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Young Leaders Council

The Young Leaders Council is a leadership giving society for Columbia College alumni from the Classes of 2012–26. Members support the Columbia College Fund, connect with fellow alumni through social and networking events, have opportunities to expand their leadership and volunteerism at the College, and help cultivate the next generation of committed, engaged philanthropists.

Membership Levels & Benefits

Columbia College alumni from the Classes of 2012–26 may join the Young Leaders Council with a gift of $1,500 or more in support of the Columbia College Fund. The three membership levels — Member, Executive Member and Leadership Circle — each offer unique opportunities to engage with fellow alumni and other leaders at the College.

MEMBER ($1,500–$4,999)

  • Exclusive YLC programs and events

  • Invitations to the John Jay Awards Dinner and Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner

  • Invitation to the annual West Coast Honors celebration

  • Membership in the John Jay Associates

EXECUTIVE MEMBER ($5,000–$7,499)

All benefits of a Member, plus:

  • Invitation to the Dean’s Leadership Dinner

  • One-of-a-kind annual gift

  • Exclusive Columbia College communications

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE ($7,500+)

All benefits of an Executive Member, plus:

  • Opportunity to be a member of the ALC or FDC and receive all associated benefits

  • Name and directly support a student’s summer experience with a gift to the College Fund for internships

2026-27 Young Leaders Council

Co-chairs

  • Maya Ho CC’18
    Venkat Kausik CC’13
    Kelsey Kats CC’13
    Andrew Wood CC’14

Chairs Emeriti

  • Lauren Accordino CC’09
    Alisa Amarosa Wood CC’01
    Tyler Boyd CC’06
    Mike Brown CC’06
    Kevin Galligan CC’05
    Tom Meister CC’09

Leadership Circle

  • Tala Akhavan CC’13
    David Cho CC’20, SEAS’22
    Calvin Chu CC’13
    Jiwen “Vincent” Jin SEAS’20
    Tyler Soares CC’19
  • Emily Lavine Rosin CC'18
  • Nathan Rosin CC'18
  • Brian Trippe CC’16
    Eric Xu CC’18
    Alex Zhang CC’20
    Anonymous CC’24

Executive Members

  • Elizabeth Deluise CC’14
    Andrew Heinrich CC’13
  • Alyssa Lee CC’18
  • Sophia Naqvi CC'23
  • Maya Pandit CC'17, PH'19
  • Mitchell Zhang CC’17

Members

  • Iyobosa Bello-Asemota CC’19
    Anna Buchsbaum SEAS’14
    Theodore Buchsbaum CC’14
    Jonathan Chen CC’23
    Brian Chung CC’16
    Sarah Coleman King CC’15
  • Leigh Colvin CC'14
  • Stephen Cone CC’20
  • Michael Exter CC'14, BUS'23
    Zuzanna Fuchs CC’13
    Sarah Gitlin CC’13
  • Austin Glover CC'14
    Julia Guo CC’22
    Sahil Gupta CC’12
    Stephanie Hart CC’12
    Marc Heinrich CC’16
    Andrew Lake CC’13
  • Richard Lee CC'16
    Ivan Leniski CC'16
    Alan Lin CC’18
    Haidun Liu CC’19
    Paige Manning CC’24
  • Katherine Nevitt CC’16
    Christopher Perkins CC’14
    Dayalan Rajaratnam CC’17
    Kayla Rajaratnam CC’17
    Julian Richardson CC’14
  • Brandon Thompson CC'12
  • Jonathan Wang CC'12
  • Fan Wu CC’12
  • Sandra Yin CC’18
  • Annie Shi Zhang CC’15
    Kevin Zhang CC’14
    Kenneth Zhu CC’17
    Anonymous CC’12

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