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 Anne-Lyse
Badou-James (b 1983) in Abidjan, capital of the
Ivory Coast. She was barely a month old when her family moved to
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where she lived for nine and a half years.
Thereafter, Anne-Lyse came back to the Ivory Coast where she lived
for two years before going to Burkina Faso. She arrived in the United
States in December of 1997. Ms. Badou-James graduated from the French
International School in June of 2000. She was enrolled in the Economics
and Social Sciences program and specialized in Political Sciences.
Her interest in business came from both her desire to work in an
international organization some day and the desire to somehow contribute
to the growth of third world countries. She started to attend Montgomery
College in September of 2000 and declared International Business
her major. Anne-Lyse intends to double major in International business
with a concentration in Finance and International Relations after
graduation from the Macklin Business Institute. She has interned
at Salomon Smith Barney and her ultimate hope for the future is
to attend Georgetown University and pursue a MBA.
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Timothy
Joel Carter (b 1982) is a sophomore at Montgomery
College. He has spent most of his life in Arkansas and Massachusetts.
Tim went to Gaithersburg High school where he participated in the
Academy of Finance program. At Gaithersburg High School he became
the head teller for the school branch of Montgomery County Teachers
Federal Credit Union. He has worked part time as a lifeguard manager
for two Marriott properties. Mr. Carter is also a volunteer for
the American Diabetes Association. When he has free time he loves
to travel. He has been to Cuba and Mexico and is planning an trip
to Spain. Tim plans to transfer to the University of Maryland and
major in finance or marketing. He was very happy and excited to
be selected as a student in the Macklin Business Institute. Tim
Carter has participated in an internship with Potomac Valley Bank
and looks forward to the challenges that await him.
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Hoang
Duong (b 1978) lived his first three years in
Ho-Chi-Minh-City, Vietnam. Shortly after his third birthday, his
mother and him immigrated to Stuttgart, Germany, where his father
had been living for two years. He graduated from a German high school
in June 1998. After his graduation, he fulfilled his civil service
obligation to the German government for 13 months at a kindergarten
for disabled children as a classroom assistant in Stuttgart. He
began his study as a Business Administration major at Montgomery
College in the fall of 1999. His goal is to earn a Master’s degree
in Business Administration, preferably from the Robert Smith Business
School at the University of Maryland, College Park. Being an international
student at MC, he helped to organize the International Multicultural
Student Organization (IMSO) at the Takoma Campus, in which he has
been actively involved as the treasurer from October 1999 – September
2001. Since October 2001, he is holding the office of the president.
Also, as a young man who looks for challenges, he took the position
of a student assistant in the Office of Student Life at the Takoma
Park Campus, where he was given the task to revitalize the Office
of Volunteerism and Service Learning. He managed to re-energize
this office successfully and received an award for his work. He
still coordinates the office. He is very interested in pursuing
a career in international business, management and tax consulting,
or corporate finance. However, his long-term goal is to own his
business. In addition to his education in business, he has been
interning at Ernst & Young LLP in Washington D.C. In his leisure
time, Hoang enjoys traveling, playing tennis, listening to music,
and going out with friends.
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Roman
Drews (b 1980) in Poland, moved to U.S. and began
first grade with no English language ability. He mastered school
through great struggle to keep up and at age 9 was moved to Montreal
where he had to then learn French to be schooled where no English
was permitted. He returned to the U.S. and graduated from Magruder
High School. Roman has interned in patent law and intellectual property
firms. High school varsity wrestling, swimming, lacrosse and French
Club have been his interests. His goal is to transfer to the business
school at the University of Maryland and earn a four year degree.
He has been interning recently at Aronson & Co. a regional CPA firm
in Rockville, Md.
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Doreen
Faller (b 1980) was born in Plauen, Germany.
At Montgomery College, Doreen is enrolled at the Business Honors
Program of the Macklin Business Institute, where she has been awarded
a scholarship. In the last two semesters, she has been placed on
the Dean’s List for recognition of academic achievement. She is
also a member of the Phi Theta Kappa, where she participates in
extracurricular activities. Doreen is currently pursuing her studies
in Business Administration. Along with her studies, she is interning
at Paradigm Companies to apply her skills and knowledge learned
in class and to gain real business experience. After completing
the Business Honors Program at Montgomery College, Doreen plans
to transfer to either the University of Maryland or NYU where she
will pursue a double major in Decision and Information Technology
and Finance. Her long-term goals are to gain three years of work
experience in her field of studies and to obtain her Masters of
Business Administration. Regine Gnago b.1982 is a sophomore who
is part of the Macklin Business Institute Honors Program at Montgomery
College. Regine has four sisters and her mom is single parent. They
all work part-time to support family. Her mother is Algerian born,
schooled in France at the Sorbonne as a Phd. in Geography. Her father
is from Ivory Coast where Regine was raised and spoke French through
8th grade. She also speaks some Spanish had spent most of her life
in Ivory Coast. Regine has lived in the United States for about
five years. She graduated from Richard Montgomery High School in
June 2000 with a certificate of merit. Throughout high school she
obtained many academic awards such as the 1998 and 1999 W.B Dubois
academic excellence award. She also made the Richard Montgomery
honor roll during her freshman and senior years. Regine plans to
transfer to the University of Maryland at College Park as finance
major and wishes to become a CFO, then open her own investment firm.
