Meet the Team
Teacher-scholars and practitioners on the leading edge of theory and practice.
Center Team
John G. McKinley
Executive Director, Center for Business, Government & Society
John McKinley is the Executive Director of the Center for Business, Government and Society at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Prior to Tuck, McKinley was a Director at BlackRock, where he was a founding member of the global asset manager’s sustainable investment team, which developed dedicated sustainable investment products and solutions across asset classes representing over $500B of assets under management. McKinley most recently helped lead the build-out of BlackRock’s European sustainable investing business from its London office. Prior to BlackRock, McKinley served as Innovation Manager at Acumen, a venture philanthropy fund investing in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. McKinley also served in government, first at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he managed rule of law development programs in Africa and the Middle East, and later as a senior policy analyst for former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. McKinley has written for Harvard Business Review and researched at the Center for Sustainable Investment at Columbia University. He earned a BA from Middlebury College and a Masters of International Affairs with a focus on Economic and Political Development from Columbia University.
Hannah Payson
Associate 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.
Madeleine Bothe
Assistant Director, Program Management & Center Operations, Center for Business, Government & Society
Madeleine comes to Tuck from London where she worked for Climate-KIC: an EU initiative to create a “Knowledge Innovation Community” to tackle climate change. She was based at Imperial College London where she developed an educational plan for students to become entrepreneurial in their specialized fields so they not only have the tools to be able to commercialize their ideas, but also to enhance their research and educational potential. Prior to Climate-KIC, she worked at the London School of Economics & Political Science, and Dartmouth College.
She holds a BA from Dickinson College and enjoys, running, riding horses, skiing, and hiking with her husband and beloved rescue dog Sprinkle!
Affiliated Faculty
Paul A. Argenti
Professor of Corporate Communication
Paul Argenti's recent research on social media extends his expertise in corporate communications, strategy formulation and execution, corporate reputation, and corporate social responsibility—issues on which he consults for corporations and nonprofit organizations. He teaches the core course Analysis for General Managers and the electives Corporate Communication and Corporate Responsibility.
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.
Aine Donovan
Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Board Member, Center for Business & Society
Aine Donovan is a research associate professor in the Department of Education at Dartmouth. She also serves as a faculty member at Tuck and at the Geisel School of Medicine. Her research emphasis, publications, and professional presentations are in the field of moral education and applied ethics. Her recent books include
Peter R. Fisher
Clinical Professor
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.
Nan Stone
Clinical Professor of Management
Nan Stone received her PhD in American Studies at Harvard University, and spent almost two decades at the Harvard Business Review, where she ultimately served as editor-in-chief. In 2000, she joined The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit startup incubated at Bain & Company, as its founding knowledge partner.
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!
Jessica Ahn T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate Education: University of California, Los Angeles
Prior Work Experience: Teach for America 2012 Los Angeles Corp; Middle School Teacher, Stella Middle Charter Academy; Management Consultant, Accenture
Career Interest and Goals: Using human-centered design, technology and business to reimagine the human experience with public services and systems
Personal Interests: Piano, Photography, Traveling, Hiking, Wine, Going through fashion and skincare blogs
Shiv Bery T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: West Chester, PA
Undergraduate Education: Washington University in St. Louis
Prior Work Experience: DuPont and Corteva Agriscience with roles in FP&A, Capital Markets, and Foreign Exchange.
Board Placement: Spark! Community Center
Career Interest and Goals: Spark! Community Center
Personal Interests: Basketball, shoes, health & wellness
Ed Beshers T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Providence, RI
Undergraduate Education: Franklin & Marshall College
Prior Work Experience: Director of Grants Administration, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; General Manager, Marvelous Market; Co-founder and CFO, Siren Medical; Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial
Career Interest and Goals: Conservation finance; I want to find innovative ways to bring new, profit-seeking investments into environmental conservation.
