Officers
Amira Polack
President
Amira is the President of Business Today, and has been involved with Corporate Contacts, BT Magazine, the International Conference, and the initiation of the 2010 National E-Bootcamp collaboration with the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES). A native of LA, Amira graduated from Flintridge Preparatory School in 2008. Among Amira's interests include being a big sister, playing the oboe & singing, road trips, breakfast, and tutoring. Amira hopes to major in Public Affairs or History with a certificate in Spanish.
Amira may be contacted at apolack@princeton.edu.
James Connolly
Editor-in-Chief, Online Journal
Jimmy is the Editor-in-Chief of the Online Journal for Business Today. Born in Pittsburgh, he graduated from Central Catholic in 2007. He is a rising senior in Princeton's Operations Research and Financial Engineering Department, and has worked for Corporate Contacts in the Midwest Region with Alex Cantwell this during the summer of 2009. On campus, Jimmy is a coxswain for the Men's Heavyweight Rowing Team and is also a member of the Redheads' Society.
Carmen Sanchez
Editor-in-Chief, Magazine
Carmen Sanchez is the Editor-in-Chief for Business Today magazine. She graduated in 2007 from the Hackley School in New York. Currently a junior at Princeton in the Politics department, she is interested in international relations and political science.
Irene Zhang
Publisher, Magazine
Irene is the Publisher for Business Today magazine. She graduated in 2008 from Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut, where she grew up. Currently a sophomore at Princeton, she is interested in biotechnology and business, and she has worked for organizations including the National Institutes of Health and Nevada Cancer Institute. Irene likes to spend her free time doing ballroom and latin dancing, volunteering at the New Jersey School for the Deaf, and, of course, working on Business Today. She also enjoys tennis and photography.
Jasmine Chen
Director of the International Conference
Jasmine Chen is the Director of the 2010 Business Today International Conference. As a sophomore, she is currently pursuing a degree in Political Psychology with a certificate in Global Health and Health Policy. Her academic interests have mainly been shaped by founding an art therapy organization for behaviorally troubled children and researching plant pathology in Peru. Last summer, Jasmine interned at a management consulting firm in Washington, D.C. where she assessed global expansion strategies for professional associations. On campus, Jasmine is also involved with Princeton Women in Business and volunteers as a mentor for Trenton’s Team Hope boxing program.
Scott Baxter
Co-Director of the Texas Regional Conference
Scott is a co-director of the regional conference held in Austin, Texas. Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he is an avid Steeler fan and spends his free time working on local community service programs or hanging out with his friends. Scott also loves to play pickup sports and the guitar. He is an Economics major with a certificate in Political Economy.
Kevin Cheng
Co-Director of the Texas Regional Conference
Kevin Cheng is a Director for Business Today’s 2010 Regional Conference as a rising sophomore at Princeton University. Having grown up in Santa Barbara, California, Kevin graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in 2008, where he captained his varsity tennis and mock trial teams. At Princeton, he is currently pursuing a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with an emphasis on Renewable and Sustainable Energy. In his spare time, he enjoys surfing and composing music.
Genevieve Fish
Co-Director of the West Coast Conference/E-Bootcamp
Genevieve Fish is the Director of the West Coast Conference and has been involved with the International Conference as well. This is her first year on the BT staff. Genevieve is from San Francisco, where she graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart High School in 2008. She enjoys yoga, tennis, and traveling and is a proud member of Princeton’s Redhead Society. Genevieve plans to major in art history.
Philipp Bewerunge
Director of the Seminar Series
Philipp is the Director of the Seminar Series program, with which he has been involved since his freshman year. Originally hailing from Germany, he is currently a junior in the Economics department and also pursuing a certificate in Political Economy. Apart from bringing corporate executives to Princeton University’s campus to discuss current business topics with students, Philipp serves as a Residential College Adviser and peer tutor. In his free time, he enjoys reading, running, writing fiction, and listening to jazz and house music, all of which he is known to be able to do simultaneously.
Alex Cantwell
Director of Corporate Contacts
Alex Cantwell is a junior at Princeton University majoring in economics with a concentration in finance. Last summer he represented Business Today as one of the Corporate Contacts Managers in the Midwest. Outside of his academic work, Alex rows for the heavyweight crew team and is an active member of Cloister Inn. His motto is "Carpe Noctem."
Matthew Medina
Director of Executive Relations
Matthew is on the Business Today Executive Relations staff and will be a Corporate Contacts Manager for the Southeast region this summer. Matthew is a graduate of the Trinity-Pawling School located in Pawling, NY. At Trinity-Pawling, he was a member of the a cappella group the "Trinitones", the school newspaper "The Phoenix", and Model United Nations. At Princeton he is a rising sophomore with academic interests including economics, politics, english, and history. Outside of the classroom, Matthew enjoys traveling, reading, squash, golf, and photography.
James Luo
Director of Business Development
James is the Director of Business Development for BT, and has been involved with Corporate Contacts and Executive Relations. Hailing from Los Angeles, James graduated from Alhambra High School in 2008. On campus, James is also a member of the Student Volunteers Council Executive Board, the International Relations Council, and debate. Among James' interests are playing the violin, volunteering, eating, and watching TV. James intends to major in Economics, and hopes to receive certificates in Computer Science, Finance, and Applied Mathematics.
Di Pan
Director of Technology
Di is the Director of Technology of BT, and has been involved with Corporate Contacts, the International Conference, and Business Development. Di graduated Livingston High School in 2007. Currently, Di is majoring in Operations Research and Financial Engineering. Some of Di's interests are playing tennis, hanging out with friends, and traveling.
Daniel Salvato
Director of Finance
Daniel is the Finance Director of Business Today and has been involved with the organization since his freshman year. He is a junior is the Economics department and is pursuing a certificate in Finance. Daniel currently resides in Moorestown, New Jersey, but graduated from Cherry Hill High School West in 2007. On campus, he is also a member of the College Republicans and the Ski Team. In his spare time, Daniel enjoys skiing, sailing and scuba diving.
