2007 - 2008 MBA Marketing Club Officers

2006 - 2007 MBA Marketing Club Officers

President - Matt McHale

VP Communications - Oskars Stucis

VP Merchandise - Elise Godinez

VP Operations - Eileen Spillane

VP Finance - Nicole Sammartino

Director of Merchandising - Christopher Kays

Director of Merchandising - Brian Hench

Director of Logistics - Carolyn Torres

Director of Communications & Webmaster - Travis Walker

Faculty Advisor - John Sherry

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Officer Details 

Oskars Stucis, VP Communications
Class of 2007 - ostucis@nd.edu
As the Vice President of Communications, Oskars is responsible for communication flows to and from the Marketing Club in different directions. "First and foremost, we serve our club members, Notre Dame MBA students; we also represent our club members to external bodies. For the benefit of all parties, I deliver the knowledge about Notre Dame marketing MBAs to the corporate world, potential students and other programs; I also distribute club news and resource information among club members, faculty and administration. The website is an important information platform for the club." Prior to joining the Marketing Club as a VP, and before coming to Notre Dame MBA program, Oskars worked in the marketing communications industry as an Account Manager at Porter Novelli. Oskars' undergraduate training is also in business and economics; he hold Bachelor of Science degree from the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (Riga, Latvia). By coming to the MBA program, Oskar is looking to integrate his professional and international experiences and transit into career in advertising business.

Elise Godinez, VP Merchandise
Class of 2007 - egodinez@nd.edu

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Eileen Spillane, VP Operations
Class of 2007 - espilla1@nd.edu

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Nicole Sammartino, VP Finance
Class of 2007 - nsammartino@nd.edu
Nicole has been the VP of Finance in the Marketing Club since September 2005. A native of Staten Island, New York, Nicole enrolled at the University of Notre Dame after working in Corporate Finance at the IBM Corp. for four years at locations in New York and New Jersey. Prior to working at IBM, Nicole earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Binghamton University in New York. She is thrilled to have this opportunity with the Marketing Club to integrate her work experience with her new area of study. At present, she is focusing her studies on marketing. Upon graduation, she plans to work on a Brand Strategy team, however her industry of choice has not yet been determined.

Brian Hench, Director of Merchandising - Class of 2007
Class of 2007 - hench.2@nd.edu
As the Director of Merchandise, Brian assists the VP of Merchandise to assure that the club is keeping the product offerings fresh, in stock, and meeting the needs of the MBA students and alumni. After graduating from Notre Dame in 2001, with a degree in Chemical Engineering, Brian worked as a field engineer with UOP LLC. Deciding it was time for a career switch, he returned to Notre Dame to get his MBA, selecting marketing for its balanced mix of creativity and analytics. As a career switcher, he took the initiative to get involved in the Marketing Club, going to panels and presentations and taking whatever marketing courses were available. This past summer, he worked with Johnson & Johnson Vision Care (Vistakon), the makers of Acuvue contact lenses. There, he was an assistant brand manager for one of Vistakon’s fastest growing brands, creating ad campaigns and promotional strategies that will be implemented in near future.
Please contact Brian if you have any suggestions for new merchandise items.

Christopher Kays, Director of Merchandising
Class of 2006
Chris was in the one-year program, so it is possible to come in as a one-year student and serve in a club leadership position. As the Marketing Club is Director of Merchandising Chris works with the other Director of Merchandising and the VP of Merchandising to create and sell all MBA related material. "One of my responsibilities in this position was to create some preliminary designs for new long-sleeve t-shirts that will hopefully be ready for sale by the time next football season rolls around." Before coming to Notre Dame, Chris worked at Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio for almost two years. During the same time, Chris co-founded a company called Drink Deputy and handled all the marketing and public relations duties. Chris holds an undergraduate degree in marketing and concentrated on Consumer Marketing at Notre Dame. This clear career path led Chris to the Marketing Club, and his interest in companies like Nike and Adidas led him to purse the Director of Merchandising position.

Carolyn Torres, Director of Logistics
Class of 2007 - ctorres2@nd.edu
As VP of Logistics, Carolyn collaborates with the VP of Operations to organize activities for the club and bring in speakers from various industries, allowing club members to gain exposures to all aspects of marketing.  Born and raised in Miami , Florida , Carolyn received her bachelors in Business Administration from Florida International University in 2002.  Last summer, she interned for Jaguar North America, where she worked with the Marketing Communications Team on various projects.  Prior to business school, she worked as a Store Manager for Victoria 's Secret and later as IT Business Analyst and Project Manager for TradeStation, where she specialized in Sarbanes-Oxley auditing.  Carolyn plans to pursue a career in Consumer Marketing. 

Travis Walker, Director of Communications & Webmaster
Class of 2007 - twalker2@nd.edu
As the Director of Communications and Webmaster Travis has worked to improve the Marketing Club's web presence with this website and provide well designed event announcements. A California native, Travis' career has primarily focused on Online Marketing and Wine. After graduating from CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, his concentration in wine marketing and vineyard management studies naturally had Travis working in the wine industry... until his interests in web design led him into online marketing. Travis has since focused on web analytics, online ad trafficking, web design and online marketing roles for companies such as New Century Mortgage, TechTV and Autobytel in San Francisco and Irvine, CA. "I remain interested in pursuing a professional role as a liaison between Marketing and IT departments for B2B or B2C online services. Though with a more in-depth knowledge in regards finance, operations and management." The summer of 2006 took Travis abroad for his MBA internship as he consulted a Dutch software company, Mansystems, on implementing an online marketing strategy and redesigning two corporate websites.

John Sherry, Faculty Advisor
jsherry@nd.edu
Professor John Sherry joined the Mendoza College of Business in summer 2005 as chair of the Marketing Department and was also named the Ray W. and Kenneth G. Herrick Professor of Marketing. Professor Sherry, came from the marketing department at Northwestern University. He pursues research in symbolic communication, customer experiences, cultural analysis, and meaning management. He has four times been a member of the prestigious American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium Faculty. Professor Sherry has served as a consultant to Procter & Gamble, the Coca-Cola Company, Purina, Sears, Eastman Kodak, and Turner Broadcasting among many other corporations.

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