Every summer, Hirtle & Co. looks forward to welcoming a new class of interns to the firm. After decades of experience across the investment industry, one thing has remained true: what makes Hirtle & Co. worth joining isn’t a trading floor or a landmark transaction — it’s the relationships built here, one family and one institution at a time.

We are proud to welcome four talented students this summer. The interns have been in the office for several weeks and are contributing across teams while gaining exposure to projects, collaboration and day-to-day life at the firm.

• Andrew Bennett, a Wake Forest University senior studying economics, is training for Ironman 70.3 Musselman in Geneva, NY this summer. The event includes a 1.2-mile swim in Seneca Lake, a 56-mile bike through the Finger Lakes vineyard country and a 13.1-mile run to the finish line.
• Avery Flanigan, a University of Delaware senior, spent last semester in Rome where she analyzed debt costs and financial sustainability in the aerospace and defense industry. Off the clock, she explored the city’s four classic pasta dishes — Cacio e Pepe, Gricia, Carbonara and Amatriciana — naming Amatriciana her favorite.
• Maimouna Sow, an NYU Stern senior concentrating in business economics and marketing with a minor in public policy and management, brings family roots in Senegal and Guinea to her studies. Outside the classroom, she collects vinyl records and counts Blonde’s Black Friday pressing as her favorite, calling it “a rare piece of music history and a truly euphoric, no-skips album.”
• Nadine Zhong, a Boston University senior and VP of Operations for the BU Consulting Group, focuses on AI implementation and business strategy. Her favorite local spot is BerryLine, a Cambridge frozen yogurt shop so popular that visitors often wait over an hour in line, with some even stopping for graduation photos outside.

Hirtle & Co. was founded on a simple belief: every family and institution deserves an investment partner who knows them as well as any in-house team would, paired with the access and sophistication available to the largest institutional investors. More than three decades later, that belief still shapes how the firm operates. Hirtle & Co. is intentionally small. Its low client-to-employee ratio is by design, built on the idea that the best advice comes from people who know a client’s name, goals, and story — not just their account number.

That is exactly the experience our interns have. Rather than rotating through a program alongside hundreds of peers, interns sit close to the work, get to know the people around them, and see firsthand how a firm can be both rigorous and personal at the same time. Many of the firm’s most valued hires started exactly where this year’s interns are now.

Our guiding advice for our interns:

• Ask questions. No question is too small. Understanding the “why” behind the work matters as much as completing the task.
• Get to know people. This is a small firm on purpose. The relationships built this summer matter as much as anything on a to-do list.
• Take ownership of the details. In this business, precision earns trust. Getting the small things right is what builds it.
• Speak up. Hirtle & Co. believes in direct dialogue and radical transparency. If something doesn’t make sense, say so.
• Enjoy it. This is just the beginning. Work hard, but make time to enjoy the summer, too.