MEET THE TEAM

Curator '26-'27

Arturo Simg Herrera, MEng.

Engineering Management and Leadership Masters Student

Rice University

Vice Curator '26-'27

Daniel Santana

Middle Market Underwriter

Zurich Global

 Impact Officer '26-'27

Mahogany Labor

Environmental Engineer

Valero

Curator '25-'26 | Member

Agustina Amilibia, MEng.

Sr. MKT & Medical Education Specialist 

LATAM CONMED Corporation 

Curator '24-'25 | Member

Venancio Mendez, P.E.

Project Manager

Wood

Project Manager - Shred the Debt

Brianna Beck

Campaigns and Partnerships Management

American Pride Rises (APR)

Project Manager - Ready Before The Rain

Prashant Menon

Chemical Engineering PhD Student

University of Houston

Project Manager - HOUaid

Kenneth Kusima, Ph.D.

Machine Learning Engineer

Sunthetics

Member

Sumedh Joshi, MS

Specialist Project Coordinator - Business Development

KBR Inc.

Member

Hannah Kim, MS

LNG & Natural Gas Market Reporter

ICIS

Member

Larysa Zakhidna, MS

Investor Relations and M&A Analyst

Weatherford International

Member

Karim Malkezediah, Ph.D.

Engineering Management and Leadership Masters Student

Rice University

Member

Neva Gezicioglu

Computer Engineering Undergraduate Student

University of Houston

Member

Shikar Chaturvedi

CD&S Associate

The Sterling Group

Member

Samantha Fuentes, MS, PMP

AI Functional Senior Consultant

Crowe

Member

Amisha Mohanty

Project Metis Workgroup Volunteer

Center For Houston's Future

Member

Leon Lu

Biotechnology Undergraduate Student

University of Houston

Member

Syed Fazail Haider

Computer Science Masters Student

Rice University

Member

Tapiwa Zvomuya, MEng.

Project Management Intern

SSPEED Center & BCarbon