Co-President, Barry Cruvant WG’25
Barry Cruvant is a 2025 MBA candidate. Prior to Wharton, he served in the US Navy as a Submarine Officer where he earned his certification as a Nuclear Engineer. Barry spent last summer at Citi’s NYC office in the Global Industrials Investment Banking group and currently interns for Carmine Partners – a long term hold committed capital vehicle focused on healthcare, software and utilities. Barry graduated in 2017 from the University of Southern California with a BS in Biomedical Engineering.
Co-President, Jason Nguyen WG’25
Jason Nguyen is a 2025 MBA candidate. Prior to Wharton, he worked as a technology investor at Forester Capital, an investment platform based in Stamford, CT, and C.M. Capital Advisors, a single family office based in Palo Alto, CA. During his time at Wharton, he interned at Anacapa Partners and ETA Equity, and acquired AZTAC, a healthcare-focused regulatory compliance services firm. He started his career at BB&T Capital Markets as an equity research associate covering metals and mining. Jason graduated from the University of Virginia in 2015 with a double major BA in Economics and Politics
Co-President, Connor Mahoney WG’25
Connor Mahoney is a 2025 MBA candidate. Prior to Wharton, he served as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps and later joined Council Capital, a lower middle-market healthcare private equity firm focused on founder-led healthcare service businesses. Connor has interned with two search-acquired companies led by Wharton graduates, Packaging Specialties and Icon. He holds a Bachelor’s in Learning and Organizational Change and a Master’s in Public Policy from Northwestern University. At Northwestern, he also played football and was elected captain of the 2016 Pinstripe Bowl champions.
VP of Marketing & Communication, Joseph An WG’24
Colin is a 2024 MBA Candidate and member of Wharton’s Healthcare Management Program. Prior to business school, Colin worked in private equity at Linden Capital Partners, a $3bn fund in Chicago focused solely on investments in healthcare services businesses. Before Linden, Colin worked at Bank of America in the healthcare group and at Petsky Prunier in M&A banking. Colin spent the summer between his first and second year working for Nyx Partners, a funeral home and cemetery ETA roll-up started by WG’19 alums Jason Vahn and Max Francois-Poncet. He received a BS in Human & Organizational Development with a minor in Finance from Vanderbilt University.
Treasurer, Philip Weinstein WG’24
Phillip Weinstein is a 2024 Wharton MBA and Lauder Candidate. Before business school, Phillip previously worked at Ankura Consulting as a Senior Associate. Prior to Ankura, Phillip was an Analyst at Turn/River Capital and started his career at Vanderbilt University’s Office of Investments focusing on private markets. He received a BA in Economics and Russian from Wake Forest University and a MS in Commerce from University of Virginia.
VP of Events – Lunch and Learns, Zack Ciampa WG’24
Zack Ciampa is a 2024 MBA Candidate. Zack has lived all over the country after ten years in the US Army. He served in Army Special Operations, 75th Ranger Regiment, commanding elite teams ranging in size from 9 to 180 Rangers while deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. This past summer, Zack interned with Apex Service Partners, as an interim General Manager of an HVAC small business. He graduated from West Point and lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two kids.
VP of Events – Lunch and Learns, Elise Testa WG’24
Elise is a 2024 MBA Candidate. Before pursuing her MBA, Elise worked at Asurion, where she helped create a long-term holding company for market-leading enterprise software and tech-enabled services businesses. Elise currently serves as an Advisor to Asurion Investment Company. During the summer, Elise worked as Chief of Staff to the co-CEOs at Revive Med Spa. Previously, Elise was a Private Equity Associate at Audax, where she executed one platform acquisition and more than 5 founder-owned add-ons. She began her career in Investment Banking at JP Morgan. Elise holds a BA in Economics from Williams College.
VP of Marketing, Ben Brattain WG’24
Ben Brattain is a 2024 MBA Candidate. Before business school, Ben spent 5 years as a software engineer, with a focus on Financial Services and Trading at JPMorgan Chase. Pre-MBA, Ben worked as a Product Manager, learning how to drive features that customers want. This past summer, Ben worked at Amazon Web Services as a Product Manager, helping to grow SaaS products and for a former Searcher from Stanford, helping him implement a Marketing Strategy. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Indiana University.
