Schwarzman Session: Election Talk: What's at Stake?

Schwarzman Sessions are peer-led gatherings where conversations generate collaborations and move ideas into action. Because seats are limited, registrants will be automatically placed on the waitlist and will be notified via email if they are selected to participate. 

As U.S. elections approach, we are faced with many questions about their consequences. How will different election results impact America's economy and businesses? What will be the effect on US international relations and policy? How will our local New Haven community be influenced? Join Eli Sabin '22 '26JD (Yale Law School) and William Zhang '25MBA (Yale School of Management) for a conversation on the 2024 elections and what is at stake.

Eli Sabin

Eli Sabin represents Ward 7, which includes parts of East Rock and Downtown, on the New Haven Board of Alders, our city council. A lifelong New Haven resident, Eli also works as the Legislative Coordinator at Connecticut Voices for Children, a statewide nonprofit where he helps lead the organization’s advocacy for safe, affordable housing and a fairer state budget. Eli graduated from Yale College in 2022 with a degree in political science, and he is now in his second year at Yale Law School. In his work in local and state government and in his academic research, Eli’s focus is on advocating for more investment and opportunity for working and middle-class families in New Haven and across Connecticut.

William Zhang

William Zhang is currently a second-year MBA student at the Yale School of Management, and he currently serves as a SOM student ambassador and an officer of the Business & Politics Club. Prior to Yale, William was a strategy consultant at Oliver Wyman and Teneo for three years. This past summer, William interned at the U.S. Department of Energy to assess the commercial viability of electric aircrafts, and currently, William is working part time at the U.S. Department of State Office of Science and Technology Adviser.