2026 Planning Committees

Co-Directors (committee oversight)

  • Lakpa Sherpa - IGG (Fundraising, Marketing, and Registration)
  • Swathi Nadendla - BCB (Abstract, Hospitality, and Judges/Awards)
  • Aditya Roshan - MCDB (AV/IT, Logistics, and Social Media, and Speaker)
  • Tessa Beirbaum - IGG and Ashmita Mainali - MCDB - Senior Advisors

Committees

Abstract - An Phan - BCB and Iman Saha - IGG (co-chairs), Gulam Sarwar Chuwdhury - BCB, Kota Nakasoto - Micro, Maddumage Dona Ginushika Premarathne - IGG, Ushashi Bhattacharjee - Mech Eng, Emma Tran - BCB, Astha Tuladhar - MCDB, Hia Kalita - MCDB, Onyinyechi Amaechi - IGG, and Tirtho Roy - Mech Eng. 

AV/IT - Michael Murphy - IGG (chair)

Fundraising - Alex Keller - IGG (chair)

Hospitality - Thao Nguyen - BCB (Chair), Aidana Rymgali - IGG, Akshara Gaur - ImBio, Jessie Dupuis - IGG, Kofi Appiagyei - IGG, Laith Bataineh - Tox, Natalie Andreasen - IGG, and Oibhor Odia - IGG

Judges, Award Process, and Presentation Awards - Onyinechi Ameachi (IGG) and Hia Kalita (MCDB)

Logistics -  

Marketing - Sristi Dey - IGG (Chair), Thirtho Roy - Mech Eng, Benjamin Jacobs - STAT, Prince Ameyaw - IGG

Registration - Shruva Dutta - MCDB (Chair)

Social Media - Andrew Hokanson (IGG)

Speaker - Faizo Kasule - IGG and Jonathan Praseutsack - MCDB (Co-Chairs)

 

Committee Standard Operating Procedures