Our Team

  • Mayassa Bou-Dargham (she/her)

    President

  • Lindsey Fernandez (she/her)

    National Postdoc Association Liaison
    President Emerita

  • Siewert Hugelier (he/him)

    Secretary

  • Bishal Basak (he/him)

    Treasurer

  • Olivia Lenz (she/her)

    Advocacy Committee, Chair

  • Louis Prahl (he/him)

    Career Enhancement and Training Committee, Co-Chair

  • Jake Robinson

    Career Enhancement and Training Committee, Co-Chair

  • Kathryn Jacobson (she/her)

    Diversity Committee Co-chair

  • Gabby Scher (she/her)

    Diversity Committee Co-chair

  • Zinhle Cindi

    Foreign National Committee, Chair

  • Sandra Bicher

    Fundraising Committee Co-Chair

  • Samantha Deal (she/her)

    Fundraising Committee Co-chair

  • Helen Schmidt (she/her)

    Public Relations Committee, Chair

  • Cátia Marques

    Community Outreach, Chair

  • Chris Large (he/him)

    Social Events Committee, Co-Chair

  • Chris Panebianco (he/him)

    Social Events Committee, Co-Chair

Recent Alumni

We are grateful to have been led by exceptionally motivated and hard-working individuals throughout PPA’s history. Our previous leadership team members devoted their time, energy, and skills to the vision and activities of the group, providing current and future leadership with a solid framework for success in our mission to enhance the postdoctoral experience at Penn.

  • Priya Sivaramakrishnan

    President Emerita
    Co-President 2021-2023

  • Terren Niethamer

    Committee Chair Emerita
    Advocacy Committee Co-Chair 2022-2023

  • Kalina Slavkova

    Committee Chair Emerita
    Fundraising Committee Co-Chair 2022-2023

  • Rohini Nair

    Committee Chair Emerita
    Public Relations Committee Chair 2021-2023

  • Michael Duffy

    Advocacy Committee Co-Chair 2022-2023

  • Andrea Joseph

    Advocacy Committee Co-Chair 2021-2023
    National Postdoc Association Liaison 2021-2023

  • Léolène Jean Carrington

    Co-President 2020-2022

  • Shannon Wolfman

    Advocacy Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Suean Fontenard

    Fundraising Committee Chair 2020-2022

  • Anupreet Sidhu

    Treasurer 2021-2022

  • Jaclyn Durkin

    Secretary 2021-2022

  • Laura Kim

    Symposium Committee Co-Chair 2022

  • Vidhya Krishnamoorthy

    Career Enhancement and Training Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Lisa Ohman

    Career Enhancement and Training Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Luis de Jesús Báez

    Diversity Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Joseph Gaurnieri

    Social Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Jasmine Alexander-Floyd

    Diversity Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Nicole Anderson

    Foreign National Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Arunika Das

    Penn Editor’s Association Editor in Chief 2021-2022

  • Lindsey Block

    Social Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Raj Putatunda

    Social Committee Co-Chair 2021-2022

  • Alison McCarthy (she/her)

    National Postdoc Liaison 2023-2024

  • Sindhuja Tirumalai Govindarajan

    Career Enhancement and Training Committee, Co-Chair 2022-2024

  • Christine Vazquez

    Community Service Committee, Co-Chair 2022-2024

  • Patrick Williams-Simon

    Community Service Committee Co-Chair 2022-2024

  • Mikael Garabedian

    Diversity Committee Co-Chair 2022-2024

  • Joanna Medina (she/her)

    Diversity Committee, Co-Chairs 2022-2024

  • Ellen Song

    Foreign National Committee Co-Chair 2023-2024

  • Dawn Chen (they/them)

    Foreign National Committee Co-Chair 2023-2024

  • Nektaria Leli (she/her)

    Fundraising Committee Chair 2022-2024