Anmol Ahuja
Anmol is a second-year MBA student at NYU Stern, specializing in Strategy, Corporate Finance, and Tech Product Management. Anmol currently works as a Senior Enterprise Risk Management Analyst for Liberty Mutual Insurance. Before his current role, he completed the Financial Management Rotational Program at Liberty Mutual, getting experience in various finance positions. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Finance with minors in Economics and Information Technology from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst.
Danielle B.
Danielle is a second-year MPA student at NYU Wagner, specializing in Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment. Prior to pursuing an MPA at Wagner, she held roles at various public and nonprofit organizations in three countries and across different issue areas, including education, immigration and migrant rights, and digital access and inclusion. In the summer of 2022, Danielle worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation intern at the United Nations in New York. Danielle was born and raised in the Philippines and holds a Bachelor's degree in European Studies and International Relations.
Jason Blake
Jason is a second-year MBA candidate at NYU Stern specializing in Finance and Sustainable Business & Innovation. Before Stern, Jason worked in commodities trading and several startups. This past summer, he was an investment banking Summer Associate at Guggenheim Partners. His interests lie at the intersection of renewable energy and marketplace platforms. Jason holds a Bachelor of Business in Finance from the University of San Diego.
Nissim Chandorkar
Nissim is a second-year MBA student at NYU Stern, specializing in Strategy, Finance and Leadership. Prior to Stern, Nissim led a $150MM Asian Development Bank-backed, Covid-19 response project to directly connect farmers and consumers through a sustainable digital platform. Before that, he co-founded an impact consulting start-up that deployed $30MM of philanthropy capital in India. Nissim started out in investment banking at J. P. Morgan, providing M&A advisory to Asia-Pacific clients. Past summer, he was a Summer Associate at McKinsey. Nissim holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mumbai, and is a CFA Level 3 Candidate.
STUDENTS
STUDENTS
Senthil Asokan
Food Systems
Senthil is a second-year MBA student at NYU Stern, specializing in Business Analytics, Corporate Finance, and Strategy. A banker turned operator, he previously worked as an Investment Manager at Deutsche Bank's Global Wealth Management division before founding a home renovation marketplace in Hong Kong, an experience that sparked his passion for entrepreneurship, climate tech, and green VC. This past summer, he worked at Crossover Research, a private equity market intelligence platform, leading product development and strategy work. Senthil hopes to build a career at the intersection of climate, finance, and tech, deploying capital and building products that accelerate the transition to a more sustainable economy.
Emma Bulger
Food Systems
Emma is a second-year part-time MBA student at NYU Stern, specializing in Finance and interested in venture capital, investing, and entrepreneurship. She is passionate about leveraging investment capital to support innovative companies that create meaningful and sustainable social impact. Professionally, Emma works at NYU School of Law, where she leads alumni engagement and fundraising initiatives, and previously worked in development at NYU Stern supporting Reunion and fundraising programs. Emma is particularly interested in impact investing as a way to support emerging businesses that address social and environmental challenges while creating long-term value.
Ilgaz İpek Aygün
Food Systems
Ilgaz İpek Aygün is a third year undergraduate at NYU Abu Dhabi majoring in Business,
Organizations, and Society, with minors in Social Research and Public Policy and Music. Her
academic focus centers on the intersection of impact finance, creative industries, and
sustainable business models. Beyond business and finance, her coursework at NYU spans
social science research alongside interdisciplinary studies in the performing arts and art history.
She is interested in deploying entrepreneurial frameworks and sustainable finance strategies to
address systemic cultural and socio-economic challenges. At NIIF, she looks forward to applying
rigorous impact evaluation and market analysis to support scalable, mission-driven enterprises.
Caterina Franco Belmont
Food Systems
Caterina is a second-year Master of Public Administration student at NYU Wagner, specializing in Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment. She recently graduated from NYU, where she studied Public Policy. Through internships at Endeavor and Flat World Partners, she gained experience in impact investing, venture capital, and investment research, working across different companies, funds, and sectors. These experiences strengthened her interest in how capital can support both business growth and meaningful social impact. In the future, Caterina hopes to continue exploring impact investing, particularly in emerging markets.
