CSE Career Captains

Education: Stephanie Borr (She/Her/Hers) is currently an undergraduate student at Brandeis University, and is expected to graduate with her Bachelor’s in Economics with minors in Legal Studies and Health: Science, Society, and Policy in May 2022. Stephanie previously graduated from Westfield High School in Westfield, New Jersey in 2018.

Work History: Stephanie works part-time as a Career Captain at the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center. During the past two years, Stephanie has worked as the assistant to the Associate Director of Athletics at Brandeis University. As part of her role at Brandeis Athletics, she managed information pertaining to the department’s budget, which included accounting for financial transactions, reimbursements, and fundraising initiatives. 

Extracurriculars and Hobbies: Aside from her involvement at the Career Strategies and Engagement Center, Stephanie is also Captain of the Brandeis Women’s Volleyball team. As a part of her responsibilities, she coordinates Brandeis Volleyball’s involvement with Team Impact, which is an organization that matches college athletic teams with children who have chronic or life-threatening illnesses in order to foster a system of support and socialization. Stephanie also loves to read and watch sports, especially professional Tennis.

Education: Riya Mandhana (She/Her/Hers) is currently a Master of Science in Finance student at Brandeis International Business School, and is expected to graduate in May 2022. She graduated with her Bachelor in Legal Science from Government Law College, Mumbai University in India. She also obtained an Intermediate (Integrated Professional Competence) Examination Certificate from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Work History: Riya is a Junior Career Captain at the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center. Prior to her position at Brandeis, she worked as a trainee in the field of Audit and Taxation for 3.5 years, as part of her Chartered Accountancy coursework, where she performed Statutory and Tax Audits and provided Direct Taxation and Transfer Pricing Consultancy. She then transitioned to working as a Senior Tax Consultant, focusing on Transfer Pricing and International Taxation. Last year, Riya started an organization called What’s Next For You, through which she aimed to create awareness about different career paths and guide school students about different career options available to them. Riya also worked as a Management Consultant at 180 Degrees Consulting in India on a pro-bono project.

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Aside from her involvement at the Career Strategies and Engagement Center, Riya serves as President of International Business Women’s Club at Brandeis and Vice President of Brandeis Consulting Association. Riya is a sports fanatic. She played Badminton professionally throughout her school life and continues to enjoy the game. She also relishes being at one with nature and loves hiking, kayaking and camping.

Education: Ruchi (She/Her/Hers) will graduate with her Master of Business Administration from Brandeis International Business School in December 2022. She graduated with her Bachelor of Engineering in 2015, and her Master of Management Studies in 2017 in India. During her time at Brandeis, she plans on concentrating in both Marketing and Data Analytics.

Work History: Ruchi has worked as a Project Manager with multiple digital marketing firms such as Gozoop Online and MORE Global Productions, in India. In her role as Project Manager, she refined her technical and managerial skills. At Brandeis, she is a Junior Career Captain at the Career Strategies and Engagement Center.

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Ruchi is the Vice President of the South Asian Society where. She is looking forward to organizing cultural events for students on-campus. Other than these, she spends her time running, swimming, working out, and is looking forward to travel places in the US.

Education: Joyce Huang (She/Her/Hers) is currently an undergraduate student at Brandeis University, and is expected to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Business and Health: Science, Society, and Policy in May 2022. Joyce previously graduated from Pudong Shanghai American School in Shanghai, China, in 2018.

Work History: Joyce works part-time as a Junior Career Captain in the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center. During the past year, Joyce has worked as a Teaching Assistant for Financial Accounting. As part of her role as a Teaching Assistant, she tutors and supports 200 students on accounting material, offers business major advising, and organizes and runs recitations and review sessions.

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Outside of the classroom, Joyce is a Co-Founder of the Brandeis Undergraduate Consulting Club (BUCC), the Director of Marketing & Public Relations for Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE), and the Social Media & Publicity Chair for Taiwanese Students Association (TSA). She loves to spend her free time creating artwork, and has recently been interested in utilizing collage with watercolor. Her secret talent is origami!

