Board and Team
Stepan Khzrtian
PresidentStepan Khzrtian is founding partner of LegalLab, a boutique law firm specializing in corporate law, contracts, and financings for high-growth tech start-ups, with offices in Los Angeles and Yerevan. A licensed attorney in California and Armenia, he earned his law degrees from Cambridge University and the American University of Armenia and his bachelor’s degree in political science from Yerevan State University. In his free time, Stepan hones his espresso-making skills and enjoys writing fiction, with his first book scheduled to be published in Spring 2022.
Anna Srapionyan
Board MemberAnna Srapionyan is a Quantitative Analyst at Fidelity Investments. Prior to this role, she worked as a Quantitative R&D Associate at 55ip - a JPMorgan company, and at Bank of America Securities. Anna holds a PhD degree in Applied Mathematics from Cornell University, Master of Science in Financial Mathematics degree from The University of Chicago and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Yerevan State University. She also served on the Board of Directors of Cornell Engineering Alumni Association and SIAM Career Opportunities Committee. To Anna, baking is the ideal form of meditation and mindfulness and she uses any excuse to heat up her oven.
Vartan Bezhanyan
Board MemberVartan Bezhanyan is an associate at the Legal Department of The TCW Group, Inc., a global asset management firm, working on private funds, CLOs and derivatives. Previously, Vartan was the General Counsel of Ardshinbank and a Board Member of Armenia Insurance, advising on international financing transactions. A licensed attorney in California and Armenia, Vartan holds LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, along with a PhD, MA and BA in Law from the Law Faculty of Yerevan State University. He enjoys RC racing, family outings and fishing.
Vitali Avagyan
Secretary, Board MemberVitali Avagyan is a data scientist at TurinTech, a deep tech startup based in London. He finished his PhD degree in energy economics and computational optimisation from Imperial College London. He has graduate and undergraduate degrees in industrial engineering and operations research in economics. His interest lies in the intersection of machine learning, big data, software engineering and economics. Despite his hectic schedule, he finds time to enjoy travelling, reading and playing board games.
Grisha Khachatryan
Chief Financial Officer, Board MemberGrisha Khachatryan is a Product Manager at Magnifi – a fintech platform to discover and shop for investment products: Mutual Funds, ETFs and model portfolios. He started his career as an Economist at the Central Bank of Armenia, then served as a Chief Actuary at Rosgosstrakh-Armenia insurance company after which moved to the US to pursue his Master of Finance degree from MIT. He has a bachelor’s degree in Actuarial and Financial Mathematics from Yerevan State University. Grisha is also a laureate of multiple international piano competitions and enjoys practicing piano in his spare time.
Anahit Sargsyan
Board MemberAnahit holds a juris doctorate degree from UCLA School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in history from University of California at Davis. Anahit is currently an associate at an elite litigation firm’s Los Angeles office, focusing her practice on white-collar defense and complex litigation matters. Previously, she worked as a legislative aide at California State Senate, where she drafted legislative proposals and served as an advisor on multiple committees, including education. In her free time, Anahit enjoys exploring modern European art and discovering new coffee shops on the way to the next travel destination.
Meet the Team
Hayk Mikayelyan
Director of TechnologiesHayk Mikayelyan is the Director of Technologies at Huys Foundation as well as Huys Scholar 2018. Hayk graduated from the New York University where he received a Master's in Interactive Telecommunications. Having prior experience in computer science and performance, he majored in immersive media, technologies and magic, illusions and perception, human-computer-interactions and experience design. Hayk works for Level Access as Accessibility Consultant where he provides accessibility consulting on technical and design levels to help companies create an inclusive and accessible digital environments. He also serves as Accessibility Officer at Huys Foundation. In the meantime, he enjoys running and cooking.
Scholarship Committee
Each academic year, the selection of Huys Scholars is facilitated by an independent Scholarship Committee, comprised of young professionals in their field, who subject the submitted applications to rigorous and objective review.