Maya Gobert

Fr. Admissions officer &

Alum - Cornell

Maya grew up in Singapore and graduated as the nation’s top student before earning a fully funded scholarship to Cornell University, where she double-majored in Economics and Political Science with top honors. With experience across three continents in finance, marketing, and educational consulting, she found her passion in mentoring.

A former Cornell Admissions Officer, Maya has guided students from over 14 countries, helping them build strong candidacies and gain admission to top universities like Harvard, Yale, Cornell, UPenn, and UChicago. She has led teams of consultants and now serves as BRE’s Director of Student Innovation, committed to empowering students to achieve their academic and professional goals.

Dustin Liu

Sr Associate Director -

NYU Stern

Meet Dustin Liu, a Taiwanese-American and proud New Yorker passionate about helping students thrive. As Senior Associate Director at NYU Stern’s Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing (IPF), he leads programs, builds partnerships, and helps students align their goals with a bigger purpose.

He’s taught design thinking at Stanford University, helping students tackle life’s big questions and create meaningful paths forward.

Dustin has also worked at top schools like Cornell, Harvard, MIT, and the University of Chicago, bringing together diverse ideas to inspire and empower students to think big.

Wendeline De Zan

Faculty Member -

MIT Sloan

Wendeline is a JD from Northeastern University School of Law and has a Bachelors from University of California, Berkeley. Wendeline teaches Career Development, D&I, Conflict Resolution, Negotiation, Change Management, Coaching, and Leadership for various universities throughout Europe, North and South America, Scandinavia, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

Her book, Being Different Matters: The Jobseeker’s Manual to the New Economy is recommended to IESE's and UCSD's MBA students and alums. Wendeline speaks Spanish and English natively and French and Italian conversationally.

Daniel mcQuade

Former Director - Columbia

Business School Venture For All

A Senior Marketing and Advertising Executive with over three decades of experience in developing and implementing strategies for retail industries. He is currently a Business Instructor at the Columbia-Harlem Small Business Development Center and Co-Founder at Know Seafood which is on a mission to transform seafood supply chains and make sustainable, accessible, and transparent seafood products. His expertise includes new product development, cultivating brand affinity and loyalty, and cause marketing programs. He has handled every aspect, from product design to retail launch and the development of a national sales network.