Executive Education Voices

Hear from Executive Education participants and gain insight into how the Stanford GSB experience made an impact on their lives — both personally and professionally.

Voices
If you take the worst-case scenario seriously, you are always better prepared.

Olena Vovk

SEP ’23
Our company can play a major role in the trajectories of people’s lives.

Hélio Mosquim

Stanford LEAD ’17
Ultimately we want the marketplace to be user-owned.

Cyril Delattre

SEP ’18
The foundation of our ethos is the story about the stonecutter pounding a rock. Get better every day.

R.C. Buford

Stanford LEAD ’20
I continue to believe — and I’ve seen this in my own life — that there is value that comes with getting older.

Jean Accius

Stanford LEAD ’20
What an amazing opportunity to make a difference by bringing what I’ve learned about video games into education.

Deirdre Quarnstrom

SEP ’18
Stanford is about always thinking big.

David Burke

SEP ’19
One in five people have a diagnosed disability, but everyone has something they struggle with.

Annabelle Williams

SEP ’19
You have to find the perfect balance of the quantitative brain and the passionate heart.

Warrick Chu

SEP ’19
I think for any entrepreneur, there’s a risk in being overconfident in your own decisions. That’s something I want to improve.

Xiaorong (Hazel) Hu

SEP ’19
The wellness of our people is at the heart of everything we do.

Rachel Taulelei

SEP ’18
When you think about a marginalized individual or a child, they don’t just need food that’s nutritious, or clothes, or education, or healthcare. They need it all.

Shainoor Khoja

SEP ’16
I believe there’s power in connecting and learning from others.

Erik Janssen

SEP ’18
Groundbreaking research is done by people who have freedom to pursue their craziest ideas...We really focus on that.

Oscar Stege Unger

SEP ’18
It keeps me fit to change the world.

Supachai “Kid” Parchariyanon

SEP ’18
I’m the guy that takes jobs that others do not want.

Rodrigo Tostes

SEP ’18
Reframing the situation and putting yourself in control — that’s brain elasticity at work.

David Downs

SEP ’15
I’ve learned that leaders must recognize that they are not the most important people in the company.

Ramiro Cormenzana

SEP ’17
Stanford Ignite gives you business skills to help prepare for when you’re let loose to build your own startup.

Xu Hua Fu

Stanford Ignite ’17
As a young woman, I wouldn’t have anticipated the scale of my future leadership roles.

Tricia Smith

SEP ’17
My superpower is empathy.

Justine Evirs

Stanford Ignite – Post-9/11 Veterans ’17