Membership

The SSIF operates essentially as a real investment firm. The SSIF manages real money for a real client. In this way, participation in the SSIF should be viewed similar to an internship, and the experience has the potential to be far more beneficial than some internships. Students in the SSIF learn by doing – making decisions about the portfolio and conducting the business of the SSIF, including creating reports and making presentations.

With this opportunity comes responsibility. SSIF members are expected to practice professional and ethical conduct in all matters.

The SSIF is organized into sector teams. Currently, sectors include Communications, Consumer Discretionary and Staples, Energy, Financials, Healthcare, Information Technology, Industrials, Materials, Real Estate, and Utilities. Each team is responsible for analysis of companies within their sector, and decisions regarding which stocks for their sector to buy or sell.

All members from all teams are expected to contribute to creating reports and making various presentations on behalf of the SSIF.

Besides making your classes more interesting and relevant, the SSIF is an excellent boost to your career prospects.

Recent graduates have pointed to their experience in the SSIF as being a critical factor in both getting an interview and succeeding in the interview to get offered a job. Recent graduates of the SSIF have started their careers at major investment and financial firms in Chicago and St. Louis.

The SSIF usually accepts new members at the start of each semester. If interested in applying, please contact Dr. Timothy Marlo at tmarlo@siu.edu.

New members are required to interview. The interview allows prospective new members to learn about the SSIF from current members. All are welcome to join the SSIF. The purpose of the interview is not to screen out new members. Rather, the goal of the interview is to help prospective members understand the level of commitment required for participating in the SSIF.

Please contact Dr. Timothy Marlo at tmarlo@siu.edu if you have any questions or if you are interested in joining SSIF.

Oscar Andrade
Ethan Bahney
Reagan Basso
Daniel Boles
Dawson Boys
Matthew Carrazco
Jinyuan Chai
Santo Chiarelli
Johnathon Daly
Nick Dean
Kate DeGrazia
Luke Dierkes
Noe Estrada
Sarah Farris
Zachary Flannigan
Gabriel Francis
Garrett Franklin
Chris Golden
Jacob Hall
Jordan Jansco
Debbie Lewis
Jimmy Lin
Sarah Lynd
Matthew Messer
Christopher Meyer
Jobe Miller
Benjamin Morgan
Rajat Niroula
Eddie Pelak
Ryan Rajak
Lawson Ridgeway
Jacob Rothenberger
Jacob Seidel
Bidit Shakyra
Aaron Shelton
Louis Vicari
Emily White
Ahmad Zatar

Communications, Consumer Discretionary & Staples
Tobias Hagen, Team Leader
Austin Hamrick, Analyst
Garrett Kepley, Analyst
Dawson Boys, Analyst
Noe Estrada, Analyst

Energy and Utilities
Kate Held, Team Leader
Braden Hasty, Analyst
Jacob Rothenberger, Analyst
Nick Dean, Analyst

Financials
Yunjia Zhu Team Leader
Matthew Carrazco, Analyst
Andrew Barajas, Analyst
Jacob Seidel, Analyst
Louis Vicari, Analyst

Healthcare
Luke Dierkes, Team Leader
Jadrian Wright, Analyst
Santo Chiarelli, Analyst
Gabriel Francis, Analyst
Sarah Farris, Analyst

Industrials
Dylan Seessengood, Team Leader
Kaitlyn May, Analyst
Robert Ellis, Analyst
Ryan Rajak, Analyst
Reagan Basso, Analyst

Information Technology
Eric Latham, Team Leader
Nicole Raventos, Analyst
Josh Dunn, Analyst
Eddie Pelak, Analyst
Benjamin Morgan, Analyst

Materials
Ethan Koller, Team Leader
Ivan Vargas, Analyst
Sarah Lynd, Analyst
Chris Golden, Analyst

Portfolio Management
Itria Bonansinga
Joseph Ranganese
Bidit Shakyra
Daniel Boles

