NYU Alumni-Owned Business Directory
Show your Violet pride by supporting NYU alumni-owned businesses! The NYU Alumni-Owned Business Directory gives alumni the opportunity to share information about their businesses–from restaurants to virtual counseling, this directory showcases the diverse passions and talents of the alumni community and how you can support them.
Recently Added Businesses
These featured businesses have been newly added to the directory, continuing to showcase the diverse and talented alumni community.
Business Services
Strategic data advisory firm helping companies create value from data and AI.
Julia Bardmesser
GSAS
1992
Business Services
Nicole Leone is the Owner and CEO of NSL Arts & Consulting, Inc., where she helps nonprofits and private-sector teams strengthen operations, improve project delivery, and adopt ethical AI in practical, responsible ways. With more than a decade of experience leading cross-functional initiatives, she builds the systems that make work predictable: clear priorities, repeatable workflows, adoption-ready project management tools, and reporting that leaders can rely on. Clients appreciate her composed, detail-oriented style and her ability to turn complex work into simple routines that teams actually follow.
Nicole Leone
CAS
2008
Arts, Culture, and Entertainment
Rewind Artists is a boutique talent management, production and entertainment consulting company with a global reach and bases in LA and NYC.
Cory Thompson
TSOA
2010
Arts, Culture, and Entertainment
An elegant jazz and classical and pop pianist for any special occasion.
Gillian provides beautiful music with an exquisite ambiance for any occasion. Whether you are seeking classical genres from Mozart to Hisaishi, standards from Ella and Frank to Michael Buble', Bossa Nova, Broadway favorites, or pop and contemporary hits from yesterday and today, she tailors the event Seamlessly.
Gillian Berkowitz is also a Broadway Music Director and pianist who has performed in over 50 Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. Currently performing on Broadway in Hamilton, Wicked and Chicago. Options include trio/duo instrumentation, Frank Sinatra-style vocalist with piano or band.
Gillian Berkowitz
STEINHARDT
1997
Arts, Culture, and Entertainment, Health & Wellness
We service individual, couples, families, and groups of children, teens, and adults, who are working through depression, anxiety, trauma, and medical conditions related to mental health.
Dr. Katina Tarver
STEINHARDT
2021
Career Development, STEM & Education, Sports & Recreation
IN-18 LLC is a NYC-based small business that partners with city, state, and federal agencies, nonprofits, healthcare organizations, and corporations to strengthen leadership capacity and workforce performance. We specialize in change management consulting, project management support, executive coaching, and professional development training that improve employee retention and build resilient organizational cultures.
Through executive retreats, strategic planning workshops, and customized curricula, we apply experiential learning and golf-based team-building to surface leadership patterns, improve communication, and accelerate collaboration. With over 20 years of expertise in corporate project management and organizational transformation, IN-18 LLC helps agencies and institutions navigate change, bridge silos, and prepare their workforce for long-term success.
LJ Finney
TANDON
2002
Health & Wellness
General, cosmetic, and implant dentistry office in Woodhaven, NY.
Charles Ariza
DEN
2019
Food & Beverage, Travel & Hospitality
Filly Luv is a Brooklyn-based fast-casual food brand known for its crave-worthy chicken, bold flavors, and culture-driven customer experience. Founded by Deja Bond after a career pivot from tech, Filly Luv was built on consistency, operational excellence, and community connection rather than hype alone.
What began as a single neighborhood concept has grown into a destination brand with strong repeat customers and a rapidly expanding catering and pop-up business. Filly Luv serves corporate, nonprofit, and community partners across New York City and has worked with organizations such as Google, MongoDB, Walmart, PayPal, Morning Brew, xAI, and cultural institutions including the Brooklyn Children’s Museum.
Filly Luv’s offerings span in-store dining, large-scale catering, pop-ups, and family-friendly meals, with a growing focus on youth and community programming.
Deja Bond
2020
Promo Code: NYU10
Business Services
QualCode, Inc. is a specialized Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and Revenue Integrity firm dedicated to improving financial performance, compliance, and data quality for healthcare organizations. For more than two decades, QualCode has partnered with hospitals, health systems, and physician organizations to ensure that clinical documentation is translated into accurate, defensible, and optimized reimbursement.
At its core, QualCode delivers high-complexity medical coding, auditing, and validation services across the full continuum of care. This includes inpatient and outpatient DRG validation, professional fee coding, HCC risk adjustment, specialty coding (such as interventional radiology, emergency services, and surgical services), and targeted compliance audits. The firm is known for its ability to operate effectively in high-risk, high-dollar, and high-complexity environments where precision and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable.
Natalie Williams
WAG
1999