Personal Interests: Going on adventures with my family, playing with my dog, cooking, podcasts, sports and games of all kinds
Deepika Bhargo T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Boston, MA
Undergraduate Education: Tufts University
Prior Work Experience: Bain & Company, The Massachusetts General Hospital
Board Placement: BRIC
Career Interest and Goals: General Management. Creating value for businesses & society.
Personal Interests: International Affairs, Podcasts, Dancing & Traveling
Sarah Blatt T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: St. Leon, Indiana
Undergraduate Education: United States Military Academy at West Point
Prior Work Experience: 6 years as an Army Intelligence Officer, 6 years in wine sales, currently a Major in the US Army Reserve and interning at McKinsey & Company.
Board Placement: Positive Tracks
Career Interest and Goals: A guiding light for my journey to Tuck is that I want to get paid to think. I aspire to become a leader in the consulting industry and mentor other female veterans along the way. My partner and I are both entrepreneurial at heart and we ultimately hope to build a business together.
Personal Interests: I love to cook and especially love to find fantastic wine pairings. My family and I often speak in movie quotes which is particularly fun now that my four year old daughter joins in. Together we kayak, ski, and love to travel.
Katherine Britt T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Arlington, MA
Undergraduate Education: Amherst College
Prior Work Experience: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Donor Relations Officer; Artists For Humanity, Associate Director of Business Development; Union For International Cancer Control/2016 World Cancer Congress, Freelance External Relations Consultant
Career Interest and Goals: Growth strategies during times of significant change. Strategic cross-sector partnerships and collaborations, including at the international level. In the future, I would love to contribute to a company that delivers products or services that have a sustainable, positive impact on consumers and the community.
Personal Interests: Running, hiking, yoga, podcasts (Hidden Brain!), painting, farmer's markets
Liz Calby T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Darien, CT
Undergraduate Education: Dartmouth College
Prior Work Experience: GE Ventures, Business Operations
Career Interest and Goals: Social Impact
Personal Interests: Reading, skiing, basketball, exploring new wines, international policy
Kathy Cazares T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Aiea, Hawaii
Undergraduate Education: Doctor of Pharmacy at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Prior Work Experience: Clinical Pharmacist
Board Placement: Upper Valley Haven
Career Interest and Goals: Healthcare. Provide high quality healthcare to individuals in a clinical setting and on a broader scale through participation in managing health operations and strategy.
Personal Interests: Running, podcasts, foodie
Kyungla Chae T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Undergraduate Education: University of Oregon
Prior Work Experience: International Monetary Fund
Career Interest and Goals: Interested in ways to reduce income inequality and increase female labor force participation
Stylianos Chasapopoulos T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Athens, Greece
Undergraduate Education: Bocconi University
Prior Work Experience: Prior to Tuck, I worked for 2 years in the audit department of KPMG Greece in Athens, Greece and 2 years in the accounting department of UPS in Dublin, Ireland.
Career Interest and Goals: My main career interest and goals is the finance sector and more specifically investment banking.
Personal Interests: I am really interested in international economics and politics.
Kazuha Cortes T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Undergraduate Education: Ritsumeikan University
Prior Work Experience: Business development in manufacturing and project coordinator in nonprofit organization
Board Placement: Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity
Career Interest and Goals: Infrastructure business in developing countries for creating social and economic impact
Personal Interests: Travel, piano, international development, and how to survive my child's terrible twos
Paul Dell’Isola T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Undergraduate Education: United States Coast Guard Academy
Prior Work Experience: Coast Guard Officer
Career Interest and Goals: Management Consulting. Long-term I aspire to work to increase access to mental health care globally.
Personal Interests: Skiing, Cooking/Smoking meats, craft beer, and vanlife
Hailey Durno T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Westport, CT
Undergraduate Education: Washington University in St. Louis
Prior Work Experience: Hall & Partners, a branding and strategy agency in New York City
Board Placement: High Horses
Career Interest and Goals: After Tuck I would love to work at the intersection of business and social impact, ideally doing social impact consulting.
Personal Interests: I am a baker, runner, equestrian, skier, and am working to become a certified yoga instructor.
