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Executive Team

Managing Partners

Aveesha Gandhi

Managing Partner

Aveesha is a fourth-year studying Math and Economics. Originally from Delhi, she has interned at Periscope Equity, a private equity firm in Chicago, and as a rotational summer analyst at Baird Investment Banking. After graduation, she will be working in the Industrials Coverage group of an Investment Bank in New York. Outside of school, Aveesha is a certified yoga teacher and enjoys boxing, dancing, and watching sports - mainly cricket and Formula 1!

Gary Huang

Managing Partner

Gary is a fourth-year studying Economics and History. He has interned in private equity with Vistria in Chicago and in investment banking with Citi in San Francisco. After graduation, he will be returning to Citibank's Tech IB Group. Outside of school, Gary enjoys playing all racket sports and traveling.

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William Tsai

Managing Partner

William is a fourth-year studying Economics and Stats. Originally from Taiwan, he has interned at Andra Capital and 3Capital Partners. After graduation, he will be returning to Andra Capital as a Private Equity Analyst. Outside of school, Will enjoys playing basketball and skiing.

Cindy Zhang

Managing Partner

Cindy is a fourth-year studying Economics, English, and Creative Writing. Originally from Vancouver, Canada and Chengdu, she interned at Bank of America as a sophomore investment banking summer analyst and in private equity for her junior summer. After graduation, she will be returning to PE at Blackstone in NYC. Outside of school, Cindy likes to read, do pilates, play pickleball, and explore restaurants.

Terry Yuan

Managing Partner

Terry is a fourth-year studying Economics and Data Science. Originally from Guangzhou, China, where the dim sum was invented, he has interned at BlackRock and in Series A VC. After graduation, he will be in NYC working as a nail in the massive JP Morgan machine. Outside of school, Terry's Interests include private equity (of course), investing in general, skiing, basketball, trying out new restaurants, and gaming.

Josh Erched

Managing Partner

Josh is a fourth-year studying Economics and Engineering. Originally from South Florida, he interned at JPMorgan in their Investment Banking Division (Structured Products) and has operational experience at multiple Fortune 500 companies. After graduation, he will be working at an Investment Bank in NYC. Outside of school, Josh loves to read anthropological theories, try coffee shops, and is into calisthenics.

Stephanie Sung

Managing Partner

Stephanie is a fourth year studying Economics. She has worked as an Investment Research Analyst at Pilot Growth Equity, Summer VC Intern at Paramark Ventures, and recently worked as an Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Lazard in New York. After graduation, she will be returning to Lazard as an Investment Banking Analyst. Outside of UCPE, she has also participated in the Private Markets Program and Carlyle Collegiate Series. Stephanie’s interests include painting, cat sitting, and exploring different shops in the city.

Vice Presidents

Hugo Berman

VP, Education

Hugo is a third-year studying Economics. Originally from London, he has strong interests in early-stage businesses, private markets investing, and technology. He interned in private equity at Investindustrial and has worked for three seed-stage tech startups. In his free time, Hugo has a passion for photography and enjoys playing tennis and basketball.

Noah Bhuta

VP, Education

Noah is a third-year studying Economics and Data Science. He has gained internship experience across AI startups, private equity, and growth equity firms, including Netomi, Cyprium Partners, and Peakspan Capital. Outside of school, he is involved with Scholars of Finance and participates in the Polsky New Venture Challenge. He also punts for the football team. In his free time, Noah enjoys playing soccer, traveling, tutoring, and coaching.

Jack Flintoft

VP, Operations/Outreach

Jack is a second-year studying Economics and Philosophy. Originally from Australia, he spent last summer in London working at a long/short fundamental equity hedge fund and in NYC with Techstars. He is currently helping the Techstars team in Chicago with sourcing and screening startups. In his free time, Jack is passionate about perfecting his coffee setup.

Angela Joo,

VP, Social/Operations

Angela is a second-year planning to study Economics with a minor in Philosophy. She interned at the Cook County Treasurer's Office, working on policies regarding Illinois property tax sales, and as an investment analyst for Driftwood Heritage Holdings. She is interested in pursuing a career in investment banking and potentially corporate law in the future. In her free time, Angela

Arhan Sarma

VP, Outreach

Arhan Sarma is a third-year studying Economics and Statistics. Originally from the US but currently living in London, UK, this past summer, he worked as an analyst at the Inspired Education Group, focusing on global acquisitions of premium K-12 schools. In his free time, Arhan enjoys playing tennis, golf, and recreational poker.

Isaias Vilato

VP, Outreach

Isaias is a third-year studying Business Economics and Global Studies. Originally from Long Island, New York, he aspires to write a thesis on the Economics of Space. Previously, he has interned at a search fund and a university foundation. Next summer, he will be joining Vista Equity Partners as a private equity intern. In his free time, Isaias enjoys reading, working out, and making candles.

Cohort Members, 2024

Brendan Connolly

Hyojin Angela Joo

Jessica Huang

Devashree Goenka

Walter Lin

Cyrus Leung

Yuto Abe

Noah Bhuta

Max Chasin

Ivy Chen

Emily Cheng

Anthony Cheung

Jack Flintoft

Emanuel Medows

Emeka Nwogugu

Israel (Izzy) Inger

Jean Sung

Jennifer Suh

Josh Kirkpatrick

Kaiya Palmer

Kyle Park

Lacy Ulloa

Christopher Friis

Justin Gurvitch

George Hsieh

Joyce Jiang

Sanny Li

Leo Low

Ritvik Rai

Drew Riley

Dillon Robinson

Arhan Sarma

Latif Valiyev

Jonas Zeutzius

Alexander Zou

Matias Saiz Mejia

Mia Nathan

Micayla Hatcher

Nathaniel Kim

Paul Jacob

Preston Pierre

Riley Gilsenan

Rishi Guntar

Yoyo Zhang

Zachary Khambatta

Riya Singh

Adam Taheri

Jay Udinsky

Michelle Schukin

Alex (Ruilin) Zhang

Gary Yang

Lila di Florio

Giacomo Mevio

Allison Yang

Veer Sethi

Isaias Vilato

Evelyn Wang

Rosie Qin

Alessandra (Ale) Colitto

Alex Knight

Alex Zhao

Allison Lee

Azeem Khan

Celina Wei

Chloe Liao

Daniel de Beer

Dylan Blanch

Cohort Members, 2023

Cindy Zhang

Gary Huang

Hugo Berman

Isabella Wu

JD Todd

Josh Erched

Luke Dougherty

Sophia Stefanakis

Stephanie Sung

Terry Yuan

William Tsai

Winter Bell

Allison Hu

Anika Bansal

Ansh Bhandari

Arya Agrawal

Aveesha Gandhi

Ben Chasin

Cohort Members, 2022

Jackson Lee

Jason Chen

Jonathan Zhang

Khalid Goraish

Liam Pak

Madison Heller

Mark O'Shea

Martina Insulla

Tamami Tamura

Rohan Varkey

Ryan Glasser

Sophie Rydzewski

Sabrina Cai

Zachary Quinn

Zane Khader

Abhay Adury

Ben Shpetner

Caleb Chan

Curran Chopra

Dennis Lu

Grace Yu

Howard Shi