Meet the Team
Teacher-scholars and practitioners on the leading edge of theory and practice.
Center Team
Punam Anand Keller
Charles Henry Jones Third Century Professor of Management; Faculty Director, Center for Business, Government, & Society
As Senior Associate Dean, Punam Anand Keller oversees faculty and leads innovation and growth initiatives for Tuck’s educational offerings in the pre- and post-MBA space. Keller’s academic resume includes degrees from Bombay University and Northwestern, award-winning research, and faculty positions at NYU, Columbia, and UNC. She serves as associate editor of Journal of Consumer Psychology and is on the editorial boards of Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, and Social Marketing Quarterly. Keller was formerly the President of the Association for Consumer Research.
Through the years, Keller has served as a consumer research consultant and educator to a variety of financial educators including FINRA foundation, CFPB, CFA, OECD, Filene Institute, NASAA, DCIIA, Dimensional, Goldman Sachs and NARPP. She has developed social marketing plans to promote financial education for the OFEFA, U.S. Department of Treasury, and NEFE. She served as the Social Marketing Officer of the Financial Literacy Center under Director AnnaMaria Lusardi, funded by the SSA.
Hannah Payson
Executive Director, Center for Business, Government & Society
Prior to Tuck Hannah worked for 10 years at Lloyd’s of London in the UK as a corporate responsibility manager for Lloyd’s award-winning Community Programme and expanded its corporate social responsibility efforts with a focus on environmental sustainability, ethics and values, diversity, and global reach. Before that, she worked for an education-focused nonprofit and in community investing. Hannah earned a BSc in Economics from University of Wales, Swansea.
Katherine McCarthy
Program Manager, Center for Business, Government & Society
Affiliated Faculty
Paul A. Argenti
Professor of Corporate Communication
Paul Argenti is a pioneer in the field of corporate communication, teaching some of the earliest courses on the subject for Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He wrote Corporate Communication, the first textbook in the field now in its eighth edition, along with Corporate Responsibility, Digital Strategies for Powerful Corporate Communication, The Power of Corporate Communication, and many other books and articles. He teaches courses on corporate communication, corporate responsibility, and general management, and has consulted and run training programs for hundreds of companies including ING, Mitsui, Novartis, Goldman Sachs, and the Detroit Lions. Argenti is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and has appeared in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, and others.
Emily J. Blanchard
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Professor Blanchard's research lies at the intersection of international economics and public policy. Her work explores the impact of global value chains on 21st century trade policy and the interaction of globalization and education. At Tuck, she teaches the core course Global Economics for Managers and a research to practice seminar on firms and international economic policy.
Margaret Hanson
Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Research Scholar
Thomas C. Lawton
Visiting Professor of Business Administration
Professor Lawton is an authority on nonmarket strategy and business model innovation, particularly during corporate turnaround or in response to political risk. Much of his work explores organizational forms and strategy processes for engaging political and social actors and arenas. The research leverages institutional perspectives and extends capabilities theory beyond market settings and into the nonmarket contexts of corporate political activity (CPA) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). His research has explored and advanced our understanding of how the firm competes beyond market settings, partnering with government in industrial policy initiatives, engaging external stakeholders through intermediaries like trade associations, and managing and mitigating political risk when entering and embedding in foreign markets, particularly emerging economies. He teaches a course in International Strategy at Tuck.
Matthew Rees
Senior Fellow, Center for Business, Government & Society
Matthew Rees is the founder of Geonomica, an editorial consulting firm that has worked with clients across a number of industries, and a senior fellow at Tuck's Center for Business, Government & Society. He has cowritten, with Lloyd Minor, dean of Stanford University’s School of Medicine, Discovering Precision Health: Predict, Prevent, and Cure to Advance Health and Well-Being. A former journalist, Rees has worked for the Wall Street Journal and the Economist, and he is a frequent book reviewer for the Journal. He also has extensive government experience, serving as a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, former National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick.
Anant K. Sundaram
Clinical Professor of Business Administration
Anant Sundaram teaches Corporate Valuation and Business and Climate Change at Tuck. His areas of expertise are business valuation, M&A, corporate governance, and financial strategies for profitable growth.