She works part-time at Chevy Chase Bank, as she has all throughout
high school.
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Guy
Hammer (b 1978) graduated with honors from Walt
Whitman HS in 1997. He then attended St. Mary’s College of Maryland
and the University of Maryland before joining the Macklin Business
Institute in 2001. When Guy completes the Macklin Program this spring,
he either plans to transfer back to the University of Maryland or
to the University of Victoria in British Columbia and graduate with
a degree in entrepreneurial business. Guy is a D.C. native, but
spent many years living around the world including Saudi Arabia,
Hong Kong, and Switzerland. He loves the great outdoors and sports
of all kinds, especially skiing, golf, and rugby. “My mission is
to start my own business, make lots of money, retire, and coach
high school football.” His interning has included working here at
MC doing business development for the literary magazine The Potomac
Review a publication of the college Humanities Institute.
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Maria
Kostaris (b 1981) in the United States but moved
to Greece when she was ten years old and lived there for seven years.
She attended Greek schools until her sophomore year in high school
and decided to move back to the United States without her parents
to finish high school and go to college. Maria graduated from Thomas
S. Wootton High School with honors. She is currently a student at
Montgomery College and is enrolled in the Montgomery Scholars Program
as well as the Macklin Business Institute. During the summer of
2001, Maria had the honor to attend Cambridge University in England
for the International Summer Program. Apart from being in the honors
programs, she is also involved in clubs at Montgomery College. Maria
is the treasurer and secretary of the Montgomery Ambassadors, she
does a lot of community service to help raise money for scholarships,
and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, which is the International Honor
Society of the two-year colleges. After graduating from the Macklin
Business Institute, she intends to transfer to the University of
Maryland, College Park, and pursue a major in Finance or in Accounting.
Maria has been doing accounting at her internship a DAI, inc. in
Bethesda.
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Jennifer
Lynn Krintz (b 1982) and raised in the great
state of Maryland. She graduated from the highly-acclaimed Seneca
Valley High School in Germantown, MD. Jennifer is a Music Business
major who hopes to be transferring to a university out of the area
in the fall of 2002. Her ultimate goal is to become a country singer
who doesn't have to rely on her parents for some "bling." She enjoys
the arts, baseball, journalism, and languages. She hopes to learn
and master Italian, write a top-selling book, record a platinum-selling
album, travel the world, sing the National Anthem at a Superbowl,
buy her dream truck, and eventually own the Orioles. In the meantime,
she is a Macklin Business Honors student at Montgomery College and
has interned in the marketing department of a regional CPA firm,
Aronson & Co. in Rockville, Maryland.
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Carolina
Lasso (b 1981) in Bogota, Colombia and came to
the United States in 1998. She graduated as valedictorian from John
F. Kennedy High School and entered Montgomery College. Carolina
is planning to transfer to a four-year university to pursue a Bachelor’s
Degree on International Business and then a Master’s Degree on International
Economics. Besides being a Macklin scholar she is vice-president
of Phi Theta Kappa, a member of the MC Student Ambassadors, a Montgomery
Scholar and has interned at the Hispanic Business Institute and
will continue interning, next at Telemundo. In her spare time Carolina
enjoys painting with oils, working out, dancing and learning other
languages.
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Patricia
Lawrence (b 1964) is originally from North Carolina.
She graduated from East Forsyth Senior High School in Kernersville,
NC in 1983. Since that time she has pursued a college degree on
a part-time basis until being accepted into the Macklin Business
Institute. She moved to the Gaithersburg, Maryland area in 1989.
She was married in 1993. Since then she has had 3 children, a girl
(b. 1994) and two boys (b. 1995 and 1998). Patricia has been employed
full-time at Westat, Inc. a statistical and survey research firm
in Rockville, MD since 1989. Her current job responsibilities include
managing the business proposals and financial reporting staff, reporting
directly to the Vice President of Accounting and the President of
the company. Patricia will earn an Associate’s degree in Business
Administration in 2002. She then plans to transfer to the University
of Maryland to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. After completing
this degree Patricia plans to further her education by obtaining
a Master’s degree in International Business and then a Juris Doctorate
degree in Government Contract Law. Patricia currently holds a Master’s
Certificate in Government Contracting from George Washington University.
