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Research Team

Our research team brings together expertise in strategy, operations management, organizational behavior, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Their work challenges current paradigms and advances our understanding of the gaps in today’s management practices and education.

Jennie Liu

Jennie Liu

Senior Director of Research, Yale Program on Stakeholder Innovation and Management, Executive Director, Center for Customer Insights, and Lecturer in the Practice of Management

Feli Oikonomopoulou

Feli Oikonomopoulou

Feli serves as the Director of Research at the Yale Program on Stakeholder Innovation and Management. In her role, she leads a team focused on strategic initiatives that address how companies navigate periods of change, including crises, and manage scalable growth.

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Feli also explores how businesses handle social license challenges in the context of AI advancements, applying academic insights to solve practical problems and enhance organizational practices.

She is the Founder and CEO of WealthMeUp.ai, a female-first platform that seamlessly integrates financial investing into the everyday lifestyles of young professionals. Through WealthMeUp.ai, she leverages behavioral finance principles to promote the development of sound financial habits.

Her previous professional experience includes being Counsel & Vice President at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London, specializing in Banking & Finance and Capital Markets. She has previously worked with a leading US investment bank, prior to which she practiced investment management and financial regulation at Linklaters in Luxembourg and in Paris.

Feli graduated with an MBA from the Yale School of Management, where she was a Dean Edward A. Snyder Scholarship recipient, recipient of the Henry F. McCance Entrepreneurial Award, and a Forté MBA Fellow. She also holds a Magister Juris (MJur) from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Research Associates

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Souveer Aggarwal, Yale School of Management MBA/MAM 2027

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Souveer is a second-year MBA candidate at the Yale School of Management (SOM). He is also pursuing a Master of Asset Management degree. Prior to SOM, he worked as a management consultant specializing in Strategy & Transformation for the Asset & Wealth Management industry.

Souveer holds a BSc in Economics from University College London (UCL).

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Mrunmayee Avachat, Yale School of Management MBA 2027

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Mrunmayee is a second-year MBA candidate at the Yale School of Management (SOM). Prior to SOM, Mrunmayee was a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group in Malaysia and India. At SOM, she is a club leader for the Golub Capital Consulting Fellows (SICC), the Arts and Cultures Club and the Women’s Leadership Conference under WIM.

Mrunmayee is a Chartered Accountant from India and has graduated from Pune University, India with a Bachelor in Commerce.

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JiWhan Moon, Yale School of Management MBA/MAM 2027

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JiWhan is a second-year MBA candidate at the Yale School of Management (SOM). He is also pursuing a Master of Asset Management degree. Prior to SOM, he was an M&A Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America in New York, advising clients on strategic acquisitions, mergers, and other corporate transactions across multiple industries. At SOM, JiWhan's interests include strategy, organizational innovation, and how emerging technologies are reshaping businesses and institutions.

JiWhan earned a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with concentrations in Finance and Statistics.

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Mita Somoyeeta, Yale School of Management MBA 2027

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Mita is a second-year MBA candidate at the Yale School of Management, with experience in banking and fintech. Prior to SOM, she served as an Assistant Vice President in Corporate & Institutional Banking at HSBC, where she structured debt financing solutions, led cross-border transactions, and sustainability financing across apparel, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods industries. Before HSBC, she supported a $10m fundraising round for a fintech app with 10M+ users. 
Beyond her professional work, Mita co-founded Women in Finance Bangladesh, an initiative dedicated to increasing women's participation in the financial sector by connecting students and early-career professionals with industry leaders through mentorship.

Mita holds a BBA in Finance from the Institute of Business Administration at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and is a CFA charter holder.

Research Associate Alumni

  • Simran
    Yale School of Management 
    MBA 2026
  • Sharon Chen
    Yale School of Management 
    MBA 2026
  • Martha Camacho
    Yale School of Management 
    MBA 2026
  • Aashima Dhingra
    Yale School of Management 
    MBA 2026
  • Ayush Sanghavi
    Mellon Fellow at Yale University
    2026
  • Edem Fagbolagun
    Yale School of Management 
    MBA 2025
  • Chloe Jiechun Lei
    Yale School of Management 
    MBA 2025
  • Rui Li
    Yale School of Management 
    MBA 2025
  • Adrian James Peters
    Yale School of Management 
    MBA 2025
  • Aakanksha Reddy
    Yale School of Management 
    MBA 2025
  • Dhruv Garg  
    Yale School of Management  
    MBA 2024
  • Niagara Pal  
    Yale School of Management  
    MBA 2024
  • Ekin Basaran  
    Yale School of Management  
    MBA 2024
  • Ilana Hamer  
    Yale School of Management  
    MBA 2024
  • Meghna Basu  
    Jackson School of Global Affairs  
    MPP 2024
  • Adrian Gavica Saucedo    
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2024
  • Savannah Bailey     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2023
  • Natalie Norton     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2023     
    Yale School of Public Health     
    MPH 2023
  • Rama Tentu     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2023
  • Karen Ye     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2023
  • Ethan Liu     
    Yale College     
    BA Economics, BSc Chemistry, 2024
  • Sadie McQuilkin     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2022
  • Maya Berkman     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2023
  • Jen Lawrence     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2022
  • Camilo Tamayo     
    Yale College     
    BA Economics 2022
  • Melanie Taub     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2022     
    Yale School of Public Health     
    MPH 2022
  • Anuradha Byagari     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2021
  • Carey Glenn     
    Yale School of the Environment     
    MEM 2021     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2021
  • Jesse Godine     
    Yale College     
    BA Comparative Literature 2023
  • Emily Schiller     
    Yale University Jackson Institute of Global Affairs     
    MA 2021     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2021
  • Monisha Sabnis     
    Yale School of Management     
    MBA 2020