Associate Board
The Associate Board is a group of young professionals in the Boston area who are dedicated to educational equity and to advancing Breakthrough’s mission. The Associate Board has three main goals: to raise awareness, to attract new supporters to Breakthrough, and to recruit volunteers. The AB achieves these goals by hosting events geared towards young professional engagement including trivia nights, an annual young professional’s Bash, and ongoing special events throughout the year to raise awareness about Breakthrough’s mission and successes! To learn more about the Associate Board and how you can be involved, contact Andrew Jackson, Manager Director of Development at ajackson@btgbmail.org.
Love Patel
Bio coming soon.
Stephanie Charles, Co-Chair
Associate General Counsel, Boston College
Stephanie advises clients across Boston College on a variety of legal and policy matters, with a focus on transactions. She was previously a corporate associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in the law firm’s Latin America practice group. Stephanie earned a B.A. in History and Science, magna cum laude, from Harvard College, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School where she was a student attorney in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. She grew up in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, supported by family, friends, and educators who instilled in her the value of mentorship, community, equity, and lifelong learning. Stephanie aspires to living these values as a BTGB college access coach and member of the Associate Board.
Zach Lovett, Co-Chair
Revenue Strategy Manager, UiPath
Zach is a Revenue Strategy Manager at UiPath and has previously held strategy and operations roles at VMware and Carbon Black. He has a B.A. in Economics from Yale University, where he was a founding member and President of Flyte Scholastics, providing volunteer tutoring services for middle school and high school students in New Haven. Outside of work, Zach enjoys books, chess, tennis, and soccer.
Liat Berry
Senior Product Manager, Google
Elly Reid
Marketing Coordinator, AdventureWomen
Coming soon…
Christine Char
Analyst, Cornerstone Research
Coming soon…
Jacob Kirsch
Senior Analyst, Cornerstone Research
Rikka Shrestha
Project Assistant, WilmerHale
Jonathan Holtzman
Associate, Berkshire Partners
Tony Tala
Experienced Assurance Assoicate, PwC
Bio coming soon.
Members-At-Large
Alita Edelman-Brown
Customer Success Manager at mParticle
Jessye Smith
Senior Manager of R&D Business Operations at Biogen
Jon Wu
MBA Candidate at Harvard Business School
Kolleen Burbank
Director of Content at ClassForward
Michael O’Leary
Senior Associate at Bain Capital Double Impact
Michael Protasewich
Co-founder, COO at SubscriberVoice
Mike Burns
MBA Candidate at Northwestern University
Nora Frias
Director of Graduate Support at Nativity Preparatory School
Presceia Cooper
Director of Community Engagement at the Institute for Nonprofit Practice
Robbie Greenglass
Managing Director at Waterline Ventures
Ryan Sweeny
Motion Graphics Designer and Editor at Natixis Investment Managers
Sean Crowley
MBA Candidate at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management
Sharon Kelleher
Law Clerk at Connecticut Supreme Court
Tim McGee
Human Resources and Training Manager at The Briar Group
Will Chrysanthos
National Service Consultant