When applying to an elite MBA program, it is best to have elite experience on your side. Each member of our team has unique MBA experience, but, equally important, each is a published author, who will help you convey your distinctiveness as a candidate. As you write your MBA application, you need to have a true communicator helping you craft your personal message.
Prior to founding mbaMission, Jeremy was the sole Speechwriter for the Ambassador of Israel to the United States, for whom he wrote more than seventy policy addresses. As his speeches were being published in the Washington Post, Washington Times and other major international media outlets, Jeremy was also laying the foundation for mbaMission, helping a small number of applicants gain acceptances to top-tier MBA programs each year. Jeremy was admitted to several top domestic and international MBA programs himself and ultimately became one of the youngest members of his class at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, where he was an admissions interviewer, wrote a Business Ethics case and a Small Business Acquisitions case and was chosen by his peers to be Class Graduation Speaker.
After graduation, Jeremy formally established mbaMission and has subsequently provided admissions consulting services to applicants from the United States and more than twenty other countries on six continents. Jeremy is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC), an organization committed to upholding the highest standards of ethical practices in MBA advisory services.
While at Harvard Business School (HBS), Monica was a Board Member of Harbus News Corporation and a member of the team that wrote "65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays" (published by St. Martin's Press in 2004) - a collection of essays and critiques which provide an inside view into the broad range of writing styles and creative content in successful HBS application essays. Prior to joining MBA Mission, Monica was a member of a start-up team at Red Ventures, an internet marketing firm that launched an e-commerce business as the direct-to-consumer marketing partner of Sirius Satellite Radio. Prior to business school, Monica was an Associate at Rice Financial Products Company, an innovative derivatives boutique in New York City and an Investment Banking Analyst at JPMorgan Securities where she assisted non-profit hospitals with their capital market needs. Monica volunteers with the HBS Alumni Club of Charlotte and serves as the Chief Marketing Officer of the 700+ alumni club.
After graduating from Harvard College, Akiba worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Although she worked with a variety of clients across many sectors, her work focused on the firm's Non Profit Practice. She then returned to Harvard where she received a joint MBA/MPA from the Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School of Government. She has contributed articles on finance for Moxy Magazine, a magazine for young professional women. Akiba is one of the founding members of the Board of Directors of Cool Kids Learn, Inc., which provides academic enrichment programs that help children build the love of learning they need to succeed in school and in life. She was also a founding member of the Smith Leadership Academy (no relation), a charter school in Boston from 2002-2005.
Jennifer was admitted to several top domestic business schools and chose to attend Harvard Business School, where she graduated with distinction in 2005. While at HBS, she co-authored a business strategy case on consumer package goods in India and was active in HBS's volunteer consulting organization. Prior to earning her MBA, Jennifer worked as a strategy consultant for Bain & Company and The Bridgespan Group and as a manager at the Dallas Museum of Natural History. Jennifer is currently a Harvard Business School Service Leadership Fellow, working with the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Gráinne is a former Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. As a faculty member at Stanford, she taught MBA courses, advised MBA students on their independent business projects and served on dissertation committees for Management and Marketing PhD candidates. Gráinne has published articles in the foremost journals in her field and has written a number of book chapters. Her writing, teaching, and research have resulted in her receiving many honors, awards, and fellowships throughout her career. She has been invited to speak at a number of international conferences, as well as top business schools in the United States, including the Kellogg School of Management, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and The Wharton School of Business. Gráinne earned her PhD in psychology from NYU, where she served on Graduate Admissions Committees, reviewing applicant essays and resumes.
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