Our Team
Board of Directors

Sai Nimmagadda
Board Chair
Software Engineer
Microsoft

Xuelian Chi
Treasurer
Global HR Consultant

Arjun Dubashi
Secretary
Software Development Engineer
Amazon

Dirk Van Velzen
Founder and CEO

Antoinette Govan
Director
Journalist/Communications Director

Joseph McCarty
Director
Stanford Graduate School of Education

Brent Orrell
Director
Senior Fellow
American Enterprise Institute

Timothy Pauley
Director
Monroe Corrections Complex

Robert Wood
Director
Senior Social Media Advisor
Social Media Advisors

Bruce Bennett
Prison Scholar
Stafford Creek Corrections Center

Jonathan Bolden
Prison Scholar
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center

Eric Carmichael
Prison Scholar
Stafford Creek Corrections Center

Jeffrey Pham
Social Media
Folsom State Prison

Jenny Iredale
Prison Scholar
Tacoma, Washington

Matthew Ortiz
Prison Scholar
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center

Tim Pauley
Programs
Monroe Corrections Complex

Francisco Pinto
Prison Scholar
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center

Jeromy Willis
Prison Scholar
Federal BOP

Tonya Wilson
Prison Scholar
Tacoma, Washington

Robert Wood
Director
Senior Social Media Advisor
Staff, Advisors, and Volunteers

Nick Anderson
CEO
Eighth Avenue Advisors

Teresa Guillien
Development, Marketing
Resource Media, U.W.

Peter Carrs
Digital Media Assistant

Stacy Hendricks
Marketing
Alvarez & Marshal

Isaiah Castilla
Director
Senior Council, Democracy Fund

Veronica Horowitz
Sociologist, Strategy
University of Minnesota

Michael Florez
Outreach Coordinator

Hans Lundin
Finance, Strategy
Point B Capital

Ben McGauhey
Data Analyst
Western Towboat

David Moore
Director of Operations
Prison Scholar Fund

Ronald Ning
Information Technology
SlimTrader

James Rooney
Photography
Dick’s Sporting Goods

Kim Schwartzkopf
Media Production
Across the Bridge

Lainey Sickinger
Development, Strategy
Point B Capital

Donald Summers
Development, Strategy
Altruist Partners

Andrew Todero
Investment and Partnership Officer

Matt Uddenberg
Development Coordinator
Northwest Energy Consultants

Patricia Vogel
Development, Strategy
Northwest Harvest

Mary Beth West
Marketing
Mary Beth West Communications

Trevor Wiessler
Development, Digital Media
Google

Sasha & Michonne
Muppet Shufflers
Distinguished Supporters

Michael Kaplan-Miner
King County District Court

Troy Ruemping
Strategy Consultant

Deborah Drake
Social Venture Partners
Authentic Writing Provokes

Jeremy Stone
Director
Highbank Capital, Ltd.