# Recent MBA graduates Luke Douglas and Samantha Thiel are named to the Poets & Quants "MBAs to Watch" list

1 School News June 22, 2016 ![Poets and Quants logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_036687.gif?itok=YuUEYfSP)>

Excerpt from [Poets & Quants](http://poetsandquants.com/2016/06/22/mbas-watch-class-2016/) -- "'With the formation of the NYU Impact Investing Fund (NIIF), NYU Stern can now provide practical, hands-on experience for students who want to enter the impact investing sector after school, all while deploying investment capital to deserving organizations in the NYC community.' - Luke Douglas 'I am incredibly thankful for the way that I have been pushed to fulfill my own potential by the intelligence, ambition, and above all, compassion, of other Stern students.' - Samantha Thiel"

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