People
The team, tech leads, and cohorts building responsible, human-centered AI across Cornell.
Core team
Ayham Boucher
Executive Director
Sylvie Honig, PhD
AI Strategist
Jai Chandnani, MPS-IS
AI Engineer Fellow
Marty Sullivan, MPS-IS '18
Associate Director & Principal Solutions Architect
Raunak Mantri
AI Fellow
Tech Leads
Akhil Raj
AI Project Lead
Amy Cheatle
Instructional Designer
Becky Lane
Associate Director of Learning Technologies, CTI
Dhana Jayakumar
Quality Assurance Manager, WCM
Fermin Romero
Infrastructure & Application Development Manager
Ido Efrati
Programming Analyst Specialist
Jason Woodward
AI Solutions Developer
Judy Gabeskiria
Senior Web Application Developer
Michael Sprague
DevOps Engineer
Pete Stergion
Desktop Engineer
Phil Williammee
Senior Application Programmer
Steve Mandl
Programmer/Analyst
Will Olson
Hotel Applications Administrator
Cohort of Spring 2026
- Aicheng Tang
- Ali Huangz
- Ananya Rajora
- Anoushka Lad
- Arushi Aggarwal
- Ayaan Bargeer
- Bhavesh Goyal
- Caroline Cheng
- Chuiqing Kong
- Evan Zhu
- Giridhar Balachandran
- Han Wu
- Jess Chen
- Jingxuan Liu
- Jinyi Liu
- Katie Yang
- Krish Nathani
- Laurence Yang
- Lavanya Rajora
- Mahitha Penmetsa
- Matthew Bark
- Matthew Lee
- Mohamed Kane
- Nayoung Kim
- Noefal Ahmed
- Risa Ulinski
- Saaya Nair
- Sam Chitgopekar
- Sanjeev Ragunathan
- Shiwen Zhao
- Sruti Gudapati
- Suresh Kamath Bola
- Tanush Dharmesh Korgaokar
- Tianyi Wang
- Tomas Siurna
- Valencia Liu
- Vivian Feng
- Wanxin Sui
- Xingyi Shen
- Yaqi Liu
- Yoojung Joe
- Youlun Jiang
- Yuqing Sun
- Zerong Wang
Cohort of Spring 2026 (Cornell Staff)
- Alysia Hillyard
- Amanda Randolph
- Amber Lonski
- Andrea Poag
- Andrew Gossen
- Andrew Magre
- Annie Heckel
- Bobby Edamala
- Bonnie Comella
- Cheryl Barnes
- Cooper Smith
- Dean Meloney
- Debra Federation
- Elisa Benedetti
- Emory Justice
- Eric Banfield
- Eric Eshelman
- Gena Boling
- Ginger Jung
- J.P. Brannan
- Jamie Wells
- Jed Stiglitz
- Julie Stauffer
- Karen Mahalo
- Kevin Ferguson
- Kevin Mooney
- Kim Yeoh
- Laura Landphair
- Lisa Clark
- Lisa Nishii
- Marie Graves
- Mark Wysocki
- Mary Stapleton
- Mathew Wilkens
- Michelle Nash
- Neli Karabelova
- Ray Kim
- Scott Campbell
- Sherry Guernsey
- Syed Latifi
- Syl Kacapyr
- Tami Hastings