WHAT WE DO

SUPPORT YOUR RECRUITING JOURNEY

We review resume and cover letters for members interested in pursuing entertainment. We also conduct mock interviews to maximize preparation.

HELP BUILD YOUR NETWORK

We organize career panels and coffee chats with current students, alumni, and thought leaders in the entertainment space. We also facilitate networking events with entertainment-minded business school students at other MBA programs.

FOSTER CONNECTION

We organize social events for club members such as happy hours and private movie screenings in order to create opportunities to bond and foster community.

OUR TEAM

Rasika
Deshmukh

Incoming COO

rasikad@umich.edu

Zackary
Kennedy

zrkenedy@umich.edu

Britty
Bonine

britbeat@umich.edu

Olivia
Harris

Incoming President

omharris@umich.edu

Olivia is originally from Nashville, went to Vanderbilt for undergrad, and spent five years in NYC at early stage health tech companies in both implementation consulting and product management. Olivia is hoping to use her MBA to work at the intersection of the tech and entertainment industry.

Andrew
Johnson

Incoming CSO

andrewej@umich.edu

Jeremy
Miranda

VP, Corporate Relations

jeremi@umich.edu

Jenny
Sussna

President

jsussna@umich.edu

Jenny is originally from north of Chicago, went to Northwestern for undergrad, and spent three years in NYC at ad agencies in account management, then two in San Francisco at a video game publisher in brand partnerships, and one living the dream working remotely while skiing in Colorado. Jenny is hoping to use her MBA to pivot into marketing in the entertainment industry.

John
Brown

Chief Operations Officer

brownjoh@umich.edu

A native of Newport News, Virginia, Johnathan (John) Brown is a Michigan Ross Class of 2024 MBA Candidate. Prior to joining the Rawse Difference, he served as a Marine Officer working for Headquarters, Marine Corps at the Pentagon. He plans to recruit for brand management roles in the entertainment industry. His passions are photography, cooking, and baking. A diehard James Bond fan and 9.5 out of 10 would say he's a great hugger.
However, he highly recommends you don't watch movies he's already seen because he'll probably start reciting the lines along with the characters.

Sidharth Shanker
Singh

Chief Strategy Officer

singhss@umich.edu

Sidharth is from New Delhi, India. Sidharth is passionate about all things gaming. Prior to Ross, he was working at a unicorn gaming start-up working for 3.5 years as a software engineer developing card-based mobile games and fantasy sports. At Ross, Sidharth is looking to pivot to Digital Strategy looking to work at the intersection of gaming, media, and business.
He loves to watch and play soccer and is a die-hard Arsenal fan.

Sydney
Mark

VP, Partnerships

sjmark@umich.edu

Sydney is an MBA candidate pursuing a career in marketing and tech. Prior to Ross, Sydney worked at NBCUniversal for 7 years, first as a Page and then in marketing with the Content Distribution Group. When not at school, Sydney enjoys reading sci-fi books and baking pies.

David
Amorim

VP, Corporate Relations

damorim@umich.edu

David is originally from Brazil and grew up in Brazil, the US, and Portugal. An undergraduate in Biotechnology, David worked for 2.5 years in healthcare and agribusiness before pivoting to operations strategy consulting, where he spent the last 4 years as a consultant in Brazil. David is passionate about gaming (both as a player and an industry aspirant) and is currently recruiting for strategy consulting and gaming-related tech roles.

Archit
Arya

VP, Events

ararya@umich.edu

Archit is originally from New Delhi, India, and before Ross he was serving as a consultant with restructuring advisory practice of Duff & Phelps. He is planning to pivot to management consulting and hoping to focus on entertainment consulting projects. Most of his life is spent listening to music and engaging with stories (conversations, books, movies, series)

Liu
Ted

VP, Alumni Relations

TEDLIU@umich.edu

Ted is born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and still resides there working for Procter & Gamble, specifically on Bounty paper towels. He is part of the online MBA program at Ross, and leveraged the degree to make a function switch from Product Supply & Manufacturing (7 years exp.) to Brand Management in July 2023. Between work and school, Ted catches up on as many movies, TV shows, and video games as possible.

UPCOMING EVENTS

There are no upcoming events.

Discover more events

GET IN TOUCH

Ross School of Business 701 Tappan Avenue
Ann Arbor Mich 48109

Copyright ┬® . All Rights Reserved.