Management in Practice

Gilbert Santa Maria ’91 took over the struggling Philippine Airlines months before the COVID pandemic. He talks about finding creative ways to keep the airline flying and steering it toward a more sustainable future.

Adam Blumenthal ’89, the founder of Blue Wolf Capital, has worked productively with unions to grow the value companies provide to shareholders and employees alike.

Selling creative work requires leaders to align art and economics. Yale Insights brought together the CFOs of a video game publisher and a studio that brings graphic novels to Hollywood to explain how they build sustainable businesses while enabling creative people to do their best work.

At the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, Laura Alonzo ’96 mobilizes private investment in the developing and conflict-wracked economies that need it most.

Drawing on his experience at Yale SOM, his career in finance, and his first encounter with a New England town meeting, Ramesh Ramanathan ’91 returned to India with his wife, Swati, to help citizens shape the future of their communities.

Cece Calhoun ’21, medical director of Yale’s Sickle Cell Program, reflects on the challenges of building teams and structures to support patients facing both chronic illness and systemic inequities.

Darcy Shiber-Knowles ’13 has helped grow Dr. Bronner’s from a cult favorite to a force reshaping how industries think about sustainability.

CarMax revolutionized the used car market by implementing a fixed-price retail model. But co-founder Austin Ligon ’80 says the company’s financial success came from developing efficient back-end operations through a long-term focus on process improvement.