Staring at the vast retail parking spaces rendered empty during lockdowns, Joey had decided to leave his role at Netflix spearheading the development of the solutions engineering program, and get back to his roots in environmentalism. Growing up with his brother Sam in Central Massachusetts, their formative years were spent between nature and supporting master mechanic Joe Sr.’s various creative projects. The former forged a lifelong passion for protecting the planet, while the latter instilled a healthy distrust for the status quo, in the built environment and beyond. During his time at Northeastern, Joey served as the university’s first directly elected Student Body President, and helped lead various climate related initiatives, before co-founding the cornerstone of Northeastern’s entrepreneurship ecosystem, the IDEA business accelerator. From there, he spent the next 10 years between D.C., Boston, and L.A., working at the intersection of technology, science, and media.

Arminé Nalbandian is a public policy leader with more than a decade of experience advising governments and organizations on social policy and economic development strategies. Before joining PowerHouse, she served as the Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Policy to the New South Wales Premier in Australia. Her policy experience spans various countries, with roles as a US Fulbright Scholar, an economic development advisor to the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, managing place-based economic development initiatives at the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia, and advising two Massachusetts governors. Arminé graduated summa cum laude as a Presidential Scholar from Northeastern University in Boston. She holds a Master of Science in International Development from the London School of Economics as a Luys Scholar, and a Master of Commerce in Strategy and Innovation from the University of Sydney as a Business Leaders Scholar.

A national security and foreign policy professional, Miguel began his career with the Department of State as a diplomat before joining the Department of Homeland Security as an intelligence analyst. In that role he led the integration of multilingual open-source data and social-media mining into analytical and targeting processes. He holds degrees in international relations and Islamic studies.