C O M M U N I T Y: A L U M N I N OT E S Stephanie Gause, BBA ’03, an attor-
a licensed attorney, fashion designer, and blogger, travelled last year to the United Arab Emirates to do make-up workshops and hosted the first three days of the Dubai Shopping Festival. Ghalichi designs and manages her own hair extension and eyelash line.
Alissa Bayer, MBA ’04,
first general manager of Chariot, an app-based commuter shuttle network based in San Francisco. Liao was previously a territory lead at Uber.
was added to the annual North American Entrepreneurial Winning Women Program by Ernst & Young. Bayer’s milk + honey is a chain of premier spas and salons with an organic product line. EXXON EXECUTIVE GIVES BACK Scott Darling, MBA ’89 Treasurer, ExxonMobil Development Company As a graduate student, Scott Darling knew that once he completed his MBA, he wanted to work in the heart of the energy industry. Since then he’s done it all: He has worked in all of the major ExxonMobil business areas — upstream, downstream, chemical, corporate finance, and supply and logistics. Although 17 different positions at ExxonMobil have taken him around the world, from Colorado to London to Egypt, Darling returns to McCombs every recruiting season to help prepare students for their future. For 15 years, Darling has maintained his relationship with McCombs as a recruiter. Since being appointed executive liaison last recruiting season, he works closely with students and offices within McCombs to help them understand what opportunities ExxonMobil can offer and to make the right job/student pairings. “It’s rewarding to work with students and show them how they can make a career here,” Darling says. “You make a personal stake and you want to see them succeed.”—Amira Jensen
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Lilly Ghalichi, BBA ’05,
ney in finance and real estate at Frost Brown Todd, was named president of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Gause is on the board of trustees and board of directors of the DAYL Foundation and has previously served as the organization’s secretary, treasurer, and vice president.
Jeff Cleveland, MBA ’04, joined the
Seattle office of D.A. Davidson & Co. as managing director in its consumer and retail sector. Cleveland will partner in leading the firm’s efforts within the food, beverage, and agriculture sector. John Scarborough, MBA ’04, was
promoted to president of Deep Eddy Vodka Distilling Co., one of the fastest growing distilled spirits brands in the nation. Scarborough has been CFO of the company since 2011. Ed Hemphill, MBA ’05, and Travis McCollum, MBA ’06, are co-founders of
WigWag Inc. The company was honored by the Silicon Valley Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum with a Top 30 Innovation Award in September.
Kenny Liao, BBA ’05, was named the
Philip Krim, BBA ’06, is the CEO and
co-founder of Casper, a New York-based startup offering mattresses online. The company recently raised $13.1 million in venture financing. Jason Hsiao, BBA ’07, recently
became the managing director for Shaw Investments and is in charge of sourcing deals and maximizing the value of the company’s portfolio. Hsiao previously worked at Citrix in product marketing, and in 2013 set up an endowment in his parents’ name at McCombs to help other students pursue entrepreneurial careers. Natalie Marko, BBA ’07, was
promoted to run the client management division of Citi’s markets group in Singapore beginning March 1, 2016. Her previous role was COO of Citi Global Markets.
Casey Charlton, BBA ’05,
is the co-founder and CEO of River Linguistics Inc., a written translation and verbal interpretation company that works to break down communication barriers for its clients.
Dominic Fails, MBA ’09, was
named senior vice president of local media sales at Univision Communications. Fails has held roles at NBC Universal, WorldNow, Viacom, Enron, and Tribune Corp.
Kirby Allison, BBA ’05,
started Kirby Allison’s Hanger Project, a luxury wooden clothes-hanger company that aims to assist in the maintenance of fine apparel. The company was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal.
2010s Kedar Bhatia, BBA ’10, joined Green-
berg Traurig LLP as an associate for
