Our Staff

Elmseed is run and staffed by a dedicated team of Yale undergraduate student volunteers. As a student-run, all-volunteer organization, we are able to give our clients personalized attention and to offer low interest rates on our loans. We invite you to get in touch!

Summer Manager
Ben Daus-Haberle   benjamin.daus-haberle@yale.edu

CEO and Co-Executive Director
Elizabeth Bershad   elizabeth.bershad@elmseed.org

COO and Co-Executive Director
Heather Soleau   heather.soleau@elmseed.org

Chief Financial Officer
Sharon Ji   sharon.Ji@elmseed.org

Directors of Client Services
Jared Jones   jared.jones@elmseed.org    
Paloma Pineda   paloma.pineda@elmseed.org    

Director of Public Relations
Jim Berry   jim.berry@elmseed.org

Director of Development
Daniel Friedman   daniel.friedman@elmseed.org

Director of Strategy
Jasjit Singh   jasjit.singh@elmseed.org

Elmseed Staff

Former Executive Board: Daniel Ayele, Director of Development • Eli Bildner, CEO and Co-Exectutive Director • Ellen Lohe, Director of Client Services • Daniel Petkevitch, Director of Client Services • Alice Song, CFO and Co-Executive Director

Client Services: Cristina Ceballos • Benjamin Daus-Haberle • Nick Finger • Carla Giugale • John Good • Paul Gu • Ginger Jiang, Conference Director • Andrew Macklis • Jared Middleman • Angela Ramirez • Tonia Sun, Membership Director • Alexander Tanner • Bo Uuganbayar

Public Relations: Julia Averbuck • Margaret Brown • Sissi Nie, Conference Director • Grant Stegelmann • Mattie Wheeler

Development: Victoria Buhler • Derek Chang • Jesse Hassinger • Joshua Pugil

Finance: Carla Giugale • Paul Gu • Wendy Lin •

Strategy: Andrew Kraszewski • Vishal Maini • Noah Sheinbaum • Nathaniel Sobel • Murong Yang