Volunteer Leaders

BoaRD OF DIRECTORS

Officers:

• E. Peter Alvarez | Board Chair | Senior Vice President, Atlantic Global Risk

• Michael Pugatch | Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair | Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners, LLC

• Bethany Rossi | Board Vice Chair | Executive Director of Human Resources, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Members:

• Joshua Griffin | Vice President, Webster Equity Partners

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

• Jallicia Jolly | Professor of Black Studies and American Studies, Amherst College

• Trinh Le | Vice President, Ocean Spray

• Jess Lee | Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Waters Corporation

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

• Mauricio Sanchez | Managing Director, Audax Private Equity

• Brendan Smith | CEO in Biotech Industry

• Stephen Yih | Vice President, Bain Capital

• Melissa Younger | DBIE & Governance Committee Chair | Executive Producer, NBC Washington

• Avery Zuck | Principal, ABRY Partners

Program Advisory Board

• Ashley Davis, Sarah Griffin, Henriette Recny, Gavin Smith

2025-2026 Associate Board

• Sophomore Team Leads: Delmeshia Haynes, Brigid Bowser, Haddyjatou Ndimbalan, Layne Smith

• Junior Team Leads: Akash Altman, Rebeccah Lipson, Madi Welsh, Jordyn Johnson

• Senior Team Leads:  Hong Tran, Kevin Truong, Cavan Morley, Paula White-Jennings, Violet Villanueva

• Summer Programs: Kailee Traficante (Director), Ryan Inchaustegui, John Marando, Christine Le, Emily Bosco, Azhar Pirani, Jinzi Sheng, Alex Caron, Nicolas Murvartian-Rhim

• Mentee Recruiting: Jibran Khan

• Mentor Recruitment: Matthew Llanes, Arnella Mucha, Michelle (Mich) Bartolo-Cruz, David Merrill, Sophie Roth, Peter Wu

• Engagement: Ronnie Kurikose, Jack Winner, Yooni Park, Rebecca Francois, Alvin Lee

• Development: Zac Watson (Director), Maggie Seitter, Maggie Stuart, Olivia Koutsos, Kevin Lin, Selina Zhou, Kristen Tilley, Ze Goh, Josh Jones

• Tech/IT: Eric Walk (Director)

• Metrics and Program Impact: Brad Besson, Carol Mai, Grace Mateos

• College Guidance Managers: Kevin Lin, Sara Purisky, Kathryn Kitayama, Zach Findling

• College Guidance Advisors: Aaron Guerrier, Abigail Cozier, Monica Gallego Rude, Marvin Vilma, Shanell Cartagena-Dopson, Gregory Kane, Brittney Francisco, Prabhu Kavi

• College and Career Success: Adrian Maloy, Thomas Mickens, Ashley Watson, Emma Greenwood, Vonnie Orellana, Shanell Dopson, Nicole Chininis, Caleb Constable

• Finance: Preston Wessels

• Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Advisory Board: Rhea Vengurlekar, Ava Tillman, Brandon Zhou, Nuria Martinez, Leah Abrams

• Members At Large: Nick Irby