Our Board
Our Board members come from a myriad of professional and personal backgrounds. They are joined in a shared vision of a United States where immigrants and refugees are seamlessly integrated into the workforce and included in the fabric of American life, and recognized for the value they add to both. Board members support Upwardly Global through strategic direction and by leveraging their experience, expertise and passion to ensure the resources we need to forward our work.
Country of origin
Uganda
destination
New York City
Development Committee Co-Chair
Country of origin
Uganda
destination
New York City
Audit Committee Chair
Country of origin
Uganda
destination
New York City
Governance Committee Chair
Country of origin
destination
New York City
Trustee Emeritus
Country of origin
Uganda
destination
New York City
Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair
Country of origin
Uganda
destination
New York City
Development Committee Co-Chair
Country of origin
Uganda
destination
New York City
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 Doris Acheampong at devteam@upwardlyglobal.org.
Chicago Leadership Council
Amrit Bedi
Research Scientist, University of Maryland
Andy Gush
Development Manager, Lendlease
Anj Danar
Corporate Actions Analyst, UBS Asset Management
Jane Yang
Analytics Senior Advisor, Administration for Children and Families Impact Fellow, Federation of American Scientists
Koray Yesilli
Research Associate, William Blair
Maria Ptouchkina
Global Private Equity Practice Manager, Salesforce
Melanie Levine
Manager, Food and Agriculture, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Nitida Wongthipkongka
Venture Director, Rippleworks
Peter Kim
Associate Manager, Customer Loyalty and Insights, Walgreens
Simone Gourguechon
Sustainability Director, McDonald’s Corporation
Waqas Khan
Clinical Research Coordinator, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
New York Leadership Council
Chance Masloff
Strategic Project Manager, Bridgewater Associates
Christine Savino
David Kim
Director, Investment Banking, Stout
Ishan Gurg
Global Product Lead, Google
Linda Sun
Investment Banking Associate, Goldman Sachs
Liz Meyer
IBM Alliance Manager, Deloitte
Michael Diamond
Head of In-Kind Product Giving
Olena Ostasheva
Principal, Apollo Global Management LLC
Rohit Prasad
Relationship Director, Financial Institutions Group, Barclays
Sabrina Hodjati
Insight Analyst, LinkedIn
Tej Mehta
Head of Product Growth, Multiverse
Yoga Acharya
Chief Operating Officer, Mezcla
Yvonnie Phan
Account Director, Infinite Global
San Francisco Leadership Council
Amie Vu
Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young LLP
Brian Chang
Head of Service Management, Airbnb
Fiona Alfait
Director, Visa Crypto
Gita Patel
Director, University of California San Francisco
Hannah Pace
Associate Director, Workforce Partnerships
Year Up Professional Resources
Liza Dingle
Strategy and Operations Manager, Google
Maria Sclarandi
Strategy and Operations Lead, Virtual Reality, Meta
Melina Wyatt
Head of Opportunity Hiring, Gap Inc.
Rakiya Witwer
Director of Business Partnerships, New Door Ventures
Sameer Ziaee
Private Equity Associate, TPG
Sweta Sridhar
Business Analyst, Global Core Product & Affluent, Visa
Tadios Belay
President and CEO, U.S. Africa Institute
Seattle Leadership Council
Farron McDonald
Senior Talent Acquisition Professional, Block
Fiona Goodwillie
Managing Director, Operations, Accenture
Jessica Hennessey
Senior Immigration Policy Specialist, Amazon/AWS
Kristin Pankey
Senior Program Manager, Remitly
Matthew Quinlan
Rachid El Mourabit
Corporate Financial Planning Analyst, First Mode
Rumsha Siddiqui
Program Manager, Microsoft
Sarah Jacob
Vice President of Product, Optimize Health
Sophie Solomon
Senior Account Manager, Marketing, Accenture
Sulamita Madsen
Technical Account Manager, Xenon arc
Washington, D.C., Leadership Council
Amy Swers
Senior Manager, U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Anna Gorodetsky
Intelligence Analysis Manager, Accenture
Bob Bissen
Director of Government Affairs, National Head Start Association
Bryan Li
Accenture
Emilie Hyams
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Director, USCIS
Jay Lurie
Head of Investments, Odyssey Energy Solutions
Maggie Yuan Yue
Ocean Import Agent, DSV
Maria Little
Sarah Jackson-Han
Senior Advisor, UNDP
Shakib Mohsanyar
Sr. Manager, Pfizer
Shorena Megrelishvili
Proposal and Grant Writer, WeConnect
Sonia Lin
Senior Fellow, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Susan Go
Director, Solution Engineering, Salesforce
National Members
Abdeljawed Zich
Trinity Health – Loyola Univesity Medical Center
Jeremy Ross
Cofounder and CEO, Requitable Inc.
