Our Team

Current Team Members

Kimberly Bako

KIMBERLEY BAKO, Swensen Fellow

Kimberley joined the Office of Strategic Analysis in the summer of 2023 after graduating from Yale School of Public Health with an MPH in Health Policy. As a graduate student, Kimberley was a Graduate Assistant for the Yale College Executive Committee, and she was also involved in pediatric obesity research at the School of Medicine. She received her B.A. in Global Health at Davidson College in North Carolina and was born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. In her free time, Kimberley enjoys sewing and spending time with her family.

Beichen Zhang

BEICHEN ZHANG, Swensen Fellow

Beichen joined the Office of Strategic Analysis in spring 2024 after graduating from Yale College with a B.A. in Economics. In her time as an undergraduate, Beichen was involved in the international student community as a peer liaison and in the Pierson community as a FroCo. She also worked as a campus tour guide, an academic strategies mentor, a Chinese language tutor, and a peer tutor for Game Theory. In her free time, Beichen enjoys playing tennis and going on walks in New Haven.

Haider Hassan

HAIDER HASSAN, Swensen Fellow

Haider joined the Office of Strategic Analysis in the fall of 2024 after graduating from Yale with a B.A. in Economics. During his time at Yale, he served as an executive board member of Yale Undergraduate Diversified Investments, the President of Yalies For Pakistan and was a guest opinion columnist for the Yale Daily News. In his free time, Haider enjoys following the financial markets, watching soccer matches with friends, playing the piano and writing articles.

Nathan Moran

NATHAN MORAN, Swensen Fellow

Nathan joined the Office of Strategic Analysis in the summer of 2024 after graduating from Yale College with a B.A. in Music. As an undergraduate, he was involved in the Yale Political Union and the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs. He also held positions at Sterling Memorial Library and the Schwarzman Center, and served as a peer tutor in Music Theory. In his free time, Nathan enjoys composing music, reading, and exploring New Haven with his wife.

Sidney Scott

SIDNEY SCOTT, Director of Strategic Analysis

Sidney joined Yale as the Director of the Strategic Analysis team in July 2023. In this role, she manages the Swensen Fellows and oversees the SA team’s projects. Prior to this role, Sidney was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, leading strategy consulting teams and primarily serving clients in the education sector. Sidney holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a B.A. in Education Studies (History & Policy concentration) from Brown University. Prior to receiving her MBA from Yale, she was an elementary school teacher for five years, in DC and New Orleans. In her free time, Sidney enjoys reading, going on long walks with her dogs, volunteering, and writing creatively.

Chad Losee

CHAD LOSEE, Head of Strategy

Chad Losee joined Yale in January 2023 and oversees the Office of Strategic Analysis and the Office of Institutional Research. He came to Yale from Harvard Business School, where he served as head of MBA admissions and financial aid from 2016-2022. Prior to this, Chad worked at Bain & Company in Dallas, Texas and Stockholm, Sweden for five years. In the middle of his time at Bain & Co., he completed an MBA at Harvard and then stayed for an additional year as part of the founding team for HBS Online. Chad holds a B.A. in international relations from Brigham Young University, an MBA from HBS, and a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania. In his free time, Chad enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and four boys.

Alumni

Fellows

  • Abi Heuer, Swensen Fellow 2022-2024

Abi graduated from Yale in 2022 with a PhD in Chemistry, where her thesis work focused on the analysis of H-atom transfer reactions at carbon-centered radicals. 

  • Samvida Rungta, Swensen Fellow 2023-2024

Samvida Rungta graduated from Yale School of Management with a Master’s in Management in 2023.

  • Mehmed Can Olgac, Swensen Fellow 2022-2024

Mehmed Can graduated from Yale College with a B.S. in Statistics and Data Science (S&DS) and a B.A. in History. 

  • Nishi Felton, Swensen Fellow 2022-2024

Nishi graduated from Yale College with a B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics. She also completed the Human Rights Program at Yale Law School. She will enroll at Tsinghua University for a master’s program as a Schwarzman Scholar in Fall 2024.
 

  • Sarah Malkowski, Senior Strategy Associate, 2022-2024, Swensen Fellow 2020 - 2022

Sarah graduated from Yale in 2020 with a PhD in Chemistry, where her thesis work focused on the discovery and validation of bacterial noncoding regulatory RNAs. She received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Rhodes College. Sarah is currently the Manager of Data Analytics and Strategic Projects at Yale’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

  • Sooyong Kwon, Swensen Fellow 2021 - 2023

Sooyong graduated from Yale College with a B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics. He is currently pursuing a J.D. at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Johnathan Mitchell, Swensen Fellow 2021 - 2022

Jonathan graduated from Yale with his MBA and a focus on management science in 2021. Prior to graduate school, he worked for Teach For America as a corps member, program manager, and the Director of Data, Research, & Strategy. Jonathan earned a bachelor’s degree from Southern Utah University, where he studied Economics and Fine Arts.

