Board of Directors

Rudayna Abdo received an SB in architecture from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning in 1990. She also has a master’s in urban planning from McGill University and is a graduate of Amsterdam’s THNK School of Creative Leadership. Rudayna has held multiple roles in the MIT Alumni Arab Association, including director, director of endowment, director of scholarships, and director of events. She is an educational counselor and has served as a 24-Hour Challenge Ambassador. She was named to the Volunteer Honor Roll of Service twice in 2018. Rudayna is the founder and president of Thaki Nederland, which empowers refugee and vulnerable children to learn and thrive through self-paced, motivational electronic educational tools.

Kerry Bowie received an SB in environmental engineering in 1994 and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2006. He also has an MSE in environmental engineering from the University of Michigan. As an undergraduate, he was vice president of the MIT Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, which won National Chapter of the Year in 1993, and during graduate school he received the Seley Achievement Award , the highest award of the Sloan MBA Program. Kerry has been an active MIT volunteer since graduating, formerly as president of the Black Alumni/ae of MIT and alumni representative on the MIT Climate Action Advisory Committee and currently with the MIT Graduate Alumni Council and MIT Sloan Affinity Groups Alumni Advisory Council. He received the Harold E. Lobdell Award from the MIT Alumni Association in 2015 and the Henry B. Kane Award in 2020. Kerry is managing partner of Msaada Partners and the Majira Project, a social impact consulting firm and accelerator program, respectively, and he recently founded the Browning the Green Space Initiative to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the clean energy space and beyond. Kerry is active in his local church and also mentors startups through the MIT Venture Mentoring Service and serves on the Black Innovation Alliance Leadership Team, the SI Ventures advisory board, and the Board of Museum Advisors of the Museum of Science. Kerry lives in Somerville, MA with his wife, Sherri-Ann, and two daughters.

Karen (Holly) Carter received her PhD in political science from the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in 1977. She recently completed her tenure on the Black Alumni of MIT (BAMIT). While on the BAMIT board she held the roles of chair and president. She is a former member of the Affinity Group Council and an Alumni Engagement Independent Academics Period (IAP) Lecturer. Holly is the principal at H. M. Carter Consulting LLC, a firm that supports the current and next generation of global leaders.

Jazlyn Carvajal received her SB in civil engineering from MIT’s School of Engineering. She has volunteered with the Class of 2003 Reunion Committee, Educational Council, and Latino/a Alumni of MIT Association. She served as president of the MIT Club of Northern New Jersey. Currently, Jazlyn leads the Project and Construction Management Group at Webcor Builders in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has also successfully managed construction projects throughout New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. Jazlyn is cofounder of the Latinas in STEM Foundation, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire and empower Latinas to pursue and thrive in STEM fields. In her home state, she served as co-chair to New Jersey governor Phil Murphy’s Transition Committee on Government, Technology, and Innovation.

Chester Chambers received his SB in chemical engineering from the MIT School of Engineering in 2015. He is a past president of the Club of South Texas and also served as VP of programs and VP for MIT10 before his presidency. He is an educational counselor and has served on the Club Councils, his class reunion gift committee, and as a 24-Hour Challenge Ambassador. Chester was honored with the Margaret MacVicar ’65, ScD ’67 Award in 2019. He is the founder and head chef at Bloom Foods. Partnering with local farmers, the Bloom team serves an evergreen menu of plant-based burgers, nuggets, and fries at pop-ups around Houston.

Arjun Dayal double-majored in EECS (SB) and management (SB) at MIT. Motivated to give back, he was elected as alumni class president for 10 years, served as an officer for the MIT Club of Northern California, chaired his class reunion, was an ambassador for the 24-Hour Challenge, and was a sponsor of the Student Alumni Externship Program. Arjun currently serves as a term director for the MIT Annual Fund, cochairs his current reunion committee, is a Reunion Gift Committee member, and is class treasurer. He was honored with the 2017 Margaret L. A. MacVicar Award for his MIT volunteering impact, and the 2018 Great Dome Award for his work on the inaugural MIT AI Conference. Arjun’s professional passion is bringing magical consumer experiences to life with high-performing teams and innovative technologies. He is currently director of product management at Google Play, the online content store used by two billion customers monthly. Previously, he was vice president of product at a mobile entertainment startup, growing the team from 10 to 300 people. He was also on the founding team that built and launched the first version of the Xbox Kinect.

