About Us
The “Level The Playing Field” team was expressly chosen to provide a wide array of student interests and experiences. The team consists of advisors who work closely with each student cohort, as well as an overall staff that heads operations and organizational concerns.
The Team
These staff members work full-time to better serve all the students and to make the program stronger and more impactful each day.
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Nehemiah Stewart, President & Founder
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Wendy Krieg, Program Coordinator
2023-2024 Mentors
Our advisors come from diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and careers. However, they are united in their dedication to pay their successes forward by mentoring the coming generations to find their own success whatever that may look like.
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Micheal (Mike) Reed
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Jennica Kelm
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Oluwatimilehin (Timi) Oluwajire
Advisory Board
The Level the Playing Field staff consists of a dedicated team of students and faculty. Alongside organizational concerns and structure, each member of the LTPF staff seeks to be a resource to guide each student towards success.
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Nehemiah Stewart
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Gretchen Bellamy
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John Bamforth
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Ralph House
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Bernard Bell
Corporate Advisory Board:
Our Corporate Advisory Board is made up of very qualified and skilled individuals within the Pharmacy and Tech world.
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William Heath, Group VP Medicines Innovation Hub at Eli Lilly & Co.
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Stephanie Barrett, Distinguished Scientist at Merck
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Stephanie Urbin, Director at Procter and Gamble
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Kevin Barnett, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at SciVida
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Dawn Mason, Global External Innovation & Library Information Services Manager at Eastman
Academic Advisory Board
Our Academic Advisory Board is made up of very qualified and skilled individuals from various Universities across the East Coast.
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Sean Kimbro, Professor at Morehouse School of Medicine
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Carla White, Associate Dean at UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
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David Remington, Associate Professor Emeritus at UNCG
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Felix (Phil) Castellano, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Chair and Professor at NCSU
Our Past Student Cohorts
Level the Playing Field has extremely dedicated, driven, and intelligent students each year.
2022-2023
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Clarisa Garcia
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Elikem Des-Amekudi
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Chyanne McKeller
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Adelaide Owusu
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Daniel Sartin
![Aiden Pearson (2)](https://leveltheplayingfieldgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Aiden-Pearson-2-scaled-e1664374053840.jpg)
Aiden Pearson
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Ann Safo
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Kiara Fletcher
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Ke’Von Lee
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Ricardo Hernandez-Lopez
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Marc Brown
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Amber Frye
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Karissa D. Forrester
2021-2022
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Ashley Riddick
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Jim Appiah
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Valen Zhang
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Arianna Delts
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James Issa
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Emmanuel Otoah-Gyasi
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Travis Cromes
2020-2021
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Jarvis Blanding
![Alexis-Campbell Alexis Campbell](https://leveltheplayingfieldgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Alexis-Campbell.jpg)
Alexis Campbell
![Isaiah-Crews–Davis Isaiah Crews Davis](https://leveltheplayingfieldgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Isaiah-Crews-Davis.jpg)
Isaiah Crews-Davis
![George-Andrade-Munoz George Andrade Munoz](https://leveltheplayingfieldgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/George-Andrade-Munoz.jpg)
George Andrade- Muñoz
![Samuel-Okonkwo Samuel Okonkwo](https://leveltheplayingfieldgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Samuel-Okonkwo.jpg)
Samuel Okonkwo
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De’Vion Porch
![Bobby-Sims Bobby Sims](https://leveltheplayingfieldgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Bobby-Sims.jpg)
Bobby Sims
![Janiyah-Sutton Janiyah Sutton](https://leveltheplayingfieldgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Janiyah-Sutton.jpg)