Marketing Club Presidents (from left to right): Michael Kaplan, Melissa Tahan, Nga Phan, Shimrit Ben-Yair, Jordan Kogler
Club Presidents
Shimrit Ben-Yair
- Club Roles:
- MarketLab Co-Director
- Undergraduate University:
- Tel-Aviv University
- Previous Work Experience:
- Technical Team Leader at Actimize, Software Engineer at Nice Systems
- Most Memorable Sloan Experience:
- Collaborating with MIT faculty to advance MarketLab
- Summer Internship:
- Marketing Strategy, Apple Inc.
Michael Kaplan
- Club Roles:
- Communications
- Undergraduate University:
- University of Rochester
- Previous Work Experience:
- High-tech public relations roles at fama PR, FitzGerald Communications and Marenghi Public Relations
- Most Memorable Sloan Experience:
- Helping organize the MIT $100K Business Plan Competition and first-ever Mobile Prize
- Summer Internship:
- Product Marketing/Yahoo!
Jordan Kogler
- Club Roles:
- CDO Liason, Treks
- Undergraduate University:
- Princeton
- Previous Work Experience:
- Boston Red Sox/Fenway Sports Group in Sales and Marketing; Finance Director/Campaign Coordinator for Stephen Laffey for US Senate
- Most Memorable Sloan Experience:
- The trip to Japan for Spring Break '08 with 250+ classmates
- Summer Internship:
- Global Merchant Services/American Express
Nga Phan
- Club Roles:
- Marketing Conference and Finance
- Undergraduate University:
- Bates College, B.A. in Economics
- Previous Work Experience:
- Analysis Group, Inc.
- Most Memorable Sloan Experience:
- Planning the Fall Ball and Spring Gala, the two most popular events at MIT Sloan
- Summer Internship:
- Bain & Company in Singapore
Melissa Tahan
- Club Roles:
- Speakers, Case Book
- Undergraduate University:
- Johns Hopkins University
- Previous Work Experience:
- Online Product Management
- Most Memorable Sloan Experience:
- 2008 Japan Trek and Follies
- Summer Internship:
- US Consumer Experiential Marketing, Dell