Mentorship

Through monthly convenings, we connect our fellows with thought leaders from across the world to discuss, learn, and grow as a community. Scroll down to meet some of our past Convening speakers!

 
 

Brea Zeise

Brea’s current endeavor to fulfill her life’s mission is as an Aide to Denver City Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca. Working in the office of Denver City Council’s first LGBTQ Latina and first Democratic Socialist has given Brea the opportunity to center multiple disenfranchised communities in government processes and policies.

Prior to serving in this role, Brea was the Co-Executive Director of Project VOYCE, a Denver-based grassroots youth activism nonprofit that trains, employs, and organizes youth to address the root causes of social inequity.

Greg Harms

Greg Harms was the longtime executive director of the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless for 19 years.

Travis Ning

For 20 years, Travis Ning has worked in international development around the world. He knows that human connection is an essential part of finding solutions, but that the design of these experiences can produce a negative "hero-victim" result. With the world more connected every day, there is an opportunity to revisit and reframe the way we "do good."

Alexis J Taylor

Alexis is a recognized global leader in ESG, currently serving as the ESG Strategy Lead for Indeed.com and regularly advising governments, foundations, and universities on social impact initiatives. Her work has been recognized by the Mayor of Austin, the U.S. State Department, and international foundations for building bridges towards shared prosperity across 30+ countries and equipping 16,000 young people with skills of the future.

Christen brandt

Christen believes in a world where every girl gets to decide on her future -- and she works for that future each and every day. She is the Co-founder and Chief Programs Officer at She’s the First (STF), where the organizations teams up with local partners to ensure girls are educated, respected, and heard worldwide.

Teju Ravilochan

Teju Ravilochan is co-founder and former CEO of Uncharted (formerly Unreasonable Institute), which he started immediately after college with Tyler Hartung and Daniel Epstein. Before Uncharted, he spent nearly a year as executive assistant to Paul Polak, founder of iDE, which has impacted over 20 million people.

Beret Strong

Beret is a consultant and researcher in the area of social and behavioral sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Brown University and an M.F.A. in poetry from Warren Wilson College. She is the author of several books and is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has travelled extensively internationally and worked as a volunteer for many nonprofits.

Romain Vakilitabar

Romain is an artist and the founder of Pathos Labs, a non-profit focused on using technology to accelerate understanding across lines of difference. From a young age, empathy became a fascination, and he has made himself the subject of experiments worldwide to see how empathy can be achieved in difficult circumstances. Through innovative technologies and visual storytelling, Romain’s work challenges our deepest convictions about those who are “different.”

 

Yazan Fattaleh

Yazan is the Executive Director at Kapadia Education Foundation, a non-profit that connects bright and dedicated students in developing countries with the mentorship and financial resources they need to pursue higher education in their home countries and catalyze ongoing positive change in their communities.

Cecilia Davis

As a creative thinker, educator, writer, and community bridge-builder, Cece brings energy and passion to projects centered on innovation in education, access to equitable and sustainable housing, and community engagement. She has a decade of experience in corporate training and education, two decades of experience in public education and leadership, and is recently working on an inspired team, building inclusive housing in urban communities.

 

Pavel Reppo

Pavel is the Executive Director at FineMind, a non-profit that offers systemic, scalable, and comprehensive solutions for global mental health by tapping into the power of community. FineMind recruits, trains, and employs non-professionals to provide people what they need to recover from common mental disorders via a range of simple to complex treatments in a step by step fashion. They have successfully used this model to implement a lay worker-led mental healthcare program in Kampala, Uganda.

Paul Mastrodonato

Paul has spent the last 30 years working for and with nonprofit organizations of all sizes, including eight years as the executive director of a workforce development agency for lower-income and unemployed men and women.

 In 1999 Paul established Nonprofit Works, a New York-based consulting firm that specializes in training nonprofits and municipalities in fund development, strategic planning, board training, and communications.