Leadership Teams - Our Volunteers

Academic Outreach is responsible for fostering relationships to support the Chapter and its members through outreach to academic institutions. We build bridges between institutions and the Chapter by soliciting and stewarding relationships. We seek to enhance chapter member experiences and bring value to our partner institutions.

Academic Affairs

• Shahrzad Badvipour, PMP - Collegiate Faculty Advisor
• Thomas Gunther, PMP - Collegiate Faculty Advisor
• Alyssa Stricklan, PMP - Director, Academic Outreach, Secondary Education

Future City

• Christopher Downey, PMP - - LVL2- Academic Outreach Future City Director
• Robin Watkins - LVL2- Academic Outreach Future City Director
• Ronnie Watley, PMP - Manager, Academic Outreach - Future City
• Nikhil Sonawane - Manager, Academic Outreach - Future City
• Edwina Sampler-Wright, PMP, PMI-ACP - Judge, Academic Outreach - Future City
• Mark Plihcik, PMP - Judge, Academic Outreach - Future City

CORE Team is responsible for fostering relationships to support the Chapter and its members through outreach to non-profits, and communities. We build bridges between organizations and the Chapter by soliciting and stewarding relationships. We seek to enhance chapter member experiences and bring value to our partner organizations.

Social Impact

• Meghan Booth, CAPM - Social Good Manager
• Funke Ogundare, Social Good Team Member
• Wendy Torrance, PMP - Social Good Team Member
• Garet Burns - Director
• Carolyn Lister - LVL2- Social Good Coordinator
• Sonia Kissel - Volunteer Coordinator

Finance Team handles our budgets, expenses and income.  The Finance team provides support to the President and all other members of the Board of Directors by ensuring that all transactions have been accounted for and reported properly and that the chapter is operating within the guidelines of PMI and governmental requirements. The team adds additional value by helping the members of the Board create and manage to a reasonable and responsible budget for the year.

• Vishal Visavale, PMP - Project Manager
• Zackery Hyham, CAPM - Project Manager

The Marketing Team is responsible for all of the chapter branding, photography, and digital messaging to include; social media, content for the website, and weekly bulletin content. 

• Danielle Lee, Marketing Director
• Oliver Howard, Marketing Strategist
• Bode Adeyemi, Content Writer
  
• Kassidy Sheber, Marketing Strategist
• Michelle Bergquist, Content Strategist
  

Membership Team supports our members - most notably the New Member Orientation - as well as all our volunteers. The Membership Team is responsible for attracting, onboarding, and retaining Chapter members. They also provide support for our members in transition through Career Resources workshops. 

• Susan Wynn, MSIM, PMP - AVP Membership Service
• Sam Abhyankar, CSM, Membership Manager
• Tejas Kabra, PMP, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified - LVL2- Membership Services Projec
• Brianne Gaetze, CAPM - LVL1- Membership and Corporate Ambassador
• Abhijit Ganguly, PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, MBA - Director of Volunteer Management

Operations Team is responsible for the business operations of the Chapter, including but not limited to, conducting Chapter Board of Directors elections, executing surveys for the Board and/or Board reviewing/revising/developing Chapter policies & procedures, tracking the Chapter's physical assets and monitoring the Chapter's voicemail.

As volunteers are the sole resources for running the chapter, Operations also maintains Volunteer Management, which provides a crucial role in recruiting and placing qualified individuals on all teams. This service ensures volunteers receive training to get them started, as well as to provide recognition and appreciation through organized activities.

Professional Development Team supports PDU opportunities for our chapter, as well as the CAPM/PMP prep classes, and all the vendors we use to provide classes and learning opportunities to our members.

Professional Development Courses

• Lisa Molloy, PMP - Manager, Professional Development
• Kadji Tanyi, PMP, A-CSM, CSM - Manager
• Brent Scholar, PMP, PMI-ACP, DASM - Project Manager
• Elsa Hsu - Project Manager

Credential Study Group

• Robert Gates, PMP - Director, Credential Study Group
• Matthew McNulty, PMP - Credential Study Group Facilitator
• Paul Skelding, PMP - Credential Study Group Facilitator
• Tom Wilp, PMP, PMI-RP - Credential Study Group Facilitator
• Conrad Sandoval, PMP - Credential Study Group Facilitator
• Lehendrick Turner, Credential Study Group Facilitator
• Alex Green, Credential Study Group Facilitator
• Robert Gibbs, Credential Study Group Facilitator
• Sheridan Smede, Credential Study Group Program Director
• David Carnell, PMP - Credential Study Group Facilitator
  
• Rachel Gersten, PMP - Credential Study Group Facilitator
• Farnaz Bagheri, PMP - Credential Study Group Facilitator
  

Mentorship Program

• Marcelo Mendes, PMP - Director of Mentorship Program
• Bruce Schwickrath, PMP - Director of Mentorship Program
• Frank Balogh, PMP, PMI-ACP - Mentor
• Manish Arora, PMP, PgMP - Mentor
• Kerri Schrage, PMP - Mentor
• Nicole Stevenson, PMP - Mentor
• Parvathi Iyer, Networking Session Lead
• Pat Koch, MBA, PMP, CSM - Mentor
• Ashok Chandrasekhar, PMP - Mentor
• Robert Vandenberg, PMP - Mentor
• Kenneth Goebel, BSc.E, MBA, PMP - Mentor
• Bob Giese, PE, PMP, MBA - Mentor
• Robert (Bob) Vandenberg, PMP, Agile - Program Manager - Mentorship

Programs Team organizes our chapter meetings and events by ensuring we have speakers, running the North and South Valley meetings, running Breakfast meetings throughout the Valley, and coordinating the social networking events.

• Paul Bartal, PMP - Director of Breakfast Meetings
  
• Nathan Salas, Project Manager Events
• Victor Guerrero, PMP - Events Coordinator/Programs
• Hayden Brown, CAPM - Event Coordinator
• Heather Stapley - Volunteer Co-Ordinator
• Jennifer Carr - Event Manager
• Yasmin Sidhu - Event Coordinator
• Angela Codding - Event Coordinator/Programs
• Aroet Hale - Event Coordinator
• Jennifer Sloan: Event Coordinator
• Anike Bond, Events Lead/Programs 
  
  

Technology Team supports the chapter infrastructure, which includes all chapter technology, including audio and visual equipment, security and access control of applications and subscription services,  managing the chapter website, managing the chapter messaging systems, and SharePoint application.

• Henry Jones, PMP - Manager Technology
• Nisha Kadakia, PMP, CSM- Manager Technology
• Vas Brodsky, Webmaster
• Kadji Tanyi, Manager, IT Security

Military Outreach is responsible for fostering relationships to support the Chapter and its members through outreach to all branches of the military. We build bridges between the military and the Chapter by soliciting and stewarding relationships. We seek to enhance chapter member experiences and bring value to our military partners.

• Sean Ryan