#EthicsMatters:

Should Employers Help Pay Down Student Loans?
 

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Zoom link will be provided separately.
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With the onset of COVID-19, student loan debt burdens are increasingly on the minds of MBAs and other college graduates. Some companies have taken the dramatic step of offering Student Loan Repayment programs to their employees as a form of compensation. The EMBA Student Leadership and Ethics Board invites you to an #EthicsMatters Discussion with Emeka Oguh, CEO of PeopleJoy, as we discuss the ethical considerations around Student Loan Repayment programs and their suitability for addressing the debt crisis facing graduates today.

Pre-Reading for Discussion:

• "The student loan debt is $1.6 trillion and people are struggling to pay it down"
• "4 Student Loan Debt Facts That May Surprise You"
• "Coronavirus and Forbearance Info for Students, Borrowers, and Parents"

About Emeka Oguh

Emeka Oguh has over 12 years of experience in product management, entrepreneurship, and finance, with a focus on financial technology and mobile advertising. He is currently developing solutions to the student debt crises as Founder and CEO of PeopleJoy, in addition to serving on the Board of Trustees for the quantitative Alpha Architect ETF funds. Previously, Emeka was Founder and CEO of mobile app publisher Apptempo (acquired), and Director of Product Management at real-time information discovery platform Dataminr, where he led development of the finance product suite. He began his career at Merrill Lynch, where he optimized trading data flows, deployed leading cloud and virtualization technologies, and enhanced portfolio management systems in multiple technical and financial roles. Emeka holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Rutgers University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

About #EthicsMatters Conversation Series

The Student Leadership and Ethics Board coordinates the #EthicsMatters Conversation Series in order to encourage interactive group discussions among students about ethical issues in business that are prevalent in the media. These discussions are facilitated by members of the Student Leadership and Ethics Board and are held in small groups of 10-15 Columbia Business School students.