Supported by generous funding from Scott Eichel '97, DFE offers advising and mentoring opportunities, as well as diversity initiatives, designed to guide students in learning about and pursuing finance careers. Read more about specific opportunities below.
Duke undergraduates: please sign up for the DFE Email List to receive notifications when Eichel Finance Advising Network opportunities become available throughout the academic year.
All undergrads are invited to meet with either John Caccavale or Emma Rasiel for guidance on finance careers and recruiting.
Office hours with DFE Executive Director John Caccavale:
- John will post fall 2026 office hours at the beginning of the semester.
Office hours with DFE Teaching Director Emma Rasiel:
- See Emma’s personal website for details.
Alumni Advising
Mark Augusti '87, who teaches FMKT 390S-04: Financing Health Care Companies, offers advising hours during the academic year. Check back in the fall semester for his current office hours schedule.
About Mark Augusti:
Mark Augusti, MBA, is Founder and Managing Owner of Kenmore Advisors, an advisory and consulting firm focused on compliance, governance, and commercial strategy in the medical technology sector. Previously, Mr. Augusti was President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors at Conformis, Inc., a public orthopedic device company. Prior to leading Conformis, Mr. Augusti was Integra LifeSciences Corporation’s Corporate Vice President and President of Orthopedics and Tissue Technologies. Mr. Augusti served as Chief Executive Officer at Bioventus LLC and was a member of the Bioventus’ Board of Directors. Prior to that, Mr. Augusti spent nine years with Smith & Nephew, in a series of leadership roles within the orthopedics and biologics businesses. Prior to that, he spent 13 years at GE Medical Systems, where he held various sales, marketing and strategic management roles, both in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Augusti serves as a director of the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum and has served as a director of the AdvaMed Accel Board. Mr. Augusti received his M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and his B.S. in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University.
Finance Mentor Program for Sophomores
Each fall semester, this program links 100+ sophomores with alumni in the financial markets, giving students the opportunity to speak informally with finance professionals, learn about different areas of investment banking, and obtain help in preparing for the summer intern recruiting process. Students engage in three one-on-one conversations at minimum with their assigned mentors during the late fall and winter. Mentors come from a variety of roles in investment banking, sales & trading, private wealth management, and equity research.
The program is not expected or intended to be a shortcut through the recruiting process. Students should view their mentors as objective advisors, not potential employers.
Join the DFE Email List to be notified when registration for this program opens in the fall.
DFE Mentoring Pods
In the fall semester, sophomores can sign up to be assigned to "pods" consisting of two sophomores, one junior, and one senior. The upper-class students in each pod provide mentorship to the sophomores as they go through the recruiting process for summer-after-junior-year finance internships. Seniors also support the juniors in their pods, helping them prepare for summer internships.
With each new school year, new sophomores are added to the pods, and the previous year's mentees become upper-class mentors. We aim for each pod to become a continuous chain of mentoring that extends beyond Duke.
Join the DFE Email List to be notified when registration for this program opens in the fall.
Senior-to-Sophomore Mentoring Connections
Every academic year, we post a list of seniors who did finance and consulting internships the previous summer and have volunteered to be a resource to other students.
Check back here in the fall for the Class of 2027 list.