Curtis R. Welling
Clinical Professor
Curtis R. Welling D'71, T'77 is a clinical professor of business who teaches courses at the intersection on business, society and government. Prior to Tuck Professor Welling served as the president and chief executive officer of AmeriCares for 11 years, guiding the organization in delivering $9 billion in medicines and supplies around the world. Prior to AmeriCares Professor Welling worked in the investment banking and securities industries for 25 years. He teaches classes on Impact Investing, Social Entrepreneurship, Business and Society.
Student Leaders
Chris Ahn T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Fairfax, VA
Undergraduate Education: Washington and Lee University
Prior Work Experience: Tulsa Public Schools, Third Grade Teacher; Teach For America, Corps Member; Uncommon Schools, FP&A Manager
Board Placement: Upper Valley Haven, Inc.
Career Interest and Goals: Investment banking and real estate
Saif Ansari T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Central Valley, NY
Undergraduate Education: New York University (Music)
Prior Work Experience: Medical devices
Board Placement: Ottauquechee Health Foundation
Career Interest and Goals: Physician, medtech
Marcus Bailey T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate Education: Davidson College
Prior Work Experience: Director, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Board Placement: Vital Communities
Career Interest and Goals: Consulting
Eliza Ball T’24
MBA Fellow
Hometown: London, UK
Undergraduate Education: Tufts University
Prior Work Experience: Prior to Tuck, Eliza worked at LEWIS Global Communications in Washington, D.C.
Career Interest and Goals: After graduating, Eliza is interested in moving into corporate sustainability strategy and helping progress the global transition to more sustainable business practices.
Cheyenne Begley T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Manhasset, NY
Undergraduate Education: Lehigh University, B.S. in Bioengineering, Cornell University, M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering
Prior Work Experience: GE Healthcare, Integra LifeSciences
Board Placement: Spark! Community Placement
Career Interest and Goals: My goal is to become a Healthcare Investment Banker after Tuck and to further develop my MedTech expertise in order to carve out my legacy in impacting the Healthcare space
Fresia Blanco T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Silver Spring, MD
Undergraduate Education: Towson University (Business Administration)
Prior Work Experience: I spent the majority of my career working in financial services operations. I spent two years working at Morgan Stanley in the fixed income trading operations division and another two years working at a FinTech.
Board Placement: AVA Gallery & Art Center
Career Interest and Goals: I plan on pursuing a career in management consulting and specializing in the social impact sector. I'm passionate about financial equity and inclusion and education.
Beth Bollinger T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky
Undergraduate Education: Washington University in St. Louis (Physics)
Prior Work Experience: After college, I worked at Epic, a healthcare software company, doing a combination of software development and project management. Then, I worked as a full-stack web developer at the UW Credit Union, a small financial in Wisconsin, leading a team to enhance their online banking portal, connect with fintechs, and improve security.
Board Placement: Vermont Institute of Natural Science
Career Interest and Goals: I am interested in digital strategy, and post-Tuck I will be joining the Boston Consulting Group as a Digital Consultant.
Fiona Bowen T’24
MBA Fellow and Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Summit, NJ
Undergraduate Education: Dartmouth College
Prior Work Experience: Consultant at Bain & Company
Board Placement: Bugbee Senior Center
Career Interest and Goals: After Tuck I plan to return to consulting. Long term, I hope to work in social impact in the education sector.
Laura D’Angelo T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Woodbridge, CT
Undergraduate Education: Colgate University
Prior Work Experience: Senior Category Manager - Glossier (3 years); Business Development Analyst - Chanel (3 years); Planning Analyst & Executive Development Program - Macy's (1 year)
Board Placement: Hanover Improvement Society
Career Interest and Goals: Retail/Consumer Goods, early stage startups
Chitti Desai T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Board Placement: Music to Life
Hilary Fitzsimmons T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: New Canaan, CT
Undergraduate Education: Occidental College
Prior Work Experience: I spent 6 years prior to Tuck working in digital advertising in New York City. ~2 years of that were spent at an advertising network and 4+ years were spent at Vox Media, building and growing an advertising business line. At Vox, I was responsible for external publisher partnerships, internal operations, strategy, and was also a people manager.
Board Placement: Upper Valley Trails Alliance
Career Interest and Goals: I am passionate about building businesses and I hope to work for a tech company or start-up post Tuck.
