Zicklin Undergraduate Wins Risk Management Fellowship Funded by Fellow Alum

Zicklin undergraduate Jona Hoxha (BBA, ’25) has won the 2025 James Lam Risk Management Fellowship, established in 2020 by Zicklin alumnus James Lam (BBA, ’83).  

Hoxha and Lam (left to right)

The fellowship supports students with a strong interest in risk oversight, business strategy, and enterprise risk management. As part of the fellowship, Jona is currently helping Mr. Lam, a noted risk expert and a member of the Zicklin Dean’s Advisory Council, with research and content creation toward the launch of a certificate program for advanced risk management professionals.  

Jona, an operations manager at Compass, a real estate firm, is an Albanian native who earned a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature in her native country before immigrating here only five years ago. She says Mr. Lam chose her for her “multitasking abilities and get-it-done attitude.” 

“I work full time and go to school full time, and I also had an earlier internship while maintaining the same schedule, so I have good time management skills,” Jona noted. “He believes it’s important to get things done in a timely manner, and he feels I can do that.”

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