Board of Directors

Sravan Kodali

Board of Directors, Co-Founder

Stanford University

Jonathan (JJ) Braverman

Board of Directors

University of Pennsylvania

Samuel Lustig

Board of Directors, Co-Founder

Vanderbilt University

Sun-Jin Shah

Board of Directors

Brown University

President

J’Vonte Burrel

President

Senior at Thomas J. Corcoran High School

Lead Team Members

Our Leadership, Enrichment and Development Team is responsible for core operations across Empower CNY’s academic support and political advocacy programming. The team is competitively selected from across Central New York high schools. Students will be immersed in the operations of Upstate New York’s largest youth-led 501(c)(3) under the supervision of our Board of Directors and community mentors.

Aarohi Rastogi

Lilah Temes

Sona Trikha

Finn Barrett

Lata Poudel

Anya Reckess