Meet the Team

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Hanson L. Yan
Chief Executive Officer

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Manyi Zhang
Chief Operations Manager

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Anna Yao
Financial Director

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Zipporah Yisrael
Program Director

Charlotte Waterson
Student Success Coordinator

Karina Martinez
Student Success Coordinator

Olena Holovko
Ukrainian Community Liaison

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Greg Lawrence
AI Product Manager

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John Miewald
Marketing Manager

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David Garduño
Multimedia Marketing Specialist

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Citlalli Martinez
Social Media Coordinator

Lama Chbib
Graphic Designer

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Meet Our Partners

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Logo for the Student Disability Services at SDSU.
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Logo of Palomar College with a star and orbit design, and the tagline 'learning for Success'.
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