McCombs Alumni Network News

From McCombs Today
This week, McCombs Senior Finance Lecturer Sandy Leeds blogged about problems with Social Security and Medicare, along with two posts about ratings agencies. One summarizes an academic article about the problems involved with rating structured finance products. The other article offers Leeds’ opinion concerning why the issuer shouldn’t pay the ratings agencies and [...]

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From McCombs Today and KEYE-TV, May 19, 2009
Landmark credit card legislation passed by the Senate 90 to 5 will alter the way the credit card industry does business. After President Obama signs the bill into law, which is expected before Memorial Day, the $960 billion industry will go through a restructuring phase that should have [...]

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John Brownrigg, MBA ’84, is searching for work during challenging economic times. Follow his progress as he uses the McCombs Alumni Network resources available to him.
I’m getting ready for a McCombs Alumni Network “Ohio Event” tomorrow night.  It’s at a hotel in Columbus, Ohio (home of the Buckeyes who have ”networked” in the past with [...]

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From McCombs TODAY

Peter Kottenstette with his wife Stacy and twin daughters Chloe and Emma.
One pound doesn’t seem like much—a can of soda or a bag of coffee beans, perhaps. Nothing substantial. But when Peter Kottenstette’s twin daughters were born 14 weeks prematurely on February 23, 2008, suddenly every pound, every ounce, mattered. Chloe was born [...]

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From McCombs TODAY
You’d think someone accepted into Harvard Law School would be eager to begin that chapter of his academic career. But for Thomas Garza, BBA ’09, MPA ’09, Harvard will have to wait.
Instead, he has volunteered for a two-year stint with Teach for America, a program that partners outstanding college graduates with schools that [...]

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From Lupe Camargo, MBA ’97
May 2009—Lupe Camargo has been appointed to the Girl Scouts Arizona Cactus-Pine Council, Inc. Board of Directors. She will serve a two-year term. Camargo is an investment advisor with Perspective Financial Services, LLC, a registered investment advisory firm in central Phoenix. She lives in the East Valley with her husband and [...]

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Kathryn Guylay, MBA ’95, has recently founded a non-profit organization, Nurture, to help low-income families improve nutrition and health through cooking classes, nutrition education and philanthropy. Her organization collaborates with food pantries and other agencies that assist resource-limited families.  Nurture’s mission is to encourage healthy, home-cooked meals in place of unhealthy fast food. The program, [...]

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Dean Thomas Gilligan recently interviewed Red McCombs in San Antonio at an event entitled “Access McCombs” for young alumni. They discussed numerous topics including Red’s keys to success, leadership, the economy, the auto industry, work/life balance and philanthropy. Then Red turned the tables on Dean Gilligan and asked a few questions of his own. Look [...]

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The McCombs Alumni Network hosted BBA, BHP and MPA graduating seniors May 8 at the Driskill Hotel for the Senior Send-off graduation celebration. This special event provides an opportunity for graduating seniors to say goodbye to friends and fellow classmates, as well as McCombs faculty and staff. It also welcomes students to the McCombs Alumni [...]

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From McCombs TODAY
McCombs Senior Finance Lecturer Sandy Leeds recently launched the blog Leeds on Finance, where he’ll post weekly analysis of key market issues and commentary on top financial news.
This week he blogged about the Federal Reserve’s “stress test” results, the latest U.S. employment numbers and the Chrysler bankruptcy plan.
Visit leedsonfinance.com for more posts and [...]

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