Board of Directors

Ellenore Angelidis
Board President
(Former long-time Amazon Director)

Christine Menges
Secretary
(Senior Paralegal, Nintendo)

Kati Cardea
Treasurer
(Senior Finance Leader, Amazon)

Dr. Teferi Abate Adem
Board Member
(Research Anthropologist, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Program in Agrarian Studies, Yale University - New Haven, CT)

Eyoel Asfaw
Board Member
(Sr Engineer, Amazon)

Tizita Assefa
Board Member
(Founder, Tizita Assefa Consulting)

Amy Bates
Board Member
(Experienced Product and Operations Leader).

Rajitha Boer
Board Member
(Founder, President and CEO Yerra Solutions) (Switzerland)

John Clements
Board Member
(Partner, Pacific Northwest Risk Assurance Leader at PwC).

Pazion Cherinet
Board Member
(Founder at Orbit Health Solutions).

Hanan Ibrahim
Board Member
(Software Engineer, Microsoft)

Andrea Mayner
Board Member
(Founder of Mayner Business Law)

Jennifer Mazukelli
Board Member
(Long-time Math Teacher and Teachers’ Coach at Kentlake High School, Covington, WA)

Dr. Tadesse Kassie Melesse
Board Member(Staff Pharmacist, Walgreens Tri-Cities, WA)

Sultan Mohammed
Board Member
(Artist, Seattle Public Schools Teacher (Art and US History 5th-8th Grade) and Founder of SEED (South East Effective Development Seattle)

Angel Shimelish
Board Member
(Senior Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft)

Tammy Steele
Board Member
(Founder and CEO, Fully Present Living, Communications Director, Step Up Technology)

Bethelehem Tsegaye
Board Member
(Co-Owner at Kite Personal Concierge) (Delaware)

Kara Wiegand
Board Member
(Founder & COO | Threads Worldwide, Huff Post Contributor, and Director for Strategic Partnerships for Emerging Women) (Denver)