Our Team 2022-2023

Our Team

Who are the Project Advisors?

Our Project Advisors are Carnegie Mellon students who have a passion for their work and who are excited to inspire students in the Pittsburgh community. They have a wide range of specific skills gained through their own project based work at CMU. They are a wonderful and enthusiastic group of people who can't wait to get to work with you! .

Executive Board

**Name**: Lily Klucinec
**Graduation** **Year**: 2025
**Major**: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy
**Interests**: I love hiking, listening to new music, reading, and dabbling in photography.
**Position:** President
**Fun** **Fact**: I am from Pittsburgh and love to give restaurant recommendations!

**Name**: Trish Nhan
**Graduation Year:** 2025
**Major:** Economics and Politics
**Interests**: I am most interested in sustainable chemistry and environmental/health policy! I love to learn about philosophy and math as well. Outside of school, I love to play soccer, play video games (Valorant and Minecraft), and play piano. I like to think that I’m pretty good at ping pong.
**Position:** Vice President of Communications (external)
**Fun Fact**: I am Vietnamese

**Name:** Carmen Hagerty
**Graduation Year:** 2025
**Major:** Civil Engineering
**Interests:** I love biking, lifting, painting, and camping
**Position:** Vice President of Projects
**Fun Fact:** This is my 7th year in Project Ignite

**Name:** Elizabeth Masyukova
**Graduation Year:** 2025
**Major:** Biology
**Interests:** I'm interesting in pursuing research in immunology, virology, and genetics. I'm pretty passionate about my major in biology at CMU.
**Position:** Vice President of Communications (internal)
**Fun Fact:** I do glassblowing in my free time!

**Name:** Kate Stamper
**Graduation Year:** 2025
**Major:** Business Administration
**Interests:** I am very interested in design and digital art. I am a pole vaulter on the track and field team. I love cooking and baking.
**Position:** Vice President of Finance
**Fun Fact:** I love snowboarding and skateboarding.

Project Advisors

**Name:** Thomas Canchola
**Graduation Year:** 2024
**Major:** Information Systems Management (emphasis on Business Intelligence & Data Analytics)
**Interests:** I like playing and analyzing any type of game, learning, and lifting weights.
**Fun Fact:** I studied pure mathematics in undergrad and love abstract ideas and proving things.

**Name:** David Chan
**Graduation Year:** 2026
**Major:** Electrical and Computer Engineering
**Interests:** I really enjoy the process of building things, both with hardware and software, so I am attracted to ECE by the ability to combine both, understanding both the circuits that allow our modern devices to work as well as the software programs we use to control them. Outside of school, I like building train models (like the little electric ones), watching baseball (go Giants!) and collecting stuffed animals :)
**Favorite Quote:** "Whatever doesn't capsize your sea-faring vessel."

**Name:** Saanika Chauk
**Graduation Year:** 2026
**Major:** Information Systems
**Interests:** Art/design, human-computer interaction, baking

Name: Robby Famiglietti

Graduation Year: 2026

Major: Biology

Interests: In my course of study, conducting research has been really interesting to me ever since I decided that being in the STEM field was what I wanted to do following high school. Modeling situations that are difficult to directly observe has also been something I’m interested in, which is why I would like to minor in comp. bio. Outside of college, I love the outdoors, and I love going hiking.

Fun Fact: I’m interested in pursuing and learning how to do graphic design as it’s something I enjoy doing casually.