Meet Our Board.

ADAM BUDGOR

Board Member

EVP, Chief Strategic and Development Officer, Diamond Resorts International

MIKE GHAFFARY

Board Chair

General Partner, Canvas Ventures

AKRAM ZAMAN

Board Treasurer

Global Head Equity Capital Markets, Millennium Management

NIVEDITA OJHA

Board Member

Senior Director, Citrix

TEJ SRIMUSHNAM

Board Secretary

Counsel, Office of International Affairs, Federal Trade Commission

FRANK WANG

Board Member

Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

Meet our founders.

MARGOT BELLON

Co-Founder and Executive Director

​Margot Bellon is a rising senior at Stanford University majoring in Biology and minoring in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. At Stanford, she is involved with volunteer work at a local Palo Alto homeless shelter called the Heart and Home Collaborative, where she directly witnesses technology inequity in the Bay Area. She also conducts research on sexual assault prevention work on campus and has been involved with advocacy work for Planned Parenthood. After graduation, she will pursue a Master's in Epidemiology at Stanford and has aspirations of becoming a physician in order to directly address disparities in women's health. In her free time, Margot enjoys long distance running and engaging in all things outdoors!

ISABEL WANG

Co-Founder and Executive Director​

​Isabel Wang is a rising senior at Stanford University studying Symbolic Systems, an interdisciplinary major focusing on the interactions between computer science, neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, and philosophy. She grew up actively leading community initiatives improving race relations and public health with a focus on educational equity. At Stanford, she continued her passion for social justice by helping research video interventions for equitable children's education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, and improving technology that provides educational empowerment to youth, parents, educators, and healthcare workers in low and middle income countries. Outside of her academics, Isabel enjoys acting, helping the elderly, and personally researching human behavior and the mind.

Meet our directors.

Director of Administration

John Stewart

john@bridgingtech.org​

Background:

• Born & raised in Niagara Falls, New York.
• MBA from D'Youville College
• B.S in Criminal Justice, Hilbert College

Co-Director of Development

Martin Dalton​

martin@bridgingtech.org

Background:

• Cloud Management Account Executive, VMware
• Master of Management Studies (MMS), Duke University

Co-Director of Development

Hadas Egri

hadas@bridgingtech.org

Background:

• Economist and Community Manager
• Advisory Board Member, Develop Africa
• Actuarial Science, University of Haifa

Director of Strategy

Jacob Gee

jacob@bridgingtech.org

Background:

• Product Operations Manager, WePay
• Product Manager, Develop for Good
• B.S. in Business Administration, San Diego State University

Director of Marketing

Svetlana Mikhaylova

svetlana@bridgingtech.org

Background:

• Rotational Analyst, Xcel Energy Inc.
• Instructor, Junior Achievement
• B.S. in Management, MSU Denver​​

Director of Partnerships

Owen Descalzi

owen@bridgingtech.org

Background:

• Electrical Engineer, General Motors​
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University

Meet our volunteers.

Saif Abualhasan

Product Associate

saif@bridgingtech.org

Martina Angel

Administrative Assistant

martina@bridgingtech.org

Lauren Beasley

Education Coordinator

lbeasley@bridgingtech.org

Riti Bora

Corporate Relations Manager

riti@bridgingtech.org

Emil Cano

Regional Community Coordinator

emil@bridgingtech.org

Munish Dev Arora

Research Associate

munish@bridgingtech.org

Amber Doniere

Mentorship Associate

amber@bridgingtech.org

Celine Gandingco

Legal Associate

celine@bridgingtech.org

Holly Giang

Foundation Relations Manager

holly@bridgingtech.org

Jodi Go

Expansion Associate

jodi@bridgingtech.org

Tammy Guffey

Donor Relations Associate

tammy@bridgingtech.org

Andrea Habib

Product Relations Associate

andrea@bridgingtech.org

Sarah Hillegass

Sr. Accounting and Finance Manager

hillegass@bridgingtech.org

Nazneen Khan

Administrative Assistant

nazneen@bridgingtech.org

Leann Lee

Sr. Human Resources Manager

leann@bridgingtech.org

Linda Lee

Accounting Associate

linda@bridgingtech.org

Nitin Manivasagan

Research Manager

nitin@bridgingtech.org

Aleksandr Molchagin

Product Associate

aleksandr@bridgingtech.org

Erem Nazir

Research Associate

erem@bridgingtech.org

Abigail Pastel

Human Resources Associate

apastel@bridgingtech.org

Dr. Persis Fay

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Manager

persis@bridgingtech.org

Mai Phuong Vu

Product Manager

hey_iammai@bridgingtech.org

Rachel Purdy

Technology Associate

rachel@bridgingtech.org

Radhika Ravi

HR Generalist/Lead

radhika@bridgingtech.org

Alexandre Sancan

Education Associate

alexandre@bridgingtech.org

Stefano Silva

Accounting Manager

stefano@bridgingtech.org

Sarah Son

HR Associate - Exit Interview Lead

sson@bridgingtech.org

Jason Stergiou

Research Associate

jason@bridgingtech.org

Mercedes Suaya

Mentorship Associate

mercedes@bridgingtech.org

Alex Tan

Product Associate

alex@bridgingtech.org

Nia Thomas

Human Resources Associate

nia@bridgingtech.org

Navoday Tomar

Technology Associate

navoday@bridgingtech.org

Hariharan Venkat

Education Associate

hariharanv@bridgingtech.org

Carter Walling

Policy Associate

cwalling@bridgingtech.org

Annie Wang

Recipient Relations Manager

annie@bridgingtech.org

Amanda Young

Education Manager

amanda@bridgingtech.org

Widad Sallab

Accounting Associate

widad@bridgingtech.org

Shweta Shah󠀠​

Sr. Corporate Relations Associate

shweta@bridgingtech.org

Mahnoor Imran

​Technology Associate

mahnoor@bridgingtech.org

Sarina McGowan

PR & Communications Lead

smcgowan@bridgingtech.org

Pete Hernandez

Social Media Coordinator

pete@bridgingtech.org

Kayla Dominguez

Social Media Coordinator

kayla@bridgingtech.org

Clifton Gonsalves

Technology Partnerships Manager

clifton@bridgingtech.org