Jose Diaz-Granados is a 2017 MBA candidate at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Prior to Fuqua, Jose worked for four years in strategy consulting at Advantis, a Latin-American firm created by former Booz Allen Hamilton partners where he developed growth and internationalization strategies, cost-to-serve optimization, and organizational model implementation. Last summer he interned with Deutsche Bank as an Investment Banking Associate in sell-side, buy-side and financing deals for a variety of companies in the food & beverage, retail and capital goods industries.  Jose is currently lending his background in strategy and the beverage industry while interning at BEN Portfolio company Lonerider Brewing.

Sarah Faller is a 2017 MBA candidate at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business where she is concentrating in Data Sciences and Strategy. Prior to Duke she worked as an equity researcher and portfolio analyst at Minot Capital where she completed the CFA curriculum. Sarah interned for McKinsey & Company last summer and will be returning full time upon graduation.  She is currently interning with startups in the 3D Printed Medical Device and Cybersecurity industries.  Sarah did her undergraduate at the University of Denver where she majored in Finance and Captained the Division 1 golf team as a four-year Academic All-American. Sarah is originally from Galway, Ireland.

Sameer Godhwani is a 2018 MBA candidate at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business where he is concentrating in Finance and Entrepreneurship.  He is currently interning at BEN Portfolio company CloudFactory. Prior to business school, Sameer worked as an operations analyst and project manager at Nomura International, where he led planning, execution and delivery initiatives on greenfield projects to prevent regulatory fines.  Sameer earned his BS in Accounting and Finance at Warwick University.

Candice Morales is a 2017 JD candidate at the North Carolina Central University School of Law. She is Editor-in-Chief of the NCCU Law Review, sits on the NCCU Law Pro Bono Council, the NCCU Elder Law Project and is 3L class Student Bar Association representative.  Before attending law school, Candice was a Program Assistant for YouthBuild Winston-Salem, which provides education and job training to high school dropouts between the ages of 16-24. Candice was born and raised in New York City, is a first-generation college student and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Winston-Salem State University in 2008 with a BA in Political Science, concentration in Public Administration.  Candice is currently interning with BEN Portfolio Company CloudFactory.  She aspires to practice in the area of intellectual property for either an entertainment company or with the US Patent and Trademark Office as an examiner.