The Team
Our team is comprised of professionals from a variety of fields, many of whom are first-generation college graduates. Our leaders are trained and versed in the struggles that our population faces. The Advisory Board and Steering Committee work closely with our student chapter leaders to learn from their experiences and gain insights that inform our programming.
Steering Committee
A key aspect of our vision involves empowering students to take leadership roles in guiding and driving our programming and operations. Therefore, our steering committee is composed of both professionals and college students.
Advisory Board
Jenny Chan
Partner, Advisory Services
Ernst & Young
Treasurer,
Collective Success Network
Marissa Emmons
Participant Management Program Manager,
Meta
Marketing & Communications,
Collective Success Network
Colleen Farrell-Felici
Leadership coach, educator, and publisher
Secretary,
Collective Success Network
Rick Horner
Improvisor, director, actor,
teacher, and coach
Ji Jun
Chief Deputy Solicitor, Philadelphia Law Department
Assistant Executive Director,
Collective Success Network
Sudhir Kondisetty
Principal, Philadelphia Risk Consulting Practice Leader and Office Managing Partner, RSM US LLP
Chair,
Collective Success Network
Rahul Kothari
Co-Founder and Managing Director,
Ironview Capital Management
Kareem Mathias
Associate Security Risk Manager,
KBRA
Partnerships & Outreach,
Collective Success Network
Due Quach
Author, CEO & Founder,
Calm Clarity Social Enterprise
Founder and Chair Emeritus,
Collective Success Network
Kamina Richardson
Assistant Program Director/Fox Pre-Law Advisor,
Temple University
Ann Marie Solomon
Vice President, Strategy & Insights,
Aramark
Jeechieu Ta
Founder,
Outing
Alicia Thorpe
Chief Executive Officer
The Scullin Group, Inc.
Events & Volunteer Engagement,
Collective Success Network
Tom Tritton
Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania
Former President of Haverford College and the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Vice Chair,
Collective Success Network
Adrienne Tymiak
Former Executive Director and scientific leader,
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Co-Executive Director,
Collective Success Network
Keith Willis
President & Founder,
Core Management Training
Ex-Officio Advisors
Jeffrey Brown
CEO & Founder,
Brown's Super Stores
Chairman & Founder,
Uplift Solutions
David Denious
Partner,
Drinker, Biddle & Reath
Bryant Greene
Founder, Owner & Administrator,
Always Best Care Senior Services
of Philadelphia, Bucks, and Delaware Counties
David Donald
Founder,
PeopleShare, Inc
Sally Guzik
Site Director,
Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) Philadelphia
Sheila Ireland
Executive Director,
City of Philadelphia's Office of Workforce Development
Ro King
Angel Investor, Start-up Advisor
Chair, Dean's Global Advisory Council, University of Virginia
Darden School of Business;
Trustee, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Annie Madonia
Chief Advancement Officer,
Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Tanya O'Neill
Sr. DEI Consultant,
The Realize Leadership Group, LLC
Sean Quinn
President & Co-Founder,
Bowstring Studios
Min Suh
Partner,
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP
Kenneth Wong
President,
CIG Asia
Former Commissioner on the U.S. President's Advisory Commission for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Staff
Co-Executive Director: Chenora D. Burkett, CPA
Chenora D. Burkett is an accomplished accounting and finance leader with more than 25 years of experience focused on leadership development and organizational restructuring.
Chenora is the owner of BrchBurk Consulting, a firm that specializes in supporting the financial, operational and leadership needs of small local companies and non-profit entities. She has served in senior leadership and executive roles for a number of non-profit organizations in the public sector, including art and culture, government, fiscal management, behavioral health and charitable philanthropy. The broad range of her expertise includes but is not limited to day-to-today financial team management, audit, organizational leadership, operations, contract negotiations and pension administration.
A graduate of Temple University, with a Bachelor of Business Administration and Accounting, Chenora is an active certified public accountant, licensed in Pennsylvania. She is the treasurer for Susan G. Komen Philadelphia and the African American Chamber of Commerce Foundation and serves as board member of POWER, the Power of Professional Women. In addition to her board responsibilities, she is a member of the Philadelphia Housing Authority Audit Committee. A mother of three adult children, Chenora resides in Whitemarsh Township with her tall husband and her tiny dog.
