The Board Members

  • Elgin Ford Jr.

    Elgin Ford Jr.

    Elgin is a strategy and operations management professional based in Seattle, WA. He received his Masters in Public Administration from Cornell University in 2019. Elgin attended Drexel University for his Bachelors degree in Political Science and Economics where he was also teammates with Major for Drexel’s Mens Basketball team. Growing up in Atlanta, GA, Elgin loves writing, listening to music, traveling and all things wine. Elgin brings over 5 years of experience working with college students and mentoring to the CSA Board.

  • Tibra Wheeler

    Tibra Wheeler

    Tibra, originally from Bluffton, SC, completed her BS in Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Carolina in 2016 and her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University in 2021. Tibra is currently a Senior Engineer at Becton Dickinson. Tibra hopes that through her work she will take leaps and bounds towards changing the status quo and changing what the world “thinks” an engineer should “look” like. Outside of research, she enjoys playing basketball, napping, and eating Chick-fil-A.

  • India Heckstall

    India Heckstall

    India is a policy wonk in Washington DC where she focuses on higher education and workforce issues. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, trying different restaurants and spending time with friends and family.

  • Mighty Fine

    Mighty Fine

    Mighty Fine is the Associate Executive Director at the American Public Health Association. In this role, he works to optimize the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, learn and age, through program development, evaluation, advocacy, health education and policy analysis.

    Mighty received his Bachelor of Science in public health from Rutgers University and was trained as a Social Epidemiologist at Yale University, earning his Master of Public Health. In his spare time, he enjoys international travel, reading fiction and spending time with family and friends.