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Question 1: PSF Board of Directors?

Answer 1: 

  •  Sai Nimmagadda 

Chairperson 

Seattle, WA 

sainimma@gmail.com 

Affiliations:  

  • Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft 

  • Caroline Garry 

Secretary 

Seattle, WA 

512.659.4342 

carolinebgarry@gmail.com 

Affiliations:  

  • Leadership Tomorrow 
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness 
  • League of Women Voters 
  • Montrose TIRZ, Board 
  • Winlow Place Civic Club, President 

  •  Barry Pailet 

Treasurer 

Boston, MA 

barry.pailet@gmail.com 

617.233.8202 

Affiliations:  

  • Vice President, Partnership Sales at Amino
  • Dirk Van Velzen 

CEO 

Seattle, WA  

dirk@prisonscholars.org 

Affiliations:  

  • Leadership Network at American Enterprise Institute  • Fellow at JustLeadershipUSA 
  • Fellow at Unlocked Futures 
  • Brainerd Fellow and Partner at Social Venture Partners 

  •  Xuelian Chi 

Director 

SF Bay Area, CA 

xuelian.chi@gmail.com 

Affiliations:  

  • Advisor at Cognitive Talent Solutions 
  • Digital Advisory Committee Member at Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs • Director at ChinaCache 
  • Founder at Thinking4Dev, Inc.  
  • Arjun Dubashi 

Director 

Seattle, WA  

adubashi@gmail.com 

Affiliations: 

  • Software Development Engineer at Amazon 
  • Antoinette Govan 

Director 

Atlanta, GA 

antoinette.m.govan@gmail.com 

  • Director of Communications at City of Atlanta 

  • David Israel 

Director 

Founder/CEO at BFY Food Group & Good PLANeT Foods 

Bellevue, WA 

disrael@bfyfoodgroup.com 

Affiliations:  

  • CEO at BFY Food Group 
  • CEO at Good PLANet Foods 
  • Co-Founder at AvoLov 
  • Founder at POP Gourmet Foods 
  •  Uzair Khan 

Director 

Seattle, WA 

uakhan@umich.edu 

Affiliations:  

  • Software engineer at Amazon.com

  •  Mark Manuel 

Director 

Seattle, WA 

markjmanuel@gmail.com 

Affiliations:  

  • Diversity Outreach and Engagement Administrator at the City of Bellevue 
  •  Seph McCarty 

Secretary 

SF Bay Area, CA 

mccartyseph@gmail.com 

Affiliations:  

  • Stanford’s Institute for Economic Policy 
  • Dean at Evergreen Community College District 
  • Brent Orrell 

Director 

Washington, DC 

Brent.Orrell@aei.org 

Affiliations:  

  • Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute
  •  Timothy Pauley  

Director  

Monroe Correctional Complex, Monroe, WA  

tim@prisonscholars.org  

Affiliations:  

  • Advisor at University Beyond Bars 
  •  Robert Wood 

Director  

San Diego, CA 

robertleonardwood@gmail.com  

Affiliations:  

  • Senior Social Media Advisor at Prison Scholar Fund