Leadership

If you have any questions or want to get involved, please reach out to any of our Board officers or Committee chairs listed below. 

 

Jump to: Programs/Events Chairs | Communications Chairs | General Chairs | Fundraising | Governance

 

2024-2025 PTA Executive Committee and Board of Directors

Position Name Email
Co-President* Hongkai Chen president@medinapta.org
Co-President* Suphattra Sunnamthiang president@medinapta.org
President Elect* May Jin president_elect@medinapta.org 
Secretary* Jennifer Chen secretary@medinapta.org 
VP Finance* Sally Wei finance@medinapta.org 
VP Fundraising* Mabel Tang fundraising@medinapta.org 
VP Grants* Galarah Golanbar grants@medinapta.org 
Treasurer* Zalak Ghetia treasurer@medinapta.org 
Self-Funding Treasurer* Fanny Xie treasurer_sf@medinapta.org 
Past President Svetlana Gershman pastpresident@medinapta.org 
Past President Ekta Jiwani pastpresident@medinapta.org 
Member at Large Maxine Lee ptabod@medinapta.org 
Member at Large Sejal Jiwani ptabod@medinapta.org
Member at Large Ellen Rogov ptabod@medinapta.org 

 

 *Executive Committee (elected officers)

 

2024-2025 PTA Committee Chairs

 

Programs and Events:

Please direct general questions about programs and events to info@medinapta.org. 

 

Position Name Email
Arts Club Co-Chair Felix Lin artsclub@medinapta.org 
Arts Club Co-Chair Dora Chan artsclub@medinapta.org 
Book Fair Co-Chair Shiny Cheng bookfair@medinapta.org 
Book Fair Co-Chair Heewon Park bookfair@medinapta.org 
Chess Club Co-Chair Thu-An Lai chessclub@medinapta.org
Chess Club Co-Chair Anutham Adusumilli chessclub@medinapta.org
Debate Club Co-Chair Chris Zhang debateclub@medinapta.org
Debate Club Co-Chair Priyanka Kamran debateclub@medinapta.org
Destination Imagination Co-Chair Michelle Guo di@medinapta.org 
Destination Imagination Co-Chair Boyuan Li di@medinapta.org 
Graduation Party Co-Chair Helen van de Morel graduationparty@medinapta.org
Graduation Party Co-Chair Sejal Jiwani graduationparty@medinapta.org
Ice Cream Social Chair Anna Edmonds icecream@medinapta.org 
Languages Club Chair Olivia Qin languagesclub@medinapta.org 
Math Club Co-Chair Daiki Sasaki mathclub@medinapta.org 
Math Club Co-Chair David Cui mathclub@medinapta.org 
Missoula Children's Theatre Co-Chair Claire Park mct@medinapta.org 
Missoula Children's Theatre Co-Chair Milly Jiang mct@medinapta.org 
Reading Club Chair Alia Atiff readingclub@medinapta.org 
Robotics Club Co-Chair Eve Jaikhan roboticsclub@medinapta.org 
Robotics Club Co-Chair Sakshi Thawani roboticsclub@medinapta.org
Runners Club Co-Chair Xueliang Huo runnersclub@medinapta.org 
Runners Club Co-Chair Emma Abdolrasool runnersclub@medinapta.org 
Snow Sports Chair Salim Hemdani snowsports@medinapta.org 
STEM Night Co-Chair Alissa Burkit stem@medinapta.org 
STEM Night Co-Chair Carrie Lee stem@medinapta.org 
Talent Show Co-Chair Ekta Jiwani  talentshow@medinapta.org 
Talent Show Co-Chair Eva Yu talentshow@medinapta.org 
World Culture Night Co-Chair Yili Huang worldculture@medinapta.org 
World Culture Night Co-Chair Yulia Dosby worldculture@medinapta.org 

 

 

Communications:

Please direct general communications questions to info@medinapta.org. 

 

Position Name Email
Byte Co-Editor  Jill Chaffee byte@medinapta.org 
Byte Co-Editor Jennifer Chen byte@medinapta.org 
Social Media Manager Svetlana Gershman socialmedia@medinapta.org
Social Media Manager Yaohong Xi socialmedia@medinapta.org 
Photographer  Mia Liu photographer@medinapta.org
Room Parents Coordinator Galarah Golanbar  roomparents@medinapta.org 
Webmaster May Jin webmaster@medinapta.org
Webmaster Şeyma Güven-Koçak webmaster@medinapta.org 

 

General:

Please direct general PTA questions to info@medinapta.org. 

 

Position Name Email
Advocacy Chair Joyce Kao advocacy@medinapta.org 
BSF Ambassador Eunice Kim bsf@medinapta.org 
Directory Chair Natalia Lebedeva  directory@medinapta.org 
FACE Co-Chair Thao Doan face@medinapta.org 
FACE Co-Chair Melissa Geng  face@medinapta.org 
Library Chair Christine Wang  library@medinapta.org 
Membership Chair Fanny Xie membership@medinapta.org 
Staff Appreciation Co-Chair Van Choe staffappreciation@medinapta.org
Staff Appreciation Co-Chair Yi Xian staffappreciation@medinapta.org
Yearbook Chair Ellen Rogov yearbook@medinapta.org 
Picture Day Chair Maria Paul  pictureday@medinapta.org 

 

 

Fundraising:

Please direct general fundraising questions to our VP of Fundraising: fundraising@medinapta.org. 

 

Position Name Email
Halloween Festival Chair Laine Huang  halloween@medinapta.org
Spring Social Chair Mingmin Zhu springsocial@medinapta.org 

 

 

Governance

Please direct general governance questions to our Co-Presidents: president@medinapta.org. 

 

Position Name Email
Budget Committee Chair Zalak Ghetia treasurer@medinapta.org 
Financial Review Committee Chair Sally Wei  finance@medinapta.org 
Nominating Committee Chair TBD nominating@medinapta.org