Team

 

Directors

Matthew Kolb
Bloomington, IL
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2026

Matt is a junior double majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This summer, he interned for Bondy Capital in Chicago. Next summer, he will be headed to NYC as an investment banking summer analyst for Solomon Partners. In his free time, he enjoys mountain biking, waterskiing, snow skiing, and pickleball. You can probably find him riding his street-legal dirt bike around campus.

Ryan Song
Frisco, TX
Finance
Class of 2026

Ryan is a junior majoring in Finance. This past summer, he interned at Sycamore Tree Capital Partners as a Credit Summer Analyst. Next summer, he will be interning at JP Morgan in their SF office. When he’s not at Greg playing basketball, he’s probably golfing, setting his fantasy football lineup, tweeting about the Warriors, or eating a Torta Supreme #4 at Burrito Factory.

Sarah Gelfer
Sugarland, TX
Finance
Class of 2026

Sarah is a junior majoring in Finance. This past summer, she interned at Rockefeller Capital Management and blew all her money on Sweetgreen. Next summer, she will be interning at Moelis & Co. in NYC. In her free time, Sarah can be found learning tennis, watching TV, or perfecting her Austin coffee shop list.

Shrey Shah
Atlanta, GA
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2026

Shrey is a junior double majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, he interned at UTIMCO and finally got around to experiencing Austin. Next summer, he will be interning at Greenhill & Co. in NYC. In his free time, Shrey can be found playing basketball, dominating in FIFA, or "strategizing" in poker.

 

Seniors

Advaith Anakala
Frisco, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2025

Advaith is a senior majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, he was interning at Ardea Partners as an IB Summer Analyst in their NYC office. In his free time Advaith loves binge-watching sitcoms, playing poker, and lifting at the gym.

Alex Foote
Austin, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2025

Alex is a senior majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, he interned in NYC as a private equity summer analyst at Stellex Capital. In his free time, he enjoys re-watching Better Call Saul and Silicon Valley.

Angela Ling
Houston, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2025

Angela is a senior majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, she interned at Bank of America as an Investment Banking Summer Analyst in New York and will be returning to the M&A group post-graduation. In her free time, Angela enjoys making amigurumi, reading manhwa, and running with her friends.

Anna Li
Allen, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2025

Anna is a senior double majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, she interned at Moelis & Co. as a Summer Analyst in New York and will be returning post-graduation. Aside from her internship, she also got to travel across both Mexico and Japan with some of her best friends. In her free time, she enjoys playing with puppies, figure skating, and *attempting* to bake in the kitchen.

Anuj Nigam
Austin, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2025

Anuj is a senior majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, he interned at Capital One as an APM intern. Last semester, Anuj studied abroad in Budapest and travelled to 14 different countries across Europe. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis & pickleball, trying new cuisines, and rewatching Christopher Nolan movies.

Chinmayi Bodapati
Carrollton, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2025

Chinmayi is a senior majoring in Finance with a minor in accounting. This summer, she worked at the Boston Consulting group in Dallas as a freelance Summer Associate intern. In her free time, she enjoys attempting to train for a marathon, psychoanalyzing reality TV stars, and cooking different versions of vodka sauce pasta.

Evie Kao
Bellaire, TX
Finance & Plan II Honors
Class of 2025

Evie is a senior double majoring in Finance and Plan II Honors. This past summer, she interned in New York City as an analyst at Evercore and will be returning full-time next summer. In her free time, she enjoys watching Law & Order reruns, baking, and playing basketball.

Rachel Nguyen
McKinney, TX
MIS
Class of 2025

Rachel is a senior majoring in MIS. This past summer, Rachel took summer classes to progress her finance minor and computer science certificate. Last semester, she also studied abroad, with Anuj Nigam, in Budapest and traveled across Europe to 14 different countries and 30 cities. In her free time she enjoys playing volleyball, board games with friends, and trying new foods.

Sohm Chheda
Frisco, TX
Business Honors & MIS
Class of 2025

Sohm is a senior majoring in Business Honors, Finance, and on the pre-medical track. Last summer, he worked as an intern for Strategic Management for the county hospital in El Paso. In his free time, he loves playing basketball, watching sit-coms, and listening to music.

Tin Nguyen
Austin, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2025

Tin is a senior majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, he interned at Guggenheim Securities in Chicago. In his free time he enjoys playing soccer, running, and golfing.

Yiwei Shen
Coppell, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2025

Yiwei is a senior majoring in Business Honors and Finance. Last summer, she interned at Bain & Company in Dallas as an Associate Consultant Intern and will be returning full time. In her free time, she enjoys thrifting, planning trips, and trying new restaurants and cafes for her food account.

 
 

Juniors

Anish Palakurthi
Austin, TX
Computer Science
Class of 2026

Anish is a junior Computer Science major. This past summer, he interned at Boundary, a Y Combinator startup. In his free time, you can find him playing with his dog Bolt, attempting to learn Go (the board game) with Ryan, tweeting his “takes”, and explaining why pickleball is indeed a sport.

Christine Yuan
Houston, TX
Business Honors & CS Honors
Class of 2026

Christine is a junior double majoring in Computer Science and Business through the CSB Honors Program. This past summer, she interned at Apple as a software engineer. In her free time, she loves dancing, singing, and playing interesting board games with friends.

Irgen Soeriawinata
Houston, TX
Finance & Economics
Class of 2026

Irgen is a junior double majoring in Finance and Economics. This past summer, he interned at an investment bank in Jakarta, Indonesia. When he’s not adjusting his fantasy football lineup, Irgen‘s probably hooping, going out with friends, getting boba, or working out.