Education:  Ines Grom-Mansencal (She/Her/Hers) is a current undergraduate student at Brandeis University who is expected to graduate with majors in Biology and Psychology as well as a minor in French in May of 2024. Ines previously graduated from Wyoming High School in Wyoming, Ohio.

Work History:  Ines is currently working part-time as a Junior Career Captain at the Career Strategies and Engagement Center in Brandeis’ International Business School. This past summer, Ines interned at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio where she focused on managing and performing clinical and translational research in Bone Marrow Transplantation.  

Extracurriculars and Hobbies: Outside from work and school, Ines plays for the Brandeis Women’s Volleyball team where she is also responsible for aiding in the organization of activities and bonding opportunities for the team off the court. She also enjoys spending time with friends and family, traveling, and watching TV shows.

Education: Kajol (She/Her/Hers) is expected to graduate in February 2023 with a Master of Science in Finance. Her concentration is in Asset Management and Corporate Valuations. She graduated with her Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Markets then went on to get a postgraduate Master of Commerce in Banking and Finance degree, both from Mumbai University in India.

Work History: Kajol is currently a part-time CSE Career Captain at the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center. Before studying at Brandeis International Business School, she worked with IIFL Securities Limited as a Referral Associate Leader primarily focusing on portfolio management services and business development in Mumbai.  Now, she will be interning with a boutique asset management firm as an Investment Analyst intern over the summer. 

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Outside of the classroom, Kajol is the Treasurer at the Global Markets Investment Club along with her involvement at the Career Strategies and Engagement Center. She is also an Admissions Ambassador and Senator for the MSF cohort. Always curious and an extrovert, she loves traveling and learning about new cultures and people. She also loves reading fiction novels to escape reality from time-to-time and loves binging on feel-good tv shows and movies!

Education: Chester Zikhali  (He/His/him) is expected to graduate with his  Master of Science  in Finance from Brandeis International Business School in February 2023. He graduated  with a Master of Commerce in Development Finance from University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business. Prior to attending University of Cape Town, Chester graduated from The National University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree in Banking and Investment Management.

Work History: Chester  currently works part-time as a Career Captain at the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center. As part of his  role at the Career Center he assists in managing a plethora of career center resources. Prior to this Chester  worked as a private equity analyst for an international overseas offshore investment allocation firm (Riscura) based in Cape Town, South Africa. In this position he managed corporate finance valuations and due diligence for various private equity funds across Sub Saharan Africa and spearheaded high level independent research in impact investing. After graduation Chester intends to pursue a career in investment banking and equity research.

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Outside of the classroom, Chester  is involved with a few student clubs. He enjoys the nature, which is why his  always looking for an excuse to go cycling and hiking up the mountains. His newly found passion is architectural design, particularly in the efficient use of resources to help  save our environment. 

Education: Sukanya Ahuja(She/Her/Hers) is expected to graduate with her Master of Science in Business Analytics from Brandeis International Business School in December 2022. She graduated with her Bachelor’s in Mass Communication from Symbiosis International University in July 2021.

Work History: Sukanya works part-time as a Career Captain at the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center. Previously,  Sukanya worked as a Digital Marketing Strategist at Bython Media Inc. based out of Texas focusing on creating higher traction for the brand’s properties through analytics and content optimization. She hopes to further her career in the field of marketing analytics.

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Beyond the classroom and work, Sukanya likes to spend her time finding delicious meals all over town and dissecting films and fashion shows.  She also loves spending time outdoors biking and exploring!

Education: Ayswarya (She/Her/Hers) is expected to graduate from Brandeis International Business School in May 2022 with a Master of Science in Finance. Prior to attending Brandeis University, she graduated from Kingston University, London where she studied Business with a major in Finance.

Work History: Ayswarya currently works part-time as a Junior Career Captain at the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center. Before studying at Brandeis International Business School, she worked at EY as an Analyst and at JP Morgan with the Equity Derivatives group. During her undergraduate degree at Kingston, Ayswarya assisted the University in creating inclusive curriculums, an attempt that helped students feel heard and welcome at school. She was also a Peer Mentor for the subject Managing Financial Resources. After graduation, Ayswarya hopes to continue working in Finance, applying the knowledge gained through the rigor of her program.

