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SUPPORTER SPOTLIGHT Joseph McAdory STAN LEWIS This year, Auburn FMA nominated Stan Lewis (Auburn ’05 graduate) for the Auburn University Young Alumni Achievement Award. The following article was written as part of that nomination. We are truly grateful for Stan’s support, mentorship and involvement. Stan Lewis believes in giving back … to his talented employees and his alma mater’s top talent. Not only does the chief of staff and CFO for Goldman Sachs Real Estate Investment Banking help motivate and retain investment bankers, but he also serves as a key professional source for Auburn Financial Management Association students. “It’s making sure that students can know that they can call me and a number of other people here in New York or other financial hubs and ask, ‘Hey, I’m looking into this. What do you think?’ or, ‘What do I need to know about investment banking or trading?’” said the 2005 Harbert College graduate. “A lot of students don’t have access to this information without having access to somebody who’s been through it.” Lewis started at Goldman Sachs in New York City in 2008, and served in executive capacities with Goldman in Hong Kong and London before returning to New York last year. “It would be naïve for anybody to think that they have made it on their own,” Lewis said. “It would be incredibly selfish & shortsighted not to help other people, as well. Your career is not 100 percent yours. You need people helping you and I’ve had plenty of people along the way, whether it was conversation or writing an email to help get me where I am. I enjoy doing that for others.” Lewis is particularly impressed with Auburn’s award-winning FMA Honor Society and the recent finance graduates coming out of the program. “I think that the caliber of people that I have met through Auburn’s finance program … I would put them up against anybody,” he said. “They have some incredibly bright, dedicated, humble, and inquisitive young people. It will be very exciting to see where they are five to ten years from now. “When I was at Auburn, getting to New York as a graduate was difficult, if not impossible. But what FMA and the Harbert College of Business has done there is incredible. They have rallied the Auburn alumni family’s support and done so much, changing the mindset to ‘You can make it to New York. You can work for Goldman Sachs. You can work at JP Morgan, or equivalent.’” Part of Lewis’ everyday challenge at Goldman Sachs is retaining top-level talent. He said a culture of new undergraduates in the field have the mindset to transfer “after two years and move on to something else.” “We’re saying, ‘Look, this is a long-term career for our best and our brightest, and we want to make sure that we keep the people that fit that bill.” Lewis said part of his job is helping employees figure out for themselves, and the company, what their goals are, and what can be done to help facilitate these goals. “A lot of my time is focusing on how I maximize good will for our corporation and our clients by giving people what they are looking for out of their careers and minimizing things that they are looking to avoid, where possible” he added. 44 FMA 2018 MAGAZINE
ALUMNI BY THE NUMBERS 7 Number of case competitions that members participated in this year Alumni Updates 15 States where FMA grades are now working full time (plus Seamus in Dublin!) 93,600 Average starting compensation for 2018 FMA grads 101 Applications to FMA this academic year 23 Number of new members accepted 14 Sophomores with internships FMA hosted its first regional alumni event in Atlanta this summer. FMA alums enjoy a tailgate 16 Student diversity leadership programs attended 35 Finance/career related books available for FMA members to read & return in the FMA library Garrett Clemons ‘15 joined PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLC as a Senior Manufacturing IT Associate in Birmingham. Garrett has grown to be one of the leading Subject Matter Experts on Smart Manufacturing and Digital Manufacturing. 697 Cumulative student hours spent on Wall Street Prep FMA 2018 MAGAZINE 45
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