October was a big month for Olin Women in Business (OWIB)! One of the first big efforts of the year for the club was to bring on board new members to the leadership team. Joining the second-year MBA leadership team are five first-year MBA representatives. These lovely ladies come from Washington DC, Bangalore, Dallas, Nanjing, and New York. They have a variety of experiences from banking to software development to healthcare and more. We are pleased to have Hallie Groff, Nehal Kumar, Neelam Vyas, Lisa Li, and Perri Goldberg on the team!

In addition, OWIB is very excited to welcome representatives from other Olin programs this year. We strive to be a resource for all women at Olin and thought it was high time that we invite women from other Olin programs to get involved in OWIB. Representing our Specialized Masters women is Serena Chen (MS Supply Chain Management). We also have Manasa Ammisetty and Jennifer Kronick from the PMBA program. We hope these additions will help us better serve all of the women at Olin.

Secondly, October 20-22 was this year’s National Association of Women MBA’s Conference in Stamford, CT. Six women from Olin represented our chapter and we were surprised and honored to be awarded NAWMBA Student Chapter of the Year. During the Leadership Retreat Day we shared many of our successes and strategies with other schools and the NAWMBA organization itself. NAWMBA was impressed with our input and our show of attendance and is looking forward to working with us in the future. Thus, they recognized us with this fantastic award! This is a reflection of all OWIB members and the work that we do. We are thrilled to be recognized and hope we can continue to build a strong relationship with this national organization.