MEET THE TEAM

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Amy Levner

Bio coming soon!..

CEO and Executive Director

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Mary Todd Earnhardt

Chief of Youth Engagement

Educator, Maximalist, and Double Name Enthusiast

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Multi-lingual in project management, advocacy, and “mom-ese”

Kristen Gulish

Chief Operating Officer

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MacKenzie Isaac

Anime aficionado. Bioethics baddie (in training). Culturally compassionate content curator

Communications Consultant

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Charlene Wong

Founder, Board Member

    • Primary care pediatrician

    • Mom of two amazing girls

    • North Carolina’s first Assistant Secretary for Children and Families

    • Launched NC Integrated Care for Kids for 100,000 children in central NC

    • Senior Advisor to the CDC Director

    • Has cared for children at Duke, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Seattle Children’s Hospital

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Ilina Ewen

Founder, Board Member

    • Head of Advocacy for Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Pediatrics

    • Mom of two sons

    • Former Chief of Staff to the First Lady of NC

    • Led national first spouses’ convening to champion children’s wellbeing

    • Brand & Comms strategist consulting for brands like American Express, Hue, YWCA

    • Writer & accidental activist

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Dr. Sallie Permar

Founder, Board Member

    • Department Chair and Pediatrician-in-chief at Weill Cornell Medical Center/Children’s Hospital of NY

    • Lucky mom of a son and daughter

    • Nationally-recognized infectious disease pediatrician, scientist and vaccine researcher

    • Board service for Davidson College, St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Nightingale-Bamford School

Seen & Heard Youth Board of Directors

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Lucas Cox

YBOD President

College student, pro-bono consultant, and future leader

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Rachel Choi

YBOD Vice President

Creative, immigrant daughter, and founder of HÉRA Foundation

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Wyatt Simpson

YBOD Treasurer

High schooler, guitar player, and science enthusiast

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Arnav Bokil

High School Student, Sucker-for-karaoke, and avid reader

YBOD Secretary

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Adequoyah Mathews

Social Media Voice

Community-Rooted, Tenacious, Purpose-Driven

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Delaney Kinsella

Social Media Voice

Basketball enthusiast, friend to all, passionate advocate

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Kevin Santiago-Jimenez

First-Generation Latino Student, Youth Leader, Future Changemaker

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Sanisha Mahendra-Rajah

College student, global health researcher, lifelong learner

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Namya Bhatnagar

Thinker, believer, doer

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Ja’Brandon Chatman

Student, Advocate, Texan

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Mental health advocate, prevention researcher, and a lifelong learner!

Diya Mankotia

Jermaine Puryear,Jr.

Innovative, Ambitious, and Collaborative

Seen & Heard Inaugural Interns

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Charlotte Bruderly

College student, twin, and proud Midwesterner

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Riley White

College Student, Vulnerable youth advocate, and Twin

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Grayson Elliott

College student, public health researcher, and triathlete

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Deborah Kargbo

British international student, first generation immigrant, and scientist

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Matthew De Castro

College student, language enthusiast, and startup analyst