From day-to-day fund operations and investment decisions to scouting and diligence activities, Chicago Booth MBA students bring their collective experiences and classroom learnings to lead a world-class impact fund investing in companies with the potential to help solve some of the pressing challenges of our time. The team is guided and mentored by leading practitioners, investors, and academics.
Tarrson Fund Meet Our Team
Student Investment Committee
As the founding leadership team for the Tarrson Fund, the Student Investment Committee drives day-to-day operations and investment decisions for the Tarrson Fund. This diverse group includes students from across Booth MBA programs with experience as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators in sectors as wide-ranging as software development, executive leadership, diplomacy, nonprofits, workforce development, wealth management, early-stage investing, actuarial science, urban development, and consulting, making it one of the world’s most intellectually diverse student-led impact fund teams.
Raabia Budhwani
Managing Partner
Weekend MBA Student
Benjamin Harris
Managing Partner
Full-Time MBA Student
Trevyr Meade
Managing Partner
Evening MBA Student
Nevin Ramanujan
Managing Partner
Full-Time MBA Student
Justin Turner
Managing Partner
Weekend MBA Student
Ian Heinrich
Head of Student Investment Committee
Full-Time MBA Student
Gabriel Huertas del Pino
Head of Sourcing
Evening MBA Student
Rachel Reynolds
Head of Portfolio Management
Weekend MBA Student
Fund Team Members
Tarrson Fund Members serve as scouts and associates, performing critical sourcing, diligence, and portfolio management functions. Team members hail from all sectors and receive foundational training in impact investing from our Impact Investor-in-Residence, Priya Parrish, when they join the Fund.
John Arnold
Hassan Assaad
Juan Paulo Bambach
Jackson Bruhn
Kristina Choo
Ignacio Davalos
Joseph Fan
Shane Griffee
Sarah Gulezian
Weekend MBA Student
Sarah GulezianTarun Gulrajani
Chloe Hallum
Nick Johnson
Andrew Lamore
Weekend MBA Student
Andrew LamorePhoebe Lee
Taha Lughmani
Matt McCabe
Lindsey Melnyk
Lynnette Miranda
Neethi Nayak
Thao Nguyen
Rodrigo Rodríguez Martínez
Sergio Rojas
Diana (Sheedy) Shaw
Jordan Sund
Wing-cee Tang
Holly Windram
Academic Advisors
Academic advisors provide strategic, tactical, and operational guidance to the Tarrson Fund. From leading Booth’s impact investing and social entrepreneurship courses to facilitating co-curricular training in impact investing, academic advisors empower students to translate investment theory into practice on the Fund and vice versa.
Robert H. Gertner
Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Strategy and Finance; John Edwardson Faculty Director Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation
Robert H. GertnerPriya Parrish
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Strategy
Priya ParrishWill Colegrove
Director, Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program
Will ColegroveChristopher Schneider
Assistant Director, Programs and Partnerships
Christopher SchneiderExternal Advisory Board
The Tarrson Fund External Advisory Board (EAB) supports student learning and development in multiple ways. Invited to join for their experiences in impact investing, EAB members may closely advise diligence teams, counsel portfolio support teams, and provide critical checks for the Student Investment Committee to ensure that the Tarrson Fund’s investment process and approach mirrors that of an independent fund.
Jim Casselberry, ’01 (XP-70)
Chief Investment Officer, 4S Bay Partners
Ander Iruretagoyena, ’21
Senior Associate, Impact Engine
Ronald Tarrson, ’72 (XP-31)
Managing Partner and Director, Santa Fe Aero Services
Laura-Min Proctor
Partner, Wealth Advisory, William Blair