The Stern & Tisch Entertainment Business Association is New York University's premier cross-school club for students interested in film, television, music, sports, and other media industries.

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What we do

Founded in 1997, the Stern & Tisch Entertainment Business Association’s mission is to develop a diverse community of talented NYU students interested in the entertainment industry. STEBA provides a forum for student interactions with industry professionals, a platform for learning to navigate the industr(ies), the opportunity for students to gain the professional skills to succeed in entertainment, as well as the chance to connect with similarly-aligned peers. Through our professional panels, social events, and skills-development programs, STEBA offers a unique advantage to students pursuing careers in film, television, music, sports, games, publishing, talent, and more.

Students from all NYU undergraduate schools are welcome at STEBA! There is no formal membership process to join the club. Subscribe to our email newsletter at bit.ly/STEBlast to stay up to date on our programming.

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MENTORSHIP

The STEBA Mentorship Program matches qualified student peer mentors in the entertainment industry with young students to offer career advice, academic advancement, and social development. Your mentor won't be an uptight judge; they'll be a college student just like you! They'll help you fix your resume, share their contacts, give you career advice, and even kick back and get ice cream with you.

Each semester, the Mentorship Program also features a capstone presentation, where mentees work in smaller groups to build a pitch presentation relating to their industry interests — such as film, TV, music, and sports.

We look for new mentors and mentees at the beginning of each semester, so be sure to look out for updates in our email newsletter!

Programming

Our events include professional programs featuring industry professionals, creatives, and recruiters from major entertainment companies; social programs to cultivate community; and skills-development workshops.

Join STEBA and NYUPB’s Film + Pre-release committee, in partnership with NEON, for an exclusive advanced screening of I LOVE BOOSTERS, followed by a Q+A with filmmaker Boots Riley.

A crew of professional shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fa

While we count down to STEBA x NBCUniversal’s Annual Entertainment Summit: The Entertainment Revolution…

Take a look back at last year’s The Influence of Audiences for a preview of the conversations, insights, and industry perspec

STEBA and Universal Pictures are offering our current and past STEBA mentees an exclusive opportunity to attend the world premiere of YOU, ME & TUSCANY, starring Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page! 🇮🇹✨

If you’re a current or past STE

Join us for a special STEBA x SBLA panel featuring industry professionals from NBCUniversal, Paramount, and Sony Music 🎤✨Get insider insights on navigating the legal side of the entertainment industry and learn directly from those shaping it.

Want to speak with the A24/HBO producer of Uncut Gems, Good Time, and Greta Gerwig, Jay-Z, & Noah Baumbach projects?

STEBA, in association with @ourherobalthazar & @dka_nyu, invites you to RSVP to this career conversation & student Q&am

Introducing our Summit Fireside Chat Speaker, Phil Sarna!

Phil Sarna is the Founder and Senior Managing Director of PS Business Management LLC, where he works with talent in film, music, fashion, and sports. He sits at a unique intersection of enter

STEBA x NBCUniversal’s Annual Entertainment Summit is back! This year, our theme is The Entertainment Revolution 🎬🎤💻

Interested in a career in entertainment? Tickets for the Summit are NOW LIVE — Join us for a series of panels and net

Entertainment has no borders. 🌍🎬

Join STEBA for Beyond Borders: How Entertainment Travels Globally, a panel exploring how stories, music, and media cross cultures and reach audiences around the world.

Hear from industry professionals who will sha

It’s that time of the year again 👀 STEBA’s Annual Entertainment Business Summit is back on April 10th!

Stay tuned for more details coming soon…

Go behind the scenes of video production in the entertainment industry 🎬

Join STEBA for an exclusive panel featuring video professionals from top media companies as they share insights on storytelling, content creation, and what it really takes to

Next Thursday, Feb. 26th, STEBA and Universal Pictures are hosting an advance screening of Universal Pictures’ Reminders of Him, directed by Vanessa Caswill 🎬 RSVP to see the film ahead of its theatrical release on Mar. 13th 2026!

