Clare Bruzek

Clare Bruzek is a senior majoring in International Relations and minoring in Art History. Clare was last year's Philanthropy Director but has since become a co-president of SWIB with Kelsey. Over the summer, she worked at Chanel in New York City as a Marketing intern for the Watches and Fine Jewelry department. Before that, she spent her summers with the Education Program for Gifted Youth as a residential counselor in the Business house. Clare also works as an Oral Communication Tutor on campus and is an avid alumna of Mixed Company a cappella.

Kelsey Mrkonic

Kelsey will graduate from Stanford in 2012 with a B.A. in Psychology. She spent the summer with the Investment Management Division at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco, and will return full time after graduation. Previously, Kelsey interned at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Adknowledge, and Jimmy Choo. This year Kelsey is one of the co-presidents of SWIB and has been a member of SWIB for 3 years. On campus, she is also on the board of Stanford Finance, the community manager of Phi Sig, a member of the Board of Judicial Affairs, and a student assistant for Psychology professor Albert Bandura.

Nina Brener-Hellmund

Nina Brener-Hellmund is a junior majoring in International Relations and minoring in MS&E. She loves traveling and is very excited to study abroad on Stanford's Paris campus this winter. She was an intern on the finance team and the internal relations director last year. This year she is one of Business Education Vice Presidents. Over the summer, Nina worked at Nabors Industries, the largest onshore oil drilling contractor in the United States. On campus, Nina was a research assistant in the Mind, Culture and Society Lab and was president of the Kappa Chapter of Alpha Phi.

Diana Chou

Diana Chou is a sophomore majoring in Economics, minoring in Modern Languages, and considering a MS&E Co-term. She is excited to be one of Business Education's Vice Presidents after working with the Philanthropy team last year. This past summer Diana interned with a start up company called MyLawsuit.com. She also worked conjointly with the start-up Gear Up and a non-profit organization called One Dollar For Life to help expand their network through the former's company model. On campus, she is the Financial Officer for the Claw Magazine and the Editing Manager for the Stanford Journal of International Relations. In her free time, Diana enjoys playing tennis, doing muy thai, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

Elise Thygesen

Elise is a junior from Menlo Park, CA majoring in Public Policy. Although she grew up in the Bay Area, her family hails from Scandinavia which often takes her to Europe. While living in Copenhagen this summer, she worked on the Business Development team for Radiometer, a Danish medical device company, to develop their emerging markets strategy. Her diverse past internships have included a Soros Foundation nonprofit, a California state senator, and a top travel site. She currently works part time at Fintan Partners, a fund of funds, while carrying out her studies at Stanford. Having previously served as the Springternship Director, Elise is excited to return to SWIB this year as the Business Education Director. In her free time, Elise enjoys travel, music, and Comedy Central.

Kasey Le

Kasey Le is a junior from Central Illinois. She became involved in SWIB early on as a Finance Intern her freshman year and as Conference Director her sophomore year. Kasey is majoring in Mathematical and Computational Science with a focus on Economics. This past summer, she returned for a second internship at Bailard, Inc., an open architecture investment management firm in Foster City where she was able integrate her experience with Computer Science and her interest in Finance by using PERL and VBA to create financial tools. To de-stress, Kasey loves seeking out new Japanese restaurants, hiking in the California wilderness, and wasting afternoons watching guilty pleasure T.V. shows.

Vivian Shen

Vivian Shen is a sophomore majoring in Computer Science and considering an Econ minor. Last year she was an intern on the Philanthropy team and is excited to work for the Marketing team this year. This summer she did research in the Stanford CS department and did business development for a start-up in San Francisco. She hopes to combine her love for technology and business into a career in the future. In her free time she enjoys listening to Aretha Franklin and going hiking in the rain.

Nicole Shields

Nicole Shields is a junior majoring in Public Policy and Communication. She grew up in Sweden and moved to the States to attend Stanford. Nicole has been involved in SWIB for a year now, starting out as an intern on the marketing team. She is interested in fashion and has been a member of CFS for two years. She also loves traveling and has been all over Europe, Australia and Thailand. Nicole would love to work in a consultancy firm or in marketing once she graduates from Stanford.

