Leandra Archibald will be BlackGen Capital’s Chief Executive Officer for the 24-25 academic school year. She is currently a senior enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, studying Finance and Statistics. During her sophomore summer, she interned at a Family Office on the merger arbitrage and special situations teams, and spent this past summer as an Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the consumer retail group. Leandra joined BlackGen as one of the founding board members of the Penn chapter, eventually becoming Co-President and helping contribute to BlackGen’s recognition on Penn’s campus. As CEO, Leandra hopes to emphasize opportunity, and is eager to recognize that through BlackGen initiatives.

Oluwasola Ogundare will be BlackGen Capital’s Chief Operating Officer for the 2024-2025 academic school year. He is currently a junior enrolled at Cornell University, getting his bachelor's and master's in Operations Research and Engineering. He worked at Citadel his freshman summer a part of their freshman software engineering program and this past summer worked at Morgan Stanley in their quantitative strategy division. He loves to explore finance from both a technical and fundamental perspective. His enthusiasm for furthering the BlackGen mission at the national level is palpable, and he is eager to continue contributing to its expansion!

Santiago Richard will serve as BlackGen Capital's Chief Corporate Officer for the 2024-2025 academic school year. He is currently a junior at the University of Southern California, majoring in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance. This summer he interned at Bank of America as an Investment Banking Summer Analyst and will join Goldman Sachs next summer. Santiago joined BlackGen Capital’s USC chapter in the spring of 2023 as an Analyst and later went on to become the chapter’s President. He is deeply committed to BlackGen Capital’s mission and is excited to grow the organization’s national reach and impact!

Salem Fitwi will be BlackGen Capital's Chief Investment Officer for the 2024-2025 academic school year. He is currently a junior at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania studying Finance and Accounting. This past summer, he interned in TMT Investment Banking at Bank of America and next summer will be interning in Infrastructure Private Equity at Blackstone. Salem joined BlackGen at Penn during his freshman year and progressed as a Sector Lead and a VP of Education at Penn. Salem is excited to continue serving BlackGen Capital's mission of closing the access gap and providing underrepresented minorities with endless opportunities to succeed. BlackGen Capital paved the way for Salem and he is excited to help pave the way for the next generation of underrepresented leaders.

Kennedy Ndiaye will be BlackGen Capital’s Chief Human Resources Officer for the 2024-2025 academic school year. She is currently a junior and Honors student enrolled at the University of Michigan. She is studying Philosophy, with minors in the Ross School of Business and the Ford School of Public Policy. This past summer she interned as a Global Markets Summer Analyst (S&T) at UBS, and next summer she will intern in FICC and Equities (S&T) at Goldman Sachs. Kennedy joined BlackGen as a sophomore where she learned how to prepare her first stock pitch, and served as the VP of Marketing. She is excited for the opportunity to give back and spearhead BlackGen’s national initiatives for women, transfer students, and freshmen students, among others.