Jesi Hessong-Brown Faculty Advisor, Pink Group Jesi Hessong is a first generation WYSE-r! She attended the inaugural conference in 2010 and quickly became apart of the WYSE family. She was the first WYSE fall intern in 2011 when she began her degree at George Mason University and was one of the first summer interns for Read more about Jesi Hessong-Brown[…]
Keirsten Robinson Junior Faculty Advisor, Navy Group & Summit Moderator Keirsten Robinson is a recent graduate of George Mason University. She majored in communication with double concentrations in journalism and public relations and double minored in political communication and American government. While at Mason she was involved in student media, writing for the Fourth Estate Read more about Keirsten Robinson WYSE[…]
Maction Komwa Faculty Advisor, Navy Group Maction Komwa is a multi-disciplinary researcher and educator with expertise and experience in geospatial technologies in support of climate and land-use change, biophysical sustainability of food production systems, conservation of natural resource and management. He is currently teaching in the department of Geography and Geoinformation Science at George Mason Read more about Maction Komwa[…]
Rosa Wolf Junior Faculty Advisor, Navy Group Howdy! I am a recent graduate of Texas A&M Galveston with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean and Coastal Resources with a focus in conservation and policy. I attended WYSE in 2013 where I found my passion for the environment and conservation, but in 2016, 2017 and 2018 Read more about Rosa Wolf[…]
Sabit Nasir Junior Faculty Advisor, Maroon Group Sabit Nasir graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. in Environmental Studies and Geography. He was the President of the EcoHusky Student Group, the largest environmental organization on campus for those interested in advocacy and the environment. Believe it or not, his environmental passion came from Read more about Sabit Nasir[…]
Laura Swessel Faculty Advisor, Magenta Group Laura grew up in Cumberland, Maryland. She attended MIT where she earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. She worked for 7 years at Lockheed Martin as a Mechanical Test Engineer, building commercial satellites. During that time, she earned an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from NJIT. In 1999 where she Read more about Laura Swessel[…]
Emma Gregory Junior Faculty Advisor, Lime Group Emma was first introduced to WYSE when she attended after her sophomore year of high school, in 2014. She returned as an intern in 2015 and as a Junior Faculty Advisor in 2017. Although her first love will always be the Orange Team, she’s excited to work with Read more about Emma Gregory[…]
Kwame Boakye Junior Faculty Advisor, Coral Group Kwame Boakye is a current undergraduate student at the University of Houston. Kwame is a major in biotechnology with a minor in Health. He plans on pursuing a master’s in biotechnology after graduating in December. Kwame currently works as a research assistant at the Crawford lab, where he Read more about Kwame Boakye[…]
Keni Rienks Faculty Advisor, Lime Group Keni Rienks is a high school science teacher from Wilmington, NC. She is advisor to her school’s green club and coaches their National Ocean Science Bowl team. Outside of school, Keni serves on the executive board for the Surfrider Foundation, where she advocates for ocean and environmental protection. When Read more about Keni Rienks[…]
Brianna Wagner Junior Faculty Advisor, Magenta Group Brianna Wagner received a B.S in Biology with an emphasis on environmental conservation in 2020 as the next step in her lifelong goal to “save the planet.” Influenced by having grown up on a family farm where conservation was a top priority and surrounded by many rescue animals Read more about Brianna Wagner[…]