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Join STEBA for Global Games: Int’l Audiences & Growth in the Sports Industry 🏀🌍

Hear from industry leaders across the NBA, NFL, MLS, WWE, UFC, and more as they share insights on global media, partnerships, and the future of international

The Business of Buzz: Marketing Across the Entertainment Industry 🎬

Join us for an inside look at how marketing, publicity, and creative strategy drive cultural moments across film and media. Hear from Sarah Peters, Director of National Publicity a

🎬 STEBA presents: Internship & Job Searching in Entertainment💜Join us for an industry panel featuring professionals from Warner Chappell Music, Cinetic, Ogilvy, and Versant as they share real insights on breaking into entertainment, navigating

STEBA has hosted professionals from a variety of industry players, including the following:

Contact

For info about weekly programming, subscribe to our email newsletter at bit.ly/STEBlast.

For more details, check out our social media pages (as seen below) or email us at steba@stern.nyu.edu.

Meet The Steboard

Featured

Abigail Ecarma

Co-President

School & Year: Steinhardt 2026

Major: Media, Culture, and Communication

Minors: Mathematics & Data Science

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Sherlock, Key & Peele, Aftersun, The Rings of Power

Favorite Songs/Albums: RUSH! by Måneskin, Foolish Loving Spaces by Blossoms

Professional Experience: GMA Network TV Production Intern, FLC Talent Liaison, Noble People Media Intern

Parth Gohil

Co-President

School & Year: Stern 2027

Major: Finance, Data Science, Math

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Inglourious Basterds

Favorite Songs/Albums: AM

Professional Experience: Ad Sales Intern @ NBCUniversal

Jamie Huang

VP of Professional Programming

School & Year: Steinhardt 2027

Major: Media, Culture, and Communication

Minor: Creative Writing, BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Gossip Girl, Eternity, Dead Poets Society

Favorite Songs/Albums: Lana Del Rey, Good Riddance - Gracie Abrams, HS1 - Harry Styles

Professional Experience: Marketing - OVG! Media, Penguin Random House, Banana Republic, and Bravo at NBCUniversal

Peter Li

VP of Social Programming

School & Year: Stern 2028

Major: Business (Finance & Management)

Minor: BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Revenge of the Sith, Captain America: Civil War

Favorite Songs/Albums: Sweet - Cigarettes After Sex, OMG - New Jeans

Professional Experience: Operations Management Intern @ Canyon Entertainment Group, Consulting Analyst Intern @ VTRAC Consulting Corporation

Caroline Wang

VP of Marketing & Summit Marketing

School & Year: Steinhardt 2027

Major: Media, Culture and Communication

Minor: BEMT, Integrated Design & Media

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Hacks, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, The Invite, Barry, The Chair Company

Favorite Songs/Albums: I Love My Computer - Ninajirachi, EVERYONE’S A STAR! - 5 Seconds of Summer, HALO - Tiffany Day, Who’s the Clown? - Audrey Hobert

Professional Experience: TODAY Show, NBCUniversal; °1824, Universal Music Group; Verve Label Group, Universal Music Group; TikTok

Reem Elouardi

Mentorship Coordinator

School & Year: Tisch 2027

Major: Film & TV

Minor: BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Bridgerton, Game of Thrones, Monkey Man

Favorite Songs/Albums: My 21st Century Blues

Professional Experience: NBCUniversal Intern, Bank of America Intern, NEON Intern, Branded Pictures Entertainment Intern, Bleecker Street Mentee, Lolli Intern

Sahil Chatwal

Treasurer

School & Year: Stern/Tisch 2029

Major: Business and Film & TV

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Oldboy, The Bear, Atlanta, Babylon, Better Call Saul, City of God

Favorite Songs/Albums: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar, Duet - Chick Corea & Hiromi Uehara, The Alexander Technique - Rex Orange County

Professional Experience: Event Logistics @ R.E. Rogers, Community Engagement Intern @ Cinema St. Louis, Freelance Editor & Videographer, Video Podcast Producer

Maxwell J. Gross

Summit Director

School & Year: Stern 2027

Major: Business

Minor: BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Your Friends & Neighbors

Favorite Songs/Albums: Texas Tea - Post Malone

Professional Experience: Sports Marketing Intern @ Sportfive, Digital Marketing Intern @ Tribeca Film Center, Distribution Marketing Intern @ FOX Corporation, FOX & Friends Intern @ Fox News Media, Big Money Show Intern @ FOX Business, Business Development Intern @ JBR LUXURY INC

