Mission & Governance

Ingrid Rasmussen is Chief Financial Officer at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a nonprofit philanthropic services organization. Prior to RPA, she was the COO/CFO at Unbound Philanthropy; VP, Finance and Operations/CFO of Heron Foundation; Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Helmsley Charitable Trust; and VP of Finance/Controller at Nonprofit Finance Fund.

She is a Board member at New Community Corporation, a community development organization providing housing, childhood and youth services, adult education, family transitional housing, and mental health services in Newark, NJ. She was previously on the boards of Hot Bread Kitchen and Bronx House.

Ingrid earned a Masters in International Development from American University and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Tufts University. Her daughter, Isabella, is in Stevens’ Class of 2024.

Amanda is a Managing Director at a global financial services institution focusing on Fixed Income Capital Markets. She has responsibility for the origination and execution of investment grade bonds and related products for clients in various sectors with a primary focus on Utilities and Diversified Industrials. Additionally, she has focused on Green and Sustainable bond issuance and is active in recruiting and diversity initiatives. She has worked in Fixed Income Capital Markets for over 21 years. Amanda earned her B.A. in Environmental Policy and Government from Colby College. She and her husband, Tim, have three daughters at Stevens – Sophie, class of 2022, Sadie, Class of 2023 and Eloise, Class of 2026. They have been active members of the Cooperative since Sophie started at Stevens in the 2s program in 2010.

Becky is a CPA with Egan Tax & Books Ltd, a firm she and her husband, Tom, own together; they provide accounting and tax services to individuals and small businesses. Prior to accounting, she worked in nonprofit education in Manhattan and the Bronx and holds degrees from the University of Chicago, Washington University in St. Louis, Rutgers University, and Villanova University. Originally from the midwest, she has lived in the New York City area since 2004, and the Egan family has been in Hoboken since 2008. Her son, Thomas, is in Stevens' Class of 2023, and her son, Peter, is Stevens' Class of 2025. She has served as a Board Trustee since 2014 and as Treasurer since 2017.

Sagar is a strategy leader with 20 years experience in management consulting and senior corporate strategy roles, at McKinsey and LG.  He has been engaged in the education field for the last 20 years, including as a fundraiser/organizer supporting education access to disadvantaged communities in India, and through his prior work at McKinsey, including working with a non-profit's leadership to bring together resources from the community and drive positive outcomes in a major US public school district. Sagar earned an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware.He and his wife, Meghna, have a daughter, Aara, currently at Stevens, and with Meghna has been engaged with Stevens for about 7 years. They have been members of the Hoboken community for 5 years and have lived in the vicinity for last 11 years.

Francesca Rebecca Acocella is the Senior Director of Student Life and an adjunct professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she works with students in crisis and on mental health, professional identity and community building programming. Francesca was previously a staff attorney at the Center for Family Representation in Queens, New York, representing parents in child welfare family court cases. Her work in and before law school focused on LGBTQ rights, prisoners’ rights and women’s rights. Francesca clerked in the New Jersey Superior Court, Essex County, Family Division and in the Supreme Court, New York County. Francesca has a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a B.A. in Political Science from Wellesley College and is pursuing her Master of Social Work degree at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Francesca graduated from Stevens in 2005. She grew up in Hoboken and now lives with her fiance in Jersey City.

Tia is a Senior Vice President at Goldman Sachs. Tia currently leads the global Securities Lending Operations team and prior to that she held a global role in Client Onboarding. Tia is the Co-Chair of the Operations Black Network and is active across various employee resource groups. Tia holds an MBA from the University of Miami and a bachelors of science in accounting from the University of Florida.  She has been a resident in Jersey City since 2014 and lives with her husband, Chris, and their daughter, Alexandria, Class of 2028.

Katherine "Kat" Blostein is an Of Counsel at Outten & Golden LLP in New York and a member of its Executives & Professionals Practice Group. She represents employees and teams of employees in public and private companies in negotiation of employment, severance, non-competition, expatriate, international assignment agreements and all other employment-related issues. Katherine graduated from New York Law School and earned her B.A. from Brandeis University. Katherine and Alex have been members of the cooperative since 2015 and have two children, Naomi, Stevens’ Class of 2024 and Leo, Stevens’ Class of 2028. 

