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Introducing the 2026 Tech Executive Leadership Initiative Cohort

Article Published March 5, 2026

The Aspen Policy Academy and Tech Talent Project are thrilled to introduce the 37 Leaders who participated in our Winter 2026 Tech Executive Leadership Initiative (TELI). Over the last 4 weeks, these Leaders have developed the policy skills to tackle Medicaid service delivery challenges. The Leaders are now working in teams to craft real-world policy solutions in partnership with government clients.

The Winter 2026 TELI Leaders are:

Ali Fauci, Senior Software Engineer
Allie Quintano, Software Engineer at Webflow; Co-Founder and Product Manager at Cherry on Tech
Amy Koo, Product Strategist scaling regulated and AI-enabled solutions
Anna Banchik, Senior UX Researcher at Digital Public Works
Anthony Vasquez, Health Scientist and Senior Service Designer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ayzit Doydum, Senior UX and Market Researcher
Betsy Reyes, Senior Service Designer at MO working for the Department of State
Carlos (Charlie) Salazar, Senior Product Designer; UX Strategy Consultant
Carolyn Rojsutivat, Health Tech and People-Centric AI Product Designer; Senior Product Designer at Optum Rx
Chandresh N. Ladva, Health Scientist and Product Owner at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Christine Garofoli, Product Strategy Consultant at Garofoli Strategies; Vice President and Board Member at Rockridge Business District Association
Daniella Kim, Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington in Human Centered Design and Engineering; Head of Research at Anduril Industries
Dorin Horsfall, Product Manager Real Time Analytics at Cengage
Eleanor Davis, Director, Public Benefit Innovation Fund at the Center for Civic Futures
Elizabeth (Cedar) Louis, Research Strategist/Consultant; Former Senior Product Researcher at Meta
Emanuel Schorsch, Security Software Engineer at Netflix
Harveen Sethi, Product Leader transforming healthcare with Technology x AI x Design Innovation
I-Chiang Chen, Senior Director of Engineering | Search, Content, and Data Science at Nordstrom
Judson Neer, Senior Industry Principal, Future of Work at Infosys Public Services
Kash Sridhar, Founder at Alive XR; Technology and Product Lead
Kate Fisher, Staff Service Designer at Skylight.digital
Kevin Mori, Product Leader and Policy Advisor
Lee Howard, Senior Product Manager; Tech Ethics and Policy Facilitator at Stanford Online
Lisa Dubow, Former Senior Staff Design Researcher and Innovation Strategist at Samsung Research America
Lizzie Manning, Product Lead at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Marc Hébert, Public Sector Service Designer; Principal at Marc K. Hébert Consulting
Melinda Bernardo Cuerda, UX Lead, APIs and Digital Services at Ad Hoc, LLC
Michael Joyce, System Architect for Healthcare Transformation; Former Senior Product Manager at Risant Health and Kaiser Permanente
Nolan Green, Former Senior Product Manager at MetroStar
Pamela Selle, Principal Engineer at The Aha Company
Renata Bartlett, Product Leader and Digital Strategist in the civic tech space
Renata Phillippi, Senior Service Designer and Design Strategist tackling wicked problems
Shawn Mishler, Director of Government Solutions at Last Call Media
Sivan Wunder, Technical Product Manager at Bridge
Susie Forbath, Director of Product and Design at Carina
Tim Lillis, Human-Centered Design and Spatial Data Practitioner
Tommy Thomas, Web Application Developer

Since 2021, the TELI program has trained more than 180 leading technologists over 6 cohorts. Learn more about the TELI program and check out the original press release announcing the program. To learn about TELI’s impact, read the Academy’s case study.

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