- Royce Fellowship
Zachary
Gast
Concentration
Political Science and Italian Studies
Award Year
1997
Zachary's project involves independent research on banking services designed for low-income people in the United States. He will review existing studies, examine current programs and investigate the policies of the U.S. government related to micro-finance.
Zachary earned an M.B.A. from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and is currently a Vice President and the Head of the Financial Institutions Research for CFRA. Prior to returning to CFRA, where he worked from 2005-2009, he was with Paulson & Co. and Paulson Europe where he covered financial institutions globally. He has also worked in microfinance internationally and testified before the U.S. House and Senate on small business lending and development.