Our Leadership

The Department Directors

The student-activists who do the groundwork for our organization, from lobbying to demonstrating.

Claire Gelillo

Nikhitha Balijepalli

Vice President

President

Claire Gelillo is a senior at Richard Montgomery High School. She has been a part of this organization since its first year in 2018. In addition to her work in MCFC, she is the communications coordinator for Student Voice, a national educational justice organization. Outside of her activism, she is the president of her school's SGA and a member of the drama board. Through her work in this organization, she hopes to help uplift the voices of MoCo students in every area of the political process for progressive change.

Nikhitha Balijepalli is a junior at Clarksburg High School. 2020 marks her second year working with MCFC and she is excited to do more incredible work. Outside of MCFC, Nikhitha is apart of her school's debate team and is also involved with other social justice organizations including Generation Ratify and Dear Asian Youth. This year she hopes to encourage students across Montgomery County to speak up and take part in initiatives greater than themselves.