Aïcha Camara
Aïcha Camara is a second-year dual-degree candidate at Washington University in St. Louis, pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Social Work (MSW) with a concentration in International Social and Economic Development. She earned her undergraduate degree in International Relations from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a minor in International Development and Conflict Management.
Originally from Guinea, Aïcha has spent a significant portion of her life in Baltimore, Maryland, which has shaped her perspective on community and the importance of building sustainable systems that expand opportunity. Prior to graduate school, she worked at an Immigration & Refugee Center supporting unaccompanied minors, focusing on program management and policy development. This experience strengthened her commitment to improving accountability and translating mission-driven work into measurable impact.
At WashU, Aïcha serves as a United Way Board Fellow and is a voting member on a nonprofit board. She is also actively engaged across the university community, seeking opportunities to learn from her peers and contribute to enhancing the graduate student experience. Her interests lie at the intersection of business and social impact, with a focus on international development and youth empowerment as pathways to drive inclusive and sustainable change.
Beyond her academic and professional work, Aïcha enjoys volunteering and is actively involved in her Islamic community. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, exploring new cultures and languages, and experimenting with new vegan fusion recipes.
In this role, she is excited to represent diverse perspectives and contribute to strengthening campus-wide graduate student collaboration.
Kweku Enninful
Kweku Enninful is a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Engineering program at WashU, specializing in medical imaging and computational methods for radiopharmaceutical therapy, with a focus on advancing quantitative SPECT imaging for complex, low-count and multi-isotope systems. His work centers on improving quantification accuracy, and dosimetry to enable more precise and patient-specific treatment. Kweku is also a McDonnell International Scholar, where he engages in a leadership-focused program that brings together a global community of graduate students. He has also contributed to the Imaging Science community as an organizer and tutor for the Summer Math Crash Course, supporting incoming students in strengthening the mathematical skills essential for success in the program.
Beyond research and academics, Kweku is passionate about entrepreneurship as a means to enhance experiential learning for students. Building on his undergraduate experiences at the University of Ghana, he has further explored this interest through the Skandalaris Center, participating in programs such as NEXT and the Skandalaris Venture Competition to build a platform that enhances student internship experiences and help navigate career opportunities. In his free time, he enjoys watching movies, building projects, and engaging in conversations with friends. In his new role on the Board of Trustees, Kweku aims to elevate diverse student perspectives, advocate for student needs and strengthen communication between students and university leadership.
Paul Bradford
Paul Bradford, a proud first-generation college student and Jerry & Judy Kent Scholar, is pursuing a double major in Finance in the Olin Business School and African & African American Studies in Arts & Sciences, with a minor in Mathematics. Driven by his formative upbringing and experiences growing up in low socioeconomic conditions in Memphis, Tennessee, he is committed to democratizing financial literacy and education, and throughout his career, aims to use capital as a tool to create meaningful social change around the world.
At WashU, Paul has engaged deeply and intentionally with every dimension of university life. During his first year, he served as Programming Chair for the Association of Black Students during the year the organization was named Organization of the Year and completed the Bauer Leadership Academy Leadership Development Badge. He has served as a Student Assistant in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, contributing to the administrative heart of student life at WashU through several special projects — including creating an oral history and historical repository for long-time emeritus trustee Bob Virgil. He has also served as Vice President and now President of the Black Men’s Coalition; and Assistant Research Manager on the Abraham Taylor Reparative Research Fellowship, where he contributed significantly to a research paper on the skeletal repatriation process in unlegalized territories, work directly connected to the repatriation of the Terry Collection. He served as a Treasury Representative in Student Union during the 2025–26 academic year, helping oversee a $4.8 million budget across 500+ student organizations, mentored 24 first-year students as a Washington University Student Advisor (WUSA), and has served as an Alumni Reunion Student Intern throughout his time at WashU.
Beyond his leadership roles, Paul is a member of the Library Student Advisory Group and the Washington University Investment Banking Association and currently serves as a Teaching Assistant for MGT 1000: Individual in a Managerial Environment and Head Teaching Assistant for FIN 3175: Banking & Financial Institutions. He will continue to be involved in student life as an incoming Residential Advisor.
Following a transformative sophomore summer interning at Washington University Investment Management Company (WUIMC) as an Investment Summer Analyst, where he gained firsthand exposure to the stewardship of WashU’s $15 billion endowment, Paul will spend his junior summer at a hedge fund in Newport Beach, California, as a Long/Short Equity Summer Investment Analyst. Recognizing the immense privilege and honor of serving in this role, he is committed to showing up wholly on behalf of his fellow peers, faithfully articulating their experiences, intentionally lifting their voices, and providing strategic student insight.
Bralin Duckett
Bralin Duckett is a senior pursuing double majors in Political Science and Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. Originally from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, he is deeply committed to service with a keen interest in how leadership structures shape institutions and communities.
Bralin has built an expansive record of engagement across government, campus, and community. He has interned in a governor’s office, for a U.S. Senate leader, and a federal judge, gaining firsthand exposure to the intersection of law, policy, and public service across the American government. Selected as one of twelve scholars nationwide for the Institute for Responsible Citizenship’s Washington Program and recognized as a Mentora Scholar, he has built a distinguished record of contributing to consequential conversations in academic excellence, civic leadership, and character-driven changemaking.
Bralin has held many roles on campus, which include Speaker of the Congress of the South 40, Senior Programming Chair of the Social Programming Board, Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Education: Contradictions and Controversies in School Choice, and has served on many campus boards and committees. He is a founding member and former Secretary of the WashU NAACP Chapter, a Resident Advisor, and a member of the International Sociology Honors Society: Alpha Kappa Delta. Bralin is also an inaugural student fellow with the George and Carol Bauer Leaders Academy, WashU’s flagship initiative to build purpose-driven leaders of character and capability. In his free time, he sings with WashU’s Mosaic Whispers, which has allowed him to perform on Broadway’s Town Hall stage at the 2025 ICCA Finals and back alumna Kidist Taye on American Idol.
As a reflection of his journey, Bralin believes that great universities are built on the experiences of their students, and as an undergraduate representative to the board of trustees, he will draw on his story and the voices of his peers to inform WashU’s decisions.