Our People
Note Through December 2025: Not all International branches of ClosingTheDivide are listed at the moment.
Board & Global Leadership
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Suraj Thalamati
Chief Executive Officer
San Jose, CA
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Sujith Thalamati
Co-Chief Operating Officer
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Anish Thalamati
Board Member
UCLA | Los Angeles, CA
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Gaurish Agrawal
Board Member
WashU | Saint Louis, Missouri
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Ayush Agarwal
Board Member
Stanford | Palo Alto, CA
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Abhinav Bellapu
Board Member
UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA
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Philip Mitchell — Alabama Branch Vice President
Savan Patel — Alabama Branch Director of Marketing
Dylan Zhao — Alabama Branch Director of Finance
Arman Dolatabadi — Alabama Branch Director of Logistics
Carter Measel — Alabama Branch Director of Operations
Snekha Rajasekaran — Alabama Representative
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Vincent Nguyen — Arizona Branch President
Lila Le — Arizona Vice President
Dryden Ha — Arizona Director of Operations
Siddarth Ramkumar — Arizona Representative
Adit Shah — Arizona Representative
Enoch Cheng — Arizona Representative
Diya Shah — Arizona Representative
Rylin Young — Arizona Representative
Jeel Changela — Arizona Representative
Anuj Kothari — Arizona Representative
Dominic Kwan — Arizona Representative
Ohm Patel — Arizona Representative
Prisha Yelamanchii — Arizona Representative
Aayush Paudel — Arizona Representative
Iraj Shroff — Arizona Representative
Collin Narcissco — Arizona Representative
Saahir Khan — Arizona Representative
Daniel Weng — Arizona Representative
Jayden Nguyen — Arizona Representative
Eesha Sutaria — Arizona Representative
Katie Wong — Arizona Representative
Emily Zhang — Arizona Representative
Ayaan Khan — Arizona Representative
Siddarth Kotum — Arizona Representative
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Aniket Gupta — California Branch Vice President
Vinay Singamsetty — California Branch Member
Emma Gadhiya — California Branch Member
Miles Weinberg — California Branch Member
Minh Nguyen — California Branch Member
Pranay Macherla — California Branch Member
Tanush Maheswari — California Branch Member
Sai Ramasamy — California Branch Member
Ajooni Kaur — California Branch Member
Kabir Rakshe — California Branch Member
Lavanya Verma — California Branch Member
Althea Umayam — California Branch Member
Aahan Patel — California Branch Member
Aadit Agrahara — California Branch Member
Nishanth Tharakan — California Branch Member
Ray Lin — California Branch Director of Marketing
Aayush Buchamwandla — California Branch Member
Koushik Kartikeyan — California Branch Member
Amogh Jani — California Branch Member
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Terry Wang — China Branch President
Evelyn Gao — China Representative
Max Liu — China Representative
Stella Wu — China Representative
Olivia Ke — China Representative
Patrick Qiu — China Representative
Pearl Zhao — China Representative
Emma Gu — China Representative
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Sofie Aird — Delaware Branch President
Sawyer Brockstedt — Delaware Branch Vice President
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Chantal Comas — Dominican Republic Branch President
Mariana Dauhajre — Dominican Republic Branch Vice President
Jia Rojas — Dominican Republic Branch Social Media Manager
Sarah Madera — Dominican Republic Branch Outreach Manager
Kamila Nuñez — Dominican Republic Branch Outreach Assistant
Gabriela Ortega — Dominican Republic Representative
Amelia Uribe — Dominican Republic Representative
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Mohanad Elegan — Director of African Operations & Egypt Branch President
Walid Kasab — Egypt Branch Vice President
Mohammed Attia — Egypt Branch Director of Communication
Mohamed Amir — Egypt Branch Director of Finance
Mazen Mohamed Ashmawy — Egypt Director of Marketing
Mohamed Abdul-Ghani — Egypt Branch Director of Operations
Mohamed Sayed — Egypt Representative
Zyad Mohamed — Egypt Representative
Youssab Ibrahim — Egypt Representative
Moemen Wael — Egypt Representative
Abdelrahman Sameh — Egypt Representative
Ahmed Ayman — Egypt Representative
Mikhael Mounay — Egypt Representative
Ramy Wael — Egypt Representative
Fady Khalil — Egypt Representative
Mina Mousa — Egypt Representative