Michelle Fechtor T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: West Hartford, CT
Undergraduate Education: Middlebury College
Prior Work Experience: Director of market research team at financial services firm
Board Placement: Visions for Creative Housing Solution
Career Interest and Goals: General management, product management
Personal Interests: Photography, baking, yoga and weight lifting
Howard Fu T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Singapore
Undergraduate Education: University of Southern California
Prior Work Experience: I served as a diplomat in the Singapore Foreign Service for 6.5 years, including 3.5 years in the Singapore Consulate-General in Hong Kong. Before coming to Tuck, I worked at a nonprofit advocating public diplomacy and strengthening international business ties for Singapore.
Career Interest and Goals: Strategy-related business sectors with an international reach, public-private partnership.
Personal Interests: International relations and diplomacy, travel, photography, basketball, skiing, mixology
Clarke Gottwald T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Undergraduate Education: University of Pennsylvania
Prior Work Experience: Business Strategy for a chemical company (Afton Chemical)
Board Placement: Music to Life
Career Interest and Goals: Consulting
Personal Interests: Live theater, sports, board games, trivia
Joe Gladow T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Shoreline, WA
Undergraduate Education: Linfield College
Prior Work Experience: After graduating from college, I spent two years as an English teacher in Spain, working with students from low socio-economic backgrounds, then almost three years at a strategic communications and political consulting firm in Seattle.
Career Interest and Goals: I am fascinated by business innovation, corporate social responsibility and sustainability, and the overlap between business, government, and society.
Personal Interests: Politics, music (I play the saxophone), and anything involving the outdoors (running, cycling, hiking, camping, etc.)
Posie Holmes T’21
MBA Fellow, Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Concord, MA
Undergraduate Education: University of Virginia
Prior Work Experience: Management consulting for Bain & Company
Career Interest and Goals: The confluence of climate change and business, impact investing, nonprofit management
Board Placement: Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Personal Interests: The confluence of climate change and business, impact investing, nonprofit management
Melanie Huang T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Toronto, Canada; Beijing, China
Undergraduate Education: University of Toronto
Prior Work Experience: Financial Services
Board Placement: West Central Behavioral Health
Career Interest and Goals: Healthcare, technology
Personal Interests: Reading, yoga, hiking
Leah Jack T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellows
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Undergraduate Education: Florida State University
Prior Work Experience: Director of Special Project - DeeTee Freight Enterprises; Director of Business Operations - Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership; Investor Services Product Associate - J.P. Morgan
Board Placement: Lebanon School Board
Career Interest and Goals: Finance/Operations/Strategy in K-12 Education; Independent Consulting
Personal Interests: Running, yoga, travel, hiking, snowboarding, dominoes, spades, reading
Jhanvi Jagad T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Singapore
Undergraduate Education: Mithibai College
Prior Work Experience: Deloitte- M&A Advisory
Board Placement: Ledyard Charter School
Career Interest and Goals: Investing and Banking, and Business Strategy
Personal Interests: Investing and Banking, and Business Strategy
Michael Julian T’21
MBA Fellow, Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Brimfield, MA
Undergraduate Education: Harvard University
Prior Work Experience: Bain & Company
Career Interest and Goals: Management Consulting, Public Service
Board Placement: BRIC
Personal Interests: Distance running, hiking, skiing, travel
Daniel Kallen T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Los Angeles
Undergraduate Education: Boston University, BA in Economics
Prior Work Experience: I was a Senior Analyst at Liberty Mutual, working primarily in Product Management and Digital Analytics.
Board Placement: Music to Life
Career Interest and Goals: I'm interested in management consulting and technology. I've also always been interested in the non-profit space and outside of my day job I hope to be involved as a board member in local non-profits in the future.
Personal Interests: I am a big fan of the outdoors, cooking, and playing and listening to music.
