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
Amrit Bedi, Co-Chair
Private Equity, Prime Capital
Archana Rajan
Ashrita Prasad
Chief of Staff, U.S. Bank
Liz Miller
Director Luxury and Fashion Business Development, Trove Recommence
Nitida Wongthipkongka
Venture Director, Rippleworks
Olena Tkachuck, Co-Chair
Technology Architecture Consultant, Accenture
Peter Kim
Associate Manager of Customer Loyalty and Insights, Walgreens
New York Leadership Council
Andriana Diez
Senior Director, Walmart Inc.
Avni Patel
Warburg Pincus
Christine Savino
JD Candidate, Cornell University
Eric Pan
Warburg Pincus
Ishan Gurg
Director, Ad Product, Audacy, Inc.
Josh Jelonek
EY
Linda Spataru
Investment Banking Associate, Goldman Sachs
Liz Meyer
IBM Alliance Manager, Deloitte
Mike Diamond
Head of In-Kind Product Giving, Google
Rohit Prasad
Relationship Director, Financial Institutions Group, Barclays
Sabrina Hodjati
Insight Analyst, LinkedIn
Yoga Acharya
Chief Operating Officer, Mezcla
Yvonnie Phan, Chair
Account Director, Infinite Global
San Francisco Leadership Council
Amie Vu
Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young LLP
Gita Patel
Director, University of California San Francisco
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
Head of Opportunity Hiring, Gap Inc.
Michael Kiever
Program Manager, Salesforce
Puneet Braar, Chair
Permira
Sameer Ziaee
Private Equity Associate, TPG
Sheldon O’Brien
Investor, Dragoneer
Simona Alexander
Compliance Analyst, OKX
Subur Khan
Investment Banking Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Seattle Leadership Council
Fiona Goodwillie
Managing Director, Operations, Accenture
Jeremy Ross
Cofounder and CEO, Requitable Inc.
Matthew Quinlan, Co-Chair
Independent
Mohamed Mahmoud, Co-Chair
Microsoft
Nate Lee
Software Engineer, Remitly
Rachid El Mourabit
Corporate Financial Planning Analyst, First Mode
Robert Manly
Amazon
Rumsha Siddiqui
Program Manager, Microsoft
Varun Jain
Microsoft
Washington, D.C., Leadership Council
Adeniyi Balogun
Snr. Territory Manager, British American Tobacco
Bob Bissen
Director of Government Affairs, National Head Start Association
Bryan Li
Accenture
Derek Li
Vice President, Nautic Partners
Hannah Pace
Associate Director, Workforce Partnership, Year Up Professional Resources
Lauren Evans
Product Owner, Study.com
Mackenzie Sheldon
Digital Campaigns Manager, International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)
Marina Ter Sargsyan
Lead Finance Controller, USAID
Sarah Jackson-Han
UNDP
Shorena Megrelishvili, Chair
Proposal and Grant Writer, WeConnect
Tori Travers
DHS
Viboosh Chandrasekar
Director of Business Operations, LoveHealth Inc.
