MEET OUR 2025-2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bill Roeschlein

President

Bill Roeschlein, MBA '00 works as a Chief Financial Officer in the Bay Area and has served on the Cornell NorCal Board of Directors since 2020.

Ash Vaidya

Vice president & director of membership

Ash Vaidya, BA '99, MBA '07 has spent over 25 years in the technology sector. He is currently a Managing Director at Multiplier Capital, where he focuses on venture and growth investments across the technology landscape. Ash remains deeply engaged with the Cornell community. He serves on the Advisory Council for Entrepreneurship@Cornell, the Cornell NorCal board, and as Treasurer for the Class of 1999. In 2024, he began a four-year term on the Cornell University Council. Ash holds a BA in Computer Science and Economics (1999) and an MBA (2007) from Cornell University, where he was awarded the Fried Fellowship.

Laura Bloch

president emeritus & general counsel

Laura Bloch, A&S '88 works as an attorney, property manager, and manager of two kids. She was born and raised in Los Angeles and now lives in San Francisco. In addition to serving as President, General Counsel and Secretary for Cornell NorCal, her Cornell volunteering includes serving as a Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador as well as a Class of ‘88 officer.

Camille Bissereth

treasurer & social media director

Camille Bissereth, EMBA '24 is a senior technical program manager driving innovation and leading cross-functional teams in the technology sector. Originally from Haiti, she is fluent in French and English. Serving her second term as Treasurer and Social Media Lead for the NorCal Cornell Association, Camille is excited to support fellow Cornellians in the Bay Area and strengthen connections within the alumni community. When not leading complex initiatives, she enjoys international travel, eating good food, and spending quality time with family and her lovely daughter.

Katherine Stultz

Secretary

Katherine Vega Stultz, '95 is a biotech executive and living in the SF Bay Area since 2020. She has had several stints volunteering and leading efforts with Cornell alumni groups in the many places she’s previously lived including the east coast, midwest and abroad. Katherine is excited to help build connections with alums in the Bay area.

Peihua Ku

Director of technology

Peihua Ku, A&S '94 started on the Board during the Pandemic. Captain in the Navy Reserves as an Information Professional. He enjoys the ocean view from the Coastside of San Mateo.

Sharon Koay

Director of communications

Sharon Koay, MBA '07, MILR '07 has more than 15 years of experience in human resources and compensation management at technology and healthcare companies. She is a Bay Area native. Sharon also volunteers with Cake4Kids, Stanford Blood Center, and Sunnyvale Community Services. During her free time, Sharon likes to travel, go for hikes and test her creativity in the kitchen.

Tasnuva Tabassum

Lead events director

Tasnuva Tabassum, MS '17 graduated from Cornell with an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering in 2017. Since then she has worked at Applied Materials as a Process Engineer before pivoting into Program Management roles at Apple and now at Google. Tasnuva loves connecting with people and is excited to lead the ED team on her 2nd year on the board! Her passion is to introduce Bangladeshi food to the NorCal area as its own unique cuisine and she has started a dinner party series. Check out her Bangladeshi Tasting Menu.

Mae Lum

Lead events director emeritus

Mae Lum, A&S '84 worked in program management and educational publishing after earning an MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago. She also volunteers with many local animal rescue groups and Friends of the Berkeley Public Library. She is serving her seventh term on the Cornell NorCal Board as an Events Director.

Megha Acharya

Director at large

Megha Acharya, MBA '24 has over 15 years of experience in healthcare strategy and GTM approach for complex medical devices. She also served on other non-profit boards like YWCA and HBA to foster a sense of inclusivity and belonging. She loves to travel, hike or ski with friends and family.

Kerstin Frailey

Director at large

Kerstin Frailey MS '15, PhD '15, PhD '23

Julia Godinez

Director at large

Julia Godinez MPA '21

Jack Wang

Director at large

Jack Wang, BS '20 is a product designer who loves working at startups, building different things, and creating experiences that make people smile. He hated tennis growing up but somehow ended up falling down the pickleball rabbit hole after watching a friend's tournament last year. Outside of playing pickleball, he also mentors early product designers, drives fundraising at Project by Project, and travels around the world. Jack is excited to be part of the Board and looks forward to bringing Cornellians together.

