Shubha Ahya
Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Industry: Education (medicine/academia)
Shubha Ahya is a Professor in Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Her board certification is in Internal Medicine, Nephrology. Shubha earned her MD from Boston University and had both her fellowship and residency at the Washington University School of Medicine. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights and the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois, Inc.
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Sharmila Ananadasabapathy, M.D.
Vice President, Baylor College of Medicine Industry: Education (medicine/academia)
Sharmila is a Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology, and Vice President of global programs at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. In her current role, she oversees Baylor's global program affiliations, as well as The Baylor Global Innovation Center which seeks to develop novel, environmentally appropriate technologies and approaches to addressing global disease burden. An advanced gastrointestinal endoscopist by training, Dr. Anandasabapathy's research focus involves the development and validation of novel technologies for diagnosis of early gastrointestinal cancer.
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Catherine Chase
Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Advocates for Highway and Autosafety Industry: Nonprofit
As Vice President of Government Affairs at Advocates for Highway and Autosafety, Cathy Chase is the key advisor to the president on public policy and program decisions, directs federal lobbying efforts, and leads Advocates' program staff. She has extensive experience in building and leading both national and state coalitions with diverse partners, developing and implementing political strategies, writing testimony for Congressional and State legislative hearings, and garnering earned media to advance legislative efforts.
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Marcia Cruz-Correa
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Industry: Medicine, Academia
Dr. Cruz-Correa is an Associate Professor of Medicine & Biochemistry at the University of Puerto Rico, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is actively involved as a Chair or committee member in several national gastroenterology societies including the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), and the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA).
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DeAndra J. Cullen
Director, US Department of Housing and Urban Development Industry: Government
DeAndra Cullen is Director for the Office of Education and Outreach, HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunities. This office leads the federal efforts to end housing discrimination and promote equal access to opportunity by administering and enforcing civil rights laws and educating the public on fair housing rights and responsibilities. DeAndra oversees all national education and outreach campaigns for FHEO and monitors a multi-million dollar federal budget awarded on a competitive basis to fair housing partners and grassroots organizations for the development, execution and evaluation of national media campaigns.
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Angela Daker
Partner, White & Case, LLP Industry: Legal
With her extensive courtroom experiences, Angela Daker works in the Disputes Group at White & Case, LLP on cases that span the areas of commercial litigation, white-collar litigation, environmental litigation, class actions and SEC enforcements. Angela has conducted state attorney general investigations on behalf of the US and non-US-based companies, as well as state attorney general investigations into consumer practices. She is a valued resource for both foreign and domestic clients, who seek the benefit of her extensive experience in matters before federal and state courts.
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Claire DeLelle
Partner, White & Case, LLP Industry: Legal
Claire DeLelle’s practice, White & Case LLP, focuses on international disputes in federal and state courts in the United States at both the appellate and trial levels. Claire specializes in representing foreign and foreign-sovereign clients as well as international financial institutions in complex commercial litigations and actions brought under U.S. anti-terrorism laws. She has a breadth of trial experience, including representing an international financial organization in a recent bench trial and defending former CEO, extradited from the United Kingdom, in a U.S. criminal jury law.
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Kate Dinota
Senior Director - Social Impact & Community, NationSwell Industry: Communications
Kate is Community Director at NationSwell, a digital media company focused on American innovation and renewal. During her WELP Fellowship, Kate was Associate Director of Corporate Member Relations at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where she was part of a team responsible for developing and executing stewardship strategies for over 160 global corporate member companies, and increasing private sector engagement with CFR. She also directed the corporate program’s external marketing and communications initiatives.
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Jennifer Galambos
Head of School, Kent Place School Industry: Education
Jennifer Galambos, Ed.D is currently the Head of School at Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey. During her time at WELP, she was the Assistant Head of School and Upper School Director at The Bryn Mawr School, an all-girls independent school located in Baltimore, Maryland. At Bryn Mawr, she spearheaded a curriculum review process for preschool to grade 12, focusing on 21st century education innovations and trends and also helped lead Bryn Mawr in the creation of The Bryn Mawr Way: A Contemporary Vision for What Girls Need to Thrive, the school's new strategic plan.
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Leigh Gibson
Senior Policy Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Industry: Nonprofit
After graduating with a Ph.D from Princeton, Leigh enjoyed a successful career in academia. Eventually, her commitment to social and economic justice goals outgrew their volunteer status and she launched a second career in the nonprofit world. Before her current position as Senior Policy Officer at Robert Wood Johnson, Leigh was the Director of State Network Advancement and Leadership at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a policy institute whose nonpartisan research influences federal and state policies designed to reduce poverty and inequality. In this role, Leigh coordinated and guided the development of activities of the State Priorities Partnership, a 42-member state network.
