ProInspire Alum Nikita Mitchell Featured in BerkeleyHaas Student Achievements

ProInspire Alum Nikita Mitchell (2011 DC Fellow) was featured in BerkeleyHaas Student Achievements for her work as Class President of her Haas MBA class and as a liaison to the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. Read more about Nikita’s work in this Student Spotlight…

It was the scariest thing she could think of doing as a new MBA student.

When Nikita Mitchell arrived at Haas in the fall of 2013, her top goal was to develop her leadership skills—which she knew would require stepping outside her comfort zone. So instead of heading up a club or organizing a conference, she decided to run for class president.

“I’ve never been in a big public role. I’ve never had to be the face of something, and the idea was terrifying,” says Nikita, MBA 15. “Ultimately, I decided I should do it because I didn’t have anything to lose.”

A few months into her first semester at Haas she was elected, and in 2014 she served as the first African-American woman to head the MBA Association. She also served simultaneously as a liaison to the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, which works to bring more under-represented minorities into top MBA programs. Along with co-liaisons Kory Vargas-Caro and Dan Wong, both MBA 15, she led the Haas group to win the Consortium’s highest honor and $10K to build on their work.

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