My name is Abby Jarecki, and I'm thrilled and honored to bring Ideas Worth Spreading to life as TEDxPSU's Curator and President. A TED Talk enthusiast and listener since high school, I'm a big thinker with a drive to spread purpose and passion to TEDxPSU. I've worked to promote TEDxPSU on the Marketing Team for my past three years at Penn State, eventually leading the team as an Interim Director and Director. Many of the TED Talks I love are about future solutions to communications, hence the marketing background. My vision for the 2023-2024 TEDxPSU year? Bring a team of thinkers together to work towards something bigger than themselves while inspiring insightful conversations. Yes, it's a big feat, but I believe good things are On The Horizon...

Aditya Majumdar is elaTED to serve as the Vice President and Head Operations Director for TEDxPSU. Along with Abby Jareki, Aditya’s committed to leading a team of TED enthusiasts to deliver a conference which is nothing less than perfection. Aditya is a Computer Science major, minoring in Engineering Leadership Development. Their role entails everything from overseeing the speaker dinner, collaborating with the Human Resources director to foster an inclusive environment, to anything that will make the TEDxPSU 2024 conference an unforgettable and inspiring experience for all attendees. Before stepping into the role of VP and HOD, Aditya served as the content manager last year and as a content liaison and developer in their first year. Outside of TEDxPSU, Aditya is an active member of Camp Kesem, conducts research for the Responsible AI for Social Emancipation Lab, and is a Residential Assistant.

Abby Waterhouse is excited to serve as the Head Talent Director at TEDxPSU during her third year in the organization. Helping reconstruct the content development process, overseeing speaker outreach, coordinating each speaker and performer, and guiding individual speakers on their own talk is how she spends her time in TEDxPSU. After acting as the Director of Conference last year and as a Speaker Consultant her freshman year, she enjoys having the opportunity to provide a platform to speak for many voices of the Penn State and State College Community. She also currently serves as a Crisis Hotline Trainer and Volunteer at Centre Helps and 988 as well a general member in both the College of Education Student Council and Kesem Central PA. In the summer, she works in youth performance education programs to help children find their own voice.