Patricia plans to use the knowledge gained in her academic and professional
careers to further her government-contracting career into the area
of contract management and administration. She eventually plans
to assist small businesses with preparing “winning” government contract
proposals and the setup and management of their awarded contracts.
As a full-time student, full-time employee and full-time wife and
mom she is proving her skills at time management and multi-tasking
that serve her well now and in future endeavors.
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Ashwinee
Mahabir (b 1981) arrived in the U.S. in the winter
of 1999, She graduated from Bethesda Chevy Chase High School in
2000. She is majoring in Business Administration at MC-Rockville
Campus. After her AA degree in Business Administration, Ashwinee
intends to transfer to a 4-year institution for further studies.
She originally comes from an island called Mauritius, located in
the Indian Ocean where she may return to continue her studies. Her
interests and hobbies are gardening, cooking, and reading to name
a few. Ashwinee has interned at BigDough.com in Bethesda Her main
goal for right now is "to succeed..."
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Levon
Moosakhanian (b 1982) was born in Washington,
DC and raised in Potomac, MD. He has a very interesting outlook
on life, he is willing to overcome any obstacles to reach his goals
at all costs. By the age of ten he had already traveled the entire
US. He graduated from Winston Churchill High School with honors
in the year 2000. He is currently studying Business Administrations
at Montgomery College and is planning on transferring to Maryland
University to get his bachelors degree. He was awarded the Board
of Trustees Scholarship last year at MC. This year he has the Macklin
Business Institute Scholarship. Levon plans on studying Merger and
Acquisition Law after graduating from Maryland. Levon is very involved
with cars and motorcycles. He plans to have one of the most well
known car and motorcycle shops. Last summer he started his motorcycle
business with a partner who is exceptionally educated in this field.
Their small motorcycle shop is called "SPYCES" Sport Bike Sales
and Customizing. Levon says that it'll be one of the most prominent
and well known names in the industry for the future. With the help
of the Macklin Business Institute he is learning entrepreneurship
and how to properly craft a business plan which will help his business
be successful that much faster.
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Viraj
Patel (b 1977) spent his pre-college years studying
and living in London. After high school he decided to partake in
the family business, which was operating Crystal’s, a ritzy wine
bar in the heart of London. Viraj spent two years as manager of
Crystal’s. This is where his love of business first began. However,
Viraj pushed this love of business aside to pursue his other passion,
science. He enrolled in Kingston University (London) where he started
to earn a degree in pharmaceutical science. After completing his
first year Viraj decided that science was not the road he wanted
to take in life. At this major turning point Viraj decided to move
to the United States and pursue a degree in business. Upon completion
of his first semester at Montgomery College he was accepted to the
Macklin Business Institute, as well as Phi Theta Kappa. Viraj one
day aspires to obtain a Masters degree in Business and own a Fortune
500 company. Viraj truly believes that with hard work and perseverance
anything is possible. (Rex)
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Rainier
Regner, (b 1982) an Aquarius, graduated class
of 2000 from the prominent John F. Kennedy High School of Silver
Spring, MD. He is sophomore at Montgomery College and Macklin Business
Institute student. He plans to transfer to a prestigious four-year
university and get his Bachelors in Finance/Entrepreneurship. He
wants to have a career in investment banking or asset management.
After a having a career in corporate America, he plans to start
a company with the financial power of General Motors, the investment
strategies of Berkshire Hathaway, and the fame of Bad Boy Records.
He played for the MC tennis team during his freshmen and sophomore
year, during which he won the regional tournament in singles and
doubles. He plans to earn his first million by age 32 and be the
next Warren Buffet. He plans on becoming the most powerful businessman
in the Washington metropolitan area. In the meantime he has interned
at Salomon Smith Barney.
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Garrett
Wozniak (b 1982) in Silver Spring, Maryland and
has lived in Montgomery Village ever since. At Montgomery College,
he has had the opportunity to be a part of the Montgomery Scholars
Program and the Macklin Business Institute. This past summer, 2001,
Garrett had the opportunity to study at Cambridge University in
England. After graduating from Montgomery College, he plans on transferring
into a great business program out west. This would allow him the
chance to continue his education and be close to the film industry.
His hopes are to one day be involved, somehow, in the making of
a Hollywood film. Besides having a love for film and the arts, Garrett
loves anything active. He greatly enjoys live music and being outdoors.
Garrett has taken on the challenge of interning here at MC as business
manager of the literary magazine The Potomac Review.
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