Executive Team 2026

The Executive Team is composed of Ph.D., M.B.A., Master’s, M.D. students, and Postdoctoral Fellows who are deeply committed to our mission. We are driven by a shared passion for empowering advanced-degree trainees to successfully transition from academia into impactful careers in management consulting.

As a team, we are committed to serving our members, working collaboratively, and executing with excellence to achieve the organization’s goals.

Each officer is selected annually through a highly competitive and rigorous recruitment process, ensuring that our members are supported by dedicated, motivated, and experienced leaders who value teamwork, accountability, and continuous growth.

Manasseh Osei

President

Postdoc, UT Austin

Maliha Munir

Vice President, Agency

5th-year PhD candidate at UTHealth MD Anderson

Alexandra Garza

Director, Agency

5th-year PhD candidate, Baylor College of Medicine

Zixi Yang

Director, Branding & Marketing

4th-year PhD candidate, UTHealth Houston

Mikhail Valkov

Vice President, Business Development

4th-year PhD candidate, Baylor College of Medicine

Ebere Okpara

Director, Business Development

4th-year PhD candidate, University of Illinois Chicago

Sophia Eloufir

Co-Vice President, Community

Recent MS graduate, University of Houston

Abdul Jalloh

Director, Community

Lauren Masters

Director, Education & Training

PhD candidate, Baylor College of Medicine

Kenzie Gutierrez

Director, Education & Training

4th-year Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University.

Enina Egiebor

Director, Finance & Communications

3rd-year PhD candidate, Rice University

Quan Mai

Senior Vice President

PhD student, MD Anderson

Atta Chang

Director, Agency

4th-year PhD candidate, University of Toronto

Sreyya Sudharsan

Director, Agency

3rd-year PhD student, Baylor College of Medicine

Dayo (Debbie) Akinsiku

Director, Branding & Marketing

3rd-year PhD candidate, University of Illinois Chicago

Gaganpreet Kaur

Director, Business Development

Postdoc, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School

Sukhmandeep Kaur

Director, Business Development

4th-year PhD candidate, Florida A&M University

Yining “Elena” Zhang

Co-Vice President, Community

PhD student, Rice University

Lul Sharif

Director, Community

4th-year PhD candidate in Chemistry at Rice University

Sofia Tovar

Director, Education & Training

2nd-year Master of Public Health student, UTHealth Houston

Saptarsi Shai

Co-Vice President, Finance & Communications

3rd-year PhD student, Baylor College of Medicine

Boning Yang

Director, Finance & Communications

5th-year PhD candidate, Baylor College of Medicine

Shuaitong (Ciara) Chen

Senior Vice President

5th-year PhD candidate, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Yinuo (Cathy) Meng

Director, Agency

6th-year PhD candidate, Weill Cornell Medicine

Rui Liu

Vice President, Branding & Marketing

Postdoc, Rice University

Camille Mazurek

Director, Branding & Marketing

2nd-year Ph.D. student, Baylor College of Medicine

Naren Gundapaneni

Director, Business Development

MD student, UT Health Houston

Ran Ming

Director, Business Development

Research scholar, Duke University

Kai Jiang

Director, Community

5-year Ph.D. candidate, UTHealth SPH; GRA at MD Anderson Cancer Center

Mohammad Fayyad Zaman

Vice President, Education & Training

4th-year PhD Candidate, UTHealth MD Anderson Cancer Center

Sibo Gao

Director, Education & Training

Research scientist, UTHealth Houston

Ahmad Elgazzar

Co-Vice President, Finance & Communications

5th-year PhD candidate at Rice University