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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• WWF Impact supports investment solutions to solve some of the most pressing environmental challenges facing people and the planet.
• Screen ventures for their potential to scale the farmed seaweed industry in North America and Northern Europe/UK to boost environmental impacts while reducing pressures on wild beds
• Researched seaweed biostimulant market size and competitive landscape to inform investment memo development
• Developed analytics tool to review profitability, breakeven, and burn rate during financial due diligence of a startup valorizing invasive species as raw materials in the U.S.
• Creating an impact measurement platform to calculate the environmental and social impacts of our Food Circularity investments based on operational data

• The Meng Impact Investment Fund at Yale SOM is a student-managed fund that invests in early-stage, for-profit ventures solving society’s stickiest challenges.
• Develop and deliver custom training curriculum to improve 36+ students’ impact investing skills and career readiness
• Integrate DEI throughout the fund to increase student access to impact VC and direct capital toward diverse founders
• Managed fund network and communications to increase brand awareness, improve deal flow, foster Yale's impact innovation ecosystem, and identify industry mentors
• Lead deal team recruiting, including application design and analysis, interviewing, and team construction
• Helped launch Yale SOM’s first student investment fund, investing in early-stage ventures generating social or environmental impact

• BFA is an impact firm that combines research, venture building, and investment expertise to build a more inclusive, equitable, and resilient future for underserved people and the planet.
• Directed ecosystem building efforts with climate experts and key stakeholders in target geographies (Chile, India, Pan-Africa) to mentor and support entrepreneurs launching FinTech enabled climate startups through the.
• Developed toolkit of climate resilience-building tech-enabled financial services products across emerging geographies for the CIFAR Alliance's Climate-smart Innovation Hub
• Authored report on the urban climate resilience and innovation landscape in Santiago, Chile

Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Environmental, Social, and Governance Strategy (Food and Agriculture Sustainability)

• 2020 Deloitte Excellence Fellow
• Environmental, Social, and Governance Strategy (Food and Agriculture Sustainability)
• Supply Chain and Network Operations

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Supply Chain and Network Operations

Provided expert customer service and barista skills at Rice University's student run coffee shop.

• Oversaw 40 employees to keep the highest volume independent coffee shop in Houston running smoothly
• Developed a structured scheduling system to optimize personnel hours by minimizing missed and traded shifts
• Served as a human resources manager and organized social events to promote a cohesive community
• Recruited 80+ applicants through a campus-wide marketing campaign, conducted interviews, and selected approximately 6 new hires per hiring round
• Participated in bi-weekly manager meetings to discuss current projects and promote initiatives related to topics such as sustainability

• Selected for the Rice Leadership Mentorship Experience, a highly competitive program to increase capacities in establishing and fostering meaningful developmental relationships for clear communication and teamwork
• Performed comparative legal research on environmental permitting and presented results to leadership to drive development of a new wind facility
• Participated in the annual Environmental Assessment of an operating site to ensure compliance with state and federal laws

• Executed a week-long orientation program for 1000 new students to acclimate them to the academic and social components of Rice University
• Interviewed, selected, and trained a team of 48 student advisors from a pool of 200+ applicants
• Developed and delivered training materials to the advising team and college stakeholders
• Managed a budget of $10,000; fundraised and negotiated deals with vendors
• Collaborated with various student, administrator, and external stakeholders
• Facilitated communications between the university and new students and their families

• Studied the developmental expression of CRH in cerebral cortex
• Developed immunohistochemistry, PCR, behavioral training, and confocal imaging skills while conducting research on the olfactory system in developing rodent brains

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: Meng Impact Investment Fund, Turner MIINT Impact Investing Competition, Forté Fellow, MEM/MBA Joint Degree.

Master Of Environmental Management - Mem, Sustainable Food Systems

Activities and Societies: Regenerative Agriculture Lab @ the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, 2023 Yale Food Systems.

Bachelor’S Degree, Environmental Science, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Activities and Societies: Student Government (various roles), Kinda Sketchy Sketch Comedy Club (Treasurer), Global Medical Brigades.

Education record

Received credit for Advanced German I and II as a recipient of the Roy Jones Fellowship.

High School

Activities and Societies: Math Team, Concert Choir, Service Learning Club (President), National Honor Society, Payton's Organization for.