Professional Experience
Scholars cap their undergraduate experiences with an internship in the Professional Experience summer. Scholars may seek professional work experience in any field or industry. With the full resources of the Morehead-Cain community (including staff, alumni, and partners) behind them, scholars have limitless opportunities at their fingertips.
In 2022–2023, eighty scholars spent their Professional Experience summers in twenty-five U. S. cities and seventeen countries around the world. Learn more about their experiences below.
International Professional Experience Placements
Canada
Atlas Partners
Toronto, Ontario
Scholar: William Dahl ’25
Middle Cove Capital
Toronto, Ontario
Scholar: Matthew Deo ’24
Georgia
American Councils OPIT Program
Tbilisi
Scholar: Helena Walsh ’25
SEAF
Tbilisi
Scholar: Roariker Swenson ’25
Germany
Perspectives Climate Group
Freiburg
Scholar: Murphy Fisher ’25
Grenada
Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Saint George’s University
St. George’s
Scholar: Emile Charles ’24
Indonesia
American Chamber of Commerce
Jakarta
Scholars: Ray Palma ’23 and Aryan Talati ’23
Jamaica
SEAF
Kingston
Scholar: Tucker Stillman ’25
Jordan
Abraham Path Initiative (API)
Scholar: Asher Wexler ’25
Luxembourg
Theoretical Chemical Physics (TCP) Group at the University of Luxembourg (UL)
Luxembourg City
Scholar: Jasmine Elmrabti ’25
Malawi
UNC Project Malawi
Lilongwe
Scholar: Meagan Harrington ’23
Mongolia
American Chamber of Commerce
Ulaanbaatar
Scholars: Ray Palma ’23 and Aryan Talati ’23
Morocco
SEAF (EmergingTech Ventures)
Casablanca
Scholar: Emma-Katherine Bowers ’24
Norway
Tango Seaweed
Sande Kommune
Scholar: Julian Goldner ’24
Peru
UNC Department of Neurology
Scholar: Laura Saavedra Forero ’25
Senegal
Trust Africa
Dakar
Scholar: Senam Adedze ’24
South Africa
M-KOPA
Johannesburg
Scholar: Lwazi Bululu ’24
Switzerland
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Geneva
Scholar: Sebastian Mateu ’24
United Kingdom
Generation Investment Management
London, England
Scholar: Michael Zhang ’25
Welded Tandem Picture Company
Manchester, England
Scholar: Uredoojo Agada ’25
National Professional Experience Placements
California
Becoming Better Together
Scholar: Taylor Molina ’25
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Menlo Park
Scholar: Emily Schmidt ’25
NASA
Mountain View
Scholar: Pranav Krishnan ’25
OneMedical
San Francisco
Scholar: Caroline Furrier ’24
San Diego Neurosurgery
San Diego
Scholar: Eleanor Hummel ’25
Sephora
San Francisco
Scholar: Kayden Hunt ’24
True Ventures
Los Angeles
Scholar: Soul Dayan ’24
Zipline
San Francisco
Scholar: Evan Berkowitch ’24 and Nina Fisher ’24
Delaware
Delaware State Parks
Wilmington
Scholar: Liam Furlong ’25
Georgia
Bain & Co.
Atlanta
Scholar: Brandon Torng ’24
Bayuk Pratt, LLC
Atlanta
Scholar: Greear Webb ’23
Boston Consulting Group
Atlanta
Scholar: Jonathan Osborne ’24
Insight Sourcing Group
Atlanta
Scholar: Ryan Jensen ’24
Hawaii
Make-A-Wish
Honolulu
Scholar: Sarah Prosser ’24
Maryland
ASB Real Estate Investments
Bethesda
Scholar: Richard Okoro ’24
Bengur Bryan & Co
Baltimore
Scholar: Ryan Jensen ’24
Massachusetts
Berenson-Allen Center, Harvard Medical School
Boston
Scholar: Siena Rodrigues ’25
Peruzzi Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston
Scholar: Maya Groff ’24
New Mexico
Turner Carroll Gallery
Santa Fe
Scholar: Emily Smither ’24
New York
Blackstone
New York City
Scholar: Carson Moore ’24
City of New York Urban Food Policy Institute (CUFPI)
New York City
Scholar: Eugenia Chow ’24
Columbia University, Department of Narrative Medicine
New York City
Scholar: Miranda Almy ’23
Goldman Sachs
New York City
Scholar: Vivian Deng ’24
Grant Thornton
New York City
Scholar: Olivia Pitt ’24
Harney and Sons Fine Tea
Millerton
Scholar: Andrea Cornel ’24
Hunting Lane Films
New York City
Scholar: Sophie Cho ’23
IEX Group
New York City
Scholar: Morgan Davies ’24
LaForce
New York City
Scholar: Sadie Cheston-Harris ’24
Lockton Companies
New York City
Scholar: Kelly Ray ’24
Marwood Group
New York City
Scholar: Garnett Nelson ’24
NBC Universal/CNBC Select
New York City
Scholar: Ira Wilder ’24
Pave Power
New York City
Scholar: Megan Lienau ’23
ReadWorks
New York City
Scholar: Heidi Alkoutami ’24
recycleReality
New York City
Scholar: Jonathan Huang ’24
Smile Design Manhattan
New York City
Scholar: Urael Mussie ’24
W.W. Norton and Green Top Farms
New York City
Scholar: Michael O’Brien ’24
North Carolina
The Assembly
Durham
Scholar: Christiana Wayne ’23
Carolina Football
Chapel Hill
Scholar: Zoey Locklear ’25
The Center for Civil Rights at UNC Law School
Chapel Hill
Scholar: Jared Pittman ’24
Department of Juvenile Justice of North Carolina and Juvenile Court Services
Durham and Raleigh
Scholar: Daughtry Williams ’24
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Summer Camp
Chapel Hill
Scholar: Symone Welch ’24
The Raleigh News & Observer
Raleigh
Scholar: Anna Conners ’24
TrackX Technologies
Hillsborough
Scholar: Kabir Dewan ’25
UNC Department of Music
Chapel Hill
Scholars: Emmaus Holder ’23 and Junead Khan ’23
Pennsylvania
National Constitution Center
Philadelphia
Scholar: Justin Goldman ’25
Texas
Boston Consulting Group
Dallas
Scholar: Jack Goldsmith ’24, Alex Reid ’24, and Jackson Stone ’24
Breakthrough Collaborative
Austin
Scholar: Lindley Andrew ’24
Virginia
Amazon Web Services
Herndon
Scholar: Luis Sanchez ’24
Give Solar Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg
Scholar: Katy Waddell ’24
Washington
Microsoft
Redmond
Scholar: Kenechukwu Ochuba ’25
Washington, D.C.
Brookings Institution
Scholar: Quintin Gay ’25
German Marshall Fund
Scholar: Willow Chiang Yang ’25
McKinsey & Company
Scholar: Hunter Vaughan ’24
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Scholar: Patrice McGloin ’24
Tandem Sports and Entertainment
Scholar: Kendall Leigh ’25
Wyoming
WyoFile
Lander
Scholar: Lia Salvatierra ’24