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Meet Our Team

Meet Our Team

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Jake Schwartz
Director of HIT

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Byron Bell
Director of Educational 
Opportunities

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Erwin Lopez Rada
Education Officer

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Sophie Pichardo
Education Officer

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Suwaiba Osman
Education Officer

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Rebecca Clendenen 
Chief Advancement Officer

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Abby Strongin
Director of Development

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Mike Ogawa
Director of Major Grants and Government Relations

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Lee Barker
Director of Principal Gifts

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Maryam Sohi
Director of IT

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Giulianna Larson
Chief Public Relations Officer

 

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Alia Mnayer
Director of Outreach

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Tamara Westhoff

Chief Operating Officer

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Kim Tulsky

Volunteer

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Yasmeen Al-Resheq
Director of FSP

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Hossein Rahbar
FSP Officer

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Fazlulhaq Fayez
FSP Officer

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Grayson Patrick
FSP Officer 

Nathan Van Kampen

Nathan Van Kampen

Chief Admin Officer

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Alexis Paho

Administrative Officer

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Jessica Schrag

FSP Officer

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Catharina Baeten

Community Engagement Officer

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Nissrine Bedda

Assistant Director of Development

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Ari Schutter

Assistant Director of Advancement

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Asal Amiri

Junior Administrative Officer

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Moe Tun

Programs Assistant

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Bilal Mohammadi

Programs Assistant

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Lauren Kearns

Senior Advisor to the Managing Director

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Suwalihah Salim

Junior Marketing Ambassador

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Ubaidah Malik

Assistant to the Senior Advisor

The Board

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Melike Oncu
President

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Lena Jessen
Vice President

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Nausheen Zaidi
Secretary

Christine Spears

Christine Spears
Treasurer

For more information

about our structure,

please see our

organizational chart.

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Zainab Baig
Board Member

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Julie Halbower
Board Member

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Shaik Kaleem
Board Member

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Wendy Miller
Board Member

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Farah Cheema
Board Member

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Kathleen O'Connor
Board Member and Chief Education Officer

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Casey Varela
Board Member

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Michael O'Connor
Board Member and Managing Director

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Bill Forsyth
Board Member

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Larry McManus
Board Member

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Bogdana Chkoumbova

Board Member

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