Biography
Hey y’all! I’m Ben, I’m a Durham, North Carolina native and a rising junior at the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). I love photography, music, traveling, people, nature, and most of all sports.
Title: Strategy Analyst Intern
Work Email: [email protected]
Causes You Support: Habitat for Humanity
Favorite Sports Teams: Michigan Wolverines (Go Blue), Carolina Hurricanes, Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets, Atlanta Braves, Chelsea FC, North Carolina Tar Heels & Pittsburgh Steelers
Childhood Hero: Cam Newton and my Mom
Favorite Music: Ella Langley, Wild Rivers, Morgan Wallen, Maggie Rogers, Sam Fender, The Fray, Luke Combs, Paramore, Zach Bryan, Olivia Dean, Eric Church, The Eagles, Treaty Oak Revival, Sea Girls, Bruno Mars, Fleetwood Mac, J. Cole, Muscadine Bloodline, Noah Kahan, Zac Brown Band
Favorite Food: Chicken & Biscuits
My Superpower: I take photos everywhere I go and run my own photography Instagram account
Favorite Quote: “Why waste time knowing and waiting when you could be doing” – Malik Faye (my old soccer coach)
Awards: 2023 North Carolina All-State Soccer
Favorite Songs: More Than My Hometown (Morgan Wallen), Over My Head (The Fray), weren’t for the wind (Ella Langley), Never Going Home (Maggie Rogers), Wagon Wheel (Go Canes!) (Darius Rucker), Take It Easy (The Eagles), Mind Over Matter (Young the Giant), Too Fast (Jason Aldean), Springsteen (Eric Church), Still Into You (Paramore), Purple Rain (Prince), Neon Moon (Brooks & Dunn)
All-Time Favorite Movie: Friday Night Lights (2004) and The Batman
Favorite Place to Travel: Nashville, TN, Munich, Germany and Ocean Isle Beach, NC
Celebrity Crush: Natalia Dyer, Megan Fox, and Inde Navarette
Career Highlights: Campus representatives, at the University of Michigan. Project manager on several sustainability consulting projects with General Motors, Michigan Ross, Ann Arbor for Public Power, and the City of Chicago. Pre-college program staff at UNC and years of coaching experience. On E-Board for my consulting club and my fraternity and I write for the Michigan Undergraduate Law Review.