Dubai

Overview

Itinerary

Why This Trip

This trip is for you if:

• You are interested in the fastest growing economic center in the world to which every major corporation is flocking because it’s ridiculously rich, extravagant, and ethnically diverse
• You enjoy skiing during the morning and water-sliding during the afternoon
• You would like to savor Islamic culture with a flair of western charm, before our dollar is worthless there
• You would like to experience the largest Expatriate party scene in the eastern hemisphere
• You want to see an island shaped like a palm tree the size of Manhattan that wasn’t there 5 years ago
• Seriously, who doesn't want to camel ride, dune buggy the desert, and sail the sunset shores in a 12 hr period?

This trip is not for you if:

• You hate freedom
• Anything other than McDonalds is too out of bounds for you

Trip Leaders

Karen Suszko

• E-mail: ksuszko AT chicagogsb.edu
• Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
• Undergrad College: Northwestern University
• Undergrad Major: Chemical Engineering
• Work Experience: Procter & Gamble - Customer Service & Logistics, Engineering - 4 years
• GSB Concentrations: Marketing Management, Strategic Management, Managerial & Organizational Behavior
• Hobbies: Softball, Football, Travel, Cooking, Wine Tasting, Reading, Water-skiing, Boating, Golfing, Kayaking, Watching Old Movies, Seeing Broadway Musicals, Competitive Drinking Games
• Fun Facts: I survived a five vs. one game of survivor flip cup, I won the FIFA lottery for two World Cup Soccer matches in Germany, my softball team was intramural champions in undergrad, and I have lived in eight different US states.

Jay Barnard

• E-mail: jbarnard AT ChicagoGSB.edu
• Hometown: Dallas, Texas
• Undergrad College: Dartmouth
• Undergrad Major: Economics/Government
• Work Experience: Goldman Sachs – Equities (3 years)
• GSB Concentrations: International Business, Financial Management
• Hobbies: Boxing, Football, Scuba Diving, Reading, Excessive Travel, Tomfoolery, Trying to Maintain my Hairline....
• Fun Facts: That drink in my hand is a very tall whiskey. Anyone who wishes to challenge me to a dance off will lose and lose poorly, Oscar is Puerto Rican and I speak better Spanish than he does, anyone who wants to go skydiving on this trip will not be alone, I’m not afraid to sing to Kelly Clarkson

Amy Lee

• E-mail: alee6 AT ChicagoGSB.edu
• Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan, and Chicago, Illinois
• Undergrad College: University of Chicago (yeah, I came back for more....)
• Undergrad Major: Economics / International Studies
• Work Experience: L.E.K. Consulting (3 years)
• GSB Concentrations: Marketing, Strategic Management, Finance
• Hobbies: Rock Climbing, Sky-Diving / Hang-Gliding / Para-Gliding, Whitewater Rafting, Composing Music, Hip Hop Dance, Traveling (30+ countries), Cooking, Eating, Playing Video Games and Drinking Challenges
• Fun Facts: My kayak flipped in Class 4 whitewater, I got to sing in the Sydney Opera House, I was auctioned off for the highest bid during freshman year and I climbed Sugar Loaf (Brazil) in jeans.

Oscar Santiago

• E-mail: osantiag AT ChicagoGSB.edu
• Hometown: Youngstown, OH
• Undergrad College: Purdue University
• Undergrad Major: Electrical Engineering
• Work Experience: Automation/Robotics Engineer in Manufacturing Industries
• GSB Concentrations: Strategic Management and Finance
• Hobbies: Swimming, Running, Surfing, Boating, Biking, Camping and getting lost.
• Fun Fact: I can freestyle rap with the best of them and am always ready to battle. I have saved at least 2 people from drowning although I was at fault for 1 of them. I can beat Jay in a boxing match even though he outweighs me by 60 lbs.