Meet the Alumni

The fellowship year is an immersive learning experience, but it’s only the beginning of a lifelong relationship with the Fellows community. After completing their business studies, Fellows remain connected to one another and the guiding mission of the McGowan Fellows Program through alumni-led initiatives, often spearheaded by the alumni committee members*; the annual Symposium; and other activities.

McGowan Fellows Alumni


Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business

Ricardo Romo Estrada (’20)
Kelly Mercer (’19)
Anna Fuller (’18)
David Dierker (’17)
Katherine Tippets (’16)
Amanda Lynn Olar (’15)
Brigid Johnson (’14)
Thomas Arnett (’13)
Thomas Woodard (’12)
Daniel Kruse (’11)

Columbia University, Columbia Business School

Rahul Sharma (’20)
Digvijay (DJ) Singh (’19)
Matthew Mann (’18)
Evan Zehnal (’17)
Gabriele Massari (’16)
Yumna Cheema (’15)*
Adam Wenneker (’14)*
Nikolaos Socratous (’13)
Tamar Rimmon (’12)
Gordon M. McLaughlin (’11)

Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business

Arch Vamanrao (’20)
Kristin Unruh (’19)
Martina Ravelli Thornton (’18)
Tom Allin (’17)
Alicia True Dagrosa (’16)
Michael P. Cacchio (’15)
Brian McKenzie (’14)
Karen O. Diehl (’13)
Robert W. Spies (’12)
Mukund Kulashekaran (’11)

Duke University, Fuqua School of Business

Jacqui Levere (’20)
Colin Emerson (’19)
Hannah Ford (’18)
David Anthony Gross (’17)
David Alexander Cohen (’16)
Jason Stewart Sierra (’15)
Michelle Kirby (’14)
Molly White (’13)
Alison Poole (’12)
Liana Humphrey (’11)

Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business

Christy Steele (’20)
Max Wilson (’19)
Erin Morton (’18)
Alfredo J. Rivera Rios (’17)*
David Crowley (’16)
David E. Houlihan (’15)
Michael Pavey (’14)
Kilkil Shah (’13)
Jennifer Tindle (’12)
Brooke Cashman Bollyky (’11)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management

Valerie Zhao (’20)
Faina Rozental (’19)
Meredith Thurston (’18)
Samantha Allyn Fahrbach (’17)*
Tory Sheppard (’16)
John Irving Mahler (’15)
Tiana Veldwisch (’14)
Danielle Sewell (’13)
Kaitlyn Caughlin (’12)
Kanaka Pattabiraman (’11)

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Lisha Yuan (’20)
Sahar Jamal (’19)
Rob Pothier (’18)
H. Kay Howard (’17)
Nikola Jakic (’16)
Rhett Andrew Braunschweig (’15)
Tyler Barrack (’14)
Nikki L. Tyler (’13)
Kyle Davidson Estep (’12)*
Frank Sasso (’11)

University of Chicago, Booth School of Business

Max Tabb (’19)
Pedro Lima (’18)
Jonathan Chun-Hung Fung (’17)
Nicole Chin Bell (’16)
Leandro Brufman (’15)
Victoria Lord (’14)
Dwight G. Hutchinson IV (’13)
Brendan P. Hickey (’12)
Amit Koren (’11)

University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Wendy Lei (’19)
Lydia Sorensen (’18)
Muhammad Ali Akhtar (’17)
Jonathan Ross Erdtsieck (’16)
Alexander S. Munns (’15)
Kartik Bandhuvula (’14)
Joseph D. Brannock (’13)
Ryan M. Stenson (’12)
Dane Johnson (’11)

University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School

Nishit Jain (’20)
Lindsay Rosenstein (’19)
Nipun Jasuja (’18)
Emily Lampert (’17)
Neil K. Vangala (’16)*
Julianne K. Bruno (’15)
Jackson Dunlap (’14)
Eva Liu (’13)*
Constantinos G.V. Coutifaris (’12)
David Adelman (’11)

University of Virginia, Darden School of Business

Kelly Elizabeth Connors (’20)

*Member of the Alumni Committee