According to Studley, Gabe Marans, a former Studley intern, has joined the firm as an associate to work with executive vice president David Goldstein and senior managing director Greg Taubin, members of the firm's top-producing team, the Steir team. Marans, who joined Studley immediately upon graduating from New York University, is focused on new business development, market research and financial analyses, in efforts to both attract new clients and service existing ones. Marans held numerous internships and full-time positions at various organizations during his college years. He was a wine maker at City Winery and an originator at Alpine Commercial Capital, as well an intern at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin and Walden Capital/PEF, prior to interning with Studley. Graduating summa cum laude from NYU, Marans spent his junior year abroad in Prague studying communist identity, Russian language and Czech architecture. He was president of Shalhevet, the school's second largest club with more than 600 members, and he was also president of his sophomore class.