Our Team

We take pride in the people we work with: leaders, visionaries, builders, creators, & doers. Meet our team - the Pitch Labs dream team.

Advisory Committee

Donald Dea

Chair of Operations

Rose Evans

Chair of Business Development

Ezio Sabatino

Chair of Executive Board Leadership

Frank Pizzuta

Chair of Technology & Marketing

Joel Katz

Chair of Events

Executive Board

Shuban Gouru

Executive Director & Co-Founder

Brendan Swanson

Director of Technology

Ania Schwartz

Director of Human Resources

Sydney Moser

Director of Playable Media

Michelangelo Mauriello

Director of Community

Shannan Schmitt

Director of External Affairs

Jenn Hagan

Director of Events

Kate Rose

Director of Marketing

Milena Prinzi

Director of Written Media

Written Media

Favour Ndime

Article Writer

Patrick Jean

Article Editor

Asad Awan

Article Writer

Degreat Myke

Article Writer

Geofry Ouma

Article Writer

Sibusiso Mnyandeni

Article Writer

Zainab Anjum

Article Writer

Warren Patterson

Article Writer

Jyothirmayee Vishnusekhar

Article Editor

Mark Schmidt

Article Editor

Emma Janke

Article Ideator & Publisher

Events

Tharakesh Suresh

Event Planner

Jason Aparo

Event Planner

Sarang Praveen

Event Planner

Justin Zhu

Event Planner

Community

Darren Lin

Senior Moderator

Andreia Pandichie

Senior Moderator

Ruby Flynn

Community Moderator

Thomas Diep

Community Moderator

Marketing

Lucy Zhang

Ads Manager

Dhruvi Vinod Jain

Copywriter

Remington Barno

Graphic Designer

Allen Chung

SEO/Google Ads Specialist

Tasha Henry

Copywriter

Debanjana Bose

Social Media Strategist

Brady Phouthaseng

Graphic Designer

Technology

Aashish Anantharaman

Website Developer

Thiago Carneiro

Discord Bot Developer

Boris Hu

UX/UI Website Designer

Katie Knecht

UX/UI Website Designer

Archana Diwate

Website Developer

Charles Cai

Website Developer

Bryce McWhirter

Discord Bot Developer

Emily Jeong

UX Designer

Griffin Atchue

Discord Bot Developer

Sainath Nelluri

DevOps Engineer

External Affairs

Binura Silva

Data Research Officer

Alexander Krause

Data Research Officer

Ashley Manley

P&I Coordinator

Shaira Brereton

Outreach Associate

Operations

Manisha Dhiman

Special Projects Officer

Renata Bass

Grant Writer

Chanel Thomas

Sponsorship Coordinator

Shaheim Page

Grant Researcher

Emma Rodriguez

Grant Researcher

Human Resources

Lakshmi Venukumar

Chief HR Officer

Jin Lee

EA/Support Associate

Christian Conway

HRO - Tech & Community

Ready to join us?

Want to go a step further and volunteer hands-on with the team of entrepreneurs building Pitch Labs? Join us today! We accept anyone 14 and up and contributions of any size! All you need is energy and passion!