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Economics at Work!
What can you do with an economics major? Almost anything! Join the Economics Department in welcoming alumni and other guests 3/24 and 3/25 for keynote talks, office hours with alumni in career fields representing the diversity of jobs economics majors pursue, and career exploration panels. You’ll hear from guests with diverse backgrounds who will provide tips and advice about your internship and job search, and you'll have a chance to ask questions and speak one-on-one with your choice of visitors. This program will be of interest to all students who are considering work in the fields of our guests and those interested in learning how to apply the economics major in the job market.
Program Description and Format:
The Economics Undergraduate Career Forum brings together professionals who hold undergraduate economics degrees with current students and faculty through networking events and educational programming to expose majors and prospective majors to potential professional experiences. The program combines informal networking opportunities with more structured career panels, talks, and office hours. Our hope is that these programs will provide valuable career-related information for students while facilitating and strengthening relationships between all participants.
By the end of the program, we hope that students will have an understanding of the industries, workplaces, and job functions of the panelists and some familiarity with entry level jobs and career paths. Students will learn how to prepare to be strong entry-level candidates in the participants’ fields, which may include guidance about classes and extracurriculars, building industry-focused professional materials, and relevant networking and interviewing. We hope that students and alumni will have fun and will emerge with new connections and ideas for next steps.
Program Schedule:
March 24 Read more here.
- 5:00-6:00 pm Clean Energy Talk with Francesca Wahl from Tesla (Open to Students, Faculty, Guests)
Register: https://app.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/983305
- 6:30-8:00 pm Dinner (Guests, Invited Faculty, Selected Students - application required) The Local in Belmont, Charlottesville
Register: https://virginia.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/977501
March 25 Read more here.
- 10:00-11:00 am
Panel 1: https://app.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/983306
Office Hours Session 1: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VO_ScTtdno1gfR8dbPrY83wPhAqwtNcjNC71hIV2jLk/edit?usp=sharing
- 11:15-12:15 pm
Panel 2: https://virginia.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/977174
Panel 3: https://app.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/983209
Office Hours Session 2: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s4VsJuemKan-UZberykLfc46uLXk345A_8rzUyyrVBI/edit?usp=sharing
- 12:30-1:30 pm
Networking Luncheon: https://app.joinhandshake.com/edu/events/983308
To register for the events, please visit Handshake after 2/22/22.
Jack Barnes (BA Economics, 2009). Jack graduated from UVA in 2009 with a major in economics and concentration in financial economics and participated in the DMP program. After graduation, Jack joined Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division covering Financial Services firms. In 2011, he joined Samlyn Capital, a $7 billion long-short equity hedge fund based in NYC. Today he runs their financial services and fintech investing effort.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-barnes-ba241844/
Meghan Cover (BA Economics, 2014). Meghan is a Wealth Management Professional in Goldman Sachs’ Consumer and Wealth Management Division. She joined the Washington DC Private Wealth Management office in June 2014. She is a member of the largest team in the DC office and is responsible for all aspects of day-to-day client service. She has taken on various leadership positions in the office throughout her tenure, including office lead champion for the firm's Community TeamWorks program. Prior to GS, Meghan attended the University of Virginia and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics in May 2014. She spent the fall 2012 semester studying international economics at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy. Outside of work, Meghan enjoys playing squash and serving the local community. Prior to the pandemic, Meghan volunteered with the Homeless Children’s Playtime Project in Washington, DC and is looking forward to working with the kids again very soon.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghan-cover-04396065/
Alex Gromadzki (BA Economics, 2018). Alex is a Senior Data Scientist at the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Innovation Lab in Washington DC, where he leverages data science to enhance operational and oversight capacity in the Federal Government. He graduated from UVA with a BA in Economics (2018) and a MS in Data Science (2019). While he was a student at UVA, he was a member of The Virginia Gentlemen and served as the admissions liaison for the Data Science Institute (now the School of Data Science). After graduation, he joined Guidehouse and was a Senior Consultant before moving to his current role at GAO in June 2021.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agromadzki/
Landon Henderson (BA Economics, 2017). Landon is a consultant at Deloitte's Government & Public Services group. Prior to joining the firm in 2017, he interned two summers in Finance at a Hedge Fund & Investment Bank in San Francisco & Baltimore respectively. He then graduated from UVA with a major in Economics and completed pre-medical requirements as an Echols scholar. While at Deloitte he served as a financial analyst for a multi-hundred-million-dollar project, conducted project management work, and currently is doing advanced analytics work for the State Department's Center for Analytics.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/landon-henderson-0899a0a6/
Kelsey Johnson (BA Economics, 2018). Kelsey is currently a Business Manager at Capital One. She works in Card Acquisitions on the Affiliates team, where she leads the data infrastructure and new affiliate agendas. Prior to joining Capital One, Kelsey spent three years at Cornerstone Research, where she worked on financial research and data analysis for use in commercial litigation, including in the market manipulation and fintech spaces. At Cornerstone, Kelsey also served as Analyst Recruiting Head. Outside of work, Kelsey is an avid restaurant-goer and enjoys board games, baking, and bike rides through DC and Arlington (especially when they’re downhill).
