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OUR TEAM

EXECUTIVE BOARD

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  Co-President  

ABBY ADIGUN

Abby is a fourth year from Maryland majoring in Economics and
Public Policy.

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  Co-President  

ZARA CHAPPLE

Zara is a joint-degree student from New York studying Public Policy and Sociology in the College and Harris School (MPP).

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  Co-VP of Research  

ARJUN MAZUMDAR

Arjun is a fourth year from New York majoring in Economics and Law,
Letters and Society.

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  Co-VP of Research  

PASCAL DESCOLLONGES

Pascal is a third year from
California majoring in
Math and History.

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  Co-VP of Finance + Operations  

ANGELA JOO

Angela is a second year from the
U.K. studying Economics and
Political Science.

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  Co-VP of Finance + Operations  

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Adam is a third year from California studying Public Policy and CEGU (Environment, Geography, & Urbanization).

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  Co-VP of Media + Outreach  

BEN WEATHERS

Ben is a fourth year from Kentucky

majoring in Economics and

Public Policy.

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  Co-VP of Media + Outreach  

Saia Patel

Saia is a third year from New Hampshire majoring in Economics and
Political Science.

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  Co-VP of Recruitment + Community Cohesion  

Elayna Whiteman

Elayna is a third year from Illinois
majoring in Economics, Human Rights,
and Public Policy.

PROJECT LEADS

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  Criminal Justice (Campaign Zero)  

SARAH MURAD

Sarah is a second year from
Virginia majoring in
Economics.

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  Immigration (Niskanen Center)  

ARNAV HARVE

Arnav is a second year from
Massachusetts majoring in Economics
and Computer Science.

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 Sidewalk Access (World Inst. on Disability) 

Vikram Srikonda

Vikram is a second year from Ohio majoring in Economics (on the Data Science track).

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  Education Equity (Polyanna)  

Vasuda VAidyanathan

Vasuda is a third year from
Texas majoring in
Statistics.

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  Housing (The Chicago Community Trust)  

Taryn Kim

Taryn is a fourth year from
California majoring in Public Policy
and Sociology.

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  Education Equity (Polyanna)  

FRANCESCA CARNEY

Francesca is a third year from California majoring in Economics and
Public Policy.

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  Housing (The Chicago Community Trust)  

KIRAN KADIYALA

Kiran is a fourth year from Florida
majoring in Economics and
Public Policy.

RESEARCHERS

Alejandra Sarmiento
Allison Yu
Anushka Vasudev
Charles (Chaz) Rutledge
Desanka Malinovic
Edgar San Jose
Emily Price
Gerard Blake
Hannah Riegel
Isabel Kim

Isaiah Moncrieffe

​Johan Salome

Julia Volpp

Julia Volpp

June Lu

Kate Snyder

Kriti Krishnan

Lavanya Gupta

Letom Kpea

Lilah Bachrach

Luiz Carlos Soares Teixeira

Madeleine Schreiber

Madeline Bryant

Marco Parisse

Milo Simchen

Monica Lai

Pari Shah

Raymond Ha

Remko Wang Kuijs
Rowan Felton
Sadie Foer

Seerat Bath
Sophia Liu
Vedesh Kodnani
Vedika Baradwaj

Victor Qian

Yura Mizutani
Zoe Nelson

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