Gavin Griffin

Stanford '28

Sunnyvale, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Stanford University (12 yrs)
    • FACES
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      Oversees budget for Stanford's annual US-China summit, in partnership with Peking University.

    • Blyth Fund
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    • SENSA VC
      Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

      1 of 12 Stanford students selected from 250+ for yearlong bootcamp. Culminated in building, pitching a custom investment thesis on African Greentech to VC panel. Elected president for next year's cohort.

  • Bellarmine College Preparatory (5 yrs 11 mos)
    • Coach
      Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Mentors 150+ person team in rhetoric and persuasive writing, helping qualify 51 students to state and 27 to nationals.

    • Captain, Informative Speaking
      Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

      NSDA National Finalist. Helped raise $1m for team funds speaking to donors. CA-State, UKTOC, Stanford, Berkeley finalist. Ranked #1 in California, #3 nationally in pool of 6,000+ competitors.

    • Class Representative
      Aug 2021 - Present · 5 yrs

  • Stanford Neurodiversity Project | SNP-REACH at Stanford University School of Medicine
    May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

    Neurodiversity research seminar. 1 of 15 high school allies selected from global pool to speak at Stanford's 2022 Neurodiversity Summit. Offshooted 7 fellow members to found Neurodiversiteens, an organization dedicated to publishing and promoting original, ND-friendly media reaching over 200,000 students. Featured by Houston ISD. Learn more at linktr.ee/neurodiversiteens

  • Pacific Music Academy at Piano Student
    Aug 2019 - Jun 2024 · 4 yrs 11 mos

    Student of Larisa Konakova. Gold Medalist @ 2019, 2020 U.S. Open Music Competition, 1 of 16 to receive additional "Outstanding Gold Medalist" recognition. Received MTAC CM Advanced Level w/State Honors. Attended masterclasses from Mme. Ruth Slenczynska, Rachmaninoff's last living student, and Ms. Gwendolyn Mok.

  • ADV Research, Huang Lab at University of Maryland
    Jun 2023 - Jan 2024 · 8 mos

    Zero-shot data visualization research. Published in IEEE ICAIC 2024, mentored by Arjun Rajaram @UMD.