Our Team

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Ksenia Svetlova

Executive Director

Ben Birnbaum

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Founder & President

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Aya Khayat

Program Coordinator

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Dina Katanov 

Program Director

Ahmed Elsabagh

Director of Alumni Relations

Sara Beth Yurow

Media Advisor

Interns and Associates

Julia Zelermyer

Winter Fellow

Rod Reifel

Winter Fellow