Dave Carty is an alumni parent of Clare (Class of 2015), Caroline (Class of 2011) and Max (Class of 2011). While a member of the Cooperative, Dave served as Treasurer of the Board from 2001-2013.  Dave is the CFOO of the Caedmon School in New York. Dave has a BA from Colgate University, a MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a certificate in Global Education Competency from Columbia University Teachers College.

Maria Castelluccio has been the Head of School at Léman Manhattan since July 2016. Maria has dedicated her career to driving student performance and building community in PreK-12 schools in the U.S. and internationally for more than 25 years. She previously worked for four years as the Head of School at Marymount International School of Rome, an IB School. In 2009, Maria began working at Marymount Rome and served as their Head of School from 2012-2016, where her accomplishments included introducing Columbia University Teachers College Reader's and Writer's Workshop and Responsive Classroom, and advancing the academic rigor of the educational program. For more than a decade prior to Marymount Rome, Maria held senior administrative roles at high-performing elementary schools in Westport and Stratford, Connecticut. She began her career as a 3rd and 4th Grade teacher. Maria holds a Bachelor of Arts in Intermediate Education, Magna Cum Laude, from Southern Connecticut State University; a Master of Science in Science Education from Southern Connecticut State University; and a Sixth Year Degree in Administration and Supervision from Sacred Heart University. Originally from the Bronx, Maria raised her four children in Fairfield County, Connecticut. She is an avid reader, and when she has the time, loves to travel, walk and practice yoga.

Digant Davé is a Founder and Principal of Next Horizon Consulting, a boutique product management and strategy consultancy helping startups and Fortune 500 companies develop and validate new products and services, and adopt more agile business processes. Previously, he was an Innovation Strategist at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health, and Head of Product Innovation and Growth at Logitech. In addition, he helped develop a Sustainability strategy for his business group to reduce carbon emissions and meet Logitech’s Net Zero goals by 2030. Prior to product management, he has over 10 years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer, working in diverse industries ranging from aerospace, healthcare and medical devices, 3D printing, educational technology, and consumer electronics.

He serves as a mentor for Techstars Industries of the Future and Newchip startup accelerators, and previously was President of the Network of Indian Professionals, which raised money to support UNICEF’s education efforts in developing countries. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and B.S. in Science, Technology, and Society studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Product Design and Innovation program. He has been living in Hudson County since 2010, and currently resides in Union City with his wife Katie, and daughter Nora, Stevens’ Class of 2029. 

Maya Hamilton is the Senior Director, Ecommerce for Kipling USA, a VF Corp owned company. Responsible for overseeing the retail website, third-party marketplaces, digital marketing and web analytics, she is a seasoned web professional with years of e-commerce experience with brands such as Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, LOFT and Ashley Stewart. In addition to driving sales and marketing strategies, Maya leads the VF Corp Emerging Brands Council, provides mentorship and serves as the Executive Sponsor of Kipling’s DEI employee resource group. During COVID, she recently completed the McKinsey Black Executive Leadership Program as well as received business certifications in Strategy and Brand Strategy. Prior to working in retail, Maya worked at Goldman Sachs as a financial analyst and graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. She currently lives in downtown Jersey City with her husband, Shawn, and two children, Caleb, Stevens’ Class of 2023, and Madeline, Stevens’ Class of 2024.

Imran Haque is on his way to achieve an hat trick in terms of his kids graduating from Stevens Cooperative at Newport in Jersey City! Imran and his wife Dr. Sabia Ali have been part of the Stevens Cooperative community since their oldest, Yusuf was in Kindergarten (Yusuf is currently a freshman at Tufts University). Yusuf was followed by Maryem who is currently a senior at Packer Collegiate in Brooklyn and their last child, Aadam Haque, is in the 5th grade at Stevens. Imran and family have been living in Jersey City for the last 20 years. Imran is currently a founding partner and chair of the operating committee at The Mentors Fund, a seed stage Venture Capital. Imran is also the President and Founder of Sabii Digital , a botique digital consultancy based out of New York City. Imran works with life sciences companies as well as supply chain and logistics clients. Imran was previously at Pfizer and Zoetis (formerly part of Pfizer) for 15 years where he was head of Digital as his last role. Imran was also the Chief Digital Officer at CMA CGM (a $30B logistics company). Imran graduated from Rutgers University in Electrical and Computer Engineering and also holds an MBA from Columbia University.

