Karen Rubel answers the question: Why should the Tippie MBA invest in you? Karen's and our other finalists' presentations were up for public voting for one week as part of the Tippie MBA SlideShare competition. The slideshow creator with the most "likes" after one week was the recipient of a $5,000 scholarship. Total votes for Karen: 11 via SlideShare, 44 via Facebook

1. Tippie’s Next
Investment
Karen Rubel

2. Karen Rubel – Get to know me
Undergraduate experience
Work accomplishments
Family life
Fun facts
Future plans

3. Karen Rubel – Undergraduate
experience
 Graduated from Loras College in 2008 with Degrees
in Accounting and Criminal Justice
 3.9/4.0 GPA, Provost’s Top Twenty Students (highest
GPAs in college)
 Internships with McGladrey LLP, Deere &
Company, Dubuque County Courthouse, and Carlisle
Communications
 Graduated in four years with 150+ hours
 Organized, diligent

4. Karen Rubel – Work
accomplishments
 Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
 Started professional career with Deere & Company in
Davenport, Iowa and transferred to San Diego, California
 Left Deere to gain experience in public accounting with McGladrey
LLP in Cedar Rapids
 Since starting with McGladrey, created efficiencies to reduce
charge hours in engagements by an average of 21%
 Received 2012 Regional McGladrey Achievement Award for
Excellence
 Intuitive, ability to manage

5. Karen Rubel – Family life
 Will celebrate my five-year wedding anniversary with
my husband (who is also a CPA) in August 2013
 Son, Brandon, will be four in July 2013
 Daughter, Payson, is nine months
 Two dogs, Melby and Sunny (Cavalier King Charles
Spaniels) will be six and four in October 2013
 Empathize, work-life balance

6. Karen Rubel – Fun facts
 Have been to games at all 30 major
league baseball stadiums with my
husband
 Enjoy traveling, reading, and
scrapbooking
Committed, creative

7. Karen Rubel – Future plans
 Graduate with a specialization in Corporate
Finance
 Be involved in student organizations
 Pursue opportunities for an accelerated
career, with no restrictive requirements for
industry or location
Open, flexible, willing to adapt

8. Invest in Karen Rubel
Invest in me, and you will invest in a
hard-worker who has proven herself both
academically and professionally, while
balancing a family and social life.