About Us
Leadership
Anousheh Ansari
CEO
Michael Birnbach
VP, Finance
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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, Learning, Innovation & Society
Andrew Tauhert
Chief Advancement Officer, EVP
Ose Ugochukwu, JD
General Counsel
Staff
Aneeta Akhurst
VP, Content & Community
Tunde Alele
Generalist, People & Culture
Vigo Andreev
Product Manager, IT & Infrastructure
Jillian Augenstein
Executive Assistant, Climate and Conservation, IT & Infrastructure
Nicole Barboza
Specialist, Process
Nikki Batchelor
Prize Director, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Jason Bateman
VP, Individual Giving
Annette Brinson
Executive Assistant, Learning, Innovation & Society, and Finance
Arnaud Cahen
VP, Program Marketing
Chris Classen
VP, Brand
Ariana Constancio
Specialist, Advancement
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Esther Count
Senior Associate, Chief of Staff
Lisa Covington
VP, Program Management & Continuous Improvement
Giulia D’Amico
Senior Director, Advancement
Justin D'Angona
Senior Manager, Partnerships & Impact
Roopa Dandamudi
Specialist Team Relations, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Zach David
Specialist, Programmatic Giving
Laika De Los Santos
Manager, Programs Marketing
Susan Emmer
SVP, Alliances and Sponsors
Jordan Giali
Team Relations Manager
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
Program Specialist, GV & Alliances
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Cindy Hemming
Senior Manager, Paralegal
Sofia Hernandez-Tapia
Executive Assistant, Strategic Communication, Brand, Story and Reputation
Jamie Hoffman
Multimedia Designer, Creative Services
Karan Kalhan
Product Specialist
Heeseung Kim
Manager, Partnerships & Impact
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
Jesenya Magaña
Social Media Manager, Content & Community
Kevin Marriott
Technical Lead, Rainforest XPRIZE
Terry Mulligan
Director, Advancement
Bryan Namba
Manager, XPRIZE Rainforest
Cammie Njue
Executive Assistant, Advancement, Business Affairs, People & Culture
Colin Peartree
Team Relations Manager
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
Katharine Schwer
Director, People & Culture
Eti Shechtman Tucker
Research Analyst, Lead
Jason Smith
Technical Associate, XPRIZE Carbon Removal
John Sperry
Web Systems Analyst
Katerina Stamatiou
Director, Content and Community
Devin Stewart
Project Manager, Program Management Office and Global Visioneering
Tammy Stockfish
Director, Account Management
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Elke Stoll
Senior Associate, Systems
Barry Wandel
Director, Software Engineering
Brianne Ward
Team Relations Manager
Adrienne Wardenski
Manager, Individual Giving
Damon Woods
Director, Racial Equity Alliance
Mariann Yattaw
Manager, Creative Services
Anna Yergat
Director, Accounting
Jessica Yoon
Senior Associate, Research