Cynthia Lin is mom to Parker (Class of 2029) and Alexandra. She is head of The Wall Street Journal’s digital on-platforms, leading the team behind the curation and delivery of the Journal’s content through its homepage and app. She started at the WSJ as a currency and bond market reporter in 2010. Before that, she was an investment banking analyst in Citigroup’s financial institution group after graduating New York University’s Stern School of Business in 2006 with a degree in finance and economics. She and husband Jay Won moved to Hoboken in 2013. The family joined the Stevens community in 2020.

Maykool López is the Trade Commissioner and North America Regional Director of the Export Promotion Agency of Costa Rica in New York (PROCOMER), supporting and driving the initiatives of Costa Rican companies in the U.S., creating strategic government and private partnerships to strengthen bilateral trade, develop go-to-market strategies and provide market research to medium and large companies. He was listed as Top Executive serving the U.S. Midmarket Companies by CRN Magazine during 2015 to 2017 and serves as an active speaker in the Global Affairs program of New York University. Maykool served as an active member of the LEO club, the youth organization of the Lions Clubs International, in Costa Rica. He holds a B.A. in Economics and a MSc. in Economics with emphasis in Business Economics from the University of Costa Rica, and a MSc. in Management of Technology and Business Innovation from New York University. Maykool and Elidia, his wife, have been active members of the cooperative for six years and have two sons, Nicolás, Stevens’ Class of 2025, and Lucas, Stevens’ Class of 2027.

Raakhee Mirchandani is an award-winning journalist and author. Currently, she is the Editorial Director for Diversity and Inclusion at Dow Jones. Previously, she was a columnist at the New York Post and Managing Editor at the New York Daily News. Raakhee is also the author of Super Satya Saves the Day (Bharat Babies, 2016) and Hair Twins (Little, Brown, 2021). Raakhee serves as the President of the Board of the Tomorrows Children's Fund, a 35-year-old pediatric cancer charity. She lives in Hoboken with her husband, Agan Singh, and their daughter, Satya, Stevens’ Class 2028.

Jennifer H. Parikh is a mother of three current students at the Hoboken Campus: Amiya, Class of 2026, Neev, Class of 2028, and Avi, Class of 2032. Her career background is in Advertising Project Management. She has experience with advertising agencies, but spent most of her career working at top NYC post production facilities. Currently she is taking time to stay at home and project manage her very busy household. In her spare time she helps with operations for her husband’s (Vikkal Parikh’s) live action/animation production company, Ataboy Studios. She has also taken a lead role in the Anti-racist White Affinity group at Stevens, as well as participating in the Equity Community Council. Jennifer has a B.A. in Theater Management from Boston College.

Priyanka is a product leader, entrepreneur and consultant with more than fifteen years’ experience leading global multidisciplinary teams in developing and executing product strategy in the fashion/luxury industry. Her portfolio of work includes product launch, brand transformation, global operational expansion, product styling, and special projects. She has worked with brands such as Prada, COACH, Michael Kors, American Eagle Outfitters, Peach, Inc., Khaore, and Raymond India, as well as several educational institutions. She continues to hold leadership as well as executive positions on multiple boards since 2011. She graduated  from Parsons school of Design with a degree in Fashion Marketing and a Fashion Design degree from National Institute of Fashion Technology in India. Priyanka currently serves on the The New School Alumni Executive Council representing Parsons School of Design. During her tenure she has co-chaired the council for three years. She also served as the President of the Homeowners’ Association at the Park and Shore Community in Newport.

Darren Smith is the Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager at 337 Frontier Capital, a NYC based, dedicated African investment firm. Darren established the firm in 2014 with the idea of investing institutional American capital across the African continent. 

He is the Chair of the Board at AGE Africa, which provides financial support for school fees and ancillary services to at risk girls in Malawi, one of the most impoverished countries in the world. Darren also sits on the board of the Bank of Kigali Group, the largest banking group in Rwanda. 

Darren has a bachelor’s degree from Bishop’s University in Quebec and he is a CFA charter holder. 

Nehal is a Managing Director at Bank of New York Mellon where she is global Head of Financing in the Markets Division, managing the principal and agency lending and re-investment businesses. Prior to her current role, Nehal spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs in London and New York. She earned a BA in Mathematics from Imperial College London in 2006.  Nehal lives in downtown Jersey City with her husband, Justin and two children, Amaya, Stevens’ Class of 2030, and Tara, Class of 2033.