Maria Alice Frontini earned her SM from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1999. She also earned a PhD in engineering from the University of São Paulo in Brazil. She is the president of the MIT Club and Sloan Club of Brazil and serves on the Club Councils. She has served as a member of the Latin America Club Council and as an advisory board member for the Sloan Club of Brazil. She is the founder of the MIT Alumni Angels of Brazil. Maria Alice was honored with the Margaret MacVicar ’65, ScD ’67 Award in 2021. Maria Alice is a digital transformation advisor at Patria Investments, a cofounder of the Angel Investor Club, and serves as an angel investor and board member for numerous other organizations.

Guadalupe Hayes-Mota has a BS in chemistry, an MS in engineering systems, and an MBA, all from MIT. He volunteers as an educational counselor, career advisor, and Legislative Advocacy Network member and has served as president of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Association of MIT (BGLATA), the Affinity Group Council, and as a caller for the First-Generation Admissions Outreach Program. He was honored with the Margaret MacVicar ’65, ScD ’67 Award in 2021. Guadalupe is a biopharmaceutical, health care, and public service leader whose mission is to provide patients with medicines worldwide. As a child in Mexico, he nearly died because of limited access to medications. For that reason, his driving force in his career is that no one should be without the medical treatment they need to survive and flourish in life. He has 13 years of experience and well-honed skills in business, STEM, global operations, supply chain, strategy, finance, and governance. He started his career at the RAND Corporation as an analyst, working with the US government to develop and implement the Affordable Care Act, which gave 20 million individuals access to health insurance. He transitioned to being director of ambulatory clinics at UCLA Health to run the USA’s most extensive free health care system, providing over 30,000 underserved patients with care every year in 12 health care clinics. He then entered the biotech industry and led the manufacturing and supply chain departments at Ultragenyx, Biogen, Amgen, and GSK, supplying millions of patients across 98 countries with treatment. He recently founded and now serves as CEO of Healr Solutions, a company addressing the most urgent issues in biopharmaceutical supply chains.

Eboney Hearn earned her BS in chemical engineering from MIT School of Engineering and her master’s in education from Harvard University. She recently served as a member of the BAMIT Capstone Event Committee and the MIT Office of Minority Education’s Interphase 50th Anniversary planning committee. Her volunteer efforts with BAMIT have been recognized with two Great Dome Awards, in 2019 and 2013. In addition, Eboney served on the Technology Day Planning committee in 2013 and 2014, the Class of 2001 10-Year Reunion Planning Committee, and she continues to engage with the MIT Women’s Basketball team through annual alumni events. She currently serves as executive director of the MIT Office of Outreach and Engineering Programs in SOE, where she helps underserved youth envision a place for themselves in science and engineering careers. She also formerly worked as an assistant dean for graduate education within the MIT Office of Graduate Education. Eboney currently resides in Medford, MA, with her husband, Monroe Hearn, and two children, Zarah and Ashton.

Edward Hunter received an SB in computer science and engineering from the MIT School of Engineering in 1979. He also earned a master of science in computer science from the University of California Berkeley in 1984. Ed currently serves as the MIT Annual Giving Loyalty Circle chair, as part of the Annual Giving Board, and is secretary for the Class of 1979. Previously, Ed served as the vice president of the Club of Northern California, a Fund Reunion Gift Committee cochair, a William Barton Rogers (WBRS) class agent, and a 24-Hour Challenge ambassador. Ed was honored with the Henry B. Kane ’24 Award for fundraising and named to the Volunteer Honor Roll of Service in 2019. He was engineering leader for performance engineering and operating systems at Netflix Inc. until 2021 and is now a freelance theatrical lighting designer. 
 

