Leadership
The Class of 2025 DPEC Board is proud to be comprised of individuals from a range of personal and professional backgrounds, united around the club's mission.
Julia Reynolds
President
Hometown:
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Prior City:
New York, New York
Professional Background:
Hedge Funds (Capital Raising)
Summer Internship:
CxO, Evergreen Services Group
Email:
ReynoldsJ25@darden.virginia.edu
Favorite Book:
Beloved, Toni Morrison
Ask Me About...
CxO and Portfolio Ops recruiting;
Breakthrough Scholars
Matt Cunningham
Executive VP
Hometown:
Dix Hills, New York
Prior City:
New York, New York
Professional Background:
Consulting
Summer Internship:
Portfolio Operations, H.I.G. Capital
Email:
CunninghamM25@darden.virginia.edu
Favorite Book:
A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin
Ask Me About...
PE Portfolio Ops; Consulting;
Mayo Center Fellowships
Lawson MacDougall
VP, Alumni Relations
Hometown:
Ottawa, Ontario
Prior City:
Toronto, Ontario
Professional Background:
Corporate Development
Summer Internship:
Investment Banking, Barclays
Email:
MacDougallL25@darden.virginia.edu
Favorite Book:
Shoe Dog, Phil Knight
Ask Me About...
Strategic M&A
Dahler Battle
VP, Education
Hometown:
Birmingham, Alabama
Prior City:
Atlanta, Georgia
Professional Background:
Private Equity
Summer Internship:
Corporate VC, RTX (Raytheon)
Email:
Favorite Book:
Man's Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl
Ask Me About...
VC/PE recruiting; Entrepreneurship; Charlottesville
Kate Hughes Watkins
VP, Communications
Hometown:
Birmingham, Alabama
Prior City:
Atlanta, Georgia
Professional Background:
FinTech
Summer Internship:
Investment Banking, Evercore
Email:
WatkinsK25@darden.virginia.edu
Favorite Book:
All the King's Men, Robert Penn Warren
Ask Me About...
Investment Banking recruiting;
Darden Golf Club clinics
Rohan Kapoor
VP, International
Hometown:
New Delhi, India
Prior City:
New Delhi, India
Professional Background:
Mergers & Acquisitions
Summer Internship:
Private Equity Investing, I Squared Capital
Email:
Ask Me About...
PE investing; buy-side and sell-side M&A;
Darden PE/IB/Corp Fin recruiting
Dish Harris
VP, Events
Hometown:
Middleburg, Virginia
Prior City:
Columbia, South Carolina
Professional Background:
Pharmaceuticals (Accounting & Finance)
Summer Internship:
Private Bank Associate, JP Morgan
Email:
Favorite Book:
Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
Ask Me About...
Private Wealth Management;
Student Admissions Committee
Grace Olabisi
VP, Finance
Hometown:
Lagos, Nigeria
Prior City:
Abuja, Nigeria
Professional Background:
Development Finance
Summer Internship:
Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
Email:
OlabisiG25@darden.virginia.edu
Favorite Book:
Wild Seed, Octavia Butler
Ask Me About...
Private Equity; IB recruiting; Life at Darden
Yao Wang
VP, DEI
Hometown:
Beijing, China
Prior City:
Beijing, China
Professional Background:
Venture Capital
Summer Internship:
Venture Capital
Email:
Favorite Book:
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck
Ask Me About...
VC/PE recruiting; Life at Darden
