About

Hello everyone and welcome to frankiewarren.com! My name’s Frankie and I’d like to tell you a little bit about myself and what you can expect from this site.

I graduated from Boston College in 2007 with a bachelor of arts in economics. I settled upon economics, due to a combination of its analytical processes and practicality, after exploring several declared majors ranging from physics to English. I viewed economics as a more “social” science than either physics or mathematics. I wasn’t buried in a lab; I interacted with a wide variety of people, but I was still gaining an understanding of the world around me. I found the complex, intricate economic systems at work in our daily lives fascinating.

However, I was able to see shortcomings as well. According to the World Bank, 1.4 billion people live on less than $1.25 a day, or the international poverty line. I wanted to more fully explore why our economic systems fail to provide an acceptable quality of life in so many cases. I completed a minor in “Faith, Peace and Justice” which culminated in a thesis analyzing the effect of poor infrastructure, specifically roads, on economic growth in Nicaragua.

Following graduation I accepted a position with La Jolla Bank, located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. For the next year I was able to learn about the banking industry first hand during one of the most trying periods our financial system has ever endured. Through the accounting department I gained a solid understanding of how the bank worked as a whole. Through the appraisal department I worked in the trenches, visiting properties that the bank was looking to finance.

Currently, I am an MBA candidate at Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. I have found the most rewarding experience in business school to be extracurricular. While learning the fundamentals of finance and marketing is essential, I believe that I have learned some of the most important lessons outside of the classroom. These come in the form of time management and my involvement in improving the program as a whole.

I am the president of Pepperdine’s Net Impact chapter. Net Impact is a global network of MBA’s focusing on the issues of sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Much like my desire to understand the failings of economics, I have been moved to consider the implications of the countless business decisions made every day. I have been blessed to find a group of people dedicated to the notion that business can be used as a power for good. Some of the projects we will be undertaking next year include broad curriculum changed focused on implementing UN developed PRME principles, sponsoring an MBA to travel to Nicaragua to help grow a sustainable company for a period of 8 months, and developing several opportunities for international travel to Latin America to understand the business practices in the area.

Also, I am serving as the Chairman of the Emerging Leaders program (EL). EL is a group of seventeen students selected by faculty for demonstrating the characteristics of future business leaders for the purpose of cultivating those skills. Once the group of students was selected by faculty, I was elected to the position of Chairman by a vote of the current EL class. As Chairman, my responsibilities involve guiding the group to accomplish the vision we set forth at the beginning of the year. I serve as the liaison between the student body, the dean and EL members. EL ’08, our class, has developed four committees which focus on improving various aspects of the program: mentorship, marketing, curriculum and orientation.

As a part of the 20 month curriculum, students are required to complete an internship between their first and second years. I am currently working for the Los Angeles Lakers, namely their development team the Los Angeles D-Fenders, to satisfy this requirement. I am in the process of developing two programs. The first is an internet marketing presence utilizing social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, and the second is a Community Relations program encompassing community service and involving the local community with D-Fenders basketball.

I feel I have been greatly blessed with opportunities to have extraordinary experiences and make a meaningful impact in my local community and beyond. Frankiewarren.com will highlight my experiences, both the good and the bad, as I navigate through this formative time in my life. Additionally I hope to analyze the web through the lens of a business student in the hope I can provide a fresh perspective on a rapidly changing landscape. I post this in a public forum because I encourage discussion and look forward to feedback. Hopefully I am able to present content that is both stimulating and challenging. Once again, I look forward to the journey…

Sincerely,

Frankie Warren