Stacy Sukov Blackman
Born
Stacy Sukov

1971 (age 52–53)
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
Northwestern University
OccupationPresident of Stacy Blackman Consulting
Known forMBA Admissions Consulting
Children3
Websitestacyblackman.com/about-stacy

Stacy Sukov Blackman (born 1971), is an American business person. She is the President of Stacy Blackman Consulting. She is known as an entrepreneur and a leader in admissions consulting.

Biography edit

Born in the United States, Stacy graduated from Marlborough high school in Los Angeles. She received a BS from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

After graduating from Wharton, Blackman began working in finance at the Prudential Capital Group in San Francisco.

While at Business school Stacy Blackman (formerly Stacy Sukov) co-founded WebWisher[1] with Nicole Small and Erin Gershon, which was acquired by Della & James (now part of XO Group) before graduation in 1999. The process was chronicled in a series of articles in Fortune Magazine,[2][3][4][5] which landed the three co-founders on the cover[6] in May 2000.

She transitioned into a career in marketing and has worked in marketing roles at companies such as Charles Schwab, idealab! and Häagen-Dazs, later founding Stacy Blackman Consulting.

Admissions Consulting edit

Blackman identified similarities between traditional marketing and admissions strategy. She developed an approach to marketing her clients successfully to top MBA programs[7] and founded Stacy Blackman Consulting, one of the leading firms in MBA Admissions Consulting,[8][9] in 2001.

Blackman has worked with the admissions committees at both Wharton and Kellogg, conducting alumni interviews and evaluating applicants.

In addition to private consulting, Blackman is a 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 Stanford, Penn and Williams College. She also runs workshops at companies including JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, UBS and Credit Suisse First Boston.

Blackman is sought out as an expert[10] on the admissions process and has been profiled in several publications, including Fortune,[11] BusinessWeek,[12][13][1] CNN Money,[7][14] Entrepreneur magazine,[15] Business 2.0, The Economist,[16] Washington Post,[17] Wall Street Journal,[18] Financial Times[19][20] and Wharton magazine.[21][1]

Blackman was elected to the board of directors of AIGAC, the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants.[1]

Blackman has co-authored a book, The MBA Application Roadmap,[22][23][24] and is the official blogger for the US News business school blog, Strictly Business.[25]

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Stacy Blackman, W'93". Wharton Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. ^ Brown, Eryn (2 August 1999). "We Found Four Class-Of-1999 MBAs Doing... Exactly What They Want". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. ^ Brown, Eryn (24 January 2000). "Scaling a Vertical Learning Curve". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ^ Brown, Eryn (29 May 2000). "Loving P&G, Leaving a Dot-com". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  5. ^ Brown, Eryn (5 March 2001). "The Dot-Com Dream Is Gone, But Life Goes On". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  6. ^ Nicole Small, Erin Gershon, Stacy Sukov (29 May 2000). Fortune Magazine cover (Magazine cover). San Francisco: Fortune Magazine.
  7. ^ a b Fisher, Anne (10 December 2007). "10 secrets for getting into a top B-school". CNN Money. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  8. ^ Spielberg, Greg (20 September 2010). "Leading Firms in MBA Admissions Consulting". Poets & Quants. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  9. ^ Nakano, Janet (2007). "Comparing Admission Consultants: Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Coach" (Podcast). MBA Podcaster. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  10. ^ "Stacy Blackman - Education Post". Education Post. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  11. ^ Haimerl, Amy (11 March 2008). "Pop-art Pez: One boss's obsession". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  12. ^ Di Meglio, Francesca (6 March 2012). "How Many MBA Applications Is Too Many?". Businessweek. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  13. ^ Di Meglio, Francesca (27 December 2012). "MBA Internships: How to Avoid Job Search Disaster". Businessweek. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  14. ^ Kelley, Rob (20 September 2006). "10 biggest mistakes b-school applicants make". CNN Money. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  15. ^ Wilson, Sara (28 February 2006). "Learning From the Best". Entrepreneur Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  16. ^ "Application dos and don'ts". The Economist. 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  17. ^ Podkul, Cezary (13 August 2011). "Would you climb any mountain to get into MBA program of your dreams?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  18. ^ Korn, Melissa (24 February 2012). "Reputation Ranks Highest In B-School Choice". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  19. ^ Tieman, Ross (2 July 2012). "Winning friends in new places". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  20. ^ Clarke, Charlotte (25 January 2013). "Selecting an MBA programme". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  21. ^ "What is the biggest challenge facing the Class of 2013 as the graduates enter the "real world"?". Wharton Magazine (Interview). 29 July 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  22. ^ Stacy Blackman and Daniel J Brookings (2008). The MBA application roadmap : the essential guide to getting into a top business school. First Books. ISBN 9780912301891.
  23. ^ "The MBA application roadmap : the essential guide to getting into a top business school". WorldCat. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  24. ^ "MBA Admission Authors: They Wrote The Book About Applying to Business Schools" (Podcast). MBA Podcaster. 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  25. ^ "MBA Admissions: Strictly Business". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 10 February 2014.


Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni Category:Kellogg School of Management alumni