Student Clubs

Ames Murray is the President of the Investment Management Club, Co-Vice President of Equity Research, and a member of the student-managed Global Perspectives Fund.

In the summer of 2025, Ames worked as an Equity Research Summer Associate at Evercore in New York City. During his first year at Kenan-Flagler, he competed in the Alpha Challenge, one of the nation’s premier investment competitions, where his team earned first and third place finishes.

Prior to business school, Ames was an Equity Research Analyst at Alexander Capital Advisors, a small-cap value-focused hedge fund, where he conducted fundamental research in the industrials sector. He began his career at Goldman Sachs.

Ames holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from Elon University, where he graduated with honors.

Parker Haskin is the Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Leadership & Development for Private Wealth Management.  In the spring of 2025, he worked with Callodine Strategic Credit through the PRIME Program, and this past summer interned with a family office in Durham, focusing on their direct private equity investments. Additionally, he is a member of the AIM Student Managed Investment Fund. Parker is a graduate of Elon University and a former student-athlete, playing baseball both there and at UNC, where he finished his career in 2024.

Vince Galioto is the chair of the Alpha Challenge for the Investment Management Club and a VP of Equity Research. Before business school, Vince was an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army, stationed with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  In the summer of 2025, he will join MFS Investment Management in Boston, Massachusetts, where he will intern with the equity research team.

He received a BA in economics from The Ohio State University

Omar Estrada is the Alpha Challenge Credit Chair and serves as the VP of Finance and VP of Credit & Quantitative Finance for the Investment Management Club. In the fall, he competed in the Credit bracket of UNC’s Alpha Challenge and participated in UCLA’s Credit Pitch Competition. Before his MBA, Omar spent eight years as a program manager at the Colorado Department of Education, where he most recently co-led the state’s School-Based Medicaid Program in partnership with the state’s Medicaid agency.
He holds a B.S. in Finance and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

I am originally from Morgantown, West Virginia, and after graduating from West Virginia University, started my career as a credit analyst and commercial loan underwriter at United Bank. I am pursuing my MBA with concentrations in Capital Markets & Investments and Corporate Finance. During the summer of 2025, I will be working as a corporate finance graduate summer intern at State Street in Boston, MA.

Katja Muller is the Investment Management Club’s Head of Outreach and VP, Private Capital. In spring 2025, Katja worked in equity research with Thornburg Investment Management. While at Kenan-Flagler, she competed in both equity and fixed income competitions, with her Alpha Challenge team placing 4th overall and winning the Popular Vote, and her MIT Stock Pitch Competition team also placing in 4th. Before business school, Katja was the Director of Retail at One Acre Fund – Rwanda where she oversaw a network of joint ventures. She started her career in consulting at Deloitte, fka Monitor Group after earning her BS in Economics at Wharton.