Our Mission

To ensure each and every student and professional has access to a community and the connections needed to succeed.

Our Story

Adam and Reilly first met in the technology investment banking group of Credit Suisse, where they were office mates. They soon realized that they wanted to pursue a very different career path and met alumni week after week over coffee to figure out what path.

They realized how powerful mentors and their respective alumni networks had been in helping them to explore various career paths, understand the pros and cons of different roles, and ultimately succeed in getting roles at Google.

With the entrepreneurial spirit all around them, they embarked on an after-work side project focused on helping young professionals find meaningful careers. This project would eventually evolve and grow into PeopleGrove.

PeopleGrove has since grown to reimagine connection and community for today’s college students and professionals at over 250 campuses and organizations around the world.

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Our Values 01.PRACTICE R‑E‑S‑P‑E‑C‑T
02. BE CURIOUS
03. Impact PRIORITIZE
04. OWN IT
05. Build TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES
01.

Practice R‑E‑S‑P‑E‑C‑T

We value diverse points of view, empathy for one another, and seeing all parts of a person (we don’t like fitting people into boxes).

02.

Be Curious

We’re humble, have a growth mindset, and like to ask questions (Like, a lot of questions). We believe we can learn from everyone: our teammates, our partners, our end users, our favorite barista at Cafe Madeleine… And we don’t say no without understanding why.

03.

Prioritize Impact

Focus on what matters and get s#[email protected] done. Also, we like to experiment, explore, and test ourselves. It’s okay to try and fail – as long as we learn from it.

04.

Own It

We value self-starters who take ownership and have a strong bias towards action. If it’s broke, we fix it. We also own who we are – we’re self-aware, tuned into our strengths and weaknesses, and love giving and receiving feedback to help each other improve.

05.

Build Transformative Experiences

We’re proudest when we facilitate discovery, change a student’s trajectory, or help others make lifelong connections. We are dedicated to enabling these experiences for all students, mentors, our partners, and members of our community.

Meet Our Team

Adam Saven

Co-Founder and CEO

Reilly Davis

Co-Founder and CTO

Nitin Hayaran

VP of Engineering

Caitlin Bond

Head of Mentoring Programs

Joanne Lacsina

Director, Strategic Partnership Management

Justin Oberbauer

SVP of Sales and Customer Success

Tori Funkhouser

VP of Product

Katie Jouthas

Operations Manager

Igor Leygerman

Product Design Manager

Leslie Chamberlain

Director, Customer Education and Support

Jon Bercovitch

Director, Professional Services

Bryan Landaburu

VP of Marketing

Traunza Adams

Advisor, BridgesAlliance

Howard Wright

Advisor, BridgesAlliance

Earl Roach III

Director, BridgesAlliance

Nikesh Hayaran

Senior Director, Engineering

Ela Provost

Product Manager

David Lapedis

Strategic Partnerships

Vaishnavi Sambrekar

Product Manager

Paresh Sapkale

Product Manager

Josh Schock

University Partnerships

Antonia Meachin

Sr. Implementation Manager

Zach Davis

University Partnerships

Tim Pearce

Senior University Partnerships

Garvit Agarwal

Software Engineer

Prakash Sharma

Software Engineer

Nikhil Pujari

Software Engineer

Matt Kelly

Strategic Marketing Manager

James Kinney

Sr. Product Support Specialist

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Melissa Boyle

Sr. Product Support Specialist

Sabena Lodhi

University Partnerships

Jenifer Luton

Enterprise Strategic Partnerships, Employers

Rupesh Padhye

Software Engineer

Alex Simpson

Senior University Partnerships

Akshay Gupta

Software Engineer

Shraddha Shinde

QA Analyst

Cameron Tepper

University Partnerships

Katie Caperton

Strategic Partnerships

Mark Macdonald

Product Marketing Manager

Raunak Sethiya

Full Stack Software Developer

Suman Kundu

Full Stack Software Developer

Meghan Funk

Strategic Partnerships

Indranil Tiwary

Full Stack Software Engineer

Siddhesh Ingawale

QA Analyst

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Anagha Kale

QA Analyst

Himank Pathak

Software Engineer

Abhishek Sharma

Junior Software Engineer

Suraj Gupta

QA Lead

Aditya Dubey

Product Designer

Prashant Mishra

Product Support Specialist

Akash Rajpurohit

Junior Software Engineer

Jessica Noland

Customer Marketing Manager

Amit Bhardwaj

Product Data Analyst

Anurag Satpathy

Product Designer

Shivani Chaurasia

Operations Associate

Shumroze Bhat

Product Designer

Samarth Vasdev

Product Manager

Carol Cortilet

Director, Enrollment Solutions

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