PTSA Leadership 2024-2025

If you have any questions or want to get involved, please reach out to any of our Board officers or Committee chairs listed below.  

2024-2025 PTA Executive Committee and Board of Directors

Position Name Email 
Co-Presidents* Shilpa Makineni  president@cherrycrest-ptsa.org  
Co-Presidents* Robert Schaudt  president@cherrycrest-ptsa.org  
Secretary* Mengye Guo ptsasecretary@cherrycrest-ptsa.org  
Vice President: Communication* Jia Yan vp.1@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Vice President: Curriculum Enhancement* Elena Razmpoosh vp.2@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Vice President Clubs & Membership* Lynnette Zhong vp.3@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Vice President: Family Fun Events & Fundraising* Emily Crahan vp.5@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Vice President: Volunteers* Jessica Wang vp.6@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Treasurer* Navaz Nekoo treasurer@cherrycrest-ptsa.org  
Nomination committee* Sarit Egozi Nominatingcommittee@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Fifth Grade Activities Coordinator (G5) Shalini Thuppal Prakash 5thgradeevents@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Legislative RepSulbha Sankhla legislativerep@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Past President Sarit Egozi 

* Executive Committee (elected officers)

Curriculum Enhancement

Position Name Email
Curriculum Enhancement Kindergarten Muthukumar L. ce-k@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Carolyn Sami 
Curriculum Enhancement First Grade Nandhini Jeevarathinam ce-1@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Lili Wang
Curriculum Enhancement Second Grade Alicia ce-2@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Joy Ang 
Curriculum Enhancement Third Grade Wendy Kuo ce-3@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Kelli Heikkila 
Curriculum Enhancement Fourth Grade Faranak Sroooshian ce-4@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Menye Guo 
Curriculum Enhancement Fifth Grade Dionne Gallagher ce-5@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Katherine Lee 
Sarit Egozi 

Clubs

Please direct general questions about programs and events to info@cherrycrest-ptsa.org.  

Position Name Email
Running Club Chair Emily Crahan runningclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Math Challenges Chair Sharon Liang mathprogram@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Math Club Chair Eva Xu mathclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Yi Zhang 
First Lego League (FLL) Robotics club Chair Jessie Wong, Shruti  robotics@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Passport Club Chair Camille Brockett_Lanier passportclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Spelling Bee Chair Abhishek Sinha +   spellingbee@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Arun Masilamani 
Chess Club Chair  Priscilla Blanco chessclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Drama Club Chair Open dramaclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Magic Club Chair Serena Ji magicclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Spanish Lesson Chair Open spanishlesson@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
VEX Robotics Chair Open vexroboticsclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Future Problem Solving Chair Open fpsclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Environmental Science Club Chair Jessica Wang TBD 
Science Club Chair Ram Anu + Srividya Balakrishnan TBD scienceclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Book Club Chair Archana Bennur, Lizz Kotzbauer bookclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Art Club Chair Lizz Kotzbauer artclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 

Events

EventName Email
Yearbook  Laura Johnson yearbook@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Yearbook – sales Summer Jubelirer, Amy Amsden, Jessica Myers yearbook@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Yearbooks – layout Summer Jubelirer, Amy Amsden  yearbook@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Picture Day Summer Jubelirer pictureday@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Art Reflections Shalini Thuppal Prakash reflections@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Family Engineering/STEM Night Katie McClintock familyengineeringnight@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Movie nights Christina Nemeth + Emily Crahan + Lauren Helmers familyfun@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Staff Appreciation Lauren Helmers staffappreciation@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Faranak Sorooshian staffappreciation@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
School Dance Christina Nemeth + Emily Crahan + Lauren Helmers familyfun@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Bellevue School Foundation Ambassadors Ksenia Tshahhirov bsfambassador@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Book Market – Used Book Sale Fundraiser Open usedbooks@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Variety Show Christina Nemeth varietyshow@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
varietyshow@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Culture Festival Sarit Egozi festivalofcultures@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Field Day Jessica Wang fieldday@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Read-a-thon Emily Crahan readathon@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
readathon@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Walkathon Emily Crahan walkathon@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Arija Young 

Communications

Position Name Email
Chatter Jia Yan editor@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Webmaster LauraJohnson webmaster@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Angel Pang 
Mozhgan Torabifard 
Website Support Angel Pang editor@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Directory  Jessica Wang directory@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Facebook Laura Johnson editor@cherrycrest-ptsa.org 
Website Design Angel Pang editor@cherrycrest-ptsa.org