Hey there! I’m Ilana.

When I’m not gallivanting around the world with my camera, I wear a different hat (or several) in the world of early-stage startups. Most recently, this looked like serving as the Director of Learner Experience at Mainstay, where I had the honor of helping over 14 million students get to and through college through the deployment of AI and nudge-powered chatbots. Today, I’m pursuing my MBA at UChicago and continuing to focus on building up exciting ideas and people as an entrepreneur (expect to hear more soon), VC (interning at Impellent Ventures), and angel investor. With a background that weaves through MIT, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and now, UChicago Booth, I’m all about blending new ways of teaching, learning, and growing with business strategy. While I’m not entirely sure what comes next, I can promise it will still be focused on the startup ecosystem and continuing to build things that help make the world a little bit of a better place.