Business at Stevens

Professor Don Lombardi has long been a pillar of both the School of Business and Stevens. His teaching has been guided by the philosophy of staying on the pulse of what students will actually face when they graduate, and he’s made a lasting impression on many flocks of Ducks.

For the second time in a decade, he will be receiving –
the Stevens Alumni Association's Outstanding Teach Award during Alumni Weekend in Hoboken on June 5-6.

Learn more about the man, the myth, the legend. https://www.stevens.edu/news/stevens-school-of-business-professor-earns-2026-outstanding-teacher-award

Stevens School of Business Professor Earns 2026 Outstanding Teacher Award Stevens School of Business professor Don Lombardi has built a career on the simple but powerful idea that authentically caring about his students will help them succeed. It's a philosophy that has earned him the Stevens Alumni Association's 2026 Outstanding Teacher Award, making him the first School...

Congratulations to this flock of accomplished Ducks who were recently inducted into the Stevens Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS)!

BGS is a distinguished honor society exclusive to AACSB-accredited business schools. To be inducted, students must be in the top 10% of their undergraduate class or the top 20% of their graduate class. Go Ducks!⁠

We close out our celebration of 25 Under 25 with five outstanding Ducks who exemplify what you can achieve at the School of Business with passion and drive.

2️⃣1️⃣Zeynep Sude Aytekin transferred to Stevens as an international student and didn't slow down for a moment as she completed two simultaneous internships in New York City last summer, founded a mentorship program through the International Student Association and is building two mobile apps she plans to launch in 2026.
2️⃣2️⃣Sofia Udaipurwala leads her Industry Capstone team on a Healthcare AI project, helped grow her mother's small business and volunteers with Ashadham Ashram.
2️⃣3️⃣Samuel V***a used his Pinnacle Scholar stipends to fund two international study experiences in Spain and Peru, serves as Secretary and Accreditation Chair of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity Rho Omega Chapter and is heading to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey this summer as a Tolling Technology and Data Analytics intern.
2️⃣4️⃣Vedant Vijay Shinde built a generative AI style advisor for luxury retailer The Webster, processed millions of mobility records to uncover equity insights for urban planners and serves as an elected tutor who works to make finance feel approachable for every one of his peers.
2️⃣5️⃣Audrey Yoo co-founded the Stevens Consulting Group, helped organize the inaugural Women's Gala at Stevens to celebrate and empower women in professional fields and serves as a peer consultant at the Writing Center.

Check out all 25 remarkable stories: https://www.stevens.edu/school-business/25-under-25-overview

Our fourth flock of 25 Under 25 honorees are delivering impact on and off campus.

1️⃣6️⃣Sebastian Montoulieu earned Academic All-District recognition, helped lead the men's soccer team to its fifth consecutive MAC championship and is currently a preseason trialist with Brooklyn FC of the USL Championship.
1️⃣7️⃣Giovanna Notaro serves as Co-President of Beta Gamma Sigma, mentors first-year students through the Business Budy program and has already secured a return offer as an Equities Analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald.
1️⃣8️⃣Rochelle Okhtenberg supported more than $3.5 billion in private debt placements during her internship at Mizuho, serves as Co-President of Beta Gamma Sigma and is an active member of Stevens Hillel and Stevens Women in Business.
1️⃣9️⃣Victoria Okonkwo has leveraged a digital platform to help students navigate the college process, founded the Bayonne Student Leadership Council to address a youth volunteer gap and earned the Presidential Volunteer Service Award.
2️⃣0️⃣Fiona Shi is a first-generation college student who manages an 18-credit course load, works 15 hours a week, commutes from New York and still found time to launch a campus recycling initiative, increased revenue for The Stute and earned an upcoming opportunity at PwC.

