LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rajan Bansi of RBC Dominion Securities, Jim Emerick of Bank of America, Cynthia Holland of Robert Half International, and Steve Milovich of Disney/ABC Television Group have been recognized with the inaugural Golden Torch Award as outstanding engaged MBA alumni by the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University.
The Golden Torch Awards honors excellence by business alumni who have made significant contributions to the Graziadio School of Business and Management with program support and student development. Each recipient has lent their time and expertise, serving as ambassadors for the Graziadio School by facilitating the career development of students and strengthening the alumni network.
“Through their noteworthy investment, our alumni have truly ‘passed the torch’ to the next group of emerging Graziadio leaders,” said Dean Linda A. Livingstone.
The Golden Torch Awards were given out at a luncheon on Friday, January 25, sponsored by the business school’s Office of Alumni and Career Services and the student government association Malibu Graduate Business Society (MGBS), whose members and President Andrew Mescon originally proposed and helped developed the award.
Rajan Bansi is currently the Head of Canadian Fixed Income Strategies at RBC Dominion Securities in Toronto. He assumed leadership of this group in November 2011 after four years as a U.S. equity advisor for RBC Dominion Securities. Previously, Bansi was an associate for three years in the Equity Research group of RBC Capital Markets. Bansi also has previous experience in investment banking and product management roles within the financial industry.
Bansi earned his MBA from Pepperdine University in 2003 and earned an undergraduate degree in economics at the University of Toronto. Bansi is active in mentorship initiatives, serving as a mentor through the University of Toronto and the CFA Society of Toronto. He also sits on the Mentorship Committee at the Toronto CFA Society.
Jim Emerick is the National Customer Experience & Regulatory Relations Executive for Bank of America Consumer Banking. In this role, he leads a distributed team focused on delivering an optimal customer experience across the Consumer Bank. In addition, Emerick is accountable for maintaining the on-going relationships with key regulatory agencies and elected officials as they relate to the consumer banking customers’ experience. Emerick and his team are also responsible for escalated complaint handling and resolution across the enterprise.
Emerick graduated from Sonoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management. He also has an MBA from Pepperdine University with an emphasis in Strategy. He currently serves as an adjunct faculty member in Pepperdine’s Executive MBA program. Emerick holds a U.S. patent for an air quality product application for aircraft. Jim is also a certified Six Sigma Greenbelt.
Cynthia “Cindy” Holland has 17 years experience developing and cultivating people’s unique talents toward helping them become top performers. She is currently combining her IT background and career consulting as a Senior IT Recruiter at Robert Half International. Prior to this, Holland served as director at Holland Consulting, a presentation and career consulting firm. She honed her consulting expertise as a senior managing associate with The PFM Group.
Holland earned her MBA from Pepperdine University with an emphasis in Leadership and Managing Organizational Change. She serves as chair for the Pepperdine Graziadio Alumni Network Leadership Council, Orange County Chapter.
Steve Milovich was named senior vice president, Human Resources, Disney/ABC Television Group in March 2009. In this position, he oversees all organization and human resources efforts worldwide on behalf of the Disney/ABC Television Group, which comprises the ABC Television Network; Disney Channels Worldwide; cable networks ABC Family and SOAPnet; Radio Disney; Walt Disney Television Animation; Disney/ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios; Disney/ABC/ESPN Television and its international program distribution businesses; the publishing unit Hyperion and ABC Corporate Initiatives. Milovich also oversees HR for ABC’s 10 owned television stations. Milovich joined the Company in 2002 as senior vice president of corporate human resources, organization and leadership development for The Walt Disney Company. He also had overall HR responsibility for Corporate Headquarters, The Walt Disney Internet Group and The Media Technology Board.
Milovich earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Utah State University and also holds a Presidents and Key Executives MBA from Pepperdine University.
The Malibu Graduate Business Society (MGBS) is the student government association for the Full-time MBA program at Pepperdine University. MGBS supervises and promotes all student clubs and organizations, and is the primary association to facilitate all student interests. MGBS additionally assigns students to faculty and administrative committees, hosts top corporate speakers, and plans networking and social events.
About Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management
Founded on the core values of integrity, stewardship, courage, and compassion, Pepperdine University’s Graziadio (GRAT-ZEE-ah-DEE-oh) School of Business and Management has been developing values-centered leaders and advancing responsible business practice since 1969. Student-focused, experience-driven, and globally-oriented, the Graziadio School offers fully accredited MBA, Masters of Science, and bachelor’s completion business programs. More information can be found at http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/newsroom/.