The Michigan State University Broad College of Business welcomed 54 students to its MBA Class of 2027, and we meet a handful of them in this edition of Real Humans: MBA Students.
Forty percent of the new cohort are women while 13 percent are international students, representing nine countries. Forty percent of U.S. students identify as minorities. During their undergraduate years, a third of Broad students earned degrees in business and a fifth had majored in a STEM discipline. Forty-seven percent had pursued humanities/social sciences. Altogether, the new class averaged an undergraduate GPA of 3.4.
At the time of matriculation, the group had an average of three years of work experience. From an East Lansing paraprofessional to a JD/MBA bridging law and leadership, Broad’s Class of 2027 brings range—and a shared bias for rolling up sleeves. Agbele Dagbovie is pivoting from K–12 classrooms to brand strategy and consumer insights. Then, AJ Wood returns to his Spartan roots after a decade in GovTech, seeking larger-scale impact at the intersection of finance, consulting, and tech. Biotech founder and group-fitness mentor Angela Leach pairs healthcare and entrepreneurship and aims for supply chain and finance roles. Marwah Abdelhay arrives fresh from marketing and HR internships, ready to blend strategy, storytelling, and people development. Finally, Veronica Greco (JD/MBA) adds a governance lens to HR and marketing, focused on how culture and compliance shape trust and long-term results.
Read on to meet the Real Humans behind the résumés.
