Meet Our Team
Abby Falik
Founder
Adam Grant
Organizational Psychologist, Wharton School of Business
Agapi Stassinopoulos
Author, motivational speaker & Thrive Global facilitator
Alejandro Flores Monge
Talent Coordinator
Alexandra Bernadotte
Founder & CEO, Beyond 12
Alicia López
Development Manager
Amber Shields
Academy Instructor
Ana Peña
Chief of Staff
Andrew Youn
CEO, One Acre Fund
Angela Busheska
Academy Fall '20Angelia Trinidad
Founder & CEO, Passion Planner
Aparna Kothary
Director of Technology Operations
Archana Rao
Senior Director of Global Community Engagement
Arianna Huffington
Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
Ashanti Branch
Founder & Executive Director, Ever Forward
Baratunde Thurston
Writer, Actor & Comedian
Bill George
Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Medtronic Author of Discover Your True North
Carla Emanuele
Program Operations Manager
Catharine Bond Hill
Managing Director, Ithaka S + R
Chido Govera
Founder, The Future of Hope Foundation
Chiedza Mugurungi
Global Community Engagement Associate
Chris Eyre
Partner Emeritus, Legacy Venture
Courtney Martin
Journalist
Cynthia Bengier
Board/Philanthropy/Community Advocate
David Arenas
Senior Program Manager
DeRay Mckesson
Civil Rights Activist, Educator, Podcaster, & Author
Dereca Blackmon
CEO, Inclusion Design Group
Doug Bozick
Director, Finance & Operations
Doug Hirsch
Co-founder & Co-CEO, GoodRx
Dr. Jennifer Aaker
General Atlantic Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business
Dr. Raj Panjabi
Last Mile Health & Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Eddie Ndopu
United Nations Secretary-General's Global Advocate for Sustainable Development
Edel Rodriguez
Artist
Edgard Gouveia Júnior
Founder of Livelab & Ashoka Fellow
Elikem Tomety Archer
Chief Program Officer
Emiliana Reinoso Gutierrez
Fellow India '19 & Academy Spring '21
Erica Gonzales
Fellow Brazil ‘16
Erin Lewellen
CEO
Evelyn Jackson
Academy Instructor
Fernando Martinez
Marketing Manager
Fiona Vaz
Academy Instructor
Gaby Rodriguez
Partnerships Manager
Garvita Gulhati
Founder, Why Waste?
Gina Herrera Moreno
Senior Marketing Operations Manager
Heather Kertyzia
Academy Instructor
Hector Gomes
Academy Instructor
Holly Carmichael Djang
Director of Monitoring and Evaluation
J.I. Cruz
Fellow Senegal '15
Jake Seltzer
Academy Lead Instructor
Jamie Robinson
Mental Health Advisor
Jay Shetty
Storyteller, Podcast Host, Former Monk
Jennifer Kaberi
Founder, Mtoto News
Jennifer Lofing Boyle
VP, Programs
Jennifer Morgan
Executive Director, Greenpeace International
Jeremy Heimans
Co-Founder & CEO, Purpose
Jerome Foster II
Executive Director & Founder, OneMillionOfUs
Jéssica Silva Rios
Partner & Leader of the Impact Management & Measurement Strategy at Vox Capital
Joan Hanawi
Fellow Ecuador ‘12
Joey Hubbard
Chief Training Officer, Thrive Global
Jonas Vannar
Indigenous Sami Reindeer Herder & Activist
Julia Paolillo
Academy Instructor
Julie Lythcott-Haims
Author, former Stanford dean
Justine Bailey
Director of Marketing
Katie Markle
Associate Director, Creative
Kendall Valentin
Program Operations Associate
Kenneth Gyamerah
Academy Instructor
Lara Savenije
Academy Instructor
Lara Solis
Fellow India ‘20
Laura Landaw
Admissions Operations Manager
Lauren Pitts
Academy Instructor
Lauren Starre Guido
Fellow Ecuador '14
Laurene Powell Jobs
Founder & President, Emerson Collective
Leah Mesh-Ferguson
People Operations Associate
Leandra Pedretti
Fellow Ecuador '18
Leo Chen
International Recruitment Specialist
Lindsey Adams
Technology Operations Manager
Lorelei Gibson
Executive Assistant
Mandana Dayani
Creator & Cofounder, I am a voter.
Marc Seidel
Senior Manager for Health & Safety
Marcela Ricupero
Academy Instructor
Marianna Huber
Program Associate, Teaching and Learning
Marvellous John
Fellow Senegal ’17
Mary Frances Schurtz-Leon
Academy Instructor
Mary Obelnicki
Co-Founder, Echidna Giving
Matt Dalio
Founder, Endless
Maxine Williams
Chief Diversity Officer, Facebook
Melinda Gates
Philanthropist, Author, & Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Michael Brun
Haitian DJ & Record Producer
Miguel Mckelvey
Co-Founder, WeWork
Molly Lister Weissman
VP, Growth
Niketu Iralu
Social Worker restoring community relationships in India and Myanmar
Odiaka Gonzalez
VP, People & Operations
Patricia Allen
Director of Admissions
Peter Baggetta
Academy Lead Instructor
Premal Shah
Co-founder Kiva.org
Priti Krishtel
Co-Executive Director, I-MAK
Rahee D
Academy Instructor
Rara Dzikrina Istifadah
Academy Fall '20
Rocio Bravo
Senior Manager, Teaching & Learning
Rufus Gifford
U.S. Ambassador (fmr)
Sahar Thomson
Admissions & Alumni Coordinator
Selena Sermeno
Psychologist, Educator and Facilitator
Selina Tobaccowala
Chief Digital Officer, Openfit
Semira Sanchez
Alumna, Global Citizen Year
Seth Godin
Author, Teacher, akimbo.com
Sharon Meyer
Medical Advisor
Shawn Mendes
Singer/Songwriter
Sheryl Sandberg
Chief Operating Officer, Facebook
Shruti Kedia
Multimedia Storyteller
Simona Levi
Playwright, Activist, & Technopolitical Strategist
Sonal Shah
Founding President, The Asian American Foundation
Sophia Bush
Actress & Activist
Sophia Ozenbaugh
Senior Development Associate
Suchi Manerkar
Development Coordinator
Sundar Pichai
CEO, Google and Alphabet
Thuguri Wacira
Alumni Community Engagement Manager
Toni Townes-Whitley
President, US Regulated Industries
Tony Woods
Director and Head of Talent, Schmidt Futures
Usha Nesamoney
Board/Philanthropy/Community advocate
Varshini Prakash
Executive Director and Co-founder of Sunrise Movement
Wendy Kopp
CEO & Co-founder, Teach For All
Wes Moore
CEO, Robin Hood
William Shain
Fellow Ecuador ‘19
Wyatt Foster
Admissions Associate
Yasmine Coupal
Partner, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Ziad Ahmed
21-year-old entrepreneur, student, and speaker
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