Capstone Projects
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Client: Open Communities Alliance
Team: Alisha Beth Beatty, Amy Katherine DeHuff, Aden Munassar, Ashley Lynn Smith
The Open Communities Alliance (OCA) is a civil rights nonprofit organization in Connecticut that promotes access to opportunity for all people through education, advocacy, research, and partnerships. OCA's opportunity mapping work has shown that …
Client: New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Team: Molly Elizabeth Anderson, Malcolm Bennie Morse, Pamela Razo, Laura Marie Sellmansberger
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the largest municipal housing agency in the nation. HPD promotes quality housing and thriving neighborhoods through the implementation of affordable housing preservation and …
Client: ClassWish
Team: Silyi Yang, Xiaozhu Zhang, Balu Pan, Yenik Tleshva, Yichen Yuan
ClassWish is a nonprofit organization that provides a way for the public to donate money to fund resources for American K-12 schools and teachers. By virtue of its buying power, ClassWish is able to obtain discounts of 15 to 50 percent on goods for …
Client: Rocky Mountain Institute
Team: Devesh Sugrim, Junyan Wang, Elizabeth Carollo , Yuli Xu, Chencong Zhao,
Carbon War Room, a business unit of the nonprofit research and educational foundation Rocky Mountain Institute, works to intervene in markets to accelerate the adoption of business solutions that reduce carbon emissions at gigaton scale and advance the …
Client: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Center for Health Equity
Team: Anais Borja, Savanna Essig-Fox , Calley Reed Heffer, Shardee Aquillia Vaughn, Whitney E. Adair
The Center for Health Equity (CHE) is a division of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) whose mission is “to strengthen and amplify the DOHMH's work to eliminate health inequities, which are rooted in historical and …
Client: Z Street Consulting
Team: Claudia Martin, Casey Rooney, Kimberly Seiler, Melissa Diaz, Jacob Shiflett
Z Street Consulting is a firm specializing in human resource consulting for federal government agencies. The private sector has spearheaded efforts to centralize human resources, finance, and information technology functions using shared services centers. …
Client: Brooklyn Bridge to Cambodia
Team: Yao Guo, Eliza D Karp, Eugenia Lee, BethSheba Rivera
The Brooklyn Bridge to Cambodia (BB2C) is a social enterprise startup based in the United States and Cambodia that develops innovative equipment for smallholder Cambodian farmers through human-centered design and local insights. Seeking to develop an …
Client: Aide et Action
Team: Kate E Monaghan, Michelle Shin, Sohana Islam
Aide et Action (AEA) is a nonprofit that focuses on supporting local actors throughout the world so that they may devise, develop, and implement educational projects. It aims to build the capacities and promote the autonomy of population groups so that …
Client: New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
Team: Winston Berkman, Molly Buckwalter Fairfield, Amy Tse, Nicole Vecchione, Logan Spencer
The New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) promotes the well-being of immigrant communities. Currently, MOIA focuses on enhancing the economic, civic, and social integration of immigrant New Yorkers; facilitating access to justice for …
Client: Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion
Team: Hongli Wen, Jee in Chung, Sanya Agrawal, Owen C Godshall, Lisa Marie Raffetto
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) is a nonprofit institution of Jewish higher education. HUC-JIR ordains rabbis and cantors in the Reform tradition, confers master's degrees in Jewish education and Jewish nonprofit management, …
Client: Legal Services NYC
Team: Susie Botfeld, Christina Collette, Natalie Serok, Katherine Van Poznak
Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) is the largest civil legal services provider in the country and helps more than 80,000 low-income New Yorkers annually. LSNYC's potential clients connect to legal counsel by calling the organization's hotline (Access Line), …
Client: New York City Housing Authority
Team: Laura Bligh, Sung Eun Kim, Jimena Llopis Abella, Troy Mathews, Gunnar Zuber
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the largest landlord in New York City, with about 178,000 apartments across the five boroughs. With its scarce financial resources and limited staffing capability, NYCHA struggles to process the approximately …
Client: New York City Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response
Team: Ayaz Syed Alam, Melisa Cheung, Pallavi Bhupal Khade, Ritu Kundu, Alyssa Ann Napoli
The Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR) promotes New York City Department of Mental Health and Hygiene initiatives such as preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from health emergencies that can potentially impact the …