Brenna Pitman
Food Systems
Brenna Pitman holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Wheaton College (MA) and is a second-year MPA student at NYU Wagner, specializing in Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment. She started her career teaching third-grade math and social studies in New Orleans through Teach For America, an experience that grounded her commitment to public service. She later moved into nonprofit development, serving as Director of Development at Raven before her current role as Senior Development Manager at Our House NYC. At Wagner, her coursework has focused on impact investing. She is passionate about impact measurement and management as well as domestic impact investing, in which she is building expertise through her role at the Sorenson Impact Institute as a Strategy Intern. She is part of NIIF’s Food Systems Deal Team.
Nathdaniel Rodriguez
Financial Inclusion
Nathdaniel Rodriguez is an MPA candidate at NYU Wagner specializing in Financial Management and Public Finance. His interests lie at the intersection of finance, public policy, and social impact, particularly in affordable housing, financial inclusion, community development, and sustainable finance. Prior to NYU, Nathdaniel studied Government and Philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin. He is interested in how financial institutions and public policy can expand economic opportunity and create more equitable communities.
Rushi Patel
Financial Inclusion
Rushi is a second-year MBA student at NYU Stern specializing in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Finance, and AI. This past summer he interned at a carrier-neutral data center startup, working on business development and helping position the company for the emerging quantum computing industry. Before that he worked as a Venture Fellow at Mendoza Ventures, evaluating early-stage AI, fintech, and hard tech companies, and six years in enterprise technology at Fidelity Investments, KPMG, and Mambu, where he consulted fintech startups and neo-banks on core banking implementations. He is also a two-time founder. At Stern he serves as VP of Recruiting of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Club. Rushi holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University and is interested in the infrastructure that determines whether financial systems can serve the people they currently exclude.
Vic Gausepohl
Financial Inclusion
Victor Gausepohl is an MBA candidate at NYU Stern specializing in Corporate Finance, FinTech, and Financial Instruments & Markets. He is currently General Manager at Loyal, where he leads the company’s Ad Exchange business.
Prior to his current role, Victor worked across growth, monetization, and acquisitions in digital advertising technology. At Stern, he has also advised an early-stage biotechnology company through Endless Frontier Labs.
Through NIIF’s Financial Inclusion team, Victor is interested in the intersection of financial technology, access to capital, and emerging financial infrastructure.
Gal Sharon
Financial Inclusion
Gal is a second-year MBA candidate at NYU Stern specializing in Finance and Strategy. This past summer, he was a Corporate Development intern at Check Point Software Technologies, where he supported acquisition sourcing, market research, and deal evaluation. Prior to Stern, Gal spent five years as a corporate attorney at Naschitz Brandes Amir in Tel Aviv, one of Israel's leading technology law firms, advising on venture financings and cross-border M&A. At Stern, he serves as Chief of Staff of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Club. Gal is a former professional basketball player with Bnei Herzliya. He holds an LL.B. and B.A. with honors from Reichman University. Through NIIF, Gal is focused on opportunities that broaden access to capital and financial services for underserved communities.
Padmja Chitlagiya
Financial Inclusion
Padmja Chitlagiya is a third-year student at New York University Abu Dhabi, majoring in Business, Organizations, and Society. She is interested in the areas of finance and social impact, particularly how financial literacy can lead to extra economic opportunity. She built on these interests through experiences like research on income inequality, community engagement, and student-led initiatives. Prior to joining NIIF, Padmja interned in the Financial Advisory department at KPMG India, where she worked on financial and strategic analysis. At NIIF, she is interested in looking at how investment can be used to create meaningful and lasting social impact, with a focus on financial inclusion and economic mobility.
Erin Miu
Education
Erin Miu is a second-year MBA student at NYU Stern specializing in Banking, Entertainment, Media and Technology, and Finance. This past summer, she interned as an Investment Banking Summer Associate at Morgan Stanley and will return to the firm's Media & Communications Group full-time after graduation. Prior to Stern, Erin spent nearly four years in China’s music industry, where she worked across artist strategy, music commercialization, and international expansion. Erin holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics with a minor in Music Industry from UCLA and passed all three levels of CFA. Drawing on her experience across finance and entertainment, she is particularly interested in how investment can support creators, expand access to culture, and build sustainable business models across the media and creative industries.
Difa Farzani
Education
Difa is a second-year MPA student at NYU Wagner, specializing in Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment. Prior to Wagner, she worked with the Indonesian government and as a consultant at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, where she focused on workforce development and digital transformation policy. She is passionate about the role of investment in advancing innovation, particularly on tech-driven solutions for public goods, education, and workforce development. Difa currently serves as a Strategic Initiatives Graduate Assistant at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology.