Joseph Flaherty T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Norwell, MA
Undergraduate Education: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Prior Work Experience: Analyst & VP of Operations at Trilogy Inc. and Civil Engineer at CHA Consulting
Board Placement: Vermont Woodlands Association
Career Interest and Goals: I plan to pursue a career in investment banking with a focus on the tech industry.
Morgan Fletcher T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Wayland,MA
Undergraduate Education: Hamilton College
Prior Work Experience: Equity Research Analyst in Consumer Staples at Bank of America
Board Placement: Whaleback
Career Interest and Goals: I am looking to pursue a career in consulting to develop a well-rounded strategic toolkit. I will be joining Bain as a summer associate in Boston for my internship. My goal at Tuck and beyond is to be able to transition my professional track from being a reactive analyst towards becoming a proactive leader.
Allie Forlenza T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Lexington, MA
Undergraduate Education: University of Notre Dame
Prior Work Experience: Growth Equity Investor at Catalyst Investors; Equity Research Associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Board Placement: Spark Community Center
Career Interest and Goals: Corporate development at a tech startup
Ruchi Gayakwad T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Bhopal, India
Undergraduate Education: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (B.Tech)
Prior Work Experience: Quantitative Research and Risk Management at Acuity Knowledge Partners (Formerly Moody's) and Axis Bank
Board Placement: CraftStudies
Career Interest and Goals: Consulting
Sara Gong T’24
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Yangzhou
Undergraduate Education: Northeast Normal University, College of Humanities and Science
Prior Work Experience: Montessori Teacher, Business associate at an education service firm
Career Interest and Goals: Edtech, strategy, social impact
James Goodman T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Undergraduate Education: University of Pennsylvania, BSE Mechanical Engineering; University of Wisconsin - Madison, MS Computer Science
Prior Work Experience: Before Tuck, I worked at Epic, an Electronic Medical Record company in both client-facing roles and as a software developer.
Board Placement: Hanover Improvement Society
Career Interest and Goals: Short-term, I plan to go into digitally-focused strategy consulting. Long-term, I'm interested in healthcare entrepreneurship.
Caroline Hogan T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Board Placement: CraftStudies
Peter Hughes T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: London, England
Undergraduate Education: University of Southern California
Prior Work Experience: Prior to Tuck, I ran the grant-giving programs for Beyond Sport, a foundation which supports community nonprofits that use sports in their programming
Board Placement: Positive Tracks
Career Interest and Goals: After Tuck, I hope to work in a marketing or brand strategy role for a consumer facing company.
Sarah Kilpatrick T’24
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Mansfield, TX
Undergraduate Education: Texas A&M University
Prior Work Experience: Implementation Project Manager at Epic Systems, Manager of Client Strategy and Analytics at Bliss Point Media, and taught English in France
Career Interest and Goals: Sustainability consulting or ESG Reporting more broadly
Katherine Kirby T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Tallahassee, FL
Undergraduate Education: Vanderbilt University (Economics and Psychology)
Prior Work Experience: I was previously an Investment Associate at Cambridge Associates and then joined the investment team at The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as an Investment Associate on the Private Equity and Venture Capital team.
Board Placement: High Horses Therapeutic Riding Program
Career Interest and Goals: I am interested in sustainable retail with a long-term goal of owning my own business.
Laura Knapp T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Wilton, CT
Undergraduate Education: Davidson College (Social Entrepreneurship and Applied Mathematics)
Prior Work Experience: During my undergraduate career, I worked for several nonprofit organizations, including Social Venture Partners and the Ronald McDonald House Charities in different capacities. After completing my undergraduate degree, I served as a Community Economic Development Volunteer in Senegal with the Peace Corps where I focussed mainly on agribusiness, entrepreneurial, and women's empowerment initiatives. I transitioned from the Peace Corps to the Small Business Administration where I facilitated small business growth for socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses in the public sector.
Board Placement: Vital Communities
Career Interest and Goals: I am passionate about building communities that strengthen the health and well-being of our planet and its constituents. I am driven by cross-sector collaboration to combine the resources and strategies of organizations that are working towards the same goals. I am inspired by international cooperation and the celebration of different cultures. I hope to combine my passions for sustainability and collaborative global development in an international business career post-tuck.
