Our Staff
CSI is led by a multidisciplinary team of entrepreneurs, innovators, community builders, systems thinkers, designers, and all-around badass changemakers.
Core Team
Alhan Elmasri
Alyshia Collins
Amanda Singh
Glen Guerin
Gonzalo Duarte
Kirtan Shrestha
Marcus Huynh
Maria Nestorovska
Nissrine Shuman
Sami Saeed M. Hassan
Stefan Hostetter
Tara Marina Pearson
Tolga Ay
Tonya Surman
Events Team
Amy Castator
Benjamin Valles
Cassandra Della Mora
Crystina Dang
Dimitra Chronopoulos
Florine Wegkamp
Jahnari Phillip-Rosale
Kylor Ma
Leanne Leung
Liam Jefferies
Lucia Fella Pellegrino
Niranjan Kannan
Paige Bush
Vineciah Mcfarlane
Board
Chris Rickett
Colin Yee
Jeffrey Ma
Phillip Haid
Pino Di Mascio
Seana Irvine
Valerie Fox
Emeritus
Mary Rowe | Founding Board Member 2004 – 2015
Eric Meerkamper | Board Chair 2004 – 2014
Margaret Zeidler | Co-Founder and Founding Board Member 2004 – 2010
Jini Stolk | Board Member 2005 – 2014
Sandy Crawley | Founding Board Member 2004 – 2008
Jacline Nyman | Board Member 2005 – 2008
Andre Sorensen | Board Member 2007 – 2016
Alice Klein | Board Member 2008 – 2017
Brian Iler | Board Member 2009 – 2023
Jeb Brugmann | Board Member 2010 – 2017
Bernie Li | Board Member 2011 – 2018
Marie Moliner | Board Member 2011 – 2019; Board Chair 2014 – 2019
Tim Draimin | Board Member 2015 – 2019
Rizwan Tufail | Board Member 2016 – 2019
Eric McGoey | Board Member 2016 – 2017
Rahul Raj | Board Member 2016 – 2021
Rebecca Shields | Board Member 2018 – 2023; Board Chair 2021 – 2023
Helen Yung | Board Member 2018 – 2021
Nick Parker | Board Member 2020 – 2025
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From shared spaces and collaboration to the latest trends in social innovation, we offer talks on a range of topics.