Jesse Luo
Education
Jesse is a part-time MBA student at NYU Stern and a senior software engineer at Netflix, where he works on authentication experiences. He earned his bachelor's degree in computer science at UC Berkeley. Outside of work, Jesse is passionate about education and mentorship. He volunteers with Apex for Youth in New York, and as an undergraduate he was recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative for his work with ANova, a computer science education nonprofit at Berkeley. He is excited to build on these experiences to advance equity in education and workforce reskilling.
Ezgi Uygan
Education
Ezgi Uygan is a second-year Master of Public Administration student at NYU Wagner, specializing in Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment. She brings an interdisciplinary background spanning psychology research, construction management, and sustainability. Prior to Wagner, Ezgi conducted psychology research at Northeastern University, where she studied cognition, social identity, and empathy and earned a BS in Psychology. Most recently, she supported sustainability initiatives at WT Sourcing Peru, helping finalize a sustainable textile standard and researching emerging tools for supply-chain traceability and life-cycle assessment. At Wagner, Ezgi has focused on impact investing, social enterprise finance, alternative ownership models, and the intersections of private industries and public policy. Through NIIF, she is particularly interested in early-stage companies that use innovative business models to address systemic challenges and expand access to quality education.
Jacob Castaneda
Education
Jacob is a second-year student in the Executive MPA Program at NYU Wagner. He has spent over 15 years in roles across K-12 mathematics education. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Summer Mathematics Programs Consortium, a professional network for summer math enrichment programs that bring the joy of intensive math experiences to students across the United States. He previously worked at the Bank Street Education Center, leading math curriculum implementation and professional development partnerships with school districts across New York State. As founding Executive Director of Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics' Los Angeles program, he built the initiative from launch to serving hundreds of students from historically marginalized groups through intensive mathematics programming and mentorship. He is particularly interested in how impact investing and innovative financing models can expand access to high-quality educational interventions. He holds a BS in Mathematics and an M.Ed. from UCLA.
Nancy Kim
Culture, Media, and Democracy
Nancy Kim is an MBA candidate at NYU Stern, where she plans to specialize in Business Analytics, Leadership & Change Management, and Strategy and serves as VP of Marketing for the Entertainment, Media, & Sports Association. This summer, she worked with the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, leveraging AI tools to optimize HR workflows. Prior to Stern, Nancy worked at her family’s textile manufacturing business in Seoul, where she developed hedging and options strategies in the commodities market, managed financial accounts and cash flow, and negotiated sales with U.S. retailers. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.
Saransh Desai-Chowdhry
Culture, Media, and Democracy
Saransh Desai-Chowdhry is a second-year MPA-PNP candidate at NYU Wagner, specializing in Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment. He is currently a Content Writer at the social impact startup FreeWill, where he crafts fundraising communications for 200+ nonprofits, including Kiva, Amnesty International, and AILEY. Previously, as a Fulbright-Nehru researcher in India, he studied how independent artists achieve creative and financial autonomy. Saransh is passionate about the creative economy and how capital can empower cultural agents, drawing on his background in artist management and music performance. He holds a BA in Cultural Entrepreneurship with highest honors from NYU Gallatin and is the author of Soundstorm (2020), a book of essays on the business, culture, and ethics of the music industry.
Marine Chen
Culture, Media, and Democracy
Marine is a second-year MBA student at NYU Stern specializing in Strategy and Sustainable Business & Innovation. Prior to Stern, she worked in venture capital, focusing on business strategy, capital allocation, restructuring, and follow-on financing. She also co-founded an early-stage startup that participated in the MiraclePlus accelerator, where she gained firsthand experience building and financing a growing company. This summer, she worked at an early-stage venture fund focused on supporting women-led technology businesses. Through NIIF, she hopes to build on her investing experience and explore how capital can drive both financial returns and meaningful social and environmental impact.
Jimena Gamboa Bonilla
Culture, Media, and Democracy
Jimena Gamboa Bonilla is a second-year MPA-PNP candidate at NYU Wagner and a Bloomberg Public Service Fellow, specializing in Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment. She holds a BBA in Supply Chain Management from The University of Texas at Austin. She joined Upstart Co-Lab in 2026 as a Summer Fellow, supporting the organization’s first consulting engagement. She contributed to research, client engagement, and project planning to help the client understand its region’s creative economy landscape and identify opportunities for future impact investing in the area. Prior to that, Jimena spent several years in program management within the digital identity technology sector. Jimena is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Certified Coach focused on professional transitions. Originally from Colombia, she is passionate about expanding access to capital for artists and creative entrepreneurs and advancing funding models that strengthen the creative economy and worker-owned enterprises.