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Outside of the classroom, Ayswarya is involved with a few student clubs. She is the Crisis Game Lead for the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), where she uses her interest in Business and Economics to understand policies and world economies. She is also an Investment Fellow at Global Markets Investment Club, assisting the team in making the right investment decisions. In her spare time, Ayswarya likes to read, practice yoga, and try different cuisines.

Education: Alexis Scheinman (She/Her/Hers) is a Master of Business Administration student at Brandeis International Business School, with an expected graduation date of May 2022. She graduated Cum Laude from Brandeis University in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and minors in Politics and Legal Studies. During her time at Brandeis, she spent her spring of 2017 studying Public Relations and Advertising at Boston University’s London, England campus.

Work History: After graduating in 2018, Alexis moved to Seattle to explore a career in marketing. She worked as a Marketing and Public Relations Manager at Bellevue Medical Imaging, a radiology clinic. After that role, Alexis changed industries and worked for Visit Bellevue, a destination marketing organization, where she was the Communications Manager then promoted to Director of Visitor Experience. Now, she is a part-time marketing intern at Wedbush Securities and is also working as a Junior Career Captain at the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center.

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Alexis is involved in several extracurricular activities, including serving as Co-President of Brandeis Consulting Association and Public Relations Representative of International Marketing Club. Some of her hobbies include hiking, traveling, trying new foods, and road trips to different cities. She also loves taking her adorable puppy, Ollie, on long walks.

Education: Yashi Shah (She/Her/Hers) is expected to graduate with her Master of Science in Finance from Brandeis International Business School in May 2022. She graduated with her Bachelor’s in Financial Markets from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai in May 2019.

Work History:  Yashi currently works part-time as a Junior Career Captain at the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center. Before studying at Brandeis International Business School, she worked at Jeena Scriptech Alpha Advisors Pvt Ltd as an Equity Research Analyst. Yashi wants to work in capital markets both public and private in the future. She hopes to help individuals manage their funds in the future.

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: In her free time, Yashi serves as Vice President of the Investment Banking Club,  and  Treasurer of the South Asian Society at Brandeis.  Yashi also enjoys reading, painting, and running and hopes to learn how to fly small private planes in the future.

Education: Jerri Zhou (She/Her/Hers) is expected to graduate from Brandeis International Business School in December 2021 with a Master of Science in Business Analytics. This May she graduated from State University of New York Binghamton with a degree in Business Administration concentrating in Finance with a minor in Math.

Work History: Jerri currently works part-time as a Career Captain at the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center. Before studying at Brandeis International Business School, she worked at IBM as a business analyst intern and at Microsoft as a marketing intern. With a passion for helping her peers, she was a Teaching Assistant (TA) in general Finance and Management Information Systems during her undergraduate studies. She was also a TA for communications, English literature and Calculus III classes during the summer of her sophomore year with UIBE in Beijing, China. Jerri wants to work with a middle-sized firm or startup to enhance her hands-on learning and skill development. She hopes to become a professor later in life after finding a passion for education through her TA roles.

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Outside of the classroom, Jerri is involved with a few student clubs. She is the director of the Graduate Students Association’s (GSA) Communication Committee, where she connects with students and clubs through the bi-weekly newsletter sent out to all graduate students. She is also a leadership fellow at the Business School. Jerri loves running and doing all kinds of sports.

Education: Yvette (She/Her/Hers) is graduating with her Master of Arts in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis International Business School in May 2021. Last spring she graduated from Brandeis University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Business. During her time at Brandeis she spent one semester studying immersive French language in France and Summer 2018 living in Hong Kong.

Work History: With a background in marketing and international business strategy from her summer internship in Hong Kong, Yvette found a passion for cross-cultural, cross-industry strategic work and will work as a Strategy Analyst at Deloitte Consulting in the Boston office after graduation. At Brandeis International Business School she is a Senior Career Captain with the Career Strategies and Engagement Center (CSE) where she leads their resume review process. She is also the undergraduate Financial Accounting Teaching Assistant (TA) for Professor Stoller and loves to teach!

