Officers

Consulting Club at Darden

2013-2014 Officers

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Chelsea Graham
Club President

Prior to Darden, Chelsea was a Consultant with IBM Global Business Services in their Strategy group, working primarily for clients in the financial services industry. Originally from Canada, Chelsea received a BS in Accounting and Business Administration from Washington and Lee University and will be spending her summer with The Boston Consulting Group in Dallas, Texas. She is a defending cornhole champion in the UVA Business vs. Law School tournament, and is addicted to the HGTV channel.

 

   
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Jennifer Baird
Vice President, Education

Prior to Darden, Jen worked with start-ups in social enterprise, where her work centered on developing and executing strategy, building operational capabilities, and scaling organizations from the concept phase to operational rollout. Jen received a BA in Diplomacy & World Affairs from Occidental College and holds the Truman Scholarship for Public Service. She will be spending the summer with Accenture’s Federal Strategy practice in Washington, D.C. Jen has insatiable wanderlust and takes every free moment to travel

 

   
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Lauren Blaine
Vice President, Events

Prior to Darden, Lauren spent five years in Washington, DC working as a litigation consultant on government litigation matters.  During this time, she focused primarily on spent nuclear fuel litigation helping the Department of Justice to defend the Department of Energy in suits brought in the Court of Federal Claims. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Marketing from The College of William and Mary in Virginia and will be spending her summer with The Boston Consulting Group in Dallas, TX.

   
 Sarah_headshot Sarah Sanchez
Vice President, Events

Following graduation from UT-Austin, Sarah joined Teach For America and taught elementary school in Washington, DC.  After her corps commitment, she worked in politics with a focus on immigration before returning to Teach For America's recruitment & admissions team.  This summer, Sarah will intern in Bogotá, Colombia as a Strategy & Operations Intern with Contratando.  If you don’t see her on the dance floor, she’s probably at home watching or singing along to a musical or watching a documentary.      
   
 Bill_headshot Bill Besash
Vice President, Finance

Bill is originally from the Philadelphia area but graduated from Wake Forest University in 2007. Prior to coming to Darden, he spent three years doing litigation consulting at Navigant Consulting followed by two years of corporate finance at Fannie Mae, all in Washington, DC. Bill will be returning to Philadelphia this summer working for BCG and is looking forward to his second year at Darden!   

   
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Harsha Nagaraj
Vice President, Information and Technology

Harsha is originally from Bangalore in India, where he graduated with a engineering degree in Computer Science. Prior to Darden, Harsha worked at Intel Corporation in various roles in engineering, product management and people management. For the summer, he will be interning at Dell Inc in Austin, Texas and is looking forward to the food and music scene in the city. An 'avid runner, he is also looking to dust off his running shoes after more than 6 months.  
   
 Tom_headshot Tom Marshall
Vice President, International

After receiving a double degree in Engineering and Computer Science, Tom spend three years in the resources industry in Australia. He then moved into Investment Banking M&A, initially with Macquarie Group before RBC Capital Markets in Sydney Australia. This summer Tom will be interning with Boston Consulting Group in Jakarta Indonesia. When not cooking or enjoying the outdoors, Tom likes educating the Darden community on why Fosters is not Australian for beer.  

   
 Emily_headshot Emily Yee
Vice President, Recruiting

Prior to Darden, Emily spent two years as an Analyst with Accenture, four years in Inventory Management with Williams-Sonoma, and consulted for a start-up in Vietnam. Emily received a BS in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis and will be interning this summer with A.T. Kearney in New York. Originally from California, Emily enjoys live music, travel, and watching San Francisco Giants games.

 

 

 

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