Jooeun Song
Hometown: Dongjak-gu, Republic of Korea
Majors: international business & management, quantitative economics
Employer: Cornerstone Research
Job title: analyst
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Alumni-connected internship.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
Moving to the West Coast and learning more about the economic consulting industry.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Meeting my friendship family, joining a sorority, studying "abroad" in my home country due to COVID.
Internship Experience
Horizon Brands (remote), PwC (Seoul, South Korea), Ejung Accounting Corporation (Seoul, South Korea), Nexia International (Seoul, South Korea).
Nelly Teta Ntwali
Hometown: Kigali, Rwanda
Employer: Goldman Sachs
Job title: consumer wealth and management analyst
Job Responsibilities
Responsible for front-to-back operational support to the Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Private Wealth Management and Ayco businesses in service, delivery and processing functions across the trade and client lifecycle.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
I was able to meet people from all over the world that helped me see different opportunities around me. I was inspired by many people in the Dickinson community and learned the importance of taking the space that I deserve.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
I am anticipating being successful in my current position but also continuing to explore my passions and goals for the future. I am hoping to challenge myself by putting myself in positions I have never been in and taking advantage of all of my opportunities.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Coming into Dickinson, I made goals for my four years and was able to look at those, now as a senior, to see that I had achieved a lot of them. I had always wanted to
study abroad in France, and while COVID posed a problem, I was finally able to go and have an amazing time. This was undoubtably my greatest Dickinson experience because it helped my realize a lot of my goals, take myself out of my comfort zone and meet new people. I also loved being part of the
Women of Color Summit planning committee and attending every single summit that we had on campus.
Internship Experience
- I worked at Goldman Sachs as an intern and it was great, I was able to receive a job offer after the internship. I worked daily on delivering and receiving trades and looking at why some trades failed. I also worked to better my team's functions, so looking at ways that I could minimize touch points and automating systems.
- I also worked at the Rwandan development board in Kigali, Rwanda, as an investment intern. I worked on market research for potential investors, creating pitch decks and finding incentives for them to invest in necessary markets in Rwanda.
Ashley Russo
Hometown: Whitestone, New York
Major: international business & management
Employer: Ameriprise Financial
Job title: finance leadership development associate
Job Responsibilities
Three finance-based leadership rotations over two years:
- Accounting/reporting rotation – learn the steps to reach the bottom line.
- Finance rotation – create decision support-based analytics for business partners.
- Utility rotation – blend both finance and accounting skills on business projects that involve internal service providers and business processes.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Dickinson has taught me practical life skills involving finances. It has also taught me endless soft skills such as leadership and communication. The
Career Center helped me throughout all four years to help me get the job I have for after graduation.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
Gaining some tactical and professional finance skills that will lead to a career in finance that hopefully turns into sustainable finance down the road.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
My summer
study-abroad program in London the summer after my first year. Being a part of
Baird Sustainability Fellows helping to create a climate action program for Cumberland County. Being the president of my sorority.
Internship Experience
I completed three internships and two externships. I interned for Foreal Foods as a sales intern, where I managed sales accounts and client relationships. I interned for a small operations consulting firm focusing on client communications. I also interned at Onsemi in their Corporate Social Responsibility department focusing on sustainability and ESG reporting. I also worked on compiling that into the company's annual CDP report, a company sustainability disclosure system. I did an externship at PMA companies, where I shadowed executives from all departments. I did my second externship at Blackbaud under their VP of CSR, shadowing all of their business functions, which lead to the internship at Onsemi.
