Our People
2026
Our People
On your journey to become a Leader tomorrow.
DIRECTOR · CHAIR OF THE BOARD
Robert Fetell
(He/Him)
Rob Fetell is the founder of the Resilience Youth Network and serves as Chair of the Board. Rob currently consults for AECOM’s Technical Advisory practice, focused on geotechnical and infrastructure resilience. Previously, he was an engineer in copper processing at Rio Tinto and a research associate at MIT’s Civil and Environmental Engineering department, where he completed his MS thesis comparing finite element methods and satellite InSAR for monitoring large tailings dams. Rob holds an MS in Engineering Geology and a BA in Geology (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Pennsylvania, where he founded RYN to mentor high school and early college students in climate resilience careers. He is an Aspen Institute Future Leaders Climate Initiative alum and has helped advance environmental justice policy in his hometown of Miami Beach.
DIRECTOR · CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT
Charles Aresty
(He/Him)
Charlie Aresty serves as Chief Executive Director & President of the Resilience Youth Network, taking the role full-time in April 2026 after joining the Board of Directors in 2022. Previously, Charlie served as the founding investment banking analyst for two newly formed teams at Perella Weinberg Partners focused on shareholder advisory and activism defense. Before Perella, he served as co-senior analyst across corporate matters at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, leading the paralegal team for shareholder activism defense. Charlie graduated with honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics and dual concentrations in Management (Entrepreneurship) and Legal Studies, and previously served on the Associate Board of Arbor Rising, a 501(c)(3) supporting social entrepreneurs.
DIRECTOR
Max Sano
(He/Him)
Max Sano serves as a Director of the Resilience Youth Network. Max is a Senior Policy and Coalitions Associate at Beyond Pesticides in Washington, D.C., where he focuses on policy analysis, coalition building, and advocacy for organic and regenerative agriculture. He is the founder and lead editor of The Green Zine, a 501(c)(3) that provides mentorship and publishing opportunities for emerging climate changemakers and has published over 60 youth writers and advocates. Max is pursuing an M.A. in Food Studies (Policy & Advocacy Track) at New York University and holds a B.A. in Government and Environmental Studies from Franklin & Marshall College, where he was a Posse Scholar. He is also a Udall Scholar, Aspen Institute Future Climate Leader, Riley’s Way Call for Kindness Fellow, World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and recipient of the UN FAO’s 2020 World Food Day Storytelling Award.
DIRECTOR
Sarang Mani
(He/Him)
Sarang Mani serves as a Director of the Resilience Youth Network. Sarang is an Associate on the New Markets team at Apollo Global Management. Previously, he was an Associate on J.P. Morgan’s Sustainable Growth Equity team, where he led investments in climate technology and energy transition companies including MineSense and Arcadia, and before that an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs covering Real Estate and serving on the firm’s Sustainable Solutions Council. Sarang also serves on the Junior Board of Asia Initiatives, leads partnerships at Climate Tech Cities, and has contributed to Climate Tech VC. He was named a Future Climate Leader by the Aspen Institute and graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Economics, where he co-led Brown Space Engineering and served as President of Brown’s Socially Responsible Investment Fund.
DIRECTOR
Deepak Marahatta
(He/Him)
Deepak Marahatta serves as a Director of the Resilience Youth Network. Deepak brings over a decade of experience in disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation, and community resilience across Nepal and the Asia-Pacific. He is the founder of DEPO Nepal, where he has led DRR and climate education programs in partnership with JICA, ICIMOD, UNICEF, the World Bank, USAID, and the European Union — including the JICA-funded School Club-Based Resilience Community Model Project across 50 Kathmandu Valley schools. A skilled trainer, he has delivered over seventy DRR, climate, and environmental sustainability programs and developed educational tools used by communities and municipalities across Nepal, India, Japan, and Bhutan. Deepak is a PhD scholar in Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Livelihood at Tribhuvan University, holds a Master’s in Environment Education and Sustainable Development from Kathmandu University, and was honored with the U.S. State Department’s Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund Award in 2021.
DIRECTOR
Paul Presendieu
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Paul Presendieu serves as a Director of the Resilience Youth Network. Born and raised in New Rochelle, NY as the son of Colombian and Haitian immigrants, Paul is the New York State Environmental Justice Chair at the Sierra Club and serves on the Democratic National Committee’s Climate Council Executive Committee — the first New York resident democratically elected to that body, re-elected for the 2025–2029 term. He is the National Environmental Caucus Chair of the Young Democrats of America, Adult Advisory Board Chair of the High School Democrats of America, and Executive Secretary of the UNA-USA National Council representing New York and New Jersey. Paul also chairs the City of New Rochelle’s Ecology & Natural Resources Advisory Committee, and previously served as Community Engagement Director for Soulful Synergy and Outreach Manager for Sustainable Westchester, a 44-municipality consortium. He has been named to the 2024 Grist 50 list of climate leaders to watch and to five 40-under-40 awards, including Black Millennials for Flint’s National Young Gifted & Green 40 Under 40 Class of 2022.
