TRIIBE Team
TRIIBE Team
TRIIBE Team
TRIIBE Team

HOW TRIIBE WORKS

TRIIBE helps next-gen nonprofit founders continue their work when they enter college.

Three-year fellowship combining funding, mentorship, and community for student founders.

Structured support that grows with your organization each year.

IMPACT AREAS

Food

Security, sustainable agriculture, nutrition access, and community food systems.

Water

Clean access, sanitation infrastructure, conservation, and scarcity solutions.

Shelter

Affordable housing, homelessness prevention, and emergency services.

Health

Healthcare access, environmental health, mental health services, and preventative care.

Education

Educational equity, literacy programs, and pathways to opportunity.

Media TEAM

EVENTS TEAM

Partnerships TEAM

Outreach TEAM

Design TEAM

TECH TEAM

Research TEAM

Global Relations TEAM

Regional Directors Team

Mentors

Barry Chaiken

Barry Chaiken

Barry Chaiken is a physician and healthcare IT expert with over 25 years of experience helping health tech companies, investors, and healthcare organizations turn innovation into impact.

Kahina Haynes

Kahina Haynes

Kahina Haynes is an experienced public sector professional with a strong background in non-profit and international development work.

Jessica Smith

Jessica Smith

Jessica Smith is a strategic human resources leader and trusted partner with 17 years of experience guiding organizations through growth and change.

Carl Nassib

Carl Nassib

CEO of Rayze, a mobile first platform powering individual activism, corporate giving, and nonprofit volunteerism. Otherwise, a Board Member for the Trevor Project, the largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ+ young people.

Emad Ansari

Emad Ansari

Emad Ansari is a lawyer who helps investors, founders, communities, and individuals navigate complex challenges and move meaningful initiatives forward.

Eric Printz

Eric Printz

Eric Printz is a commercial and scientific leader with more than 20 years of experience helping companies optimize manufacturing, enhance product performance, accelerate R&D.

Felicia Stingone

Felicia Stingone

Felicia Stingone is a coach dedicated to supporting women as they navigate change in their personal and professional lives.

Peter Mayfield

Peter Mayfield

Peter Mayfield is the Founder of NatureUP Health, a consulting and design firm that helps organizations create innovative, clinically supervised nature-based therapeutic mentoring programs.

Theresa Pantazopoulos

Theresa Pantazopoulos

Theresa Pantazopoulos is a strategic communications and brand marketing leader with 25 years of experience spanning publishing, consumer goods, technology, and manufacturing.

Sai Gundavelli

Sai Gundavelli

Sai Gundavelli is the CEO of Solix Technologies, where he has led the company’s vision, strategy, and growth for more than 20 years.

De-Ann Abraham

De-Ann Abraham

De-Ann Abraham is a former Peace Corps Coverdell Fellow and strategy consultant turned early-stage startup strategist with more than five years of experience.

Jessica Joyce

Jessica Joyce

Jessica Joyce is a strategic Impact Advisor and culture-driven leader with more than a decade of experience working at the intersection of impact management, change management, and community leadership.

Osasumwen Erhabor

Osasumwen Erhabor

Osasumwen Erhabor is an accomplished education leader with over 15 years of experience spanning curriculum development, assessment design, instructional innovation.

Benjamin Ulrich

Benjamin Ulrich

Benjamin Ulrich builds trusted, discreet relationships with single and multi-family offices, next-generation principals, and former entrepreneurs.

Surina Treon

Surina Treon

Surina Treon is a London-trained Chief Marketing Officer and advertising executive with 25 years of experience driving brand growth and business transformation.

Aroop Bhattacharjee

Aroop Bhattacharjee

Aroop Bhattacharjee is a seasoned organizational strategist with over 25 years of experience helping companies reduce costs, improve profit margins, and build healthier operations.

Keith Wakeman

Keith Wakeman

Keith Wakeman is an innovation and venture leader with a track record of launching over $1 billion in new products and driving growth for companies including Keebler, Kellogg, and Bayer.

Haysam Fahmy

Haysam Fahmy

Haysam Fahmy is a seasoned marketing executive with over 25 years of experience leading acquisition, consumer engagement, spend, and loyalty strategies.

Vincent Sanchez-Gomez

Vincent Sanchez-Gomez

Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Outside, a Kathmandu-based design and technology studio driving positive change for people and the planet.

Duygu Ozen

Duygu Ozen

Duygu Ozen is a climate tech founder and growth strategist with over 15 years of experience leading brand, venture scaling, and growth strategy.

Kate Riordan

Kate Riordan

Kate Riordan is a seasoned nonprofit leader with extensive expertise in management, strategy, and organizational development, focused on designing and scaling social impact solutions.

Brett Guidry

Brett Guidry

Brett Guidry is an entrepreneur and investor with a deep passion for product development, emphasizing the integration of design, psychology, and business insights.

