Mentorship Program

All-ASA Mentorship Program

Program Overview & Vision

The All-ASA Mentorship Program is an initiative that will pair a competitive, select group of ASA students and recent alumni to be mentored by fifty of the brightest minds in the Armenian community, including top professionals, executives, and pioneers in their fields. The program is designed to provide close guidance and mentorship to young Armenians who have aspirations to become industry leaders. It aims to bridge generations by connecting accomplished Armenian professionals with the next wave of talent, guiding their transition from education to career, strengthening the Armenian professional network, and fostering a culture of excellence. Our mentors come from a variety of backgrounds and companies, such as Meta, Warner Brothers, UCLA, Adventist Health Glendale, Mayer Brown, UCLA School of Medicine, and many more. See a full list of mentors below.

The mentorship program is part of broader reforms announced by All-ASA in 2025.

Who We Are Looking For?

Current undergraduate college student or have graduated no earlier than Spring 2024
Current or prior ASA member at your college or university (preferred)
Ambitious, career-focused and growth-minded candidates

The deadline to apply is November 30, 2025. The program will begin in January 2026.

FAQs

Who is eligible to apply for the All-ASA Mentorship Program?

Current undergraduate college students or candidates who have graduated no earlier than Spring 2024. Current or prior ASA membership at your college or university chapter is preferred.

Is there a minimum GPA requirement?

The All-ASA Mentorship Committee reviews applications holistically and GPA is only one component of the overall application. There is no minimum GPA requirement.

What is the timeline for applying?

The deadline to apply is November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST. Decisions will come out in December.

Who are the All-ASA Mentors?

View the full list of mentors below.

How will my application be evaluated?

Each application received is reviewed in depth by the All-ASA Mentorship Committee. When selecting students, we put an emphasis on applicants who are growth-oriented, career-focused and have shown a deep connection with their Armenian heritage through involvement in ASA and other community organizations.

Is there a competitive advantage in the application process for a particular school or academic background?

No, we look to admit promising candidates across all academic disciplines, any accredited college or university, and all professional areas of interest.

Do I have to be in the United States to apply?

All mentors are currently located in the United States, but there is no geographic requirement and applicants from all cities and countries are welcome to apply.

Check out our info session here.

For additional questions, please contact mentorship@all-asa.org.

Our Mentors

Nayirie Kuyumjian Mehdikhani

Assistant General Counsel at New York City Mayor's Office of Labor Relations, Refugee Innocence Project; prev. Attorney at Proskauer Rose, LLP

Nick Cabraloff

Senior Analyst at Whale Rock Capital Management, prev. JP Morgan, Harvard Business School

Christopher Petrossian

Managing Director at Lincoln International, prev. Barclays Capital

Sylvia Kotikian

Chairwoman of Emergency Services at Adventist Health Glendale

Razmig Hovaghimian

CEO of Play Time Ventures, World Economic Forum Agenda Contributor, Forbes Next Gen Innovator, prev. Stanford School of Business

Andre Yarian

Anesthesiologist

Hakob Grigoryan

Senior VP at Oaktree Capital, prev. Signal Energy, UBS Bank

Alex Martinian

Investment Analyst at Everett Harris & Co, prev. Stanford School of Business

Kevin Kevonian

President at Armen Living, Board Member at Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center in Glendale

Armen Yemenidjian

Founder and CEO of Armenco Capital, prev. Tropicana Hotel & Casino

Teni Karapetian

Director of Publicity at Netflix, prev. Sony Pictures

Yvette Thomassian

Director, Business & Legal Affairs – Series at Netflix, partner of K.I.N.D. (Kids in Need of Defense)

Vartan Hovsepian

Founder, SVP & CFO of Vista Healthcare, prev. FTI Consulting, PwC

Peter Baghdassarian

Principal at International Grill, prev. USC Gould School of Law

Raffi Chalian

Principal at Leonard Green & Partners

Jake Fermanian

Vice President of Super King

Shant Melkonian

Director in Investment Banking at Bank of America Securities, prev. UCLA Anderson School of Management

