Henry Elliman

Pre-SOM: Logistics and Operations at Doctors Without Borders

Summer Internship: Business Consultant with the National Park Service

Henry has pursued two parallel careers as a humanitarian aid worker and chef. In both careers, he used human-centered design principles to create and implement projects around the world. In South Sudan, as a humanitarian aid worker with Doctors Without Borders, Henry relied on inclusive collaboration to provide medical care in a volatile context. In Kolkata, India, Henry embraced radical experimentation to open the first pop-up restaurant in the city. The D+I club is the place and community where Henry has continued to bring empathy and creativity to life.

Neha Kulsh

Pre-SOM: Creative at Clinique (The Estée Lauder Companies)

Summer Internship: Los Angeles Mayor’s Office, Innovation Team (i-team)

Before Yale, Neha spent seven years scratching her way up the corporate ladder in New York. While writing for global brands gave her a big platform and a high-energy, multidisciplinary team to bounce ideas off of, she missed her first love, local government, and the social and economic purpose that came with the work. This summer, Neha returned to her hometown to join the Los Angeles Innovation Team where she worked alongside data scientists and project managers to design outreach efforts and deliver solutions in public health and affordable housing. Though Neha loves being a student again, she sometimes longs for the political intrigue of office life.

michelle
deloison-baum

Pre-SOM: Macroeconomic research at Bridgewater, ESG investing at OpenInvest

Summer Internship: Design & Innovation Lab at CVS Health, Social Drivers of Health Innovation

Michelle is an MBA/MPH candidate interested in leveraging design thinking and technology to promote mental health and health equity. With a background in finance and startups, she enjoys combining data and systems analysis with human centered design and behavioral science to address challenging problems. While interning at CVS Health, she designed and launched a webinar on birth control to promote culturally competent care and access to birth control. In her first year at Yale, she was a social impact consultant for the Connecticut Mental Health Center, an organizer for the Women’s Mental Health Conference, and a co-leader for the Yale Health Services Innovation Case Competition. She received her BA in Government from Dartmouth College. Originally from Oakland, CA (Ohlone land), Michelle enjoys growing veggies, hiking, and traveling.

SABA RASHID

Pre-SOM: Design Consulting at ideas42

Summer Internship: REDF - Impact Investing Fund supporting early stage, workforce development social enterprises
 

Saba has worked in technology, social impact and design space. She started her career working in product marketing for Wayfair’s mobile app and then transitioned to design and behavioral science consulting to build innovations for social sector organizations. Her projects included designing a financial tool for low income populations to help them build credit and a literacy program for refugee parents and children in Jordan. At Yale, she continues to work in the design & innovation space while expanding her understanding of social sector innovation to encompass entrepreneurship, impact investing and community development.