Hugo Chiang
Culture, Media, and Democracy
Hugo Chiang is a junior at NYU Abu Dhabi majoring in Economics with a concentration in Finance and minoring in Applied Mathematics. He previously interned at Araizen, an augmented reality startup, gaining experience in investor communications, business development, and market research. His interest in impact investing grew through coursework involving due diligence on an energy company, where he explored both its financial performance and broader impact. Hugo is particularly interested in startups and entrepreneurship and hopes to eventually build a company of his own. He is interested in the role of capital in helping businesses scale while creating meaningful social and environmental value.
Jada Green
Environment, Water, and Energy
Jada is an MBA candidate at NYU Stern, specializing in Real Estate, Sustainable Innovation, and Finance. Most recently she was a summer associate at SHIFT Capital, where she underwrote adaptive reuse and brownfield redevelopment campuses capitalized through tax increment financing, historic tax credits, and state grant programs covering remediation and district energy infrastructure. Previously she evaluated real estate funds at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. On NIIF's Environment, Water, and Energy team, she is focused on what makes energy and environmental infrastructure financeable at institutional scale. Jada holds degrees in Finance and Business Economics from the University of Kentucky, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Steph Spartz
Environment, Water, and Energy
Steph Spartz is an MPA student at NYU Wagner specializing in Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment. She works with the NYU Climate Initiative, where she manages programs and partnerships that bring together faculty, students, and external partners to advance climate research and solutions. Her prior experience includes fundraising and operations at an early-stage carbon removal startup. Steph holds a B.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Southern California. She is passionate about bridging sectors to unlock the innovation and investment needed to advance equitable climate solutions.
Washiq Ahmed
Environment, Water, and Energy
Washiq Ahmed is a third-year JD candidate at the New York University School of Law. With a strong passion for decarbonization and clean energy technologies, he served as Director for Supply Chain and Trade Analysis at American Clean Power. In addition to his work in energy policy, Washiq has held roles across consulting and finance industries. Most recently, Washiq was a Summer Associate at A&O Shearman, where he supported the firm’s Energy, Natural Resources, Infrastructure and International Arbitration practice groups. He earned his MPA with a concentration in public finance and economic development from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in economics and government from the University of Maryland, College Park. Following graduation, Washiq hopes to help shape the legal frameworks that facilitate the energy transition and drive the deployment of sustainable infrastructure globally.
Jackie Roth
Environment, Water, and Energy
Jackie is a third-year MPA student at NYU Wagner specializing in Social Innovation, Impact, & Investment. She currently works as an Investment Associate at Dirt Capital Partners, using her background as a farmer and farm educator to underwrite investments for regenerative agriculture transitions and farmer land access. She also co-chairs the Social Innovation & Investment Alliance (SIIA) at Wagner. Her previous work spans grassroots nonprofits, education, and consulting, where she designed innovative programming that delivered climate education to underserved youth across Miami and NYC. She is passionate about leveraging blended finance solutions to advance sustainable development and international climate goals. She holds a BS with Honors in Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin.
Matthew Sandoval
Environment, Water, and Energy
Matthew is an MBA candidate at NYU Stern specializing in Accounting, Banking, and Finance. Passionate about energy and the energy transition, he spent this summer as a Summer Associate in Barclays’ Energy & Climate Tech Investment Banking group, supporting M&A, strategic analysis, and capital markets work across traditional energy, infrastructure, and emerging energy technologies. Before Stern, Matthew worked in commercial banking at Fifth Third Bank, managing approximately $1.3 billion in debt facilities across 41 leveraged clients. He holds a B.S. in Economics from Texas A&M University.
Allie Duignan
Environment, Water, and Energy
Allie Duignan is an MBA candidate at NYU Stern focusing on Sustainable Business & Innovation and Strategy. As a member of Con Edison’s Investor Relations team, she communicates the company’s financial and corporate strategy to the investment community, including its long-term capital investment plans and role in the clean energy transition. Prior to Investor Relations, Allie worked in Strategic Partnerships at Con Edison, managing nonprofit partnerships, corporate philanthropy, and employee engagement initiatives. She previously spent more than six years at Changing Our World, advising companies and nonprofit organizations on social impact, philanthropy, fundraising, and strategy. She holds a B.S. from Georgetown University. Through NIIF, Allie is excited to deepen her experience at the intersection of business and social impact.
