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Meet Our Team

Meet Our Team

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Tamara Westhoff

Chief Operating Officer

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Byron Bell

Director of Educational 

Opportunities

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Jake Schwartz 

Director of High Impact Tutoring

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Maureen Peifer

Librarian

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Suwaiba Osman

Education Officer

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Ali Khan

Education Officer

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Nissrine Bedda

Assistant Director of Development

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Madeline Wessels

Education Officer

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Mike Ogawa

Director of Major

Grants and

Government Relations

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Maryam Sohi
Director of IT

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Michelle Rosales

Director of Finance

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Rebecca Clendenen

Chief Administration Officer

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Abby Strongin

Director of

Development

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Alexis Paho

Director of

Administration

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Catharina Baeten

Community Engagement Officer

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Incoming Director of Outreach

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Carolyn Laughlin

​Tutor Recruitment Coordinator 

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Yasmeen Al-Resheq

Director of FSP 

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Fazlulhaq Fayez

FSP Officer

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Hossein Rahbar

FSP Officer

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Jessica Schrag

FSP Officer

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Grayson Patrick

FSP Officer

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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Lee Barker
Board Member

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