2017 Business Week Award Winner Kimberly Sama

OUTSTANDING STUDENT IN MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Kimberly Sama
Major: Master of Business Adminstration
GPA: 4.0
Achievements and Activities: American Association of University Women Career Development Grant recipient; North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Leadership Lab graduate; Dean’s List (Fall 2016); Bank of America Internship Grant recipient; Best Buy Clubhouse to Career Grant recipient; USAA Community Investment Grant recipient; American Association of University Women Community Action Grant recipient; City of San Antonio Grants; Best Buy Community Grant recipient; United Way Volunteer of the Year Award – YAGA recipient; GlaxoSmithKline/Save the Children Healthcare Innovation Award recipient; Caplow Children’s Prize finalist; fiscal committee chair and technology board liaison for United Way Speakers Bureau; manager of Youth Education and Career Services; former talent management committee chair at Family Service Association of San Antonio, Inc.; Youth Development Working Group co-chair of Excel Beyond the Bell – San Antonio Out of School Time Collective; Greehey MBA Cohort 5 Tricentennial Team; international managing director at Muso; International Rescue committee member at Economic and Social Empowerment Project Management and Support Consultancy; Women’s Protection and Empowerment program manager at International Rescue Committee; Gender and AIDS Development coordinator at Peace Corps Guinea; Education and Health Program assistant at Plan International; gender and development committee coordinator, Girls’ Education and Empowerment advocate and permanent Peace Corps volunteer leader at Peace Corps Burkina Faso; volunteer at North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Leadership Lab Steering Committee, United Way Women United, and American Association of University Women