Meet The Team

Leadership Isn't an Age. It's a Commitment.

Seen & Heard's team is intergenerational by design. Youth board members and adult staff share governance authority, make decisions together, and are accountable to the same mission.

Connector, Collaborator, and 

Creative Co-Conspirator

Amy S. Levner

CEO and Executive Director

Amy Levner leads social good organizations through intense periods of growth, change, and impact. Specializing in goal clarity and making strong connections with the right partners at the right time, Amy ensures greater impact for the greater good.


Amy currently serves as CEO of Seen & Heard Action Network, an ambitious nonprofit working to prioritize kids at all levels of government by ensuring young people have a leadership role in policy change. In addition to managing a non-profit consulting practice, Amy was most recently Vice President at KABOOM!, the national non-profit dedicated to ending playspace inequity. 


Previously Amy led the Livable Communities agenda for AARP where she was responsible for AARP’s work on issues related to ensuring older adults can age successfully where they live. She is an active volunteer and community connector, a (very) beginner ceramicist, and most delights in going on adventures with her husband and teenage daughter - from traveling far and wide, to short trips to the couch for movie nights.

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Mary Todd Earnhardt

Chief Program Officer


Educator, Maximalist, and 

Double Name Enthusiast

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MacKenzie Isaac

Communications Consultant


Anime aficionado. 

Bioethics baddie (in training). 

Culturally compassionate content curator

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Rachel Shames

Social Media Consultant


College student, creative, and curious

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Fellows

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Lucas Cox

YBOD President


College student, pro-bono consultant, 

and future leader

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Oviya Ramesh


College student, researcher, 

and artistic


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Sanisha Mahendra-Rajah


College student, global health researcher, 

lifelong learner

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Youth Board of Director

Youth Ambassadors

Board Members

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Dr. Sallie Permar

Founder, Board Member
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Dr. Charlene Wong

Founder, Board Member

Founders

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Dr. Sallie Permar

Cornell, CHildren's Hospital of NY, Davidson COllege, St. Jude's

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Dr. Charlene Wong

NCDHHS, CDC, Pediatric Associates Family of Companies, NC InCK, Duke

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Ilina Ewen

Founder, Board Member

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Founding Team Members and Youth

Kristen Buonocore

Charlotte Bruderly

Grayson Elliott

Debroah Kargbo

Riley White

Matthew De Castro

Seen & Heard Youth Board of Directors

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Rachel Choi

YBOD Vice President


Creative, immigrant daughter, and founder of HÉRA Foundation
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Lucas Cox

YBOD President


College student, pro-bono consultant, and future leader
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Arnav Bokil

YBOD Secretary


High School Student, Sucker-for-karaoke, and avid reader
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Seen & Heard Inaugural Interns

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Charlotte Bruderly

College student, twin, and proud Midwesterner
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Grayson Elliott

College student, public health researcher, and triathlete
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Deborah Kargbo

British international student, first generation immigrant, and scientist
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