Our Team
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Kashvi Mahesh
Executive Director
Curriculum Development
Blog Contributor
Community Outreach
Volunteer Teacher
Since 2023
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Devin Acar
Chief Outreach and Partnerships Officer
Head of US Operations
Since 2025
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Miraya Singh
Bengaluru Chapter Lead
Design Lead
Program Coordinator
Community Outreach
Since 2026
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Andrea Chen
Taiwan Chapter Lead
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Asrita Yelisetti
California Chapter
Editor-in-Chief
Since 2026
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Mohith Mallarapu
North Carolina Chapter Lead
Volunteer Teacher
Community Outreach
Since 2025
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Armaan Dadhania
Social Media Lead
North Carolina Chapter
Since 2025
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Nilay Vora
California Chapter Lead
Blog Contributor
Volunteer Teacher
Since 2026
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Reina Chu
Singapore Chapter Lead
Since 2026
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Aayushi Dugam
Pune Chapter Lead
Curriculum Development
Since 2026
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Mariana Reyes
Massachusetts Chapter Lead
Blog Contributor
Since 2025
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Jaival Patel
North Carolina Chapter
Community Outreach
Volunteer Teacher
Since 2025
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Jaswanth Pothineni
North Carolina Chapter
Volunteer Teacher
Since 2025
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Aarav Thakkar
North Carolina Chapter
Volunteer Teacher
Since 2025
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Arshiya Dokania
North Carolina Chapter
Blog Contributor
Social Media & Design Team
Since 2025
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Matthew Nakhle
UK Chapter Co-Lead
Since 2025
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Ethan Lo
UK Chapter Co-Lead
Since 2025
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Diya Lenin
Blog Contributor
India Chapter
Since 2026
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Hudson Waiting
Blog Contributor
Massachusetts Chapter
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Alessandro Ishak
UK Chapter
Blog Contributor
Since 2025
Advisory Board and Past Team
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Wilson Tao
Founder
College Adivsory Board
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Jack Mackey-Williams
Co-Founder
College Advisory Board
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Joelliane (Tucci) Iyasele
Founding member
College Advisory Board
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Kathleen Xie
Founding Member
College Advisory Board
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Ishaan Gupta
2024-2025 Chief Partnerships Officer
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Vanshika Kumar
India Chapter Director
Resource Saving and Sustainability
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Geetika Muddam
Texas Chapter
Blog Contributor
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Shubhan Chegoori
North Carolina Chapter
College Advisory Board
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Simon Bourdoli
Blog Contributor & Volunteer Teacher
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Abigale Tsai 蔡元瑄
Taiwan Chapter Director
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Anabel Kim
Rhode Island Chapter
Blog Contributor
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Samarth Singh
Editor-in-Chief
Blog Contributor
Since 2023
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Habiba Adoum Gagoloum
Chad Chapter Director
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Ziad Mohammed
Volunteer Teacher
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Zachary Skoutas
Blog Contributor
advisory board
Aouatef Khelloqi,
Obama Foundation Leader
Aouatef is CEO and Founder of MuGen Lab, Maroc Impact, and Mdaif’IN / Inclu’HER. She is a social entrepreneur, board member, and expert in the deployment of sustainable and inclusive territorial development programs applied to new models of prosperity in Morocco & France.
Aouatef is a social Innovation advisor combining emerging technologies, particularly blockchain technology, with human-centered design, to create solutions to today’s major challenges. In 2018, Aouatef became a Fellow “Innovative Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Leadership” of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundations.
In 2022, Aouatef was selected to work with the Obama Foundation in the “Leaders Africa” program. She is passionate about working towards an inclusive and sustainable society.
In Sept. 2022, Aouatef obtained her “Blockchain: Disruptive Technology” certificate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Aouatef received her degree in Accounting and Finance at E’cole Normale supe’rieure Paris-Scaclay and Cross-Cultural Leadership and Innovative Entrepreneurship from Edmond de Rothchild Foundations
Dr. Maïmonatou Mar
Obama Foundation Leader
Maïmonatou Mar, PhD is a Co-Founder and COO of Gribouilli, the first vocational organization to support and empower women working as nannies in France and its subsidiary cooperative. Along with her mother Aminata Diouf, a senior nanny, Mar has built a network of more than 1000 women and established partnerships with major public and private stakeholders. Mar believes that bottom-up initiatives and cooperative models have the power to revive democratic and economic governance. She has launched the French Chapter of RadicalxChange where she often applies systems thinking she has learned from her previous experience in STEM. Mar has also received recognition for her work on social justice. She is an Obama Foundation Leader and Board Member of various French foundations who emphasizes social innovation.
