Team
Matt Peyrek
President
Major: Accounting
Graduation Year: 2019
Email: [email protected]
Matt Peyrek is currently a junior and a member of the Honors Program of the Business School. This is his seventh year involved with FBLA-PBL having been a high school FBLA member for four years. Outside of PBL, Matt is an active member of six other organizations including the Department Of Leadership & Experiential Learning, Rutgers RIOT Squad, Personal Finance Club, and more. An electrical engineer during the summer, Matt wires control panels to run distribution systems for clients such as Avon, Toys “R” Us, QVC, Benjamin Moore, HSN, and more. As President, Matt hopes to assist his fellow E-Board Members in promoting the club and attracting new members while simultaneously improving connections with Rutgers, the business school, other professional clubs, and employers. He is excited for a productive and exciting year and encourages anyone interested to come out to our general meetings or contact the PBL Executive Board. Together, let’s ‘Elevate Your Future!’
Anuj Patel
Internal Vice President
Major: Economics and Supply Chain
Graduation Year: 2018
Email: [email protected]
Anuj is currently a senior working on a double major in Economics and Supply Chain management. His FBLA-PBL career began in his sophomore year at Piscataway High School and it continued into his college career. His passion led him to join the PR and Events committee last year and become the Internal Vice President this year. As a member of the PR committee, he learned more about the organization and how hard work makes events that PBL host successful. He looks forward to continue improving the organization as the Internal Vice President. Outside of PBL, Anuj is passionate about basketball (go Celtics), photography, sneakers, and enjoying great TV shows.
Matthew Greenstein
External Vice President
Major: Accounting
Graduation Year: 2020
Email: [email protected]
Matthew is a sophomore, majoring in accounting. His Rutgers PBL path started last year when he was a member of the Public Relations and Events Committee. As a committee member, Matthew learned invaluable things about the organization that influenced his decision to run for External Vice President. He is a strong believer that in order to be successful, you must show a great deal of leadership and innovation, which goes well with the mission of FBLA-PBL. Outside of FBLA-PBL, Matthew is a member of the Rutgers University Accounting Association as well as an official scorekeeper for the Rutgers University Baseball Team. Along with this, he is an avid New York sports fan who is a diehard Mets fan. Matthew looks forward to making this FBLA-PBL year a success.
Anisha Patel
Secretary
Major: Finance and BAIT
Graduation Year: 2019
Email: [email protected]
Anisha Patel is currently a junior at Rutgers Business School and Rutgers Honors College. This is her second year involved with FBLA-PBL and her first year on the E-board. Anisha has attended two national conferences with PBL so far, including the National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California this past summer. Outside of PBL, Anisha is an ambassador for both the Rutgers Business School and the Honors College. She is also a member of the Institute for International and Domestic Affairs at Rutgers, a non-profit organization through which she helps organize the annual Rutgers Model UN and Model Congress Conferences. This past summer she worked at Burgiss Group in Hoboken as a Private Equity Analyst Intern, serving primarily in the data quality assurance and financial analytics roles. As secretary, Anisha hopes to assist PBL in achieving greater Super Sweeps statuses for conferences and to have an exciting year ahead!
Elijah Viola
Treasurer
Major: Supply Chain Management
Concentration: Sales
Graduation Year: 2019
Email: [email protected]
Elijah is junior majoring in Supply Chain Management with a concentration in Sales. She has been active in FBLA-PBL since her freshman year at Rutgers as part of the Community Service Committee, and then the PR and Events Committee. Elijah looks forward to working with the executive board to bring events that emphasize the importance of business skills and career development. Outside of PBL, Elijah is a Purchasing Intern for MongoDB and has had experience as a financial controller for a start-up and as a tax accounting intern. Beyond everything school and work related, Elijah enjoys breakfast food and scrolling through Pinterest.
Adriana Hong
Professional Development Director
Major: Accounting
Minor: Spanish
Graduation Year: 2020
Email: [email protected]
Adriana is currently a sophomore studying Accounting with a minor in Spanish through the Honors College at the Rutgers Business School. She became a member of FBLA-PBL during her freshman year, joining the Professional Development committee with the intention of learning how to grow professionally as well as improve her communication skills. As director of the committee this year, she aims to serve as a resource for all members of PBL. Outside of the organization, Adriana is also an active brother of the professional business fraternity Phi Chi Theta, and is interested in literature, art, and travel.
Veronica Conin
Event Coordinator
Major: Supply Chain Management and Marketing
Graduation Year: 2020
Email: [email protected]
Veronica Conin is currently a sophomore at the Rutgers Business School majoring in Supply Chain Management and Marketing, while also minoring in Fine Art. She joined the PR & Events Committee of PBL as a freshman at Rutgers, in hopes that it would help pursue her dream of combining creativity with the fast-paced, competitive environment of business. (It did!) Now, as Events Coordinator, Veronica plans to continue the upstanding traditions of PBL, as well as bring new ideas to the organization. By hosting events throughout the year, Veronica intends to bring together students and professionals to grow not only networks, but also possibilities!
Somik Shah
Historian
Major: Accounting & Supply Chain Management
Graduation Year: 2019
Email: [email protected]
Somik Shah is a junior in Rutgers Business School who is interested in the field of audit, because it allows him to travel and meet different clients. However, he would not mind pursuing a career with Intel because he could learn a lot from relocating to the West Coast. His interests include reading about and discussing international affairs.
Chelsea Wong
Fundraising Chair
Major: Political Science and Economics
Graduation Year: 2021
Email: [email protected]
Chelsea Wong is a freshman double majoring in Political Science and Economics with a minor in Spanish on the pre-law track enrolled in the Honors College through the School of Arts and Sciences. It is her 5th year as part of the FBLA-PBL organization, having been majorly involved in FBLA previously. Chelsea’s goal is to expand Rutgers PBL to accommodate all majors and schools in Rutgers and grow the organization as a family. As fundraising chair, she hopes to promote the group while growing the fund base to do more activities. Outside of PBL, she is an ambassador for the Honors College, a promotions team member of WRSU 88.7, an assembly member of the Rutgers Economic Society, and a Rutgers Future Scholar. In her downtime, Chelsea likes to play the piano and videogames.
James Xia
Community Service Chair
Major: Finance and Supply Chain Management
Graduation Year: 2021
Email: [email protected]
James Xia is currently a freshmen at the Rutgers Business School, studying Finance and Supply Chain Management. He has been part of FBLA-PBL since his first year of high school, and he’s always looking to improve himself by attending conferences and meetings. He loves music and making connections with other people.
Sunny Feng
Webmaster
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Minor: Computer Science
Graduation Year: 2020
Email: [email protected]
Sunny Feng is currently a sophomore in the School of Engineering majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and minoring in Computer Science. She started out in FBLA-PBL as a Community Service Committee member in order to help the New Brunswick community through volunteering. She will now be leading the Webmaster-Historian Committee to document the accomplishments of Rutgers PBL. Sunny is excited to convey the values of the organization and to update the community on PBL events through the website. Outside of PBL, Sunny enjoys reading, designing apps, and doing community service in her free time. She hopes to continue learning as the Webmaster and hopes to give back to both the PBL and Rutgers communities.
Blog
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