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2016-2017 Executive Board

Brian Hinds Jr.

  • BBSA Board title: Co-President

  • Email: bhinds17@gsb.columbia.edu

  • Hometown: Brooklyn, NY / Piscataway, NJ

  • Undergraduate School & Major: Rutgers University, B.S. Accounting, M.S. Financial Accounting

  • Pre-CBS Work Experience: J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, UBS Wealth  Management

  • CBS Concentration: Real Estate & Entrepreneurship

  • Post-CBS Career Interests: Real Estate

Niara Phillips

  • BBSA Position: Co-President

  • Email: nphillips17@gsb.columbia.edu

  • Hometown: New York, NY

  • Undergraduate School & Major: Georgetown University, International Politics

  • Pre-CBS Work Experience: Booz Allen Hamilton, The White House, The U.S. Department of Commerce

  • CBS Concentration: Strategy & International Business

  • Post-CBS Career Interests: Consulting, General Management

Akia Mitchell

  • BBSA Position: VP of Membership

  • Email: amitchell17@gsb.columbia.edu

  • Hometown: New York, NY

  • Undergraduate School & Major: University of Chicago, Linguistics

  • Pre-CBS Work Experience: Retail Planning

  • CBS Concentration: Marketing & Entrepreneurship

  • Post-CBS Career Interests: Luxury Retail & Entrepreneurship

Courtney Richardson

  • BBSA Position: VP of Marketing

  • Email: crichardson17@gsb.columbia.edu

  • Hometown: Naperville, IL

  • Undergraduate School & Major: Georgetown University, Marketing & Sociology

  • CBS Concentration: Media & Marketing

  • Pre-CBS Work Experience: Online advertising at Google and nonprofit advertising the Ad Council

  • Post-CBS Career Interests: Marketing and Digital Strategy for TV & Film

David Johnson

  • BBSA Position: VP of Finance

  • Email: djohnson17@gsb.columbia.ed

  • Hometown: Washington, DC

  • Undergraduate School & Major: Stanford University, Management Science & Engineering

  • Pre-CBS Work Experience: Investment Banking

  • Post-CBS Career Interests: Management Consulting

Fitz G. Robertson

  • BBSA Position: VP of Alumni

  • Email: frobertson17@gsb.columbia.edu

  • Hometown: New York

  • Undergraduate School & Major: Hampden-Sydney College,  Economics and Commerce

  • Pre-CBS Work Experience: Investment Banking and Investment Management for J.P. Morgan (New York & Asia)

  • CBS Concentration: Finance

  • Post-CBS Career Interests: Investment Banking, Private Equity, Finance

Kelly Ifill

  • BBSA Position: VP of Careers (Enterprise)

  • Email: kifill17@gsb.columbia.edu

  • Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

  • Undergraduate School & Major: Baruch College, Mathematics

  • Pre-CBS Work Experience: Education

  • CBS Concentration: Social Enterprise & Impact Investing

  • Post-CBS Career Interests: Venture Capital

Marc Eliot Holloway

  • BBSA Position: VP of Community

  • Email: mholloway17@gsb.columbia.edu

  • Hometown: Philadelphia

  • Undergraduate School & Major: Columbia University, Political Science

  • Pre-CBS Work Experience: Goldman Sachs

  • CBS Concentration: Finance

  • Post-CBS Career Interests: Deals

Phil K. Dei

  • BBSA Position: VP of Community

  • Email: pdei17@gsb.columbia.edu

  • Hometown: New York

  • Undergraduate School & Major: Providence College, Political Science

  • Pre-CBS Work Experience: Goldman Sachs

  • CBS Concentration: Finance

  • Post-CBS Career Interests: Goldman Sachs

Royce McAllister

  • BBSA Position: VP of Careers (On-Campus Recruiting)

  • Email: rmcallister17@gsb.columbia.edu

  • Hometown: Hampton, VA            

  • Undergraduate School & Major: The College of William and Mary, Finance

  • Pre-CBS Work Experience: Financial Planning & Analysis at GE Capital

  • CBS Concentration: Finance and Media/Tech

  • Post-CBS Career Interests: Investment Banking + Media

Wingate Wellington

  • BBSA Position: VP of Academics

  • Email: wwellington17@gsb.columbia.edu

  • Hometown: Freeport, NY

  • Undergraduate School & Major: SUNY Albany, Accounting

  • Pre-CBS Work Experience: Tax Accountant for PwC (post-undergrad), Owner of Travellers Beach Resort, Negril Jamaica (Family business)

  • CBS Concentration: Real Estate, Social Enterprise

  • Post-CBS Career Interests: Jamaica (not Queens!)

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