Mikail Wijesekera
Houston, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2026

Mikail is a junior majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, Mikail interned at Bank of America as a summer analyst in New York. Mikail enjoys golf, tennis, skiing, motor racing, travel, and Cane’s fried chicken.

Nishita Appana
Frisco, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2026

Nishita is a junior majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, she interned at an investment bank in San Francisco and traveled to Boston. Next summer, she will be joining UBS as a summer analyst in New York City. In her free time, Nishita enjoys long-distance running, playing basketball, and going out with friends.

Parker Freeburg
Carrollton, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2026

Parker is a junior BHP & Finance major. This past summer, he interned at UTIMCO and will be interning next summer at Moelis & Company in their New York office. In his free time, you can find him drumming, either trying out Gordon Ramsay recipes or forgetting to meal plan, going on nature walks, and binging video essays.

 

Sophomores

Aashna Gautam
Plano, TX
Finance
Class of 2027

Aashna is a sophomore majoring in Finance while also pursuing a minor in Business Analytics and Global Sustainability Leadership. This past summer Aashna was an intern at Gravitas Consulting LLC. In her free time, you can find her trying out every local boba shop, searching for the perfect chili oil noodles, jet-setting to far-flung destinations, dropping way too much on concerts, binge watching sitcoms, or dancing the night away.

Charles Cheung
Plano, TX
Business Honors & ECE Honors
Class of 2027

Charles is a sophomore majoring in ECE Honors and Business Honors. This past summer, he interned as a product engineer at John Deere in Iowa and fulfilled his lifelong dream of driving a tractor through a cornfield. In his free time, he enjoys lifting weights, spitballing terrible startup ideas, grinding Zetamac, and trying to learn how to fish.

Eesha Suri
Southlake, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2027

Eesha is a sophomore majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, she traveled to Hawaii and worked at various debate camps. In her free time, she enjoys making pasta, playing volleyball, and playing Taboo.

Estela Niño
Houston, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2027

Estela is a sophomore majoring in Finance. This summer, Estela traveled to Spain to visit family and teach kids how to speak English. She loves cooking and baking with friends and also playing pickleball and lacrosse.

Hudson Sampson
Dallas, TX
Finance
Class of 2027

Hudson is a sophomore majoring in finance. This summer, he interned as a financial analyst at Grace Hill and went hiking around Colorado. In his free time, he’s usually lifting, playing tennis, or taking late-night walks around Austin.

Justin Zhu
Plano, TX
Finance
Class of 2027

Justin is a sophomore majoring in finance. This summer, he interned as an investment banking summer analyst at Capitalyst Advisory Group and traveled to Colorado and Cancun. In his free time, you’ll find him golfing, playing poker, cooking Shrey in Anagrams, and actually cooking.

Lucy Ma
Houston, TX
Business Honors & Finance
Class of 2027

Lucy is a sophomore majoring in Business Honors and Finance. This past summer, she interned at Hunington Properties, a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm in Houston, TX. In her free time, Lucy enjoys trying matcha lattes at local cafes, exploring trails at nearby parks, and playing with her cats.

Shrey Patel
McAllen, TX
Finance
Class of 2027

Shrey is a sophomore majoring in Finance. This past summer, he interned at LRT Capital as an Equity Research Summer Analyst and traveled to Iceland. In his free time, you can find him playing volleyball, listening to his 150 track “The Weeknd” playlist, or exploring new coffee places around Austin.

 
 

Freshmen

Evan Smith
Chicago, IL
Business Honors and Finance
Class of 2028

Evan is a freshman majoring in Business Honors and is a part of the Jefferson Scholars Program. This past summer, Evan traveled to France and spent time working with his high school tennis team. In his free time, you can find him watching professional tennis, playing pickleball, trying new restaurants, and spending time with friends.

Hannah Ramos
Dallas, TX
Finance
Class of 2028

Hannah is a freshman majoring in finance. This past summer, she visited relatives in Mexico and taught kids to swim as a summer league swim coach. In her free time, she enjoys curating Spotify playlists, making kimchi tacos, binge-watching The Office, and raving about Lana Del Rey.

Meghana Kunapareddy
Katy, TX
Finance
Class of 2028

Meghana is a freshman majoring in Business Honors. This past summer she traveled across Europe, visiting ten countries. In her free time, you can find her binge-watching Criminal Minds, fueling her shopping addiction, and buying copious amounts of chocolate chips.

Saharsh Lavu
Plano, TX
Business Honors and ECE Honors
Class of 2028

Saharsh is a freshman majoring in Business Honors and ECE Honors. This past summer, he traveled to Aruba and Cabo with friends and family. In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball or football, listening to Travis Scott, going to the casino, and sleeping.

Sujith Alluru
Leander, TX
Business Honors and CS Honors
Class of 2028

Sujith is a freshman majoring in Computer Science Honors and Business Honors. This past spring, he interned at Dell as a software engineer. In his free time, he enjoys playing pickleball, watching Breaking Bad, or enjoying a game of Fortnite.

Shashank Ganta
Gilbert, AZ
Business Honors and CS Honors
Class of 2028

Shashank is a freshman majoring in Computer Science Honors and Business Honors. This summer he interned at a Lotus Labs, a local AI startup, back in his hometown Phoenix, Arizona. In his free time, you can catch him playing football, scouting the dining hall menus, or celebrating Christmas regardless of the month.

Shirley Fan
San Francisco, CA
Business Honors and Finance
Class of 2028

Shirley is a freshman majoring in Business Honors. This past summer, she traveled throughout East Asia with her family. In her free time, you can find her collecting recipes she claims she will make, collapsing bowls on the pottery wheel, and taking extremely long walks.