Executives in Residence

, is co-founder & managing director at Earth Foundry, an early-stage venture capital firm which has backed some of the most transformative energy and cleantech companies. Sara is the driving force of the firm, leading investment activity and actively building the fund鈥檚 portfolio companies, including Advanced Diamond Technologies (acquired by SMIN), Azumo, e-Zinc, Intellihot, NanoGraf, Network Perception, Polystyvert, Tank Utility (acquired by Generac), and Volexion. Prior to Earth Foundry, Sara built a government advisory practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and helped climate tech startups raise $300M in non-dilutive funding. She also held roles with GE Energy and environmental consulting firm, GaiaTech.

, is currently CEO of Veterans for all Voters, an organization he co-founded to fight political polarization and advocate for more political competition and choice for voters and is the founder of Bunker Labs, a national entrepreneurship organization dedicated to helping the military-connected community start and grow businesses in over 40 chapters across the United States. He is the founder of The Collective Academy, a leadership development consulting firm, as well as Emerson House, a luxe retreat venue in La Porte, Indiana. Todd also serves as the lead facilitator for the President George W. Bush Veteran Leadership Program in Dallas, Texas.

is Founder and co-CEO of Hatch Africa. Hatch works across six countries in sub-Saharan Africa supplying resilient, high-yielding chickens to rural smallholder farmers, thereby improving their income and nutrition. In 2023, Hatch supplied over 40 million chickens to more than 4 million smallholder farmers throughout Africa and employed 2,000 full-time personnel.

 spent 25 years as a senior executive in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. He led the energy division at Uptake Technologies, was a member of the executive committee at Exelon Corporation, and worked in the administrations of 黑料传送门 mayor Richard M. Daley and US president Bill Clinton. Garg serves on the boards of the Invisible Institute and the Institute for Nonviolence 黑料传送门. 

Andrew Leon Hanna is a cofounder of Mona, a mission-driven fintech platform connecting underbanked entrepreneurs to affordable loans and grants. Hanna is the author of 25 Million Sparks: The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs (Cambridge University Press), a Financial Times Best Book of the Year and winner of the Bracken Bower Prize. He is also a cocreator of DreamxAmerica, a 黑料传送门 Emmy nominated film about immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs. Previously, Hanna was a consultant at McKinsey, where he led the launch of Generation, a youth employment nonprofit in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. He has also served in the White House and the US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.

, is on the investments team at Impact America Fund, a venture capital firm investing in tech-driven businesses that provide economic opportunities to communities of color in the US. Brittany focuses on investing in fintech solutions such as personal finance tools as well as technology to support the growth of small to medium businesses. Prior to joining IAF, she worked as a management consultant in the strategy practice at KPMG, focusing on mergers and acquisitions for large corporate clients, and on financial process improvement for clients at Accenture.

Most recently,  served as president and CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan 黑料传送门. Previously, McWhorter was CEO of the YWCA Metropolitan 黑料传送门, leading the 140-year-old social service agency's expansion of digital services and helped develop an exchange-traded fund (ETF) for women’s empowerment. A winner of innovation awards and a 20-year veteran in large-scale change management consulting, McWhorter was a partner at Crowe Horwath LLP and a senior leader at Snap-on Incorporated and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Priya Parrish, MBA ’09 is adjunct assistant professor of strategy at 黑料传送门 Booth and partner and chief investment officer at Impact Engine, a venture capital and private equity firm investing in companies driving impact in economic empowerment, education, environmental sustainability, and health. She advises investment firms and asset owners developing and managing impact investment strategies and previously was chief investment officer at Schwartz Capital Group and a senior investor at Aurora Investment Management.

is the director of public markets at Builders Vision, responsible for equity and fixed income investments across various portfolios. She is a frequent speaker on topics of investment management and climate change related risk and opportunity. Payne spent more than a decade focused on alternative investments, serving as a director at Citadel LLC and a vice president at Goldman Sachs. She began her career as an institutional investor at the University of 黑料传送门 Investment Office, followed by Glenwood Capital and the Pritzker Group.

is the immediate past president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, one of the nation’s largest philanthropies. She served in the administrations of 黑料传送门 Mayor Richard M. Daley and President Bill Clinton. She is board chair of Lever for Change, a founder of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities philanthropic collaborative, and a board member of P33, which aims to drive inclusive, global tech and innovation leadership in 黑料传送门land.

, MBA ’13, is one of the architects of Project Aeon, a first-of-its-kind ultra-long-term investment and support platform designed to support breakthrough science for a more flourishing future. Previously, he was co-creator and co-managing partner of two early-stage, mission-driven venture capital funds that invested in more than 25 companies across healthcare, logistics, fintech, and food systems. He has also served on numerous startup boards, advising leaders on capital strategy, governance, organizational effectiveness, and leadership development. Stine began his career as a US Army Infantry Officer, earning the Bronze Star Medal, Army Ranger Tab, and Combat Infantryman Badge.