our team
The TEDxYouth@Seattle event has been made possible by our large team of dedicated and passionate volunteers.
Interested in joining our team? Click the red bottom below and get more information!
Saskia Houwing
Co-organizer
Renee Codsi
Co-organizer
Tejal Mehta
Project Manager
Rob Hyman
Experience Team
Katy Forster
Finance Manager
Gary Tou
Youth Lead Finance Team
Alex Donka
Finance Team
Kirk Grogan
Lead Partnership Team
Merilyn Luong
Youth Lead Partnership Team
Abby Zhou
Partnership Team
Fiona Kubalak
Event Logistics Team
Riley Hill
Event Logistics Team
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Priyanka Raha
Project Manager Speaker Team
Liana Baxter Griffin
Education Speaker Team
Kary Youman
Speaker Coach
Guillaume Wiatr
Speaker Coach
Ashley Chapman
Speaker Coach
Martin Fernandez de Labastida
Speaker Coach
Rachel Donka
Youth Speaker Coach
Scarlett Ren
Youth Speaker Coach
Amy Duran
Speaker Team
Hunter Kai'mi Brown
Speaker Team
Ben Jakupcak
Speaker Team
Anabel Moore
Youth Lead Speaker Team
Indra Greenberg
Speaker Team
Katya Varfolomeyeva
Speaker Team
Katie Chase
Speaker Team
Max Wells
Speaker Team
Amy Cunningham
Speaker Team
Gerritt Turner
Speaker Team
Monica Cortes Viharo
Speaker Team
Amanda Baily
Lead Volunteer Team
Nathan Morgan
Youth Lead Volunteer Team
Viki Lawton
Advisor Volunteer Team
Joy Obsvig
Public Relations
Karen Drapers
Lead Communications Team
Janneke van Dam
Lead Social Media
Alejandra Guardado
Communications Team
Vera Drapers
Communications Team
Haruki Kato
Youth Lead Communications Team
Brooke Mihlstin
Communications Team
Serena Lee
Communications Team
Patrick Gamble
Communications Team
Misty Chung
Communications Team
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