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Young Leaders Council

The Young Leaders Council is a leadership giving society for Columbia College alumni from the Classes of 2005–24. Members support the Columbia College Fund at a leadership level and help the College cultivate young philanthropists and develop a pipeline of committed and engaged alumni.

Membership Levels

Columbia College alumni from the Classes of 2005–24 may join the Young Leaders Council with a gift of $1,500 in support of the Columbia College Fund.

Columbia College alumni from the Classes of 2005–24 may join the Young Leaders Council Executive Board with a gift of $5,000 or more in support of the Columbia College Fund. The Executive Board attends quarterly board meetings and partners with Columbia College staff to plan events and cultivate new members of the Young Leaders Council.

Benefits

Membership in the Young Leaders Council includes unique opportunities to engage with fellow young alumni and other leaders at Columbia College.

  • Networking opportunities with young alumni peers

  • Exclusive invitations to College and University events

  • Alumni speaker series

  • Opportunities for growth within the College volunteer community

  • Recognition on the 2022–23 Young Leaders Council Annual Report

Past Speakers

  • Panel discussion with University Trustees Lisa Carnoy CC’89, Wanda Holland Greene CC’89, TC’91, Jonathan Lavine CC’88 and Victor Mendelson CC’89

  • Sports Media Industry discussion featuring Leslie Gittess Brodsky CC’88, Founder of Blue Sky Media NYC, Danielle Maged CC’89, BUS’97, Executive Vice President of Global Solutions, Fox Networks Group, and Marie Donoghue CC’87, LAW’91, former Executive Vice President of Global Business & Content Strategy, ESPN.

  • Intimate discussions with Judge Rolando Acosta CC’79, LAW ’82, Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court and Judge Joseph Greenaway CC’78, United States District Court Judge for the District of New Jersey, Lt. Michael Leiter CC’91, former Director of the United States National Counterterrorism Center under President G. W. Bush and President Obama, Alisa Amarosa Wood CC’01, BUS’08, Founding Co-Chair and YLC Board Member and Partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

2024–25 Board Members

  • Tala Akhavan CC’13*

  • Francesca Bodini CC’06

  • Caitlin Brodie CC’06

  • Christian Capasso CC’07

  • Ari Freisinger CC’08*

  • Andrew Heinrich CC’13

  • Maya Ho CC’18 (Co-chair)

