Our Team

Our team includes passionate innovators, researchers, and leaders committed to advancing scalable solutions that bridge divides, foster civil discourse, and strengthen social cohesion.

People

Meet Our Team

Rob Romero

Co-Founder and General Partner

Kristin Hansen

Co-Founder and Executive Director

Ann Reidy

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Juan Manuel Ortiz de Zarate, PhD

Product Development Lead

Sauleha Kamal, PhD

Prompt Engineering Lead

Cambria Findley-Grubb

Marketing and Partnerships Manager

Julia Kamin

Research and Evaluation Consultant

Sol Madero

Research and Operations Manager

Joaquin Gonzalez

Research Fellow

Kylan Rutherford, PhD

Research Fellow

People

Meet Our Advisors

Sal Arora

Head of Engineering, AI Lab + Ads Platform, Tailwind

Noel Crook

Family Foundation Executive, Poet

James Dickey

CEO, JD Key Government Relations Member, Republican National Committee 2017-2020 Former Chairman, Republican Party of Texas

Glenn Ellingson

Integrity Institute; ex-Civic Integrity at Meta; ex-Engineering Director at PayPal

Cristos Goodrow

Vice President Engineering, Google

Ravi Iyer

Managing Director, USC Marshall Neely Center

Bob Quinn

Creative and Strategy Consultant

Lisa Schirch

Professor of the Practice of Peacebuilding and Technology, Starmann Chair in Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame, Research Fellow at Toda Peace Institute

Jonathan Stray

Senior Scientist, UC Berkeley Center for Human-compatible AI

Duf Sundheim

Director of Strategic Planning and Chief Legal Officer, TECHNIFEX, Former Chairman California Republican Party

Robb Willer

Professor of Sociology, Psychology, and Organizational Behavior Director, Politics and Social Change Lab Co-Director, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society