CASE Fellows

CASE Fellow Throughout my life, I have been fascinated by how people work together to overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges. As such, I made it my professional mission to become competent in as many approaches to collaboration and problem solving as possible. After several years applying the practices of community organizing and alternative dispute resolution in […]

CASE Fellow Megan is pursuing an MBA and Master of Environmental Management, with concentrations in Energy and Environmental Justice and a certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Her research and work centers on the intersection of critical infrastructure, sustainability, and social impact. In 2025, Megan interned at STACK Infrastructure, where she designed an interactive model quantifying […]

CASE Fellow Before Fuqua, I spent some time working in business strategy, where I enjoyed solving problems and learning how organizations make decisions. At the same time, I knew that I was most energized when I was building communities, mentoring others, or leading initiatives that created opportunities beyond the everyday job. That is what drew […]

CASE Fellow Maddie is a third-year dual MBA and Master of Environmental Management (MEM) student at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Nicholas School of the Environment with concentrations in Finance, Energy and Environment, and Business and Environment. Having spent most of her life in the diverse and beautiful ecosystems of New England, Maddie […]

CASE Fellow, CASE i3 Fellow Claire Cousineau is a Duke MBA candidate at the Fuqua School of Business. Before Fuqua, Claire spent four years at Stanford University’s Center on China’s Economy and Institution following her passion for grounding political and business conversation about China in data-driven research. While there, she co-authored The Highest Exam, named […]

CASE i3 Fellow, CASE Fellow Vamsi is an MBA candidate at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a CASE i3 Impact Investing Fellow in. Trained as an aerospace engineer, he has spent the past decade working across banking, climate finance, and investing, guided by a simple question: how can capital create opportunities for people, […]

CASE Fellow Derek Rhodes is a Durham, NC native and a Duke Fuqua MBA student whose career sits at the intersection of business, leadership, and community impact. His background spans the Department of Justice, the White House, the Miami Heat, and the Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, where he combined strategic and operational work […]

CASE Fellow Monsurat Adeniyi is an MBA candidate at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where she is exploring how finance and strategy can help businesses scale, and create lasting value, particularly across energy systems. Before Fuqua, she structured financing for renewable energy and climate-aligned infrastructure developers in Nigeria, helping move promising projects from concept […]

CASE Fellow Yasmine Connor is an MBA candidate at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business with a passion for advancing social impact through cross-sector collaboration, strategic problem solving, and inclusive leadership. Born and raised in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, she witnessed firsthand the economic and environmental challenges facing Caribbean communities. Those experiences inspired her […]

CASE Fellow Kathryne Piazza is an MBA candidate at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business with a passion for using business as a force for positive social and environmental impact. Prior to Fuqua, she spent four years at NORC at the University of Chicago, where she led cross-functional initiatives in data governance, project management, and […]