Read their full stories: https://www.stevens.edu/school-business/25-under-25-overview

The third day of our 25 Under 25 series highlights five honorees who are leading across investment management, journalism, nonprofit work, public policy and student advocacy.
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1️⃣1️⃣Alwin John won the Americas Regional of the Global Scaling Challenge, developed a locally hosted LLM pipeline for NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development and was named the Graduate Student Winner of the 2025 MLK Oratorical Contest at Stevens.
1️⃣2️⃣Tasha Khosla competed in the Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge, served in multiple editorial leadership roles at The Stute and completed internships at Willis Towers Watson and Munich Re while contributing to three separate faculty research projects.
1️⃣3️⃣Satwika Kota co-founded Hope4Spandana to support children across the United States and India with autism and other neurological disorders, serves as Vice President of Community Service for Stevens Future Business Leaders of America and served in Student Government as the School of Business Representative.
1️⃣4️⃣Nicolas Marchisio leads the Stevens Student Managed Investment Fund where he helps oversee a portion of the Stevens endowment, interned in Internet Equity Research at Oppenheimer and will join Truist Securities as an Equity Research Summer Analyst.
1️⃣5️⃣Jonathan Martin represents more than 10,000 FBLA members as NJ State Vice President, serves as a Residential Assistant and has contributed to fundraising for pediatric cancer research through THON Dance Marathon.
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Read their full stories here: https://www.stevens.edu/school-business/25-under-25-overview

The second day of our 25 Under 25 spotlight features five more remarkable honorees who represent the best and brightest of the School of Business.
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6️⃣Emma Eguia graduated with high honors in Biology, won four consecutive MAC Championships as a member of the women's tennis team and founded two original healthcare initiatives focused on culturally responsive care for underserved communities.
7️⃣Aylin Erdal earned the CME Group Foundation Scholarship for two consecutive summers, built a new membership development program that doubled conference attendance as VP of Stevens Women in Business and will join Societe Generale as a Global Markets Summer Analyst.
8️⃣Sweenal Godrick Pereira serves as CIO of the Graduate Student Managed Investment Fund and developed instructional videos for an industry AI certificate program delivered in partnership with Pfizer.
9️⃣Amanda Han co-founded the Stevens Consulting Group to make consulting more accessible, carries a 4.0 GPA in her major and completed an IT audit internship at Ernst and Young after researching how AI can automatically implement financial regulations.
🔟Katelyn Ho helped found the Stevens chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, became a Girls Who Invest Scholar and delivered real consulting results for a local restaurant.
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Congratulations to this incredible group. Read their full stories here: https://www.stevens.edu/school-business/25-under-25-overview
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Today we're proud to spotlight the first five honorees in the inaugural Stevens School of Business 25 Under 25 cohort.

1️⃣Adriana Bertolotti is a finance major and Division III swimmer who served as team captain during one of two consecutive MAC Championship titles, ending five straight second-place finishes and breaking both the meet and championship records. She also secured a full-time job offer before her junior year was over.
2️⃣Aditya Bhatia came to Stevens for his MS in financial engineering and immediately turned his 4.0 GPA into a community achievement. Every student who regularly attended his informal study sessions finished the semester with an A. That says everything about who he is.
3️⃣Jenny Chen has a 3.99 GPA, faculty-mentored research and internships at Brookfield Asset Management and Cisco under her belt. But what defines her is something harder to measure: she leaves every organization she's part of a little stronger than she found it.
4️⃣Quincy Connell brought an All-American lacrosse career and a championship mindset from Trinity College to Stevens, where she earned her MBA and secured a full-time offer with EY's Financial Services Digital Risk Consulting team.
5️⃣Robert Dahill managed a portion of the Stevens endowment through the Student Managed Investment Fund, helped found Delta Sigma Pi at Stevens, and works full-time as an Investment Analyst with the NJ Department of the Treasury while finishing his MS in finance. His goal: that anyone who meets a blind individual after meeting him knows anything is possible.

Each day, we'll continue to uplift our inaugural honorees. You can read their full stories here: https://www.stevens.edu/school-business/25-under-25-overview