FLIP National Brochure

The Corporate Brochure
OUR TEAM
JOHN KOTEY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
John Kotey is a C. P. Davis Scholar at
Columbia University studying Electrical
Engineering with a minor in Computer
Science. He is the current co-chair of FLIP
at Columbia’s Food Insecurity Committee,
which has launched several initiatives
such as CU Meal Share to address food
insecurity on campus. With over 5 years of
experience in the non-profit sector, John is
excited to join FLIP National, a non-profit
seeking to provide equal opportunity for
first-generation and/or low income students.
He is excited to join a movement
fighting to provide resources, advocate policy
changes and create safe spaces for firstgeneration
and/or low income students.
CHELSEA WICKLEM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
INTERNAL AFFAIRS
Chelsea Wicklem is a junior at Columbia University,
where she studies English and Education. Chelsea
is a founding member of FLIP (first-generation,
low-income partnership) National, a national nonprofit
devoted to promoting equal opportunity for
first-generation and low-income students in higher
education. Established in 2015 at Columbia University,
FLIP has expanded and worked to implement
various initiatives to address a multitude of issues
that affect first-generation and low-income students
across many higher education campuses, with the
goal of creating equal access to higher education.
Chelsea currently works in various schools in New
York City, where she strives to improve high school
graduation rates and college enrollment rates in
schools. Passionate about making education equally
accessible, Chelsea hopes to work with New York
City schools upon graduation to not only raise high
school graduation rates, but to also increase college
persistence and graduation rates for first-generation
and low-income students.
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