Ani Hovanessian

Partner at the Private Wealth Group, featured on New York Times, Wall Street Journal

Diron Jebejian

Managing Director at UBS

Kev Zoryan

Founder and Managing Partner at Arselle Investments, prev. Managing Director at Morgan Stanley

Michael Cabraloff

Investment Banking Vice President at Bank of America (M&A Group)

John Akhoian

Founder and CEO at Rooter Hero Plumbing & Air

Nina Achadjian

Partner at Index Ventures

Henrik Stepanyan

CEO at Barbeques Galore

Eduard Grigoryan

Corporate Attorney at Latham & Watkins

Sevan Karian

Founder of the ASK Law Firm

Aileen Agopian

Principal of AGOPIAN Art Advisory, prev. Sotheby's

Harout Dermendjian

Board certified Vascular & Interventional Radiologist and UCLA Assistant Clinical Professor

Serge Sinanian

Executive Vice President of Sinanian Development, Construction Law, Trustee of AGBU MDS School

Shant Koumriqian

Chief Operating Officer at Fairfield, prev. Deloitte

Vahe Simonian, PharmD

CEO of ASAP Pharmacy

Ara Mahdessian

Co-Founder and CEO of ServiceTitan

Andy Torosyan

Tax Partner at Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt, LLP

Vatche Agopian

Professor of Surgery, Dumont-UCLA Chair in Transplantation Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Director of the Dumont-UCLA Liver Cancer Center

Armen Adjemian

Co-Founder & CEO at DISQO, prev. PwC

Michael R Amerian

Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, prev. Adjunct Professor in Criminal Law at USC Gould School of Law

Armand H. Dorian, MD, MMM, FACEP

Chief Executive Officer of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC

Edward Nahabet, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Vahe Kuzoyan

President and Co-Founder of ServiceTitan

Robert Zaratsian

Vice President of Business Development at Athens Services

Arby Nahapetian, MD

Chief Clinical Officer and EVP at Adventist Health

Ani Vartanian

Managing Partner at Rubicon Point Partners

Hayk Matevosyan

Director in Corporate Development at Assurant

Jon Khoshafian

Associate General Counsel, Business Partnerships Commercial Legal Team at Meta

Mhare Mouradian

Lead Commercial and Real Estate Litigation Partner, Husch Blackwell

Edgar Khalatian

Partner at Mayer Brown (real estate, public policy)

Asbed Kassis

CEO of Alena Solutions, prev. PM at Warner Bros

Yvette M. Amirian, ACE

Producer at Amazon/MGM Studios, Member of Academy of TV Arts & Sciences

George Trunyan

CEO of Benzeen Auto Parts, prev. Financial Center Manager at Bank of America

Ramela Abbamontian, PhD

Art History Professor at LA Pierce College, prev. scholar at UCLA Art History Dept.

