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Our Team

Edward Summers, Ph.D. 

Director, The Cadence Institute for Policy and Society  


Ph.D. Public and Urban Policy 

The New School 

Desiree Herrington, 

CEO, The Thinkubator and FuelbyDesi 

Tah'Jay Lee Gonzalez 

Youth Policy Voice and Assistant  

XianXun Xia 

Management and Operations Fellow 


B.A. Business Economics & B.S. Statistics & Data Science

University of California, Los Angeles 

Class 2028 

Ariel Zhao, MS

Policy and Research Intern 


M.S. Global Health and Populations

Harvard University 

Jasmin Robinson, BS 

Policy and Research Intern 


MPH Student 

Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health 


Ryan Dulaney 

Management and Operations Fellow 


B.A. Political Science

University of California - Riverside 

Jack Matthews, BA 

Community Engagement and Grants Fellow 


BA, Political Science

Marist University 

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