Leaders + Staff

Aneeta Akhurst
Aneeta Akhurst VP, Content & Community
Annika Anderson
Annika Anderson Team Relations Manager
Hossein Atoufi, Ph.D.
Hossein Atoufi, Ph.D. Technical Lead
Vigo Andreev
Vigo Andreev Product Manager, IT & Infrastructure
Jillian Augenstein
Jillian Augenstein Executive Assistant, Energy + Climate + Nature, Food + Water + Waste, and Learning + Society
Christian Ayuste
Christian Ayuste Prize Designer
Nikki Batchelor
Nikki Batchelor Executive Director, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman VP, Community
Jill Bednar
Jill Bednar Executive Assistant, CEO
Brittany Betts
Brittany Betts Product Director
Alexis Carfagno
Alexis Carfagno Social Media Manager
Caitlin Chase
Caitlin Chase Senior Director, Communications
Chris Classen
Chris Classen VP, Brand
Nixon Coronado
Nixon Coronado Systems Administrator, IT Infrastructure
Esther Count
Esther Count Senior Associate, Chief of Staff
Giulia D’Amico
Giulia D’Amico Senior Director, Strategic Philanthropy (Learning & Society)
Roopa Dandamudi
Roopa Dandamudi Specialist Team Relations
Zach David
Zach David Advancement Integrated Strategy & Operations Specialist
Jordan Davis
Jordan Davis Executive Assistant, Marketing, Advancement, and Partnerships & Impact
Laika de los Santos
Laika de los Santos Senior Integrated Marketing Manager
Brock Denton
Brock Denton Team Relations Manager
Jennie Dulas
Jennie Dulas Senior Director, Integrated Strategy, Advancement
Susan Emmer
Susan Emmer SVP, Strategic Philanthropy (Health)
Jeannette Fournier
Jeannette Fournier Director, Strategic Philanthropy
Jordan Giali
Jordan Giali Senior Manager, Partner Engagement and Program Impact
Raven Gomez
Raven Gomez Project Manager, Global Visioneering
Elizabeth Guyman
Elizabeth Guyman Team Relations Manager
Ashwood Heffern
Ashwood Heffern Manager, Partnerships & Impact
Rachel Hefner
Rachel Hefner Senior Manager, Global Visioneering
Sofia Hernandez-Tapia
Sofia Hernandez-Tapia Manager, Events & Experiences
Jamie Hoffman
Jamie Hoffman Multimedia Designer, Creative Services
Elaine Hungenberg
Elaine Hungenberg Senior Vice President, Partnerships & Impact
Fran Kang
Fran Kang Web Systems Analyst
Shawn Karsten
Shawn Karsten Vice President, Community
Heeseung Kim
Heeseung Kim Senior Program Manager, Alumni
Caroline Kolta
Caroline Kolta Senior Director, Cross Functional Operations & Scaling
Cat Kutz
Cat Kutz Integrated Marketing Manager
Jason Lederman
Jason Lederman Director, Digital Marketing
Danielle Leedeman
Danielle Leedeman Integrated Marketing Manager
Michael Leitch
Michael Leitch Senior Technical Lead
Wesley Liu
Wesley Liu Help Desk Associate
Anna Lucier, JD
Anna Lucier, JD Senior Director, Community
James Lynch
James Lynch Copywriter
Jon Madjidov
Jon Madjidov VP, Technology
Osama Mansour
Osama Mansour .NET Full Stack Developer
Kevin Marriott
Kevin Marriott Technical Lead
Sarah Miguel
Sarah Miguel Senior Manager
Kelsey Miller
Kelsey Miller Program Manager
Sarah Morain
Sarah Morain Senior Financial Analyst
Meredith Morris
Meredith Morris Senior Director, Strategic Philanthropy (Planet)
Laura Newton
Laura Newton Senior Manager, Advancement Integrated Strategy & Operations
Carlos Nolard
Carlos Nolard Associate Attorney
Tracy Olson
Tracy Olson Alumni Coordinator, Partnerships & Impact
Gemma Paolo
Gemma Paolo Senior Director, Content
Abie Peacock
Abie Peacock VP, Integrated Marketing
Colin Peartree
Colin Peartree Senior Manager
Lauren Pierpoint, Ph.D.
Lauren Pierpoint, Ph.D. Technical Lead, Healthspan
Allison Ramiller
Allison Ramiller Prize Designer
Tatum Rapa
Tatum Rapa Generalist, People & Culture
Lindsey Roark
Lindsey Roark Integrated Marketing Manager
Michaella Rogers
Michaella Rogers Project Manager, Prize Design
Rachel Rose
Rachel Rose Chief of Staff
Andrea Santy
Andrea Santy Program Director
Katharine Schwer
Katharine Schwer Director, People & Culture
Madeline Segura
Madeline Segura Director, Events & Experiences
Tiffany Seiler
Tiffany Seiler Executive Assistant, Deep Tech, AI & Quantum/Information Technology, Health, Finance, and People & Culture
Serena Shapero
Serena Shapero Director, Community
Claudia Shekufendeh
Claudia Shekufendeh Team Relations Manager
Eti Shechtman Tucker
Eti Shechtman Tucker Prize Designer
Michelle Siqueira
Michelle Siqueira Manager
Kevin Snyder-Kelly
Kevin Snyder-Kelly CRM & Data Insights Director
Sylvester Spencer-Lee
Sylvester Spencer-Lee Senior Vice President, Strategic Philanthropy
Kathrin Spendier, Ph.D.
Kathrin Spendier, Ph.D. Technical Prize Director
Elke Stoll
Elke Stoll Senior Accounting Specialist
Haley Tabor
Haley Tabor Director of Global Hubs
Frances Tran, Ph.D.
Frances Tran, Ph.D. Prize Designer
Edward Wagner
Edward Wagner Front-End Web Developer
Barry Wandel
Barry Wandel Senior Director, Software Engineering
Brianne Ward
Brianne Ward Manager
Mariann Yattaw
Mariann Yattaw Creative Director
Anna Yergat
Anna Yergat Director, Accounting
Jessica Yoon
Jessica Yoon Manager

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