AJ Kumar T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Stockton, CA
Undergraduate Education: UC Berkeley, BA in Economics
Prior Work Experience: An intelligence officer in the US Army, a company executive officer, was deployed to Afghanistan with JSOC, and a speechwriter for two generals
Board Placement: Music to Life
Career Interest and Goals: I want to move back and forth between the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, working to spread best practices and connect people and organizations, with the goal of strengthening American democracy and improving American prosperity.
Andrea Lau T’24
MBA Fellow/Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Undergraduate Education: Queen's University
Prior Work Experience: Government
Board Placement: Habitat for Humanity
Career Interest and Goals: Consulting and Technology
Julianne Loree T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Farmington, CT
Undergraduate Education: Union College in Schenectady, NY
Prior Work Experience: Manager, McKinsey & Company, New York City Office
Board Placement: COVER Home Repair
Career Interest and Goals: ESG and Social Impact
Gagan Makhija T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Bhopal, India
Undergraduate Education: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (B. Tech Mechanical Engineering)
Prior Work Experience: I was an engineer in the field of battery storage. I designed battery cells for electric vehicles, including Tesla.
Board Placement: Historic Windsor
Career Interest and Goals: I am planning to work as a consultant post Tuck and solve business challenges in a variety of situations.
Carson Marsh T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Marshfield, MA
Undergraduate Education: College of the Holy Cross
Prior Work Experience: Senior Investment Associate at Partners Capital Investment Group
Board Placement: Twin Pines Housing
Career Interest and Goals: Real Estate Investment Banking
Ben Marshall T’24
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Bournemouth, UK
Undergraduate Education: University of Oxford
Prior Work Experience: Consulting, Tech and Government (healthcare, trade, education)
Career Interest and Goals: Social impact, working at the intersection of public and private sectors
Erin Matheson T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Golden, CO
Undergraduate Education: Scripps College (Biochemistry)
Prior Work Experience: DaVita Kidney Care
Board Placement: Good Neighbor Health Clinic
Career Interest and Goals: Health care consulting at McKinsey
Zoe Olson T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Moraga, California
Undergraduate Education: University of Oregon
Prior Work Experience: Accenture Public Sector Consulting and Accenture Ventures
Board Placement: Upper Valley Trails Alliance
Career Interest and Goals: Tech Product Strategy
Oruare Ovbiagele T’24
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
Undergraduate Education: Prairie View A&M University
Prior Work Experience: Consulting, energy
Career Interest and Goals: Investment Banking
D’Najah Picou T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Undergraduate Education: University of Cincinnati
Prior Work Experience: Corporate Finance at Walmart
Board Placement: The Community Gallery, Inc (AVA Gallery and Art Center)
Career Interest and Goals: Interested in understanding how acquisitions, investments and mergers impact a company's strategy.
Adam Prince T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Bryn Mawr, PA
Undergraduate Education: Duke University (Biology)
Prior Work Experience: Cardiology fellowship at Dartmouth Health
Board Placement: Ottauquechee Health Foundation
Career Interest and Goals: Healthcare and innovations that advance patient care, early stage healthcare investing and medical device entrepreneurship
Chloe Rouhandeh T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate Education: Carleton College
Prior Work Experience: I have worked at two rare disease biotechnology companies in both Business Development and Marketing.
Board Placement: Public Health Council of the Upper Valley
Career Interest and Goals: Biotech and Pharma
Abhishek Senapati T’24
MBA Fellow/Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Manchester, UK
Undergraduate Education: Lancaster University, BA History; University College London, MA Architectural History and Theory
Prior Work Experience: 4 years in the British Government, working across policy and strategy in the Department for Health and Social Care and then at the Treasury
Board Placement: Valley Court Diversion Programs
Career Interest and Goals: Public sector consulting, public-private partnerships, and ultimately to run a low-cost for-profit hospital chain in rural India.
Varna Sharma T’24
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
Undergraduate Education: University of Virginia, B.S.; Purdue University, M.S.
Prior Work Experience: Materials engineer at Modern Meadow: innovating and scaling sustainably-made biomaterials for the fashion industry
Career Interest and Goals: Enabling companies to move towards a more sustainable future through internal strategy or investing
Marie Smoak T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Undergraduate Education: UNC Chapel Hill
Prior Work Experience: Healthcare consulting
Board Placement: Public Health Council of the Upper Valley
Career Interest and Goals: I am passionate about improving health care access and quality and aim to work for a health care startup.