Grace He

VP of Mentorship/Summit Director of Strategic Development

School & Year: Stern/Tisch 2028

Major: Finance, Management & Film/TV

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Andor, The Queen's Gambit, Taxi Driver

Favorite Songs/Albums: 21 by Gracie Abrams

Professional Experience: Talent Management Intern at Brookside Artist Management, Production Intern at Atlas Horizon Pictures, Research Assistant at NYU Stern (SPUR)

Sayaan Nagpal

Summit Corporate Relations Co-Chair

School & Year: Tisch 2029

Major: Film & Television

Minor: BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird, Community

Favorite Songs/Albums: Brat - Charli xcx, GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo

Professional Experience: Script/Production @ NBCU's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Production @ Jesse James Films, Education @ New York International Children's Film Festival, Programming @ Tasveer Film Festival

Izza Virani

Summit Corporate Relations Co-Chair

School & Year: Steinhardt/CAS 2028

Major: MCC and Economics

Minor: BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: When Harry Met Sally, Avatar The Last Airbender, Kill Bill series, Brokeback Mountain

Favorite Songs/Albums: Who's the Clown? - Audrey Hobart, Exotic - ZEROBASEONE, Camera - Charli XCX, Liability - Lorde

Professional Experience: Scripted Publicity Intern at NBCU, Publicity and Development at Wesley Wang Media, PR Intern at Biz3 Publicity, Corporate Communications Intern at Great Wolf Lodge, PR Intern at MP-IMC

Matthew Feinstein

Summit Corporate Relations Co-Chair

School & Year: Tisch 2027

Major: Drama

Minor: Business Studies, Producing, BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Blended, The Studio, The Good Place

Favorite Songs/Albums: The Romantic - Bruno Mars, Channel Orange - Frank Ocean, Art of Loving - Olivia Dean

Professional Experience: Producing Intern for Hamilton on Broadway, Theatrical Admin Intern at The Nederlander Organization

Lemo Sekiguchi

Summit Logistics Chair

School & Year: Tisch 2028

Major: Film & TV

Minor: BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: The Florida Project, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Call Me By Your Name, A League of Their Own (TV)

Favorite Songs/Albums: To Learn - Leith Ross, Stranger in the Alps - Phoebe Bridgers

Professional Experience: Intern at Killer Films, Marketing Intern at NBCUniversal, Music Video Director/DP at Sony Music Entertainment, Talent Management Intern at Brookside Artist Management, Associate Producer at Fusion Cinema

Carissa Becker

Summit Corporate Relations Co-Chair

School & Year: Liberal Studies 2028

Major: Undecided

Minor: BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: New Girl, Veep, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Past Lives

Favorite Songs/Albums: Angels by Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek

Professional Experience: Copy Editor at WSN, Intern at The Common Good

Ava Waldman

Professional Coordinator

School & Year: Tisch 2027

Major: Film & Television Production

Minor: BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: "When Harry Met Sally" and "Frances Ha"

Favorite Songs/Albums: "A Well Respected Man" by The Kinks, "Future Games" by Fleetwood Mac

Professional Experience: Talent Relations & Events at HBO; Development Intern at Likely Story; Management and Productions Intern at 1022m

Sonika Gupta

Social Coordinator

School & Year: Stern 2028

Major: Finance & Data Science

Minor: BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Crash Landing on You, Suits, Firefly Lane

Favorite Songs/Albums: Bewitched - Laufey, The Other Woman - Lana Del Rey, Vodka Cranberry - Conan Gray, The Subway - Chappell Roan

Professional Experience: Intern @ After Hours Productions, Marketing Intern @ DirectShifts, Various Consulting Projects

Dmitry Parker

Social Coordinator

School & Year: Stern 2029

Major: Entrepreneurship

Minor: Philosophy, BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Rushmore, Everything Everywhere, Requiem for a Dream, Eternal Sunshine, Baraka, Django Unchained, It’s Always Sunny

Favorite Songs/Albums: Wow (Beck), Life on the Islands (Hippie Sabotage), Boarders (M.I.A), Religion (Lana Del Rey), Pursuit of Happiness (Kid Cudi)

Professional Experience: Founder of Miniapple Health, Indie Documentary Production, Social Media @ Lifetime Fitness, Founder of Shortcut Test Prep, Videography @ Six Flags Entertainment, Freelance Photography