Lillian Kiang earned her SB in management science from the Sloan School of Management and her MBA from Harvard Business School. She has been an active MIT volunteer since she returned to Asia in 2002, and is the immediate past president of the MIT Club of Hong Kong and serves on the advisory board of the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node. She received the Harold E. Lobdell ’17 Distinguished Service Award from the Alumni Association earlier this year. After nearly two decades in investment management and private equity, Lillian decided to take what she has learned in the for-profit sector to try to “campaign for a better world” through professionalizing philanthropy and is currently the CEO of Bei Shan Tang Foundation. The foundation has dual areas of focus in education (including promoting the development of positive education in Hong Kong’s public schools) and traditional Chinese arts and culture (building sector capacity and providing funding for museum projects globally). Among other volunteer roles, she serves on the advisory board of Faith and Global Engagement at the University of Hong Kong. Lillian lives in Hong Kong with her husband, Quinton, and their two children, Hannah and Elijah.

Teddy Lee earned an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management in 2017, where he served as a student body copresident. He also has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering from Stanford University. Teddy is chair of the Tech Track for the MIT Club of Northern California (MITCNC) and has served as chair of the MITCNC’s MIT AI Conference, chair of the MIT Volunteer Leadership Summit, chair of the MIT Sloan Student Class Gift Committee, a Sloan 5 officer, and an MIT Sloan Reunion volunteer. In 2021, Teddy was honored with the Great Dome Award as part of the MITCNC’s “Covid Warriors” team and was named to the Volunteer Honor Roll of Service in 2019. Teddy is a strategic engagement manager at Scale AI and is passionate about the intersection of advanced technology and society. He lives in San Francisco and enjoys spending time with friends and family, collecting cryptocurrencies and designer toys, and eating burgers.

Sarah Melvin earned an SB in physics from the MIT School of Science and in political science from the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in 2018. She also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Sarah currently serves on the MIT Corporation as a recent graduate and on several visiting committees. She is a member of her class’s Fund Reunion Gift Committee, the MIT10 Committee, and the Corporation Screening Committee for Recent Graduates. She previously served as an invited guest on the Alumni Association Board, on the Program Committee, and on the Corporation Joint Advisory Committee. She was honored with the Margaret MacVicar ’65, ScD ’67 Award in 2022. Sarah is Chief of Staff at SiTration, an MIT spin-out commercializing silicon membrane technology to enable ultra-efficient recovery of critical minerals from battery recycling to mining. 
 

Elizabeth Ng earned her SB in physics from the MIT School of Science in 1978. She also holds an MBA from Stanford University. She is currently chairman of the board of directors for the MIT Club of Northern California, where she previously held roles as event planner, director of the Life Science Forum, a member of the Nominating Committee, treasurer, director, and president. In 2015, she served on the MITAA Board of Directors and the Finance Committee. Elizabeth is the CEO of Ocean Biomedical, an organization that partners with top-tier researchers to accelerate new discoveries in the world of medicine, one powerful idea at a time.

Kevin Przybocki earned MIT degrees in mechanical engineering and also graduated from Harvard Business School. As an undergraduate, he was president of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, IFC Alumni Relations chairman, and an MIT tour guide. Kevin serves on the MIT Corporation Development Committee and received the Marshall B. Dalton Award in 2019. He’s also on the Educational Council and is the Austin area regional coordinator. Previously, Kevin was president of the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio. He is currently a technology startup advisor, mentor, and angel investor. He works with entrepreneurs through the Capital Factory, Techstars, MIT Solve, and the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. In 2003, he cofounded Anue Systems, a boot-strapped startup that built network emulators and packet brokers to improve IT networks. Anue was twice listed on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies before being acquired in 2012. Kevin and his wife, Erin, have three sons and live in Austin. He’s been active as a Scout leader and high school robotics mentor.