Maria Bowe

Maria Bowe is a junior from Minnetonka, MN majoring in French and Political Science. This past summer, she learned the ins and outs of commodity trading and financial risk management as a Business Development intern at Cargill, Inc. and hopes to pursue finance and potentially a law degree in the future. Last year, she worked as a SWIB marketing intern and Newsletter Editor and is excited to write the SWIB Blog this year. In her free time, Maria loves spending time with family, running half marathons, Christmas movies, and coffee (not necessarily in that order).

Yuri Namikawa

Yuri Namikawa is a sophomore from Palos Verdes, CA, majoring in Management Science and Engineering. This past summer, she worked as a marketing intern for LikeALittle, helping to launch their app in Los Angeles. On campus, she is a part of the varsity sailing team, practicing many hours a week and traveling to regattas on the east coast almost every weekend. She is also an active member of her sorority, Pi Beta Phi. In her free time, she enjoys sailing, going to the beach, snowboarding, and travelling.

Sarah Tang

Sarah is a junior from San Francisco majoring in Economics. She is excited to be returning this year as co-VP of Finance after interning for SWIB last year. Sarah spent this past summer working at Hall Capital Partners, an investment management firm in San Francisco. She is currently working part time for a private equity fund. In previous years she has interned with Alley to the Valley through SWIB's Springternship program, and spent summers studying abroad in Hong Kong and Oxford.

Jemma Wolfe

Jemma will graduate from Stanford in 2011 with a B.A. in International Relations. She has worked in finance for the past four summers, most recently with Goldman Sachs in Private Wealth Management in Los Angeles (summer 2010) and in Alternative Capital Markets in New York (summer 2011). Jemma will be joining the Markets Coverage Group at Goldman Sachs shortly after graduation. On campus, she is the Financial Manager at Delta Delta Delta and is also involved with Stanford Finance. Jemma spent her junior year abroad studying in Paris, Buenos Aires, and Lima.

Patricia Ho

Patricia Ho is a sophomore from Palo Alto, CA majoring in Public Policy. This year, she is returning to SWIB Conferences as co-VP after interning on the team as a freshman. As a Bay Area native, Patricia has explored entrepreneurship at a variety of local start-ups including Gobble, 23andMe, and Cooliris. In her free time, Patricia enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing the piano, hiking the dish, and watching movies.

Victoria Li

Vickie is a junior majoring in Civil Environmental & Engineering: Architectural Design. Having lived in Hong Kong all her life, she studied abroad at The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut throughout high school. In her freshmen year, Vickie was immediately attached to the SWIB community as a marketing intern. Her past summer internships have led her on wild experiences in USC Architecture to Cornell Hotel Management, HK Prestige Magazine to Four Seasons then to Citibank. Outside of school, she took on marketing roles for several non-profit start-ups including the documentary, Tapestries of Hope. Currently, she is looking forward to share her creativity and take on leadership roles with the VP Conference. On the other hand, Vickie is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, English and a beginner in French. Vickie is passionate about fashion and painting. In her free time, she enjoys painting and playing squash.

Marcheta Marshall

Marcheta Marshall is a junior majoring in International Relations with an Economics focus and a minor in Mandarin Chinese. This summer Marcheta worked for Google in the Consumer Operations division where she launched a campaign to improve user interaction with Google products. Prior to Google, she worked in the Homeland Security and Federal Strategy C4 Systems division for General Dynamics in Washington DC. A connoisseur of coffee, conversation and fine art, she loves meeting new people, travel and devoting herself to God and Country.

Lindsey Wilder

Lindsey Wilder is a sophomore majoring in Human Biology and minoring in Management Science and Engineering. Last year she as a SWIB intern she worked on the Marketing team and was in charge of photo, video, and other multimedia coverage of SWIB events. Over the summer she worked at OCTANe, a networking organization for Orange County's information technology and biomedical industries. Before that she worked at ReShape Medical, a development-stage medical devices start-up company focused on the development of a non-surgical weight loss device. She is a marketing associate for the Stanford Journal of Public Health, and a member of the sorority Pi Beta Phi. In her free time, she likes to run, practice yoga and pilates, and travel. She is very excited to participate in another excellent year in SWIB!

Janani Ramachandran

Janani is a current sophomore at Stanford. Originally hailing from the Bay Area, she later moved with her family to Bangalore, India. Majoring in International Relations, she is passionate about politics as well as business. She was an intern on the Business Education team in SWIB last year, and is super excited to be Intern and Winter Conference Director this year! Janani has interned at the Center for Budget and Policy Studies, the Embassy of India, Vignani Technologies, and the United Nations over past few summers. She is also currently an ASSU Senator at Stanford. Janani is passionate about life, and loves meeting new people, traveling to new places, and constantly learning new things.