Elaine Wong Eakin

Director at large

Elaine Wong Eakin '87

Puneet Brar

Director of events

Puneet Brar

Neresa A. De Biasi

director of events

Neresa A. De Biasi, ILR ’11 is an attorney and practices labor and employment law, with a focus on traditional labor relations. She is new to living in the Bay Area and is excited to serve her first term on the board! She enjoys hiking, the opera and other live performances, vegetarian cuisine, and being a mom to her newborn baby boy.

Srikanth Deshpande

Director of events

Srikanth Deshpande, MBA '13, is a Senior Product Executive with over 20 years of experience across both large technology firms and high-growth startups. Srikanth specializes in building and scaling enterprise and consumer products at the intersection of cloud computing, AI, and programmatic advertising. Over the past decade, Srikanth has led product strategy for CTV advertising and Cloud platforms at industry leaders such as LinkedIn, Roku, RocketFuel, Amazon Web Services, and Qualcomm—driving significant revenue growth and customer adoption. Srikanth enjoys hiking and mountain biking when not busy keeping a Samoyed puppy engaged.

Paris Hsu

Director of events

Paris Hsu, BS '16 joining the Board for the first time as Event Director! :) After her engineering degree at Cornell and a Master's from UMich, she pivoted from UX design and is now a Product Manager at Google. Originally from Taipei (big streetfood advocate), she has also lived in cities like Shenzhen, Tory, Ithaca, Budapest, Seattle, before she landed in the Bay Area. Extremely obsessed with tennis and pickleball, Paris loves bringing people together and is excited to merge her passions in her new role. Look forward to a year packed with pickleball tournaments, escape room adventures, board game nights, and comedy shows with the Cornell NorCal community!

Alice Huang

Director of events

Alice Huang, MS '19 is a senior algorithms engineer in the semiconductor industry, where she specializes in applying machine learning to physics-based challenges. Outside of work, she’s a new mom to a baby girl and enjoys yoga, cooking, and spending time with friends and family.

Chap-Lum Lau

Director of events

Chap-Lum Lau, CALS '24 is currently a medical assistant after switching career trajectories. She was born and raised in the bay area where she enjoys hiking, getting tea, and simply exploring new areas.

Grace Leniski

Director of events

Grace Leniski, CALS '15 is the Head of Intellectual Property & Licensing Strategy for Amazon Fashion, where she leads cross-functional efforts to protect and expand strategic brand partnerships. Previously, she held leadership roles in vendor management at Amazon and worked in business development and consumer investing at L Catterton, focusing on retail and consumer brands. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics and History, magna cum laude, from Cornell University, and enjoys building community and connecting Cornellians through engaging events.

John Lin

Director of events

John Lin, BS '93 is a Silicon Valley product management & business development professional with over 25 years of experience in software, hardware and services. He's also served since the early 2000s for the Cornell Asian Alumni Association (CAAA) as well as more recently on Cornell University Council (2021 - 2025). Outside of work, he enjoys hiking, biking, film, civic engagement and exploring the San Francisco Bay Area.

Peter Rodway

Director of events

Peter Rodway, BArch '09

Angshuman Rudra

Director of events

Angshuman Rudra, MBA '15 has more than 16 years of experience in product management and software development management. He is joining the Board for the first time. He enjoys teaching product management and consults in marketing/strategy/analytics. He loves soccer and loves to manage his 8-year-old son who loves Soccer.

Shiryn Shalileh

Director of events

Shiryn Shalileh MMH '04

Zoe Yang

Director of events

Zoe Yang

Ari Zhou

Director of events

Ari Zhou ’19 is a San Francisco–based product leader working at the intersection of product, growth, and applied AI. She runs Enso Labs, partnering with nonprofits and mission driven startups to ship new initiatives and build the systems that help organizations grow. She’s excited to craft inclusive, high-energy events that bring Cornell alumni together across Northern California.

Kate Van Dalsem

Director, West Coast Engagement and Cornell Silicon Valley