Overview
The Network Advisory Board (NAB) is a volunteer advisory board for the Roosevelt Network. It provides feedback and input to Network staff about programs and key strategic decisions. The NAB is a collection of individuals who bring unique perspectives to conversations and decision-making; together, the members should represent the diverse voices, experiences, and perspectives of Network alumni.
The NAB represents the interests and needs of Roosevelt Network alumni – inclusive of both Campus Network and Fellowship alums – and offers non-binding strategic advice and input that complements and expands on that of other key stakeholders, including Roosevelt Institute staff Roosevelt’s Board of Directors, and current program participants.
Membership
NAB members have a demonstrated record of engagement in the Roosevelt Network as a student or alumni. Any Network alumni who serve as members of the Roosevelt Institute Board of Directors or FDR Library Board of Trustees will be offered at-large membership to the ABA.
Alumni of a Roosevelt program (Campus Network or student Fellowship) who have completed their undergraduate degree are selected to serve a three (3) year term. Alumni of a student Fellowship who are still in school are selected to serve a one (1) year term with the possibility of renewal after graduation.
Members are selected annually through a process that includes applications, interviews, and an announcement to the full Network community.
Current Members
Christiana Verdelus, Chair
Christiana Verdelus is a healthcare policy professional with expertise in public policy analysis, health advocacy and communications, and public health. She is deeply committed to policy development and reform in healthcare access and quality improvement, maternal and reproductive health, and gender-based violence prevention. She joined Roosevelt as a Forge Fellow in 2021 and has been an active member of the Advisory Board since 2022, currently serving as Board Chair.
Chisolm Allenlundy
Chisolm joined Roosevelt as a sophomore at the University of Alabama, eventually serving one term on the Student Board of Advisors. Since graduation, Chisolm has pursued a career in public interest law, driven by Roosevelt’s commitment to reimagine the rules for a more equitable political and economic system. After working for several years as a legal aid attorney, Chisolm now investigates and prosecutes corporate fraud and abuse with the New York Office of the Attorney General.
Isha Khan
Isha has been involved with the Roosevelt network since 2021, with a former chapter and as a Forge Fellow. He has been focused on advocating for economic equity and environmental justice through advocacy and policy research at the local and state levels. Isha plans to continue to fight for policy reforms to expand the social safety net and to address socioecnomic inequities experienced by the most vulnerable members of our communities.
Andrew Lindsay
Andrew L. Lindsay is a financial institutions associate at WilmerHale in New York, where he advises banks and fintech companies on regulatory and enforcement matters, following earlier positions at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School. Andrew’s Roosevelt Institute journey began through its Campus Network at Amherst College, where he led a geostatistical audit of its $350 million budget to advocate for more local investment in Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley, before joining the inaugural class of Emerging Fellows and contributing to other economic policy initiatives, including Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz’s “Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy.” At Duke Law School, Andrew led the Law & Technology Review as Editor-in-Chief and was recognized as a Next Generation Leader by the American Constitution Society.
Dominic Russel
Dominic is an economics PhD candidate at Harvard University. He joined the Roosevelt Network in 2013 as a freshman at the University of Michigan and served as a chapter head, a member of the Midwest National Leadership team, and the Chair of the Student Board of Advisors. Prior to graduate school he worked as an analyst at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and as a research scientist at NYU.
Pratik Thakur
Pratik Thakur is a medical student at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He received his BA with honors from the University of Southern California, studying biology, health policy, & economics. Pratik has prior experience at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and IQVIA’s market access strategy consulting practice. As part of the Roosevelt Network, he was an Emerging Fellow and served on national student leadership.
Catherine Tong
Catherine is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley, where they studied Comparative Literature with a focus on emerging markets. They participated in the 2023-2024 Emerging Fellowship as the only junior, publishing a policy brief on PG&E, one of the largest utilities in the country, and its bankruptcy, stock performance, and California energy markets in relation to corporate power.
Jennifer Zhang
Jennifer Zhang is an economic justice advocate and policy analyst. She currently serves as a Director’s Financial Analyst at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and previously worked as an intern for Senator Elizabeth Warren and as a consumer frauds mediator for the New York State Attorney General. Jenn served as the National Economic Policy Coordinator of the Roosevelt Network while attending Columbia University for a BA in political science, where she spent four years with and became president of her campus’s Roosevelt chapter (now the Columbia Policy Institute).