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 InstitutionÂ
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.Â
Note: Prize recipients completing a group project are denoted with an asterisk (*).Â
Mid-Atlantic Pod
Ana Cruz (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University
Carlos Murillo (Columbia) | Columbia Investment Management Company
Deep Patel (Rutgers) | Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Juan Quintero (Fordham) | Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Lilian Thai (SMU) | Southern Methodist University
Mario Arnal (University of Chicago) | Annie E. Casey Foundation
Oliver Molz (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University | First Place
Rahul Rangaraaj (UT Austin) | Rainwater Charitable Foundation
Raya Golding (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University
Sophia Bassi (Columbia) | Columbia Investment Management Company
New England Pod
Alek Karagozyan (Brown) | Brown University | First Place (*)
Alexander Grandidge (Brown) | Brown University (*)
Conner Fitzpatrick (Williams) | Williams University
Herbert Ferreira (Williams) | Williams University
Jood Al Farsi (Brown) | Brown University (*)
Kyren Khairah (Amherst) | Amherst College
Nikita Melvani (Brown) | Brown University | First Place (*)
Nikol Zyzen (Amherst) | Amherst College
Raees Raie (Tufts) | Tufts University
Simon Pearl (Amherst) | Amherst College | Runner Up
Suhani Kapoor (Boston University) | Boston University
Tagyaa Parakh (Mt. Holyoke) | Mt. Holyoke College
Vadim Rakitskii (Boston University) | Boston University
West Coast Pod
Alexander Deaguiar (Vanderbilt) | Kamehameha Foundation
Henry Jackson (Harvard) | Packard Foundation | First Place
Laith Abousaif (Berkeley) | Berkeley Endowment Management Company
Mae Chew (Yale) | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Pablo Chafloque (University of Chicago) | Packard Foundation
Quincy Plotts (USC) | University of Southern California
Sergio Karam (Rice University) | James Irvine Foundation | Runner Up
Zarah Neville (Duke) | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Mid-Atlantic Pod
Abdur-Rahman Waajid (University of Chicago) | Annie E. Casey Foundation
Benas Babenskas (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University | First Place
Carrie Wang (Stonybrook) | Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Jayantha Kantamneni (Columbia) | Columbia Investment Management Company
Nimai Kini (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University
Nelson Bellows (Wesleyan) | Rainwater Charitable Foundation
Semi Obayomi (Columbia) | Columbia Investment Management Company | Runner Up
Sophia Chen (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University
Tim Winters (Rutgers) | Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
New England Pod
Adrien Durantel (Brown) | Brown University | First Place (*)
Devansh Dutta (Williams) | Williams University
Du Bai (Amherst) | Amherst 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 Coast 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
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 University
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 University
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 University
Bailey Burger-Moore (Williams) | Williams College
Bryan Do (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University
Charlie Hertz (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University
Emily Liu (Baruch) | Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Fabio Carnline (Brigham Young) | KFF
Flora Yao (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University
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
Andrew DePass (University of Pennsylvania) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Bob Liu (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University
Chance Bootstaylor (Tufts) | James Irvine Foundation
Hudson Dore (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University
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 University
Quentin Jeyaretnam (Amherst) | Amherst College
Vanessa Popescu (Harvard) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Alex Wang (Yale) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Anna Yeo (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University
Bernice Zhao (Yale) | David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Brett Pearson (Harvard) | James Irvine Foundation
Bridger Gordon (Harvard) | UCSF Foundation Investment Company
Dabin Shin (Wesleyan) | Wesleyan University
Will Ko (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley Endowment Management Company
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
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