Gabelli School of Business Responsible Business Center Fellows 2024/2025
2024/2025
The Gabelli School of Business Responsible Business Center, awarded five financial fellowships to Gabelli School undergraduate and graduate students in 2025. The fellowships are awarded each year and are bestowed upon applicants whose career interests focus on responsible decision-making in modern business, exploring the intersection of profitability and ethical issues. Congratulations to the 2025 Responsible Business Fellows!
Amanda D’Antone ‘19
Amanda D’Antone is a proud 2019 graduate of Fordham University and is a current Professional M.B.A. candidate at the Gabelli School of Business. As a highly skilled Certified Public Accountant based in New York, she has a wealth of experience in numerous sectors. She began her career at EY, where she initially delved into the financial services practice. However, her passion for environmental sustainability led her to transition into climate change and sustainability services. Today, she brings her talents to Tiffany & Co. as a global sustainability reporting specialist. At Tiffany, D’Antone is dedicated to meticulously reporting on various GHG inventory metrics and staying abreast of all current and upcoming ESG regulations. Through her work, she plays a part in the success of Tiffany & Co. upholding its commitment to sustainability and transparency."
Colleen Lee
Colleen Lee is an Executive M.B.A. candidate at the Gabelli School of Business. She is a corporate social impact professional with over 16 years of experience cultivating corporate partnerships on behalf of mission-based organizations. She currently is a consultant with For Momentum, a national cause-marketing agency that brings companies and nonprofits together to create impact.
Lee also has served as director of strategic partnerships at Ronald McDonald House New York and director of corporate relations at Make-A-Wish Metro New York. Her vision for corporate philanthropy was recognized with the 2019 Make-A-Wish America National Corporate Engagement Award and the 2022 Make-A-Wish America Partnership Innovation Award.
Lee’s additional experience includes serving as vice president of development for The Resolution Project and launching her career in corporate philanthropy at Junior Achievement of Georgia. She led the founding partnerships that launched the Junior Achievement Chick-fil-A Foundation Discovery Center in Atlanta, Georgia, eventually serving as a senior lead for all corporate partnerships. She is passionate about the role corporations can have in the philanthropic world and finds joy in building the bridge to make this impact a reality.
Lee holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Georgia. She is from Atlanta, GA, and proudly calls the Upper West Side home with her husband and three-year-old son.
Iuliia Isaeva
Iuliia Isaeva is a Full-Time M.B.A. student from Russia, who is pursuing concentrations in marketing, sustainability, and social impact at the Gabelli School of Business. She is a junior member of the Fordham Graduate Marketing Society and has completed a semester abroad in Austria through the Erasmus program, where she worked on a comparison of inclusive education within and outside the U.N. framework. Her experiences include working on a deaf accessibility project at Samsung, teaching as a special pedagogy teacher, and volunteering with the ASK for Help Foundation to support individuals dealing with mental health challenges and suicidal thoughts. She also has been a finalist in both a sustainable project for Pfizer and the SONY competition, which provided the opportunity for the exploration of the connection between innovation and environmental responsibility. "As a Responsible Business Center fellow, I’m thrilled to collaborate on a project with a U.N.-affiliated organization,” said Isaeva. “I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to work alongside passionate fellows who share my commitment to driving meaningful change."
Julia Mancini
Julia Mancini is a senior at the Gabelli School of Business, who is pursuing a B.S. in Business Administration with concentrations in business economics and management. She’s a member of the nonprofit Spes Nova, has been on the board of Fordham’s Marketing Association, was a student leader for Fordham’s Social Innovation Collaboratory, and has served as editor-in-chief of Fordham’s the paper. She also studied abroad in London, interned at an organic farm in St. Croix, and is going on a study tour to Senegal over spring break. She has interned at the luxury brand 1-Atelier and is now entering her third semester interning with Fordham’s Office of Sustainability, where she researches sustainable technology targeting food waste and microplastic pollution.
Marijn van Steenderen
Marijn van Steenderen is currently an M.S. in Business Analytics student at the Gabelli School of Business. He is originally from the Netherlands, where he successfully earned a master’s degree in Sustainable Energy Technology in addition to a master’s degree in Science, Education, and Communication, specializing in Physics (a teacher’s degree in Physics). He has been interested and engaged in the world’s energy transition for most of his academic and professional career, most notably in solutions other than wind and solar power. This led him to work on the development of a heat battery for residential homes, as well as a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine for heavy-duty vehicles. Additionally, his experience as a physics teacher led to a year of research on how to integrate the teaching of SDGs into science education. This experience reinforced his belief that sustainability is as much about empowering individuals and communities as it is about advancing technologies. Van Steenderen is inspired by the idea that businesses can be a force for good, fostering partnerships and initiatives that drive social and technological progress. He hopes that the Responsible Business Center Fellowship can help him further envision how businesses can become drivers of sustainable and responsible development.