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Rihab Babiker

Rihab works closely with the President on CEP’s finances, operations, and technology, ensuring accurate and useful financial reporting and modeling to guide decision-making and contributing to the overall strategic direction of the organization. She also leads efforts...

Vice President, Finance, Operations, and Technology

Sampriti Ganguli

Sampriti is a Senior Advisor at Arabella Advisors’, where she served for seven years as the firm’s chief executive officer. In that role, she oversaw all aspects of the firm’s performance, including revenue, operations, strategic growth, marketing, and client...

Former Senior Advisor, Arabella Advisors

Sarah Lundy

Sarah leads YouthTruth’s Partnerships team to engage school, district and state leaders to develop capacity to use student, family, and staff data to drive systems change. She partners with leadership teams to address high-leverage challenges by developing and...

Director of Partnerships, YouthTruth

Sarah Martin

Sarah works closely with the vice president of Programming and External Relations and the President’s office to support the execution of CEP’s fundraising, communications, and programming efforts. She is also the executive producer of Giving Done Right, CEP’s podcast...

Senior Manager, Programming and External Relations

Seara Grundhoefer

Seara supports the research team at CEP in designing studies, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and writing reports. Prior to joining CEP in October 2023, Seara worked in international development, contributing to program and impact evaluations of...

Senior Analyst, Research

Serina Gousby

Serina supports the Programming and External Relations team’s processes, administrative needs, and external communication efforts as a coordinator. Prior to joining CEP in February 2025, Serina led the Boston Writers of Color program at GrubStreet. She also gained...

Coordinator, Programming & External Relations

Sohail Kamdar

Sohail first joined CEP in 2017 as an analyst, where he played a key role in refining YouthTruth’s rigorous analytical processes. In 2021, Sohail left CEP to pursue a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley. Since then, he has...

Manager, Data, Systems and Analytics, YouthTruth

Stephanie Hull

Stephanie is president and CEO of Girls Inc., a national organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Girls Inc. delivers life-changing programs and experiences to more than 132,000 girls through a network of 80 local organizations across the...

President and CEO, Girls Inc.

Taryn Higashi

Taryn is the executive director of Unbound Philanthropy, which she joined as the first member of staff in 2008. Taryn has helped Unbound grow into a significant actor contributing to pluralistic, just, and equitable societies in the U.S. and the U.K. that recognize...

Executive Director, Unbound Philanthropy

Whitney Ivie

Whitney leads YouthTruth’s Client Services and Operations team, overseeing the client experience from initial onboarding through survey implementation and results delivery. She also directs YouthTruth’s data systems and analytics team, ensuring that clients receive...

Director of Client Services and Operations, YouthTruth