Born and raised in Oman, Yousef is a Design master’s student at the Stanford d.school, where he has been designing sensory immersive experiences using spatial computing. As a Threshold Venture Fellow, Yousef aims to drive new product innovation through a deep understanding of people. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Imperial College London and has worked in corporate venture building at McKinsey & Company, as well as at Procter & Gamble and the Oman Investment Authority. Prior to this, he founded and ran a fashion-tech startup. He also practices Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and loves doing Origami.

Jasper Burns is a JD/MBA candidate at Stanford and a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. He previously served eight years active duty in the U.S. Navy, primarily flying a variant of the F/A-18 jetfighter. Following his deployment aboard the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier to the South China Sea, he reported to Washington, D.C. to work as an aviator supporting the intelligence community and as a White House Social Aide. He finished his tenure in the Navy as a Military Fellow at McKinsey & Company. Jasper graduated from Boston University with a double major in Computer Science and Economics, and spent a college summer as a White House Intern in the Office of Presidential Personnel's National Security Team. Jasper is currently the cofounder of a stealth startup.

Trent is a master’s student in Management Science & Engineering at Stanford, exploring how operational rigor and product strategy compound into enduring companies. A professional lacrosse player in the NLL, he applies an elite high-performance mindset and a deep technical foundation to investing and building. Prior to Stanford, he earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Robotics & AI from The Ohio State University, captained the varsity lacrosse team, and worked as an engineer at an autonomous-vehicle startup. He also leads strategy for Modern Crown Co, a D2C brand he co-founded. Most recently, he supported a16z’s Growth Fund, strengthening fund strategy and operations through market mapping and competitive analysis. Trent is energized by frontier innovations spanning scalable software and the physical world.

Meredith Gee is an MBA student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to Stanford, she spent eight years developing and leading early-stage ventures. Most recently, she led product design at Akido Labs (Y Combinator ’15), where she created and deployed clinical AI systems to expand healthcare capacity. With experience spanning technology, strategy, and organizational leadership, her work focuses on applied AI innovation. At Stanford, Meredith serves as a councilor on the Graduate Student Council and on the GSB student government, with a focus on peer career development. She is also a Hoover Student Fellow, exploring research security and technology policy through work on the CHIPS Act–related NSF Secure Analytics project. Outside of work, she enjoys aviation, design, and spending time outdoors.

Kelsey Goune has a background in stem cell biology and tissue regeneration. Currently completing her MS in Translational Research and Applied Medicine, she aims to integrate scientific rigor and entrepreneurship training to identify and scale companies commercializing transformative technologies that drive patient impact. She has gained experience in industry and academia at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Harvard University’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. There, she led process development studies for a type 1 diabetes cell therapy and for muscular dystrophies, co-authoring research published in Nature Biotechnology. Her aspirations are driven by a commitment to supporting significant innovations in biotechnology and healthcare through strategic risk-taking.

Dandi is a former Israeli national-security tech and intelligence leader with 12 years of experience leading cross-stack national missions. She ultimately served as Chief of Staff to the Head of the Cyber Division, a 600+ person organization under the Israeli Ministry of Defense. She also sat on boards of leading nonprofits supporting the LGBTQ+ community and patients with rheumatic diseases. At Stanford, she is Climate Strategy Director for the GSB Impact Fund and has led sourcing, research, and diligence with Intrepid Ventures and Third Sphere VC across frontier deep tech, defense, space, energy, robotics, and AI. She holds a BSc in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and a Master’s in Public Policy for Senior Executive Service (magna cum laude) from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

I am a physician, a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, and a TRAM Scholar at Stanford University, pursuing dual graduate training in Translational Medicine (MS) and Business (MBA). My long-term vision is to become an interventional cardiologist and healthcare innovator, building solutions that bridge clinical practice, research, and policy.

Ottavia is an MS student in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford. Her studies are focused on mechatronics and robotics software, with a particular interest in robotics for space systems and humanity in space. Ottavia earned her BS degree in Mechanical Engineering with Computer Science from MIT, where she conducted research on electrospray thrusters in the MIT Space Propulsion Lab. At MIT, she was the libero and captain of the Women's Varsity Volleyball team. Born in Milan, Ottavia grew up mainly in the Washington, D.C. area and is fluent in 3 languages. She has completed internships across 2 continents and 3 countries, at Firefly Aerospace, D-Orbit, and IMDEA Energy. In her free time, she loves traveling, spikeball and skiing, exploring new restaurants, and reading mystery novels.

Mehrzad is a dual-degree student at Stanford, pursuing an MBA and an MS in Biomedical Data Science, and is simultaneously completing a Master’s in Biotechnology at Harvard. He has worked as a research assistant at Caltech and USC and earned his undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering from Cal State Northridge. He is currently the VP of Product at Invisible AI, a Series B startup. Previously, he served for six years as the CEO and Head of Engineering at nFlux AI, an Amazon-funded NASA spin-out, where he had earlier worked as a robotics engineer.

Elena Sapelyuk is an M.A. candidate in International Policy at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute and a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. Her work focuses on the global shift from donor-driven aid to private investment and market-based solutions in frontier and displacement-affected economies. Before Stanford, she led multi-country programs at the Refugee Investment Network (RIN), managing U.S. State Department–funded initiatives in Kenya and Zambia and working with partners such as the World Bank and Acumen to design investment strategies for underserved markets. She has also supported policy and research efforts with the International Rescue Committee, HIAS, and Oxford’s Refugee-Led Research Hub. Elena holds a B.S.F.S. in International Politics from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, where she was a Pelosi Scholar and a Projects for Peace awardee.

Erica is a master's student in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford. She earned her bachelor's degree in Data Science and Economics from Northwestern University and previously worked in credit policy optimization at Capital One. Erica is passionate about the intersection of AI, business, and social impact. She founded MZM Academy to democratize English education for underrepresented communities and built Connect, a smart coffee chat tool that breaks organizational silos through automated, optimized pairings. In her free time, Erica enjoys traveling, watching movies, and hosting themed potlucks – her favorite so far was an omakase night inspired by culinary class wars on Netflix.

Lucy Zimmerman is a Stanford Computer Science coterm student focused on AI, human-centered ML, and technologies that serve the common good. She is a Brown Magic Grant recipient building SubLine, an AI-powered platform that helps journalists navigate archival data through entity extraction and knowledge-graph construction. Her work spans NLP, generative AI, and AI safety, including research with Stanford HAI, the Human Data Trafficking Lab, legal immigration teams, and federal cybersecurity agencies. She also leads campus initiatives through Tech for Liberation and is committed to building tools that expand access, context, and agency for communities relying on trustworthy information.