Ishan Chellaney - President & CEO
Ishan Chellaney is a senior at Cornell University, majoring in
Economics with minors in Law & Society and International Relations. As
an expatriate, he has lived in France, Turkey, India, and Italy. He
spent his last summer working at the Corporate & Investment Banking
division of BNP Paribas. His past experiences include interning at the
World Bank, where he dealt with private sector participation in
infrastructure, and working at the United Nations with the
International Fund for Agricultural Development in Rome, Italy. Ishan
is also the Director of Finance for CHC Hospitality Consultants, a
student-run, for-profit consulting firm, and serves on the executive
board of the College of Arts & Sciences Peer Advising Program. From
2007-2008, he was an elected representative of Cornell University's
Residential Student Congress. In his spare time, Ishan enjoys
long-distance running, writing fiction, and globe-trotting.
Carlo Lutz - Vice President, Internal
Carlo Lutz is a senior Sociology major at Cornell University from
New York City. He will be attending Mount Sinai School of Medicine in
Fall 2011. He is also minoring in Inequality Studies, and in Feminist,
Gender and Sexuality Studies. He is interested in the role of
globalization and development in growing global inequality and its
effect on health and education outcomes in the Third World. He is also
studying the dynamics of contemporary progressive movements to
understand how change is being fought for in America. Carlo plans on
practicing medicine for 15-20 years before entering the public sector.
Alisha Gulamani - Vice President, External
Alisha Gulamani is a junior at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. She is currently the VP of Organizational Affairs of Hotelie Entrepreneurs, and serves as a consultant to the DrivingRevenue.Travel marketing website. Her interests include cross country running, sailing, hotel development and international development.
Sandhya Malhotra - Director of Marketing
Sandhya Malhotra is a senior at Cornell University, majoring in
hotel administration. She has a keen interest in hospitality marketing
and food and beverage operations. She has worked with a wide variety
of hotels and restaurants and will be interning at HVS with its
Marketing & Communications team in India. Prior to this, she has
worked with the Myriad Restaurant Group in New York City. In her free
time, Sandhya enjoys traveling, dancing, and is a culinary enthusiast.
Olufunmilayo Agunloye - Treasurer
Olufunmilayo Agunloye is a
junior at Cornell University's
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, majoring in Her Biology with
a minor in Global Health. She is interested in the study of infectious
diseases that plague global health, but also seeks to recognize how
global health issues can be addressed on a sociological level. After
Cornell, she hopes to go on to medical school or graduate school for
biological sciences. In her free time, she enjoys reading, running and
dancing with Body By Africa, the COAS African dance troupe.
Froilan Malit - Former President (2009-mid 2010)
Froilan Malit is a senior at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and is studying government, global migration and international development. Froilan spent much of his childhood working for land and farm owners in the Philippines. In 2008, he was as an associate in the Department of Labor in Ithaca, New York, and also served as a paralegal intern with Bruce Gitlin P.C. in New York City. In addition, Froilan conducted his senior thesis fieldwork in conjunction with various non-governmental organizations in Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Philippines. In his spare time, Froilan enjoys volleyball, running, badminton, rock climbing, and painting.
Consultants
Business - Diego Zertuche
Information Technology - Zhaoxin Niu, Alex
Financial - Santiago Delgado
Grant Writing - Chelsea Parnigoni
Human Resources - Shanshan Zhang
Scholarship Program - Benjamin Figoten
International Development - Samarth Bordia
Legal - Woo Raymond
Advisory Panel
Peter Van Do
Steven Raga
Regie Junio
Rebecca Givan
Niroj Nalini Jena
Patricia Deamer
Abby Cohn