WLI Executive Board
2023-24
Co-President: Eesha Bodapati
Eesha is a junior in Pierson College majoring in Cognitive Science and South Asian Studies. She is from Mumbai, India. In her free time, you can find her hanging out on Cross Campus with friends, dancing with her team Yale Kalaa, or getting a Bananas Foster from Loose Leaf.
Email: eesha.bodapati@yale.edu
Co-President: Sophie Foster
Sophie is a junior in Ezra Stiles College majoring in History with a Spanish certificate. She is from the San Francisco Bay Area, California. She loves grocery shopping and cooking with friends. She organized and catalogued a library this summer – which entailed lots of dust (and Allegra). She was inspired by the documentary Turn Every Page on Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb.
Email: sophie.foster@yale.edu
Finance Director: Cassie Wu
Cassie is a junior in Davenport College majoring in Economics. She is from Toronto, Canada. She figure skated competitively for 13 years. Her favorite movie is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and her go-to coffee order is a dirty chai latte.
Email: cassie.wu@yale.edu
Business Director: Valeriya Shin
Valeriya is a junior in Davenport College majoring in Biomedical Engineering. She was born in Uzbekistan and grew up in Queens, New York. She speaks Russian and used to have a pet bird.
Email: valeriya.shin@yale.edu
Conference Director: Nishah Jaferi
Nishah is a junior in Saybrook College majoring in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She is from Boca Raton, Florida, and her favorite TV show is Gilmore Girls.
Email: nishah.jaferi@yale.edu
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Conference Director: Priyanka Babu
Priyanka is a senior in Pierson College majoring in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She is from San Francisco, California. She loves baking French patisserie, spends a lot of time in and near bodies of water, and likes trying fun workout classes.
Email: priyanka.babu@yale.edu
Partnerships Director: Sofia Jacobson
Sofia is a sophomore in Pauli Murray College majoring in History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health. She is from Westchester, New York. For WLI, she focuses on Alumni relations. She loves baking, adopted a pup during quarantine, and shares a birthday with Handsome Dan
Email: s.jacobson@yale.edu
Partnerships Director: Jessi Avila-Shah
Jessi is a junior in Pierson College majoring in Biomedical Engineering. She is from Lewinston, New York. For WLI, she focuses on Community organizations. The first thing she notices about someone is their smile, has to try baklava at every restaurant that offers it, and has commitment issues with TV shows.
Email: jessi.avila-shah@yale.edu
Social Director:
Pratiksha Bhattacharyya
Pratiksha is a sophomore in Pauli Murray College majoring in Computer Science and Economics. She is from the Chicago Area. Her favorite movie is Molly's Game, she used to work at a bakery where her title was Macaron Specialist, and her favorite animal is a great white shark.
Social Director:
Grey Battle
Grey is a sophomore in Saybrook College majoring in Political Science. She is from Birmingham, Alabama. Her favorite drink is a soy cappuccino from Atticus.
Email: grey.battle@yale.edu
Residential College Board Director: Apolline Brossard
Apolline is a sophomore in Branford College majoring in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She is originally from Paris, and moved to Houston, Texas 7 years ago. She loves to bake bread in her free time.
Email: apolline.brossard@yale.edu
Residential College Board Director: Ashley Choi
Ashley is a sophomore in Saybrook College majoring in Political Science. She is originally from Queens, New York. Her favorite movie is Pride and Prejudice, she loves anything coffee flavored, and her favorite New Haven coffee shop is Koffee.
Email: ashley.choi@yale.edu
Marketing Director:
Hanan Yousuf
Hanan is a junior in Ezra Stiles College majoring in Ethics, Politics, and Economics. She is from Dallas, Texas. She was born in a car, is the middle sibling with one older sister and one younger brother, and loves watching movies and reading in her free time.
Email: hanan.yousuf@yale.edu