The Young Whitman Advisory Council Announces New Leadership Team and Welcomes 12 New Members

The Young Whitman Advisory Council (YWAC) recently appointed a new leadership team and welcomed 12 new members. The YWAC was created in 2016 with a goal of engaging accomplished recent alumni of the school to impact current students and encourage connection of Generation Orange alumni with Whitman. Members coordinate and participate in on-campus, regional and virtual events and programs to support objectives of the school related to student mentorship and career preparation as well as young alumni engagement.

The six YWAC members newly selected to lead the council’s efforts for a two-year term are:

Council Chair:

Chelsea Ransom-Cooper ’15, Co-Founder and Director of Financial Planning, Zenith Wealth Partners (New York City)

Council Vice Chair:

Logan Margolis ’17, Enterprise Relationship Manager, Commodity Corporations, Bloomberg LP (New York City)

Membership Committee Chair:

Catherine Cummings ’18 (WSM/MAX/NEW), Manager, Allocations, Saks Off Fifth (New York City)

Mentorship and Student Engagement Committee Chair:

Warren Johnson ’20 (WSM/IST), Procurement Analyst, BAE Systems Inc. (New York City)

Events and Programming Committee Chair:

Steven Pincus ’15, Retention & Account Management Lead, Americas, Wolters Kluwer (Los Angeles)

Communications Committee Chair:

Jamie Vinick ’20, Founder and CEO, The Women's Network (New York City)

The 12 young alumni appointed to YWAC this fall by Whitman and Syracuse University leadership include:

Patrick Douglas ’15, Associate, McKinsey & Company (Washington, D.C.)

Jess Dunne ’17 (WSM/NEW), Senior Brand Manager, Gillette, Procter & Gamble (Boston)

Bernard Essoka ’15, Senior Product Manager, Converse, Nike Inc. (Los Angeles)

Mitchell Gordon ’22, Senior Analyst, Lionsgate Films (Los Angeles)

Olivia Hager ’18, Master’s of Global Marketing Management Candidate, Boston University (Boston)

Jaime Creighton Kassoff ’18 (WSM/IST), Manager, Business Consulting, EY (Washington, D.C.)

Eric Klein '16, CEO, Founder and Principal Consultant, Sales Results Accelerator (San Francisco)

Scott Slutsky ’18, Senior Quantitative Analytics, Freddie Mac (Washington, D.C.)

Lauren Mueller ’21, Associate, U.S. Wealth Advisory, BlackRock (San Francisco)

Samantha Oates ’23 (WSM/IST), Consulting Associate, PwC (Boston)

Danielle Skowronek ’15: Senior Manager, Americas Leadership Operations and Chief of Staff, Under Armour (Washington, D.C.)

Lisette Weinstein ’17, Senior Manager, Global Marketing Partnerships, Peloton (Philadelphia)

The Whitman School extends its sincere thanks to the new YWAC leadership team and Council members for their significant and continued engagement. We would also like to express our deep gratitude to the alumni who recently concluded their service on the Council:

Molly Fisher ’08, ’12 M.S.; Josh Fishman ’12, former YWAC chair; Oriana Fuentes ’12, former Mentorship and Student Engagement Committee chair; Kelly Ryan Jaffe ’11, ’12 M.S., former YWAC vice chair; Ratna Khanduja ’16; Andrew Klajbor ’12; Margo Konugres ’12, former Events and Programming Committee chair; and Corey Passarella ’11.