Client: End Child Prostitution In Asian Tourism-United States
Team: Adam Younger, Stefano Biguzzi-Velcich, Dana Laventure, Sarah Rosenwasser
End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism-United States (ECPAT) strives to create a world in which no child is bought, sold, or used for sex. ECPAT works with the hospitality industry to provide hotel staff with training on the commercial sexual …
Client: Crea Comunidades de Emprendedores Sociales
Team: Kevin Michael Riley, Andrea Davila Saad, Daniela Sarzosa Castillo
Crea Comunidades de Emprendedores Sociales, A.C., (Crea) is a nonprofit social enterprise that implements customized programs to empower and strengthen women entrepreneurs from socially and economically marginalized areas in Mexico. Crea enlisted a …
Client: New York City Housing Authority
Team: Carine Brann, Doris Yau , Eliezah Hoffman, Stephanie Lo
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is a city agency that works to provide affordable housing throughout New York City's five boroughs to low and moderate-income residents. To fulfill its mission to serve over 400,000 tenants, NYCHA developed …
Client: New York City Department of Small Business Services
Team: Lisa Kim Awaya , Lusungu A Kayani, Alexander Marte, Karina Vangani
The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) helps unlock economic potential and create greater economic security for all New Yorkers by connecting residents to good jobs, creating stronger businesses, and building a fairer economy in …
Client: Homeless Services United
Team: Heba Ahmed, Casey Becerra, Abby Woodard, Ariel Green, Princess Palmer
Homeless Services United (HSU) is a coalition of nonprofit organizations serving homeless and at-risk adults and families in New York City. HSU provides advocacy, information sharing, and training to its approximately 50 member agencies to expand their …
Client: Millennium Challenge Corporation
Team: Jeremy Herbert, Colin Miller,
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is an innovative and independent US foreign aid agency that is helping lead the fight against global poverty. Since 2012, the Indonesian government and the local affiliate of MCC have embarked on an ambitious …
Client: South Asian Youth Action
Team: Kristen Barrett, Nina Blume, Marjorie Davolos, Elissa Margarita Gomez
The South Asian Youth Action (SAYA) is a youth development organization that aims to “foster a strong sense of belonging in youth and provide them with tools to thrive academically, professionally, and personally.” SAYA has grown into a $3.9 million …
Client: NYC Health + Hospitals
Team: Taha Raslan, Sophia Temis, Sarah Verbofsky , Heeta Shailesh Vithalani, Roman P Zamishka, Winnie Chan
NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) is the largest public safety-net hospital system in the country, serving 1.4 million New Yorkers annually. In September 2014, H+H was awarded a $17.9 million healthcare innovation grant through the Center for Medicare & …
Client: Power Shift Network
Team: Amanda Bernstein, Emma Bundy, Tina Coye, Naamah Paley, Megan Jackson
Power Shift Network (PSN) is a nonprofit organization working to organize, empower, and strengthen the youth climate justice movement. The Capstone team supported PSN as it considered whether to pursue additional political activities through the …
Client: Project Hospitality
Team: Rochelle-Anne Campbell, Rashawn Davis, Tasha Garcia, Toniann Territola, Yunong Zheng
Project Hospitality is a community-based nonprofit organization that addresses the broad spectrum of basic, clinical, and social needs of homeless and food-insecure residents of Staten Island, New York. The organization is currently undergoing a …
Client: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Team: Jessica Cardenas, Glynnis Mclntyre, Sherylynn Sealy, Isabel Vicentini de Armas
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Carnegie) is one of the world's most highly regarded international affairs think tanks and the oldest in the United States. Carnegie's mission is to advance the cause of peace through analysis and …
Client: Transparency International
Team: Tegan Joseph Mosugu
Transparency International (TI) is an international, non-governmental organization devoted to combating corruption. Currently, TI has a national chapter in Sierra Leone and is actively working to assess and mitigate the numerous risks involved in the …
Client: UN Capital Development Fund - Infrastructure
Team: Larry Arbuthnot, Marina Cardona, Daniel Kong, Aidai Tursunbekova
Since 2008, the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has supported local economic development initiatives (LED) throughout Tanzania via its Local Finance Initiative (LFI-T). Today, LFI-T is exploring ways to assess the non-financial impact …