Madeline Soutter T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Barrington, RI
Undergraduate Education: Boston College (Political Science)
Prior Work Experience: Prior to Tuck I worked in investment management at Cambridge Associates helping institutional investors to develop and implement venture capital programs.
Board Placement: Carter Community Building Association
Career Interest and Goals: I am interested in helping essential industries, such as food and agriculture, improve sustainability by adopting emerging technologies and processes.
Jessie Stein T’24
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Brookline, MA
Undergraduate Education: Boston College
Prior Work Experience: Working at the intersection of State Government and the non-profit sector
Career Interest and Goals: Pursuing a career in the social impact or ESG space that works to create macro level change to positively benefit others.
Alison Tilson T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate Education: Carleton College, BA in Economics
Prior Work Experience: 4 years working in consulting at EY-Parthenon in New York, focused mostly on projects related supply chain for Life Sciences companies
Board Placement: Vermont Institute of Natural Science
Career Interest and Goals: As I am sponsored by my company, I will be returning to consulting after I graduate from Tuck. After school, I hope to return to my supply chain work, potentially for consumer and retail companies. Long term, I hope to hold leadership positions that will allow me to enact change and improve the lives of others, particularly for women in the workforce.
Renna Traboulsi T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Calgary, Canada
Undergraduate Education: Queen's University (Mechanical Engineering)
Prior Work Experience: "I worked in engineering consulting in Toronto at Hatch Ltd. I balanced my time between the Noise&Vibration and Nuclear groups, performing interior acoustic analyses and directing multi-disciplinary teams to design solutions for nuclear waste management. "
Board Placement: Positive Tracks
Career Interest and Goals: I am interested in blending my passion for fitness and running in my personal life with my professional life. I am interested in brand management roles for fitness focused retail.
Sunakshi Wadhwa T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Chandigarh, India
Undergraduate Education: Macalester College
Prior Work Experience: McKinsey & Company; Shopee
Board Placement: West Central Behavioral Health
Career Interest and Goals: My goal is to become an innovative, inclusive, and empowering leader in a disruptive consumer-centric industry
Marnie Wallach T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Undergraduate Education: Georgetown University (Healthcare Management and Policy)
Prior Work Experience: I started my career with five years at Deloitte Consulting in the Government and Public Services practice with a focus on healthcare clients across human capital, operations, and strategy projects. To deepen my knowledge in the healthcare space, I completed my Masters of Public Health degree at Johns Hopkins with a focus in Health Policy and Mental Health. Since going back go school, I have interned with Kaiser Permanente's Strategy and Corporate Development team and I am currently a Market Research Fellow with Rock Health.
Board Placement: Visions for Creative Housing Solutions
Career Interest and Goals: I am excited to continue my career in the healthcare space, particularly focusing on the intersection of technology, access, and policy.
Emily Weis T’24
MBA Fellow/Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Higganum, CT
Undergraduate Education: Northeastern University
Prior Work Experience: Financial Analyst at US Department of the Treasury and Macro Strategist at State Street Global Markets
Board Placement: Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity
Career Interest and Goals: I am interested in using the intersection of economics, business, and politics to bring about positive change.
Megan Woody T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Undergraduate Education: University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Public Health and Chemistry)
Prior Work Experience: Strategy consulting across the health care industry, with a focus on health equity
Board Placement: Whaleback Mountain
Career Interest and Goals: Working across the health care, nonprofit, and business landscape to develop a more equitable health care system
Katherine Zafirson T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Saco, ME
Undergraduate Education: Colby College
Prior Work Experience: Economic Consultant at Analysis Group
Board Placement: Positive Tracks
Career Interest and Goals: Data analytics in the health and fitness industry
Weiran Zeng T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Beijing, China
Undergraduate Education: Duke University (Economics and Philosophy)
Prior Work Experience: Analyst at Cornerstone Research, Associate Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble, Strategist at Bytedance
Board Placement: Visions for Creative Housing Solutions
Career Interest and Goals: Digital transformations in consumer-facing businesses
Katherine Zimmel T’24
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Greenwich, CT
Undergraduate Education: Georgetown University
Prior Work Experience: Director of Sales at Darktrace, a global cybersecurity software company
Board Placement: Spark! Community Center
Career Interest and Goals: Strategic Consulting