Dominic Ricci earned his SB in physics from the MIT School of Science in 1999 and his PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2006. Dominic is the immediate past president of the MIT Club of New York, a member of the Club Council, the treasurer for the Class of 1999, and a member of the Legislative Advocacy Network. Previously, Dominic held multiple other roles in the Club of New York, including president, executive vice president, vice president of social and interclub programming, and vice president of membership. Dominic was president of the Class of 1999 and has served as co-chair of his class Reunion Gift Committee and member of his class Reunion Committee. Dominic has served on the Annual Giving Board and as a 24-Hour Challenge ambassador, among other roles. Dominic was named to the Volunteer Honor Roll of Service in 2009, honored with a Great Dome Award in 2010, the Margaret MacVicar ’65, ScD ’67 Award in 2017, and the Henry B. Kane ’24 Award in 2021. Dominic is the head of global market risk audit at Bank of America, based in New York.

Vicky Thomas received an SB in aerospace engineering and an advanced certificate from the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program in 2012. Vicky has been an active MIT volunteer since graduating, formerly as president of the MIT Club of Utah and most recently as an educational counselor. She received the Margaret L. A. MacVicar Award from the MIT Alumni Association in 2020. Vicky is the VP of product management at Rivet, a Utah-based health care IT startup. Prior to Rivet, Vicky held product leadership roles at Vivint Smart Home, Lucid Software, and Adobe. She is a passionate advocate for STEM education and women in tech and is a longtime volunteer for FIRST robotics. Vicky is also an active member of the Utah chapter of the Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots. Vicky lives with her husband, Anthony Morelli ’12, and their dog in Salt Lake City, UT. When she’s not working or volunteering, Vicky can be found flying small airplanes or adventuring in Utah’s great outdoors.

Sridhar Venkatesh earned an SB and SM in electrical engineering and computer science from the MIT School of Engineering in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Sridhar currently volunteers as an educational counselor and previously volunteered as a 24-Hour Challenge ambassador, as a member of his class Reunion Gift Committee, and in multiple roles for the Class of 1993, including president and WBRS class agent. He volunteered as part of the Graduate Alumni Seminar Series and the Young Alumni Campaign Committee. Sridhar is currently SVP of product at Alluxio Inc., and has held similar roles at Avalara, Indix, and Caymas Systems.

David Fung received an SB in chemical engineering from the MIT School of Engineering in 1985, an MS from Columbia in 1988, and an MBA from Columbia in 1999. David volunteers as executive vice president of the Club of Western New York, treasurer of the MIT Chinese Alumni Group, treasurer for the Class of 1985, and as an educational counselor. He has also served on the Club Council, as an alumni engagement event speaker, a fund reunion gift committee member, and an MIT Insights Forum member. He has served on the Annual Giving Board, the Alumni Association Board, the Latin America Club Council, the Finance Committee, as VP for membership for the Club of New York, numerous roles as part of the Club of Shanghai, including president, and in various fundraising positions for the class of 1985. David was honored with a Henry B. Kane ’24 Award in 2015 and a Great Dome Award in 2020. David is the founder of Sydney Connections.

Annalisa L. Weigel is a senior director at Fairmont Consulting Group, a Boston-based management consulting firm. She received an SB and SM in aeronautics and astronautics from the MIT School of Engineering, an SB in science, technology, and society from the MIT School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, and a PhD from the Technology, Management, and Policy Program in the School of Engineering. Previously she has served as both a member-at-large and a young alumni representative on the MITAA Board of Directors, chair of the Annual Fund Board of Directors, class president for the Class of 1994, and co-chair of her 20th and 25th Reunion Gift Committees. Annalisa was awarded the Harold E. Lobdell ’17 Distinguished Service Award and the Henry B. Kane ’24 Award. She lives with her husband and fellow MIT alum, Myles Walton SM ’99, PhD ’02, and their two children in Wellesley, MA.

