissa Shadden |
Richard Mule |
Janani Krithivasan |
Jennifer Marie Wirowek |
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Vivian Stoneking |
Elaina Obradovich |
Kit Chu Lam |
Alex Paul Wold |
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Bradford Thompson |
Alexander Palomares |
Ai Ping Lee |
Mingxiang Wu |
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Monica Van |
Connor Powell |
Matthew Burke McCormack |
Sarah Mohammed K. Yousef |
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Carson Whisler |
Delphine Rouvillois |
Udvit Ketan Mehta |
Raymond Yu |
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Carrick Young |
Jaron Sakamoto |
Cathryn Meyer |
Azmeena Zaveri |
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Nicole Schulz |
Janie Yoo Miller |
Gregory Scott Zemlin |
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Emily Sidford |
Abhishek Mishra |
Jie Zhang |
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Holden Tikkanen |
Gabriel Monroy |
Xiao Zhang |
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Brooke Vasconcellos |
Jaclyn Bacci Moody |
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Stefanie Whitmer |
James Morrison |
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Mackenzie Williamson |
Ravi Namala |
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Ernest Yip |
Ashleigh Neale Nebeker | ||
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Kaitlin Zablotsky |
Rupak Neupane | ||
Founded in 1907, 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.