Leadership + Staff
Leadership
Anousheh Ansari
CEO
David Babson, Ph.D.
EVP, Climate & Energy
Michael Birnbach
Chief Financial Officer
Geetanjali Dhillon
Chief Marketing Officer
Peter H. Diamandis, M.D.
Executive Chairman of the Board
Steele Ford
Chief Advancement Officer
Lauren Greenlee, Ph.D.
EVP, Food, Water & Waste
Jamie Justice, Ph.D.
EVP, Health
Jim Mainard
CTO, EVP Deep Technology
Kathy Mandato
Chief People Officer
Alexander Nicholas, Ph.D.
EVP, Learning & Society
Andrew Tauhert
Chief Impact Officer
Ose Ugochukwu, JD
General Counsel
Staff
Aneeta Akhurst
VP, Content & Community
Annika Anderson
Team Relations Manager, Healthspan
Vigo Andreev
Product Manager, IT & Infrastructure
Hossein Atoufi, Ph.D.
Technical Lead, XPRIZE Water Scarcity
Jillian Augenstein
Executive Assistant, Biodiversity & Conservation, Climate & Energy, Food, Water & Waste, and Learning & Society
Christian Ayuste
Prize Designer
Nikki Batchelor
Executive Director, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Jason Bateman
VP, Community
Jill Bednar
Executive Assistant, CEO
Brittany Betts
Product Director, XPRIZE Connect
Augustus Boateng
.NET Full Stack Developer
Alexis Carfagno
Social Media Manager
Caitlin Chase
Senior Director, Communications
Chris Classen
VP, Brand
Nixon Coronado
Systems Administrator, IT Infrastructure
Esther Count
Senior Associate, Chief of Staff
Giulia D’Amico
Senior Director, Strategic Philanthropy (Learning & Society)
Roopa Dandamudi
Specialist Team Relations, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Zach David
Advancement Integrated Strategy & Operations Specialist
Jordan Davis
Executive Assistant, Marketing, Advancement, and Partnerships & Impact
Laika De Los Santos
Senior Integrated Marketing Manager
Brock Denton
Team Relations Manager, XPRIZE Quantum
Jennie Dulas
Senior Director, Integrated Strategy, Advancement
Susan Emmer
SVP, Strategic Philanthropy (Health)
Jeannette Fournier
Director, Strategic Philanthropy
Jordan Giali
Senior Manager, Partner Engagement and Program Impact
Raven Gomez
Project Manager, Global Visioneering
Elizabeth Guyman
Team Relations Manager, XPRIZE Water Scarcity
Ashwood Heffern
Manager, Partnerships & Impact
Rachel Hefner
Senior Manager, Global Visioneering
Sofia Hernandez-Tapia
Manager, Events & Experiences
Jamie Hoffman
Multimedia Designer, Creative Services
Elaine Hungenberg
Senior Vice President, Partnerships & Impact
Fran Kang
Web Systems Analyst
Shawn Karsten
Vice President, Community
Heeseung Kim
Senior Program Manager, Alumni
Caroline Kolta
Senior Director, Cross Functional Operations & Scaling
Cat Kutz
Integrated Marketing Manager
Jason Lederman
Director, Digital Marketing
Danielle Leedeman
Integrated Marketing Manager
Michael Leitch
Senior Technical Lead, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Wesley Liu
Help Desk Associate
David Locke
Executive Program Director, XPRIZE Water Scarcity
Anna Lucier, JD
Senior Director, Community
James Lynch
Copywriter
Jon Madjidov
VP, Technology
Osama Mansour
.NET Full Stack Developer
Kevin Marriott
Technical Lead, XPRIZE Rainforest & XPRIZE Wildfire
Sarah Miguel
Senior Manager, XPRIZE Water Scarcity
Kelsey Miller
Program Manager, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Sarah Morain
Senior Financial Analyst
Meredith Morris
Senior Director, Strategic Philanthropy (Planet)
Laura Newton
Senior Manager, Advancement Integrated Strategy & Operations
Carlos Nolard
Associate Attorney
Tracy Olson
Alumni Coordinator, Partnerships & Impact
Gemma Paolo
Senior Director, Content
Abie Peacock
VP, Integrated Marketing
Colin Peartree
Senior Manager, XPRIZE Wildfire
Lauren Pierpoint, Ph.D.
Technical Lead, Healthspan
Allison Ramiller
Prize Designer
Tatum Rapa
Generalist, People & Culture
Lindsey Roark
Integrated Marketing Manager
Michaella Rogers
Project Manager, Prize Design
Rachel Rose
Chief of Staff
Andrea Santy
Program Director, XPRIZE Wildfire
Katharine Schwer
Director, People & Culture
Madeline Segura
Director, Events & Experiences
Tiffany Seiler
Executive Assistant, Deep Tech, AI & Quantum/Information Technology, Health, Finance, and People & Culture
Serena Shapero
Director, Community
Claudia Shekufendeh
Team Relations Manager, XPRIZE Wildfire
Eti Shechtman Tucker
Prize Designer
Michelle Siqueira
Manager, XPRIZE Rainforest
Kevin Snyder-Kelly
CRM & Data Insights Director
Kathrin Spendier, Ph.D.
Technical Prize Director, XPRIZE Quantum
Elke Stoll
Senior Accounting Specialist
Haley Tabor
Director of Global Hubs
Frances Tran, Ph.D.
Prize Designer
Edward Wagner
Front-End Web Developer
Barry Wandel
Senior Director, Software Engineering
Brianne Ward
Manager, XPRIZE Connect
Mariann Yattaw
Creative Director
Anna Yergat
Director, Accounting
Jessica Yoon
Manager, Healthspan