DIRECTOR
Bea Klink
(She/Her)
Bea Klink serves as a Director of the Resilience Youth Network. Bea is the co-founder of an early-stage startup and a former research affiliate at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. Originally from Brazil, she was previously a Business Development Specialist at re.green, supporting large-scale ecological restoration efforts, and earlier founded PLENAS, a real estate development and asset management firm in Brazil. Bea earned an MSc in Civil Engineering from MIT (GPA 5.0/5.0) as a Lemann Fellow, completed MIT’s Statistics and Data Science MicroMasters, and holds a BS in Civil Engineering from UniCEUB in Brasília. Her research at MIT focused on the application of artificial intelligence to civil engineering and infrastructure.
DIRECTOR
Jade Rouse
(She/Her)
Jade Rouse serves as a Director of the Resilience Youth Network. Jade is a Senior Program Associate in the Energy and Environment Program at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C., where she designs and leads convenings that bring together policymakers, business leaders, academics, and nonprofits on critical energy, environment, and education issues. She has held progressively senior roles at Aspen since 2021, beginning as a Program Coordinator. Prior to joining Aspen, Jade was a staff associate at CAF America, a global grantmaking organization, where she supported corporations, foundations, and individuals through the grantmaking process. She holds a BA in Communication and Media Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, where she also served as an undergraduate teaching assistant and graphic designer for the interdisciplinary journal Forbes and Fifth.
Michael Martello, PhD
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Michael Martello is a civil engineer actively solving problems at the intersection of infrastructure, climate change, and economics. His primary area of expertise is flood risk assessment for transit infrastructure (i.e., figuring out how transit tunnels flood and what ends up getting damaged). Working in the Plan Formulation Branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District, he is actively involved in the planning of a variety of coastal infrastructure projects in the greater New York City area. Michael is an alumnus of MIT (PhD ’23; SM ’20) and Manhattan College (BS ’18) where he studied Civil & Environmental Engineering. He is passionate about developing and applying interdisciplinary approaches to planning investments in climate change adaptation.
Lauren Moore
(She/Her)
Lauren Moore is a second year Building Technology Masters student at MIT. Lauren received her Bachelor’s degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering in 2022 from Howard University. Moore’s current research focuses on lessening the energy burden on low-income communities. Aside from academia, Lauren has previous experience in general contracting project management and has remained steadfast in her commitment to serving communities through mentorship and volunteer involvement with organizations such as Green City Force, Habitat for Humanity, and Union City Food Bank.
Bodhi Patil
(He/Him)
Bodhi Patil is a young ocean climate solutionist passionate about the interconnection between Ocean Health and Human Health (OHHH). As the founder of Inner Light, co-creator of @oceanuprise, co-founder of Sea Dragon Studios – One World Breath, co-winner of the UN Oceans Conference Youth & Innovation Forum, and United Nations esteemed young leader, Bodhi supports young people to create impact at scale. He is a Youth Advisor for OnDeck Fisheries AI, World Ocean Day, and Break Free from Plastic Pollution. He is actively working on a Meaningful Youth Ocean-Climate Action strategy with various UN constituencies, UN Global Compact and youth partners. He is a second-year student in the BA + Masters of Management program at the University of British Columbia studying oceans, climate action, and business.
Andres Sabo
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Andres Sabo is a Venezuelan American passionate about financing climate resilience infrastructure projects for frontline communities in the Global South. Currently a Global Markets Sales Associate at MUFG in New York City, Andres covers major institutional corporate credit investors and strengthens his institution’s climate finance franchise by supporting SDG transactions and new climate financing platforms. At MUFG, he principally focuses on stakeholder engagement across Latin America with a diverse range of investors, including private and public sectors, philanthropies, DFIs, MDBs, and governments.
A graduate of Cornell University with dual Bachelor’s degrees in Policy Analysis & Management as well as Business, Andres was an active participant in the 2023 UN Water Conference and remains closely involved in the Future Climate Leaders Initiative at the Aspen Institute. With these experiences, Andres aims to guide and inspire the next generation of climate resilience leaders in development finance through the RYN Fellowship program.
Pooja Tilvawala
(She/Her)
Pooja Tilvawala is an Indian-American climate justice advocate, opportunity curator, and youth engagement expert heavily engaged in the US and international climate spaces. She has degrees in Economics and International Studies with a focus on Justice, Ethics, and Human Rights from American University. Since 2020, she has served as the Founder and Executive Director of Youth Climate Collaborative (YCC) which is making the climate movement more just, inclusive, intergenerational, and one that allows youth to take meaningful climate action while sustaining themselves and their work. She focuses on collaboration to advance the SDGs, climate mental health, intergenerational and participatory decision-making, trust-based philanthropy, climate comedy and creatives, policy literacy, and youth engagement in UNFCCC processes. Most recently, she was double nominated to serve as the North America youth advisor to the UN Secretary General for climate change.
Corey Wills
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Corey Wills is a hazard mitigation planner with Michael Baker International. They hold a dual masters degree in environmental studies and city planning from the University of Pennsylvania. They have been involved in resilience and adaptation projects ranging from conducting stakeholder outreach for the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan to co-designing a social vulnerability index to identify at-risk communities in the U.S. Virgin Islands. They are also deeply committed to local environmental justice projects. Their work in this sphere includes creating a GIS analysis of potential locations for urban food forests for food desert alleviation in Philadelphia and the design of food forests, urban gardens, and green stormwater infrastructure for West Philadelphia public schools. Ultimately, their professional goal is to leverage ethical, sustainable, and community-driven resilience planning to equitably address climate change impacts in the urban environment.W