Past LAVA Speakers

SpeakerClass YearAffiliation (as of talk date)Field/Title
2010-2011
Joe Fera2005Wesleyan UniversityGrad School – Mathematics
Scott KominersVC FriendHarvard Business SchoolGrad School – Economics and Business
Lia Morelli2005Liberty MutualActuarial Science
Kofi James2008NY Life InsuranceActuarial Science
Sandy Eckel2004University of Southern CaliforniaBiostatistics
Lisa Gustavson1993DE ShawFinancial Mathematics
Ted McDonald1991DE ShawFinancial Mathematics
Meg Lippincott2009University of ChicagoLaw School
Selina Urbina1991 Law
2011-2012
Trachette JacksonVC FriendUniversity of MichiganMathematical Modeling – Cancer Research
Susan MartonosiVC FriendHarvey MuddOperations Research
Michael FrankVC FriendAquarius CapitalActuarial Science
Jenn Ferrara2004high school in northern NJSecondary Math Education
Kathryn Swallow2007high school in the South BronxSecondary Math Education
Sarah WilsonVC FriendNSANational Security
2012-2013
Bren Cavallo2011CUNY Graduate CenterGrad School – Mathematics
Tim Susse2008CUNY Graduate CenterGrad School – Mathematics
Tian An Wong2011CUNY Graduate CenterGrad School – Mathematics
Mike Abrahams2010MITGrad School – Finance and Economics
Kofi James2008NY Life InsuranceActuarial Science – Life Insurance
Siu Kay Lee2012NY Life InsuranceActuarial Science – Life Insurance
Lauren Howard2012Duke UniversityGrad school – Biostatistics
2013-2014
Helen MooreVC FriendPharsight, A Certera CompanyDrug Development
Barbara Ely2011Math Muesum of AmericaMath Outreach
2014-2015
Philani Mpofu2012Indiana UniversityGrad school – Biostatistics
Carol Gutowski1985Innovest SystemsSoftware Engineering
Kofi James2008NY Life InsuranceActuarial Science – Life Insurance
Roiana Reid2012Nomura SecuritiesEconomics Research
Jehan Shams2013YouGovData Science – Marketing Research
2015-2016
Nishan Subedi2012EtsySoftware Engineering
Kofi James2008NY Life InsuranceActuarial Science – Life Insurance
Siu Kay Lee2012NY Life InsuranceActuarial Science – Life Insurance
Charlotte Yang2014Cornerstone ResearchEconomic and Financial Consulting
2016-2017
Noelle Sawyer2014Wesleyan UniversityGrad School – Mathematics
Kofi James2008NY Life InsuranceActuarial Science – Life Insurance
Dave Rosenkranz2014NERA (formerly), Columbia University (current)Grad School – Economics, and Economic Consulting
Sam Stites2017 Statistics/Machine Learning and Software Engineering
Daniel (Sherwood) August2013Essex Street AcademySecondary Math Education, Math for America
Jackie Parziale2014Department of DefenseNational Security
2017-2018
Katherine Zhou2015PNC Financial ServicesModel Analyst
Joe Andrade2014Stony Brook UniversityGrad School – Physics
Hadassah MativetksyVC FriendUniversal Instruments CorporationSofware Quality Engineering
Marissa Hashizume2015Abt AssociatesPolicy Research
Calandra Tate MooreVC FriendFederal GovernmentData Science
2018-2019
Robert Ronan2015CUNY Graduate CenterGrad School – Mathematics
Noelle Sawyer2014WesleyanGrad School – Mathematics
Alex Stass2015CUNY Graduate CenterGrad School – Mathematics
John Whelan2017CornellGrad School – Mathematics
Jonathan Hershaff2003SECFinancial Economics
Barbara Neumann1974IBMSoftware Engineering
Lauren Shiman2010NYC Dept of HealthPublic Health
Jeremy Shiman2010WRNS StudioArchitecture
James Ricci2006US GovernmentCongressional Fellow
2020-2021
Lauren Howard2012Duke UniversityBiostatistics
Milind Sharma1994QuantZ CapitalQuant Finance
Michael Thottam2012Hypothesis GroupStatistics in Market Research
Alex Trunnell2017Meridian AcademyMathematics Education and Teaching
Emma LaPlace2020Columbia University, graduate studentMathematics Education and Teaching
Lisa Esposito2019Allied World ReinsuranceActuarial Science
Nishan Subedi2012OverstockAlgorithms to power business
Anthony Graves-McCleary2015Cornell UniversityGrad School – Mathematics
Baian Lu2018The Ohio State UniversityGrad School – Mathematics
Dean Spyropoulos2019Michigan State UniversityGrad School – Mathematics
2022-2023
Natalie Roberts2019Fidelity and Guaranty LifeActuarial Science
Peter Lee2014FTX (cryptocurrency exchange)Data Science
2023-2024
Paige Ioppolo2014Trevor Day SchoolMathematics Education
Philani Mpofu2012Flatiron HealthBiostatistics & Epidemiology (Grad School and Industry)
Carl Gutowski1985SS&C | Innovest SystemsSoftware Development
Elijah Appelson2023ACLU LouisianaData Activism
Kai Matheson2019AccentureData Science for Social Good (academic and federal consulting)
2024-2025
Lisa (Esposito) Cannizzaro2016Allied World ReinsuranceActuarial Science
Tony Caletti2018Door DashData Science
Robert Ronan2015NYU Langone Health CenterMachine Learning