Stacy Blackman

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Stacy Sukov Blackman, born in 1971, has been consulting on the Master of Business Administration degree application process since 2001. She has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BS from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Stacy has worked with the admissions committees at both schools, conducting alumni interviews and evaluating applicants.

After graduating from Wharton, Stacy began working in finance at the Prudential Capital Group in San Francisco. Following business school, she transitioned into a career in marketing and has since worked in marketing roles at companies such as Charles Schwab, idealab! and Haagen Dazs. Through her work in marketing, Stacy identified similarities between traditional marketing and admissions strategy. She has developed a highly effective approach to marketing her clients successfully to top MBA programs[1].

In addition to private consulting, Stacy is a sought-after speaker on the topic of MBA admissions. She has taught groups from the YPO (Young Presidents' Organization) and coached alumni organizations from schools such as the Stanford, Penn and Williams College. She also runs workshops at companies including JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, UBS and Credit Suisse First Boston.

Stacy has been profiled in several publications, including Fortune,[2] BusinessWeek,[3] CNN Money,[4], Entrepreneur Magazine,[5] and Business 2.0.