Board Director

Partner

University Growth Fund (UGF) is the largest fund in the world focused on providing students with experiential education in the world of private equity. With over $90M AUM and 50+ students at any given time, UGF gives students unparalleled access to make and manage private investments in high-profile startup and growth stage companies such as Spotify, Lyft, Postmates, Snap, Carta, Wyse, Toast, and many more. - Raised $90M in capital commitments across 2 funds and multiple SPVs from institutional and HNW investors - Recruited, trained, and mentored over 500 students - Built robust training program, helping hundreds of students build strong investment skills and acumen - Designed, launched and run a multi-city venture capital case competition with over 1,000 participants since launch - Invested in over 100 private companies, both professionally and personally, including many that eventually became unicorns and/or publically traded companies (Lyft, Poshmark, Snap, Toast, Spotify, Fastly, Carta, Wyze) or were acquired by larger companies (Workfront, Prive Reveaux, Simplus, Postmates). - Helped students earn 120% more at graduation than their peers by landing jobs in prestigious fields such as investment banking, management consulting, private equity, venture capital, private credit, law, startups, hedge funds, real estate, etc.

Board Director

Project Manager

Fairbourne Consulting is a business innovation firm focused on helping our clients design distinctive, lasting, and significant businesses that thrive in developing markets. We are not a typical advisory firm that sits back and gives advice to our clients; we are an actively engaged get-it-done firm (http://bit.ly/VAgKsb). - Led team to design and launch 4 microfranchise businesses in partnership with Fundacion Paraguaya and the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) that supported hundreds of microfranchisees in Paraguay (http://bit.ly/2iaBB8a) - Designed a sustainable and scalable business model for CARE's village loan and savings association (VSLA) program in Kenya - Led team that advised the Jamaican government on microfranchise business selection and design for at risk youth in the inner-city communities of Kingstown. (http://bit.ly/VAgCsU) - Advised the IRC on business selection and design for girls in 2 slums in Nairobi, Kenya; 30+ girl microfranchises are in operation (funded by the Nike Foundation) (http://bbc.in/VAf95E, http://bit.ly/VAfdlY) - Advised the International Rescue Committee (IRC) on microfranchise business selection and design for at risk youth in Sierra Leone (funded by the Mastercard Foundation) - Designed and implemented a microfranchise business model in Ghana for a large Fortune 500 company; operations have since scaled to over 500 microfranchises from initial test phase of 20 - Performed various additional research projects for several nonprofits and social enterprises - Train domestic and in-country staff on business operations, marketing, data collection, and business analysis