Meet Our Team
We are a group of 75 professionals currently enrolled in the Kellogg School of Management Executive MBA program. Led by Dr. Smitha Arekapudi, we are working with the Kellogg network to protect frontline healthcare workers. With team members from a wide variety of industries ranging from medical, healthcare, education, software, manufacturing and the U.S. government, our team is well diversified to deliver cost effective, quality PPE to hospitals around the country that are the most in need.

Leadership Team

Smitha Arekapudi
Anesthesiologist

Neema Jha
Customer Practice Leader at Amazon Web Services

Arjun Siddineni
Complex Project Manager at IBM

Mike Pierce
Sr. Manager, Distribution at Beckman Coulter

Kristen Jordan
Innovation Leader & Change Agent at BrightIdea

Matt Castelli
U.S. Government

RJ Pahura
Chairman & CMO - FUND Conference

Billy Warden
Head of Schools at KIPP Chicago
Communications TeamĀ

Kristen Jordan
Innovation Leader & Change Agent at BrightIdea

Matt Castelli
U.S. Government

Billy Warden
Head of Schools at KIPP Chicago

Anne Algaze
Principal at SAA interiors + architecture

Cameron Schnick
Advisor, Global Commercial Capabilities at El Lilly and Compampany

Kate Horan
Digital Products Manager at Eastman Chemical
Fundraising Team

Harriet Tran
Director of Product Management -rMark

Neema Jha
Customer Practice Leader at Amazon Web Services

Janice Giraldo
Director of Finance at CVS Health
Supply Chain Team

Smitha Arekapudi
Anesthesiologist

Arjun Siddineni
Complex Project Manager at IBM

Durgesh Manjure
Director, Grid Operations

Kanan Shah
Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator

David Press
Associate Chief Medical Officer

Mike Pierce
Sr. Manager, Distribution at Beckman Coulter

Effie Papoutsis Kritikos
Chair, GCOE at Northeastern Illinois University

David LaMont
Director, Commercialization at GTI
Distribution Team

Smitha Arekapudi
Anesthesiologist

Harriet Tran
Director of Product Management -rMark

Neema Jha
Customer Practice Leader at Amazon Web Services

Jon Marshall
Senior Managing Director at Ankura

Billy Warden
Head of Schools at KIPP Chicago

RJ Pahura
Chairman & CMO - FUND Conference