FMA Magazine 2021 - 2023

MASTERS OF THE FUTURE
SEAN CONLEY
COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL
In May 2023, Sean Conley (FMA ’16) earned his MBA from
Columbia Business School, graduating with Dean’s Honors and
receiving the CBS Student Service Award, and in August was
named to Poets & Quants’ MBAs to Watch: Class of 2023. While
at Columbia, Sean served as Board Chair of Cluster A’23, Co-
President of CBS Follies, and Career Management Fellow.
Prior to his MBA, Sean spent five years in corporate banking
with BBVA USA (now PNC). After leading the bank’s eastern US
Government and Institutional Finance practice, Sean became
BBVA USA’s youngest Corporate Relationship Manager in
2019, managed a portfolio of middle market banking clients,
and earned the title of VP in 2020. Outside of work, he served
as Board President of a nonprofit humanitarian organization,
founding a program that provides free books to every Title I
elementary school in Jacksonville, Florida.
In September, Sean will resume work full-time in Manhattan
as a Consultant for Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of
the world’s most elite management consulting firms. Sean will
work with Fortune 500 companies across industries, “advising
on organizational change
in anything from postmerger
integration to pricing
optimization.” During his
summer internship, he and
his team orchestrated a digital
transformation for a global
biopharma.
For each of these experiences,
Sean credits the Auburn FMA.
“The FMA instilled in me a mentality that I live by to this day –
to bloom where you’re planted, to constantly challenge yourself
to grow personally and professionally, and to ‘pay it forward’ by
investing in those around you.” Since graduating summa cum
laude from Auburn in 2016, Sean has served as a Mentor for the
FMA Executive Mentor Program, something he (and his mentees)
looks forward to year after year.
#FMAproud Sean! Thank you for your continued stewardship and
involvement.
JORDAN
CARR
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Throughout his life, 2018 Auburn grad
Jordan Carr has been a testament to
versatility, determination, and leading
the way for others behind him. While
at Auburn, after learning more about
the world of investment banking, Carr
chose to pass up an ExxonMobil return
offer in hopes of landing an investment
banking summer analyst role. With
countless cold emails and some luck,
he broke in at Moelis & Company
for a summer internship, and upon
graduating, accepted a full-time position
in their NYC office.
As a student at Auburn, despite a full
schedule of involvement serving as
Fiji President, IFC Treasurer, and in
several SGA roles, Carr graduated with
a 4.0 in mechanical engineering and
minors in finance and business. He
then embarked on a career that led him
through two years at Moelis, New York
as an investment banking analyst before
working as a private equity associate
at Berkshire Partners in Boston. After
spending four years in finance, Carr
is now pursuing his MBA at Harvard
Business School.
During his free time, you can likely find
Jordan doing a number of races or runs.
He completed two marathons during his
time in investment banking and found
time during his private equity role to
run a 160-mile relay race from the Dead
Sea to the Red Sea as well as qualify for
the Boston Marathon, which he ran in
April of 2023.
Carr has also been involved with a
running group that mentors men
struggling with homelessness and
addiction and, as a former FMA
president, has served on the FMA
Advisory Board since he graduated
Auburn in 2018. After graduating from
Harvard, Jordan plans to pursue a path
of entrepreneurship through acquisition,
acquiring and growing a lower middle
market company in the US.
Way to go J. Czar! We look forward to
watching your future unfold.
62 FMA 2021-2023 MAGAZINE