Catharine Keene T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Rhinebeck, NY
Undergraduate Education: Tufts University
Prior Work Experience: Biology teacher at St. Paul's School; Lifecycle Marketing Manager at ClassPass
Career Interest and Goals: Social impact consulting, sustainability
Personal Interests: Biology, running, hiking, travel, painting, photography, cooking, dancing, surfing
Dave Kenney T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Undergraduate Education: University of Notre Dame
Prior Work Experience: Putnam Investments, Bank of America, U.S. Air Force Reserve
Board Placement: Vital Communities
Career Interest and Goals: Economic development, impact investing, and growth stage companies
Personal Interests: Cooking, hiking, small towns, pulling over to read historical plaques
Brandon Koone T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Sherman, TX
Undergraduate Education: University of Virginia
Prior Work Experience: 6 years with Endeavor Natural Gas, LP as a petroleum landman
Board Placement: Headrest
Career Interest and Goals: Energy, manufacturing
Personal Interests: Hiking, skiing, the Dallas Cowboys
Maria King T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Undergraduate Education: Tufts University
Prior Work Experience: Spotify, VICE Media, City Harvest, AmeriCorps
Career Interest and Goals: Sustainability, land management, government, sustainable fashion
Personal Interests: Sustainability, land management, government, sustainable fashion
Tobin Krieg T’21
MBA Fellow, Nonprofit Board Fellows
Hometown: Sharon, VT
Undergraduate Education: American University
Prior Work Experience: Business Development Manager, Dexis Consulting Group
Board Placement: Upper Valley Trail Alliance
Career Interest and Goals: Tackling climate change through venture capital
Personal Interests: Trail Running, Backcountry Snowboarding, Cooking, Board Games
Alvin Li T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Undergraduate Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Prior Work Experience: Quality Engineer, Dell Technologies
Board Placement: Historic Windsor
Career Interest and Goals: GM path in Healthcare space
Personal Interests: Basketball, watching sports and spending time with daughter
Jane Maglaque T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Undergraduate Education: Mount Holyoke College
Prior Work Experience: American Express, Corporate Strategy
Board Placement: WISE
Career Interest and Goals: Tech; Strategy
Personal Interests: Skiing, hiking, wine & cheese, yoga
Dennis Magnasco T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Undergraduate Education: Harvard University
Prior Work Experience: United States House of Representatives, Regional Director; United States Army, Combat Medic
Career Interest and Goals: Public Sector Consulting, State and Local Government, Future of Work Policy, Cyber Security, and National Defense
Personal Interests: Scuba diving, hiking, international travel, and experiencing new things!
Rukhaam Mahar T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Karach, Pakistan
Undergraduate Education: Lahore University of Management & Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan
Prior Work Experience: PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC) in Auditing, Connor Group in Accounting
Board Placement: Spark! Community Center
Career Interest and Goals: Investment Banking
Personal Interests: Investment Banking
Will Maness T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Boston, MA
Undergraduate Education: Boston University
Prior Work Experience: PwC Digital Accelerator, PwC Risk Assurance
Board Placement: Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Career Interest and Goals: I am interested in managing sustainably minded technology products and teams.
Personal Interests: Live theater, sports, board games, trivia
Katie Mills T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Carlisle, MA
Undergraduate Education: Cornell University
Prior Work Experience: CipherHealth, FCBHealth
Board Placement: Good Beginnings
Career Interest and Goals: Consulting, healthcare
Personal Interests: Fitness classes, cooking, travel, taking advantage of the outdoors in New Hampshire!
