About Us
Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill's advanced-degree consulting clubs have jointly held consulting case competitions since 2017. The 2024 competition marks the seventh year of this event.
This partnership has been enhanced with a third partner, the Consulting Club at the Texas Medical Center, in 2022 and 2023. We look forward to their return to our competition's Steering Committee in the 2025 season.
Organized By
UNC-Chapel Hill: Graduate Business Careers Club (GBCC)
Ph.D. students are often under the impression that their post-graduate school career must fall into one of two categories: academia or industry. This is entirely untrue, as there exists a multitude of challenging and fulfilling careers for newly minted PhDs. The mission of the Graduate Business & Consulting Club at UNC-Chapel Hill is to educate and prepare advanced degree students for alternative career options, with a focus on management consulting, through events, workshops, and competitions. We host interview workshops, have monthly seminars with guest speakers and host monthly networking events.
Duke University: Advanced-Degree Consulting Club (DACC)
DACC prepares students for their future management consulting careers. DACC members participate in real industry and non-profit management consulting projects, case interview practices, project management training, and interviews with current and incoming consultants. DACC's goal is to help students realize their career plan as a management consultant.
Supported By
Consulting Club Texas Medical Center (CCTMC)
Consulting Club at the Texas Medical Center (CCTMC) represents a group of driven advanced degree students and postdocs from the nation’s leading medical schools and research institutions in the Texas Medical Center. Our members are comprised of biomedical Ph.D. Candidates and Postdoctoral Fellows from the nations leading medical schools and research institutions. As trailblazers in our respective fields, the Consulting Club prepares members to transition from academia to careers in management consulting.
2024 Steering Committee Members
Ammara Aqeel
PhD Candidate, Duke University
PhD Candidate, Duke University
Ammara is a PhD candidate in the lab of Dr. Lawrence David in the department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. Her research focuses on developing novel molecular methods of characterizing human diet to assess global patterns of malnutrition and food insecurity. She also completed the Innovation and Entrepreneurship certificate at the Fuqua School of Business and works as a fellow at the Duke Office of Translation and Commercialization.
Kéita Yokoyama
PhD Candidate, UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University
PhD Candidate, UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University
Keita is a PhD student working under Prof. Caterina Gallippi in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University. When he is not developing novel ultrasound-based diagnostic imaging techniques, he applies his passion for business transformation as the President of the GBCC and a Partner of CGsquared (the GBCC's pro bono consulting arm).
Caroline Bridgwater
PhD Candidate, Duke University
PhD Candidate, Duke University
Caroline is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology. Before coming to Duke, she worked at a Seattle-based biotech startup that aimed to find novel combination therapies for cancer patients. Her research in Dr. Kris Wood's lab at Duke uses functional genomic approaches to identify new drug targets for metastatic lung cancer. She is also a fellow in the Office of Translation and Commercialization and holds a certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the Fuqua School of Business.
Jeena James
MS Candidate, UNC-Chapel Hill
MS Candidate, UNC-Chapel Hill
Jeena James completed her undergraduate degree in biology from Arizona State University in 2020. Her honors thesis examined different barriers to dental care among refugee populations. She worked in food-safety labs and clinical trials related to gut microbiome and autism before joining UNC-Chapel Hill to pursue her master’s in nutrition. At the UNC Microbiome Core, she is researching the effects of galacto-oligosaccharides on intestinal permeability and gut microbiome in relation to bacterial infection.
Demi Shen
PhD Candidate, Duke University
PhD Candidate, Duke University
Demi is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, where she conducts her research under the guidance of Dr. Wolf at Duke University. Her work is focused on understanding the underlying causes of atrial fibrillation and exploring potential treatments for this condition.
Select Previous Steering Committees
2023 Duke-UNC-Texas Medical Center National Case Competition
Qinwen Huang (Duke University)
Buang Zhang (Duke University)
Maura Vrabel (UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University)
Dominik Berger (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Yu Zheng (Texas A&M University)
Jiatong Liu (University of Rochester)
Nikki Cao (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
2022 Duke-UNC-Texas Medical Center National Case Competition
Tong Chen (Duke University)
Lily Yang (Duke University)
Shu Zhang (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Qiongqiong (QQ) Mei (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Xinye Qian (Baylor College of Medicine)
Yi-Tang Lee (Baylor College of Medicine)
Matea Paveskovic (Baylor College of Medicine)
Umair Hammad (Rice University)
2020 Duke-UNC National Case Competition
Jedediah Seltzer (UNC-Chapel Hill)
James Meyo (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Wulin Jiang (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Natalie Nielsen (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Richard Hollenbach III (Duke University)
Matthew Tucker (Duke University)