Our Young Professionals Council

The Start Lighthouse Young Professionals Council (YPC) is an advisory board committed to increasing childhood literacy through fundraising, volunteerism, and advocacy. The YPC also works to increase public awareness of Start Lighthouse, increasing community impact and establishing teams of volunteer readers.


  • Kelly Bouchard

    Director of Business Development, M3 Placement & Partnership

  • Julia Hyman

    Investment Associate, Greenbarn Investment Group

  • Courtney Jackson

    Speech-Language Pathologist, NYC Department of Education

  • Samantha Kirsch

    Real Estate Agent, Corcoran

  • Gobie Kumarasamy

    Finance Director, BMS

  • Yaris Mason

    Senior PeopleOps Specialist, Rater8

  • Prannoy Nambiar

    Lead Product Manager, Audible

  • Raina Parikh

    Operations Analyst, Highlight

  • Aakash Patel

    Vice President, Bentall Green Oak

  • Abby Quammen

    Gift Planning, Trusts, and Estates - Development & Administration, New York University

  • Shruthee Rajendran

    Emergency Room Physician Assistant, NYU Langone

  • Aayush Upadhyay

    Group Product Manager, Google

  • Emmanuel Wasson

    Project Manager, 10XBeta Venture Studio

  • Hannah Wiley

    People Consultant, Cisco

Interested in joining our Young Professionals Council?