Executive Team
Josh Erched
Principal
Josh Erched is a fourth year Economics and Anthropology double major. He is originally from Parkland, Florida and now goes to UChicago. He loves to go on strolls, try coffee shops, and is into fitness. Josh interned at JPMorgan in their Investment Banking Division (Structured Products), which is where he will be after graduation. Fun facts: middle name is his brother’s name, spent a summer in Omaha for an internship (not fun, just fact).
Stephanie Sung
Principal
Stephanie is a fourth year at UChicago majoring in 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. Outside of UCPE, she is also a member of the UChicago Socially Responsible Investing Group. During the summer of 2023, she participated in the UChicago Private Markets Program and The Carlyle Group’s Carlyle Collegiate Series.
Aveesha Gandhi
Managing Partner
Aveesha is a Senior studying Math & Economics with a Specialization in Business. She previously interned at Periscope Equity, a private equity firm in Chicago investing in tech-enabled services and software companies and as a rotational summer analyst at Baird Investment Banking staffed on Auto, Software, and Healthcare IT deals. Full-time, she will be working in the Industrials Coverage group of an Investment Bank in New York. Outside of school, she is a certified yoga teacher and enjoys boxing, dancing, and watching sports - mainly cricket and Formula 1!
Terry Yuan
Managing Partner
Terry is a Senior from Guangzhou, China, where the dim sum was invented! He will be in NYC working as a nail in the massive JP Morgan machine after graduation. Interests include private equity (of course), investing in general, skiing, basketball, trying out new restaurants, and gaming.
Cindy Zhang
Managing Partner
​Cindy is a fourth-year majoring in Economics and minoring in English and Creative Writing. She interned at Bank of America as a sophomore investment banking summer analyst and will be doing private equity for her junior summer.
William Tsai
Managing Partner
William is a fourth-year. Originally from Taiwan, William has interned at Andra Capital and 3Capital Partners. He is currently an incoming full time PE Analyst at Andra Capital.
Gary Huang
Managing Partner
Gary is a fourth year at the University of Chicago studying Economics and History. He interned in private equity with Vistria in Chicago and recently interned in investment banking with Citi in San Francisco. Outside of UCPE, he is also a board member at TAMID and involved in the Trott Business Program.
Hugo Berman
VP, Education
Hugo is a third year Economics student from London with 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. Outside of work, he has a passion for photography and enjoys playing tennis and basketball.
Isaias Vilato
VP, Outreach
Isaias is a third-year Business Economics and Global Studies major from Long Island, New York, with aspirations to write a thesis on the Economics of Space. Last summer, he gained valuable experience interning at a search fund and a university foundation, and next summer, he will be joining Vista Equity Partners as an private equity intern. In his free time, he enjoys reading, working out, and making candles.
Jack Flintoft
VP, Operations/Outreach
Jack is a second-year Economics and Philosophy student from Australia. He spent last summer in London working at a L/S fundamental equity hedge fund, as well as in NYC working for Techstars. Now, he's helping the Techstars team in Chicago, sourcing and screening startups. In his free time, Jack's 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 interned 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!
Noah Bhuta
VP, Education
Noah is a third-year at the University of Chicago 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. On campus, Noah is involved with Scholars of Finance, participated in the Polsky New Venture Challenge, and punts for the football team. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer, traveling, tutoring and coaching.
Arhan Sarma
VP, Outreach
Arhan Sarma is an Economics and Statistics major at UChicago, 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, he enjoys playing tennis, golf, and recreational poker.
Cohort Members, 2023
Cindy Zhang
Gary Huang
Hugo Berman
Isabella Wu
JD Todd
Josh Erched
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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
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Martina Insulla
Tamami Tamura
Rohan Varkey
Ryan Glasser
Sophie Rydzewski
Sabrina Cai
Zachary Quinn
Zane Khader
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Abhay Adury
Ben Shpetner
Caleb Chan
Curran Chopra
Dennis Lu
Grace Yu
Howard Shi
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