  • Jennifer Hsia CC’06

  • Christopher Jones CC’07*

  • Kelsey Kats CC’13 (Co-chair)*

  • Venkat Kausik CC’13

  • Sabrina Korman CC’14

  • Megan Lundy CC’08

  • Sophia Naqvi CC’23

  • Andrew O’Connor CC’07

  • Emily Lavine Rosin CC’18

  • Lisa Heffner Scolnik CC’06

  • Maxwell Tobin CC’09

  • Alex Topkins CC08

  • Cecilia Wang CC09

  • Andrew Wood CC’14*

  • Alex Zhang CC’20

  • Mitchell Zhang CC’17

Chair 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

2024–25 Council Members

  • Michael Accordino CC’07*

  • Zachary Ali CC’11*

  • Iyobosa Bello-Asemota CC’19

  • Jeremy Banon CC13

  • Carolyn Braff CC’07

  • Nathan Bram CC’14

  • Tiffany Bryant CC’08

  • Theodore Buchsbaum CC’14

  • Suzanne Byowitz CC’13

  • Allie Carieri CC’15

  • Megan Carley CC’12

  • Kasey Chaleunsouk CC’06

  • Cathy Hanxin Chen CC’11

  • David Cho CC’20

  • Calvin Chu CC'13

  • Christopher Chu CC17

  • Brian Chung CC’16

  • Katherine Chung CC’16

  • Katie Chung CC’13

  • Jordan Cline CC’19

  • Sarah Coleman CC’15

  • Andrew Colvin CC’10

  • Leigh Colvin CC’14

  • Stephen Cone CC'20

  • Marcello Cricco-Lizza CC11

  • Evan Daar CC’09*

  • Stephanie Davis CC’09

  • Elizabeth DeLuise CC’14

  • Adrian Demko CC’07

  • Ravi Desai CC’05

  • Erica Dorfman CC’11*

  • Michael Exter CC’14

  • Christina Fang CC’07

  • Rebecca Fine CC’12

  • Thomas Flynn CC’15

  • Zuzanna Fuchs CC’13

  • Sarah Gitlin CC’13

  • Austin Glover CC’14

  • Aryeh Goldstein CC’15

  • Stefanie Goodsell CC'09

  • Erin Gun CC’15

  • Stephanie Hagio CC’06*

  • Gairy Hall CC’11

  • Eric Han CC’13

  • Ken Harada CC’05

  • Stephanie Hart CC12

  • Marc Heinrich CC16

  • Keith Hernandez CC07

  • Gillian Ho CC’20

  • Mallory Jensen CC’05*

  • Maggie Johnson CC11

  • Arvind Kadaba CC’07

  • Justin Kahn CC13

  • Daniel Kanak CC10

  • Arjun Kapoor CC’09

  • Erica Kassman CC11*

  • Nicholas Kensinger CC’18*

  • Rishi Kodali CC’12

  • Erik Kogut CC’12

  • Kristin Kramer CC’09

  • Kara Kupferberg CC’18

  • Andrew Lake CC’13

  • Sadia Latifi CC’09

  • Richard Lee CC’16

  • Ivan Leniski CC’16

  • Sida Li CC’15*

  • Haidun Liu CC'19

  • Megan Lundy CC’08

  • Andrew Marcus CC’19

  • Maya Matthews CC’20*

  • Carlos Maturana SEAS'08*

  • Minha Maturana CC'08*

  • Ren McKnight CC’12

  • Alexander Meshel CC’18

  • Heather Meyerdirk CC’06*

  • Rob Meyerhoff CC’06*

  • Jacob Miller CC’11

  • John Murphy-Teixidor SEAS'10

  • Zehra Naqvi CC’21

  • Maya Pandit CC'17

  • Adam Pencz CC’13

  • Jason Ping CC'11

  • Preston Pohl CC’09

  • Meredith Milstein Polivy CC’09

  • Dayalan Rajaratnam CC'17

  • Kayla Rajaratnam CC'17

  • Sumana Rao CC’08*

  • Travis Reim CC'16

  • Andrew Ren CC’15*

  • Julian Richardson CC'14

  • Alexander Rosen CC’11*

  • Nathan Rosin CC’18

  • Peter Rutkowski CC'21

  • Olivia Santoro CC’13

  • Miles Savitz CC23

  • Diana Benton Schechter CC’05

  • Laura Schnaidt CC’06

  • David Seidman CC’06

  • Lauren Schy Seidman CC’08

  • Dan Shapiro CC07

  • Dara Shapiro CC’14

  • Eric Shapiro CC13

  • Michael Sin CC’05

  • Sidarth Singh CC18​*

  • Terrance Smith CC’08

  • Rob Stewart CC'09

  • Jason Sun CC’12

  • Tao Tan CC07

  • Max Taffel CC’08

  • Brandon Thompson CC’12

  • ​Paul Tietz CC’08

  • Miljan Todorovic CC’16

  • David Toledano CC’05

  • Michael Topol CC10

  • Christopher Tortoriello CC08

  • Brian Trippe CC’16

  • Barney Wang CC'19

  • Paul Wang CC’12*

  • Scott Shu Wang CC’10

  • Camille Ward CC’19

  • Andrew West CC’13

  • Courtney Wilkins CC’07

  • Fan Wu CC’12

  • Eric Xu CC’18

  • Michelle Yan CC’20

  • Allison Yang CC'09

  • Sharon Yang CC’07

  • Sue Yang CC’10

  • Mary Ye SEAS’12

  • Sandra Yin CC’18

  • John Zaro CC’05

  • Annie Shi Zhang CC'15*

  • Kevin Zhang CC’14*

  • Feifei Zheng CC’09

  • Kenneth Zhu CC’17

  • Jessica Wong Zen CC’07

  • Anonymous CC’12

  • Anonymous CC’19

*Members on the West Coast.

Past Events