Welcome to the #PLENPower Mentor List! Whether you're looking for informational interviews in D.C., new friends in Los Angeles, or a speaker for an event in New York, there are PLEN mentors here and ready to help.
Get to know the amazing women on the #PLENPower Mentor List below!
Important notes:
1. If an email is listed as alumnaenetwork@plen.org, please reach out to us at that email, and we will connect you.
2. Please do not share a mentor's contact information with anyone unless you receive their explicit approval to do so.
3. Mentors are organized by opportunity (informational interviews, social meetups, and speaking opportunities.) Please do not contact mentors about opportunities that they are not open to.
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Sophie Alphas
Coordinator, Dine Out Team for No Kid Hungry, Share Our Strength | Washington, DC | salphas@strength.org
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Rachel Barbour
Vice-chair, Stakeholder Board Executive Committee | Trailblazers PAC | Horseheads, NY | rbarbour17@gmail.com
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Margo Berends
MPA Candidate, Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | margoeberends@gmail.com
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Maria Biancheri
Senior Grants Specialist, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark | Newark, NJ | alumnaenetwork@plen.org
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Juliana Bitarabeho
Development Manager, East, Central, and Southern Africa College of Physicians | Kampala, Uganda | juliana.bitarabeho@gmail.com
Dana Brown
Executive Director and Assistant Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania Center for Women in Politics at Chatham University | Pittsburgh, PA | dbrown@chatham.edu
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Alana Cantillo
Director of Government and Community Affairs, Charter Communications/Spectrum | New York, NY | alanacantillo@gmail.com
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Rachna Choudhry
Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, POPVOX | Washington, DC | rachna@popvox.com
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Kristen Clark
Adjunct Professor of Education, The College of New Jersey | Lindenwold, NJ | drkristenclark@gmail.com
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Christina Coiro Powell
Chief of Staff, New York University Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service| New York, NY | christina.powell@nyu.edu
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Kaela Cote-Stemmermann
Earth Challenge 2020 Program Manager, Earth Day Network | Washington, DC | kcstemmermann@gmail.com
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Erica Dahl
Vice President, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Vivint Solar | Salt Lake City, UT | erica.dahl@vivintsolar.com
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Margaret Darling
Hubert H. Humphrey Scholar, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | margaret.l.darling@gmail.com
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Anna Dermenchyan
Senior Clinical Quality Specialist, UCLA Health | Los Angeles, CA | adermenchyan@mednet.ucla.edu
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Caitlin Donahue
Senior Vice President, The Curley Company | Washington, DC | caitlin@curleycompany.com
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Sarhana Fernandes
Client Engagement Specialist, Gartner | Washington, DC | sarhana.fernandes@gartner.com
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Erin Gar-Yun Andriamahefa
Independent Consultant | Washington, DC | andriamahefae@gmail.com
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Cherylyn Harley Lebon
Cherylyn Harley LeBon | President, KLAR Strategies | Washington, DC | harleylebon@gmail.com
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Shae Harris
Policy Advisor, Deputy Mayor of Public Safety and Justice in Washington, DC | Washington, DC | shae.harris@dc.gov
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Gamble Hayden
Federal Compliance Assistant, State and Federal Communications | Washington, DC | ghayden@stateandfed.com
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Kate Hudson
Attorney-Advisor, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Office of Personnel Management | Washington, DC | Kate.Hudson@opm.gov
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Chiquita Jackson
Public Policy Intern, National Institute for Civil Discourse | Washington, DC | alumnaenetwork@plen.org
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Faith James
Senior Account Executive, Vanguard Communications | Washington, DC | faithjames12@gmail.com
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Michelle Kannan
Michelle Kannan | Major Gifts, Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence | Washington, DC | michelle.kannan@gmail.com
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Rosalyn Kempf
Director, Women's Leadership, Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | rkempf@msmu.edu
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Vanessa Kermick
Grassroots Director, Air Line Pilots Association International | Washington, DC | vanessa.kermick@alpa.org
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Samantha Kovacs
Organizer, Elizabeth Warren for President | Burlington, IA | kovacssamantha@gmail.com
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Jacqueline Landry
Assistant Producer, AtlanticLIVE | Washington, DC | jacqueline.l.landry@gmail.com
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Abby Lantz
Associate I, Financial Security and Mobility | The Pew Charitable Trusts Washington, DC | abbytlantz@gmail.com
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Laura Licata
Congressional Analyst, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, E3 Federal Solutions | Washington, DC | laura.ann.licata@gmail.com
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Morgan Lucas
Legal Operations Analyst, Och-Ziff Capital Management | New York, NY| morgan.lucas32@gmail.com
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Anna Mahoney
Director of Research and Administrative Assistant Professor, Newcomb College Institute at Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | amahone4@tulane.edu
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Anya Malkov
Manager, State and Local Public Policy, Amazon | Washington, DC | alumnaenetwork@plen.org
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Chris Messina-Boyer
Senior Partner/Executive Vice President, Finn Partners | Washington, DC | messinaboyer@gmail.com
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Stephanie Niave
Senior Associate, Contracts and Procurement Services, The Pew Charitable Trusts | Washington, DC | stephanie.niave@gmail.com
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Shelby Olson
Senior Consultant, Executive and Career Coach, Right Management | Washington, DC | shelby.olson@right.com
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Mary-Alice Ozechoski
Vice President of Student Affairs and Traditional Enrollment, Cedar Crest College | Allentown, PA | mozechos@cedarcrest.edu
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Allyson Perleoni
Senior Legislative Analyst, Association of American Medical Colleges| Washington, DC | allyson.perleoni@gmail.com
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Kamya Raja
Program Analyst, Medical Reserve Corps, NACCHO | Washington, DC | kamya.raja@gmail.com
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Ye-One Rhie
Honorary Member, City of Aachen Council | Aachen, Germany | yeone.rhie@gmail.com
Lisa D.T. Rice
Director, Newcomb Alumnae Association | Washington, DC | lisarice@alum.mit.edu
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Lindsey Santamaria
Member Strategy Associate, American College of Cardiology | Washington, DC | alumnaenetwork@plen.org
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Jenny Schaeffer
Camp Manager, Cleveland Sight Center | Cleveland, OH | jschaeffer@clevelandsightcenter.org
Jean Schindler
Chief Of Staff, Muslim American Leadership Alliance | Washington, DC | jeanschindler@gmail.com
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Laura Schorr
Sales Development Representative, EveryAction | Washington, DC | lschorr1@binghamton.edu
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Angela Scott Ferecin
Director, TRiO Upward Bound, Montgomery County Community College | Bethlehem, PA | angela.nicole.scott@gmail.com
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Ellie Shaw
Director, Federal Government Affairs, American Express Company | Washington, DC | ellie.a.shaw@aexp.com
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Yenisleidy Simon
Program Manager, Global Learning Initiatives, Florida International University | Miami, FL | simon.yeni@gmail.com
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Meredith Singer
Government and Regulatory Affairs Execuitve, IBM | Washington, DC | singerme@us.ibm.com
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Amanda Skorich
Institutional Giving Officer, People Serving People | Woodbury, MN | amanda.skorich@gmail.com
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Whitney Terrill
State Principal Planner, Health Policy Division, CIPT, Minnesota Department of Public Health | Minneapolis, MN | whitney.terrill@gmail.com
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Jona Van Deun
Vice President, Small Business Engagement, US Chamber of Commerce | Omaha, NE | jmvandeun@gmail.com
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Lynda Walker
Executive Director and General Counsel, The Tax Council and Tax Council Policy Institute | Washington, DC | lwalker@tcpi.org
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