Student Profiles


Amy Aughinbaugh, MA/MBA 2016

Concentration: Management

Activities: Cox Ambassadors, Nonprofit Consulting Program, Leadership for Educational Equity

Pre-MA/MBA Job: Teach For America Corps Member, Dallas-Fort Worth

Internships: National Gallery of Art (Washington DC); Entrepreneurs for North Texas; Dallas Museum of Art; Big Thought

Desired Post-MBA job: Management Consulting

Most memorable experience at SMU Cox: Studying abroad – both on the GLP trip to Brazil and Chile and most especially during my second fall semester in Milan at Bocconi University. Developing a global perspective is deeply meaningful and also exceptionally fun!

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Kristen Lega, MA/MBA 2016

MBA Concentration: Management

Activities: Vice-President of Net Impact; Women in Business Club; Disney Institute; Non-Profit Consulting Project

Pre-MA/MBA Job: Marketing and Communications at Youth Company Chicago

Internship: Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Desired Post-MA/MBA Job: Development at a performing arts organization

Most memorable experience at SMU Cox: The high ropes course day at the beginning of the first year! It was a really great way to get to know my classmates and do some team-building activities in a pretty unconventional setting.   

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