Ben W.
Robinson

Driven by
people and impact

I'm pursuing a Finance degree with an Entrepreneurship Certificate at the University of Iowa. I work the front desk at the Iowa Memorial Union, coach kids, and I once studied physics and astronomy — a background that gave me a mathematical strength most people in business don't have. Understanding data and numbers comes naturally to me, and it gives me an edge. I show up fully wherever I go.

With Applied AI, I started as a member and have grown into the voice of the club. I was once a storyteller in the Tippie College Story Lab program, and I'm now a peer mentor guiding others through it. Everything I've learned along the way is really a reflection of the people at Iowa — the professors who challenged me, the peers who pushed me, and the mentors who believed in me. They're the reason I think bigger about business strategy, economics, and how the world actually works.

I'm always working on myself — personally, professionally, physically, mentally. I do it by working out, by reading books, and by pushing conversations past the surface to a deeper level. I seek out people smarter than me and sit with ideas I've never considered, because that's how I understand them best. One of my biggest strengths is communication — I can see multiple viewpoints on the same issue, and I'm often the one bridging gaps in knowledge, conversation, and problems.