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Youth Leadership Executive Board

What is the YLEB?

The Youth Leadership Executive Board is a team of College LAUNCH for Leadership alumni who are passionate about helping current Scholars by creating the best possible College LAUNCH for Leadership experience. The YLEB embodies the idea that College LAUNCH is more than a nine-month program, it is instead a lifelong community that supports Scholars and alumni as they develop into leaders in their schools, workplaces, families, and communities.

Meet the 2024-2025 Executive Board

Nachammai Annamalai

(She/Her)

CLT LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: South Iredell

Elise Bankston

(She/Her)

CLT LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Merancas Middle College

Kyndahl Barney

(She/Her)

CLT LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Pine Lake Preparatory

Samuel Birdsong

(He/Him)

CLT LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Levine Middle College High school

Alexis Blanco

(He/Him)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: West Forsyth High School

Garrett Brown

(He/Him)

CLT LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Ardrey Kell High School

Carmen Davis

(She/Her)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Winston Salem Christian School

Dara Dediare

(He/Him)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Atkins High School

Reese Denny

(She/Her)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Southwest Guilford High School

Bobbie Forrest

(He/Him)

CLT LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: West Charlotte High School

Leah Green

(She/Her)

CLT LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Cox Mill High School

Kemar Hinkson

(He/Him)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Middle College of Forsyth

Anna Huynh

(She/Her)

CLT LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Pine Lake Prep

Koen Jones

(He/Him)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Southwest Guilford High School

Taylor Lazenby

(She/Her)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Atkins High School

Annalisa Lewis

(She/Her)

CLT LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Catawba Ridge High School

Rhea Mamani

(She/Her)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: West Forsyth High School

Samanyu Manjunath

(He/Him)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: The Early College at Guilford

Ethan McCormick

(He/Him)

CLT LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: St. Anne Catholic High School

Akosua Mensah

(She/Her)

CLT LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Cato Middle College High School

Ennifer Moyei

(She/Her)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Forsyth Middle College

Re Paw

(She/Her)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Middle College at UNCG

Pratham Peruri

(He/Him)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Northwest Guilford High

Arielle Ramirez Andrade

(She/Her)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Mount Tabor High School Magnet

Reese Reyes

(She/Her)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: RJ Reynolds High

Giana Seay

(She/Her)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Dudley High School

Alexis Watson

(She/Her)

WS LAUNCH ’23-24

High School: Penn Griffen School for the Arts