Board Members
Aditya Gupta
President
Fremont, California
Aditya is a third year from the Bay Area, CA, majoring in Economics. He is interested in multiple areas of economics, specifically financial markets, industrial organization, and competition policy.
Outside of CEF, his favorite activities are playing basketball, reading, and watching theatre. He enjoys following sports and supports the Philadelphia Eagles (go birds!).
Marina Semple
Vice President
London, United Kingdom
Marina is a fourth year pursuing a BA in Economics and Art History at the University of Chicago. Alongside her studies, she competes on the Varsity Track and Field team.
Reese Goodman
Co-Head of Events, Recruitment Chair
Austin, Texas
Reese is a Business Economics major. This summer she is working on the investment team at Paramount Specialty Finance.
Reese enjoys learning about the intersection of economics and capital markets. She is an Associate with Scholars of Finance and is a member of Women in Business. Reese enjoys staying connected with the southside Chicago community through her role as a mentor with Moneythink.
Aside from academics, Reese is a member of the university’s women’s lacrosse team, and enjoys trying new restaurants, wakeboarding, and traveling, and is a Texas Longhorns fan.
Jeremy Zhao
Co-Head of Events
Naperville, Illinois
Jeremy is a second-year majoring in Economics (spec. Data Science) and a minor in Religious Studies from Naperville, IL.He loves finding applications of data and ML within the social sciences.
Outside of CEF, Jeremy is a member of Asian-American InterVarsity, enjoys trying new sports, taking drone photos (LinkedIn Banner!), and listening to cpop.
Aria Saxena
Co-Head of Publications
New Delhi, India
Aria is a first year from India majoring in Economics, with a strong interest in Behavioral Economics and how data and cognitive biases shape consumer choices.
She’s researched green nudges in India’s organic food market and worked as an analyst at Pathfinder International on public health strategy. As the youngest Brand Ambassador for Sakha Ek Pehel, she led record-breaking sales and expanded the brand’s digital reach. At UChicago, she’s involved in Women in Business and Debate. Outside academics, Aria enjoys reading, traveling, swimming, and performing Indian classical music and dance (Kathak).
Keval Shah
Co-Head of Publications
Houston, Texas
Keval is a fourth year from Houston studying Economics and Data Science. He is interested in the intersection between finance and behavioral decision making. Outside of CEF, Keval enjoys playing and watching tennis, basketball, and golf and is trying to learn how to cook.
Quinn Dur
Head of Professional
San Francisco, California
Quinn is a third-year double-majoring in neuroscience and economics. He is the founder and president of Derivatives of Data Science, a student organization dedicated to the exploration of careers and disciplines within the realm of data science.
Ayush Gautham
Treasurer, Recruitment Chair
Bangalore, India
Ayush is a first-year student from Bangalore, India, double majoring in Business Economics and Statistics. He is interested in finance and is currently working as a research analyst at Tortuga Growth Partners, a private equity firm. Outside of school, he loves playing soccer, badminton, and spikeball. Ayush enjoys watching sports and is a fan of Manchester United and FC Barcelona.
Alessandro Radwan
Secretary
Chicago, Illinois
Alessandro is a second-year student at the University of Chicago, majoring in Business Economics.
A lifelong Chicagoan, Alessandro attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools for high school. His interests and experience span biological medicine research, economics, and finance. Most recently, in the summer of 2025, he gained experience in the healthcare economics sector in Japan.
Philip Yanakov
Director of External Affairs
London, United Kingdom
Philip is a third-year majoring in Data Science and Psychology. His primary interests are in computational social science and alternative assets investments. He has internship experience in the venture capital, fine arts, and tech sectors.
Outside of class, Philip can be found playing tennis or at an obscure art gallery.
Kieran Dias
Director of Internal Affairs
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kieran is a third year completing a BA|MA joint degree in Economics and International Relations. He is especially interested in international finance, political economy, and developmental economics. Previously, he has interned at a venture capital firm in Singapore and a media/technology multinational in the UK. Outside of school, Kieran can be found fencing, playing squash, golf or sailing.
Zoe Springsteen
Head of Economics Weekly
Anchorage, Alaska
Zoe is a third-year studying Economics and CEGU at UChicago. She’s interned at Strategy North Group, ClearView Energy Partners, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski’s Office on energy markets, grid reliability, and Arctic policy.
On campus, she co-leads professional development for the Energy and Climate Club and directs partnerships at the Energy Terminal, in addition to her role as Director of The Economic Weekly podcast at CEF. She recently researched energy markets with Eric Richert in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics.