Volunteer Leaders

BoaRD OF DIRECTORS

Officers:

  • Brendan Smith | Board Chair | CEO, Weaver Biosciences

  • Dr. Jallicia Jolly | Board Vice Chair | Assistant Professor, Amherst College

  • Avery Zuck | Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair | CFO, High Street Insurance Partners

  • Dr. Karl Bell | Board Secretary | Director of Mentoring and Academic Achievement, Boston College’s Pine Manor Institute for Academic Success

Members:

  • Jess Lee | DBIE & Governance Committee Chair | Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Waters Corporation

  • Meaghan Mahoney | Development Committee Chair | Managing Director, Artisan Partners

  • E. Peter Alvarez  | Managing Director, Atlantic Global Risk

  • Angela Johnson | Senior Director of Philanthropy, Year Up United

  • Trinh Le | Vice President, USA Branded, Ocean Spray

  • Michael Pugatch | Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners, LLC

  • Bethany Rossi |  Vice President, Organizational Development & Culture, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

  • Jeff Stevens | Retired Institutional Investor & Life Science Executive

  • Arivee Vargas | Founder & CEO, Humble Rising LLC

  • Melissa Younger | Managing Editor, NBC Washington

2026-2027 Associate Board

  • Sophomore Team Leads: Tiyan Eweka, Ava Tillman, Agnes Ugoji, Brandon Zhou

  • Junior Team Leads: Brigid Bowser, Vincent Cheung, Delmeshia Haynes, Layne Smith

  • Senior Team Leads: Akash Altman, Shreyas Chakravarti, Rebecca (Becky) Lipson, Zakaria (Zak) Mifdal 

  • Sophomore Summer Programs Managers: Emily Bosco, Christine Le, Veronica Martinez, Alex Poniatowski, Miranda Saunders

  • Junior Summer Programs Managers: Eli Dorf, Ryan Inchaustegui, Julio Pepen-Pena, Robert (Rob) Pepen-Pena, Reilly Stanton

  • Mentor Recruitment Managers: Vanessa Araujo, Quyen Cao, Adriana Fernandez, Eshna Master, David Merrill, Arnella Mucha, Thuy An Nguyen 

  • Engagement Managers - Students: Sayer Harrison, Kaizha King

  • Engagement Managers - Volunteers: Leila Ais, Ronnie Kuriakose, Maya Vuchic

  • Metrics and Program Impact: Ze Goh, Nick Irby, Carol Mai, Grace Mateos 

  • College Guidance Managers: Zach Findling, Kevin Lin, Cavan Morley, Jinzi Sheng

  • College and Career Success Leads: Shanell Cartagena Dopson, Nicole Chininis, Drishti Devnani, Yuna Lee Thomas Mickens, Yemi Odusami, Ashley Watson, Madi Welsh

  • Finance Manager: Preston Wessels

  • IDEA Committee: Nuria Martinez, Camila Salcedo, Rhea Vengurlekar, Adam Wong, Indigo Zettle

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