Won-Jae Chang
Won-Jae is currently a predoctoral research assistant at MIT studying the economics of AI. He previously worked at Cornerstone Research, and graduated from Princeton in 2024 with a degree in Economics and a minor in Applied Math. In his free time, Won-Jae enjoys running, swimming, cooking, and eating the things he cooks
Sharon Cho
Sharon Cho is originally from Seoul, Korea, and moved to the United States for college. She currently works as a Manager at Bain & Company in the Los Angeles office, having previously spent ~5 years in Bain’s Texas offices. In her free time, she enjoys OrangeTheory Fitness and developing recipes in the kitchen..
Daniella Futoran
Daniella is interested in researching emotions, interpersonal relationships, and well-being in organizations. She was born in New York and studied Psychology, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship at Emory University. She loves to dance and play music.
William Joseph
William is a Research Assistant with the Wharton Impact, Value, and Sustainable Business Initiative, where his research interests lie in the fields of non-market strategy and corporate governance. He held this role while pursuing a Master of Environmental Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, concentrating in Environmental Policy. His doctoral research will integrate remote sensing data and geospatial modeling to develop new identification strategies for analyzing firm strategy in the face of increasing physical and transition climate risks. He received his BSBA in Economics, International Business, and Management from the University of South Carolina, though his time as an undergraduate was split across Germany, Singapore, and Brazil as a member of the International Business Education Alliance.
Jiaqi Li
Jiaqi Li (pronounced Jyah-chee) grew up in Beijing and came to the U.S. for college. She obtained her B.A. in Sociology and Economics from Cornell University and her M.A. in Sociology from Columbia University. Between her undergraduate and graduate studies, Jiaqi spent two years working in investment banking and impact investment in NYC and Beijing. She is currently a predoctoral research fellow at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, where she focuses on topics related to labor market sorting, nonstandard work arrangements, and technologies in the workplace.
Pelumi Ogundipe
Pelumi comes to a PhD after 5 years working in industry, first as a consultant and most recently as an operator at a mental health tech company. This professional exposure mixed with personal experiences have heavily influenced his research interests in exploring solidarity and how to best create cohesion and unity within organizations without sacrificing diversity. In his free time, Pelumi enjoys cooking (most known for his Pizza) and creative writing/blogging.
Ronald Wang
Ronald is a predoctoral fellow at Harvard Business School who previously studied Economics and Mathematics at Georgetown University. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he moved to the US at 12 and has since lived in San Francisco, DC, and Boston. He is interested in studying the scaling process of entrepreneurial firms and how both organizational and product structures adapt throughout this process. In his free time, he enjoys training Brazilian jiu-jitsu, reading nonfiction (particularly biographies), and trying new restaurants.
Roxie Yang
Roxie holds a Master of Business Administration from Yale University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Tsinghua University. She previously worked as a research associate at Harvard Kennedy School and has professional experience in e-commerce. Her interests include social networks, workplace inequality, and social impact. In her spare time, she enjoys international Latin dance.
Richie Zitomer
Richie is a Predoctoral Fellow at Harvard Business School working with the Strategy Unit. Before joining HBS he was a data scientist, most recently at Reddit and Coursera. He received a Master of Data Science from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