Client: Chevron Liberia Limited
Team: Melika Edquist, Maria Peloso, Qi Song, Elizabeth Petoskey, Erika Boll
Chevron-Liberia Economic Development (C-LED) initiative is the corporate social responsibility arm of Chevron Liberia Limited. A Capstone team was requested to assess C-LED’s first round of social investment from the years 2010-2015. The team produced a …
Client: Center for International Development/SUNY Albany
Team: Eleanor Berens, Caroline Mwaniki, Lorna Wahome
The Agile Harmonized Assistance for Devolved Institutions (AHADI) is a USAID-funded program in Kenya designed to strengthen and enable local governments to implement the mandates of devolution as highlighted in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya. Citizen …
Client: Jamaica Hospital MC - MediSys Health Network
Team: Melissa Hilaire, Joane Luma, Yuko Oku, Emmanuel Osei-Manu, Nia Cherith Washington
Jamaica Hospital, part of MediSys Health Network, is engaged in a shared savings program in which providers share the savings generated by managing care appropriately, as determined by pre-set quality benchmarks. Jamaica Hospital sought to evaluate the …
Client: Montefiore Medical Center - Orthopedic Specialties
Team: Shuang Ding, Brian Warren Harvey, Virginia Irungu, Christian Marghella, Ricky Shailendra Surujdin
The Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center has been providing comprehensive care of all orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions for over 50 years. More than 128,000 patients visit the center annually for its expertise in …
Client: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Emergency
Team: Sapana Kanojia, Isaac Kastenbaum, Melody Cherny, Adriana Meza
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is one of the oldest departments of health in the U.S., employing more than 5,000 staff and supporting NYC’s diverse population of 8 million residents. DOHMH has established a comprehensive framework …
Client: European Commission Directorate General for Development and Cooperation - Promoting Governance and Democracy under Decentralization
Team: Wemimo Abbey, Jesus Ballivian, Li Gao, Ani Metreveli
The European Union Civil Society Organizations and Local Authorities Thematic Program is being developed for the new cycle of E.U. development cooperation to support multi-actor approaches and inclusive partnerships for poverty eradication and sustainable …
Client: European Commission Directorate General for Development and Cooperation - Improving Local Public Sector Reform and Service Delivery
Team: Kirantaja Chadalawala, Emil Fraija, Xiaoxiao Wu, Yating Zhao
The European Union Thematic Program on Civil Society Organizations and Local Authorities is part of EuropeAid’s Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) for 2014-2020. It is being developed to support multi-actor approaches and inclusive partnerships for …
Client: University of Dar Es Salaam - Gender Centre
Team: Blair Allan, Karina Grosheva, Greta Lynn Karis, Ashley Putnam
Established in 2006, The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Gender Centre monitors the implementation of UDSM’s gender policies and promotes gender equality through student and staff events, research, and literature. The Gender Centre engaged a Capstone …
Client: Asociacion Desarrollo de la Educacion y La Salud
Team: Daniel Jensen, Jackie Rudas, Kristen Montella
Asociación Desarrollo de la Educación y la Salud (ADESA) is a nonprofit organization focused on promoting education and health in marginalized areas throughout Lima, Peru. As it seeks to promote professionalism within its organization, ADESA enlisted a …
Client: PCI Media Impact
Team: Nana Ama Ampah, Charity Hung, Yiwen He, Natasha Lerner
PCI Media Impact (PCIMI) is a nonprofit organization that uses storytelling and creative communications to empower communities worldwide and inspire positive social and environmental change. PCIMI requested a Capstone team to analyze and evaluate three …
Client: Wireless Access for Health Initiative, Inc.
Team: Victoria (Tori) Chan, Navid Gagne, Eunkyung Jin, Ebunoluwa Okunuga
The Wireless Access for Health Initiative (WAH) is a public-private partnership started in 2009 to improve local health governance and access to quality data by health managers, local chief executives, and policymakers in the Philippines. Bringing …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital - The Allen Hospital
Team: Robert Durany, Indira Maharaj-Jain, Lauren Palette, LeeAnne Paulenoff, Lauren Soneira
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) facilities currently distribute “Welcome Packets” with maps, hospital and neighborhood information, and a discharge collection envelope to organize patients’ paperwork. Using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of …
Client: CAMBA, Inc.
