Business+Impact’s 26-27 Board Fellows
During the 2026-27 academic year, participants in Business+Impact’s Golub Capital Board Fellows Program will serve as non-voting members of local nonprofit boards while completing strategic projects. On Fri, Oct. 2, 2026, student Board Fellows met with nonprofit partner organizations for a morning-long orientation to the program. This year’s cohort features 46 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, College of Engineering, School of Public Health, School of Music, Theatre and Dance, School of Information, 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 Detroit Bird Alliance, FedUp Ministries, and Guiding Harbor will also engage with Board Fellows this year.
Below are Board Fellows and their partner Nonprofits:
Alternatives for Girls
Benita Rangira (WMBA 2028)
Christina Fuller (MM 2027)
Anton Art Center
Nakul Pandav (MBA 2027)
Arts & Scraps
Ellie Simon (MBA/MS 2029)
Toria Oropeza (M Ed 2028)
Avalon Healing Center
Dorienne Sherrod (MSIL 2027)
Jay An (WMBA 2027)
Brilliant Cities
Jordan Haroz (MBA 2027)
Joseph (Yossi) Lichterman (WMBA 2027)
Brilliant Detroit
Allie Burns (MPP 2028)
Yang Du (MAE 2027)
Cadillac Urban Gardens
Manasvi Aiyer (MBA 2028)
Selen Frantz (MURP 2028)
Community Action Network
Aruna (MBA 2028)
Stephanie Smith (MS 2027)
Community Day Care and Preschool
Shristi Nayar (MBA 2028)
Courageous Kids
Treasure Nwokeleme (MD/MBA 2028)
Detroit Bird Alliance
Caroline Krieger (MBA 2027)
Grace Jamieson (MPP 2028)
Detroit Sound Conservancy
Ayla Hoermann (MSIL 2027)
Maricela Nunez (M Ed 2027)
Detroit Theater Organ Society
Zakaria Bulus (MPP 2027)
Difficult Dialogues National Resource
Devinaa Mangal (MBA 2027)
Grace Kang (OMBA 2029)
Dominican Literacy Center
Sienna Drew (MM 2027)
Vibhor Gupta (MBA 2027)
Dream of Detroit
Claire Stanley (MPP/MSW 2027)
Xinle (Lee) Wang (MAcc 2027)
EcoWorks
Pruthvi Kuppam (WMBA 2027)
Rouna A (MBA 2028)
Faith in Action
Casey Christy (MSW 2028)
Rajashree Rakesh Agrawal (MBA 2028)
FedUp Ministries
Gabrielle Lilly (MSI 2028)
Friends in Deed
Aman Aggarwal (MBA/MS 2029)
Iris Wu (MM 2027)
Friends of the Children Detroit
Ana Lee Pokrzywa (MBA 2028)
Eric Gu (MBA 2028)
Guiding Harbor
Allyssa Ark (MBA 2028)
Higher Ground Abodes
Jelani McGhee-Anderson (MBA 2028)
Meghan Harvey (OMBA 2028)
Jotno
Kishlay Singh (MBA 2027)
Yuk Tsan Wong (MPH 2027)
Key Development Center
Grace O’Dea (MAcc 2027)
Liyu Luo (MBA 2028)
Life Skills Center
Emma Littlejohn (MBA 2028)
Norma Gay (MPP 2027)
Living Arts
Lauren Smith (MFA 2027)
Madeline Brentlinger (MBA 2028)
Livingston County Habitat for Humanity
Joshua Crook (MPP/MSW 2029)
Marygrove Community Association
Isabella (Bella) Di Fiori (MSIL 2027)
Sean Moore (MBA 2028)
MI-UCP
Jackson Lovchuk (MBA 2028)
Linda Nguyen (MM 2027)
Michigan Accountancy Foundation
Walker Groff (MAcc 2027)
Yiting Fei (MBA 2028)
Michigan Nonprofit Association
Jenuel Camacho Rivera (MPP 2027)
Stephanie Velez (MBA 2027)
NEW
Elizabeth Stewart (MSIL 2029)
Justis Morales (MBA 2028)
North Star Reach
Atika Gupta (MBA/MPH 2028)
Chhavi Jain (MBA 2027)
Opportunity Thrive
Natasha Pillai (MPP 2028)
Stella Weinberg (MSI 2028)
Pagus Africa
Alexandra Kolker (MBA 2028)
Min-Hsien Weng (MSI 2028)
Playworks
Arun Maran (MBA 2028)
Jessica Baril (MPH/MURP 2028)
Resolution Services Center
YunChen Chuang (MSI 2028)
Staying in Closer Touch
Patience Stuckey (MSIL 2027)
Rajiv Edara (MM 2027)
The Salvation Army
Niyja Gill (MSW 2029)
Rishav Mukherjee (MBA 2028)
The Tandana Foundation
Adriana Bahena (M Ed 2027)
Otto Castillo Altun (MS/MPP 2028)
Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative
Chris Lash (OMBA 2028)
Lance Liu (MBA 2027)
Washtenaw ACA
Devin Daniels (MSW 2028)
Ruby Siegel (MPP 2028)
Washtenaw Housing Alliance
Hanna Larcinese (MPP 2028)
Thomas Gala-Garza (MADS 2028)
Washtenaw Literacy
Akimitsu Sugimoto (MBA 2027)
Ashia Kidd (MBA 2028)
Ypsilanti Meals On Wheels
Marley Davis (MSCM 2027)
Tejaswi Chillakuru (MBA 2028)
Weiss Senior Fellows
- Ellie Wilson (MPP 2027)
- Brandy Blackwell (MBA 2027)
- Karl Schultz (EMBA 2027)