The Bee U Team

The Core Team

Senior Director of Communications & Marketing
Ateea@beeunyc.org
Ateea holds a BA in Political Science with a focus on Human Rights and a minor in Environmental Science from the City College of New York, Colin Powell School. Ateea has many years of experience working in community outreach and development for nonprofit organizations and the local municipality of NYC.
Ateea’s involvement in Bee U started when she was the communications director for Ranti Ogunleye’s Campaign for City Council. As an advocate for youth and sustainable policy for BIPOC communities, Bee U encompasses an intersection of passions and interests for Ateea and is, hopefully, just the start of working to uplifting communities in need in creative sustainable ways.

Corporate Partnerships Manager
Russia@beeunyc.org
Russia graduated from the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh with a BS in Public Relations. She is currently a Senior Account Executive at Smalls Girls PR, a creative communication agency.
Russia enjoys traveling, working out and surfing in her free time. Russia looks forward to building more awareness of Bee-U and is dedicated to work toward getting more POC youth in the outdoors and engaged in greenspaces.

Programs Associate
Co-Founder
Tavion@beeunyc.org
Tavion graduated from Niagara University with a BA in Biology and Political Science. Tavion is currently a science and math educator in both New York and New Jersey.
Tavion is committed to community education and balancing community control of land. The vision Bee-U has inspired Tavion to find new ways to engage the community and environment for the better. He looks forward to the impact that Bee-U will bring to New York City.

Grant Writer

Umamah@beeunyc.org
Umamah holds a degree in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Lafayette College and is a current Masters in Public Administration student at the University of Pittsburgh. She first got involved with Bee U when she was a community outreach liaison for Ranti Ogunleye's City Council Campaign in 2020.
Bee-U has always been a project that she wanted to be a part of because of the impact it has made on Staten Island. She joined the Bee U team because she wanted to use the skills that she has built to bring resources to an organization that puts the community at the center. She hopes to use her experience at Bee-U to support other grassroots organizations that focus on marginalized communities.