Chris Lopez
Hometown: Bronx, New York
Major: international business & management
Employer: BNP Paribas
Job title: investment banking analyst
Job Responsibilities
I will be working in the financial institution's coverage department of BNP Paribas. Located in Times Square, I will assist in managing the relationships my firm has with stakeholders across various business lines. I will also assist in the implementation of numerous initiatives focused on sustainability.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
While CIVID did steal two years of campus life from me, Dickinson prepared me for life after graduation by showing me that life is what I make of it. Dickinson offers a multitude of opportunities and resources at any given moment that helped me find various passions and interests. I now feel more comfortable in my interests and know that after graduation I should continue to take risks and experience new things.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
I am anticipating the randomness of life. My journey thus far has been incredible and very random. Many great things in my life feel lucky and random, and I'm excited to see what continues that trend.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
My time abroad in Spain was the best time of my life so far. Dickinson's program in Malaga was amazing and introduced me to many people I hope to be close to for a long time. That experience showed me I can live alone under any circumstance and thrive and also showed me that life is all about having fun.
Internship Experience
My internship was at BNP Paribas in Manhattan, N.Y. I found this great opportunity on the Posse Scholarship job portal. Through this internship, I was offered a full-time position that I am starting following graduation!
Caroline Cook
Hometown: Moorestown, New Jersey
Major: international business & management
Employer: Accenture
Job title: consulting development program analyst
Job Responsibilities
Build and deliver new technological (AI, cloud, blockchain, virtual reality, etc.) business solutions to global client companies; use statistical methods to create insights, patterns and outcomes from business data.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Dickinson has provided me with an ability to quickly and confidently adjust/make decisions quickly when faced with change. Additionally, it has taught me how to collaborate and engage with a team to reach a common goal.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
Meeting and working with people from all over the world, expanding my cultural competency and becoming an engaged member in the communities I join.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Becoming the president of my a capella group and the TA for my favorite class!
Internship Experience
- Learning and development intern, TabulaRasa Healthcare, Philadelphia
- Marketing intern, TabulaRasa Healthcare, Philadelphia
- Admissions intern, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.
- Marketing intern, League of Women Voters, Harrisburg, Pa.
- Human resources intern, Office of Auditor General, Harrisburg, Pa.
Rediet Patterson
Hometown: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Major: international business & management
Employer: Chatham Financial
Job title: analyst
Job Responsibilities
Financial analysts are responsible for financial planning, analysis and projection for companies and corporations. They forecast future revenues and expenditures to establish cost structures and determine capital budgeting for projects
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
I have analytical, writing, communication and time-management skills. I have also been exposed to a lot of different disciplines, which strengthen my overall knowledge.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
To learn all that I can so that I can be financially independent eventually.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Internship Experience
Lancaster City Alliance, marketing intern. It was in my city, and I spent a lot of hours taking pictures and managing their social media account.
Zyon Jenkins
Hometown: Windsor Mill, Maryland
Major: international business & management
Employer: Equitable
Job title: financial advisor
Job Responsibilities
Helping people increase their income.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
I feel like I have a good amount of knowledge in multiple areas, almost like a chameleon.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Getting steamrolled in a gender studies class.
Internship Experience
First National Bank of Pennsylvania in the Baltimore location. I was a business banking intern.
Carli Boyer
Hometown: Silver Spring, Maryland
Majors: Spanish, international business & management
Employer: Brighton Jones
Job title: associate advisor
Job Responsibilities
Manage the day-to-day responsibilities, priorities and workload of their client service teams. This includes providing analytical, operational and administrative support for the acquisition, implementation and ongoing retention of clients. Provide spreadsheet analysis on an ad hoc basis for more advanced financial topics and other specialty requests, such as tax-loss harvesting, stock option and restricted stock inventories and other wealth transfer strategies; maintain all record-keeping related to these activities, including cost basis and other position data via portfolio management software.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Through the liberal arts education, I have enhanced my writing abilities and problem-solving skills, which will assist me postgrad.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
Starting my job as associate advisor with other Dickinson alums.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Being awarded All-American status for my soccer career and meeting my best friends.
Internship Experience
Royal Bank of Canada
- Researched general trends of stocks and analyzed financial ratios.
- Organized reports of general market trends in the electric vehicle and metaverse industry and presented findings.
- Provided office management, including scanning, data entry, ordering and Excel organization.
- Called charities to initiate stock donation process.
