Alumni Focus: Carina Marzari

In her current position as Product Manager for Business Strategy at DeVry University, Carina Marzari is responsible for managing the institution’s $130 million business programs portfolio.  She assumed this role in early this year (2022), after previously working as a senior business analyst for DeVry University for almost six years (2016-2022).  Marzari’s professional career prior to joining DeVry University began in 1999, as a marketing assistant at John Deere (1999-2002).  Her work experience also includes service as a marketing team leader at Syngenta (2002), a senior marketing analyst at Kepler Weber (2002-2005), and a market research analyst at CME Group (2007-2008).  As one would expect, Marzari’s impressive professional career has been facilitated by some noteworthy educational milestones, beginning with receipt in 2000 of an undergraduate degree in business administration and management from the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria.  The Turner College of Business has also played a role in her preparation, as she earned an MBA from the Turner College in 2015, a feat that also included being named an outstanding MBA student prior to graduation.  Marzari also recently added some post-graduate education in big data and analytics from the Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University in 2019.  Lastly, Carina has also demonstrated the importance of servant leadership – an important value to both the Turner College and CSU – in her professional life.  In addition to serving as a volunteer with the Sunshine Reading Program at Pleasant Hill Elementary School in South Carolina, Marzari has also provided her business acumen in the Implementation of marketing strategies to increase membership in the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust and the number of visitors to the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio.  Her efforts in the latter endeavor led to a seven percent increase in the number of visitors in the first year.