Luke McDonough

Professional Coordinator

School & Year: Tisch 2028

Major: Film & TV

Minor: Producing, Psychology

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Inside Llewyn Davis, Wall-E, Wendy & Lucy, Twin Peaks

Favorite Songs/Albums: Blonde - Frank Ocean, Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

Professional Experience: Intern at NBCUniversal Saturday Night Live Film Unit, Intern at Untitled Content, Intern at GTN Pictures, Freelance Directing and Producing

Ari Winer

Professional Coordinator

School & Year: Tisch 2027

Major: Dramatic Writing & Psychology

Minor: BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Atlanta, Bojack Horseman, Barry, Chernobyl, When Harry Met Sally, Saturday Night, NTBTSTM, Sentimental Value

Favorite Songs/Albums: What Could Possibly Go Wrong - Dominic Fike, Igor - Tyler the Creator, Because the Internet - Childish Gambino, Accelerator - Greek, Son of Spergy - Daniel Caesar, Sweet Boy - Malcolm Todd

Professional Experience: Exhibitor Marketing Intern @ Bleecker Street, Marketing Intern @ NEON, Talent Management Intern @ Brookside Artist Management, Research Intern @ Center for Jewish History

Alexander Pagonis

Professional Coordinator

School & Year: Tisch 2029

Major: Film & TV

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Lost in Translation, Taxi Driver, Beautiful Boy

Favorite Songs/Albums: Blonde by Frank Ocean

Professional Experience: Owner of SIRE Clothing, Marketing Associate of Hellenic Film Society, Freelance Photographer

Brayden Titus

Marketing Coordinator & Summit Marketing

School & Year: Steinhardt 2028

Major: Music Business

Minor: Producing & BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Run Lola Run

Favorite Songs/Albums: Vespertine - Björk, magdalene - FKA twigs, Mezzanine - Massive Attack

Professional Experience: BMG, Warner Music Group, Bonafide & Emerging Artists, Various Freelance

Colin Chow

Marketing Coordinator

School & Year: Tisch 2029

Major: Film & TV

Minor: BEMT

Favorite TV Shows/Movies: FRIENDS, Mother, Past Lives

Favorite Songs/Albums: Don’t Be Dumb - A$AP Rocky, Honestly Nevermind - Drake

Professional Experience: Creative, Operations, & Growth @ Verci

Every spring, STEBA hosts an entertainment business summit for students interested in taking the next step in their entertainment careers. The Summit features panel discussions, skills workshops, and networking opportunities with professionals across the entertainment industry.

Our 3rd Annual Summit, hosted in partnership with NBCUniversal, The Entertainment Revolution, is on Friday, April 10th, 2026.

Secure your spot by purchasing your ticket at the link below!

nyustebasummit.com

The Stern & Tisch Entertainment Business Association is New York University's premier cross-school club for students interested in film, television, music, sports, and other media industries.

What we do

Students from all NYU undergraduate schools are welcome at STEBA! There is no formal membership process to join the club. Subscribe to our email newsletter at bit.ly/STEBlast to stay up to date on our programming.

MENTORSHIP

Each semester, the Mentorship Program also features a capstone presentation, where mentees work in smaller groups to build a pitch presentation relating to their industry interests — such as film, TV, music, and sports.

We look for new mentors and mentees at the beginning of each semester, so be sure to look out for updates in our email newsletter!

Programming

Our events include professional programs featuring industry professionals, creatives, and recruiters from major entertainment companies; social programs to cultivate community; and skills-development workshops.

STEBA has hosted professionals from a variety of industry players, including the following:

Contact

For info about weekly programming, subscribe to our email newsletter at bit.ly/STEBlast.

For more details, check out our social media pages (as seen below) or email us at steba@stern.nyu.edu.

Meet The Steboard

NYU STEBA's annual Entertainment Business Summit

Every spring, STEBA hosts an entertainment business summit for students interested in taking the next step in their entertainment careers. The Summit features panel discussions, skills workshops, and networking opportunities with professionals across the entertainment industry.

Our 3rd Annual Summit, hosted in partnership with NBCUniversal, The Entertainment Revolution, is on Friday, April 10th, 2026.

Secure your spot by purchasing your ticket at the link below!