About Us
Leadership
Anousheh Ansari
CEO
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Peter H. Diamandis M.D.
Executive Chairman of the Board
Marcius Extavour, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist, EVP Energy & Climate
Peter Houlihan
EVP, Biodiversity & Conservation
Jim Mainard
CTO, EVP Deep Technology
Kathy Mandato
Chief People Officer
Alexander Nicholas, Ph.D.
EVP, Education & Society
Andrew Tauhert
Chief Advancement Officer, EVP
Ose Ugochukwu, JD
General Counsel
Staff
Aneeta Akhurst
VP, Content & Community
Tunde Alele
Generalist, People & Culture
Jillian Augenstein
Executive Assistant, Climate and Conservation, IT & Infrastructure
Nicole Barboza
Specialist, Process
Nikki Batchelor
Prize Director, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Michael Birnbach
VP, Finance
Arnaud Cahen
VP, Program Marketing
Chris Classen
VP, Brand
Adele Cohen
Specialist, Individual Giving
Drew Cooper
Senior Full Stack Engineer
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Esther Count
Senior Associate, Chief of Staff
Lisa Covington
VP, Program Management & Continuous Improvement
Justin D'Angona
Senior Manager, Partnerships & Impact
Roopa Dandamudi
Specialist Team Relations, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Zach David
Specialist, Programmatic Giving
Susan Emmer
SVP, Alliances and Sponsors
Jordan Giali
Program Specialist, XPRIZE Feeding the Next Billion
Dr. Monique Golden
Technical Lead, Rapid Reskilling
Noel Graham
Research Analyst
John Greisberger
Program Director, XPRIZE Rainforest
Monica Groves
Program Director, XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling
Rachel Hefner
Specialist, Events
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Cindy Hemming
Senior Manager, Paralegal
Sofia Hernandez-Tapia
Executive Assistant, Strategic Communication, Brand, Story and Reputation
Karan Kalhan
Product Specialist
Caden Kinard
Director, Communications
Caroline Kolta
Program Director, XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion
Devin Krotman
Program Director, IBM AI XPRIZE
Cat Kutz
Program Activation Specialist, Climate and Conservation
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Michael Leitch
Technical Lead, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
David Locke
Senior Program Director, ANA Avatar XPRIZE
Anna Lucier, JD
Director, Individual Giving
Jon Madjidov
VP, Technology
Terry Mulligan
Product Manager
Bryan Namba
Manager, Alliances
Cammie Njue
Executive Assistant, Advancement, Business Affairs, People & Culture
Colin Peartree
Associate, Prize Relations and Coordination
David Poli
Manager, Alliances
Boris Rangelov
Senior Associate, Systems Administrator
Michaella Rogers
Project Manager, XPRIZE Feed The Next Billion
Rachel Rose
Chief of Staff
Sarah Saenz
Manager, Avatar XPRIZE
Jonathan Santiago
Accounts Payable Specialist
Katharine Schwer
Director, People & Culture
Dan Selz
VP, Partnerships & Impact
Eti Shechtman Tucker
Research Analyst, Lead
John Sperry
Web Systems Analyst
Katerina Stamatiou
Director, Content and Community
Tammy Stockfish
Director, Account Management
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Elke Stoll
Senior Associate, Systems
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Brianne Ward
Specialist, XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling
Adrienne Wardenski
Manager, Individual Giving
Damon Woods
Director, Racial Equity Alliance
Mariann Yattaw
Manager, Creative Services
Jessica Yoon
Senior Associate, Research
Arfeen Zia
Full Stack Engineer