Each year, CASE selects a group of Fuqua MBAs to serve as CASE and CASE i3 Fellows. These students have stood out to us in their passion and commitment to taking a deeper dive into their social impact or impact investing learning with their peers, and in their ability to act as ambassadors for CASE’s work within Fuqua and beyond. Serving as a Fellow is consistently rated by graduates as one of their most transformational experiences at Fuqua. This year’s Fellows bring a wide variety of experience to their fellowship cohort – from previous work in education, to founding start-ups, to working with urban infrastructure projects across Africa, to global health – and we are so looking forward to seeing how this group grows together in their understanding of how to drive positive change in the world.
Meet this year’s CASE and CASE i3 Fellows!
2023-2024 CASE Fellows
Maria Castrillon
Before Fuqua: Education and Fundraising Strategy
Area of Interest: Creating a world where business for good is the norm.
Summer Internship: Alvarez & Marsal – Public Sector Service
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Thomas Cheng
Before Fuqua: Education Technology
Area of Interest: Scaling solutions to help people unlock opportunities and live better lives.
Summer Internship: NCIdea
Arya Diwase, CASE Fellowship Co-Lead
Before Fuqua: Education Access and Founder, Application Ally
Area of Interest: Using entrepreneurial skills to bring sustainable community change.
Summer Internship: Travel to India to pilot new venture Himayat, a digital employment benefits platform for female domestic workers in India.
Hometown: India
Stephen Ezekoye
Before Fuqua: Director of Early Engagement, Teach for America
Area of Interest: How collaboration between the public sector, governmental bodies and the private sector can close access gaps and increase opportunities for economic mobility in underserved communities.
Summer Internship: City Center in New York
Hometown: Laurel, Maryland
Raiven Greenberg
Before Fuqua: Climate and Sustainability Consulting
Area of Interest: Climate justice and its intersection with equity.
Summer Internship: REDF Climate Corps Fellow
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Hans Grohs
Before Fuqua: Education Policy Consulting
Area of Interest: The intersection of education, policy and business to support socially minded organizations.
Summer Internship: Fellow at start-up charter school in Houston
Fuqua & Community Engagement: Fuqua on Board, ALMA Cabinet Member
Hometown: Chile
Erin Kirton
Before Fuqua: Wind Energy Engineer
Area of Interest: Climate tech venture capital and the social impact that startups can achieve through disrupting traditional energy systems.
Summer Internship: Powerhouse Ventures
Hometown: Boulder, Colorado
Monica Macheca, CASE Fellowship Co-Lead
Before Fuqua: Global Health Economics Analysis
Area of Interest: Global public health and the role of the private sector in addressing social issues.
Summer Internship: Travel to India to support operation of social start-ups Himayat and Application Ally
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Caitlin Mason
Before Fuqua: Arts Fundraising
Area of Interest: Food systems and how to develop better sustainability initiatives and drive social and environmental impact.
Summer Internship: Sr. Marketing Manager Intern at Amazon in New York.
Hometown: Long Island, New York
Elizabeth Priore
Before Fuqua: Market Research Consulting
Area of Interest: Sustainability and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPGs)
Summer Internship: Associate Brand Manager Intern at Conagra Brands
Hometown: Buffalo New York
Gabby Rogers
Before Fuqua: Ecological Engineering and Climate Consulting
Area of Interest: Developing mitigation and adaptation strategies for developing countries
Summer Internship: McKinsey Consulting
Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
The following students are CASE and CASE i3 Fellows
Annie Forrest, CASE i3 Fellowship Co-Chair
Before Fuqua: Relationship Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention, One Love Foundation
Area of Interest: How impact investing and economic development can create greater equity within rural communities, particularly in the Appalachian region.
Summer Internship: Faber Fellow, REDF
Hometown: Richards, Virginia
Kandasi Griffiths
Before Fuqua: Global Health and Founder, SR Collaborative
Area of Interest: Strengthening her impact-focused community and exploring interdisciplinary issues across the sector
Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Social Finance
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Queen Nwokonneya
Before Fuqua: International Development Program Manager, Adam Smith International
Area of Interest: Driving industrialization and growth in emerging markets.
Summer Internship: McKinsey Consulting
Hometown: Nigeria
2023-2024 CASE i3 Fellows
Varun Chintalapati
Before Fuqua: ESG Analyst, Asset Management
Area of Interest: Driving investment and engagement towards businesses that are most capable of impacting the environment and society.
Summer Internship: Sustainable Investment Group
Hometown: Hyderabad & Chennai, India
Marielena Octavio
Before Fuqua: Climate and Sustainability Non-Profit
Area of Interest: Transforming financial systems that are driving inequity and the climate crisis to further justice, equity, and sustainability.
Summer Internship: Investment Stewardship at Vanguard with an interest in ESG
Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela
Tom Tagliaferro
Before Fuqua: Real Estate Finance
Summer Internship: Citi Group as a Financial Management Associate.
Hometown: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Sarah Grace Tucker, CASE i3 Fellowship Co-Chair
Before Fuqua: Consulting at MasterCard
Area of Interest: Energy finance; helping more Fuqua students learn about and engage with impact investing.
Summer Internship: NextEra Energy – Power Generation Division
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Ryan Van Slyke
Before Fuqua: Social Policy and Consulting
Area of Interest: Using tools of business, policy, and civil society to improve and invest in the wellbeing and livelihoods of communities.
Summer Internship: ESG Summer Associate at State Street Global Advisors
Hometown: Syracuse, NY
Ritika Rao
Before Fuqua: Portfolio Analyst, Nephila Climate
Area of Interest: Leadership and client-facing experience. The opportunity to deep-dive into a pertinent sector within the impact investing space.
Summer plans: Boston Consulting Group
Hometown: Bangalore, India