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
- Charissa Sowah
- Clara Morrow
- Eva Vila
- Gabrielle Days
- Hannah Bradley
- Hanna Selina-Hoff
- Jia Patel
- Jordyne Lewis
- Kennedi Thompson
- Lidya Kidane
- Madison Hubbard
- Michael Shen
- Nattellie Anderson
- Nick Gardner
- Vanesa Sandoval
- Xavier Sparks
- Kwabena (AJ) Apau-Kese
- Karla Arroyo
- Ronni Butts
- Maya Dabney
- Jalen Franklin
- Malia Mcbride
- Danielle Moody
- Nicholas Pungwa
- Havilyn Smith
- Annora Streible
- Addison Truzy
- Inaya Abubakari – UNC Chapel Hill
- Jaylen Adams – Columbia University
- Faith Cesar – Duke University
- Alexis Cromwell – UNC Chapel Hill
- Maya DeCoux – UNC Chapel Hill
- Eric Gutierrez – NC State University
- Aleah Kersey – UNC Chapel Hill
- Dallia Lindell – UNC Chapel Hill
- Lourdes Lopez – Wake Forest University
- David Ntim – Duke University
- Hari Potharaju- UNC Chapel Hill
- Jonathan Smith- UNC Charlotte
- Carmen Starks – UNC Chapel Hill
- Ryan Olivia Swilling – Wake Forest University
- Norris Williams – Clemson University
- Jacquelin Bishop – NC State University
- Micah Eustache – Wellesley College
- Zoie Irby – Wake Forest University
- Cayce James – East Carolina University
- Jaye James – North Carolina A&T State University
- Anaiya Jones – Howard University
- Lyba Qureshi – UNC Charlotte
- Kyndal Perry – UNC Chapel Hill
- Isabella Riera Coronel- NC State University
- Jaylen Roope – UNC Chapel Hill
- Dalia Shawgi – Johns Hopkins
- Anesia Taylor – Wake Forest University
- Gabriel Villatoro – UNC Charlotte