
Our People
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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