Our Team
Board of Directors
Sai Nimmagadda
Board Chair
Software Engineer
Microsoft
Xuelian Chi
Treasurer
Global HR Consultant
Arjun Dubashi
Secretary
Software Development Engineer
Amazon
Dirk Van Velzen
Founder and CEO
Antoinette Govan
Director
Journalist/Communications Director
Joseph McCarty
Director
Stanford Graduate School of Education
Brent Orrell
Director
Senior Fellow
American Enterprise Institute
Timothy Pauley
Director
Monroe Corrections Complex
Robert Wood
Director
Senior Social Media Advisor
Social Media Advisors
Bruce Bennett
Prison Scholar
Stafford Creek Corrections Center
Jonathan Bolden
Prison Scholar
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
Eric Carmichael
Prison Scholar
Stafford Creek Corrections Center
Jeffrey Pham
Social Media
Folsom State Prison
Jenny Iredale
Prison Scholar
Tacoma, Washington
Matthew Ortiz
Prison Scholar
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
Tim Pauley
Programs
Monroe Corrections Complex
Francisco Pinto
Prison Scholar
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
Jeromy Willis
Prison Scholar
Federal BOP
Tonya Wilson
Prison Scholar
Tacoma, Washington
Robert Wood
Director
Senior Social Media Advisor
Staff, Advisors, and Volunteers
Nick Anderson
CEO
Eighth Avenue Advisors
Teresa Guillien
Development, Marketing
Resource Media, U.W.
Peter Carrs
Digital Media Assistant
Stacy Hendricks
Marketing
Alvarez & Marshal
Isaiah Castilla
Director
Senior Council, Democracy Fund
Veronica Horowitz
Sociologist, Strategy
University of Minnesota
Michael Florez
Outreach Coordinator
Hans Lundin
Finance, Strategy
Point B Capital
Ben McGauhey
Data Analyst
Western Towboat
David Moore
Director of Operations
Prison Scholar Fund
Ronald Ning
Information Technology
SlimTrader
James Rooney
Photography
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Kim Schwartzkopf
Media Production
Across the Bridge
Lainey Sickinger
Development, Strategy
Point B Capital
Donald Summers
Development, Strategy
Altruist Partners
Andrew Todero
Investment and Partnership Officer
Matt Uddenberg
Development Coordinator
Northwest Energy Consultants
Patricia Vogel
Development, Strategy
Northwest Harvest
Mary Beth West
Marketing
Mary Beth West Communications
Trevor Wiessler
Development, Digital Media
Google
Sasha & Michonne
Muppet Shufflers
Distinguished Supporters
Michael Kaplan-Miner
King County District Court
Troy Ruemping
Strategy Consultant
Deborah Drake
Social Venture Partners
Authentic Writing Provokes
Jeremy Stone
Director
Highbank Capital, Ltd.