2009 Japan Study Tour

Greetings! Meet the Team!

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Your Japan Study Tour team includes 2 student leaders (Peter and Coletta) a faculty representative (Mina Yoo), and the assistant director for MBA Global Programs in the Global Business Center (Jennifer Adrien). A little background on each of us is written below. We all look forward to getting to know you, and having you join us on this trip of a lifetime.

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Tour Leaders, Peter O’Donoghue & Coletta Vigh: Student leaders manage all group tour logistics, organize the company visits, set up cultural activities, and contribute some content for the pre-departure sessions (IBUS 570).

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Peter O’Donoghue is a second year Evening MBA student. He was born in New York, but attended elementary school in the United Arab Emirates, middle school in Phoenix Arizona and High School in Asia (Taiwan, The Philippines and China). He graduated from the University of Rhode Island with an engineering degree and has spent the last 10 years as a sales account executive in the electronics industry (Compaq, Dell, EMC). Peter has a passion for travel, which has taken him to Europe, Africa and Asia since graduating from college.

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Coletta Vigh is a second year Evening MBA student. She is originally from Southern California, raised in Washington and graduated with an undergraduate degree in Japanese Language and Literature from the University of Washington. Upon graduation, Coletta moved overseas. Having lived and worked in Japan for 7 years, she has a solid understanding of Japanese and is well versed at traveling around Japan. Coletta has traveled throughout Asia and a little in Europe. Outside of work, Coletta enjoys walking the dog, and keeping active through all sorts of sports.

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Faculty Representative, Mina Yoo: Faculty Representatives serve as the official UW representative on the tour, learn along with us, provide continuity through long-term institutional knowledge, and most importantly, they create educational content for IBUS 570 and award us academic credit for the course.

I love to travel! I grew up in Seoul, Dubai and Jakarta and have spent quite a bit of time in Europe, but I have never been to Japan. I think I always just assumed that since it is so close to Korea, where my parents live, I would hop on over there next time I had a few extra days in Seoul. That didn’t quite happen, but I am so thrilled that I will be joining all of us to learn about Japan’s history, people, business culture, and lifestyle. Thank you for including me.

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Global Business Center, Jenn Adrian:

Jenn Adrien is the manager for the Study Tour program. Her responsibilties cover all administrative and managerial roles for all the tours as a whole, from selecting and training the Study Tour leadership teams to evaluating the program’s impact on cross-cultural learning, from running the lottery to helping teams establish in-country contacts and manage their budgets. Jenn has a B.A. in French and a M.Ed in Counseling. She joined the GBC in January 2006, since which time she has overseen 15 Study Tours and even participated in one. Jenn’s favorite thing about Study Tours is the knowledge that participants will carry meaningful memories from their tours for the rest of their lives.