Team: Margaret Smiley, Amanda Patten, Annika Ginsberg, Jill Bentley
CAMBA Gardens I is a supportive and affordable housing residence located on the campus of Kings County Hospital. It is comprised of 209 units, of which 146 units are occupied by formerly homeless individuals and their families. CAMBA Gardens is the first …
Client: NYU School of Medicine
Team: Christina Marie Blanco, Angel Chen, Anisha Sanjay Chikarmane, Stephanie C. Chrispin, Lulu Hou
In response to changes affecting the fields of technology, higher education, and healthcare, The New York University School of Medicine (NYUSOM) established the Institute for Innovations in Medical Education (IIME) in November 2013. IIME strives to foster …
Client: Mount Sinai Health System
Team: Erin Embry, Florence Maffeu-Tamwo, Eugene Podborits, Ekatrina Small
Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs), a major trend in the current healthcare environment, have challenged Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) to enhance its focus on the continuum of care in these communities and improve the delivery of …
Client: God's Love We Deliver, Inc.
Team: Jessica Nagro, Sarah Sullivan, Luke Melone, Karina Melkonyan
God’s Love We Deliver, a NYC-based, nonsectarian food and nutrition services nonprofit, is experiencing rapid growth. The organization is considering expanding existing services to new counties and new primary diagnoses, while looking to close gaps in …
Client: Social Accountability International / Rapid Results Institute
Team: Julianne Chambers, Anita Lederer, Lilian Liu, Yongxuan Nie, Jenny Roberts
In 2013, Social Accountability International (SAI), an international NGO dedicated to improving workplaces through social standards, and the Rapid Results Institute (RRI), a nonprofit that implements change management programs in the developing world, …
Client: SumOfUs.org
Team: Melanie Cathleen Poole
Digital campaigning organizations represent a new, potentially transformative, arena of political advocacy. Australia-based SumOfUs is a largely, but not exclusively, digital advocacy movement of consumers, workers, and shareholders working globally to …
Client: Impact Hub Mexico City
Team: Maya Salwen, Keely Gerhold, Jose Navarrete, Christina D'Astolfo, Rosanna Volchok
Impact Hub is the largest global community of entrepreneurs and innovators, with over 7,000 members and 55+ collaborative work spaces worldwide. Impact Hub Mexico City is a new space designed to foster community, productivity, and positive impact between …
Impact of the office of national drug control policy reauthorization act of 2006 on illicit drug use
Client: Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006
Team: Anupama Arora, Julia Keyser, Jean Kim, Xavier Anthony Mera
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Reauthorization Act of 2006 reauthorized the ONDCP as the primary agency of U.S. federal drug control policy. The provisions of this act included a modification of the patient limits imposed on physicians …
Client: US Department of Veterans Affairs
Team: Shari Chung, Mayra Martinez, Caroline Mundela, Richelle Prioleau, Sybria White
The Office of Patient Care Services (PCS) within the Department of Veterans Affairs receives an enormous number of high-priority, deadline-sensitive electronic correspondence from Congress, the White House, the media, and veterans. PCS receives 200-500 …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Team: Therese Bellerive-Beraud, Christine Dionisio, Johanna Mills, Morgan Schena
New York-Presbyterian (NYP) is one of the premier healthcare institutions in the United States. The hospital’s mission is to provide a full spectrum of medical interventions, from the prevention of disease and treatment of illness, to the promotion of …
Client: The Hunger Project
Team: Junchen Pan, Haoyan Zhong, Richard Graboski, Katelyn Riconda, Ran Qin
The Hunger Project (THP) works with over 17,000 communities in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America to develop innovative means of poverty and hunger reduction. With a special focus on women’s empowerment and social enterprise, THP aims to effect change …
Client: Catholic Medical Mission Board
Team: Esther Azasi, Angela Coral
Beginning in 1912, Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), a faith-based organization, has supported global health care initiatives for the world’s poor by building healthy, sustainable communities through partnerships and community engagement. As part of …