Stanford GSB and Genstar Capital are excited to host a private session for Synergist members on Wednesday, August 6 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm Pacific Time. You’re invited to meet Erin Nixon, Assistant Dean of GSB Admissions and Financial Aid, and Wil Torres, Global Director of Admissions, online to talk about Stanford's MBA Program and tips, strategies, and best practices for the admission process.
Registration required! Click on this link: Stanford GSB: Application Bootcamp with Synergist. You'll receive a confirmation email including instructions for joining the event online. Please note this will not automatically push to your calendar.
Additional Stanford MBA Admissions Events (Great way to meet alumni, current students, admissions officers and learn more about the GSB experience!)
ERIN NIXON
Erin Nixon is Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Stanford GSB. Before returning to the GSB for this role, she has worked as a strategy and operations executive across industries and geographies, including in management consulting with BCG, general management in hypergrowth tech while at LinkedIn, with early stage startups across Europe, and also as a small business owner and advisor in the world of wine.
Originally from Austin, Texas, Erin received her undergraduate degree in Economics from Stanford University and is Stanford MBA Class of 2010. Having spent the last 10 years living in London and Barcelona, she is delighted to be back home on the Farm.
WIL TORRES
Wil is a Global Admissions Director with the Stanford GSB Admissions Office. A self professed "admissions nerd," what matters to him is helping others better understand the application process and embark on the journey with confidence. Wil has a BS in Marine Biology from UCLA, an EdM in Higher Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is currently working on his EdD in Organizational Change and Leadership at the University of Southern California, where his research interests lay in business school admissions and the applicant experience.
SYNERGIST NETWORK
Founded by a group of women in their 20s, Synergist Network seeks to connect women in the first decade of their investing careers and provide them with the infrastructure, network, and business acumen critical for long-term success.
For more information on the Synergist Network, please visit http://www.synergistnetwork.com/
GENSTAR CAPITAL
Genstar Capital (www.gencap.com) is a leading private equity firm that has been actively investing in high quality companies for over 30 years. Based in San Francisco, Genstar works in partnership with its management teams to build industry-leading businesses while delivering outsized returns. Genstar currently has approximately $49B of assets under management and pursues investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, industrials, and software industries. Genstar has consistently been ranked as a Top 6 PE firm from 2019 to 2024 (out of ~650 PE firms globally) by HEC-Dow Jones Private Equity Performance Reports. Genstar’s vision is to help build lasting, impactful companies that will continue to succeed well beyond their ownership.