Agenda
Opening Remarks
Cindy Parnell
Student Spotlights
Bryan Custer
Graduate Speaker
Selena Jeanne Morse
Values Awards
Leah Thompson
Presentation of Graduates
Leah Thompson and Paul Bentley
Closing Remarks
Shannon Portillo
Graduating Class of 2026
Omar Abuasba
Dalia Acevedo
Hafsah Ismat Ahsan
Fatima Alaaraji*
Lové Marie Alexander
Ryan Aridi
Eunice Jireh Cena Artus
Kennedy Beasley
Alan Mejia Bernal
Deja Monee Bester*
Pranav Bhavaraju
Sophia Bowers
Layne Carbajal Lozano
Rishik Chaudhary
Enrique Contreras
Cecelia Darter
Aahana Dugar
Nicole Edick
Sarah Isabella Espinoza
Manvitha Ganji
Rishita Gavara
Abigail Gonzalez
Isabel Graham
Destiny Gutierrez
Audrey Heiden
Natalie Hennigh
Ashley Cathleen Hiltbrunner
Komal Inamdar
Josephine Abbie Isham
Hope Patricia Sheila Kan
Smarth Kapoor
Bryan Kilgore Jr.
Kaiya King
Julia Koike
Makena Krause
Keerthana Kumar
Alexander Bryant Kurz
Jadyn Lackershire
Giselle Vanessa Lagarda
Duarte*
Jada Lillo
Carson Liu
A’mya Lopez
Marisa Maestas
Daniel Marre-Surges
Rosalee Martinez*
Seth Allen McMaster
Melona Mebrahtu Medhane
Gina Mejias
Anushka Mitbander
Evan Frank Monaco
Selena Jeanne Morse
Salomae Mulder
Connor Murphy
Diya Murthy
Shawn Neill
Andre Orbegoso*
Paige Delayne Owen*
Sophia Page
Angel Manuel Palacios
Shaela Patel
Shristi Paudel
Madeline Pennell
Athena Peters
Peyton Pierce*
Kyron Pollard
William Reinhart
Maria Elena Reyes Garcia*
On’Yeah Rice*
Luccia Rich
Abigail Richman
Jackson T. Rowe
Herald Samala
Grecia Nazerau Saquelares*
Maya Jade Saroff
Molly Schultz
Jackson Hunter Smith
Lukas Israel Solano*
Casey
Kalikomuaikeanukakahiaka Soong
Manasa Sreeram
Ella Starr
Sita Sudhakar
Ana Sofía Tapia Palazuelos*
Nathaniel Zi’Yuan Teo
Mia Thomas
Justina Thomas
Zair Torres Casanova*
Collin Travis
Lyssa Marie Valenzuela*
Hailie Wilke
Calla Anise Yearta-Sothern
*Transfer Cohort 8
Special Thanks
Michael M. Crow – University President
Sybil Francis – Executive Director, Center for the Future of Arizona
Benjamin Freakley – Special Advisor on Leadership
Cynthia Lietz – Vice Provost, Dean and President’s Professor, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions
Cindy Parnell – Chief of Public Service, Michael M. Crow and Sybil Francis Endowed Directorship at ASU’s Public Service Academy
Shannon Portillo – Director and Lattie and Elva Coor Presidential Chair, School of Public Affairs
Brett Hunt – Executive Director, Next Generation Service Corps Center and Professor of Practice
Kim Baldwin – Director and Faculty Associate
Blair Taylor – Executive in Residence
Paul Bentley – Assistant Teaching Professor
Leah Thompson – Assistant Program Director, Student Leadership
Kellie Martin – Program Manager, Outreach and Recruitment
Bryan Custer – Program Assistant Director, Student Success and Retention
Sloane Dunn – Program Specialist, Next Generation Service Corps Center
Brian Robinson – Principled Innovation Fellow
Charles and Linda Redman – Donors
Patrick Cantelme – Donor
Acknowledgment
Faculty Associates
Allison
Sarah
Student Employees Sofia
Thank you to all NGSC graduates who dedicated so much of your time and energy to our program through your service in NGSC leadership positions.
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