Andreea Rosu
Hometown: Sunnyside, New York
Majors: international business & management, Spanish
Graduate School: Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business
Field of study: Dual-degree program studying accounting and business administration
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Dickinson has enabled me the experience to discover more about my present self, as well as the woman I plan to build up to in the future. Surrounded by an inspiring and inclusive student body, I vowed to rise to the same example and challenge myself to excel as a young woman and scholar through my involvement in on-campus events and within the local Carlisle community. I applied for positions that surpassed my comfort zone on the Executive Board of Student Senate, jobs on and off-campus and various club positions. Today, I continue to set goals beyond those of comfort as Dickinson has prepared me to. I am driven and determined to put in the time and effort in the rigorous graduate program I will be attending to pursue my professional goals.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
I anticipate the MBA/ MS in accounting program at Northeastern University's D'Amore-Mckim School of Business to be rigorous. However, I am determined to rise to all the challenges with the goals of receiving my CPA license and pursuing a career in taxation.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Some of the defining moments of my Dickinson experience include serving as director of financial strategy for the
Student Senate, serving on the Spanish Majors Committee and my membership in
Kappa Alpha Theta.
Internship Experience
As the tax intern for United Way of the Capital Region in partnership with Dickinson College, I was given an office phone in my dorm room to schedule clients for tax preparation appointments. Most importantly, once a week, I prepared income tax returns for Carlisle residents in need. Lastly, I remotely worked with my supervisor to brainstorm the best ways to remotely file tax returns for our clients due to the extension to tax season by COVID-19. It was a great honor to be selected as the only VITA intern out of about 10 to 15 VITA volunteers to provide the necessary tax-return assistance to low-and-moderate income individuals, families, the elderly, persons with disabilities and those with limited English-speaking ability. I directly made an impact on the Carlisle community and discovered taxation as a potential pursuit of mine.
As the current finance intern at the head office of EDSI, I assist the finance team on a weekly basis to compile invoices and gather data. I also work directly with the senior finance manager and corporate controller on special projects. For example, I updated the contracts repository for the entire company for this program year, in which I directed several meetings with project accountants and served as a project manager. Currently, I am creating a schedule of the company's tax returns to create an efficient tracking system. My biggest accomplishment in this role thus far was creating the budget for a grant proposal seeking to establish a new program that would provide resources to underprivileged high school students. My contribution to the team was successful, as EDSI won this grant proposal.
I served as the bilingual human services intern, where I worked directly with the facilitator team lead. As a part of the facilitator team, I organized the curriculum for several, self-directed courses on Canvas. I also translated the orientation handbook for the office's biggest program into Spanish. Furthermore, I supported the data analysis team by tracking each program’s funding stream, enrollments, placements and retention rates using Microsoft Power BI. I also assisted the marketing team on several projects by creating flyers and writing scripts for videos as well as interviewing clients.
Marco Di Natale
Hometown: Bologna, Italy
Major: international business & management
Employer: EverQuote
Job title: business development representative
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
Fast title and economic growth.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Internship Experience
Chantecaille and Avenues.
Ashleigh Violette
Hometown: Madison, Connecticut
Major: international business & management
Employer: Vanguard
Job title: client relationship associate
Job Responsibilities
- Partner with our clients via the phone to assist them with a wide range of inquiries.
- Help every investor feel like they’re our only investor through world-class customer experiences by bringing warmth, energy and knowledge to each conversation.
- Execute foundational requests, develop investment acumen and communication skills.
- Lead with empathy and solutions-oriented mindset to help clients understand the foundational needs of their account.
- Develop through weekly call coaching sessions and licensing support.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
It helped me become a people person.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
I am anticipating growing and learning in my postgrad pursuits.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Playing soccer for four years. Becoming the Panhel president.
Internship Experience
Interned at Hartford Athletic and learned about sales and revenue.