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelsey-mills-johnson/
Laura Lee (BA Economics, 2008). Laura is a Partner in the Atlanta office of McKinsey & Company where she is a member of the Transformation and Advanced Industries practices. While at UVA, she was Vice President of her class and actively involved in her sorority. In addition to UVA, Laura is an alumna of the Wharton School. She is married to another 'Hoo (Tim, CLAS '07) and they share two boys (Davis, age 4, and Crawford, age 2).
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-lee-74409a22/
David Nadolski (Economics, 2014), Senior Vice President, Cosaic David is the Senior Vice President of Finance at Cosaic, a global fintech firm that develops desktop interoperability and data visualization technologies for capital markets. Cosaic’s products are utilized by many of the largest global financial institutions, across tens of millions of screens around the world, with notable customers including Citi, Fidelity, Yahoo! Finance, and E*Trade. At Cosaic, David oversees corporate finance, legal, risk, compliance, and investor relations. Prior to Cosaic, David started his own consulting firm providing financial modeling and outsourced CFO services. He also worked with Solovis, a multi-asset class portfolio analytics fintech firm. David’s first job after graduation was as a Finance Associate with Kayo Advisory, where he managed sell-side M&A transactions. David lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife, Gabriela, enjoys hiking in Shenandoah National Park and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-nadolski-47976a15a/
Tayo Odusanya (BA Economics, 2005). Tayo is the Head of Global Operations and Analytics (Supplier Acquisition and Onboarding) at Wayfair. She joined Wayfair in 2019 after graduating from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. In her role, she is responsible for the development and execution of Wayfair's data, product and process improvement strategy for new suppliers in North America and the EU. Prior to business school, Tayo spent over a decade in education as a middle school teacher and an administrator. She is a triple Hoo, having graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and advanced degrees in Special Education and School Administration. Tayo grew up in Lagos, Nigeria prior to moving to Charlottesville as a teenager. She currently lives in Boston with her partner Sam and son Jaylen, and spent more time playing Settlers of Catan and less time on the Peloton than anticipated during quarantine.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tayoodusanya/
Jason Pan (BA Economics and BS Systems Engineering, 2009). Jason is a lawyer whose practice focuses on financial services. His work experiences include financial institution supervision at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, structured transactions at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, and banking law at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He received his BS in Systems Engineering, BA in Economics and JD/MBA from the University of Virginia. Jason has served on the boards of the Asian and Asian Pacific American Alumni Network of the University of Virginia (AAPAAN) and Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Washington, DC (APABA-DC).
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-pan-bab30226/
Abhisheik Sharma (BA Economics and Government, 2017). Abhisheik Sharma graduated from UVA in 2017 with a double major in Economics and Government. Sharma has worked at Freddie Mac for 5 years. He began as a rotational analyst, and was promoted to financial analyst professional, and now Data Analyst Senior. In his current role, he runs a software development team and creates dashboards on Freddie Mac's AWS and cloud infrastructure.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhisheik-sharma/
Francesca Wahl (BA Economics and Foreign Affairs, 2010). As part of the business development and public policy team at Tesla, Francesca Wahl focuses on managing regulatory policy engagement on transportation electrification in North America and electric vehicle charging infrastructure issues with key agencies, utilities, and cities across the country. Previously, she was the Senior Associate for Energy and Environmental Policy at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a public policy trade association representing more than 390 companies in Silicon Valley. Francesca has also worked on federal energy efficiency policy at the Alliance to Save Energy in DC, analyzed state recycling regulation and legislation, assisted governments and small businesses with implementing sustainability principles in their management plans, and served in the White House Liaison Office at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francescawahl/
Derrick Wang (BA Economics and Mathematics, 2020). Derrick is a consultant at Bates White Economic Consulting in Washington DC, where he works in the Environmental and Product Liability practice area. His work involves economic analysis of complex legal and regulatory cases, including antitrust cases, merger review, long-tail liability forecasting, and estimation of mass tort liabilities in bankruptcies. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Derrick graduated from UVA in 2020 with a double major in economics and math. As a student, he was involved in many organizations on Grounds and interned at Bates White before returning as a full-time consultant after graduation. Derrick works in the intersection of law and economics, using data analysis and statistical programming to apply economic modeling to legal cases across a wide array of industries.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-wang/