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Our Team

We are a diverse group of leaders with a passion for community investment.
Senior Advisors
Michael Huang, Vishal Patel, Nina Huang, Michael Ning, and Royce Tiger

Executive Board (2021-22)

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Royce Tiger

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Class: 2023+1

Major: Economics

Residential College: Franklin

Hometown: San Francisco

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Darius Jing

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Class: 2022

Major: Economics

Residential College: Davenport

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

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Michael Ning

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Class: 2023

Major: S&DS and Economics

Residential College: Morse

Hometown: New York City

Executive Board

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Ava Leipzig

Co-President

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Residential College: Saybrook

Hometown: Glenview, IL

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Caleb Lee

Co-President

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Residential College: Saybrook

Hometown: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

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Jay Kauffin

Head of Development and Social Chair

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Major: Political and Computer Science

Residential College: Timothy Dwight

Hometown: Athens, TN

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Rachel Dai

Treasury Chair

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Major: Computer Science & Economics

Residential College: Pierson

Hometown: Tucson, AZ

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Matthew Ross

Co-Head of Investments

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Residential College: Silliman

Hometown: Huntington, NY

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Joao Pedro Denys

Co-Head of Investments

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Major: Economics & Mathematics

Residential College: Ezra Stiles

Hometown: Manaus, Brazil

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Isabella Sendas

Co-Head of Nonprofit Consulting

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Residential College: Davenport

Hometown: Brazil

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Yuto Kida

Co-Head of Nonprofit Consulting

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Residential College: Berkeley

Hometown: Japan

Investment Sector Heads

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Roger Chenn

Co-Head of T
echnology, Media and Communications

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Residential College: Grace Hopper

Hometown: California

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Raymond Jin

Co-Head of Small Cap

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Residential College: Pierson

Hometown: Farragut, TN

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Joy Qu

Co-Head of Healthcare

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Residential College: Berkeley

Hometown: Long Grove, IL

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Edward Blunt

Head of Industrials

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Residential College: Branford

Hometown: London

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Aryav Bothra

Co-Head of T
echnology, Media and Communications

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Residential College: Grace Hopper

Hometown: Aurora, IL

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Arwen Huang

Co-Head of Small Cap

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Residential College: Saybrook

Hometown: China

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Jaocb Sahar

Co-Head of Healthcare

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Residential College: Ezra Stiles

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN

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Dhruv Nanda

Head of Consumers

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Residential College: Morse

Hometown: Irving, TX

Nonprofit Team Heads

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Susannah Brown

Team: New Haven Leon Sister City Project

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Residential College: Saybrook

Hometown: Montclair, NJ

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Sam Friedman

Team: Literacy Volunteers of Greater New H
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Residential College: Benjamin Franklin

Hometown: New York City, NY

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Will Muse

Team: Winning Ways

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Residential College: Davenport

Hometown: New York City, NY

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Jonathan Mersha

Team: Community Soup Kitchen

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Residential College: Benjamin Franklin

Hometown: Las Vegas, NV

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Dana Lee

Team: Tail to Paw

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Residential College: Trumbull

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

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Michael Zhao

Team: Literacy Volunteers of Greater New H
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Residential College: Silliman

Hometown: Olympia, WA

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Evan Tsai

Team: EMERGECT

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Residential College: Berkeley

Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan

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Danielle Frankel

Team: Haven's Harvest

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Residential College: Ezra Stiles

Hometown: Brookline, MA

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