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

Jenn Hagan

Co-Chair of Events

Shannan Schmitt

Chair of Research

Milena Prinzi

Chair of Written Media

Executive Board

Shuban Gouru

Executive Director & Co-Founder

Haman Sharma

Director of Technology

Paul Leeds

Director of Fundraising

Kate Rose

Director of Marketing

Christiana Adegbesan

Director of People and Culture

Grace Schwartz

Director of Community

Jose Lopez

Director of Playable Media

Ana Bacioiu

Director of Written Media

Hernan Sanchez

Director of Partnerships and Strategy

Written Media

Degreat Myke

SEO Researcher & Analyst

Sibusiso Mnyandeni

Article Writer

Warren Patterson

Article Writer

Jyothirmayee Vishnusekhar

Article Editor

Emma Janke

Associate Director

Amir Noorani

Article Writer

Deborah Taiwo

Article Writer

Aashna Haryani

Article Editor

Tonya Parker

Article Writer

Sunnie Souza

Article Writer

Callie Leff

Article Writer

Playable Media

Chloe Liljegren

Prod Assistant - Digital Asset Manager

Jacob Byrne

Prod Assistant - Digital Asset Manager

Dorian Gilmartin

Researcher & Host

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

Yahaya Ahmed

Community Moderator

Stephanay Slade-Louis

Community Moderator

Marketing

Lucy Zhang

Ads Manager

Remington Barno

Sr. Graphic Designer

Allen Chung

Newsletter Manager

Debanjana Bose

Social Media Strategist

Brady Phouthaseng

Graphic Designer

Caitlyn Bleacher

Graphic Designer

Matthew Marini

Sr. Copywriter

Josh Collier

Copywriter - SEO

Priyanka Ghosal

Marketing/Content Admin

Kelly Felten

Jr. Copywriter

Mel Diaz

Copywriter - SEO

NandhithaThiagarajan

Product Manager

Ali Sanchez

Project Manager

Kibbeum Lee

Graphic Designer

Allen Steck

Head of Digital Strategy & Growth

Boris Hu

UX/UI Website Designer

Katie Knecht

UX/UI Website Designer Lead

Technology

Brendan Swanson

Senior Web Developer

Aashish Anantharaman

Website Developer

Charles Cai

Website Developer

Raffaele Brivio

Product Owner

Francisco Luiz B Pinto

WordPress Developer

External Affairs

Binura Silva

Data Research Officer

Ashley Manley

P&I Coordinator

Fundraising

Shaheim Page

Grant Researcher

Jason Stagnitto

Grant Writer

Mary Moreland

Grant Writer

People and Culture

Lakshmi Venukumar

Chief HR Officer

Adelina Ajdini

Human Resources Officer

Divya Poddar

Internal Communications Manager

Gianella Grandy

Human Resources Officer

Neelam Rawat Makhloga

Human Resources Officer

Kim Beaver

Senior People Development Manager

Isabella Cruz

Benefits Specialist

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