2021 Impact Internships Cover the Region, the World
This year, Business+Impact is financially supporting the summer impact internship experiences of 55 University of Michigan students, more than ever before.
Each summer, Business+Impact awards competitive grants for summer internships to MBAs and BBAs in the Ross School of Business as well as MPP students in the Ford School of Public Policy. MBA funding comes from the Give-A-Day Fund, a student-led MBA pay-it-forward fund, and from General Motors. Additionally, the newly established Gordon Impact Entrepreneurship Fund provides support for BBA or MBA student internships with ventures or funders seeking to create societal impact.
Through the generosity of Applebaum Family Philanthropy, this summer Impact Design Fellows and Interns are able to collaborate in the +Impact Design Lab this summer to help impactful prototypes take shape in the world.
Finally, Business+Impact and Zell Lurie are supporting MBAs taking part in Open Road at Ross, funded by the Ford Motor Company. This year teams are working with companies in Detroit virtually.
The Summer Fund
The Summer Fund is funded in part through the Give-A-Day Fund (for MBAs), and the Ford School of Public Policy (for MPPs).
BBAs:
Sehrish Hussain, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan
Ivy Li, Daybreaker, New York, NY
Ayodele Ojo Urban Institute, Lima, OH
Duy-Anh Vo, Summer in the City, Detroit, MI
MBAs
Yvon Brousseau, Supply Change Capital, Los Angeles, CA
Kara Chill, FemTech Focus, Houston, TX
Brian Lui, Brian J. Lui Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Bryan Ricketts, Department of the Treasury, Office of International Financial Markets, Washington, DC
Allison Winstel, mHUB, Chicago, IL
MPPs:
Clarisse Baudraz, Migration Policy Institute, Washington D.C.
Christian Ilarraza Colon, Arizona Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, Phoenix, AZ
José Lemus, mHub, Chicago, IL
Gregory Pollard, LINK Unlimited Scholars, Chicago, IL
Elizabeth Powers, Michigan Department of State, Bureau of Elections, Lansing, MI
Jessica Williams, AmeriCorps – Refugee Voice Project, Albany, NY
General Motors Interns
Funding from General Motors allows us to support even more interns this year, focused on businesses in Detroit.
Molly Barstow, Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center (ISAIC), Detroit, MI
Elizabeth Wallace, City of Detroit Office of Sustainability, Detroit, MI
Marian Omidiji, The Girl-In Collective x Evaluation Matrix, Location TBD
Gordon Impact Entrepreneurship Interns
The newly established Gordon Impact Entrepreneurship Fund provides support for BBA or MBA student internships with ventures or funders seeking to create societal impact.
Sam Buck, (MBA) Rare, Arlington, VA
Dimitri Esteban Alejo Giraldo, (MBA) Creating Who You Are There, Location TBD
Nathan Lohrmann, (MBA) Future Fit Foods, Boulder, CO
Mackenzie Murphy, (MBA) June Motherhood, Cambridge, MA
Soumya Tejam, (BBA) University Impact, Provo, UT
Applebaum Impact Design Fellows & Interns
Applebaum Impact Design Fellows, Interns, and student social innovators in the Founders Program will be collaborating virtually, through B+I’s +Impact Design Lab at Michigan Ross.
Fellows:
Claire Babilonia, MBA
Onyekachi Ezirike, MBA
Lucy Jiang, MSI
Elizabeth Sofranek, MBA
Interns:
Jess Halter, MBA/MS
Trevor Wallace, BBA
Founders:
Nathan Alston, MBA
Daniella Gennaro, MBA
Cindy Gu, LSA
Edward Huang, MBA
Ayodele Ojo, BBA
Raeed Rasul, BSE
Seth St. Pierre, BA
Ronit Tiwary, BE
Justin Woods, MBA/MSW
+Impact Studio for Local Business
The +Impact Studio for Local Business internship is even more robust in this, its second year. Student funding has been made possible by Ross’ Business+Impact and Applebaum Family Philanthropy, the Zell Lurie Institute, the School of Information, the Stamps School of Art & Design, the Center for Entrepreneurship, and Ripple. Several community partners in Detroit, especially from TechTown, will be on hand throughout the summer to help orient students to Detroit’s entrepreneurial landscape, to refer business clients, and to serve as a sounding board and resource connector for students.
Jonah Cuenca, BBA
Rishi Kalyan, BBA
Haarika Karlapati, BBA/SEAS
Kirsten Lam, BBA, LSA
John Prisby, BBA
Areeba Razi, BBA
Malavika Vengilatt, BBA
Michael Willard, BBA, LSA
Madelyn Woodrow, BBA
Kristine Zhou, BBA
Open Road at Ross
Working remotely this year, these intrepid travelers are focused on addressing business challenges for Coton Clothiers, and Detroit is the New Black, Shelby + Coffee Down Under, in Detroit, MI. Business+Impact and Zell Lurie Institute are proud to partners on this program, funded by Ford Motor Company.
Coton Clothiers:
Chris Gradone, MBA
Rachel Ing, MBA
Natasha Suddhi, MBA
Detroit Is the New Black:
Dustin Huibregtse, MBA
Alex Johnson, MBA
Briana Jones, MBA
Sasha Kapur, MBA
Shelby + Coffee Down Under
Chris Gradone, MBA
Rachel Ing, MBA
Chris Nguyen, MBA
Natasha Suddhi, MBA
Allison Winstel, MBA, MPP