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Madison Rifkin, DMSB'21 creates a startup aimed at connecting tourists with short-term rental accommodations.

“Tech” and “waste cleanup” don't seem to go together. Yet for Alan McKim—vice chair of Northeastern University's Board of Trustees; half the namesake of the D'Amore-McKim School of Business; and the founder, chairman and former CEO of the environmental cleanup giant Clean Harbors—combining the two is always top of mind.

Nico Nava, MBA'22, is featured in NGN Magazine.

Sal Lupoli, DMSB'88, owner of Sal's pizza, talks humble beginnings to his 120 location pizza empire.

“Giving Day is the event where the Northeastern community rallies together with their support of our students, faculty, research—the entire global university system,” says Lori Jacques, associate vice president for Northeastern Alumni Relations.

Northeastern graduate Danny Walsh's, COE'15, MBA'18, love of coffee has sent him down a journey he never expected to take. By combining his love for coffee and being healthy, he created the mushroom-infused Peak State Coffee. 

As a student at Northeastern University in Boston, Caston did not foresee that one day she would follow in her father's footsteps in the construction industry. She majored in the music industry with a minor in business but found it hard to break into the notoriously difficult entertainment field.

Once the capital of pastel shirts, white shoes and retirees, Miami's drive to become the next hub of finance is attracting record investments and a growing population of venture capitalists like 2013 Northeastern graduate Julian Jung, DMSB'13.

“I discovered this love for the city and that really narrowed down my choices,” he says. “Northeastern co-op program was very much the reason why I really wanted to go there and selected it, because it gave me not only the book knowledge, but also practical experience.” says Ramzi Yamusah who majored in biology and minored in business.

Joseph Schmitt, DMSB'20 spent a year in Zambia and writing a book chronicling the experiences of school founder and mother Dora Moono Nyambe, called “Under a Zambian Tree.”