Lepage Student Fellows support the Lepage Center by assisting student founders during spark hours, conducting research, writing blog posts and working with the Lepage Center's community partners on various projects. This accomplished group of graduate and undergraduate students are selected from a competitive pool of applicants at the beginning of each academic year. The Lepage Fellowship is open to students from any school across Tulane University. For more information on how to apply, please contact Timekia Mallery at tmallery@tulane.edu.
Lepage Student Fellows
2025-26 Lepage Student Fellows
Richie Cantwell, BS/MACCT 2025
Major: BS Legal Studies in Business, Master of Accounting
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
Richie believes entrepreneurship is a cornerstone of the American dream. In high school, he gained valuable entrepreneurial experience co-founding an e-sports organization. This sparked his interest in accounting because of its unique insight into the inner workings of a business. At Tulane, Richie is a Resident Advisor and Council President of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. He has previously served as President of Trash to Treasure, Controller & Reporting Secretary for Beta Alpha Psi accounting fraternity, and Peer Mentor for the Lepage Center’s TIDES course. Richie is excited to continue working with the Lepage Center to serve Tulane and New Orleans!
Chance Kittrell, BS 2027
Major: Finance + Computer Science
Hometown: Covington, LA
Chance is a serial entrepreneur who has been running his own small businesses since junior high. His favorite part of entrepreneurship is that "There is no specific way to get things done. You just have to figure it out." Chance enjoys working with student ventures while piloting his own music tech startup. Currently, he is pursuing his BS in Finance with a coordinating degree in Computer Science.
Zach Mitra, BS, 2027
Major: Engineering Physics and Computer Science
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Zack is a very driven individual who is interested in both STEM and business. As a student at Tulane, Zack is connecting STEM students to the Lepage Center. Majoring in Engineering Physics and with a coordinating major in Computer Science, Zack wants to work in the tech industry and aspires to be an entrepreneur. Fun facts about Zack: he loves sports, lifting, and music.
Alexa Tarnarider, BS, 2028
Hometown: Palo Alto, CA
Alexa has always been passionate about creating things from scratch and was able to pursue entrepreneurship since she was 10 years old, when her father quit his job to build an ice cream business. As a founding member of the Tulane Entrepreneurship Club, Alexa is eager to help entrepreneurial students harbor and develop their ideas. Alexa is majoring in Business Management and Finance, minoring in Entrepreneurial Business and Russian. On campus, she plays club volleyball and is a part of the entrepreneurship club, TAMID, and the consulting club.
