The Team
Our team is comprised of professionals from a variety of fields, many of whom are first-generation college graduates. Our leaders are trained and versed in the struggles that our population faces. The Advisory Board and Steering Committee work closely with our student chapter leaders to learn from their experiences and gain insights that inform our programming.
Steering Committee
A key aspect of our vision involves empowering students to take leadership roles in guiding and driving our programming and operations. Therefore, our steering committee is composed of both professionals and college students.
Advisory Board
Chenora Burkett
Owner,
BrchBurk Consulting
Treasurer,
Collective Success Network
Colleen Farrell-Felici
Leadership coach, educator, and publisher
Secretary,
Collective Success Network
Rick Horner
Improvisor, director, actor,
teacher, and coach
Ji Jun
Chair, Corporate and Tax Group
City of Philadelphia
Sudhir Kondisetty
Principal, Philadelphia Risk Consulting Practice Leader and Office Managing Partner,
RSM US LLP
Chair,
Collective Success Network
Rahul Kothari
Co-Founder and Managing Director,
Ironview Capital Management
Guy Madison
Vice President Strategic Partnerships,
InfraSource
Kareem Mathias
Senior Privacy Manager,
TD
Partnerships & Outreach,
Collective Success Network
Due Quach
Author, CEO & Founder,
Calm Clarity Social Enterprise
Founder and Chair Emeritus,
Collective Success Network
Kamina Richardson
Assistant Director Nursing Department,
Temple University
Jeechieu Ta
Founder,
Outing
Alicia Thorpe
President,
STR8R LLC
Events & Volunteer Engagement,
Collective Success Network
Tom Tritton
Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania
Former President of Haverford College and the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Vice Chair,
Collective Success Network
Adrienne Tymiak
Science and Technology Advisor,
Rutgers University
Keith Willis
President & Founder,
Core Management Training
Ex-Officio Advisors
Jeffrey Brown
CEO & Founder,
Brown's Super Stores
Chairman & Founder,
Uplift Solutions
Jenny Chan
Partner, Advisory Services
Ernst & Young
Treasurer,
Collective Success Network
David Denious
Partner,
Drinker, Biddle & Reath
David Donald
Founder,
PeopleShare, Inc
Marissa Emmons
Participant Management Program Manager,
Meta
Marketing & Communications,
Collective Success Network
Bryant Greene
Founder, Owner & Administrator,
Always Best Care Senior Services
of Philadelphia, Bucks, and Delaware Counties
Sally Guzik
Site Director,
Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) Philadelphia
Sheila Ireland
Executive Director,
City of Philadelphia's Office of Workforce Development
Ro King
Angel Investor, Start-up Advisor
Chair, Dean's Global Advisory Council, University of Virginia
Darden School of Business;
Trustee, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Annie Madonia
Chief Advancement Officer,
Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Tanya O'Neill
Sr. DEI Consultant,
The Realize Leadership Group, LLC
Sean Quinn
President & Co-Founder,
Bowstring Studios
Ann Marie Solomon
Vice President, Strategy & Insights,
Aramark
Min Suh
Partner,
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP
Kenneth Wong
President,
CIG Asia
Former Commissioner on the U.S. President's Advisory Commission for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Staff
Co-Executive Director: Geena Asiedu
Geena Asiedu joined Collective Success Network initially as a volunteer at the beginning of 2024. As an attorney, Geena worked for Maryland’s judiciary system and transitioned to international corporate practice in Beijing, China. Geena has a comprehensive legal background, including experience providing legal guidance to clients on global investment opportunities. After 12 years in Beijing, Geena is now a dedicated advocate for FirstGen/Low-Income college students and is driven by a passion to enhance educational opportunities and student well-being.
Director of Programs, Partnerships, and Strategy: Alice Ginsberg, PhD
Alice Ginsberg, Ph.D. comes to CSN with over twenty years of experience working to support first generation, low-income students and to remove barriers to educational equity for all students. In addition to her leadership positions at educational organizations such as the Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity, The Center for Minority Serving Institutions, and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, Alice has taught in the urban teacher education programs at both the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University. She is the author of six books on education equity and diversity, including Gender in Urban Education and Embracing Risk in Urban Education, and continues to do original research on issues of educational diversity, opportunity and inclusion.
Co-Executive Director: Chenora D. Burkett, CPA
Chenora D. Burkett is an accomplished accounting and finance leader with more than 25 years of experience focused on leadership development and organizational restructuring.