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Yvette’s main extracurriculars are her on-campus leadership positions with the CSE and as a TA, but in her free time, loves to be outside. She spends a lot of time hiking in New Hampshire and road-tripping around the country, camping along the way. She loves working from home, doing yoga, spending time with friends and eating delicious food!

Education: Hannah Davis (She/Her/Hers) is expected to graduate with her Master of Arts in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis International Business School in May 2021. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with her Bachelor’s in Business with minors in Economics and English from Brandeis University in May 2020. Prior to attending Brandeis University, Hannah graduated from Lawrence Academy high school in Groton, Massachusetts.

Work History: Hannah currently works part-time as a Senior Career Captain at the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center. As part of her role at the Career Center she assists in managing a plethora of career center resources. This past spring and summer Hannah worked as an intern in the Office of Economic Empowerment at the Massachusetts State Treasury Department, studying and implementing programming related to financial literacy. After graduation Hannah will join Johnson & Johnson as a Financial Analyst in their Finance Leadership Development Program.

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: In her free time, Hannah serves as President of Brandeis Consulting Association, Vice President of International Marketing Club and as a Leadership Fellow on the Student Experience Committee. Hannah is an avid sports fan and enjoys watching the Celtics and Manchester United. She also enjoys painting and reading in her free time.

Education: Kimberly (She/Her/Hers) will be graduating May 2021 with a Master of Arts in International Economics and Finance with a Concentration in Economic Analysis and Consulting from Brandeis International Business School. Last Spring, she graduated Cum Laude from Brandeis University with majors in Psychology and Economics as well as minors in Architecture and Business. Kimberly also spent a semester studying Psychology and Architecture at Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Work History: Currently, Kimberly works part-time as a Senior Career Captain for the Business School’s Career Strategies and Engagement Center where she works to help curate and manage student resources. Additionally, Kimberly works for the Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism as a Student Research Manager where she works to strategize and gather evidence to aid in the exoneration of falsely convicted individuals. Upon graduation, Kimberly hopes to work in a challenging and dynamic environment where she will work with others to combine diverse experiences into creative and impactful solutions. 

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Outside of the classroom, Kimberly is a member of Brandeis Consulting Association (BCA), Global Markets Investment Club, and the Student Leadership Circle. Recently, she had the pleasure of moderating BCA’s Annual Case Competition. She also enjoys playing soccer, photography, and anything and everything outdoors.

Education: Robert Banks (He/Him/His) will be graduating from Brandeis in May 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business with a Specialization in Accounting and Finance. 

Work History: Currently, Robert works part-time as a Career Captain in the Brandeis International Business School Career Strategies and Engagement Center. Robert also has experience as a Teaching Assistant for the undergraduate Financial Accounting course. In the past, Robert has held the positions of Financial Planning and Analysis Intern at Ziff Davis, Climate Change Investment Research Intern in the Brandeis Office of Investment Management, and Finance Intern at Prudential Financial. Upon graduating from Brandeis, Robert will be returning to Prudential Financial as a member of their Finance Leadership Development Program. 

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: On campus, Robert serves as President of Brandeis Football Club, the university’s club soccer team. Robert is also an Undergraduate Departmental Representative for the Business department and previously held an Analyst position with the Brandeis Undergraduate Investment Club. Robert enjoys playing and watching sports (especially the teams from Philadelphia!) as well as hanging out with friends and family.

Education: Anh Nguyen (She/Her/Hers) is expected to graduate in May 2021 with a Master of Arts in International Economics and Finance with a concentration in Financial Economics. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Public Finance from National Economics University in Vietnam.

Work History: Last summer, Anh worked as an intern at Breslin Consulting, an economic consulting firm based in Washington D.C. Before studying at Brandeis International Business School, Anh was a tax consultant on the Global Mobility Services team at KPMG in Vietnam. Anh has an interest in financial and economic consulting and hopes to work in a consulting firm upon graduation where she can help to bring exceptional value to clients. 

Extracurriculars & Hobbies: Outside of the classroom, Anh is a Junior Career Captain, a Leadership Fellow and a Student Ambassador. She loves traveling and learning about new cultures and cuisines, and cooking foods she has tried around the world. She also loves watching funny videos of dogs and hopes that she will get one in the near future.