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Larissa May

Founder & Executive Director

Lauren Smits

Chief of Staff

Daniella Ivanir

Youth Engagement Lead

Ezza Naveed

Customer Success Manager

Jessica Herzog

Learning Design Lead

Victoria Kiss

Executive Assistant

Emily Muniz

Youth Engagement Coordinator

Carter Bell

Senior Director of Development

Part-Time Team

Amanda Beausoleil

B2B Relationships Lead

Darri Stephens

Chief Programs Officer

Harveer Saini

Digital Civics Academy Fellow

Ally Phann

Social Media Coordinator

Macki Alvarez

Designer

Rachel Hanebutt

Head of Insights

Teen Advisory Board

Aavineet

Ahmed Othman

Ally Phann

Social Media Coordinator

Andrew Mautner

Carla Wu

Elizabeth Farrell

Gwen Purnell

Katelyn Wong

Katie Steeper

Lydia Navitsky

Madelyn Qayyum

Monica-Martine Djaba Mbakop

Nathan Gross

Nora Brue

Nina Krishnaiah

Oliver Huang

Shir Inbari

Suchir Paruchuri

Sushanth Nayak

Sydney Bratton

Taanvi Arekapudi

Zenia Rehan

Cecilia Puente

Duncan Winger

Nandini Verma

Anxhelika Deda

Eva Rout

Gabriele Follone

Vyomini Vabilisetti

Board of Directors

Jaclyn Johnson

New Money Ventures + Create Cultivate

Margaret Hines

CEO & Co-Founder at Brainwellth

Neeti Sanyal

Executive Creative Director at Artefact

Robin Rich

Vice President, Counselor Success at Uwill

Burr Purnell

Executive Creative Director

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