Garo Sarkissian

Founder and CEO at Dune Labs

Shushan Karapetian

Director of USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies

Arthur Zenian

Founder and CEO at enBio

Gorr Sahakian

Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at H. Hovnanian Industries

Yeva Komandyan

Systems Engineer at Sierra Nevada Corporation, prev. Northrop Grumman

Vicken Arslanian

Founder & CEO of Europerfumes

Talar Tejirian, MD

Surgeon, prev @ Kaiser Permanente, UCLA, UCSF

Ara Agopian

Founder & CEO of Solar Insure

Levon Gasparian

Founder & CEO of InfoPay

Carlo Ohanian

Regional VP of Sales at Dr. Pepper Inc

Gevik Baghdassarian

CEO & President at International Grill | JD at USC Gould School of Law

Hrair A Koutnouyan

Otolaryngologist, private practice

Ani Adjemian

Lecturer-in-Law at USC Gould School of Law

Joshua Madrigal

VP at Millennium Space Systems

Michael Tchakmakjian

Hotel & Hospitality, Real Estate Development

Yeva Hyusyan

Co-Founder and CEO of Sololearn, prev. Microsoft, World Bank

Haroutun Abrahamian, MD

Radiologist at Eisenhower Imaging Center

Vahan Petrosyan

CEO & Co-Founder of SuperAnnotate

Armen Petrosian

Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer at DISQO

Lori Minassian Ghailian

Partner at De Castro Law Group, LLP

Jonathan Madrigal

Sr. Director at Northrop Grumman Aeronautics

Vahe Tazian

Senior Managing Counsel, Ford Pro at Ford Motor Company

Allen Ghlandian

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at Keck Medicine of USC

Juan Saez

Parter at Play Time, prev. McKinsey, The Gates Foundation, Netflix

Cory Shakarian

Head of Revenue at Stanford Athletics

Shant Shekherdimian

Associate Professor and Pediatric Surgeon at UCLA

Simon Manoucherian

Head of Legal North America; Global Biopharma Human Resources at Grifols

Aram Yacoubian

VP of Content at Netflix

Alex Megeredchian

Founder and President at Megerdichian Law

Alexis Gevorgian

Managing Member at AMG Land Development, LLC

Armen Martirosyan

Co-Founder and CEO at BluIP

Razmig Boladian

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Rubicon Point Partners, LLC

Jirair Christianian

Owner and President at Mike's Camera

Angelo Ghailian

Founder & President at Astrologie California

Avo Avetisyan

President and COO at Medtrans Inc.

Harout Nazerian

Principal at Cerity Partners Corporate Venture Capital

Leo Gharapetian

Director of Application Development at SADA

Gevik Nalbandian

CTO at HIRECLOUT & Senior Consultant at IDENTOS Inc.

Drew Kutcharian

Co-Founder and CEO at DISQO

Raffi Kassabian

Partner and Owner at Bezdik Kassab Law Group

Angelika Ishkhanyan

Associate at Latham & Watkins, LLP

Armen Gregorian

MD, General & Colorectal Surgeon at Adventist

Haig Nazarian

Co-Founder and Principal at Hudson Point Partners

Sarkis Arutiunian

CTO at HUM Nutrition

Christina Shakarian

Producer, Christina Hacopian Productions

Natalie Qasabian-Ohanian

Film Producer

Ara Soudjian

Owner & Director at Friendly Filmworks

Narbe Mardirossian

Chief Technology Officer at Terray Therapeutics

Garo Hovannisian

Attorney at Selman Leichenger Edson Hsu Newman & Moore, LLP

Armond Kotikian

Oral and Maxillofacial Suregon at Pacific Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Dental Implant Center

Krist Azizian

Chief Pharmacy Officer & Chief Regional Oncology Officer at Keck Medicine of USC

Dveen Babaian

Founder & Lead Consultant at Trebia Consulting

Evette Mesrobian

Senior Growth Director at AI Digital

K. George Dulgeryan

Vice President, Banker at J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Gev Terzyan

Director at Ducera Partners, LLC

Robert Yavrouian

Surgeon at Glendale Adventist

Bianca Grigotian Timour

Internal Medicine at Huntington Health

Vach Hovsepyan

Co-Founder, COO at CurbWaste

Garo Der Parseghian

Anesthesiologist at Adventist Health White Memorial

Janet Soultanian

Attorney at Ballard, Rosenberg, Golper & Savitt

Jim Terzian

Chairman & CEO at TIGR Inc.

Artin Ghazarian

Chief Supply Chain Officer at Lakeshore Learning Materials

Armen Avanessian

Partner at Central Link

Ani Shabazian

Associate Professor at LMU School of Education & Director of the LMU Children’s Center

Diron Ohanian

Attorney, Director at Knapp, Petersen & Clarke

Fred Esrailian

Attorney at Grifols

Robert Setrakian

Chairman & CEO at Golden State Bancorp

Patrick Malkassian

Film Producer and Entrepreneur

Edward Vartanian

Co-Owner at Posh Peanut

Arthur Asatoorian

Clinical Psychologist

Azita Yacoubian

Charlie Ghailian

Gary Hampar

Tony Petrossian

George Sajonian

Harry Abrahamian

Mariam Alajajyan

Enterprise Business Development Director at Blackhawk Network

Shahe Pashayan

MD, Nephrology at Kaiser Permanente