Business+Impact’s 25-26 Board Fellows

During the 2025-26 academic year, participants in Business+Impact’s annual Board Fellows program will serve as non-voting members of local nonprofit boards while completing small strategic projects. On Fri, Oct. 3, 2025, student Board Fellows met with nonprofit partner organizations for a morning-long orientation to the program. This year’s cohort features 44 nonprofits with services from 83 students affiliated with Michigan Ross, the Ford School of Public Policy, the Medical School, the School of Architecture & Urban Planning, the School of Education, the School of Social Work, and the School for Environment and Sustainability. The program welcomes back long-standing partners like The Salvation Army, Alternatives for Girls, and the Detroit Theater Organ Society, while new partners such as Opportunity Thrive, EHM Senior Solutions, and Jay Shop Inc. will also engage with Board Fellows this year.

Below are Board Fellows and their projects (Nonprofit names are not included):

Madelyn Allman | MPP ‘26
Working in: Recruitment & Engagement

Christina Alvarez | MBA/MPP ‘28
Working in: Assessment & Evaluation

Lindsay Alvarez | OMBA (PT) ‘26
Working in: Onboarding

Tazkira Amin | MSW/MURP ‘27
Working in: Sponsorship & Partnership

Lindsey Aronson | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Governance

Leela Arthimalla | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Funding Strategy

Isabella Bacchiocchi | MSW ‘26
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Sarah Backstrand | MS ‘26
Working in: Recruitment & Engagement

Adiah Bailey | MBA/MPP ‘28
Working in: Assessment & Evaluation

Rounak Banik | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Recruitment & Engagement

Ola Bartolik | PhD Neuro ‘27
Working in: Sponsorship & Partnership

Brandy Blackwell | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Assessment & Evaluation

Jovanny Casillas | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Finance

Maria DaSilva | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Funding Strategy

Alina DeVoogd | MPP/MS ‘27
Working in: Governance

Monica (Moni) Dick | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Lilia Eisenstein | MPP ‘27
Working in: Recruitment & Engagement

Roderick Emanuel | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Recruitment & Engagement

Alexander Ferencz | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Funding Strategy

Emma Fraser | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Strategic Planning

Andrew Friedman | OMBA (FT) ‘26
Working in: Strategic Planning

Aishu Garlapati | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Ellie Garnett | MSW ‘26
Working in: Governance

Madeleine Gibbons-Shapiro | MPP ‘27
Working in: Sponsorship & Partnership

Dominique Gill | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Governance

Leo Goldblatt | MSW ‘26
Working in: Strategic Planning

Georquel Goodwin | MPP ‘26
Working in: Funding Strategy

Megan Handle | MSW ‘26
Working in: Onboarding

Beth Hartsog | MPP ‘26
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Chris Healy | MBA/MPP ‘28
Working in: Funding Strategy

Drew Hubbard | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Strategic Planning

Ali Ikram | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Finance

Khalil Jackson | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Strategic Planning

Meghna Jain | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Assessment & Evaluation

Claire James | MPP ‘27
Working in: Sponsorship & Partnership

Emily Janas | MSW ‘26
Working in: Recruitment & Engagement

Jaelynn Jarman | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Funding Strategy

Daydrianna Jeffries | MSW ‘26
Working in: Governance

Audrey Koi | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Assessment & Evaluation

Kinsey Kutilek | MPP ‘26
Working in: Governance

Schila Labitsch | MPP ‘26
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Magdalena Ledezma | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Dani Levy | MPP/MS ‘26
Working in: Recruitment & Engagement

Henry Liang | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Funding Strategy

Tanya Lohia | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Funding Strategy

Aline Louise de Souza | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Recruitment & Engagement

Olivia Luo | M Ed ‘26
Working in: Funding Strategy

Kate Lyons | MBA/MPP ‘27
Working in: Funding Strategy

Andrea Manalac | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Funding Strategy

Devinaa Mangal | WMBA (Texas) ‘27
Working in: Funding Strategy

Alexis Markowitz | MSW ‘26
Working in: Governance

Christopher Martinez | MPP ‘27
Working in: Recruitment & Engagement

Isabella Martinez | MPP ‘27
Working in: Sponsorship & Partnership

Deepti Mathur | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Sponsorship & Partnership

Korryn McDonald | M Ed ‘26
Working in: Governance

Reshab Mehta | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Finance

Saumya Nagar | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Sponsorship & Partnership

Chelsea Nivison | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Dominique Nziffa | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Prakriti Pahari | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Assessment & Evaluation

Wendy Palomino Alvarez | MBA/MS ‘28
Working in: Governance

Nakul Pandav | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Funding Strategy

Josh Pericas | MSW ‘26
Working in: Onboarding

Kanika Pillai | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Finance

Owen Pollock | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Sponsorship & Partnership

Hari Rajagopalan | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Governance

Caitlin Reiten | MSW ‘26
Working in: Funding Strategy

Andrew Robinson | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Xander Rodriguez | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Renee Sahatdjian | MPP ‘27
Working in: Strategic Planning

Karl Schultz | EMBA ‘27
Working in: Sponsorship & Partnership

Jamal Shaheen | OMBA (PT) ‘28
Working in: Onboarding

Nick Sheppard | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Governance

Samuel Shipko | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Onboarding

Mrin Sivakumar | MPP ‘27
Working in: Strategic Planning

Claire Smith | MPP ‘27
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Haley Viall | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Marketing Strategy

Michael Vu | FTMBA ‘26
Working in: Funding Strategy

Edward Wang | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Sponsorship & Partnership

John Paul Williams-Soriano | PhD Psych ‘26
Working in: Funding Strategy

Ellie Wilson | MPP ‘27
Working in: Strategic Planning

Kevin Yu | FTMBA ‘27
Working in: Funding Strategy

Whitney Zhang | MBAn ‘26
Working in: Funding Strategy

Weiss Senior Fellows

Joshua Kreiter, MSW ’26
David Denton, OMBA ’26
Jasmin Lopez, FTMBA ’26