How my Leadership Development Program prepared me for Harvard Business School

Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School (HBS) students and recent alumni who worked in various Leadership Development Programs pre-HBS. Hear how their pre-MBA experiences prepared them for the HBS case method and allowed them to thrive in the HBS community. If you are considering, or curious about, an MBA and are part of an LDP, this is a great event for you. This event is primarily Q&A based, so come with questions. We are excited to meet you!

Dre Cunningham spent four years at General Mills working in finance and strategy across a number of brands. Before his most recent role as a Sr. Financial Analyst on the North America Retail Team, a nearly $10B segment, he led the financial analysis of new product developments for brands such as EPIC Provisions, Yoplait, and Cascadian Farm. He attended undergrad at Minnesota State University where he studied finance and psychology. Dre’s internship was at Netflix in content strategy and he is generally interested in the intersection of media and technology.


Emma Betzig graduated from University of Michigan with a degree in Chemical Engineering. After undergrad, Emma worked as an engineering manager at Texas Instruments as part of a rotational development program. After graduating from HBS, Emma joined the Ford Business Leader Program, where Emma focuses on Autonomous Vehicle strategy.




Martín Restrepo is originally from Medellín, Colombia. In 2015, he obtained a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Prior to HBS, he worked for Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Seattle for 5 years in functions ranging from Strategy to Marketing/Sales. For his summer internship, he interned with the Boston Consulting Group (in Miami), which he expects to join full time upon graduation.