Our Team

We take pride in the people we work with: leaders, visionaries, builders, creators, & doers. Meet our team - the Pitch Labs dream team.

Advisory Committee

Donald Dea

Chair of Operations

Ezio Sabatino

Chair of Executive Board Leadership

Rose Evans

Chair of Business Development

Frank Pizzuta

Chair of Technology & Marketing

Jahi Jones

Chair of D.E.I.B

Joel Katz

Chair of Events

Executive Board

Shuban Gouru

Executive Director & Co-Founder

Shannan Schmitt

Director of External Affairs

Haman Sharma

Director of Technology

Jenn Hagan

Director of Events

Paul Leeds

Director of Operations

Kate Rose

Director of Marketing

Milena Prinzi

Director of Written Media

Christiana Adegbesan

Director of Human Resources

Grace Schwartz

Director of Community

Written Media

Favour Ndime

Article Writer

Patrick Jean

Article Editor

Degreat Myke

Article Writer

Geofry Ouma

Article Writer

Sibusiso Mnyandeni

Article Writer

Warren Patterson

Article Writer

Jyothirmayee Vishnusekhar

Article Editor

Emma Janke

Article Ideator & Publisher

Amir Noorani

Article Writer

Deborah Taiwo

Article Writer

Ana Bacioiu

Article Writer

Aashna Haryani

Article Editor

Christina Molitor

Article Writer

Shaira Brereton

Article Ideator & Publisher

Playable Media

Trishala Shinde

Content Manager & Editor

Events

Tharakesh Suresh

Event Planner

Jason Aparo

Event Planner

Sarang Praveen

Event Planner

Justin Zhu

Event Planner

Aryan Subhash

Event Planner

Julianna Giudici

Event Coordinator

Community

Darren Lin

Community Manager

Andreia Pandichie

Senior Moderator

Thomas Diep

Community Moderator

Marketing

Lucy Zhang

Ads Manager

Remington Barno

Sr. Graphic Designer

Allen Chung

SEO/Google Ads Specialist

Debanjana Bose

Social Media Strategist

Brady Phouthaseng

Graphic Designer

Caitlyn Bleacher

Graphic Designer

Matthew Marini

Sr. Copywriter

Shreya Jalasutram

Ideation & Content Creator

Josh Collier

Copywriter - SEO

Priyanka Ghosal

Marketing/Content Admin

Kelly Felten

Jr. Copywriter

Mel Diaz

Copywriter - SEO

Technology

Brendan Swanson

Senior Web Developer

Aashish Anantharaman

Website Developer

Boris Hu

UX/UI Website Designer

Katie Knecht

UX/UI Website Designer

Charles Cai

Website Developer

Raffaele Brivio

Product Owner

External Affairs

Binura Silva

Data Research Officer

Ashley Manley

P&I Coordinator

Operations

Renata Bass

Grant Writer

Chanel Thomas

Sponsorship Coordinator

Shaheim Page

Grant Researcher

Emma Rodriguez

Grant Researcher

Jason Stagnitto

Grant Writer

Human Resources

Lakshmi Venukumar

Chief HR Officer

Adelina Ajdini

HRO - Events & Marketing

Divya Poddar

Internal Communications Manager

Gianella Grandy

Human Resources Officer

Neelam Rawat Makhloga

Human Resources Officer

Kim Beaver

Senior People Development Manager

Ready to join us?

Want to go a step further and volunteer hands-on with the team of entrepreneurs building Pitch Labs? Join us today! We accept anyone 14 and up and contributions of any size! All you need is energy and passion!