2012 Spotlight – Turja Chakrabarti

Turja is the president and co-founder of Pratit International, a humanitarian non-profit organization that creates local-specific solutions to poverty, primarily in Southeast Asia and has been consistently working to provide sustainable humanitarian aid to several slums throughout Kolkata, India for the past two years. During winter break, Turja and members of Pratit carried out a three-week mission in Kolkata, India, where they distributed medical supplies, ran a clinic-type camp, and educated young children about health issues. Besides personally running the Penn chapter of Pratit, Turja is involved on campus as a member of the Hindu Student Council and the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education.

2012 Spotlight – Rebecca Berger

Rebecca Berger is a sophomore Nursing student who does research with the Pediatric Advanced Care Team at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and donates her time to various community service projects. She volunteers at Hillel’s weekly soup kitchen, helping to serve food to the guests and with Focus First, a group that screens preschool children throughout Philadelphia for vision problems. Through Tzedek, Hillel’s community service organization, she helps coordinate a volunteer program at Park Pleasant Nursing Home, where participants works on craft projects with the residents.

2012 Spotlight – Tony Wang

He’s a Wharton student and fashion designer, designing, producing and selling his own fashion lines: 3st (style for the Edgy Urbanite) and Exordium (Hand-painted, one of a kind, exclusive super skinny ties). He taught himself how to do technical fashion designs (using lecture slides from design schools he found on the internet), found manufacturers for his products, and is now selling and showing them locally and online. Essentially, he’s a baller.

President – Jibran Khan

EMAIL Jibran@wharton.upenn.edu
HOMETOWN San Francisco Bay Area, California (living in San Diego now)
SCHOOL Wharton & College (B.Sc. Management, B.A. Philosophy)
FAVORITE QUOTE
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
RANDOM FACT I was born in Pakistan and have resided in all four corners of America at some point in life (North Dakota, Texas, California, and now Pennsylvania)
GUILTY PLEASURE Starting parties at 40th St. McDonald’s
THEME SONG OF YOUR LIFE Champion – Kanye West
CHIPOTLE OR QDOBA? Hemo’s or Bui’s is a far better comparison
OTHER ACTIVITIES Sphinx Senior Honor Society, Oracle Senior Honor Society, Lantern Senior Society, Penn Student Government Steering Board, Undergraduate Assembly Steering Board, Penn Traditions Advisory Board, Wharton Steering Board, Penn International Business Volunteers

Executive Vice President – Shri Chauhan

EMAIL shric@sas.upenn.edu
HOMETOWN Detroit City
SCHOOL College of Arts and Sciences
MAJOR Politics, Philosophy, Economics
FAVORITE QOUTE
“Don’t chase the competition, chase the dream.”
RANDOM FACT I’m still a Detroit Lions fan.
GUILTY PLEASURE Taylor Swift
THEME SONG OF YOUR LIFE Juicy by the Notorious B.I.G.
CHIPOTLE OR QDOBA? Chipotle
OTHER ACTIVITIES Civic Scholars Program, Elementary school mentoring, various civic engagement.

Vice President of External Affairs – Sam Franklin

EMAIL sfran@sas.upenn.edu
HOMETOWN Philadelphia, PA
SCHOOL College of Arts and Sciences
MAJOR Political Science
FAVORITE QOUTE “I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.” -Frank Costello
RANDOM FACT My dorm room consists of a one Michael Jackson, one Frank Sinatra, and five Beatles posters.
GUILTY PLEASURE Taco Bell
THEME SONG OF YOUR LIFE Slow Ride – Foghat
CHIPOTLE OR QDOBA? Chipotle
OTHER ACTIVITIES Lightweight Crew Team

Vice President of Internal Affairs – Cecilia Sun

EMAIL cxsun@wharton.upenn.edu
HOMETOWN Foster City, CA (Bay Area)
SCHOOL College of Arts and Sciences and Wharton
MAJOR Biology (Healthcare Management & Policy)
FAVORITE QUOTE “If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits.” – Don Ward
RANDOM FACT I design clothes.
GUILTY PLEASURE J Crew
THEME SONG OF YOUR LIFE Boston by Augustana
CHIPOTLE OR QDOBA? Chipotle
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Sigma Psi Zeta, Dzine2Show, Wharton Women

Vice President of Finance – Ariella Chivil

EMAIL achivil@sas.upenn.edu
HOMETOWN Bloomfield, NJ
SCHOOL College of Arts and Sciences
MAJOR Politics, Philosophy, Economics
FAVORITE QUOTE “Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.”- Mark Twain
RANDOM FACT The little mermaid was named after me…sort of.
GUILTY PLEASURE anything and everything related to chocolate, mint, particularly these elements together, Poison(the band)…and GLEE.
THEME SONG OF YOUR LIFE Pour some sugar on me by Def Leppard
CHIPOTLE OR QDOBA? Chipotle
OTHER ACTIVITIES Alpha Phi, UA, Muse, IAA, T-change, other fun things. :)

Vice President of Tech and Creative Marketing – Molly Johnson

EMAIL mojo@sas.upenn.edu
HOMETOWN Princeton, NJ
SCHOOL College of Arts and Sciences
MAJOR Visual Studies
FAVORITE QUOTE Pigeon, why are you eating french fries out of the garbage? Didn’t you know you could fly?!!” -Tracy Jordan
RANDOM FACT
GUILTY PLEASURE memes
THEME SONG OF YOUR LIFE Countdown-Beyonce
CHIPOTLE OR QDOBA? Chipotle

College Class Chair – Fatmata Kabia

EMAIL fatmatak@sas.upenn.edu
HOMETOWN Fairfax, VA
SCHOOL College of Arts and Sciences
MAJOR International Relations, French (minor)
FAVORITE QUOTE “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened!” –Dr. Seuss
RANDOM FACT I am a twin
GUILTY PLEASURE Chocolate covered strawberries…yum!
THEME SONG OF YOUR LIFE Suddenly I See – KT Tunsall
CHIPOTLE OR QDOBA? Chipotle… of course!
OTHER ACTIVITIES SPEC Spring Fling Committee, Penn Alumni Student Society, Amnesty International, Peer Advising, NSCS

College Class Chair – Amanda Young

EMAIL youngam@sas.upenn.edu
HOMETOWN Elizabethtown, KY
SCHOOL College of Arts and Sciences
MAJOR Biology and/or Economics
FAVORITE QUOTE “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” – Ambrose Redmoon
RANDOM FACT I love pandas. :)
GUILTY PLEASURE Cookies!
THEME SONG OF YOUR LIFE I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
OTHER ACTIVITIES Undergraduate Assembly, University Honor Council, Chinese Students’ Association, Vietnamese Students’ Association

Wharton Class Chair – Penny Metchev

EMAIL pmetchev@wharton.upenn.edu
HOMETOWN Sydney, Australia
SCHOOL College of Arts and Sciences and Wharton
MAJOR Huntsman Program in Business and International Studies
FAVORITE QUOTE “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
RANDOM FACT
I used to be a competative skier, even though I’m from Australia
GUILTY PLEASURE Chocolateeee, but I’m not guilty about it.
THEME SONG OF YOUR LIFE We are your friends by Justice
CHIPOTLE OR QDOBA? Chipotle
OTHER ACTIVITIES MGMT 100, Beyond the Bottom Line, Wharton Ambassadors