Meet the District C Team Karen Cho Programs Manager Dan Gonzalez Co-founder & CEO Ben Laptad Director Of Programs Ashley Mannka Chief Strategy Officer Danielle Mayber Partnerships Manager Virginia Pitler Director of Operations Laura Quarin Director of Partnerships Amy Stevens Programs Specialist Katie Sollenberger Programs Specialist Lauren Wingard Lead Coach & Programs Specialist Kayla Ritter Rickels Lead Coach & Programs Specialist Briana O’Melveny Lead Coach & Programs Specialist LaVett Saddler Lead Coach & Programs Specialist Andrea Caldas Lead Coach Danielle DiCiaccio Lead Coach Eugene Kim Programs Specialist Jill Willett Lead Coach Joanna Martinez Programs Specialist Jonathan Schneider Lead Coach Katie DeConto Coach Khrystyne Jaspers Lead Coach Erica Kinney Coach Andrea Brown Coach Ray Hsia Lead Coach Scott Miller Lead Coach Tanesha Moody Coach Travis Towne Coach Meet More of Our Team Board of Directors District C’s formal governing body. Partnership Board An advisory board that helps us connect with and recruit business partners that supply real problems for student work. Board of Directors Jess Ekstrom Founder & Chairwoman Headbands of Hope Rey Fernandez Assistant Head of School Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School Dan Gonzalez (ex officio) Co-Founder & CEO District C Anne Jones Co-Founder District C Venus Liles Founder & Managing Attorney Liles Law Jessica Mitsch Homes Co-Founder & CEO Momentum Danya Perry Director of Equitable Economic Development Wake County Economic Development Jessica Shyu Director, Sales Enablement Datadog Partnerships Board Holly Garner Vice President, New Channels & Head of Workforce Junior Achievement USA Maari Casey Founder Uncompany Cris Charbonneau Enterprise Leadership Communications Fidelity Investments JP Maloney Program Generalist Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) Leon Chisolm Co-Founder/CEO Chisolm Capital/Chisolm Communities Potoula Chresomales SVP of Product Management Skillsoft Chris Deshazor Director, Talent & Org Development Harness Valencia Hicks-Harris Founder & Executive Director Empower All, Inc. Haley Huie Director NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic Cornelius Kirk Author & Podcast Host You Matter LLC / Bro Code Chi Nwogu Founder & CEO GameFlo Shraddha Rathod Co-Founder & CEO Freshspire Mel Wright Owner The Wright Village Nathan Frank Director, Machine Learning Operations & Platform Grainger Parker Mayes CEO Inbound Revenue TJ Harris Process Engineering Manager, Lead Product Engineer Bridgestone Americas Windy Kohl Strategic Advisor Phrasia