Jacquelyn Wong

Jacquelyn Wong is a Junior from San Diego, California, studying International Relations/Economics and Chinese. This past summer, Jacquelyn interned as a financial analyst for two San Diego companies and prepared for her fall quarter abroad in Berlin. Jacquelyn previously served as an Intern for the Strategy division of SWIB, and is excited to start another year with SWIB as VP of Development/Philanthropy. Aside from SWIB, she is also involved in the Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society (ASES) and Forum for American-Chinese Exchange at Stanford (FACES). Jacquelyn also has several interests, including learning foreign languages, painting, cooking, and traveling. Jacquelyn looks forward to another great year with SWIB!

Asli Ozlar

Asli Ozyar is a junior majoring in Management Science and Engineering with a Focus on Organizations, Technology and Entrepreneurship. This summer Asli worked for The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) in the Marketing division at the Europe-Asia-Africa Headquarters where she launched a campaign to increase consumer brand love among teenagers and mothers. Prior to TCCC, she worked as a Global Markets Trading Intern at The Royal Bank of Scotland. Studying Fall quarter abroad in Florence, she enjoys learning languages, traveling, meeting new people and the Opera.

Larissa Muramoto

Alli Folk

Alli Folk is a junior majoring in Product Design and minoring in Statistics. Last summer, she worked as an analyst at a startup economic design firm in New York City. On campus, Alli is the secretary of Chi Omega, a dancer for Cardinal Ballet Company and the Stanford Viennese Ball Opening Committee, and a member of the Stanford Product Design Student Association. In her free time, Alli enjoys taking ballet class, eating cupcakes, and traveling.

Hannah Lewis

I am a Junior majoring in International Relations with a minor in modern languages. I am involved in Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship and I sang in Testimony Accapella. I was born in Ecuador and lived in Mozambique and South Africa. I love languages and have studied Spanish, French, Haitian Creole & Mandarin. I currently reside in Florida where my parents started their own business. I am interested in marketing for a consumer packaged good company and eventually I hope to branch out to international business by helping these companies enter emerging markets overseas. I love dancing salsa and merengue. Fun fact: I have lived in an ethnic theme dorm every year; Shout out to Zapata and Okada! : )

Limor Spector

Limor Spector is a Ph.D. candidate from Long Island, NY. She graduated Harvard in '07 and is studying Applied Physics here at Stanford. Limor is excited to be part of SWIB as the VP of Graduate Student Affairs and also as the Graduate Student Liason for the Marketing Team as well as the graduate lead on mentorship. In her spare time, Limor enjoys every form of art from music to dance to fashion and has been involved with other campus groups including the University Singers and the Stanford Ballroom Dance Team.

Lauren Swartz

Lauren is a Coterminal Masters student in Management Science & Engineering with a Bachelor's degree in International Relations. She hopes to leverage technology to help with international business development, and has since interned at LinkedIn, Intel, Cooliris, and a Chilean NGO called Acción Emprendedora that advises entrepreneurs. Additionally, she enjoys backpacking, running marathons, cheering for Stanford sports, and helping with BASES and Stanford Immigrant Rights Project. She is an avid SWIB supporter, having served as VP of Business Education and Director of Power Panels, and is now looking forward to growing SWIB's presence among the graduate student community.

Beijing Zhu

Beijing Zhu is a second year graduate student in International Policy Studies. She is originally from Wuhan, China, but moved around quite a bit while growing up. Her past internships include investment banking, private equity and media. Most recently she spent her summer interning at the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank in DC. In her free time, she enjoys watching movies and eating really spicy food.

Luyin Zhao

Luyin Zhao is a second year graduate student in Management Science and Engineering. Her past experience includes investment banking, marketing, and non-profits. In the past summer she interned at a boutique investment banks specialized in asset-based and mezzanine debt financing. She enjoys playing volleyball, softball, and watching movies in her spare time.

Sunny Zhao

Sunny Zhao is a second year Statistics Masters student. She partners with other GSLs to promote SWIB and introduce various opportunities in business to the graduate student community at Stanford. She spent the past summer as an analyst at Analysis Group working on healthcare and litigation cases. She is also involved with InterVarsity and A2 fellowship on campus.