We are back for another installment of our Real Humans: MBA Students series, this time at the Boston College Carroll School of Management to meet some new members of the Class of 2027.
The Carroll MBA Class of 2027 showcases purposeful career pivoters who pair impact with execution. Xianjing (Amos) Dai arrives from China with a decade in media and big-tech brand leadership, blending creative rigor with global market insight as she explores entrepreneurship and strategy. We then meet Kelsey Gray, an active-duty Coast Guard officer and former cutter commanding officer, who brings deep, mission-driven leadership through a government lens while advancing for future afloat roles. Former classical musician Mike Weinfield-Zell is translating elite performance, communication, and teamwork into a leadership development path, valuing Carroll’s structure and support for career switchers and parents.
Impact-oriented project manager Nuriyah Iqbal chose Boston College’s STEM MBA to deepen analytics and programming skills for sustainability-focused brand work. Educator-turned-hospitality leader Roy Ribitzky is leaning into Carroll’s analytics core and humanistic ethos to build an AI-forward career grounded in community impact. And Yanni DeCastro, a Queens-born former ADA, brings legal analysis and coaching instincts to a pivot toward finance, strategy, and consulting, drawn by Carroll’s close-knit cohort and Northeast alumni strength.
Click through the following pages to learn more from these new students, from their pre-MBA lives to admissions advice.
