LONGITUDE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Partner / Holland and Knight LLP / University of Texas School
Adrianne is an Austin litigation attorney who focuses her practice on a wide range of matters involving energy, electric utility law, oil, gas and commercial litigation. She is experienced in representing clients in state and federal courts, as well as other arbitration venues. She regularly represents electric cooperatives before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). She also handles contract negotiations and corporate governance matters for electric cooperatives. Adrianne is a graduate of Rice University and the University of Texas School of Law. In the community, she serves on the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin Charitable Foundation, which supports educational programs and services that benefit the Hispanic community as well as offers scholarships to talented Hispanic students in Central Texas.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Founder
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Founder and CEO of Leona 's Bakeshop
Alexander is the founder and CEO of Leona's Bakeshop, an online based bakery serving customers in Houston and Texas. He is an alumni of Rice University, where he also had a successful career in alumni engagement and student programming over ten years. Alex is passionate about establishing and fostering relationships with individuals and organizations, and helping with advancing their missions. He leads efforts in advocacy, fundraising, and development of meaningful engagement opportunities for Longitude.site.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- President and Chief Operating Officer / American Flag Football League / Columbia Law School
- President and Chief Operating Officer of American Flag Football League
Brian Michael Cooper is the president and chief operating officer of American Flag Football League. Previously, he was a partner at Frost Brown Todd, and also served as the President of the XFL Houston Roughnecks. He has more than 20 years of combined experience as a sports attorney, business executive, and legal advisor. Brian graduated cum laude from Cornell University in 1992 with a bachelor of arts in Government & Philosophy. He went on to earn his MPP from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and his JD from Columbia Law School.
Job Titles:
- Secretary
- Secretary of the Board
Brittany serves as secretary on the Longitude.site Board of Directors; she also formerly served as the editor for Longitude.site publications.
Brittany is an alumni of Rice University where she earned degrees in English and Classics. She has worked as a research assistant, quality assurance specialist, and project manager. Her primary interests are editorial reviews and project management and lifelong learning to support the Longitude.site mission.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- VP, Policy and Regulatory Affairs for Crypto.Com
Dan is VP, Policy and Regulatory Affairs for Crypto.com, where he focuses on regulatory and public policy affairs for the Americas. Previously, Dan was an associate at K&L Gates in Washington, D.C. His practice focused on banking, trust company, and digital asset regulatory and policy affairs. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2017 as a Hardy Cross Dillard Scholar, a member of the Raven Society, and a member of the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review. He graduated from Rice University in 2014 with a Bachelor's of Arts, cum laude, in political science and economics.
Job Titles:
- School of Government ( M.P.P. )
As the founding director, Ipek leads the organization and manages its projects. She came to this role after twenty years at Rice University during which time she developed and led programs that connected classroom education of the students with practical and global immersion experiences.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- SMA Specialist
Kenneth is SMA Specialist at Invesco. Previously, he served as regional vice president at Touchstone Investments where he was responsible for all consulting relationships with wirehouse and independent wealth managers in Houston, South Texas, and Louisiana. He provided wealth management services and coached investment advisors on growing their business most effectively with innovative ideas on language and communication, practice optimization, and client service model techniques. Kenneth is a sought after keynote speaker for investment and practice management ideas. Kenneth graduated from Rice University in 2014.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Principal
- Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting 's Human Capital
Leticia is a senior manager at Deloitte Consulting's Human Capital practice in Houston, with 15+ years of client experience within Energy and Resources in the US and abroad. Her primary focus is helping clients through complex business transformations using a comprehensive people lens, involving operating and organization model implications, and talent and change management strategies. Leticia has deep experience leading projects around Workforce Experience, Future of Work, digital and business transformations, analytics-driven change, culture, DE&I and strategic communications. She is a graduate of Rice University who is a native speaker in Portuguese, fluent in Spanish, and business proficient in Norwegian.
Nitin serves as one of the Longitude.site Board of Directors.
Nitin is an alumni of Rice University where he led interview-based leadership programs. He is currently in Internal Medicine residency at Baylor College of Medicine. He aspires to use his education in medicine to broaden the availability of healthcare for the underinsured population and to help mentor students.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Member of the Advisory Board
Tolga is an associate professor of communication and media studies at Maltepe University in Istanbul, Turkey and serves as a board member of several international education institutions, institutes, and organizations, including SAE Institute and Tanto Capital Partners. As an entrepreneur, he has over 23 years of experience in investing and leading business entities, starting from raising capital, strategic planning to transition to different fields including industrial production, hospitality, real estate development, and logistics. He founded and led Istanbul Ayvansaray University for ten years. He is also the co-founder of Plato Sanat, an exhibition space for contemporary art in İstanbul, which targets both the art audience and students studying art, design, and communication. He graduated from Webster University with a bachelor of arts in business management, from Koc University with an MBA, and from Maltepe University with a PhD in communications.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Senior Geophysicist
- Senior Geophysicist at Schlumberger
Wendy is a senior geophysicist at Schlumberger. Previously, she served as the program director at Kyros AI, a platform that optimizes Machine Learning algorithms to provide personalized guidance as well as to develop and deliver college prep programs for high school students. Wendy is also a musician, songwriter, and music producer. She graduated from Rice University with a bachelor of science degree in physics.