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Yvonne Hao
Managing Director and Co-Founder, Cove Hill Partners Industry: Business (financial services)
Yvonne Hao currently works at Cove Hill Partners, a private equity firm focused on partnering with outstanding management teams to build market-leading consumer and technology companies. During her WELP Fellowship, prior to becoming hte Managing Director and Co-Founder of Cove Hill Partners, Yvonne Hao was Operating Partner in Bain Capital's North American Private Equity Group where she worked closely with Bain Capital's portfolio companies. She has also held interim roles at a few portfolio companies: CEO of Denon & Marantz and COO of Gymboree.
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Kyleanne Hunter
Vice President - Programs and Adjunct Professor, Brady Campaign & Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Georgetown University Industry: Nonprofit
Before she started work at the Brady Campaign & Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Kyleanne Hunter was a Sie Center for International Security and Diplomacy Research Fellow and PhD Student at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. Her research focuses on the role of women in the military and as politically-violent actors. Ky was also an officer in the United States Marine Corps. She spent over a decade flying the AH-1W "Super Cobra" attack helicopter, with multiple tours in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. She was the first female cobra pilot in her squadron.
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Tatiana Jeromskaia
President, Avyance Industry: Business (financial services)
Tatiana Jeromskaia is certified in project management, change management, and business capture. She currently works as the President of Avyance, a management consulting firm in Reston, VA. During her time at WELP, she was a Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. In this role she was responsible for strategic planning, program management, and business development in the company's Infrastructure, Transportation, and Technology practice. She also led Booz Allen's aviation market strategy and policy cross-cut.
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Pamela Maxson
Director of Operations, Duke University Industry: Education (academia)
Pam is Director of Operations and Research at the Duke Center for Community and Population Health Improvement at Duke University Medical Center. In this role, she is facilitating the launch of this new center, which has as its mission to improve community and population health through academic, community, and health system partnerships. Pamela is responsible for oversight of all administrative and research operations of the Center, including financial management, personal development, program development and implementation, and interacting with multiple stakeholders.
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Ellen Kim
Chief Financial Officer, Roti Financial Officer Industry: Business
Ellen's previous professional experiences have spanned across both the public and private sectors. During her time at WELP, Ellen was Vice President in AlixPartner's Restaurant and Foodservice practice where she worked with enterprise-level restaurant clients on profit enhancement strategies and implementation. Previously, Ellen was a political appointee in the Obama Administration with the US Small Business Administration's Office of Investment and Innovation, working on various initiatives for high-growth, high-impact, small businesses, particularly focused on supporting the startup ecosystem.
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Donna McAleer
Executive Director, The Bicycle Collective Industry: Nonprofit
Donna McAleer’s professional career includes leadership roles in public, private and not-for-profit corporations. During her time at WELP, Donna was Manager at Atlas Research, a mission-driven consulting service that impacts the most vulnerable populations, tests innovative interventions to support critical patient groups, energizes communities to help address societal problems, provides essential training programs around emerging needs, and promotes interagency collaborations and public-private partnerships to improve care delivery and health system performance. She is also the award-winning author of the groundbreaking book, Porcelain on Steel: Women of West Point's Long Gray Line.
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Krystle Kopacz
CEO, RevMade Industry: Communications
Krystle Kopacz is currently CEO of RevMade. Her team at RevMade offers hands-on engagement with clients to direct investments in product development, build content marketing capabilities and transform sales teams into consultative strategies. She has been named to American Business Media's Emerging Leaders, Folio's 13 Under 30 digital media innovators and to MinOnline's People to Watch, in addition to winning a company Chairman's Award for digital business growth. Krystle previously worked at a venture-backed digital healthcare startup where her work led to significant audience growth across its 35-site portfolio.
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Cody McSellers-McCray, MPH, CHES
Executive Director - Community Health, AMITA Health Industry: Healthcare
As Executive Director at AMITA Health, Cody McSellers-McCray provides administrative leadership, strategic direction and fundraising for the operational aspects of the system’s community health and population health initiatives towards improving health equity. She also currently works as an Independent Consultant to Nonprofits and Hospitals/Healthcare systems. Cody has received numerous awards and is a graduate of numerous elite training and leadership development programs, most recently the Leadership Greater Chicago Class of 2012 and an inductee in Delta Omega National Honorary Society in Public Health.
