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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
AA, BMCC - CUNY (May 2027)
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
Ray Berman-Schneider
Management and Operations Fellow
Masters of International Affairs, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
B.A. English Language and Literature /Letters and Political Science
University of California - Riverside
Jack Matthews, BA
Community Engagement and Grants Fellow
BA, Political Science
Marist University
Michael Andrews Jr.
Community Engagement and Grants Fellow
Bachelor of Economics, Public Policy (December 2026)
Georgia State University
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Noah D'Oria
Community Engagement and Grants Intern
School of Global Liberal Studies (2029)
New York University