Each year, the college’s Alumni Board recognizes outstanding alumni and friends to be honored at the annual Celebration event for their outstanding achievements, service to the community and enduring impact on students.
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Meet Our 2025 Oustanding Alumni
2025 BROAD COLLEGE
OUTSTANDING ALUM
OF THE YEAR
PRIYA BALASUBRAMANIAM
MBA ’01
Priya Balasubramaniam is vice president of Product Operations at Apple. Since joining the company in 2001, Priya has spent nearly 25 years in a range of senior procurement and operations roles. She now oversees Apple’s manufacturing supply chain, including the quality and repair operations of all Apple products and core components.
Priya holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University, and an MBA in Supply Chain and Marketing from Michigan State University. She also has a diploma in Software Technology & Systems Management. Priya previously led the iPhone Operations teams, and before joining Apple, worked as an engineer for ABB.
2025 BROAD COLLEGE
OUTSTANDING
YOUNG ALUM
OF THE YEAR
MICHELLE WINTERFIELD
BA FINANCE ’17
Michelle was the co-founder and co-CEO of Tandem, a finance app that helps the modern household manage and grow wealth. Tandem promotes equitable involvement and transparency from the earliest point in a relationship, and since launching in 2023, has helped users manage $200M+ on its platform. Tandem was acquired in 2025 by Reseda Group, a wholly owned credit union service organization of Michigan State Federal Credit Union, where Michelle now serves as the VP of Marketing. The acquisition represents a key step toward creating an end-to-end family banking ecosystem — one that helps credit union members graduate from individual accounts to joint accounts, and eventually, to tools that support dependent and multi-generational households.
Prior to founding Tandem, Michelle worked as a private equity investor at Wind Point Partners in Chicago and Main Street Capital in Houston. She is also a personal finance influencer and manages an online community of more than 700,000 followers across her Instagram and TikTok profiles. She is a member of the Forbes Advisor Banking Advisory Board, Financial Markets Institute Board at Michigan State University, and was recently named to the Crain’s Detroit 40 under 40 list.
Her work has been covered by the NBC “Today” show, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, People magazine, Axios, TechCrunch and others. She graduated from Michigan State University in 2017 with high honors with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance, and was also a member of the Varsity Women’s Soccer Team, Honors College and Financial Markets Institute.
2025 BROAD COLLEGE
OUTSTANDING
YOUNG ALUM
OF THE YEAR
DAN COUVREUR
BA FINANCE ’17
Dan Couvreur is the co-founder of Tandem, the leading finance app for couples, which was acquired by Reseda Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSU Federal Credit Union, in 2025. He now serves as their VP of Product. Tandem helps couples manage hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses and attracted investment from top funds such as Goodwater Capital and Corazon Capital. The company was featured in the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, and on the Today Show.
Prior to founding Tandem, Dan was an early employee at Better, where he helped lead partnerships with Ally Bank, American Express, and Credit Karma, which generated billions of dollars in originated mortgages. He began his career at Citigroup, where he focused on principal investing in hard assets.
Dan is a graduate of the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, where he studied finance and was a member of the Honors College and Financial Markets Institute. He lives in New York City with his fiancée, Hannah.
Corporate Partner Award
The Broad College is proud to present the first Corporate Partner Award to Deloitte. A special acknowledgment is extended to Lou Barkman (B.A. Accounting, M.S. Accounting ’02) for his leadership in establishing and strengthening the partnership between Deloitte and the Broad College.
Broad’s corporate partners invest in the college in many ways, including offering internships, hiring graduates, mentoring students and creating meaningful career and leadership development opportunities.
Celebrate Broad
The Celebrate Broad Awards bring together the Broad community each year to recognize distinguished alumni, faculty, and professional staff whose leadership, innovation, impact, and dedication reflect the very best of the college.
Broad College Alumni Awards
The Celebrate Broad Awards honor the very best of the Broad College of Business community. We invite nominations for exceptional alumni in the three award categories below. Alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of the college are encouraged to submit nominations.
Before submitting, please review the eligibility criteria for each award category. Nominations require a summary of the nominee’s professional achievements, engagement with the college, and overall impact.
Nominations remain active for two award cycles.
The nomination deadline is May 15, 2026.
About the Awards
Lifetime Achievement
This award was established to provide recognition to those alumni who have shown extraordinary leadership throughout their professional careers and who have distinguished themselves by achieving a consistently high level of excellence in their endeavors.
Outstanding Alumni Achievement
The Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award honors alumni whose career and personal success in their industry and commitment to the Broad College and Michigan State University exemplify the standards of achievement for all students and alumni.
Outstanding Young Alumni Achievement
The Young Alumni Achievement Award was created to honor alumni who are under 40 years of age, and/or have graduated in the past ten years, and have shown a strong record of accomplishments – outstanding contributions to their employer, history of quick promotion, military accomplishments, service to the college, continued education, and other noteworthy achievements.