On October 15th, Net Impact kicked off its career development activities by holding its annual internship panels event. Thirty-three second-year students discussed their summer internships in consulting, environmental management, education, arts and media, and much more: truly an eclectic mix from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. The goal of the panels was to show the range of options available to MBAs and help provide a clearer picture of the timing and nature of the recruiting process.

Second year students were impressed by the meaty projects that their peers tackled this summer, while first years got a better handle on embarking on the non-traditional internship search. Some of the questions that the panelists answered were: What were some of the skills you learned during your experience? What did you do before SOM? Why were you interested in this field?

To facilitate even more information exchange among students and the greater SOM community, we have collected 44 brief summaries of relevant internships — that’s more than 25% of the 2008 class. Enjoy!

	Rehana Abbas at TDC	Nonprofit consulting, Entrepreneurship
	Megan Baehrens at Sonoran Institute	Economic Development, Environment, International
	Cindy Chang at Community Foundation for Greater New Haven	Philanthropy
	Fay Chen at Morgan Stanley	Microfinance
	Miriam Droller at New York Public Library	Nonprofit, Arts and Culture
	Chris Edell at Global Compact, United Nations	CSR, International
	Amy Emerick at Teach for America	Education, Nonprofit
	Gregg Friedman at Microsoft	CSR, International
	Jeff Gaffney at Save the Children	Endowment Management
	Meredith Gilbert at Pittsburgh Foundation	Philanthropy
	Erica Goudy at Echoing Green	Philanthropy, Entrepreneurship, Endowment Management
	Abby Goward at Bank of America	CSR, Philanthropy
	Jon Gruber at Scholastic	Education
	DeLaina Gumbs at Church Pension Fund	Nonprofit
	Seanne Hanke at Empower New Haven	Social Services
	Chris Herron at One Acre Fund	Economic Development, International, Microfinance, Nonprofit
	Eva Heintzelman at Office of Management and Budget	Public Sector
	Betsi Isay at Calvert Foundation	Entrepreneurship, Endowment Management
	Cher Jacques at Grameen Foundation	Economic Development, International, Microfinance
	Yazad Jal at New Sector Alliance	Education, Nonprofit Consulting
	Matthew Jaskol at International Finance Corporation	CSR, Economic Development, International
	Amy Karson at AMS Planning and Research / The Momentum Group	Arts and Culture, Entrepreneurship
	Thomas Kimberly at Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Office of Investment Policy	Public Sector, Economic Development, International
	Abby Kowaloff at Pro Crianca Cardiaca Foundation	International, Healthcare
	Koichi Kurisu at Cherokee Investment Fund	CSR, Entrepreneurship, Environment
	Jessica Labbe at Yale University	Education
	Gene Lee at Gap Inc	CSR
	Dan Leistra at California Public Utilities Commission	Public Sector, Environment
	James Leslie at World Bank	CSR, Environment
	Katya Levitan-Reiner at Wellspring Consultants	Nonprofit Consulting
	Sheryl Linsky at Education Pioneers	Education
	Patrick Ma at United Way	Nonprofit, Philanthropy
	Irwin Mendelssohn at Atlas Service Corps	International
	Edna Novak at New Schools for New Orleans	Education
	Andy Peng at Booz Allen Hamilton	Public Sector
	Irena Politzer at State of NJ	Public Sector
	Rachel Reader at Sydney Opera House	Arts and Culture, International
	Mark Reyes at United Way	Nonprofit, Philanthropy
	Lois Rho at Grameen Foundation	International, Microfinance
	Jeff Russell at The Momentum Group	Entrepreneurship
	Doug Searles at World Vision	International
	Anu Sharma at Airtricity Holdings	Entrepreneurship, Environment
	Zephyr Taylor at Rocky Mountain Institute	Environment
	Ann Welch at PBS	Arts and Culture, Entrepreneurship