Chenora is the owner of BrchBurk Consulting, a firm that specializes in supporting the financial, operational and leadership needs of small local companies and non-profit entities. She has served in senior leadership and executive roles for a number of non-profit organizations in the public sector, including art and culture, government, fiscal management, behavioral health and charitable philanthropy. The broad range of her expertise includes but is not limited to day-to-today financial team management, audit, organizational leadership, operations, contract negotiations and pension administration.
A graduate of Temple University, with a Bachelor of Business Administration and Accounting, Chenora is an active certified public accountant, licensed in Pennsylvania. She is the treasurer for Susan G. Komen Philadelphia and the African American Chamber of Commerce Foundation and serves as board member of POWER, the Power of Professional Women. In addition to her board responsibilities, she is a member of the Philadelphia Housing Authority Audit Committee. A mother of three adult children, Chenora resides in Whitemarsh Township with her tall husband and her tiny dog.
Co-Executive Director: Adrienne Tymiak, PhD
Adrienne Tymiak joined Collective Success Network in 2018 following a “Breaking into Pharma” event where she shared her career arc as a first-gen professional with college students. Adrienne entered the pharmaceutical industry as a research chemist following her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. At Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), she rose to executive leader for large, multi-disciplinary and
cross-site teams in R&D. As a BMS leader for over 20 years, Adrienne built innovative organizations with a diverse talent pipeline, hiring and championing the advancement of women and minorities. Firmly committed to collaboration and cooperative learning, Adrienne also served as a Board member for precompetitive industry consortia, leader of science education programs and volunteer for community outreach initiatives. Since retiring from industry, Adrienne serves as an advisor and mentor-in-residence for the Rutgers University TechAdvance and HealthAdvance teams in addition to working as a volunteer for youth serving nonprofit organizations.
Volunteer Leadership Team - Professionals
Founder and Chair Emeritus
Due Quach
Founder & CEO, Calm Clarity
Co-Founder
Nancy Li
Manager, Manager, Applied Real World Solutions, IQVIA
Co-Executive Director
Adrienne Tymiak
Retired - Former Executive Director at Bristol-Myers Squibb
Assistant Executive Director
Ji Jun
Chair, Corporate and Tax Group, City of Philadelphia
Partnerships & Outreach
Kareem Mathias
Senior Information Technology Auditor, Protiviti
Marketing and Communications
Marissa Emmons
Participant Management Program Manager, Meta
Events & Volunteer Engagement
Alicia Thorpe
President, STR8R LLC
Administrative Specialist
Dau Duoug
Drexel Chapter Advisor
Fran Snyder, Drexel University
Mediator
UPenn Student Advisor
Ji Jun
Chair, Corporate and Tax Group, City of Philadelphia
Temple Chapter Sponsor
Kamina Richardson
Assistant Program Director, Temple University
Villanova Chapter Advisor
Taylor Landon-Freeman
Charles River Laboratories
Campus Chapters - Student Officers
Drexel University
Dragon's First
President
Kaylee Wilson
Vice President
Sahil Khanna
Treasurer
Patricia Frimpong
Event Coordinator
Aadrita Goswamy
Communications Lead
Jahmir Handy
Temple University
Temple First
President
Susan Daniel Mathuram
Vice President
Joyce Chen
Director of Marketing
Ji Pan
Director of Events
Evie Lugo
Director of Professional Development
Faria Sanjida
Director of Finance
Chuyan Xie
Creative Director
hana Gomma
University of Pennsylvania
Collective Success at Penn, CSAP
Co-Chairs
Raquel Russek
Jeremy Calcarian
Marketing Chairs
Estelle Kang
Sadiqua Khan
Villanova University
First Generation Villanovans
Co-Chair (Upperclassman)
Lupita Ramírez Gómez
Co-Chair (Underclassman)
Daniella Forson
Senior Advisor
Derrek (DJ) Samuels
Senator
Mark Guzman Lizarazo
Treasurer
Eduardo Calderon
Senator/Co-Treasurer
Ejay Joshua De Leon
Secretary
Danni Kennedy
Communications (Social Media) Chair
Jocelyn Zavala Garcia
Programs Chair
Angelina Rivera
Membership Chair
Grace Owusu
Mentorship Chair
Monica Gonazales
Public Relations Chair
Jedith Gomez
Opportunity Discovery
Kerri Rose
Consortium Chapter
President
Vivian Chen
Temple University
Vice President
Vazira Hakberdiyeva
Drexel University
Secretary
Abdelbasset Hassouna
Temple University
Treasurer
Adam Alaoui
East Stroudsburg University