MEET THE SALON TEAM
DIRECTORS
HANNAH JAREK
Director of Salons
SUSHMITA BARUA
Director of Salons
ACHINTYA GUPTA
Director of Salons
Hannah Jarek is a junior at Penn State majoring in Elementary Education with minors in History and Human Development and Family Studies. As a lifelong TED enthusiast, her TEDxPSU journey began freshman year as an audience member, continued into sophomore year as a member of the Operations team and she is now thrilled to be the Front of House and Ticketing Director for the 2021 Conference alongside her three Logistics Team co-directors. Outside of TEDxPSU, Hannah is involved in Penn State’s Circle K branch and tutors students in Penn State’s writing center. She enjoys spending her free time reading, crocheting, snacking, and watching Jeopardy. Hannah can be contacted at salons@tedxpsu.com.
Sushmita Barua is a third-year student at Penn State University majoring in chemical engineering with a minor in biomedical engineering. Sushmita has been part of the TEDxPSU team since her sophomore year, and will be serving as one of the Salon Directors for the 2021-22 school year. In addition to TEDxPSU, Sushmita is serves as the Professional Development Director for the Impact Scholars program, and is one of the logistics chairs for the PSU student chapter of AIChE. Sushmita can be reached at salons@tedxpsu.com
Coming Soon!
TEAM MEMBERS
Arshiya Arora
Mohammad Badghaish
Brittany Browner
Connor Eibach
Akanksha Kakar
Harsh Pandey
Natalie Meriwether
Xiaohua Wang
Aisiri Cherrimane Narendra