John Baney
Hometown: Ridgewood, New Jersey
Major: international business & management
Employer: NBCUniversal
Job title: digital campaign specialist
Job Responsibilities
I help manage various ad campaigns on different digital platforms that are owned by, or under the contract of, NBCUniversal.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Going into an industry that is very young and quickly evolving, I think a
liberal arts education at Dickinson helped me become well rounded enough to feel comfortable in an ever-changing environment.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
Learning how to live on my own outside of an on-campus living environment is something that I’ve been excited about for some time. Moving to New York and starting work has been a major change in lifestyle, but an enjoyable one.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
I think playing soccer at Dickinson provided a number of memorable experiences for me that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Also, my abroad experience in
Málaga was a highlight of my college experience, despite it getting cut short due to COVID-19.
Internship Experience
I interned at NBCUniversal and worked on the same team where I now have my full-time job.
Jessica Kiefer
Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona
Major: international business & management
Graduate School: Dickinson College
Field of study: managing complex disasters
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Dickinson has given me a broad range of skills and knowledge. By being an INBM major, I was able to take so many different courses in various areas of business. This helped me become well-versed in many different sectors, as well as discover what I enjoy most. Dickinson also has a great alumni network, and I found this to be very helpful, whether it was through my sport, sorority or other activities I am involved in.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
I am looking forward to continuing my education, while also being able to continue playing my sport.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
I would definitely say being a student-athlete at Dickinson has defined my experience. It has allowed me to meet so many people and create lifelong relationships, as well as learn so many skills. By attending a
liberal arts school, I was able to be involved in many different things and find success in all of these.
Internship Experience
I did a commercial real estate internship for Lee & Associates in Riverside, Calif. I worked with database, finance, marketing, accounting and client relations. I was also able to contribute to marketing campaigns for new listings by helping prepare proposals and leases for various deals, meet with clients and attend property showings to understand client interaction. In addition, I assisted with accounting and data input for property management, as well as reviewed and created financial spreadsheets for commercial real estate buildings to understand the full sales process.
Titus Clark
Hometown: Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Major: international business & management
Employer: Everquote
Job title: business development representative
Job Responsibilities
Connecting insurance agents with our company to find the best rates possible for customers.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
I am looking forward to advancing in my career and providing the best life possible for me and my family.
Internship Experience
The GIANT Company as an operations management intern who shadowed and assisted store managers in their duties.
Tibbs Tibrawalla
Hometown: Kolkata, India
Majors: international business & management, quantitative economics
Employer: EverQuote
Job title: business development representative
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
It provided me with countless experiences that are useful in the real world.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
Varsity squash.
Internship Experience
BlackRock investment managers.
Himeno Yamane
Hometown: Astoria, New York
Major: international business & management
Employer: Bloomberg LP
Job title: financial products analyst
Job Responsibilities
- Responsible to answer clients and terminal users all over the world to their queries on the Bloomberg terminal.
- Learn about financial assets and various clients in different sectors: fixed income, equities, foreign exchange and commodities.
- Deliver answers and solve problems in a fast-paced environment for clients to make decisions on their end.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
I think that it has prepared me in terms of seeing from different perspectives. It was interesting for me to come from a big city to a small town with various kinds of opinions on campus. Throughout my four years, I think I have learned how to navigate in my own space and in spaces that I am uncomfortable in.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
I am most excited for helping my parents in the future and seeing how far they go. I am also looking forwards to helping my sister and other undergraduate friends at Dickinson to reach their full potential.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
The defining moments of my experience was going through rough ups and downs and being able to navigate this. The biggest challenge was finding the right people and finding the right mentors that helped me throughout the way.
Internship Experience
- Asia Society - N.Y.C.
- Bloomberg - N.Y.C.
David Vogt
Hometown: Waxhaw, North Carolina
Major: international business & management
Employer: TIAA
Job title: advisory relations program
Job Responsibilities
Two-year program to learn and perform the financial services and wealth management roles at TIAA.
How has Dickinson prepared you for life after graduation?
Learned how to communicate with all types of people.
What are you most anticipating about your career or postgraduate pursuits?
More financial freedom.
What are some of the defining moments of your Dickinson experience?
The people I met.
Internship Experience
Rugged Science in Sparks, Md. - administrative and sales intern.
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Published April 21, 2022