William P. Lauder Wharton Leadership Fellows (LFs) are second-year MBA students who mentor, support, and facilitate the Learning Team formation process and serve as personal and leadership development resources throughout your first year. Each team is assigned an LF who facilitates and guides teams through the Learning Team Experience retreat, an intensive learning experience designed to build transferable skills that promote effective personal and team performance. LFs also support Learning Teams during the first core course of the MBA Program, Management 6100: Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership. Beyond Pre-Term, LFs provide first-year students the opportunity to enhance their leadership potential through the development of practical tools and concrete strategies applicable in every area of their lives.
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Connor Mahoney
Hometown: Malvern, PA
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Career Before Wharton: USMC, Council Capital
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Pacific Lake Partners
After Wharton: Entrepreneurship
Clubs & Activities: Co-President – ETA Club, Veterans Club
Sanjana Teje
Hometown: Mumbai, India and Plano, Texas
Undergraduate: BITS Pilani
Career Before Wharton: Procter & Gamble
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Bain
After Wharton: Consulting
Clubs & Activities: Admissions Fellow, Wharton Women in Business, Wildmen Hockey, Dance Studio, Storytellers Club, Consulting Club, Food Club, WAAAM, India Club, SAAAMBA
Billy Kacyem
Hometown: Yaound, Cameroon
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Career Before Wharton: Finance (Sales & Trading)
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: PIMCO
After Wharton: Finance (Investment Management)
Clubs & Activities: Wharton African Students Association, Wharton Rugby Football Club, Wharton Investment Management Club, Wharton Francophone Club
Alejandra MacDougall
Hometown: Downey, CA
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Career Before Wharton: Automotive Engineer at General Motors
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Portfolio Planning Analyst at General Motors
After Wharton: General Motors Marketing Team
Clubs & Activities: Follies Head Writer, Future Mobility Club President, and TA-ing undergrads
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Divya Juneja
Hometown: Cary, North Carolina
Undergraduate: Duke University
Career Before Wharton: Bain & Company
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: News and Media
After Wharton: Returning to Bain
Clubs & Activities: Storytellers (Co-President), Dance Studio, Food Club, South Asian American Association of MBAs (SAAMBA), Leadership Fellows
Eric Allen Conner
Hometown: Jersey City, NJ
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
Career Before Wharton: Tech startups in New York City
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Wilson Sonsini – Law Firm
After Wharton: Practicing Law
Clubs & Activities: PE/VC Club, Entrepreneurship Club, JD/MBA Student Association, PUB
Kyndall Ashe
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Undergraduate: Amherst College
Career Before Wharton: LinkedIn
After Wharton: Tech
Clubs & Activities: Wharton Graduate Association (VP of Social), AAMBAA (VP of Partnerships), Volleyball Club (President), Wharton MBA Pub (VP of Partnerships), Wine Club, Food Club, Consulting Club, Tech Club
Rehaab Ali Raza
Hometown: Sydney / Dubai
Undergraduate: University of Sydney
Career Before Wharton: Horizontal Digital / Vezeeta / BCG
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: FinTech / Investment Management
After Wharton: Ideally venture studios!
Clubs & Activities: The Lauder Community, MENA Club, Wharton Outdoors Club, Professional Clubs: Founders’ Club, PE/VC Club, Tech Club, Faith Based: Muslim Student Association, Muslim Student Network
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Simi Shah
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Undergraduate: Harvard University
Career Before Wharton: My company, South Asian Trailblazers; Private Equity; Media
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: My startup company: South Asian Trailblazers
After Wharton: Building my own company!
Clubs & Activities: Dance Studio, Wharton Storytellers Board, Wharton Hockey League, Wharton Media & Entertainment Club, Family Business Club, Wharton Graduate Association Board, Entrepreneurship Club, South Asian Association of MBAs Board
Frank DiMartino
Hometown: Lawrenceville, NJ
Undergraduate: Boston College
Career Before Wharton: UCSF Foundation Investment Company
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Bain & Company
After Wharton: Consulting in NYC or DC
Clubs & Activities: Out4Business Board, Wharton Impact Investment Partners, PE/VC, Wine Club
Shuming Wang
Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles
Career Before Wharton: Ares
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Sandbox AQ
After Wharton: Strategy and Operations
Clubs & Activities: Wharton Men’s Rugby, Australia New Zealand Club, PUB, WAAAM, Food Club
Jessi Rowell
Hometown: Leesburg, VA
Undergraduate: University of Virginia
Career Before Wharton: Bain & Company
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Retail & eCommerce AI
After Wharton: Back to Bain!