Co-Executive Director: Adrienne Tymiak, PhD
Adrienne Tymiak joined Collective Success Network in 2018 following a “Breaking into Pharma” event where she shared her career arc as a first-gen professional with college students. Adrienne entered the pharmaceutical industry as a research chemist following her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. At Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), she rose to executive leader for large, multi-disciplinary and
cross-site teams in R&D. As a BMS leader for over 20 years, Adrienne built innovative organizations with a diverse talent pipeline, hiring and championing the advancement of women and minorities. Firmly committed to collaboration and cooperative learning, Adrienne also served as a Board member for precompetitive industry consortia, leader of science education programs and volunteer for community outreach initiatives. Since retiring from industry, Adrienne serves as an advisor and mentor-in-residence for the Rutgers University TechAdvance and HealthAdvance teams in addition to working as a volunteer for youth serving nonprofit organizations.
Director of Programs, Partnerships, and Strategy: Alice Ginsberg, PhD
Alice Ginsberg, Ph.D. comes to CSN with over twenty years of experience working to support first generation, low-income students and to remove barriers to educational equity for all students. In addition to her leadership positions at educational organizations such as the Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity, The Center for Minority Serving Institutions, and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, Alice has taught in the urban teacher education programs at both the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University. She is the author of six books on education equity and diversity, including Gender in Urban Education and Embracing Risk in Urban Education, and continues to do original research on issues of educational diversity, opportunity and inclusion.
Administrative Specialist: Dau Duong
Dau's entrepreneurial spirit led him to establish a family business alongside his parents. As first-generation immigrants they worked tirelessly to build a solid foundation for their enterprise while simultaneously forging a path to success for themselves and their community. Dau's role as consultant for his father allowed him to bridge the language and cultural gaps, enabling the family business to thrive. Recognizing the challenges faced by fellow immigrants, Dau decided to leverage his skills and experiences to create opportunities for others in similar situations. Motivated by a desire to empower and uplift others, Dau currently studies at the Community College of Philadelphia to further his academic career and joined the Collective Success Network, a community-driven organization that shares his passion for assisting lower-income, first-generation students.
Volunteer Leadership Team - Professionals
Founder and Chair Emeritus
Due Quach
Founder & CEO, Calm Clarity
Co-Founder
Nancy Li
Manager, Manager, Applied Real World Solutions, IQVIA
Co-Executive Director
Adrienne Tymiak
Retired - Former Executive Director at Bristol-Myers Squibb
Assistant Executive Director
Ji Jun
Divisional Deputy City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia Law Department
Partnerships & Outreach
Kareem Mathias
Senior Information Technology Auditor, Protiviti
Marketing and Communications
Marissa Emmons
Participant Management Program Manager, Meta
Events & Volunteer Engagement
Alicia Thorpe
CEO, The Scullin Group, Inc.
Drexel Chapter Advisor
Fran Snyder, Drexel University
Mediator
UPenn Student Advisor
Ji Jun
Divisional Deputy City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia Law Department
Temple Chapter Sponsor
Kamina Richardson
Assistant Program Director, Temple University
Villanova Chapter Advisor
Taylor Landon-Freeman
Charles River Laboratories
Drexel University
Dragon's First
President
Martha Victoria
Vice President
Kaylee Wilson
Event Coordinator
Medhavi Pandit
Treasurer
Leann Lopez-Ponce
Temple University
Temple First
President
Susan Daniel Mathuram
Vice President
Joyce Chen
STARS
Representative
Giavonna Zappone
Director of Communications
Faria Sanjida
Director of Events
Evie Lugo
Director of Finance
Chuyan Xie
Director of Marketing
Ji Pan
University of Pennsylvania
Collective Success at Penn, CSAP
Co-Chairs
Jeremy Calcarian
Raquel Russek
Additional E-Board
Queenie Huang
Villanova University
First Generation Villanovans
Upperclassman
Co-Chair
Derrek (DJ) Samuels
Underclassman
Co-Chair
Lupita Ramírez Gómez
Parliamentarian
Jared Alicea
Secretary
Kaitlyn Pinedo
Senators
Fabiano Moscoso
Mark Guzman Lizarazo
Treasurer
Julian Gonzalez
Communications Chair
Danni Kennedy
Membership Chair
Jedith Gómez Fernández
Mentorship/Academic Excellence Co-Chairs
Damian Thompson
Darien Alston-Baldwin
Programs Chair
Elizabeth Ponce Meza
Public Relations Chair
Jocelyn Zavala Garcia
Consortium Chapter
President
Vivian Chen,
Temple University
Vice President
Vazira Hakberdiyeva,
Drexel University
Secretary
Nicole Rodriguez,
Rutgers University - Camden