Senior Mentor Series – Meet Kayla Griffin & Ruchi Asher
Kayla Griffin, Division Supervisor at Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts Ruchi Asher, Assistant U.S. Attorney at United State Attorney’s Office Where are you from? Kayla: I’m from Youngstown. College (Cleveland State University) brought me to Cleveland. Ruchi: I’m from Cincinnati. My alma mater (Case Reserve Western University) also brought me to…
Senior Mentor Series – Meet Rachel Paschal
Rachel Paschal, Assistant Registra at Baldwin-Wallce University Where are you from? I’m from South Euclid, OH. How did you learn about Minds Matter Cleveland? I learned about Minds Matter from an event at Baldwin-Wallace University. One of the speakers at this event originally co-found our Cleveland chapter. Why did you decide to become…
Senior Mentor Series – Meet Kelsey Randhawa & Benjamin Haire
Kelsey Randhawa, Supervisor at McMaster-Carr Benjamin Haire, Attorney Where are you from? Kelsey: I’m from Lexington, KY. Ben: I was born in Erie, PA and grew up in many different countries, including France, Czech Republic, China, Germany, and Sao Paulo. I went to law school in Cleveland; my father was from here so I decided to make Cleveland…
Senior Mentor Series – Meet Bill Zaccardelli & Rachel (Lopez) Brannon
Bill Zaccardelli, Associate at Western Reserve Partners LLC Rachel (Lopez) Brannon, Technical Project Manager at Rosetta Marketing Group Where are you from? Bill: I’m from Cleveland! Rachel: I’m from upstate New York, my job brought me here. How did you learn about Minds Matter Cleveland? Bill: I learned about Minds Matter from work. Western…
Senior Mentor Series – Meet Erica Elsasser
Erica Elsasser, Capital Markets Associate at KeyBank Where are you from? I’m from Northeast Ohio. How did you learn about Minds Matter Cleveland? Quite a few of my colleagues had been involved with Minds Matter at the time, including Mike Jones. I worked closely with Mike so I learned of Minds Matter through him and other…
Senior Mentor Series – Meet Rebecca Maurer
Rebecca Maurer, Attorney at Legal Aide Society of Cleveland Where are you from? I’m from Cleveland! How did you learn about Minds Matter Cleveland? After law school, I moved back to Cleveland and ran into a high school friend at a coffee shop. He told me about Minds Matter Cleveland and invited me to…
Senior Mentor Series – Meet Brett Hammond & Tiffany Butler
Brett Hammond, Prosecutor at Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office Tiffany Butler, Campus Recruiter, Supervising Associate- National Tax at Ernest & Young Where are you from? Brett: I’m from Washington D.C. I came to Cleveland for work and to be closer with my family. Tiffany: I’m from a town on the border of Ohio and West Virginia. I attended Mount Union College…
Senior Mentor Series – Meet Ashley Stephens
Ashley Stephens, Credit Associate at KeyBank Where are you from? I’m from Bronx, NY. Work brought me to Cleveland in 2014! How did you learn about Minds Matter Cleveland? When I first moved to Cleveland, KeyBank had weekly e-mail blasts about volunteer opportunities in the area and Minds Matter was among organizations that Key supported.…
Senior Mentor Series – Meet Andrew Aisen
Andrew Aisen, Quantitative Analyst at Key Bank Where are you from? I’m originally from Indianapolis, IN. I came to Cleveland to attend Case Western Reserve University and ended up wanting to stay. How did you learn about Minds Matter Cleveland? I first learned about the organization from the training program for my new job at the…
Senior Mentor Series – Meet Chris Sledzik
Volunteers are the foundation of our chapter’s success. Throughout their three-year journey with Minds Matter, our students receive not only rigorous academic preparation but also meaningful mentorship support to further help them develop college readiness mindset and professional skills for young adulthood. Our mentor volunteers come from all walks of life. They are early- and mid-career professionals, who…