Building An Informed Electorate

Meet our team

We're the New Voters team, a group of passionate students dedicated to expanding youth engagement in politics. We come from all over the country and have diverse backgrounds, but we share a common goal of making sure every young person's voice is heard. From policy to operations, communications to technology, we work hard every day to build a more equitable and just society. So, grab a seat and get to know us better – we're all about making change together!


Leadership 🤝

Jahnavi Rao, CEO
Jahnavi Rao (she/her)
President & Founder
Government at Harvard University, Formerly White House, DNC, Harvard Kennedy, and UPenn
Nivea Krishnan (she/her)
Executive Director
Public Policy and Econ at USC, Student Government VP, Formerly State of Hawaii and Crooked Media
Olivia Ausnehmer (she/her)
Marketing Manager
Political Science and Broadcast Journalism at Penn State, Founder of first-ever PSU TV Political Panel, Formerly The Democracy Group
Bobby Callagy (he/him)
Director of Development
The Masters School, Voices of Gen-Z Founder, HSDA, Connecticut State Dems, Voters of Tomorrow
Matthew Han (he/him)
Director of Policy
Public Policy at Stanford University, Formerly PA Senate and House of Representatives
Ryan Manthy (he/him)
Director of Technology
CS at Illinois Tech, Obama-Chesky Scholar, Civic Digital Fellow, Formerly Kaplan Institute, State of Illinois
Josephine Murphy (she/her)
Programming Manager
Brooklyn Technical High School, The Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program, Voters of Tomorrow
Jared Shirts (he/him)
Director of Operations
Political Science at Emory, Policy Debate, Forge Fellow, Fair Fight U

Saranya Singh (she/her)
Fellowships Manager
High School Junior from Pennsylvania, Joined New Voters Fall 2020
Sydnie Smith (she/her)
Chief of Staff
Political Science at Boston University, Formerly Crooked Media, Bethesda Green
Patrick Zhang (he/him)
Director of Communications
UCLA grad, Formerly Hulu, The Academy of Motion Pictures, and UTA.


National Team 🇺🇸

2023 - Current National Team
Fall 2023 - Coming Soon

Summer 2023

Communications
Taylor De Real
Dominique Dillard
Chelsea Dong
Yasmine Ganemtore
Ashmita Goel
Chaewon Lee
Penelope Oliver

Development
Asmita Rajappa
Catherine Chan
Darik de Jong
Olivia Zhang
Mary Ghawaly

Operations

Nidhi Achanta
Samaira Bhat
Emma Feldmeier
Taekyong Kim
Aisling Kelly
Ritish Kodali
Hannah Lui
Shakira Rimal
Harjot Sangha
Vikram Valame
John Ward

Policy

Brooke Allen
Collin Wang
George Zhang
Siddhartha Suresh
Kayla Ruano-Lumpris

Technology
Chloe Chan
Liam Cummings
Nathan Han


Spring 2023
Advait Rajan
Afia Asamoah
Ashley Tahay
Ayesha Parekh
Brooke Allan
Charline Apard
Collin Wang
Emma Campbell
George Zhang
Giuliano Wang
Harleen Kaur
Juliana Li
Kayla Ruano-Lumpris
Luiza Trad
Madi Morrow
Matt Han
2022
Fall 2022
Abbey Fitzpatrick
Afia Asamoah
Brandon Sturdivant
Charline Apard
Deepthi Sathyanarayana
Luiza Trad
Mahi Shah
Matt Han
Siddhartha Suresh
Sofia Felan
Terrence Moore

Summer 2022
Abbey Fitzpatrick
Advait Rajan
Afia Asamoah
Amanda Weisman
Anushka Joshi
Arushi Parekh
Ashley Lemus
Ayesha Parekh
Ayush Mukherjee
Bhargav Kuchibhotla
Brandon Sturdivant Jr
Charline Apard
Chloe Lee
Deepthi S.
Gabriela Herrera
Isabella Incera
Jahnavi Rao
John Murphy
Katherine Beck
Lauren Gregorio
Lena Pothier
Lucia Moglia
Luiza Trad
Maddie Gill
Mahi Shah
Matt Han
Morgan Schachter
Nandini Warrier
Nargis Wardak
Nivea Krishnan
Nyelli Ceja
Rubina Shrestha
Ryan Manthy
Saranya Singh
Saranya Singh
Shreyas Pant
Siddhartha Suresh
Sofia Felan
Sydney Fahn
Zoe Soderquist

Spring 2022
Anushka Joshi
Arushi Parekh
Ashley Lemus
Ayesha Parekh
Ayush Mukherjee
Chloe Lee
Deepthi S
Gabriela Herrera
Isabella Incera
Jahnavi Rao
John Murphy
Katherine Beck
Krishna Hajari
Lauren Gregorio
Lucia Moglia
Luiza Trad
Maddie Gill
Matt Han
Nivea Krishnan
Rubina Shrestha
Saranya Singh
Sofia Felan
Sydney Fahn

2021
Summer 2021
Abbey Fitzpatrick
Afia Asamoah
Akansha Joshi
Amanda Weisman
Ananya Kulkarni
Anika Desai
Anna Patchefsky
Annie Shick
Aryan Shah
Autumn Rigot
Ayesha Parekh
Beverly Ajao
Caroline de la Vega
Chris Chen
Darlene Leohansson
Denia Smith
Dhvani Patel
Diya Raghavan
Elena Isabel Casellas
Gabbie Burton
Gabri Kurtzer-Ellenbogen
Isha Bellur
Ishani Konar
John Castleman
John Murphy
Josie McCartney
Katherine Beck
Kavya Katjuri
Lucia Chico
Luiza Trad
Maddie Leaño
Madhuri Suresh
Megan Maguire
Naman Saboo
Nandhini Parthasarathy
Neha Soman
Nihar Rao
Oriana Riley
Priya Mitra
Rubina Shrestha
Saif Khan
Saranya Singh
Sofia Felan
Sydney Fahn
Victoria Lakoubova

Spring 2021
Ayesha Parekh
Anna Patchefsky
Abbey Fitzpatrick
Akanksha Joshi
Caroline de la Vega
Denia Smith
Darlene Leohansson
Hannah Book
Indeera Pujar
Isha Bellur
John Castleman
Katherine Beck
Lily Nevo
Lucia Chico
Maddie Gill
Maddie Leaño
Marianna Zoellin
Megan Maguire
Muthu Meenakshisundaram
Nandhini Parthasarathy
Natali Perez
Oriana Riley
Priya Mitra
Saanvi Bhatia
Saif Khan
Saranya Singh
Siri Pattipati
Sydney Fahn
Victoria Lakoubova
Zo Pancoast

2020
Joy Ashford
Lily Nevo
Abigail Felan
Katherine Beck
Lauren Gregorio
Zo Pancoast
Andrew Murray
Siri Pattipati
Oriana Riley
Riley Feng
Saranya Singh
Vicky Dinov
Zo Pancoast
Aryan Shah
Ashleigh Lake
Ally Wynne
Anna Patchefsky
Ananya Kulkarni
Beverly Ajao
Sneha Singh
Maddie Gill
Marianna Zoellin
Sasha Guntu
Sarah Hughner
Sydney Fahn
Rachel Winfield
Ayesha Parekh
Jonathan Waldmann
Marcos Snyder
Victoria Iakoubova
Muthu Meenakshisundaram
Akansha Joshi
Isha Bellur

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