YOUTH LED

Meet Our Team

Over the past 8 years, we have had over 300 team members at New Voters! Meet them below:

Leadership

Our leadership team drives New Voters' vision and strategy, ensuring that our mission to empower young voters is at the forefront of everything we do.

Jahnavi Rao

(she/her)

President & Founder

Government at Harvard University, Formerly White House, DNC, Harvard Kennedy, and UPenn

Margaux Granath

(she/her)

Program Manager

Political Science at University of Minnesota, Girl Scouts of Alaska and Girl Scouts of Montana & Wyoming, Formerly First Amendment organizations

Ashleigh McKenna

(she/her)

Chief of Staff

Biology at University of Tampa, Directors Advisory Board Member at Innabah Camp and Retreat Center

Ria Gilbert

(she/her)

Communications Manager

Sociology and Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Formerly We Are RALLY, Talking Feds Podcast, and CALPIRG Students.

Ari Franco

(he/him)

Program Manager

Mass Communications/ Media Studies at University of North Carolina Charlotte; formerly Common Clause, NextGen America

Sydney Fahn

(she/her)

Deputy Director NVRN

International Politics at Georgetown University; United States Senate, NY City Council, TAMID Group

Claire Pan

(she/her)

Social Media Manager

High School Junior at Diamond Bar

Annie Chen

(she/her)

AZ State Lead

High school senior at BASIS Chandler

Sahana Donepudi

(she/her)

AZ State Lead

High school senior at Hamilton High School

Advait Rajan

(he/him)

AZ Event Coordinator

Biomedical Sciences and Public Policy at Arizona State University (Honors), New Voters Research Network, New Researchers Summer Program

Talia Salome

(she/her)

PA State Lead

High school senior in at West Chester Henderson

Sophie Rivell

(she/her)

PA State Lead

Freshmen at University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Carol Landi

(she/her)

Treasurer

Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech and Rutgers University; Treasurer at Trinity Preschool

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National Team

Our national team is the backbone of New Voters, working tirelessly across the country to organize voter registration drives, advocate for youth voter education, and inspire the next generation of civic leaders.

2025 Fall Team

Jahnavi Rao
Margaux Granath
Ashleigh McKenna
Ari Franco
Dr. Carol Landi
Margaux Granath
Ria Coen Gilbert
Aadyant Rajan
Aahana Tayal
Aicha Sy
Aneri Narayan
Anika Rigby
Aram Jung
Arav Giragani
Arjun Kulkarni
Ava DiGiuseppe
Claire Pan
Clover Faison
Dani Patel
Diza Baryshnikov
Elliana Pavalone
Emily Almaraz
Euri Kim
Fatoumata Doumbia
Gabriela Gonogora Rosales
Harikesh Prasad
Henry Pahlow
Hyunbee Cho
Ilerioluwa Adubi
Jake Munzaa
Jazmin Tamez
Jeffrey Heng
Jolin Zeng
Katherine Beck
Kayla Hill
Kinnari Atluru
Landon Papertsian
Lexi Lin
Lucas Truong
Maria Kadochnikova
Molly McAlvanah
Nadia Frietag
Namrata Venkatesan
Nandan Mothe
Nico Less
Nyle Rizvi
Phoebe Chen
Sarah Pan
Selene Torres-Chavez
Tharika Madireddy
Vibha Besagi
Vivienne Griffin
Thanvi Voruganti

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2025 Summer Team

Jahnavi Rao
Margaux Granath
Ashleigh McKenna
Jessika Landon
Dr. Carol Landi
Ari Franco
Gabriela Gongora Rosales
Aram Jung
Andreea Trifas
Jan De Leon
Grace Jiang
Noori Choudhary
Claire Pan
Ava DiGiuseppe
Emily Almaraz Fuentes
Katherine Beck
Jeffrey Heng
Natalie Gendron
Saira Kang
Ananya "Anna" Ramesh
Amishi Mahadev
Luisa Luo
Nico Less
Aahana Tayal
Dani Patel
Aadyant Rajan
Euri Kim
Sahasra Nersu
Srika Balabommala
Mevlut Emre Atay
Gabriella Alex
Kinnari Atluru
Vibha Besagi
Elliana Pavalone
Phoebe Chen
Natalhia Dauphin
Nadia Freitag

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2025 Spring Team

Jahnavi Rao
Ashleigh McKenna
Margaux Granath
Jessika Landon
Abigail Starks
Advait Rajan
Ananya "Anna" Ramesh
Anika Rigby
Annie Chen
Anoushka Chopra
Arush
Claire Pan
Diza Baryshnikov
Dominick Lombard
Elizabeth
Elmar Navarrete Salvador
Gia Han Phan
Harjot Sangha
Henry Pahlow
Karen Torres
Kate Larson
Kinnari Atluru
Lucy Ford
Molly Cohen
Namrata Venkatesan
Phoebe Chen
Sahana Donepudi
Sahasra Nersu
Sidharth Donepudi
Sophie Rivell
Talia Salome
Thanvi Voruganti
Vanessa Li
Vibha Besagi
Vivek Sharma
Aadyant Rajan
Aahana Tayal
Kayla Hill
Jazmin Tamez

2024 Fall Team

Jahnavi Rao
Margaux Granath
Ashleigh McKenna, PA Coordinator
Ryan Manthy, Director of Technology
Sophie Rivell, PA State Lead
Talia Salome, PA State Lead
Claire Pan, Social Media Manager
Annie Chen, AZ State Lead
Sahana Donepudi, AZ State Lead
Advait Rajan, AZ Event Coordinator
Nick Dominguez, Lead Mentor
Celina Buncayo - Mentor
Carrie Chen - Mentor
Collin Wang - Mentor
Emma Shulz - Mentor
Akanksha Kasarabada - Mentor
Liora Petter-Lipstein - mentor
Nikhita Guntupalli - Content Manager
Yacoub Kahkajian, Youth Civic Hub
Alex Panas
Ariana Singh
Krish Chatterjee
Harjot Sangha
Daniel Kwon
Myles Cherette
Rylee Fahn
Milan Agarwala

2024 Spring-Summer Team

Nivea Krishnan - Executive Director
Aayma Hamid - Director of Recruitment
Matthew Han - Director of Mentorship
Ryan Manthy - Director of Technology
Afia Asamoah - Chief of Staff
Amil Agrawal - Website Manager
Jahnavi Rao - President and Founder
Brooke Allan
Aarushi Arora
Nehal Bajaj
Lincoln Baldwin
Neela Bender
Nikita Bhattacharya
Celina Buncayo
Catherine Chan
Carrie Chen
Annie Chen
Myles Cherette
Krish Chatterjee
Rohan Deshpande
Aryav Dhar
Nick Dominguez
Sanaha Donepudi
Abi Felan
Rylee Fahn
Grace Castelin
Eloise Gordon
Nikhita Guntupalli
Kellen Habibelahy
Nathan Han
Saif Khan
Taek Kim
Taekyong Kim
Yacoub Kahkajian
Siddharth Karthik
Daniel Kwon
Kaley Kwan
Chanda Le
Christine Li
Bethley Luctama
Amelia McDonough
Aveeva Mirchandani
Manav Mahida
Alexander Panas
Claire Pan
Lia Pascual
Luca Moynier
Kaden Ouimet
Talia Salome
Harjot Sangha
Saranya Singh
Ariana Singh
Marivi Sifuentes
Sophie Rivell
Sonja Aibel
Summer Tan
Varsha Iyengar
Chris Yoo
George Zhang
Tina Zeng

2023 Team - 71 people
2022 Team - 44 people
2021 Team - 56 people
2020 Team - 32 people

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