Graduate School of Business
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Kao Saeteurn
MSx Fellow, expected graduation 2027
BioMajor Kao Saeteurn is an active-duty United States Marine Corps officer with a background in military financial management and recruitment. He is currently a 2026-27 MSx student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and will continue his career in the Marine Corps upon graduation. Kao was born in San Francisco and grew up in Sacramento, California. He enlisted in the Marine Corps immediately after high school and served three combat tours in Iraq from 2004 to 2007 as an Administrative Specialist, Postal Chief, and Convoy Driver. He attended the University of California Davis and graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s in Exercise Biology and a minor in Education. Kao served as a Budget Officer in San Diego from 2013 to 2016, an Officer Selection Officer in Berkeley from 2016 to 2019, a Company Commander and Deputy Comptroller in Okinawa, Japan from 2020 to 2023, and a Recruiting Station Commanding Officer in Sacramento from 2023 to 2026. He plans to be a valued member in the MSx program and gain the skills necessary to further contribute to the Marine Corps as well as the wide range of opportunities that will stem from Stanford GSB.
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Alexa Samaniego
Ph.D. Student in Business Administration, admitted Autumn 2022
Research Asst - Graduate, Graduate School of Business - Organizational BehaviorBioAlexa is a third-year PhD student in Organizational Behavior (Micro) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Alexa's research is inspired by her background in theatre and the performing arts. She considers how speakers and audiences experience repeated performances (e.g., entrepreneurs giving the same pitch, or trainers giving the same seminar), and why certain speakers come across as more authentic than others. Her research informs the work she does as a presentation coach in the Stanford Oral Communication program and TEDxStanford.
Prior to beginning her PhD, Alexa worked as a research associate at Achievers Workforce Institute and Columbia Business School. She received her BS in Business Psychology from UC San Diego, and her MS in Applied Psychology from San Diego State University. -
Michael Victor Sianipar
MBA, expected graduation 2028
BioMichael Victor Sianipar concurrently holds the positions of Chairman of the Indonesian Futsal Federation and the General Treasurer of the Indonesian Unity Party. He has operated at the intersection of Indonesian politics, public governance, and institutional reform. Michael’s track record spans driving strategic campaigns for regional leaders and spearheading governance overhauls in major provinces like Jakarta and West Nusa Tenggara. A champion of ecosystem transformation, his leadership experience extends from building emergent political parties and scaling civil society networks to modernizing the national sports industry. Previously, he was the Regional Personal Aide to the Governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2017 and Governor of West Nusa Tenggara from 2018 to 2019, Head of Indonesian Solidarity Party in Jakarta (2017-2022), and Chair of the Indonesian Youth Diplomacy (2020-2025).
Michael’s mission is to catalyze deep-seated societal transformation by architecting high-impact synergies between the public sector, private enterprise, and civil society across local, national, and global ecosystems. Throughout the years in government offices, he has handled various portfolios ranging from budgeting, government transparency, corruption eradication, internship program, district-level management, personnel management, to the development of smart city and open data initiatives.
Michael graduated from Yonsei University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations. He was also a recipient of the Alumni Appreciation Award from Yonsei University, awarded in 2015, as one of two alumni who contributed the most for the past ten years and whose work continue to reflect the University’s core values. He will take a sabbatical from active political participation by pursuing an MBA at Stanford University starting in 2026.
