Student Internships

Summer Internship with NC IDEA Kelsey Worsham, Daytime MBA 2025 This summer, I had the privilege of witnessing the positive impact of the skills I have learned and refined in business school on NC IDEA grant recipient companies. Over ten weeks, I applied financial modeling, marketing strategies, pricing analysis, and data-driven decision-making techniques, all of […]

Summer Internship with City of Durham, Sustainability & Energy Management Team Mara Michel, Daytime MBA 2026 As a Graduate Student Intern for the City of Durham, my role was to assess the feasibility of solar photovoltaics on the City’s closed landfill as part of the City’s goal to power its operations with 80% renewable energy […]

Summer Internship with NC SBTDC Amit Iarochevsky, Daytime MBA 2024 This summer, I had the opportunity to apply my business skills in a consulting role at SBTDC, working with a respected founder of a small startup. When he greeted me as the “business expert,” my first reaction was, “Wait, where’s the expert?” But then I […]

Summer Internship with NC IDEA Thomas Cheng, Daytime MBA 2024 I interned at NC IDEA, a foundation supporting economic development in North Carolina through entrepreneurship. The organization gives grants to early-stage startups, and for my summer project, I advised 15 of them on marketing, pricing, and industry research. It was a great experience to learn […]

Summer Internship with Opportunity Finance Network Anna Gallerani,  Daytime MBA 2024 This summer I underwrote community development financial institutions (CDFI) applying for Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) loans and grants. This involved analyzing their financial statements and meeting with their management teams. I applied what I’ve learned from finance, accounting  and management courses to OFN’s CAMEL […]

Summer Internship with NK Squared Ashwin Pant, Daytime MBA 2024 Working closely with Nikhil Kamath (India’s youngest billionaire) at his family office for three months allowed me a unique opportunity to work on a rotational basis with Rainmatter Foundation, a non-profit organization allied to the umbrella of the family office, and supporting climate action, a […]

Summer Internship with Social Finance Kandasi Griffiths, Daytime MBA 2024 This summer I interned at Social Finance, a non-profit impact investing and advisory organization, out of their Boston headquarters. I was an Associate on the Investments team working on a couple of their financial products. I conducted due diligence on opportunities and a landscape analysis […]

Summer Internship with REDF Annie Forest, Daytime MBA 2024 This summer, I interned at REDF, a nonprofit that invests in organizations reducing barriers to employment, as a Farber Fellow. REDF pairs Farber Fellows with employment social enterprises in its Growth Portfolio and I was matched with Coalfield Development in Huntington, WV. My project was specifically […]