A Nuclear Electronics Technician by trade while he was in the Navy, Tony Green is now a climate-tech and sustainability educator, with 20+ years of experience in high-tech and clean tech.Communicating as an educator allows him to convey his message using easy-to-understand terminology to a variety of audiences.

In his spare time, he works as a part-time Math/Science tutor for high school and college students, serves as an En-ROADS climate Ambassador, was a fellow in the Inaugural class of Climatebase. More recently, he became a Blessed Tomorrow Climate Ambassador. We re honored to have Tony join our team of advisors. He resides in Virginia. 

Jose Soto is a seasoned business operations leader with 10 years of experience in administration and a focus on creative problem-solving. He has over five years of experience in business development, team leadership, non-profit operations, strategic planning, project management, and program design. He holds a BA in International Relations & Affairs from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. Jose is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Mandarin Chinese. He resides in Virginia with his lovely wife and son.

Annalie comes to SGAP Leaders with a passion for elevating the voices of her peers through education. She graduated from Washington College with a BA in English and Sociology. Throughout her undergraduate years, Annalie served as a writing and presentation tutor in her school’s Writing Center, studied abroad in Italy, interned for a nonprofit in Tanzania, and took classes in Baylor Women’s Correctional Institute alongside incarcerated women. 

More recently, Annalie is a law graduate whose academic career focused on criminal defense, international human rights law, and gender-based violence. She works within spaces that enable her to propel criminal justice reform through client-centered advocacy and protect human rights on domestic and international scales. 

She prioritizes active listening and trauma-informed communication in her pursuit of systemic change. She learns by doing and seeks interdisciplinary experiences to best inform her advocacy. She is proud to be part of the SGAP Leaders community and looks forward to continuing to uplift student perspectives through education. She resides with her family in New York.

Rishi Moharkar is a Manager at Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC). Rishi is a strategic thinker, driven by challenges and an urge to develop sustainable solutions for business and consumers using data-driven decision-making. Rishi graduated with his MBA from Georgetown University where he specialized his studies in strategy and analytics and earned a major in Management Science.

Before Georgetown, Rishi worked for seven years with Tata Technologies in India and UK where he excelled at advising clients working on cutting-edge technologies like IoT, connected cars, autonomous, hybrid, and fully electric vehicles. We are excited to work with Rishi! He resides in Washington, DC with his lovely family.

Kelly Bies joins SGAP Leaders after leading a consulting project for SGAP’s student programming while she was a MBA student at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. She is a current
Strategic Services, Growth & Purpose Manager at Deloitte Consulting with experience in purpose and inclusion strategy, workforce planning and development, and change management for enterprise-wide culture and technology transformations.

Kelly’s passion for education and fair access to opportunities stems from her teaching tenure in Chicago with Teach for America as well as her undergraduate degree in public policy from Duke University. Her current teammates often say the teaching spirit never left her. Kelly resides in her hometown of Washington, DC with her sweet pup Zoey.

Timur Pakay is theDirector, SHARP Program and Online Training Program Development at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. (SHARP=Skills for Health and Research Professionals)

Formally, Timur was the Director at the Reuben Mark Initiative and J.D./MBA Programs at
Columbia Law School and the Associate Director of Executive Education at Columbia University of Engineering.

Prior to his roles at Columbia University, Timur  was the Assistant Director of the Rothman Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fairleigh Dickinson University where he was responsible for all outreach and recognition programs such as Veterans Launching Ventures, the CEO Innovation Lecture and other innovation programs, and the Female Entrepreneur Lecture series.

Mr. Pakay attained his graduate degree from the Institute from the Paris-based International School of Management. Pakay received his BA in French from Boston College and his MA in Government and Politics from St. John’s University. Timur resides in New York with his wife and children.

Cynthia Brain  is a Program Manager and Policy Analyst with 8+ years of expertise in human rights program management and legal research within international relations and policy development. She demonstrates advanced skills in program design, grant and policy writing, and monitoring & evaluation. She consistently enhances project outcomes and fosters cross-cultural partnerships. She is recognized for delivering impactful programming objectives and driving strategic change through collaborative efforts. As an accomplished human rights program manager and legal professional in international relations.

Cynthia earned her LLM in Human Rights from the University of Edinburgh. Prior to completing her LLM, Cynthia accumulated over five years of experience with the United Nations system, peace and conflict resolution, and human rights support work through positions at various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the United States, Scotland, France, and Ethiopia.

Cynthia interned with Global Partnerships for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), and she worked on various research projects and assignments related to conflict prevention, peace building, and sustaining peace on projects in Eastern and Southern Africa. We are delighted that she is one of our advisors and look forward to working with her domestically and internationally. She resides with her husband in New Jersey.

Joseph B. Tucker retired as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Adventist Healthcare. Prior to his current position, Mr. Tucker was the Vice President and CFO of Nexus Healthcare, Controller for the Baltimore Health System and Director of Budget & Reimbursement at Sinai Hospital. He earned his BSc. in accounting from Virginia State University. He resides in Greater Baltimore County, Maryland with his wife and daughter.

Dr. Joseph taught English and English literature to college and high school students for over 50 years. She began her teaching career at Bishops School for Girls in her native land of Trinidad, West Indies. After acquiring her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees (cum laude) from Howard University in Washington DC, she continued to teach as a college professor at Howard University’s English Department for an additional ten years.

Finally, Joseph transitioned from teaching college students to teaching college-bound high school students at the highly ranked public high schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. There, she taught at Richard Montgomery, Northwood and Sherwood high schools. During that time, Dr. Joseph also crafted curriculum for the English Literature high school modules. She received her Ph.D. at the Catholic University of America and resides in Maryland. She believes in “igniting the spark of the love of live-long learning" in every student.

Kofi Frempong passed suddenly on April 5, 2023. He will be deeply missed by family, friends, and colleagues.

We honour his memory with the “Kofi Frempong Leadership Award." LTI graduate, Mr. Koge received the inaugural award In May 2023. We plan to offer the award yearly at the LTI ceremony each May. 

Mr. Frempong was the Director of the Leadership Training Institute (LTI), the signature program at John F. Kennedy High School in Silver Spring, MD. His role included disseminating program information to stakeholders, organizing service opportunities, planning academic course load and community outreach projects for high school students, as well as establishing and maintaining partnerships with local organizations and businesses.

Kofi earned his B.A. in English Education from the University of Maryland, his M.A. from Trinity University, and Administrator I certification from Hood College. He is survived by his lovely wife/fellow- educator and two children in Maryland.