Thirty-six members of Women BUILD are graduating seniors in the Class of 2023.

Women BUILD celebrates graduating members at annual summit

Fri, May 5, 2023

Members of Rutgers Business School’s Women BUILD mentoring program marked the end of the academic year with a traditional summit that included a ceremonious farewell for more than 30 graduating seniors.

The event featured a panel discussion and offered members a chance to network with invited professionals. Thirty-six seniors were also recognized for their work and accomplishments during their time in the program.

Women BUILD is a two-year program open to high-performing female sophomores and juniors from Rutgers Business School’s two campuses. It offers them career preparation, provides them with mentors and fosters a solidarity that empowers them for success in the workplace and the world.

The seniors celebrated during the 2023 Women BUILD Summit are: Bianca Alexandre, Parnika Anand, Emily Bajek, Crystal Barretto, Tulsi Chandan, Ria Chandra, Naiomi Coste, Nayara De Assisfortunatoagra, Diana Estevez, Melanie Fabian, Tenille Grant, Shifra Issacs, Nethra Jayaprakash, Janice Lee, Godlyse Mahungu, Aesha Mehta, Hadia Minahill, Narali Mota, Preanka Pillai, Poorvaja Raghunathan, Sejal Rajagopalan, Marizol Rodriguez, Hadacha Rodriguez, Swetha Sadhu, Priya Shah, Muneeba Tariq, Keionna Thomas, Kimvy Tran, Suchi Trivedi, Tejaswi Valiveti, Tushira Venkatayogi, Isha Vora, Kiara Walker, Angel Williams, Jiani Zheng and Winnie Zhu.

See snapshots from the summit:

Women BUILD Annual Summit

Rutgers alumna Brittany Lee Ellis talks with current students who are members of Women BUILD

Rutgers University alumna Brittany Lee Ellis, director of performance marketing at Etsy, speaks with student members of Women BUILD.

Graduating seniors were celebrated during the Women BUILD annual summit.

This year's seniors represented one of the largest groups of members to graduate from Women BUILD. Thirty-six seniors were celebrated during the annual summit.

Two student members of Women BUILD take a selfie.

Against a backdrop of gold balloons spelling out Women BUILD, Tushira Venkatayogi and Sejal Rajagopalan pose for a selfie.

Hannah Salto, assistant dean of student support, engagement and leadership, speaks with an alumna of Women BUILD.

Hannah Salto, the assistant dean who leads Women BUILD, speaks with Camille Suarez, an alumna of the mentoring program at Rutgers Business School.

Sheila McGrath, an independent director at Granite Point Mortgage Trust, speaks with Rutgers Business School senior Naiomi Coste.

Naiomi Coste, a Rutgers Business School student and graduating member of Women BUILD in the photo at right, chats with Sheila McGrath, an independent director at Granite Point Mortgage Trust. McGrath is also a founding member of the Center for Women in Business at Rutgers Business School.

Two members of Women BUILD post for the camera with a Future CEO sign.

Odds are that some of the female students from Women BUILD may become CEOs. Yara Michemich and Michelle Sanchez ham it up for the camera with a Future CEO sign.

Rutgers Business School Senior Associate Dean Robert Kurland congratulates Sejal Rajagopalan, one of the senior students celebrated during the summit.

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