Meet the 2024 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.
Tomas Aftalion
Co-founder and Head of X, Pachama (HNZ 2012, 2015)
Elizabeth Agyemang
Author, Illustrator and Editor (CFA 2017)
Sarika Bajaj
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Refiberd (ENG 2018, 2019; CMU 2020)
Nate Bertone
Theatrical Storyteller (CFA 2016)
Sabih Bin Wasi
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Stellic (CMU 2015)
Blake Chasen
Co-founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Tally Labs (TPR 2016)
Hao-Wei Chen
Director of Information Security, Audible (ENG 2013)
Nick Cotter
Data Analyst, Allegheny County Department of Human Services (HNZ 2018)
Harishma Dayanidhi
Co-founder and Vice President of Engineering for AI, Voxel (SCS 2016)
Kyle Eberly
Founder, Sitreps2Steercos.com; Engineering Program Manager, Google Wide Trust Governance (TPR 2018)
Tushita Gupta
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Refiberd (ENG 2018, 2018)
Zain Islam-Hashmi
Design Strategist (CFA 2019)
Torrell Jackson
Senior Director, Business Manufacturing & Operations, Orthodontics, Envista Holdings Corporation (HNZ 2017; TPR 2017)
Anurag Kanungo
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Voxel (SCS 2016)
Ananya Kapur
Chief Executive Officer, Type Beauty (MCS 2021)
Shinjini Kundu
Fellow Physician and Research Scientist, The Johns Hopkins Hospital (ENG 2016)
Michelle J. Li
Costume Designer (CFA 2019)
Xi Liu
Founder, Ferne Health (CMU 2015)
Raven McMillon
Soprano Opera Singer (CFA 2017)
Camille Moore
Senior Vice President, External Affairs, American Association of Blacks in Energy (HNZ 2018)
Emily Newman
Software Engineer and Rover Planner, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (SCS 2019)
Rukhsar Neyaz
Co-founder, Stellic (CMU 2015)
Musab Popatia
Co-founder and Head of Engineering, Stellic (CMU 2016)
Darren Riley
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, JustAir Solutions (DC 2014)
Meredith Schmehl
Neuroscientist and Science Communicator (DC 2018; MCS 2018)
Carter Sharer
Creator, Innovator and Entrepreneur (MCS 2016)
Arsema Thomas
Actor; Founder, Enki (MCS 2016)
Göksu Uğur
Lead AI and Progression Systems Programmer, Santa Monica Studios (CMU 2015)
Anna Walsh
Director of Editorial Operations, Texas Monthly (DC 2013)
Michelle Wolf
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, New Wave Foods (ENG 2014, 2015)