Gaurav Mittal T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Jaipur, India
Undergraduate Education: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Prior Work Experience: Strategy and Product Management at Swiggy; Co-Founded Travel.AI; Consultant at EXL Services
Board Placement: Black River
Career Interest and Goals: Improving food supply chain in emerging countries through technology; Agriculture investing; Rural Entrepreneurship
Personal Interests: Trail Running; Mathematical Puzzles; Stock Markets
Mark Orloff T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Chester, NJ
Undergraduate Education: Vanderbilt University
Prior Work Experience: Management Consulting at Bain & Company
Board Placement: Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS)
Career Interest and Goals: Renewable energy, energy technology
Personal Interests: Skiing, gardening, hiking, playing lacrosse and squash
Afolabi Oshinowo T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
Undergraduate Education: College of Medicine University of Lagos, Nigeria
Prior Work Experience: Ministry of Defence as a Medical Doctor
Board Placement: Upper Valley Haven
Career Interest and Goals: Healthcare in Developing Economies
Personal Interests: Reading, making new friends, and playing Badminton
Mridula Padmanabhan T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Bahrain
Undergraduate Education: Georgetown University
Prior Work Experience: Private Equity. I worked for a subsidiary of the French sovereign financial institution, focused on direct investments in the Gulf, before I came to Tuck.
Career Interest and Goals: I'll be interning with J.P. Morgan's Leveraged Finance practice in New York this summer and hope to continue to build a career in Investments, either buyside or sellside, in the long-term.
Personal Interests: Dance, Bollywood and all things political economy-related.
Daniel Perera T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Undergraduate Education: Babson College
Prior Work Experience: Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
Career Interest and Goals: Technology, start-ups, Venture Capital, Impact Investing, Real Estate. My goal is to work with individuals to help increase social mobility throughout the world and convince organizations that social impact is a strategic competitive advantage.
Personal Interests: Exploring other cultures, trail biking, guitar, surfing, cars (classic JDM), sour beer
Kelsey Rayher T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Milford, CT
Undergraduate Education: University of Connecticut
Prior Work Experience: Liberty Mutual Insurance: FP&A, Operations, Strategy
Board Placement: Public Health Council of the Upper Valley
Career Interest and Goals: Healthcare, Product Development
Personal Interests: CrossFit, Yoga, Cooking
Carol Reyes T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Retalhuleu, Guatemala
Undergraduate Education: University of Florida (2009): B.S. in Journalism & Communications with minors in French, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies; New York University (2012): Master of Arts in International Education
Prior Work Experience: U.S. Department of State, Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs (Taiwan & Mexico); Institute of International Education, Foreign Fulbright Programs (Latin America & Canada); Miami Dade College, Global Programs
Career Interest and Goals: I spent the past decade working in the international education field with a focus on reducing barriers to education for underserved communities. I am focusing my MBA on sustainable business strategy, the intersection of business, government and society, and strategy in emerging markets. I will be joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Summer 2020 and, after graduation, I hope to join a global, mission-driven organization focused on expanding access to education and financial services around the world.
Personal Interests: Playing basketball, studying foreign languages and watching TED Talks
Michael Roubey T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Undergraduate Education: Tufts University
Prior Work Experience: Four years in data analytics consulting
Board Placement: Northern Stage
Career Interest and Goals: Marketing, Tech
Personal Interests: Live theater, sports, board games, trivia
Emma Sapat T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Falmouth, Maine
Undergraduate Education: Yale University
Prior Work Experience: Prior to Tuck, I was a Director's Financial Analyst at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a federal regulatory agency.
Career Interest and Goals: Financial services, FinTech, Management Consulting
Personal Interests: Developing new recipes, making found object jewelry, knitting, and reading
Mahal Raj Singh T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Pune, India
Undergraduate Education: Pune University, India
Prior Work Experience: Healthcare consulting
Board Placement: Spark! Community Center
Career Interest and Goals: Strategy role at wellness-focused consumer goods company
Personal Interests: Basketball, shoes, health & wellness
Akash Srivastava T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Lucknow, India
Undergraduate Education: Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi
Prior Work Experience: Senior Associate, PwC Strategy&; Associate Consultant, KPMG; Manager(Operations), Tata Steel
Board Placement: Upper Valley Trails Alliance
Career Interest and Goals: Management Consulting, Energy and Resources
Personal Interests: Soccer, Hiking and Trekking, Video Games
Michael Summerfruit T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Undergraduate Education: University of California, Berkeley
Prior Work Experience: Portfolio Management Associate, Hall Capital Partners; Investment Associate, Berkeley Endowment Management Company; Field Director, Mike Johnston for Governor; Field & Political Director, Mike Johnston for U.S. Senate
Career Interest and Goals: Management consulting, general management, social impact, operations.