Mohamed Ghoname — Egypt Representative
Ahmed Sharaf — Egypt Representative
Malek Abido — Egypt Representative
Amr Elgamal — Egypt Representative
Abdallah Ramadan — Egypt Representative
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Daniel Waheed — Florida Branch President
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Ronak Nambiar — Georgia Branch President
Sanaya Ahuja — Georgia Branch Vice President
Sathvik Kosaraju — Director of Operations
Sait Babanazarov — Director of Logistics
Nathan Sellers — Technical Director
Kabir Mishra — Director of Marketing
Shail Avashia — Director of Communication
Connor Langlands — Director of Finance
Daksh Garg — GA Branch Founder/Senior Advisor
Zeeshan Ali — Georgia Senior Advisor
Jyotil Agrawal — Senior Advisor
Dhruv Correa — Senior Advisor
Anthony Zhou — Senior Advisor
Simran Ahuja — Senior Advisor
Sadhika Kosaraju — Georgia Representative
Levin Patel — Georgia Representative
Akshaj Dewan — Georgia Representative
Guru Likith Reddy — Georgia Representative
Suhaan Kolla — Georgia Representative
Lewi Bayssa — Georgia Representative
Hitansh Shah — Georgia Representative
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Shaharyar Khan — Illinois Branch President
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Aahabas Senapati — India Branch President
Achintya Pasricha — India Representative
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Kareena Nanwani — Indonesia Branch President
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Kaden Chien — Maryland Branch President
Angela Gu — Maryland Branch Vice President
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Theo Datta — Former Branch President
Taban Malihi — Chelmsford Representative
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Hiba Ait Belmoumene — Morocco Branch President
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Matthew Koretsky — New Jersey Branch President
Charles Lee — New Jersey Branch Vice President
Aagam Kothari — New Jersey Representative
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Leila McKiernan — New York Branch President
Ramesh Perera Olivo — New York Representative
Carson S — New York Representative
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Helen Cai — New Zealand Branch President
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Muhannad Muhammad — Oman Branch President
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Alexander V. Espadilla Jr. — Philippines Branch President
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Smahi Vijay — Singapore Branch President
Chong Li — Vice President
Sharon Leora — Director of Operations
Julienne — Head of Marketing
Aaryan Sawhney — Creative Head
Saesha Goel — Product Designer
Kishan — Computer Science Tutor
Ricky Chen — Tutor
Saki Moritani — Content Creator
Arjun Bagga — Photographer
Liora — Photographer
Laura Rodrgiues — Marketing Team Member
Annabelle Chen — Marketing Intern
Hanna Yoon — Marketing Intern
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Ishan Dubey — Texas Representative
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Ishan Vaish — UAE Branch President
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Toby Atkinson-Seed — United Kingdom Branch President
Leo Wilson — United Kingdom Branch Vice President
Sofiane Seddiki — England Division Vice President
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Pooja Somayajula — Virginia Branch President
Holly Xue — Virginia Branch Vice President
Sanjana Bandaru — Virginia Representative
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Aymaan Hussain — Washington Branch President
Chaithu Thandu — Washington Branch Vice President
Amar Kumar — Washington Branch Director of Operations
Siddarth Pallavola — Washington Branch Director of Marketing
Pranav Yerramilli — Washington Branch Director of Finance
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Mike Masamvu — Zimbabwe Branch President
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Ayush Agarwal — Board Member
Abhinav Bellapu — Board Member
Zeeshan Ali — Former Officer
Zakaria Kortam — Former Officer
Daniel Xie — Former Officer
Shravan Kannan — Former Officer
Arjun Lingala — Former Officer
Prateek Motagi — Former Officer
Nikhil Reddy — Former U.S. Director
Zain Farooqui — Former U.S. Director
Jonathan Jose — Former U.S. Director
Daksh Garg — Former U.S. Director
Ketan Tamirisa — Former U.S. Officer
Sam Chen — Former U.S. Officer
Sashank Balsu — Former U.S. Officer
Suresh Thalamati — Advisor
Vivek Sharma — Former Chief Executive Officer
Mohamed Abdelghani — Former Co-Chief Operating Officer
Simran Ahuja — Former Chief Marketing Officer