Greg Johnson

A fully student-led team from the Costello College of Business at George Mason University has advanced to the next round of the Financial Planning Challenge, earning a place among the top eight undergraduate teams in the nation.

When Mark Chase, MS Finance ’98, began his undergraduate studies at the University of Maine, he did so as an engineering student. After determining that engineering was not the path he wanted to pursue, he transferred to the business school, where he found accounting to really click.

After his father, Jim, passed away in 2025, Patrick Tierney, BS Management ’01, JD ‘05, gave serious consideration to the best way to honor his memory while also processing his own grief. 

For the second consecutive year, the Costello College of Business at George Mason University welcomed students, faculty, staff, and community members to hear from experts in AI. With AI evolving so rapidly, Navigating AI 2.0 had plenty of new ground to cover since last year’s event. 

As students at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University returned to campus, faculty and staff members shared in their excitement to kick off the fall 2026 semester in earnest.

When she saw Northrop Grumman's table at the George Mason University Career Fair, Neha Bandaru figured that any opportunity the company had to offer would be catered to engineering students. However, when she spoke with a Costello College of Business alum about what the aerospace and defense company had on the business side, it opened her eyes to the exciting opportunities available to her.

Interning at Deloitte was on Iman Chaudhry’s radar ever since she entered the Costello College of Business at George Mason University as a freshman and learned about the major firms in the area. As the president of the Mason Consulting Group, she’s tuned in to what’s happening at Costello and the opportunities available.

In 2020, the Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting received its naming gift, two years after the government contracting initiative at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University had officially become a center.

As a city, Barcelona balances a deep sense of history with a modern economy shaped by technology, global trade, design, and tourism. Its historical neighborhoods, rooted in tradition yet constantly evolving, sit alongside international companies and creative industries.

At the beginning of 2026, Mike Derrios, MBA ’06, returned home to the Costello College of Business at George Mason University as the executive director of the Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting.