Aixa Marchand (she/hers) is serving as the 2023-2024 MBC Chair. She is a former resident of MBTA and lived in the house from 2017-2019 and was awarded the 2019 Gorge Lincoln Burr Award. She joined TA in 2019 and has since served on CBTA, CAC, Custodians, and the search committee for the new Executive Director. She is now an assistant professor in the educational Psychology department at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She is Haitian-American, born in California, and raised in Miami, Florida. Aixa’s email is aixa.marchand@tellurideassociation.org.

Carlos Gemora (he/they) is an Urban Planner in New Mexico facilitating efforts related to community vision, affordable housing, economic development, and land use. He attended Cornell University and was an Atkinson-Tetreault Fellow at CBTA from 2015 to 2017. Since joining TA in 2017, he has worked with the summer programs and renovation efforts, continues work with MBC and the Custodians, and is now working with alumni relations and institutional development strategies. Outside of work and TA, he also volunteers with other non-profit and community groups, tends to an urban farm with chickens and quail, and needs to camp more with his dogs and partner. Carlos’s email is carlos.gemora@tellurideassociation.org.

Krystal Chindori Chininga is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur and social activist. Krystal's education in economics, business, agriculture, and development sociology, combined with private and public consulting positions, has equipped her with a diverse skill set for strategy and impact. Krystal attended Cornell University in the United States, where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in International Agricultural Economics and a Master's degree in International Agribusiness and Global Development. She has contributed her knowledge to several governments, NGOs, and international development organisations, leading teams of more than 60 worldwide practitioners.

As the executive chair and founder of Zimbabwe based development consultant firm Africentric, Krystal leads the way in creative solutions by blending commercial knowledge with an in depth understanding of the local environment to promote sustainable growth. She also runs her own commercial farm, leaning on her agricultural training. She founded the Krystal Chindori Chininga Foundation, an NGO committed to empowering young girls through education and youth arts. Krystal’s email is krystal.chindori-chininga@tellurideassociation.org.

Bianca Waked (she/they) is a Deaf Ph.D. Candidate at Cornell University's Sage School of Philosophy studying the intersections of ableism, audism, and anti-Arab racism. Born to a Lebanese-Quebecoise family, she is a former Telluride Scholar (CBTA19) and the recipient of both the Mike Yarrow Adventurous Education Award as well as the 2022 George Lincoln Burr Award. Since joining the association, she has served as a member of MBC. Meetings with Bianca must include ASL interpreters or captions. Bianca’s email is bianca.waked@tellurideassociation.org.