  • Sanelma Heinonen, Swensen Fellow 2020 - 2022

Sanelma joined the Office of Strategic Analysis as a Swensen Fellow in 2020, shortly after graduating from Yale College with a BA in Mathematics and a certificate in German Language. Sanelma is currently pursuing her Master’s at ETH Zurich.

  • Tabish Azeem, Swensen Fellow 2019 - 2021

Tabish graduated from the Yale Jackson Institute with an MA in Global Affairs in 2019. Before Yale, Tabish received his bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India and worked with the Government of India as a Prime Minister’s Fellow. After the fellowship, Tabish joined McKinsey as a Business Associate.

  • Zeshan Gondal, Swensen Fellow 2019-2021

Zeshan graduated from Yale College with a Bachelor of Arts in 2019. After the fellowship, Zeshan entered Harvard Business School.

  • Naureen Rashid, Special Adviser for Strategy and Academic Business Operations 2019-2020, Swensen Fellow 2017-2019

Naureen received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Yale College in 2014 and a M.A. in Economics from Columbia University in 2017. Prior to working at Yale, Naureen worked as a financial analyst at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, focusing on payday lending and financial literacy. Naureen currently serves as Program Manager and Data Analyst at UC San Diego.

  • Opelo Matome, Swensen Fellow 2018-2020

Opelo Matome was born and raised in Gaborone, Botswana and graduated from Yale College in 2018 with a BA in Economics. After the fellowship, Opelo completed a graduate degree in International Education Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

  • Yuwei Jiang, Swensen Fellow 2018-2020

Yuwei graduated from Yale GSAS in 2018 with a Master of Arts in Statistics & Data Science. After the fellowship, Yuwei is pursuing a graduate degree in East Asian Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, with a focus on China.

  • Mitra Miri, Swensen Fellow 2016-2018

  • Lyndon Ji, Swensen Fellow 2016-2018

Interns

  • Nicole Cosme-Clifford, Summer Intern 2024

Nicole Cosme-Clifford is a PhD candidate in Music Theory, researching the explainability of musical AI systems. 

  • Sharan Subramanian, Graduate Summer Intern 2023

Sharan joined the Office of Strategic Analysis as a summer intern in 2023. He is currently pursuing his MBA at Yale, and, as an undergraduate, he majored in Economics and Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago. Previously, Sharan worked at Curriculum Associates, an EdTech company, as part of its Management Development Program. Here, he rotated around the organization, working in different functional areas (such as Strategy and Product Management). In his free time, Sharan enjoys playing and teaching the game of chess.

  • Elizabeth Banes, Graduate Summer Intern 2022

Elizabeth joined the Office of Strategic Analysis as a summer intern in 2022. She is currently pursuing an MBA at Yale’s School of Management. Prior to Yale, Elizabeth worked at Ithaka S+R, a research-focused not-for-profit that helps academic communities navigate change, broaden access, and improve student success. She began her career as an investment analyst at Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), the office that manages Princeton University’s endowment, where she worked on the natural resources and real estate portfolios. Elizabeth received her A.B. in History from Princeton.

  • Matt Song, Undergraduate Summer Intern 2022

Matt joined the Office of Strategic Analysis in 2022 as a summer intern. Originally from Michigan and Shanghai, he is now a rising junior at Yale College majoring in Ethics, Politics, & Economics. He is most interested in emerging policy challenges such as environmental and technology policy. On campus, Matt leads the Yale Debate Association, the Yale Policy Institute, and the Yale Club Badminton team.

  • Max Scalf, GPE Fellow Intern Spring 2022

Max joined the Office of Strategic Analysis as a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Professional Experience (GPE) fellow in the spring of 2022. He is pursuing his PhD in the Cell Biology department with his advisor Shangqin Guo. His thesis work focuses on discovering the molecular mechanisms that permit reprogramming mature cells into pluripotent stem cells. Max received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Kentucky.

  • Alice Geng, Undergraduate Summer Intern 2021

Alice joined the Office of Strategic Analysis in 2021 as a summer intern before her junior year at Yale College. She is double majoring in Economics and Statistics & Data Science. In summer 2022, Alice is interning at Goldman Sachs.

  • Perry Wang, Undergraduate Summer Intern 2021

Perry joined the Office of Strategic Analysis in 2021 as a summer intern while a rising senior in Saybrook college. Originally from Brooklyn, Perry is studying Global Affairs and Chinese. Perry will join BCG as a Summer Associate in 2022.

  • Nathan Chang, Summer Intern 2019

Nathan joined the Office of Strategic Analysis as a summer intern in 2019 while pursuing a B.S. in Applied Mathematics at Yale College. He will be working for Bain after graduation.

  • Hillary Bernhardt, Summer Intern 2019

Hillary earned a BA in Anthropology from Davidson College and graduated from Yale School of Management with her MBA in 2020. She currently works as a consultant at Guild Education.

  • Norma Gibson, Summer Intern 2018

  • Corrie Chan, Summer Intern 2017