Clubs & Activities: MBA Mentor, Wildmen Hockey, Storytellers, Dance Studio, Retail Club, Food Club, Ski Club
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Amara Obiago
Hometown: Corseaux, Switzerland / Lagos, Nigeria
Undergraduate: The George Washington University
Career Before Wharton: FullStory
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Navigator, Founder & CEO / Tech
After Wharton: Entrepreneurship
Clubs & Activities: Founders’ Club, Wharton Africa Business Forum (WABF)
Lipsa Panda
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
Career Before Wharton: Healthcare Data
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Digital Health and VC
After Wharton: Startups and VC
Clubs & Activities: PE/VC Club, Digital Health Club, Pear VC Fellow, Healthcare Club, Food Club, Storytellers Club, Tech Club, Founders Club, eClub
Tyler Triscari
Hometown: Greenwich, CT
Undergraduate:Cornell University
Career Before Wharton: Private Equity
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: ECP (Search-Backed Operating Company) and Strategic Value Partners (Private Equity Firm)
After Wharton: Private Equity or Entrepreneurship
Clubs & Activities: PEVC Club – Head of Alumni Affairs, Dean’s MBA Advisory Committee – Consultant for the Experience Curator Team, WGA Board – VP of Leadership, ETA Club, Wharton Hockey League – Team Captain
Brindha Gopalakrishnan
Hometown: Saratoga, CA
Undergraduate: UCLA
Career Before Wharton: At a nonprofit called J-PAL
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Bain & Company
After Wharton: Management consulting
Clubs & Activities: Social Impact Club, Wine Club, Wharton Impact Investing Partners, SAAAMBA
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Josh Zimmer
Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Undergraduate: Princeton University
Career Before Wharton: Neurobiology Research at Harvard, Data Science at Blackstone / Meta, Consulting at Oliver Wyman
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: BlackRock
After Wharton: Quantitative Finance
Clubs & Activities: Quantitative Finance Club (President), Wharton Investment Management Fund (WIMF – Quantitative Fund Fellow), Investment Management Club
Sabrina Hagan
Hometown: Philadelphia Suburbs
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Career Before Wharton: Consulting / Corporate Strategy
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Bain Consulting
After Wharton: TBD
Clubs & Activities: Storytellers (Co-President), Wildmen Hockey League (Board Member), AAMBAA, Entrepreneurship Club, Wine Club, PE/VC, Family Business Club
Shreemoyee Mukhopadhyay
Hometown: Mumbai
Undergraduate: University of Mumbai
Career Before Wharton: Divinion Advisory Services Pvt Ltd – started a long-short hedge fund
After Wharton: Transition to Fintech
Clubs & Activities: Wharton Fintech Club, Wharton Investment Management Club
Sid Puri
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergraduate: Columbia University
Career Before Wharton: Deloitte Consulting
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: LGT Capital Partners
After Wharton: Consulting or Private Equity
Clubs & Activities: Leadership Fellow, Investment Management Club (Operations Lead), Wine Club, Beer Club (VP of Events), Food Club, Wharton Hockey
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Adhiti Rajesh
Hometown: South Brunswick, NJ
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Career Before Wharton: Strategy&
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: BCG
After Wharton: TBD
Clubs & Activities: E-Club, Healthcare Club, Consulting Club
Bakang Mabisi
Hometown: Gaborone, Botswana
Undergraduate: University of Derby
Career Before Wharton: ABSA Bank
After Wharton: Development Finance, Project Finance
Clubs & Activities: Wharton Africa Student Association, Wharton Africa Investment Partners
Saahil Madge
Hometown: Roxbury, NJ
Undergraduate: Princeton
Career Before Wharton: Palantir
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Entrepreneurship
After Wharton: Run my own startup
Clubs & Activities: WHL, Energy Club, Entrepreneurship Club
Ida Mizani
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Undergraduate: Georgia Tech
Career Before Wharton: Consulting (Kearney), Chief of Staff, Strategy & Operations, M&A
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Rishi (CPG, E-Comm)
After Wharton: Consumer Operating
Clubs & Activities: Wharton Graduate Retail Club (Co-President), Wharton Angel Investing Club (Investor), Wildmen Hockey, Beauty Club, Agribusiness / Food / Beverage Club, PE / VC Club
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Kevin J. Beaford, Jr.