Gabriel Lin
Health and Aging
Gabriel is a second-year MBA student at NYU Stern specializing in corporate finance and accounting. He is passionate about investing in healthcare companies that generate positive social impact and improve quality of life while delivering strong financial returns. This past summer, Gabriel interned at a pharmaceutical company on the Commercial Finance team, where he designed a headcount and field-spend dashboard supporting a multi-billion-dollar specialty drug. Prior to Stern, he spent four years advising multinational companies on international tax and transfer pricing strategy across the CPG, media, industrial, and healthcare sectors. On campus, he is involved with SHA and STA. Gabriel holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University.
Minakshi Mohanta
Health and Aging
Minakshi is an MBA candidate at NYU Stern specializing in Finance, Strategy, and Real Estate, where she also serves as a VP of the Stern Real Estate Club and is a member SWIB, GFA. She is an architect, holding a Master of Architecture from Yale University, who now works in real estate asset management, with experience at Hackman Capital Partners and Perkins Eastman spanning underwriting, capital planning, and sustainable architecture. During her undergraduate studies at the School of Planning and Architecture in India, she won two national sustainability competitions held by the Indian Green Building Council, along with a national award for her thesis proposing an urban development and policy framework to address violence against women in urban India. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in real estate investing and impact-driven capital raising, with a focus on sustainable development that creates long-term positive change.
Drew Lederman
Health and Aging
Drew is a second-year full-time MBA candidate at NYU Stern specializing in Sustainable Business & Innovation, Finance, and Strategy. Prior to Stern, she co-founded and served as CEO of Resist Nutrition, a clinically-backed, metabolic health-focused consumer startup that was acquired in 2025 after reaching 350+ retailers, 1.2k+ recommending medical practitioners, and selling out 4x. Before her startup, Drew worked in growth marketing, product development, branding, and content creation for wellness and consumer brands. At Stern, she is co-president of the Management & Strategy Club, a member of the EmpowHER cohort for women in sustainable finance, and mentor to early-stage founders at the Leslie eLab. Drew holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from NYU Tisch Drama with a double major from the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.
Yijie “EJ” Huang
Health and Aging
Yijie “EJ” Huang is a second-year Master of Public Administration student at NYU Wagner focusing on finance and analytics. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and has gained experience across risk management, investment banking, and equity research. Most recently, EJ worked with the Risk Management Department at Bank of Communications’ New York Branch, where he conducted credit and financial analysis and contributed to country risk research. Previously, he worked at Huaxia Bank and Kaiyuan Securities, gaining exposure to debt capital markets and investment research. At NYU, EJ is interested in the intersection of finance, investment, and social impact. Through NIIF, he hopes to apply his financial background to evaluating early-stage ventures and explore how investment can support financially sustainable solutions to challenges in health and aging.
Ujjwala Mehta
Health and Aging
Ujjwala is a second-year full-time MBA candidate at NYU Stern specializing in Finance, Artificial Intelligence, and Leadership. Prior to Stern, she worked in healthcare strategy and operations consulting, advising payers, providers, and other healthcare organizations on growth, digital transformation, and cost optimization. Her work identified more than $30 million in savings opportunities and supported the rapid expansion of a vaccination program that delivered 1.8 million doses across 90 sites.
She later worked with a digital health venture on new care-delivery models and healthcare innovation before serving as Chief of Staff at a private equity fund, where she supported investment research, portfolio strategy, and new venture development. At Stern, Ujjwala is an associate with the NYU Impact Investment Fund focused on healthcare and aging and is involved with the Private Equity & Venture Capital Club. She is particularly interested in healthcare investing, AI-enabled care delivery, and the future of healthy aging. Ujjwala holds a BBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.
Garv Joshi
Health and Aging
Garv is a junior at NYU Abu Dhabi studying Business and minoring in Social Research and Public Policy. He brings regional buy-side experience, most recently working with Oryx Legacy, one of the first search funds in the UAE, where he supported M&A due diligence. Garv is also interested in the intersection of social entrepreneurship and finance, specifically how capital can be used to further solutions to help communities. After graduation, he hopes to pursue a career in investing with a focus on impact-driven opportunities that create long-term positive change.