Mendoza Dean's Ambassador Program


 

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/

 


Mariana Galvan

Hometown
Frisco, TX
Hall
Pasquerilla West Hall
Graduation Year
2027
Major
Finance and Strategic Management Major with Science, Technology, and Values Minor
Interests & Activities

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

Internship Experience

Summer 2025:  PWC Consulting, New York

Best Times to Meet

Tuesdays/Thursdays:  after 12:30 p.m.

Fridays: anytime

 


Kefina Wright

Hometown
Folcroft, PA
Hall
Welsh Family Hall
Graduation Year
2027
Major
Business Analytics and Film Television Theatre Major with a Film Concentration
Interests & Activities

Interests:  Video essays, editing, writing, film analysis, and fashion

Activities:  Black Business Association (BBAND) President

Internship Experience

Summer 2025 - Deals Strategy Intern, New York, NY, PwC Strategy BMO Capital Markets, Chicago

Best Times to Meet

Wednesdays:  5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Fridays:  9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.


JT Kaiser

Hometown
Tremont, IL
Hall
Alumni Hall
Graduation Year
2027
Major
Business Analytics and Psychology Major and in Business Honors Program
Interests & Activities

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

Internship Experience

Summer 2023:  Data Clerk, Tremont, Illinois
Summer 2024:  Sales/Finance Intern, Goodfield, Illinois

Best Times to Meet

Thursdays:  after 12:15 p.m.

Fridays:  before 12:00 noon and after 2:00 p.m.

 


Veronica Walkin

Hometown
Cold Spring Hrbor, NY
Hall
Ryan Hall
Graduation Year
2027
Major
Marketing and Design Major with Innovation and Entrepreneurship Minor
Interests & Activities

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

Internship Experience

Fall 2024:  Insights Analyst Intern at the IDEA Center, Notre Dame, IN

Best Times to Meet

Mondays/Wednesdays:  after 5:00 p.m.

Thursdays:  after 2:00 p.m.

Fridays:  anytime

Saturdays/Sundays:  anytime

 


Molly Swartz

Hometown
Atlanta, GA
Hall
Walsh Hall
Graduation Year
2026
Major
Finance and American Studies Major with Real Estate Minor
Interests & Activities

Interests:  Trying new restaurants, traveling, cooking, reading

Activities:  Student International Business Council, ND Student Government (Class Council), campus fashion magazine

ND Study Abroad Experience:  Spring 2025:  London, UK

 

Internship Experience

Summer 2023:  University Relations Intern, University of Notre Dame

Summer 2024:  Real Estate Development Intern, Three Leaf Partners, Milwaukee, WI

Summer 2025:  Incoming Associate Consultant Intern, Bain & Company, Chicago, IL

Best Times to Meet

Tuesdays/Thursdays:  11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Fridays:  10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon; 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Sundays:  2:00 - 6:00 p.m.


Aaliah Magee

Hometown
Hammond, IN
Hall
Welsh Family Hall
Graduation Year
2027
Major
Business Analytics Major with Civil & Human Rights Law and Real Estate Minors
Interests & Activities

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

 

Internship Experience

Summer 2025: C&BS Launch Internship, Ernst & Young, Chicago, IL

Best Times to Meet

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


Danielle Arno

Hometown
Wood-Ridge, NJ
Hall
Breen-Phillips
Graduation Year
2027
Major
Finance and History Major with a Real Estate Minor
Interests & Activities

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

Internship Experience

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

Best Times to Meet

 Mondays/Wednesdays:  anytime after 5:00 p.m.

Tuesdays/Thursdays:  anytime after 5:00 p.m.

Friday:  anytime

Sunday:  anytime

 

 

Email

Lauren Onye

Hometown
North Providence, RI
Hall
Pasquerilla West Hall
Graduation Year
2027
Major
Business Analytics Major with Health, Humanities, & Society Minor
Interests & Activities

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

Internship Experience

Summer 2025: PWC Consulting, Boston, MA

Best Times to Meet

Mondays/Wednesdays:  before 12:30 p.m.

Fridays:  after 2:00 p.m

Saturdays/Sundays:  anytime

 

Email

Raven Adams

Hometown
Eastpointe, MI
Hall
Pasquerilla West Hall
Graduation Year
2026
Major
Marketing with Real Estate Minor
Interests & Activities

Interests: I love to read!

Activities:  Black Business Association of Notre Dame (BBAND), Part-Time worker on campus

 

Internship Experience

Summer 2025: University Relations, University of Notre Dame 

Best Times to Meet

Mondays:  3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Tuesdays:  9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Wednesdays:  12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Thursdays:  8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

 


Tommy Lezynski

Hometown
Westfield, NJ
Hall
Keough Hll
Graduation Year
2027
Major
Finance with an Italian Minor
Interests & Activities

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

Internship Experience

Summer 2025:  Summer Analyst, Chicago, IL   IrishAngels

 

Best Times to Meet

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.


Cash Deibert

Hometown
Pflugerville, TX
Hall
Fisher Hall
Graduation Year
2026
Major
Accountancy and Finance Major
Interests & Activities

Interests: Doing athletic things, watching standup comedy, creative writing, listening to music, DJing, learning the harmonica, developing conspiracy theories, playing EA Sports College Football 25, supporting small & local businesses, overall connoisseur of "the finer things in life"

Activities:  Cafe J Barista, College Mentors for Kids Mentor, Notre Dame GRC Firestarter, ND Accounting Association Membert, OneLoveND member, Fisher Hall intramural sports competitor, Conversations of Purpose Foundations of Theology Mentor, 2024 Knott Hall Knott Dog Eating Contest Champion, EY Campus Ambassador, Fisher Regatta Social Media Team

 

Internship Experience

Incoming EY Audit Intern in Summer 2026 in Austin, TX

Volunteer Assistant Boys and Girls Soccer Coach at Navarre Middle School in South Bend, IN (Fall 2024 through Youth Sports Coaching Internship Program)

 

Best Times to Meet

 Mondays:  12:30 - 3:00 p.m.; 6:30 - end of day

Tuesdays/Thursdays:  12:30 - 2:00 p.m.; 3:15 - end of day

Wednesdays:  12:30 - 3:30 p.m.; 5:30 - end of day

Fridays:  anytime

Saturdays/Sundays:  anytime

 


Ashley Flick

Hometown
Indianapolis, IN
Hall
Walsh Hall
Graduation Year
2026
Major
Finance Major with Sociology and Poverty Studies Minors
Interests & Activities

Interests:    Traveling, hiking, running, spending time with friends and family, and watching ND sports!

Activities:  Student International Business Council, Wall Street Club, The Women's Network, Smart Women Securities, Undergraduate Women in Business, Jubilee Initiative for Financial Inclusion, Saint Mary's Dance Marathon

ND Study Abroad Experience:  Fall 2024:  London, UK

Internship Experience

Summer 2024:  Private Equity Analyst, Chrlotte, Capitala Group

Summer 2025:  Investment Banking Analyst, Chicago, Lincoln International

Best Times to Meet

Mondays:  anytime before 11:00 a.m.; 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Tuesdays:  anytime before 2:00 p.m. or after 5:00 p.m.

Wednesdays:  anytime before 11:00 a.m.; anytime after 12:30 p.m.

Thursdays:  anytime before 2:00 p.m. or after 6:00 p.m.

Fridays:  anytime after 2:00 p.m.