Our Team:

**Director of Marketing & Design**
Anika Busick (she/her)
**Hometown:** Des Moines, IA
**Graduation Year:** 2026
**Major(s):** Marketing, **Minor(s):** Design
**Fun Fact:** My family has hosted 5 exchange students!

**Director of Sustainability & Storefront**
Alma Mitchell (she/her)
**Hometown:** San Francisco, CA
**Graduation Year:** 2027
**Major:** Environmental Biology
**Fun Fact:** I went hiking in Patagonia and saw a flamingo in the wild!

**Finance Associate**
Helen Kearney (she/her)
**Hometown:** Iowa City, IA
**Graduation Year:** 2027
**Major:** Political Science, **Minors:** Chinese, French
**Fun fact:** I ran an underground slime business in 3rd grade

**Design/Marketing Associate**
Danbee You (she/her)
**Hometown:** Closter, NJ
**Graduation Year:** 2028
**Major:** Environmental Science
**Fun fact:** My best friend and I were born in the same hospital on the same day.

**Design/Marketing Intern**
Allison Pearl (she/her)
**Hometown:** Grand Rapids, Michigan
**Graduation Year:** 2029
**Major:** English, **Minor**: Business of the Arts
**Fun fact:** My favorite cuisine is Thai food!

**Sustainability Intern**
Abako Yartel (he/him)
**Hometown:** Lilburn, GA
**Graduation Year:** 2029
**Major:** Environmental Analysis & Economics
**Fun fact:** I’ve had two knee surgeries on the same knee .

**Director of Grant Writing**
Shelby Negosian (she/her)
**Hometown:** Santa Clarita, CA
**Graduation Year:** 2026
**Major(s):** Environmental Analysis, **Minor(s):** Legal Studies
**Fun Fact:** I designed and sold my own clothing line

**Design Associate**
Star Rothkopf (she/her)
**Hometown:** Chicago, IL
**Graduation Year:** 2026
**Major(s):** Computer Science & English
**Fun Fact:** I have the gene that makes cilantro taste like soap

**Sustainability Associate**
Jasmine Fang (she/her)
**Hometown:** Wilmette, IL
**Graduation Year:** 2028
**Majors:** Psychology & Public Health
**Fun fact:** I was born with a hole in my ear!

**Grant Writing Associate**
Amelia Spencer (she/her)
**Hometown:** Brentwood, MO
**Graduation Year:** 2028
**Major:** Math, **Minor:** German
**Fun fact:** I have a Duolingo streak of over 1000!

**Grant Writing Intern**
Nayeon Kim (she/her)
**Hometown:** Los Altos, CA
**Graduation Year:** 2028
**Majors:** Political Science & Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, **Minor:** Data Science in the Humanities
**Fun fact:** I've broken all four of my limbs (not at the same time...)

**Sustainability Intern**
Sophie Beltran (she/her)
**Hometown:** Sarasota, Florida
**Graduation Year:** 2029
**Major:** Environmental Policy & Sociology
**Fun fact:** I own a crochet shop! (Cue shameless plug-in) HookUpWithYarn!

**Director of Finance & Operations**
Riya Sulur (she/her)
**Hometown:** Hopkinton, MA
**Graduation Year:** 2027
**Major:** Economics & Strategy
**Fun fact:** My favorite animal is a turtle

**Grant Writing Associate**
Ruth Workineh (she/her)
**Hometown:** St. Louis, MO
**Graduation Year:** 2027
**Major:** Anthropology, Global Health Track
**Fun Fact:** When I zone out, I have a lazy eye

**Finance Associate**
Brady Mischke (he/him)
**Hometown:** Austin, TX
**Graduation Year:** 2028
**Major:** Undecided
**Fun fact:** I’ve been to over 100 concerts

**Grant Writing Associate**
Unnat Ghura (she/her)
**Hometown:** Schaumburg, IL
**Graduation Year:** 2028
**Majors:** Finance & Data Science
**Fun fact:** I know 4 languages and I’m learning my 5th!

**Grant Writing Intern**
Jessica Wang (she/her)
**Hometown:** Houston, Texas
**Graduation Year:** 2029
**Major:** Economics, **Minors:** Math
**Fun fact:** I used to be really rich on Roblox but my account got hacked and I lost all my robux.

**Finance Intern**
Amira Thadani (she/her)
**Hometown:** New Delhi, India
**Graduation Year:** 2028
**Major:** Bio-Neuro, **Minor:** Finance
**Fun fact:** I love to paint!

SWAP Alumni

Julia Ho, Founder

Washington University Class of 2014

"One of the most beautiful things about my experience with SWAP is that it created space for people in the community, faculty, workers, and students within and outside WashU to meet their everyday needs, share resources, and show solidarity with one another. Being part of the SWAP community and helping to start the Trading Post was really my first step towards building the Solidarity Economy St. Louis network, which is still working throughout the St. Louis area to grow an economy from the ground up that values justice, sustainability, self-determination, and cooperation." -Julia Ho

Zach Hernandez, Founder

Washington University Class of 2014

Nathan Stein, Founder

Washington University Class of 2015

Nancy Yang, Founder

Washington University Class of 2015

"SWAP was hands down the most innovative and interdisciplinary organization during my experience at WashU. You really can't help having fun and thinking creatively about our environmental impact when confronted with so much waste!" -Nancy Yang