Meet five extraordinary women from the Binghamton University School of Management

Binghamton University's School of Management (SOM) is training the next generation of leaders capable of meeting the needs of an evolving business world.

Here are the stories of five female students and graduates who made their mark in 2024 and how their SOM experience proved pivotal to their success:

Haley Mierzejewski

Business Administration student

Haley Mierzejewski is a business administration major in Binghamton University's School of Management with a passion for marketing. Image Credit: Jonathan Cohen. Haley Mierzejewski pursued a love of real estate marketing during summer 2024 while interning at TRITEC Real Estate Company, Inc. She joined other marketing team members to develop strategic social media content, sometimes collaborating with other media groups, to enhance TRITEC's presence in the Long Island area. One of her videos hit 5 million views, and she also gained valuable skills in coordinating large-scale community events.

Read more of Haley's story here.

Brianna Socci '16

Co-founder, UBERDOC

Binghamton University School of Management graduate Brianna Socci '16 founded UBERDOC, a health-tech platform with a nationwide reach that makes it quicker to connect patients with doctors. Image Credit: Brianna Socci. Brianna Socci '16 has always regarded herself as a budding entrepreneur. When she came to SOM, she laid the groundwork to launch what became an award-winning startup: UBERDOC. The healthcare platform makes it faster and easier for people nationwide to schedule priority appointments with a doctor by offering a workaround for scheduling delays caused by proverbial red tape connected with insurance providers.

Read more of Brianna's story here.

Roberta Vasili '23, MBA '24

Assistant Buyer, Burlington Stores, Inc.

Roberta Vasili '23, MBA '24 Image Credit: Jonathan Cohen. Roberta Vasili '23, MBA '24, discovered her passion for fashion merchandising through her involvement with the Binghamton Business Fashion Society student organization. She gained experience through new roles or learning from guest speakers working at L'Oréal and Louis Vuitton.

Read more of Roberta's story here.

Sevgi Soylemezgil

Finance PhD student

Binghamton University School of Management doctoral student Sevgi Soylemezgil earned the 2024 Hakan Orbay Research Award for her study exploring the connection between a firm's exposure to biodiversity risk and its cost of borrowing. Image Credit: Jonathan Cohen. Sevgi Soylemezgil, working alongside Zurack Associate Professor of Finance and Economics Cihan Uzmanoglu, published an award-winning research study that explored how a firm's exposure to biodiversity risk and its cost of borrowing are connected. It was Soylemezgil's first academic paper, which earned the 2024 Hakan Orbay Research Award for PhD students, which supports doctoral candidates undertaking high-quality original research in finance and financial economics.

Read more of Sevgi's story here.

Emma Spoto '24

Accounting graduate

Emma Spoto '24, a School of Management student who earned her degree in accounting, became president of the Women in Business student organization. Image Credit: Jonathan Cohen. Emma Spoto joined SOM in her sophomore year to major in accounting with a concentration in management information systems. She became one of two SOM seniors chosen for Poets and Quants' Class of 2024 Best and Brightest Business Majors list. She returned to Binghamton after graduating in May 2024 to complete her Master of Business Administration.

Read more of Emma's story here.

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