Christina Benson

Christina Benson

Christina Benson is a results-driven executive with over 20 years of experience in the climate sector, combining business acumen with mission-driven leadership.

Matt Wells

Matt Wells

Matt Wells is an accomplished specialty recruiter, strategic advisor, and transformational operator with over 15 years of experience driving innovation, strategic realignment, and accelerated growth.

Danielle G. Guindo

Danielle G. Guindo

Danielle G. Guindo is an experienced leader specializing in program development, executive management, fundraising, and team supervision.

Janine Hetherington

Janine Hetherington

Janine Hetherington is a seasoned development professional and dedicated volunteer who specializes in fostering connections between diverse alumni communities and their alma maters.

Jessica Moon

Jessica Moon

Jessica Moon is a sustainability and governance expert who helps organizations translate environmental and social ambitions into durable, operational systems within complex enterprises.

Jonny Imerman

Jonny Imerman

Jonny Imerman is a cancer survivor and social entrepreneur who co-founded Imerman Angels, a nonprofit that connects individuals fighting cancer.

Stephanie Brookes

Stephanie Brookes

Stephanie Choi Brookes is a communications and strategy leader with nearly two decades of experience at the intersection of government, infrastructure, and enterprise projects.

Zachary Pogue

Zachary Pogue

Zachary Pogue is a creative technologist and experienced project manager with over 15 years of expertise delivering early-stage, pilot, and enterprise IT solutions.

Nomsa Ndongwe

Nomsa Ndongwe

Nomsa Ndongwe is a Research Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and co-founder of the WCAPS West Coast Chapter.

Members Team

Dominic Yap

Dominic Yap

Member

Dominic Yap is a University of Toronto alumnus based in Hong Kong with experience at TRIIBE

Alexandra Vidal

Alexandra Vidal

Member

Strategic program and compliance leader driving equity focused, measurable social impact through scaled national programs, enterprise training, regulatory excellence, and partnership building.

Gianna Mountroukas

Gianna Mountroukas

Member

Gianna Mountroukas is at Observer Media and studied at McGill University, based in Irvington.

Dylan Hanson

Dylan Hanson

Member

Founding engineer and product lead building AI for complex P & C insurance claims, with prior Bloomberg engineering experience and a track record of founding and scaling student and research platforms, plus a Stanford GSB deferred MBA.

Keshav Sani

Keshav Sani

Member

Keshav Sani is a Babson College student based in New York with experience at Sportek App.

Aaradhya Thakur

Aaradhya Thakur

Member

Aaradhya Thakur is an entrepreneur in real estate (development and trading), with experience at TRIIBE and an Adelphi University background, based in Mumbai.

Stephanie Pacheco

Stephanie Pacheco

Member

Stephanie Pacheco is a Bronx based professional affiliated with the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and a CUNY alum.

Tahnoon Murtza

Tahnoon Murtza

Member

Tahnoon M. is a 3x founder and venture investor, Partner at Grey Sheep Ventures and Venture Partner at New Zealand Venture Capital (NZVC).

Sina Albanese

Sina Albanese

Member

Sina Albanese is the co-founder and CEO of Koralo, building fermentation powered functional foods (including seafood alternatives) and scaling the brand from South Korea into new markets.

Himal Pandey

Himal Pandey

Member

Himal Pandey is an information technology student in Nepal, building skills in tech and software development.

Will Reynolds

Will Reynolds

Member

Will Reynolds is a New Zealand born climate and energy manufacturing professional focused on decarbonization and scaling US superconductor manufacturing.

Jacob Shulman

Jacob Shulman

Member

Jacob Shulman is the founder of Trivium Venture Network, an angel syndicate focused on connecting, advising, and investing in mission driven founders.

Luis Utrilla

Luis Utrilla

Member

Luis Utrilla is the founder of Athlete Zero, focused on empowering athletes to dream big and build their future through recruiting and personal brand support.

Alex Garfin

Alex Garfin

Member

Alex Garfin (@alexgarfin) is an American actor best known for playing Jordan Kent on Superman and Lois and for voicing Linus in The Peanuts Movie.

Mahir Laul

Mahir Laul

Member

Mahir Laul is the Founder and CEO of Velric, building in the hiring space, and is also active as a speaker and advisor.

Stephen Michael

Stephen Michael

Member

Stephen Michael is the Founder and CEO of Propel Earth, building a platform (an 'operating system') to help changemakers coordinate globally.

Shashank Shandilya

Shashank Shandilya

Member

Shashank Shandilya is a sophomore at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra and a Strategy Intern at TRIIBE, with interests in competitive programming and consulting (180DC).

Rejoy Kumar

Rejoy Kumar

Member

Rejoy Kumar is a Bhubaneswar based student at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra with experience at TRIIBE.

Imane Abdel Jelil

Imane Abdel Jelil

Member

Imane Abdel Jelil is an AI and Digital Marketing Strategist with international expertise in business strategy, innovation, and emerging technologies.

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