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Undergraduate: The Wharton School
Career Before Wharton: WSFS Bank
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Citi Bank – Investment Banking
After Wharton: Investment Banking (Chicago area)
Clubs & Activities: African American MBA Association, Wharton Basketball Club, Finance Club, Golf Club
Suzie Bae
Hometown: Fairfax, VA
Undergraduate: William & Mary
Career Before Wharton: KPMG – Growth & Strategy
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Amazon
After Wharton: Entrepreneurship / Tech
Clubs & Activities: Admissions Fellow, Career Fellow (Tech), Tech Club (Conference Chair), Wharton Asian American Association for MBAs (Community – Board Member), Penn Wharton Innovation Fund Investment Team (Investor), Wharton Guiding Undergraduates in Mentorship and Education (Mentor), Food Club, Wharton Korea Club
Walta Nemariam
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Undergraduate: Baylor University
Career Before Wharton: Media & Entertainment
After Wharton: Tech / Media & Entertainment
Clubs & Activities: Wharton Hockey League, Food Club, Tech Club, Outdoors Club
Shane Clune
Hometown: Naas
Undergraduate: UCD (University College Dublin)
Career Before Wharton: McKinsey
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Microsoft
After Wharton: McKinsey
Clubs & Activities: Follies (Headwriter), Pub (Comms), Cluster 2 Board (Vice President of Ice Cream), Career Fellow (Tech)
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Kajol Char
Hometown: Naperville, Illinois
Undergraduate: University of Chicago
Career Before Wharton: Prysm Group
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Brightside
After Wharton: Exploring careers in tech & startups
Clubs & Activities: Leadership Fellow, Entrepreneurship Club (VP of Finance), Wharton FinTech Podcast (Board and Podcast Host)
Lorenzo (LJ) Daniel
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Undergraduate: Harvard University
Career Before Wharton: Boston Consulting Group
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Sports Investing
After Wharton: Consulting / Sports Investing
Clubs & Activities: Diversity Admissions Fellow, AAMBAA, Wharton Hockey League, Sports Business Club, PE/VC Club, Basketball Club, Food Club
Kashica Agarwal
Hometown: Kolkata, India
Undergraduate: St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi
Career Before Wharton: McKinsey & Co., Warburg Pincus
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: AI / Technology
After Wharton: Warburg Pincus
Clubs & Activities: Women in Investing, Tech Club, AI & Analytics Club, PE/VC, Dance Club, Outdoors Club
Lucas Adams
Hometown: Bloomington, IN
Undergraduate: Indiana University
Career Before Wharton: McKinsey & Co.
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: McKinsey & Co.
After Wharton: McKinsey & Co.
Clubs & Activities: Cinema, Human Capital, Media & Entertainment, Out4Business, Storytellers, Technology, Volleyball, Wine
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Alexis Barber
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Undergraduate: Northwestern University
Career Before Wharton: YouTube
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Consumer Founder & Influencer
After Wharton: Entrepreneurship
Clubs & Activities: Founder’s Club, Black Investment Club
Erin Vaughn
Hometown: Moorestown, NJ
Undergraduate: Columbia University
Career Before Wharton: McKinsey & Company, Generation (workforce development non-profit)
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Salesforce
After Wharton: Tech
Clubs & Activities: Follies (Executive Producer), Technology Club Board, Cluster One Board, Storytellers, MGMT 1010 TA
Melody Lin
Hometown: Arcadia, CA
Undergraduate: UC Berkeley
Career Before Wharton: McKinsey & BetterUp
After Wharton: TBD
Clubs & Activities: Yoga & Wellness Club, Food Club, Storytellers, Art Club
Nico Pooran Latorre
Hometown: Bogota, Colombia
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
Career Before Wharton: Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank and Strategy Consulting at Oliver Wyman
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Private Equity
After Wharton: Management Consulting or Finance
Clubs & Activities: Wharton Latin American Student Association (WHALASA), MBA Ethics Committee, PE/VC, Ski & Snowboard Club
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Aarati Cohly