Real Estate
Kate DeGrazia, Team Leader
Rajat Niroula, Analyst

Nicholaus Aguilar
Chase Beatty
Gabriel Bonansinga
Dawson Boys
Morgan Braden
Moira Brock
Dawson Brown
Conner Bruckner
Matthew Carrazco
Santo Chiarelli
Nick Dean
Kate DeGrazia
Luke Dierkes
Patrick Dirks
Holden Dodson
Sarah Farris
McKenna Fox
Ayush Giri
Tobias Hagen
Braden Hasty
Kate Held
Prayush Khadka
Nicholas King
Ethan Koller 
Steven Kosco
Samuel Largent
Eric Latham
Debbie Lewis
Hunter Lynch
Aaron Madura
Kaitlyn May
Rafael Morales
Joshua Payne
Rachel Powless
Ryan Rajak
Nicole Raventos
Dylan Sessengood
Bidit Shakyra
Jackie Tremmel
Nick Triplett
Ivan Vargas
Adrian Veseli
Caleb Windt
Nicholas Winkler
Jadrian Wright
Yunjia Zhu

Japhet Bampelenga
Lucas Boles
Morgan Braden
Dawson Brown
Conner Bruckner
Matthew Cagle
Kailey Cameron
Justin Carlson-Gaimari
Matthew Carrazco
Roman Cole
Luke Dierkes
McKena Fox
Ayush Giri
Tobias Hagen
Kate Held
Elijah Henson
Nicholas Jennings
Richy John
Ethan Koller
Samuel Largent
Eric Latham
Anthony Lopez
Aaron Madura
Steven Merdian
Rafael Munoz
Eric Obenauf
Kelsey Odom
Rachel Powless
Nicole Raventos
Daniel Rivera
Ari Schencker
Cameron Sheehan
Jackie Tremmel
Ivan Vargas
Adrian Veseli
Nicholas Winkler
Jadrian Wright
Yunjia Zhu

Communications, Consumer Discretionary & Staples
Parker Moses, Team Leader
Tobias Hagen, Analyst
Richy John, Analyst
Sydney Moss, Analyst

Energy and Utilities
Lucas Boles, Team Leader
Dustin Pawelek, Team Co Leader
Kate Held, Analyst
Stepan Hurmak, Analyst
Daniel Rivera, Analyst

Financials
Matthew Cagle, Team Leader
Austin Albrecht, Analyst
Justin Carlson-Gaimari, Analyst
Daniel Gillian, Analyst
Phil Herard, Analyst
Zhiyuan Li, Analyst
Yunjia Zhu, Analyst

Healthcare
Kaitlyn Bevis, Team Leader
Mitchell Fairfield, Analyst
Mackenzie Piazza, Analyst

Industrials
Luis Teran, Team Leader
Aaron Madura, Analyst
Rafael Munoz Morales, Analyst
Rachel Powless, Analyst
Adrian Veseli, Analyst
Jeremy Zeoli, Analyst

Information Technology
Steven Merdian, Team Leader
Nicolas Forcade-Perkins, Analyst
Yohannes Kifle, Analyst
Cameron Sheehan, Analyst
Jingwen Yao, Analyst

Materials
Mitchell Rhymes, Team Leader
Elijah Evans, Analyst
Nicholas Winkler, Analyst

Portfolio Management
Roman Cole
Ari Schencker

Real Estate
Jessica Giacobbi, Team Leader
Michael Farmer, Analyst
Elijah Henson, Analyst
Ethan Koller, Analyst
Chris Phillips, Analyst
Zhongwen Zheng, Analyst

Consumer Discretionary & Staples

Parker Moses, Team Leader
Katherine Gallick, Analyst
Marisela Herrera, Analyst
Micah Kimble, Analyst
Sydney Moss, Analyst
Austin Starkey, Analyst

Energy

Griffin Day, Team Leader
Lucas Boles, Analyst
Jeana Vardalos, Analyst

Financials

Matthew Cagle, Team Leader
Austin Albrecht, Analyst
Gilbert Chua Sheng Yu, Analyst
Daniel Gillian, Analyst
Joshua Hill, Analyst
Hannah Kingery, Analyst
Zhiyuan Li, Analyst

