Past Fellows
EMIF Alumni Community
Past EMIF fellows have gone on to full-time roles in endowment management, private equity, hedge funds, investment banking, and philanthropy, among other areas. Alumni of the EMIF program are invited to connect with each other through the Fellowship's LinkedIn group.
Past Fellows are listed below: Fellow Name (Undergraduate Institution) | Host Institution
EMIF Investment Prize for Best Final Project
The EMIF Investment Prize was introduced in 2024 to recognize an EMIF fellow from each Pod whose final project demonstrates excellence and is of broad interest to Endowment & Foundation investors. First Place and Runner Up (if no First Place tie) recipients are determined by vote of Host Institutions in each Pod.
Note: Prize recipients completing a group project are denoted with an asterisk (*).
Class of 2024
Mid-Atlantic Pod
Abdur-Rahman Waajid (University of Chicago) | Annie E. Casey Foundation
Benas Babenskas (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College | First Place
Carrie Wang (Stonybrook) | Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Jayantha Kantamneni (Columbia) | Columbia Investment Management Company
Nimai Kini (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Nelson Bellows (Wesleyan) | Rainwater Charitable Foundation
Semi Obayomi (Columbia) | Columbia Investment Management Company | Runner Up
Sophia Chen (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Tim Winters (Rutgers) | Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
New England Pod
Adrien Durantel (Brown) | Brown University | First Place (*)
Devansh Dutta (Williams) | Williams College
Du Bai (Williams) | Williams College
Isabella Estevez (Tufts) | Tufts University | First Place
Jenna Berkman (Amherst) | Amherst College
Josephine Diaz (Brown) | Brown University | First Place (*)
Justin Blake (Brown) | Brown University | First Place (*)
Luisa Vazquez Usabiaga (Boston University) | Boston University
Maria-Diana Alecu (Mt. Holyoke) | Mt. Holyoke College
Morolape Ajao (Amherst) | Amherst College
Noah Collander (Brown) | Brown University | First Place (*)
Paige Thompson (Boston University) | Boston University
Rem Johannknecht (Williams) | Williams College
West Pod
Eric Yang (UPenn) | KFF
Eta Tako (UPenn) | James Irvine Foundation
Gabriel Huang (Georgetown) | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Jeremy Benjamin (Brown) | Packard Foundation | First Place
Logan Lau (Stanford) | Kamehameha Foundation | First Place
Logan Wilson (USC) | University of Southern California
Mackenzie Fry (Berkeley) | Berkeley Endowment Management Company
Malik Thomas (University of Virginia) | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Matthew Ross (Yale) | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Sanya Chaturvedi (Berkeley) | UCSF Investment Management Company
Steven Bafaro (Georgetown) | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Class of 2023
Abhi Gupta (Amherst) | Amherst College
Austin Karrat (Tufts) | Tufts University
Bosco Chen (Baruch) | Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Claire Graham (Columbia) | Columbia Investment Management Company
Danielle Vo (Mount Holyoke) | Mount Holyoke
Dominic Onyedeke (Columbia) | Columbia Investment Management Company
Fatou Gaye (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Genene Savall Wedd (University of Wisconsin) | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Jack Lee (Williams) | Williams College
Jack Su (University of Chicago) | UCSF Foundation Investment Company
Jackie Gu (Yale) | James Irvine Foundation
Jake Kelly (Brown) | Brown University
Kayla Geleta (Rutgers) | Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Lucas Pirner (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Matt Toporowski (Amherst) | Amherst College
Michael Ding (Columbia) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Nevin Thombre (Georgetown) | KFF
Nick Page (Brown) | Brown University
Nicole Zhou (Williams) | Williams College
Philippe Jin (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley Endowment Management Company
Samantha Berstein (Brown) | Brown University
Sean Moore (University of Chicago) | Annie E. Casey Foundation
Simi Edeki (University of Chicago) | Annie E. Casey Foundation
Tania Gutierrez Espinosa (Brown) | Brown University
Erko Sakhiyeva (Amherst) | Amherst
Zeyad Shariff (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan
Class of 2022
Bailey Burger-Moore (Williams) | Williams College
Bryan Do (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Charlie Hertz (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Emily Liu (Baruch) | Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Fabio Carnline (Brigham Young) | KFF
Flora Yao (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Grace Frascati (Columbia) | Columbia Investment Management Company
Jessica de la Garza (USC) | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Katy Trieu (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley Endowment Management Company
Maksym Sherman (Amherst) | Amherst College
Mason Mangum (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley Endowment
Melanie Gong (Columbia) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Miguel Rizarri (Rutgers) | Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Nikhil Namburi (Columbia) | UCSF Foundation Investment Company
Parmis Rouzbahani (Amherst) | Amherst College
Patrick Izidro (Williams) | Williams College
Regina Shen (University of Chicago) | James Irvine Foundation
Ronit Gupta (Yale) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Vanessa Ajualip Hernandez (Columbia) | Columbia Investment Management Company
Xinyi Zhao (Amherst) | Amherst College
Class of 2021
Andrew DePass (University of Pennsylvania) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Bob Liu (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Chance Bootstaylor (Tufts) | James Irvine Foundation
Hudson Dore (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Jack Vander Vort (Amherst) | Amherst College
Katie Derrough (University of Michigan) | UCSF Foundation Investment Company
Leslie Schwartz (Amherst) | Amherst College
Lucy Zhang (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley Endowment Management Company
Mina Burns (Williams) | Williams College
Patrick Yang (Yale) | James Irvine Foundation
Pin Wandee (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Quentin Jeyaretnam (Amherst) | Amherst College
Vanessa Popescu (Harvard) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Class of 2020
Alex Wang (Yale) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Anna Yeo (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Bernice Zhao (Yale) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Brett Pearson (Harvard) | James Irvine Foundation
Bridger Gordon (Harvard) | UCSF Foundation Investment Company
Dabin Shin (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan College
Will Ko (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley Endowment Management Company
Class of 2019
Alex Yu (Harvard) | UCSF Foundation Investment Company
Ali Barber (Pomona) | James Irvine Foundation
Ben Drake (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley Endowment Management Company
Elmer Portillo (Harvard) | William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Karthik Irakam (Yale) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Max Sahlins (Yale) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Class of 2018 (Founding Class)
Aidan O'Connor (Yale) | UCSF Foundation Investment Company
Brenda Yang (UC Berkeley) | James Irvine Foundation
Lisa Qian (Yale) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Randy Friedman (Stanford) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation