Graduate School of Business
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Kyle Lottinville
MBA, expected graduation 2026
Course Asst-Graduate-Hourly, Graduate School of Business - Other FacultyBioI'm a Stanford MBA focused on advancing climate solutions, with a passion for scaling renewables, sustainable infrastructure, and energy storage.
Before Stanford, I led large-scale energy and manufacturing projects around the world. At ExxonMobil, I managed a $400M drilling program in Russia, delivering some of the world’s longest wells and driving technical innovations that broke multiple drilling performance records. After ExxonMobil, I joined Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, where I led a 25-person team scaling infrastructure to deliver first-of-its-kind, high-volume 4680 battery production.
I consider myself a diplomatic leader who has effectively built relationships and worked alongside individuals from all around the world.
International experiences to include work, study abroad, and travel across 35+ countries and 6 continents.
In my spare time, I enjoy hiking, travel, smoking briskets, and golfing. I'm also working on my private pilot's license. -
Lúcia Mees
MBA, expected graduation 2026
Course Asst-Graduate-Hourly, SeruBioElectrical and Computer Engineer & Entrepreneur with focal interest in Artificial Intelligence and IoT. Currently working in the development of next-gen smart cities in Brazil, the world's 2nd most advanced country in digital government.
My work focuses on innovation and digital transformation strategy, developing short, medium and long-term roadmaps for technology solutions propelling public administration over hundreds of cities in the country. Under my leadership at IPM, our SaaS platform has been awarded as the best solution for smart cities in Brazil, as one of the 2 most innovative software companies in Southern Brazil, and as the 5th best HR team in the country. -
Niraj Mehta
MBA, expected graduation 2027
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPlants provide some of the most important drugs in current clinical use. It can be challenging to chemically synthesize these drugs or sustainably source them from producer plants. These issues could be alleviated if their biosynthetic genes are engineered into heterologous organisms for large-scale production. I am interested in a) understanding how plants produce these valuable drugs and b) engineering the sustainable production of these drugs into other plants for large-scale production.
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Matthew Mercier
MBA, expected graduation 2027
BioA creative thinker with a business mindset, Matt has built his career in private equity and venture capital. Now, he plans to combine that expertise with his passion for media and entertainment, aiming to build and invest in the future of music.
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Vanessa Moore
MBA, expected graduation 2026
BioData scientist and product manager looking to join or build a company at the GSB.
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Joe Nail
MBA, expected graduation 2026
Master of Arts Student in International Policy, admitted Autumn 2023BioJoe is the Founder and CEO of Lead For America, a nonpartisan national service organization building a stronger nation by enlisting exceptional Americans to serve in the places they call home. Through the Hometown Fellowship, Fellows serve in a paid, full-time capacity alongside a local leader in their hometown or home state for one year, before advancing into positions of community, state, and national leadership for decades to come. Joe founded Lead For America from his college dorm room in 2017 and has since raised more than $20M to make LFA one of the fastest growing nonprofits in America. LFA has been profiled nationally by outlets including the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CBS This Morning, and NPR. In 2020, Joe was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Joe also serves as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army National Guard, graduated first in his class from Officer Candidate School, and competes as a member of the All-Guard National Marathon team at races nationwide. He previously represented the U.S. abroad through a State Department scholarship to Indonesia and a year-long Congress Bundestag scholarship to Germany.
He is a Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University where he will earn an MBA from the Graduate School of Business and a Master's in International Policy with a focus on U.S.-China relations and Great Power conflict. Joe graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UNC-Chapel Hill in 3 years as a Morehead-Cain, National Merit, and Coca-Cola scholar. He earned a Master's degree from Duke Divinity School, where he focused on the intersection of faith, public leadership, and military service. Outside of work, Joe is a National Geographic Young Explorer and dedicated Kansas City Royals fan, Ironman triathlete, mountaineer, and ultramarathon runner. His team and LFA are based in Kansas, where Joe was born and raised. -
Arinze Obiezue
MBA, expected graduation 2026
Master of Arts Student in Education, admitted Winter 2025
Course Asst-Graduate-Hourly, Graduate School of Business - Other FacultyBioArinze is an MBA Candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an MA Education Candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He's passionate about emerging applications of synthetic media in entertainment and education.
Before Stanford, Arinze worked in venture capital across Kenya and Nigeria as part of the investment team at The Fund for Africa's Future (aka. Future Africa), helping drive investments into some of Africa's top startups. He’s also the co-founder and publisher of Kenga, an independent culture publication documenting the ideas, personalities, and cultures shaping African Gen Z communities on the continent and in the diaspora. Arinze started off his career as a content designer at Meta in London, where he worked on product features aimed at limiting the spread of sensitive content on Facebook and Instagram. While at Meta, Arinze co-founded EarlyAdmit, a coaching platform that helped high-achieving students from underrepresented minority backgrounds get admitted to the top MBA programs in the world. EarlyAdmit was acquired in 2023 by Tequire.
Arinze joined Meta after graduating valedictorian of his class at the African Leadership University (ALU) in Mauritius with a first-class honours degree in Business Management, then left Meta to pursue a master’s degree in Global Affairs with a focus on AI Policy at Tsinghua University, where he was a Schwarzman Scholar and a China Oceanwide Fellow. In 2020, he became the first-ever student from an African university to be offered admission to the competitive deferred MBA programs at both Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Arinze currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Queer African Network (QAN), a nonprofit building digital platforms and third spaces for Africa's queer community to find community, resources, and opportunities. He also briefly served as the Managing Editor of 'A Nasty Boy', Nigeria's first LGBTQ+ publication, where he helped bring visibility to the stories of a community thriving against all odds in one of Africa's most violently homophobic countries.
Arinze is a 2017 recipient of The Diana Award and, in 2021, served as a Judge for the prestigious social impact award created in honour of the Late Princess Diana. In 2023, RIVET recognised Arinze as one of the 20 young people in the world, catalyzing the youth revolution through social innovation and entrepreneurship. For his work building Kenga, a creative platform that helps shift the narrative of Africa towards better stories about the African experience, Arinze was also named a 2023 Kekere Storyteller Prize Champion. In 2024, the Skoll Foundation selected Arinze as a Skoll Fellow among a cohort of 33 other global changemakers leading impactful organisations in their communities. -
Jessica Schlosser Olsen
MSx Fellow, expected graduation 2026
BioA public sector professional with a decade of experience leading climate equity programs and community outreach strategies, with a focus on environmental justice and improving health outcomes for underserved communities. Most recently served as Director of Community Strategies and Resources at the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, where efforts were dedicated to addressing pollution in low-income communities.
Leveraged expertise in community outreach and budget management to develop impactful programs for vulnerable populations. Pursuing a Master of Science in Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business to explore innovative approaches in sustainable policy, climate technology, and the circular economy to advance global environmental justice.