Healthcare

Kendall Cole, Team Leader
Kaitlyn Bevis, Analyst
Mitchell Fairfield, Analyst
Holden Johnson, Analyst
Luis Teran, Analyst

Industrials

Karla Rosado, Team Leader
Orryn Boles, Analyst
Rafael Munoz Morales, Analyst
Ari Schencker, Analyst
Adrian Veseli, Analyst
Jeremy Zeoli, Analyst

Information Technology

Steven Merdian, Team Leader
Kelsey Byars, Analyst
Tim Cole, Analyst
Yohannes Kifle, Analyst
Alejandro Narvaez-Colon, Analyst
Jingwen Yao, Analyst

Materials

Mitchell Rhymes, Team Leader
Elijah Evans, Analyst
Elijah Milhalik, Analyst

Portfolio Analysis

Bennett Cohen, Team Leader
Roman Cole, Analyst

Real Estate

Jessica Giacobbi, Team Leader
Josh Goodman, Analyst
Dustin Pawelek, Analyst
Chris Phillips, Analyst
Zhongwen Zheng, Analyst

Utilities

Rachel Hauer, Team Leader
Ryan Lehane, Analyst
Mo Rotibi, Analyst
Yeap Zheng Yang, Analyst

Consumer Discretionary & Staples

Alex Crawford, Sector Team Leader
Griffin Day, Sector Analyst
Katherine Gallick, Sector Analyst
Rachel Hauer, Sector Analyst
Xue Jin, Sector Analyst
Carl Schmidt, Sector Analyst
Lu Yan, Sector Analyst

Energy and Utilities

Courtney Lucas, Sector Team Leader
Andre Brilhante, Sector Analyst
Jason Kaney, Sector Analyst
Haorin Liu, Sector Analyst
Austin Miller, Sector Analyst

Financials and Real Estate

Aaron Goeckner, Sector Team Leader
Jessica Giacobbi, Sector Analyst
Josh Goodman, Sector Analyst
Parker Moses, Sector Analyst
Louis Siracusano, Sector Analyst
Roderick Throgmorton, Sector Analyst

Healthcare

Kendall Cole, Sector Team Leader
Orryn Boles, Sector Analyst
Amelia Comper, Sector Analyst
Travis Rotheiser, Sector Analyst

Industrials

Sam Berger, Sector Team Leader
Joshua Carpenter, Sector Analyst
Karina Lopez, Sector Analyst
David Pickett, Sector Analyst
Karla Rosado, Sector Analyst
Jeremy Zeoli, Sector Analyst

Information Technology

Sam Drever, Sector Team Leader
Anthony Barbato, Sector Analyst
Neil Henry, Sector Analyst
Zenon Hill, Sector Analyst
Chen Li, Sector Analyst
Asia Pearson, Sector Analyst
Spencer Tribout, Sector Analyst
Tyler Tuchscherer, Sector Analyst

Materials

Jace Munselle, Sector Team Leader
Elijah Evans, Sector Analyst
Elijah Milhalik, Sector Analyst
Mitchell Rhymes, Sector Analyst

Portfolio Analysis

Kyle Adams, Team Leader
Bennett Cohen, Analyst
Anthony Reed, Analyst

Arwa Alamoudi*
Ahmed Alghamdi
Ahmed Alhajji
Eddie Arrieta
Carlos Benedict
Michael Carrier
Chris Cohn
Andrew Correll
Rachel Crofts
Jake Cusack
Dathan Deisher
Kevin Domain
Cale Fields
Mike Jacobson
Darcy Kolman
Brian Konagel
Alex Lohmann
Vanessa Maxfield
Matthew Miller
Byron Montgomery
Justice Moore
Jennifer Nadeau
Sahil Patel
Sarah Pommer
Megan Rhodes
Adam Riley
Brandon Schneider
Brad Schumann
Michael Shear
Divyesh Shelar
Bob Stachowski
Joshua Stewart
Jiayuan Wan
Weiran Wang
Dane Wilson
Jiachen Zong

* indicates a graduate student consultant to SSIF