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Board of Trustees

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Board of Trustees *

The Board of Trustees sets important policies for the organization and oversees its governance and fiduciary health. The board meets regularly to discuss developments at the organization and vote on policy decisions.

  • Marsha Yuan has served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Eloquence Academy since 2023. Ms. Yuan was most recently the Director of Finance for The Dalton Schools, overseeing the school’s $85 million budget. Prior to joining Dalton, Ms. Yuan was Associate Dean of Finance and Strategy at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies, where she led budgeting, financial reporting, business operations, data analytics, and strategic planning. Ms. Yuan also has over 15 years of investment experience having worked in investment banking, middle market private equity, and hedge funds.

    Education

    Columbia University - M.B.A.

    University of California, Berkeley - B.S.

  • Harsha Kapre has served on the Board of Trustees of Eloquence Academy since 2023. Mr. Kapre is a Director at Snowflake Ventures, having transitioned from being a Senior Product Manager, where he was responsible for the Snowflake technology ecosystem with a focus on client connectivity and partner integrations. Prior to Snowflake, Mr. Kapre spent 18 years at IBM where he held a variety of product management and engineering roles.

    Education

    University of California, Berkeley - B.S.

  • Conray C. Tseng has served on the Board of Trustees of Eloquence Academy since 2023. Mr. Tseng is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Tseng serves as Vice Chair of the Global Asset Based Lending Group and is a member of the Finance Department and the Banking and Private Capital Practices. Mr. Tseng formerly served as Co-Vice Chairman and Director on the Board of the New Leadership Program of Legal Aid Society, a private, not-for-profit legal services organization, the oldest and largest in the nation, dedicated since 1876 to providing legal representation to low-income New Yorkers.

    Education

    Cornell Law School - J.D.

    Columbia College - B.A.

A team of committed, hardworking, and capable individuals.

Staff Directory

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Spencer Chaisanguanthum
Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Jonathan Zu
Director of Eloquence Academy Canada

Vu Phuc Bao Tran
Director of Eloquence Academy Vietnam

Shuvajyoti Kar
Director of Eloquence Academy India

Sachin Chandra
Executive Assistant & Communications Coordinator

OPERATIONS

Melinda “Michi” Synn
Director of Mentorship Program

Imad Shaikh
Program Management Intern

Erika Chiu
Program Management Intern

Sowmiya Deventhira-Raja
Service Learning Fellow

Daniel Gibson
Service Learning Fellow

Arnav Maheshwari
Service Learning Fellow

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Kabir Iyengar
Website Manager & Designer

Aanya Baddela
Website Blog Contributor

Sofia Fleri
Website Blog Contributor

TOURNAMENTS

Vedant Misra
Tournaments Associate

Alex Wang
Tournaments Ambassador

Shakthi Prabhakaran
Tournaments Ambassador

FINANCE

Mansi Arora
Director of Finance

Kira Waldhalm
Finance Coordinator

Rudri Soni
Grants Associate

Ellie Kim
Fundraising Ambassador

PARTNER PROGRAM CONTACTS

Nevyn Parisa Haque
The World in Us

Kayley Xu
Volunteer Tutors Organization

Rajat Gupta
eTutor World — Class

Sophia Williams
eTutor World — Webinar

Lynne Middleton
Tennesse 4-H

Lori Gallimore
Tennesse 4-H

Mitch Beaty
Tennesse 4-H

Danyi Wang
Latino Education Advancement Fund

Rikhil Ranjit
Jay Pritzker Academy

Michael Chin
The City Tutors

Samuel Chen
Outreach Debate

Denise McGirr
Take Stock in Children — Manatee County

Jacquline Flur
Take Stock in Children — Broward County

Volunteer Directory

* = denotes a Regional Director

ALBUQERQUE
Darin Eberhart

ANCHORAGE
Anna Kardashyan*

ATLANTA
Akshat Anand*

Aanya Baddela

Aditi Hemanth

BIRMINGHAM
Daniel Gibson*

BOISE
Zane Pearson*

CHARLOTTE
Anish Thota*

Ishan Ahsan

Sarayu Nattamai

Eesha Patel

Samiksha Pyndi

Rocio Vega-Saenz

Ellery Stewart

CHICAGO
Kabir Iyengar*

CINCINATTI
Reagan Fournier*

CLEVELAND
Nathan Chen*

Shakthi Prabhakaran

Rachel Gortney

Mallory Kavanagh

Danielle Stanley

Julia Wang

DALLAS
Andy Choy

Hannah Nery

Paari Palani

DETROIT
Alex Wang*

DURHAM
Tanuj Karthakiyen*

ERIE
Sowmiya Deventhira Raja*

HO CHI MINH CITY
Vu Phuc Bao Tran*

HOUSTON
Imad Shaikh*

Maisa Ahmad

Emilio Garza

Mingyi Li

Jeffrey Liu

Aiza Dada

LAS VEGAS
Kevin Cisneros*

LOS ANGELES
Rudri “Rue” Soni*

Eleminoti Ahia

Linda Frazier

Nancy Javkhlan

Lucy Liu

Zayna Rana

Wendy Shi

MIAMI
Mansi Arora*

Mariana Rodriguez

Nicholas Weiser

Chloe Wolf

MINNEAPOLIS
Claire Cao*

MILWAUKEE
Angela Wang*

NASVHILLE
Vedant Misra*

Advik Anand

Ryland Hoskins

Manushri Kalasikam

Atharv Mehendale

Arnav Mehta

Yug Patel

Darsh Shrivastava

Chetan Yenigalla

Aditya Yesware

Krishna Volety

NEW YORK
Arnav Maheshwari*

Aaron Choi

Sophia Birman

Suvid Bordia

Ellie Kim

Andrew Moszuti

Bethany Po

Jordyn Rubman

Chelsea Shen

Vidushi Sinha

Jacob Skolnick

Julian Song

Ryan Li

ODISHA
Shuvajyoti Kar*

OKLAHOMA CITY
Jolie Jimenez*

ORLANDO
Santiago Bonilla*

PHILADELPHIA
Emily Zhang*

PHOENIX
Kai Pehkonen*

Sachin Chandra

Gauri Murkoth

SAN DIEGO
Melinda “Michi” Synn*

SAN FRANCISCO
Erika Chiu*

Sofia Fleri

Ian Gao

Tanmay Jyothis

Larkin Murray

Rohin Saharoy

SAN JOSE
Alek Ding*

TORONTO
William He*

VANCOUVER
Rex Park*

Ayden Chung

Kayla Jung

Megan Webster

WASHINGTON, DC
Rachel Barold*

Renia Ahmed

Aben Bhattachan

Alisha Durbhakula

Anna Jhon

WINSTON-SALEM
Esmeralda Hernandez*

RURAL DEBATE ASSOCIATES
Akshat Anand

Mansi Arora

Aanya Baddela

Raegan Fournier

Ian Gao

Jolie Jimenez

Zane Pearson

Anish Thota

Kira Waldhalm

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