Meet the 2023 Tartans on the Rise
Tartans on the Rise celebrates recent alumni who are making an impact in their organizations and in their communities, across the nation and around the world through leadership, innovation and career achievements.
Haris Aghadi
Entrepreneur; Co-Founder, Meddy (CMU 2014)
Rohyt Belani
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cofense Inc. (ENG 2002)
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
Writer, Poet and Professor (DC 2006)
Candace Bever
Scientist; Manufacturing and Logistics Manager, InBios (MCS 2004)
Emmanuel Chebukati
Co-Founder, Hepta Analytics (ENG 2018)
Andrea Cinkovic
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (TPR 2009)
Lisa Seacat DeLuca
Tech Executive and Web3 Identity Innovator, Unstoppable Domains (SCS 2005)
Bernardine Dias
Founder and Managing Member, Diyunu Consulting (SCS 2000, 2004)
Neil Druckmann
Co-President, Naughty Dog (CMU 2005)
Felix Fazliddin
Civil Servant, U.S. Department of Treasury (HNZ 2015)
Whitton Frank
Actor, Producer and Writer (CMU 2006)
Samantha Gerard
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Talk: The New Sex Ed, Inc. (DC 2005; HNZ 2008)
Jeff Kaditz
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Q Bio (MCS 2003; SCS 2003)
Bobuchi Ken-Opurum
Founder, Re-HOUSED Climate Decision Support Toolkit (CFA 2022)
Ayisha Morgan-Lee
Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director, Hill Dance Academy Theatre (CFA 2007; HNZ 2007)
Michelle O'Malley
Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (ENG 2004)
Xander Orenstein
Judge, Pennsylvania Magisterial District 05-3-10 (MCS 2014)
Joelle Pineau
Director, Meta AI Research Labs (SCS 2001, 2004)
Hooman Radfar
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Collective (ENG 2004)
Ramzi Ramsey
Managing Director, Blackstone Growth (TPR 2007)
Nikhaar Shah
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Home.LLC (HNZ 2012)
Aaron Tan
Chief Executive Officer, Carro (SCS 2010)
Vandi Verma
Space Roboticist, NASA (SCS 2002, 2005)