Hometown: New York City
Undergraduate: New York University
Career Before Wharton: New York City Mayor’s Office, 2017-2018 Fulbright Scholar
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Social Impact
After Wharton: TBD
Clubs & Activities: Wharton-Weitzman Future of Cities Conference Co-Chair; DMAC; People Analytics Research Team; Beauty Club (Member)
Haley A. Coller
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Undergraduate: Gustavus Adolphus College
Career Before Wharton: Goldman Sachs and EY
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: VC Summer Associate at Collide Capital
After Wharton: VC
Clubs & Activities:
Clubs: Wharton FinTech, AAMBA, WWIB, Entrepreneurship Club, PE/VC, Outdoors Club, Wharton 1Gen, Cinema Club
Leadership: AAMBA Whitney M. Young Jr. Conference Co Chair – Content, Wharton FinTech Co President
Justin Koehler
Hometown: Palo Alto, California
Undergraduate: University of Michigan
Career Before Wharton: Cisco
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Boston Consulting Group
After Wharton: Consulting
Clubs & Activities: Lauder Institute, Out for Business (O4B), Yoga & Wellness Club, Volleyball Club
Crystal Li
Hometown: Beijing, China
Undergraduate: Tufts University
Career Before Wharton: Tech / San Francisco
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Consulting
After Wharton: Consulting
Clubs & Activities: Follies, Dance Studio, WGA Cluster Board, Cinema Club, Consulting Club
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Pranav Kumar
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Career Before Wharton: Marine Corps
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: The Related Companies
After Wharton: Real Estate
Clubs & Activities: Vets Club, Real Estate Club, Wharton FC, Outdoors Club, Food Club, Boxing Club
Alexandra Heckel
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Career Before Wharton: Deloitte Consulting
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Ralph Lauren
After Wharton: Return to Consulting or Retail Industry
Clubs & Activities: Leadership Fellow, Wharton Graduate Retail Club (Co-President), Storytellers (VP Slams), WWIB, Wine, Golf, Internship at a cocktail startup
Justine Sun
Hometown: Fremont, CA
Undergraduate: University of Chicago
Career Before Wharton: J.P. Morgan, Oscar Health
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: BCG
After Wharton: Consulting
Clubs & Activities: Wildmen Hockey, WAAAM, FemTech Club, WWiB, Golf Club, Volleyball Club, Health Care Club, Art Club
Lea Pensoy
Hometown: London, UK
Undergraduate: Tufts University
Career Before Wharton: Parade (eCommerce), Thrasio (Brand Management)
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: General Mills (Brand Management)
After Wharton: Retail or CPG Marketing/Brand Management
Clubs & Activities: Entrepreneurship Club, Retail Club, Storytellers, Art Club, GUIDE Mentors, Beauty Club, Pub, TA for Marketing Management
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Chaya Bhat
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Undergraduate: Duke University
Career Before Wharton: Bain & Company
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: FemTech at Hey Jane
After Wharton: Continue consulting at Bain
Clubs & Activities: Wine Club, Sustainability Club, Wharton Hockey League
Elaine Zhang
Hometown: Calgary, Canada
Undergraduate: University of Waterloo
Career Before Wharton: McKinsey & Company
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Climate Tech Growth Equity Investing
After Wharton: TBD
Clubs & Activities: Wharton Impact Investing Partners, Sustainable Business Club, PE/VC, Follies, Outdoors Club, Hockey
Jake Gober
Hometown: Pikesville, MD
Undergraduate: Harvard College
Career Before Wharton: Bain & Co. and Via Transportation
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Private Equity
After Wharton: TBD
Clubs & Activities: PE/VC Club, Wharton Hockey League (WHL), Padel Club, Squash Club, Food Club, JAMBA, Entrepreneurship Club
Julia Feldstein
Hometown: Scarsdale, NY
Undergraduate: Yale University
Career Before Wharton: Barclays Investment Bank and Chief of Staff at GameChanger (sports tech startup)
Summer Internship Employer or Industry Area: Francisco Partners (Tech PE) in SF
After Wharton: TBD
Clubs & Activities: Social Impact Club (VP of Community), JAMBA, Food Club, Outdoor Club, PE/VC Club, TA for Corp Fin and MGMT 2950