Meet Our Team
Upwardly Global’s Leadership Council is a talented, passion group of innovative changemakers and visionary leaders. Councilmembers commit their time, energy and expertise to support immigrant jobseekers and help shape a strong, inclusive future of work. The Council is nationwide, and has regional chapters in New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Seattle, and San Francisco.
Chicago Leadership Council
Rachel Kraska
Elizabeth Tadesse
Adam Hecktman
Chief Data Architect, For Good Advisory
Jackie Ostrowski
Staff Content Designer, Skylight
Liz Miller (Co-Chair)
Global Client Director, Knit
Maddie Morelock
Corporate Recruiter, McMaster-Carr
Natalie Ostoic (Co-Chair)
Content and Product Marketing Manager, FedEx
Shannon Morris
Associate, Transaction Lead, Avison Young
New York Leadership Council
Desiree Nunes
Principal, Wealth Investor Relations, KKR
Sonya Bessalel
Andrew Martin
Account Executive, Google
Avni Patel (Co-chair)
Warburg Pincus
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 Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Liz Meyer (Co-chair)
IBM Alliance Manager, Deloitte
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
James Maycher
Associate, Permira
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
Caroline Luzze
Director of People, Operations, and Culture, The Bayard Project
Fiona Goodwillie
Managing Director, Operations, Accenture
Jane Mareth
Senior Product Manager, Microsoft
Rachna Gurtu
Co-Founder and CEO, Requitable Inc.
Washington, D.C., Leadership Council
Jalon Zimmerman
Stacey Cohan
Communications Manager, Loudoun County Government
Woodward “Clark” Price
Senior Fellow, American-German Institute
Derek Li
Vice President, Nautic Partners
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
UpGlo Program Alum