Officers

 

Chuyun Gao: President

Chuyun is the President of the Merage Consulting Association (MCA). Her primary goal for the organization is to create a professional environment that promotes consulting exploration among UCI Paul Merage Business School. Her unique club focus is to provide members with opportunities to build casing skills, case interview practice, developing professional networks, and gain exposure to consulting careers.

Before the MBA program, she has been worked in Bank of China as lead, project manager and authorization since 2014 with excellent project management, analytical skill, customer service and interpretative/communication skills. She joined Qatar Airways as cabin crew in 2015, this working experience enabled her to travel around the world. Chuyun has worked as MBA graduate consultant for Johnson & Johnson in 2020, focused on financial evaluation for new product’s post launch analysis. At Paul Merage, she is concentrating in Consulting, Finance, and Business Analysis.

 

Ni  Zhan: VP of Alumni Relations

Ni is currently a M.S. in Business Analytics and CFA candidate at UCI. She believes her combination of analytics-focused mind and people-oriented heart will allow her to contribute to the community a lot more. She graduated from UMN with a double major in Management Information System and Finance in 2021. Ni interned at a fintech company and visualized data from work pilot projects with Brazilian financial institutions. She navigated multiple leadership roles in various case workshops. Those experiences trained her to become an experienced organizer, communicator, team player, and problem solver. Given her passion. she is most likely pursuing an analytics position at an investment bank or a consulting firm and thus provides efficient solutions to challenging problems that the world is facing. In her free time, she enjoys hiking and playing volleyball. Iced coffee is also her love language.

 

Van Le Le: VP of Finance

Van is a second year MPAc and CPA Candidate, focusing on Accounting & Auditing and Data Analytics. Prior to joining Merage School, Van worked in banking industry – IT Management at HSBC, ACB bank for 10 years and Accounting field at Smart &Final, Lee’s Sandwiches for 3 years. She graduated from CSULB with MBA in Finance. Starting Fall 2021, she holds leadership positions in both the Finance and Consulting Clubs in the Merage Student Association. In her spare time, Van enjoys traveling, watching movies, hiking with friends and cooking.