The National Leadership Council at Upwardly Global is composed of highly skilled professionals from all over the country who represent various industries. These individuals commit to lending their knowledge and skills to further advance the strategic vision of the organization. Their efforts center around strategic partnerships and revenue generation, alumni engagement, and advocacy efforts.
To learn more about joining our National Leadership Council, please contact Kahlil Bagatsing, Community Engagement Manager, at kahlil@upwardlyglobal.org.
Chicago Leadership Council
Adam Hecktman
Chief Data Architect, For Good Advisory
Alex Diaz
Marketing Director, Merit America
Jackie Ostrowski
Staff Content Designer, Skylight
Liz Miller, Co-Chair
Director Luxury and Fashion Business Development, Trove Recommence
Maddie Morelock
Corporate Recruiter, McMaster-Carr
Natalie Ostoic, Co-Chair
Content and Product Marketing Manager, FedEx
Sam Etter
Founder, The Canton Group
Shannon Morris
Associate, Transaction Lead, Avison Young
Simona Alexander
Senior Internal Auditor, Truist Bank
New York Leadership Council
Andrew Martin
Account Executive, Google
Andriana Diez
SVP of Workforce Planning, Advantage Solutions
Avni Patel, Co-chair
Warburg Pincus
Christine Savino
JD Candidate, Cornell University
Dmitry Chumakov
Compliance Pod Lead, UBS Financial Services
Eric Pan
Senior Associate, Sustainability Strategy, Warburg Pincus
Ishan Gurg
Senior Product Manager, Amazon
Josh Jelonek
Technology Risk Director, Black Rock
Linda Spataru
Investment Banking Associate, Goldman Sachs
Liz Meyer, Co-chair
IBM Alliance Manager, Deloitte
Mike Diamond
Vice President of Customer Success and Brand Growth, SuperCircle
Rob Chedid
Partner, Head of Marketing, Lippincott
Rohit Prasad
Relationship Director, Financial Institutions Group, Barclays
Sasha Sidel
Chief Operating Officer, Capco
Yoga Acharya
Chief Operating Officer, Mezcla
Yvonnie Phan
Associate Vice President, Infinite Global
San Francisco Leadership Council
Ashrita Prasad
Chief of Staff, Bay Area Market, U.S. Bank
Catheline Leung
Senior Director, Brand Media, Ancestry
Lena Mackey
Director, Compensation, CSAA Insurance Group
Lester Chen
ProductUnlocked.Tech
Liza Dingle
Strategy and Operations Manager, Google
Maria Charles
Customer Success Manager, Canopy
Melina Wyatt, Co-chair
Head of Opportunity Hiring, Gap Inc.
Michael Kiever
Program Manager, Salesforce
Puneet Braar, Co-chair
Permira
Sheldon O’Brien
Investor, Dragoneer Investment Group
Subur Khan
Investment Banking Associate, Goldman Sachs
Seattle Leadership Council
Arika Allen, Co-chair
CEO and Executive Coach, Arika Allen & Associates LLc
Busra Akdogan
Senior Finance Manager, Product and Sales, Snap Inc (Snapchat)
Caroline Luzze
Director of People, Operations, and Culture, The Bayard Project
Fiona Goodwillie
Managing Director, Operations, Accenture
Jane Mareth
Senior Product Manager, Microsoft
Jeremy Ross
Co-Founder and CEO, Requitable Inc.
Karel Cleveland
Training and Curriculum Coordinator – WorkSource SeaKing, Career Path Services
Matthew Quinland, Co-chair
Independent
Rumsha Siddiqui
Medical Student (Year 4), Queen’s University
Washington, D.C., Leadership Council
Adeniyi Balogun
Senior Territory Manager, British American Tobacco
Betty Olweny
Customer Success Manager, Cvent Inc
Bob Bissen
Director of Government Affairs, National Head Start Association
Woodward “Clark” Price
Senior Fellow, American-German Institute
Derek Li
Vice President, Nautic Partners
Hannah Pace
Associate Director, Workforce Partnership, Year Up Professional Resources
Lauren Evans
Curriculum Delivery Manager, Pearson
Mackenzie Sheldon
Digital Campaigns Manager, International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)
Sarah Jackson-Han, Co-chair
UNDP
Scott Dulman
Principal and Teacher, Dulman Consulting LLC; Fairfax County Public Schools
Shorena Megrelishvili, Co-chair
Head of Projects, WeConnect International