Advisor |
Cora Ingrum | |
| Board Members 2011-12 | ||
Position |
Name | |
President |
Magalie Lilavois | |
Vice President |
Agatha Oliveira | |
Treasurer |
Kevin Holmes | |
Secretary |
Alexis Brown | |
Programs Co-Chair |
Mehdi Charfi | |
Programs Co-Chair |
Ogbemi Ekwejunor-Etchie | |
Corporate & Alumni Relations Co-Chair |
Kivi Dhami | |
Corporate & Alumni Relations Co-Chair |
Keith Wallace | |
Fundraising Chair Co-Chair |
Tatenda Mpofu | |
Fundraising Chair Co-Chair |
Lydia Atangcho | |
Publications & Public Relations Chair |
Adetayo Sunusi | |
Membership/Conference Planning Chair |
Oladayo Adewole | |
Telecommunications Chair |
Yonas Solomon | |
Academic Excellence/Historian Chair |
Samantha Jones | |
Pre-College Initiative Co-Chair |
Vihn Ho | |
Community Service/TORCH Chair |
Romaine Waite | |
UMOJA Representative |
Keith Wallace | |
Ms. Cora Ingrum is the Director of Multicultural Programs at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the
University of Pennsylvania. She directs school programs aimed at recruiting and retaining minority students, faculty and staff.
Click here to register as a NSBE member.
ingrum@seas.upenn.edu
Magalie Lilavois is known as Maggie around campus. Hailing from Queens, New York she is a senior majoring
in Bioengineering and minoring in Engineering Entrepreneurship. She currently serves as Penn NSBE's President and will forever
be grateful for leading NSBE during the 2011-2012 academic year and developing the valuable friendships she's formed along the way.
She also is a member of the Gamma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and stays 2222-HYPE!!
upennnsbepresident@gmail.com
Agatha Oliveira is a senior in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science. She has been
involved in NSBE since her sophomore year. Last summer she worked at Texas Instruments as an Electrical Engineering intern. This
semester she has spent time volunteering at West Philadelphia schools. In her free time she enjoys hanging out with friends and
practicing capoeira. In addition to NSBE, she is also part of the Penn Brazil Club.
upennnsbevicepres@gmail.com
Kevin Holmes is a junior majoring in Chemical Engineering and minoring in Energy and Sustainability.
He became an active NSBE board member during his sophomore year as Fundraising Chair, and currently serves as Treasurer.
Last summer, he completed an internship with GE Transportation in Erie, PA, and will be returning there this summer.
He enjoys playing basketball, music, and is passionate about cars.
upennnsbetreasurer@gmail.com
Alexis Brown is a junior majoring in bioengineering. She has been involved in NSBE since freshman year
and plans to work with NSBE for the rest of her life. Alexis spends time (when she is not planning or participating in NSBE events)
playing and being captain of the club volleyball team, watching sports and movies, and mentoring and tutoring elementary school kids
in West Philadelphia with CSSP.
upennnsbesecretary@gmail.com
Mehdi Charfi is a junior in Systems Engineering with minors in Engineering Entrepreneurship and Mathematics. Mehdi
currently holds the Programs Co-Chair position and has been a member of NSBE since his freshman year. For the past two summers, Mehdi
has conducted research through the NSF/AMP Summer Undergraduate Research Program. In his free time, Mehdi enjoys sports and brainstorming
new business venture ideas.
upennnsbeprograms@gmail.com
Ogbemi Ekwejunor-Etchie is a junior majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He has been involved in NSBE since his
freshman year and appreciates the leadership and networking skills he has gained through NSBE. This past summer, he worked as a
Mechanical Engineering Intern at The United Technologies Corporation, where he learned invaluable skills on applying class room
knowledge to engineering in the real world. He enjoys working with children and strives to build an interest within them the Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields, through conferences and other engagements. He enjoys reading and experiencing new cultures.
upennnsbeprograms@gmail.com
Keith Raymond Wallace was born on January 11, 1993 in North Carolina, but grew up mostly in Tampa, Florida. He played a multitude
of sports growing up but then specialized in Lacrosse by the end of high school. He is now a Sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in Mechanical
Engineering aspiring to one day work for a prestigious engineering company. His extracurricular actives are spread between National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE),
and Formula SAE - a competitive racecar building club. His interests and hobbies lie in sports, cars, and technology.
upennnsbecorporate@gmail.com
Tatenda Mpofu is a sophomore majoring in Actuarial Science with minors in Math and Electrical Engineering.
He is a member of the SAC Exec Board and involved with the Tutoring Center. In the future he would like to see his firm grow into a Fortune 500 company.
His interests include watching sports and hanging out with friends.
upennnsbefundraising@gmail.com
Lydia Atangcho is a sophomore majoring in Chemical Engineering and minoring in Hispanic Studies/Spanish. She has
been a member of NSBE since fall of her sophomore year and loves being part of the NSBE fam! One of her passions is research and her future goals are to
obtain a doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering and conduct research abroad. Lydia also has a heart for serving the community and serves as a coordinator
of Ase Academy as well as Co-Chair of a mentoring organization she co-founded in high school. In her free time, she likes to bake and make arts & crafts.
upennnsbefundraising@gmail.com
Adetayo Sanusi is a sophomore in the Jerome Fisher Management and Technology Program. She is majoring in Systems Engineering and Economics
with concentrations in OPIM and Finance. Adetayo has been a part of the NSBE family since her freshmen year enjoying the camaraderie and professional skill development
offered. She also likes playing volleyball and mentoring.
upennnsbepublications@gmail.com
Dayo Adewole is a Nigerian sophomore living in PG County, Maryland. He is a bioengineer, but maintains a minor
in mechanical engineering. His middle school science project in particle physics led to The Washington Post hailing him as "the
Elvis of our time, if Elvis held a PhD". When not deep sea diving with beluga whales, he enjoys reading, skydiving, and karate.
His eagerness to help his fellow man drew him to NSBE, where he serves faithfully as the Membership and Conference Chair to bring
in more followers at UPenn.
upennnsbemembership@gmail.com
Yonas Solomon is a junior majoring in computer science. He has been involved in NSBE since his freshman year
and appreciates the skills he has gained through NSBE. This past summer he conducted research as a participant in the LSAMP program.
He has spent time teaching basic computer science skills to local high school students. In his free time, he enjoys watching sports and movies.
upennnsbetelecom@gmail.com
Samantha Jones is currently serving as the University of Pennsylvania NSBE Chapter Academic Excellence Chair and Historian.
She is studying Bioengineering and is originally from southern Maryland. Her experiences with NSBE have been wonderful and she especially enjoys
the sense of family and togetherness that is fostered within the small black engineering community at Penn through NSBE.
upennnsbeacex@gmail.com
Romaine Waite is a junior majoring in Mechanical engineering and minoring in Entrepreneurship.
He was introduced to NSBE in the fall of his freshman year but began active involvement in NSBE during his sophomore year.
Over his sophomore summer, he took classes at the University while working as a counselor at a summer camp and in the IT department at the University.
In his free time, he exercises and plays rugby.
upennnsbetorch@gmail.com
Keith Raymond Wallace was born on January 11, 1993 in North Carolina, but grew up mostly in Tampa, Florida. He played a multitude
of sports growing up but then specialized in Lacrosse by the end of high school. He is now a Sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in Mechanical
Engineering aspiring to one day work for a prestigious engineering company. His extracurricular actives are spread between National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE),
and Formula SAE - a competitive racecar building club. His interests and hobbies lie in sports, cars, and technology.
upennnsbeumoja@gmail.com