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Molly Neuman
President, Downtown Music/Songtrust Industry: Entertainment
Molly Neuman is currently the president of both Downtown Music, is a global company that owns, manages, and develops businesses with a vision for a more equitable and innovative music ecosystem and Songtrust, a media company which uses industry-leading online solutions help songwriters, artists, managers, labels and publishers simplify music rights management including the administration of music publishing assets, performing rights, and digital licensing. Prior to these roles, Molly was the Head of Music at Kickstarter where she facilitated the continued growth of the music category and helped the creative community develop and realize their goals.
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Clare Putnam Pozos
Senior Advisor to the United States Attorney, US Attorney’s Office Industry: Legal (government)
Along with working as the Senior Advisor to the United States Attorney, Clare Putnam Pozos is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where she investigates and prosecutes federal offenses involving narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and fraud as a member of the Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit. Prior to moving to the Philadelphia area, Clare served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for four years. Clare has tried over forty cases, and received numerous special achievement awards from the Department of Justice.
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Missy Sherburne
Partnerships Consultant and Advisor, MES Consulting Industry: Business
Missy holds B.A. degrees in Political Science and Speech Communication from Miami University and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government where she was a Public Service Fellow. During her time at WELP, Missy served as Chief Partnerships Officer/EVP, Business Development for DonorsChoose.org. Missy joined DonorsChoose.org in 2003 as the organization’s third employee and in 2016 became Chief Partnerships Officer. In 2007, Missy developed and led an expansion strategy to grow DonorsChoose.org from an organization serving just 12 states to one that serves classrooms across the nation. Today, she currently works as a Partnerships Consultant and Advisor at MES Consulting.
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Lois Nix
CFO - Senior Vice President Ad Sales Finance, Discovery Channel Industry: Business
Lois graduated from Fordham business school with an MBA in Finance and Boston College with a BS in Accounting. Prior to joining the Discovery Channel in 2017, she was Senior Vice President, COO Advertising Sales at The Weather Company where she was responsible for providing internal leadership and executing operational goals in partnership with Weather Company’s senior sales leadership team in an effort to maximize revenue. In this role, she also played a key role in the sale of Weather Company’s digital assets to IBM which was announced in October 2015.
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Wendi Redfern
Chief of Operations/Chief of Real Estate, ReBUILD Metro Inc. Industry: Government (Housing)
Wendi is a Baltimore native and has dedicated her entire career to public service and Citizens of Baltimore. With over fifteen years of Real Estate Development and Code Enforcement experience, she specializes in business process change management. During her time at WELP, Wendi was an Assistant Commissioner for the City of Baltimore's Department of Housing and Community Development and a senior member of the Mayor Rawlings-Blake leadership team for the Vacants to Value Blight Elimination Initiative.
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Stacey Sprenkel
Partner, Morrison & Foerster Industry: Legal
Stacey Sprenkel is the head of the Litigation Department in Morrison & Foerster's San Francisco office and is a member of the firm's global anti-corruption and compliance team. She has extensive experience conducting corporate internal investigations on a broad range of issues both domestically and internationally, and she regularly assists clients with conducting global risk assessments, and with developing compliance programs, including reviewing and implementing anti-corruption policies, controls, and training programs. Stacey has also long been a champion for veterans' rights and serves on the Board of Directors of Swords to Plowshares, a veterans' rights organization.
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Keitha Pansy
Senior Advisor - Investor Relations, Hypatia Capital Group Industry: Business
Keitha Pansy currently works at Hypatia Capital Group, a private equity fund focused on sponsoring female CEOs. During her time at WELP, Keitha was a Director at BlackRock, and was Chief of Staff to the Global Head of BlackRock's Institutional Client Business, and Co-Head of BlackRock Alternative Investors. In these roles she was responsible for driving progress on strategic projects, formulating business strategy, and coordinating events and meetings on behalf of the Global Head.
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Jaya Saxena
America’s Diversity Manager, White & Case LLP Industry: Legal
Jaya Saxena currently works at White & Case LLP, a global law firm. During her time at WELP, Jaya was Assistant Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the George Washington University School of Law School's Center for Professional Development and Career Strategy. In this role, she advised JD students on a variety of career-related issues and managed diversity and inclusion initiatives at the law school, which included liaising with a variety of stakeholders regularly distributing information to students regarding programs and opportunities that may be of interest, and strategizing about how to strengthen diversity and inclusion initiatives within the law school.
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