Steve Baker graduated from MIT with an undergraduate degree in Course 4 (Architecture). He later received his Master of Architecture degree from MIT, and he also studied at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. In 1994 he cofounded Baker | Wohl Architects (now known as BWA Architecture), a 25-person architecture firm in Boston, where he is president and senior principal. As a principal of BWA, Steve has been responsible for the design and construction of more than $350M in built projects, including several award-winning buildings. Steve is a 2017 recipient of the Bronze Beaver, the highest award bestowed by the MIT Alumni Association for service to the Institute and the Association. He previously received a Lobdell Distinguished Service Award in 2013, and two alumni volunteer organizations he has chaired have received Great Dome awards for their work. He served a three-year term on the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors from 2013 to 2016, and a succeeding one-year term in 2016-17. He was previously a member of the Association’s Corporation Nominating Committee. From 2009 through 2017, Steve served as a member of the MIT Corporation’s Visiting Committee for the Division of Student Life, which provided advice to the Institute’s senior leadership on matters concerning student life, residence life, student counseling, FSILG affairs, and other extracurricular activities.

Natalie Lorenz Anderson received an SB in electrical engineering from MIT’s School of Engineering in 1984. She also holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, graduating in 1989. Natalie serves as a member of the Corporation Nominating Committee and Corporation Development Committee. She is treasurer for the Class of 1984 and an educational counselor. Previously she has served as the director of the Club of Washington DC, a Community Catalyst Leadership Program host, a class Fund Reunion Committee member, president of the Class of 1984, an Annual Giving Board Goals Committee member, an Alumni Association Selection Committee member, on the Alumni Association Board of Directors, among numerous other roles. Natalie was honored with the Harold E. Lobdell ’17 Distinguished Service Award in 2010 and the Henry B. Kane ’24 Award in 2017. Natalie is VP of operations and special projects at 247Solar Inc., which represents the next generation of concentrated solar power. Natalie serves on several corporate boards, including public, private, and two MIT startups, and continues to serve organizations focused on increasing access to STEM education and career opportunities for underserved youth. Natalie is married to MIT alum Bruce N. Anderson ’69 and has three grown children and a stepdaughter, all of whom have STE(A)M in their lives!

Aaron Weinberger was named President Kornbluth’s chief of staff in the summer of 2023. He serves as an advisor to the president, coordinates efforts across the central administration, manages institutional accreditation, and oversees the ombudsperson function and Institute-level events. He arrived at MIT in 2007 to lead human resources for the Greater President’s Office. A year later, he added faculty governance to his portfolio. Following a brief stretch as special assistant to the chancellor, he returned to the President’s Office in 2013, first as assistant director for Institute affairs and then as special advisor to the vice president. In those roles, he worked closely with the senior team to advance Institute priorities and shape high-level communications, and staffed several key Institute bodies, including the Academic Council, the Executive Committee of the Corporation, and the Presidential Advisory Cabinet.Prior to arriving at MIT, Aaron worked in Human Resource Services at the Harvard College Library. Originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Tufts University and a master’s degree in film studies from the University of Chicago. 

Andre Hamelberg is a senior majoring in Chemical Engineering and Mathematics from Atlanta, Georgia. Andre has a great passion for helping others and seeing his peers succeed. At MIT, he is very active around campus. He participates in the Wrestling Club, is a member of the Theta Chi Fraternity, a member of the Black Students Union and the National Society of Black Engineers. Andre does research within the Doyle Research Group (focusing on fundamental and applied topics in soft matter) and the Willard Group (using theory and simulation to explore the role of molecular fluctuation in a variety of chemical phenomena). Outside of school, he plays and watches sports and spends quality time with his friends and family. A fun fact about Andre is that he is ambidextrous!

Mikala Molina is from Stockton California. She received a Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and a commission in the US Navy from The United States Naval Academy in 2017. Upon graduation she moved to San Diego where she served two tours onboard the USS Princeton, a Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser. At MIT she is pursuing a Naval Engineers Degree and a Scientific Masters in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Upon her graduation in 2024 she will join the Navy’s community of Engineering Duty Officers.