Henry Ritter ’25 Named Samvid Scholar

Henry Ritter ’25, a joint-degree student in Yale SOM’s MBA program and the Yale School of the Environment’s Master of Environmental Management (MEM) program, has been named a 2023 Samvid Scholar.

Ritter is one of 20 graduate students selected for the scholarship from a pool of nearly 1,000 applicants. The new cohort includes students across American graduate programs with interests spanning medicine, medical technology, law and social justice, civic engagement, climate technology, disability advocacy, and economic development. Ritter’s interests include exploring ways the private sector can help mitigate climate change.

In addition to receiving up to $100,000 in funding for their graduate programs, scholars engage in two years of leadership development programming. During the first year, scholars focus on core self-knowledge issues that will impact their development as leaders. The second year focuses on building the cross-disciplinary skills required to drive and lead impact at scale. Scholars also attend a three-day summer conference.

“It’s truly an honor to have been selected as a Samvid Scholar,” Ritter said. “The scholarship supports mission-based work, which is at the heart of my joint MBA-MEM degree program.”

Ritter’s interests also include exploring ways to bring emerging technology from universities into the market.

“There is increasing urgency for the private sector to meet the challenge of our most pressing societal challenges, and the scholarship’s generous funding and programming, alongside my Yale education, sets me up to join this effort,” he said.

Samvid Ventures is a philanthropic foundation dedicated to improving lives through education and entrepreneurship. The scholar program was founded in 2021.

The 2023 scholar cohort also includes Yale Law School students Avi Gupta, Jeremy Thomas, Julia Udell, and Jackson Willis.