Personal Interests: Management consulting, general management, social impact, operations.
Shayda Teymourpour T’21
MBA Fellow
Hometown: Peru, Illinois
Undergraduate Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Prior Work Experience: W2O Group; Cohn & Wolfe; FleishmanHillard
Career Interest and Goals: Strategy, marketing, entrepreneurship
Personal Interests: I love to travel to new places, trying out new recipes, and watching broadway shows.
Matt Tierney T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Westminster, MA
Undergraduate Education: UMass Amherst
Prior Work Experience: Emerging Leaders Associate at BNY Mellon, Investment Associate at Cambridge Associates
Board Placement: Hanover Improvement Society
Career Interest and Goals: After Tuck I will join Bain and Co. in Private Equity Group of their New York office. There I will perform diligence on a broad range of target companies cutting across industries and geographies.
Personal Interests: Ice hockey, motorcycle riding, single malt whisky, skiing/snowboarding, #VanLife
Sanjana Tikkoo T’21
MBA Fellow, Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: New Delhi, India
Undergraduate Education: Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia
Prior Work Experience: 5 years of experience as a corporate lawyer focused on Capital Markets and M&A
Board Placement: Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS)
Career Interest and Goals: Investment Banking, PE/VC, Impact Investing
Personal Interests: Hiking, reading, travel, debating, skiing, hydroponics, cooking
Alison Underwood T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Undergraduate Education: University of Virginia
Prior Work Experience: Eli Lilly and Company
Board Placement: Headrest
Career Interest and Goals: Consulting, healthcare, social impact
Personal Interests: Running, hiking, craft beer, science, travel
Meghan Whitney T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Bronxville, NY
Undergraduate Education: Wellesley College
Prior Work Experience: Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Investor Relations & Fundraising at Crestview Partners (middle market private equity firm)
Board Placement: High Horses
Career Interest and Goals: After Tuck, I hope to transition to venture capital, ideally to a firm that invests in the business of taking better care of ourselves (i.e. some sort of combination of health & wellness, food and "better for you" consumer product businesses)
Personal Interests: Running, reading, skiing, podcasts and test driving new skincare masks
Nichula Witharana T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Undergraduate Education: University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Prior Work Experience: Investment Banking
Board Placement: Historic Windsor, Inc.
Career Interest and Goals: Investment Banking
Personal Interests: Outdoors, fitness and traveling
Sam Wolfson T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Wayland, MA
Undergraduate Education: Brown University
Prior Work Experience: TFA Corps Member in Chelsea, MA. Director of Operations for UP Education Network, a non-profit school turnaround organization in MA.
Board Placement: Positive Tracks
Career Interest and Goals: Management Consulting, Non-profit leadership
Personal Interests: Trail running, crossword puzzles, juggling
Kendall Woods T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Madison, CT
Undergraduate Education: Bucknell University
Prior Work Experience: Started at Adviser Investments, a boutique Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), and worked my way up to an Account Manager within the 5 years that I spent there.
Board Placement: High Horses
Career Interest and Goals: Still exploring which industry/firm, but overarching goal is to increase efficiencies at any firm that I work for!
Personal Interests: My black lab puppy Cooper, reading (have been on a personal development and WWII non-fiction trend as of late), and playing golf and tennis.
Rui Zhang T’21
Nonprofit Board Fellow
Hometown: Xining, Qinghai Province, China
Undergraduate Education: Dartmouth College
Prior Work Experience: 3 years of medical school training (including 1 year clinical training); Delivered student-level medical care under supervision in community and academic hospitals in New Hampshire, Vermont, California, China, and Nepal; Conducted initial assessment and physical exams for inpatient admissions from emergency department; managed pediatric, adult, and psychiatric patients on daily rounds; observed and assisted in 90+ surgical operation
Board Placement: Good Neighbor Health Clinic