Our team comprises a diverse set of accomplished young professionals who dedicate themselves to the GEA Project’s mission of bringing economic literacy to young students worldwide while continuing to grow their careers in selective professional fields.
All GEA Project team members volunteer their time and resources motivated by a desire to leverage their skills to help underserved talented students build a successful future.
Federico Mele
Co-Founder & CEO
Federico founded the GEA Project to pursue his dream to empower students and young professionals with the vision and skills necessary to positively impact their communities. Federico worked in strategy consulting and private equity in New York, is a Fellow at the Jacobs Foundation in Zurich, and holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he won the Jacobs Impact Entrepreneur Awards in both 2019 and 2020.
Howard Wei
Co-Founder
Howard founded the GEA Project to provide opportunities for students to understand the impact of economics on the world and empower them to become better thinkers and influencers for their local community and beyond. He currently works in strategy consulting in New York and received his Bachelor from Boston University.
Aadil Chitalwala
Head of Global Partnerships
Aadil has been involved since the initiation of the GEA Project. His extensive coaching and leadership experience in India and US supports his role of developing key relationships globally. Aadil is currently a finance professional working in Mumbai and graduated with a Bachelor in Finance and Economics from Boston University.
Sameer Abdulsattar
GEA Leader
Vasudha Aggarwal
GEA Leader
Gabriella Almeida
GEA Leader
Steve Apichaidejudom
GEA Leader
Christopher Barbeau
GEA Leader
Peter Bellingham
GEA Leader
Edoardo Brugnoli
GEA Leader
Niklas Carling
GEA Leader
Basil Carr
GEA Leader
Heather Carrozo
GEA Leader
Rishi Chakraborty
GEA Leader
Juliana Collamer
GEA Leader
Mandy Epstein
GEA Leader
Kevin Gilanyi
GEA Leader
William Grenis
GEA Captain
Shreya Gupta
GEA Leader
Nick Hoffman
GEA Leader
Helena Horn
GEA Leader
Nicholas Hughes
GEA Captain
Jennifer Lee
GEA Leader
Gabriele Martegiani
GEA Leader
Ryan McGrath
GEA Captain
Aidan Milner
GEA Leader
Teddy Mottola
GEA Leader
Zunaira Sardar
GEA Leader
Gaspard Sautereau
GEA Leader
Paarth Shah
GEA Leader
Giri Sharma
GEA Leader
Silpa Velaga
GEA Leader
Scott Williams
GEA Leader
Eunis Wu
GEA Leader
Aileen Zaydel
GEA Leader
Josep Adsera
GEA Leader
Xavier Adsera Martinez
GEA Leader
Arjun Aggarwal
GEA Leader
Omar Ajmeri
GEA Leader
Amarilda Canameti
GEA Leader
Doina Ceban
GEA Leader
Stefan Cetnarowicz
GEA Leader
Chakshu Agarwal
GEA Leader
Manny de Zarraga
GEA Leader
Hunter Eggers
GEA Leader
Lucy Orr-Ewing
GEA Leader
François-Guillaume Fernandez
GEA Leader
Solana Fruchter
GEA Leader
Dougal Gray
GEA Leader
Maud Gittens
GEA Leader
Francesca Hine
GEA Leader
Hibah Jamal
GEA Leader
Prabesh Khanal
GEA Leader
David Lopez
GEA Leader
Alex Meadow
GEA Leader
María Medellín Esguerra
GEA Leader
Anamaria Meshkurti
GEA Leader
Andrea Monroy
GEA Leader
Benjamin Mynors-Wallis
GEA Leader
Vladimir Peshev
GEA Leader
Ryan Peslis
GEA Leader
Sarah Richards
GEA Leader
Vivek Sandhu
GEA Leader
Peter Sim
GEA Leader
Nicolas Slotine
GEA Leader
Gloria Valdelamar
GEA Leader
Margarita Velez
GEA Leader
Hugh Williams
GEA Leader