Hello, my name is Jada Perez and I'm from Brooklyn, NY. I'm an Anthropology major with a Digital Media Studies minor, and I'm especially interested in graphic design. In my free time, I enjoy live music, crafting, and reading.

Joe Testani currently serves as the Deputy to the President at the University of Rochester where leads and coordinates University-wide strategic projects that address institutional priorities and planning including the recently launched University strategic plan - Boundless Possibility. Most recently, he served as Associate Vice Provost for Career Education Initiatives and the Executive Director for the Greene Center for Career Education at the University of Rochester.

Evans founded and has led The Lam Group of UBS Financial Services since 2008 in business and investment banking, insurance, and asset management industry, and private wealth advisory expertise serving global clients. The Lam Group is proud to be the guardian of wealth for the most productive people in the US and Asia.

Barbara J. Burger, PhD., is a Chevron “graduate” where she finished as the Vice President, Innovation and President, Chevron Technology Ventures.  During her career, Burger held leadership positions across the company’s businesses as well as a wide range of civic and industry organizations.

Jude Doble is the Associate University Librarian, Administration and Strategic Initiatives at the University of Waterloo. Her diverse portfolio includes administration and finance, IT and space, HR and organizational development as well as strategic priorities such as equity, inclusion, accessibility, decolonization and reconciliation. She is currently leading the library's strategic space planning project to best serve 41,000+ students and researchers, leading engagement activities across campus.

Andrew Frontini (OAA, AAA, NSA, LEED BD&C) is a Toronto based architect with a broad experience spanning three decades. Andrew’s approach to design is driven by a strong social agenda. He uses bold material expressions and considered responses to context to create spaces around which communities form. By maintaining a design philosophy that is open and collaborative, Andrew never stops learning, producing, and evolving.

Nancy Kuivila and her husband became active supporters of NC State University Libraries after relocating to Raleigh from Rochester, NY.  As former academic librarians, they understood the importance of libraries in education and looked for a university library “home” in the Research Triangle.

Robert Matthew (Matt) Noblett FAIA, NCARB, partner in the Boston office of Behnisch Architekten, has overall responsibility for the performance of the office and the projects conducted within it. Immersed in the world of drawing and model-building since his teens, Matt has built a career over more than 20 years involved with and directing highly complex civic, institutional, academic and commercial projects.

Casey Ryu is passionate about community-driven change, corporate social impact, and trust-based philanthropy. She currently serves as Social Impact and Nonprofit Product Senior Specialist at Zoom, where she develops go-to-market strategy for the nonprofit discount program, ensuring accessibility of Zoom’s products and AI education for the sector. Previously, she supported operations, communications, finances, and North America grant-making for Zoom Cares, advancing equity through a trust-based approach.