“Booz Allen Hamilton truly values our partnership with MBA JumpStart. We rely on MBA JumpStart to help us identify top minority talent.”

- Peter Sullivan,
... Director, North America People Services, Booz Allen Hamilton

Elton Ndoma-Ogar is originally from Cross River State, Nigeria, but has lived in the United States since 1977.  He graduated with honors from Wake Forest University in 1996 with a degree in Health Sciences.  While at Wake Forest, Ndoma-Ogar was recognized regionally and nationally, by the ACC and the NCAA for his efforts in academics, athletics and community/social services.  Academically, he earned President’s List recognition, was awarded the Arthur Ashe Scholarship, the NCAA Ethnic/Minority Scholarship, and was noted as an Academic All-American.  For his community service efforts, Ndoma-Ogar was one of 11 student-athletes chosen in the United States to be on the CFA “Good Works” Team in addition to being awarded the Exxon Community Service Award.  Athletically, Ndoma-Ogar was selected co-captain of his football team and received All-American notoriety from Football News Magazine.

Following graduation, Ndoma-Ogar began an extremely successful medical device sales career in the northeastern region of the United States.  He earned corporate-wide recognition for being among the top 5 percent hospital sales executives while at Johnson and Johnson Medical (1997-1999). He followed that performance by winning Rookie of the Year honors while at Roche Diagnostics Corporation (1999-2001). 

Ndoma-Ogar graduated from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in May 2003.  While at Fuqua, he served as vice-president of sponsorship for the inaugural Fuqua School of Business Leadership Conference and served as finance chair for the Black and Latino MBA Organization.  Following his summer internship at Morgan Stanley, Ndoma-Ogar was selected as one of two MBA students as a Morgan Stanley Fellow.  Ndoma-Ogar began is Wall Street career as an Institutional Equity Sales-Trader at Morgan Stanley. In early 2006, Ndoma-Ogar joined Merrill Lynch as the Head of Diversity Recruiting.

A native of Indiana, John T. Burt, Jr. received his Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Indiana University and achieved career success (including sponsorship to pursue an MBA) and promotions within the finance component of Eli Lilly.  Burt earned an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, where he served as an executive fellow of the Dean’s office and simultaneously, as consultant to a small business in the Durham community.  He co-authored a published article on an effective career search and interview skills, and won a national competition (Executive Leadership Council, “ELC”) for his commentary on leadership. 
           
After graduation, Burt joined Booz Allen Hamilton, a New York management-consulting firm focused on strategic business concerns.  Burt relocated from New York City to Indianapolis working as a consultant at Eli Lilly focused on International Treasury working capital, establishing/implementing a consulting model to improve operational inefficiency and joint venture procedures, and later becoming the CFO of a $2B business unit.  In mid-2006, Burt took an interim role as the MBA JumpStart operations lead in addition to existing strategic responsibilities.   

Burt currently serves on the Nina Mason Pulliam Legacy Scholars Advisory Board and is an adjunct professor of finance and business planning at Concordia University-Wisconsin. He is a member of the 100 Black Men of America, the National Black MBA Association and NextGen Network, Inc (affiliated with ELC). Burt has served as treasurer and board member for several local nonprofit organizations and as a member of the Board of Advisors of The MBA Company. He has been recognized by the mayor of Indianapolis for his role in mentoring, Duke University as the 2006 Abele Award “Alumni of the Year” recipient, and quoted in the Indiana Business Journal and Minority MBA regarding leadership.