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About the CDS MBA Fellows Program

Two decades ago, Ed Glassmeyer T’68, Roger McNamee T’82, and others generously established the Center for Digital Strategies at the Tuck School of Business. The center’s mission has always focused on educating business leaders, especially Tuck MBAs, on how technology enables modern businesses.

In its first year, the center offered a fellows program to three second-year students. Since 2000, the fellows program has benefited over 200 MBA students, evolving to incorporate in-depth research projects, experiential learning trips, corporate research partnerships, case writing for Tuck professors, and customized learning opportunities tailored to each student’s interests.

We are excited to introduce the fantastic students comprising the 24th class of fellows. If you would like to learn more about or support the program, please contact the CDS Executive Director, Patrick Wheeler.

Please join us in welcoming this extraordinary group of students to the MBA Fellows Program with the Center for Digital Strategies!

CDS T’24 MBA Fellows

Beth Bollinger
Hometown: Lexington, KY

Beth joins the CDS Fellows program with a desire to broaden her perspectives on tech and digital strategies through her connections with the CDS community, as well as dive deeper into nonprofits’ relationships with technology. A self-taught coder and software engineer, Beth will bring her curiosity, industry experience, and a willingness to support others to bear as a CDS Fellow. This summer she will intern at BCG Boston as a DigitalBCG Consultant. Welcome, Beth!

Manasa Buddharaju
Hometown: Visakhapatnam, India

Manasa will draw from her data science background to add data driven insights and suggestions to her Fellows project and content conversations. She brings experience from the retail, FinTech and rideshare industries and looks forward to learning from her peers and colleagues around the Dartmouth community, especially to learn more about the use cases of 3D printing. Welcome, Manasa!

Mariana Candela
Hometown: Bogotà, Colombia

We’re excited to have Mariana’s creativity and curiosity in our Fellows program next year. For her Fellow’s project, she’s particularly interested to explore how AI can enhance creativity, especially in the visual and graphic arts. This summer she will intern as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon, where she looks forward to learning about product management at the heart of a leading tech company. Welcome, Mariana!

Ashwin Chandrasekhar
Hometown: Chennai, India

Ashwin is talented at building communities and supporting others, whether it’s through his First Year Project supporting a FinTech startup focused on African American-owned, mission-driven businesses or his podcast on healthy masculinity. During his second year as a Fellow, he’s keen to explore ideas, startups, and projects in Big Tech that may positively or negatively impact those without a college education in America and across the world. Welcome, Ashwin!

Hannah Darpoe
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden

Hannah is an experienced business leader with deep financial expertise and extensive international experience. She’s excited to apply her background as a health tech co-founder to the Fellows program, and subsequently apply her knowledge of digital strategies and technology to her intended career in private equity. Welcome, Hannah! 

Claire Gaffney
Hometown: Chicago, IL

Claire plans to use the CDS Fellows program as an opportunity to develop thoughtful, informed perspectives on emerging technologies, consumer trust, and digital business strategies. Before Tuck, she worked as a digital healthcare consultant, and this fall she heads to Mexico City for a term abroad. We can’t wait to learn from her experiences when she returns to the Upper Valley. Welcome, Claire!

Chirag Kataruka
Hometown: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Throughout his career across multiple startups spanning industries including mobility, education, and financial services, Chirag has always pursued answers to the world’s most pressing problem statements. He is excited for the opportunity to delve into tech strategies for addressing crucial challenges like climate change and artificial intelligence. Welcome, Chirag!

Tom Lucy
Hometown: Orono, ME

A software engineer by trade, Tom envisions a post-Tuck career in the technology industry supported in part by the serious discussions and industry engagements inherent to the CDS Fellows program. As a CDS Fellow, he plans to pursue research inquiry into AI-driven diagnosis as a way to increase the quality of patient care. We’re excited to see what he learns. Welcome, Tom!

Hope Matthews
Hometown: Greenwich, CT

Hope started work as a Product Manager directly following her undergraduate education. She looks forward to sharing her industry experience with her cohort of Fellows and members of Tuck’s tech community, all the while pursuing research into health tech product development over the COVID pandemic. Welcome, Hope!

Ben Romero
Hometown: Chatham, NJ

As a dual degree student in Public Policy with the Harvard Kennedy School, it’s no surprise that many of Ben’s interests lie at the intersection of tech, policy, regulation and trust. We’re excited to count on his perspective during our content discussions, especially those around artificial intelligence’s role in the public and private sectors. Ben will spend the summer as an Associate at BCG before completing his final term at HKS this fall. Welcome, Ben!

Amna Sohail
Hometown: Lawrence, IN

Amna brings a broad professional perspective to the Fellows program, from working at a B2B tech venture studio, an early-stage VC firm, and a large healthcare company’s digital platforms organization. She’s headed to Microsoft for the summer as a Partner Development Manager on their Global Partner Solutions team before traveling to Spain for a term abroad. We’re excited to stay in touch and learn from her international experience. Welcome, Amna!

Tim Wong
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan

Tim brings experience in mobility and enterprise IT tech from roles at Uber and Cisco before joining Tuck. For his project, he’s curious to explore why D2C consumer brands increasingly turn to brick-and-mortar solutions. He has worked internationally in places including Mongolia and Taiwan, and looks forward to learning with- and from- his cohort of diverse and knowledgeable Fellows. Welcome, Tim!

Learn more about the MBA Fellows Program on our website, where you can also find a complete list of Alumni MBA Fellows from the last two decades.