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Executive Board

Vanya Shrivastava

Executive Director

Aanya Shah

Vice President

Mark Mason Jr.

Executive Manager

Nicole Nargizian

Treasurer

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Leads

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Priya Loran

Co-VP of Growth

Sophia Phillips

Co-VP of Marketing

Matthew Bevins

Membership Chair

Reem Khan

VP of Communications

Peter Le

Co-VP of Growth

Angela Chen

Co-VP of Marketing

Mason Zimmerman

VP of Social

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Department Heads

Agastya Bassi

Co-Head of Real Estate

Rodrigo Sepúvelda Sagaseta

Head of Ad-Hoc

Sia Gupta

Head of Education

Samya Puri

Head of Finance

Sydney Padilla

Co-Head of Real Estate

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Nina Pomerantz

Head of Marketing

Kaitlyn Lee

Head of Biotech

Shivansh Gupta

Head of Cyber Security

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Founders Story

During their Freshman year in the AI for Business program at the University of Southern California, Priya and Francesca sought to extend accessibility in learning about AI in the business world for all Marshall majors outside of their cohort alone. They built MAIA as that doorway and encouraged a like-minded community that could innovate AI projects together in what they call the "MAIA Family."

AI for Business

Priya Loran + Francesca Kubica

“What we thought would be some small group of 8 thinkers in USC Leavey Library turned into a family of creators building the future of AI together."

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