Meet Our Team


Managing Director
Rahim Kouferidji
Psychology, Economics, 2024
Rahim oversees Pareto’s client sourcing, engagement staffing, and diversity initiatives, as well as promotes internal professional development for Pareto’s aspiring consultants. Rahim previously served as Pareto’s Client Director, leading the client sourcing team to find projects and manage client relationships. He has also served as an engagement manager for several projects, including providing product and service model ideation for a message optimization agency as well as identifying key partnership opportunities for a $4+ billion accounts payable unicorn startup. He brings extensive writing experience, having previously written articles for the University of Chicago’s Center for Practical Wisdom, and has also worked in the private equity space as a Business Development and Strategy Intern at Premier Early Childhood Education Partners. This summer, Rahim will be working as a Business Analyst Intern for McKinsey & Company here in Chicago. Outside of Pareto, Rahim enjoys working out, following the NFL, watching reality competition shows such as Survivor and Big Brother, and is a member of his school’s chapter of the Sigma Chi national fraternity.

Managing Director
Pratham Gandhi
Computer Science, Economics, 2024
Pratham works to maintain Pareto’s high client service standards, leads the organization’s digital strategy and technical work, and helps implement the board’s vision of Pareto at a project level. Before becoming an MD, Pratham was previously Pareto’s Technology Director and Marketing Director. Pratham has also been heavily involved in the club as an engagement manager for several projects, including leading product ideation work for a $30+ billion fintech company and product customization algorithm development for a leading health and fitness brand. Pratham brings industry experience from working as a Data Science Intern at Dell Technologies and extensive academic experience from research work at the University of Chicago Computing for Anyone Lab and the University of Southern California Cyber-Physical System Design Lab. This summer, Pratham will be returning to Dell Technologies as a Graduate Data Science Intern. Outside of Pareto, Pratham is an avid Formula 1 racing fan, house music consumer, data analytics nerd, and President of the UChicago chapter of the professional technology fraternity Kappa Theta Pi.

Sourcing & Client Relationship Manager, Engagement Manager
Michael Yao
Economics, Data Science, 2025

Operations Director
Lydia Palmer
Economics, Public Policy, 2025

Events Director
Jeanette Gu
Anthropology, Economics, 2024

Engagement Manager
Haodi Howard Shi
Statistics, Economics, 2024

Deputy Events Director
Michelle Shin
Economics, 2025

Consultant
Annie Fang
Economics, 2026

Consultant
Brian Li
Economics, Computer Science, 2025

Consultant
Cindy Zhang
Economics, 2025

Consultant
Emily Flood
Political Science, Economics, 2024

Consultant
Helen Wu
Political Science, Economics, 2025

Consultant
Jack Crovitz
Business Economics, Law, Letters, and Society, 2025

Consultant
Jenny Li
Statistics, Economics, 2025

Consultant
Katherine Zhao
Economics, Law, Letters, and Society, 2024

Consultant
Lingzhou Xu
Political Science, Economics, 2024

Consultant
Manuel Perez Luna
Economics, 2023

Consultant
Rachelle Cho
Data Science, 2025

Consultant
Ruochen Wang
Economics, Statistics

Consultant
Zach Sarmoen
Business Economics, 2026

Senior Adviser
Ripa Hakobyan
Economics, Russian and Eastern European Studies, 2023

Onboarding & Training Director
Kevin Wang
Economics, 2025

Engagement Manager
Christopher Wang
Biology, Economics, 2024

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director, Engagement Manager
Abby Adigun
Economics, Public Policy, 2025

Deputy Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director
Marcus Shelton
Economics, Environmental Urban Studies, 2026

Consultant
Boen Wang
Economics, Computer Science, 2025

Consultant
Bryan Zhang
Economics, 2025

Consultant
David Zhu
Neuroscience, Economics, 2025

Consultant
Emily Lin
Art History, Economics, 2024

Consultant
Iro Panagopoulou
Economics, 2026

Consultant
James Rosenberger
Economics, 2026

Consultant
Jesenia Parthasarathy
Public Policy, Statistics, 2026

Consultant
Keanne Chang
Economics, Comparative Human Development, 2023

Consultant
Luigi Soriano
Statistics, Computer Science, 2024

Consultant
Mariam Contractor
Biology, Mathematics, 2026

Consultant
Rhea Shah
Biology, Economics, 2026

Consultant
Seif Ayad
Business Economics, 2025

Consultant
Sukhm Kang
Mathematics, 2024

Consultant
Zachary Lu
Economics, 2024

Recruitment Director
Luke von Kapff
Physics, Data Science, 2025

Marketing & Alumni Relations Director
Yasmin Shalim
Data Science, Economics, 2025

Engagement Manager
Dipro Ray
Mathematics, Economics, 2024

Deputy Recruitment Director
Monica Volini PaƱos
Business Economics, Russian & Eastern European Studies, 2025

Consultant
Alexandra Riedinger
Economics, 2023

Consultant
Bowser Liu
Economics, Political Science, 2026

Consultant
Chloe Attlan
Business Economics, 2025

Consultant
Elena Elbarmi
Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, 2025

Consultant
Gianina Flegueras
Economics, Public Policy, 2025

Consultant
Izzy Allum
Economics, 2023

Consultant
Jane Tio
Psychology, Economics, 2024

Consultant
John Lohier
Economics, Public Policy, 2025

Consultant
Kennedy Jones
Environmental & Urban Studies, Media Arts & Design, 2025

Consultant
Mahum Sheikh
Economics, Cinema & Media Studies, 2025

Consultant
Rachel Chang
Public Policy, Economics, 2024

Consultant
Riya Bindlish
Public Policy, Economics, 2024

Consultant
Shikhar Chaturvedi
Economics, 2023

Consultant
Will Pattle
Political Science, Economics, 2024