About
We are an organization dedicated to fostering hacker culture and building a computer science community at Vanderbilt University! We accomplish this by hosting an annual hackathon - a 36 hour software development marathon during which attendees think of an idea and build it - alongside regular hack nights and study nights!
Meet the Board
The VandyHacks Board consists of 40+ organizers who are committed to creating learning experiences that are accessible and applicable to all. Meet the team below!
All
Role:
Dev Committee AdvisorTeam:
DevelopmentFrom:
Patna, IndiaYear:
JuniorThe dev directors for this year are such cool people and I respect them greatly.
Baibhav Vatsa
Role:
Director of SponsorshipTeam:
SponsorshipFrom:
Morristown, NJYear:
JuniorI love the VH community and the destressing events, like cup stacking and the hand spa!
Meghan Callandriello
Role:
Dev MemberTeam:
DevelopmentFrom:
Rogers, ARYear:
SeniorIt's so cool to see a community of hackers getting together for a weekend to achieve one common goal of producing an interesting product.
Ben Redmond
Role:
President, MentorTeam:
From:
Austin, TXYear:
JuniorIt's an honor meeting such talented individuals - specifically, my co-president Sayd. I cherish these days to be able to work alongside such a breath-taking individual.
Aadarsh Jha
Role:
Ops Committee Advisor, MentorTeam:
OperationsFrom:
McLean, VAYear:
JuniorAs an ops member, it's fun making the decisions for what food we serve. I also enjoy serving as a mentor to new members.
Anna Zhang
Role:
Hacker Experience MemberTeam:
Hacker ExperienceFrom:
Short Hills, NJYear:
SophomoreI think I enjoy most all the decorating/theme-based things we do bc I feel like it can contribute a lot to the atmosphere of a hackathon.
Claire Yan
Role:
Operations MemberTeam:
OperationsFrom:
Phoenix, AZYear:
JuniorIt's been fun working with and getting to know all these talented people.
Katelyn Itano
Role:
Marketing Committee Advisor, MentorTeam:
MarketingFrom:
New Delhi, IndiaYear:
SeniorWe give a unified voice to the immensely diverse VH community and help forward the mission of VandyHacks with every single thing that we do.
Paavas Bhasin
Role:
Dev Tech LeadTeam:
DevelopmentFrom:
Boston, MAYear:
JuniorEveryone is super supportive, and we all want each other to learn and grow.
Sam Lee
Role:
Dev and Content MemberTeam:
Development ContentFrom:
Miami, FLYear:
SeniorI love teaching workshops and hearing different people's ideas.
Tim O'Brien
Role:
Content MemberTeam:
ContentFrom:
Kansas City, MOYear:
SophomoreI like figuring out how to do new and interesting things with programming.
Keshvi Mahalingam
Role:
Sponsorship MemberTeam:
SponsorshipFrom:
Cary, NCYear:
JuniorI really like the people on my committee and getting to build relationships with sponsors.
Lu Cao
Role:
Dev and Hacker Experience MemberTeam:
Development Hacker ExperienceFrom:
Erdenet, MongoliaYear:
JuniorThe memes.
Chuka Munkh-Achit
Role:
Dev MemberTeam:
DevelopmentFrom:
Salt Lake City, UTYear:
JuniorAll the other Dev members are so willing to lend a hand.
Juyoung Kim
Role:
Senior Advisor, MentorTeam:
From:
Hyderabad, IndiaYear:
SeniorAll of board is so talented and creative. I love hanging out with y'all :).
Ananya Gondi
Role:
Sponsorship Committee Advisor, Content MemberTeam:
Sponsorship ContentFrom:
Fremont, CAYear:
JuniorSponsorship has (some of) the coolest ppl in VH.
Jerry Qin
Role:
Marketing Member Team:
MarketingFrom:
Pontianak, IndonesiaYear:
JuniorHow funny and supportive everyone is!
Evelyn Mulyono
Role:
Dev and Content MemberTeam:
Development ContentFrom:
Bangkok, ThailandYear:
SophomoreEveryone has a big brain.
Siraphob (Ben) Phipathananunth
Role:
Senior Advisor, MentorTeam:
From:
Springfield, MissouriYear:
SeniorI'm always learning something from our team–I really love them.
Gabriel Ting
Role:
Hacker Experience MemberTeam:
Hacker ExperienceFrom:
Franklin, TNYear:
SeniorWe specialize in creating unique experiences that makes VandyHacks stand out from other hackathons.
Sam Bender
Role:
Marketing Committee Advisor, MentorTeam:
MarketingFrom:
Naperville, ILYear:
JuniorFun fact - marketing is the smallest team on VH at four people! It's nice having a smaller team since we can be more tight knit and meetings feel more personable.
Sophia Chen
Role:
PresidentTeam:
From:
Tashkent, UzbekistanYear:
SophomoreIt's been such a pleasure leading a hard-working, kind, and motivated team.
Saydolimkhon Agzamkhodjaev
Role:
Director of OperationsTeam:
OperationsFrom:
Tashkent, UzbekistanYear:
SophomoreIt's great seeing everybody's full devotion to work and desire to make things better.
Ilya Ermakov
Role:
Content Committee Advisor, MentorTeam:
ContentFrom:
Birmingham, ALYear:
SeniorEveryone's super driven about helping hackers and teaching them new technologies.
William Zhao
Role:
Sponsorship MemberTeam:
SponsorshipFrom:
Qingdao, ChinaYear:
SophomoreBasically everything! Everyone's super nice and very helpful :).
Vanessa Pei
Role:
Sponsorship MemberTeam:
SponsorshipFrom:
Charlotte, NCYear:
JuniorIMHO, we are the most fashionable committee :).
Jacky Zhang
Role:
Hacker Experience Committee AdvisorTeam:
Hacker ExperienceFrom:
Buffalo Grove, ILYear:
JuniorWe have a lot of fun together even when we're not talking about VH!
Alex Cuc
Role:
Director of ContentTeam:
ContentFrom:
Portage, MIYear:
SophomoreI get to learn so much while teaching others! (as in, I get to spread the love ahaha)
Seok Hee Hong
Role:
Content Committee AdvisorTeam:
ContentFrom:
Nanjing, ChinaYear:
SeniorFor content, we teach and spread the knowledge and welcome others into the world of CS. We enjoy doing our work which the best part of it!
Amy Chen
Role:
Design Committee AdvisorTeam:
DesignFrom:
Dallas, TXYear:
SeniorWe're a really chill and creative committee, and it's really great being able to talk about art/design with people who are passionate about the same thing!
Kathy Zhang
Role:
Hacker Experience MemberTeam:
Hacker ExperienceFrom:
Beijing, ChinaYear:
JuniorI love to brainstorm different activity ideas with my committee to help to enhance the hackathon experience.
Fay Zhang
Role:
Director of MarketingTeam:
MarketingFrom:
Kennesaw, GAYear:
SophomoreEveryone pitches in to stay on track. It's easy to mutually voice opinions.
Christina Woodrow
Role:
Content, MentorTeam:
ContentFrom:
Cincinnati, OHYear:
JuniorI like how content members directly engage with hackers through workshops.
Terry Luo
Role:
Sponsorship MemberTeam:
SponsorshipFrom:
Toronto, CanadaYear:
JuniorIt has to be the people!
Zinnie Zhang
Role:
Dev Project ManagerTeam:
DevelopmentFrom:
Kanpur, IndiaYear:
FreshmanI love the people—old and new.
Aadi Bajpai
