Mendoza Dean's Ambassador Program
Page Update in Progress - new ambassadors for academic year 2026-2027 TBD
During the academic year, the students highlighted below are available to meet with you while you are visiting the Notre Dame campus to answer any questions you may have about the Mendoza College of Business. It is as simple as reading their bios, selecting a student whose interests or path matches yours and contacting them via their email address to schedule a time and place on campus to meet.
Also, please feel free to contact your Undergraduate Admissions counselor who will answer any questions you may have about the Mendoza College of Business. You may find your Admissions counselor here: https://admissions.nd.edu/visit-engage/find-your-counselor/
Lauren Onye
Interests: Cooking, hairstyling, Free Verse Poetry, traveling, dancing
Activities: Black Business Association (BBAND), African Student Association (ASA), Dorm Flag Football
ND Study Abroad Experience: Spring 2026: London, UK
Summer 2025: PWC Consulting, Boston, MA
Mondays/Wednesdays: before 12:30 p.m.
Fridays: after 2:00 p.m
Saturdays/Sundays: anytime
JT Kaiser
Interests: Attending ND Athletic events, playing basketball and baseball, hanging out with friends from Alumni Hall, investing, reading
Activities: Wall Street Club, Investment Club, Moreau Peer Leadership Program
ND Study Abroad Experience: Summer 2025: Dublin, Ireland
Summer 2023: Data Clerk, Tremont, Illinois
Summer 2024: Sales/Finance Intern, Goodfield, Illinois
Thursdays: after 12:15 p.m.
Fridays: before 12:00 noon and after 2:00 p.m.
Danielle Arno
Interests: Basketball (but I can talk about all sports any day, any time), trying new restaurants (especially sushi), music (playing and listening)
Activities: Campus Tour Guide, Director of Student Life in ND Student Government, SIBC-Finance (Travel Team Analyst and Project Leader), Investment Club (Two Stock Pitches at ND & Cornell), Undergraduate Women in Business, Smart Women Securities, RecSports Basketball Referee, Interhall & CoRec Basketball, Breen-Phillips Finance Chair
ND Study Abroad Experience: Spring 2026: London, UK
Summer 2024: LAUNCH Summer Analyst (IB,CB, & S&T), New York, NY, BMO Capital Markets
Summer 2025: ELEVATE Summer Analyst (IB,CB, & S&T), New York, NY, BMO Capital Markets
This upcoming summer: Direct Lending Summer Analyst, New York, NY, Ares
Mondays/Wednesdays: anytime after 5:00 p.m.
Tuesdays/Thursdays: anytime after 5:00 p.m.
Friday: anytime
Sunday: anytime
Mariana Galvan
Interests: Working out, sports, baking/cooking, spending time with friends/family, board games
Activities: College Mentors for Kids, SIBC (Consulting), Irish in Business Scholars Club, McInerney Scholar
ND Study Abroad Experience: Spring 2025: London, UK
Summer 2025: PWC Consulting, New York
Tuesdays/Thursdays: after 12:30 p.m.
Fridays: anytime
Tommy Lezynski
Interests: Launching a sports drink company called Katha, love anything and everything health and wellness, lifting, working out, reading, country music, Star Wars, Elvis
Activities: Student International Business Council (SIBC), heavily involved with the IDEA Center, Launching my company (Katha)
ND Study Abroad Experience: Spring 2026: Rome, Italy
Summer 2025: Summer Analyst, Chicago, IL IrishAngels
Mondays/Wednesdays: 12:15 - 12:45 p.m.; 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Tuesdays: 10:45 - 11:30 a.m.; 7:45 - 8:45 p.m.
Thursdays: 10:45 - 11:30 a.m.; 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Fridays: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Kefina Wright
Interests: Video essays, editing, writing, film analysis, and fashion
Activities: Black Business Association (BBAND) President
Summer 2025 - Deals Strategy Intern, New York, NY, PwC Strategy BMO Capital Markets, Chicago
Wednesdays: 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Fridays: 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Aaliah Magee
Interests: Varsity Women's Rugby Team, fitness, sleeping, hanging out with friends on and off campus
Activities: Black Business Student Association, Student Voices of Palestine, Arab Organization of ND, Student Union Board Acousti-Cafe Committee
Summer 2025: C&BS Launch Internship, Ernst & Young, Chicago, IL
Mondays: 2:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesdays: 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Fridays: anytime
Veronica Walkin
Interests: Concerts and music festivals, running, tennis, drawing and painting, fashion, and anything pop culture-related
Activities: Innovation for Impact Club, ND Listens, ND Venture Capital Club, WVFI Radio, Transformational Leaders Program
ND Study Abroad Experience: Spring 2026: London, UK
Fall 2024: Insights Analyst Intern at the IDEA Center, Notre Dame, IN
Mondays/Wednesdays: after 5:00 p.m.
Thursdays: after 2:00 p.m.
Fridays: anytime
Saturdays/Sundays: anytime
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