We have decades of experience in humanitarian aid,
startups, tech-for-good, human-centered design,
marketing and a whole lot more.
Team
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Natasha Freidus
Founder, CEO
BioTasha is a social entrepreneur with fifteen years of experience applying human centered design for social good and a long-standing commitment to refugee and migration related issues. In early 2016, Natasha co-founded Prosper Community, a global consortium of partners and individuals who have developed the largest, publicly available database of migrant related social startups in Europe. Prior to NeedsList, Natasha was the founder of Creative Narrations, where she consulted, developed, and implemented digital storytelling and communications initiatives for a wide client base including HP’s Office of Global Social Innovation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the YMCA of the USA.
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Amanda Levinson
Co-founder, COO
BioAmanda is a creative entrepreneur who has led projects at the intersection of technology and social impact for over 20 years. She has led digital marketing and content strategy for a diverse array of clients including Ello, the US Fund for UNICEF, +Acumen, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Catholic Relief Services, and others. Amanda was Director of Policy Programs and Operations at Hope Street Group, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for all Americans through 21st century policy innovations. She is the co-founder of VOZ, an immigrant rights organization in Portland, Oregon, and has written extensively on a variety of issues in the field of international migration, including human rights abuses in border enforcement, policies towards unaccompanied children in the US and Europe, legalization programs of migrants, and violations of migrants' rights in US employment policies, among others.
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Zohaib Noorani
Head of Community
BioZohaib has intensive experience in social innovation, entrepreneurship, community building, education technology, and strategy development for early-stage impact startups. In the last five years, Zohaib has invested himself in understanding the global social innovation space, working with social entrepreneurs globally to scale their startups and to develop their leadership capacities. He founded a community-driven Edtech startup in Pakistan which gave Zohaib an in-depth experience of designing, engaging and scaling communities using contemporary technology platforms. In 2017, he was awarded the Acumen Fellowship for his work of bringing innovation in education space in the most marginalized and vulnerable populations in Karachi, Pakistan. His passion for humanizing technology for greater social good landed him a global stint with Echoing Green in New York, where he played a pivotal role in developing strategies for community development. He has a firm conviction that this is the most critical time in the human history to bring out our best collective efforts to solve the most urgent human challenges.
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Daniel Molinet
CTO
BioDaniel is a software engineer with 18 years of experience as a full-stack developer, in a variety of environments, from small start-ups to fast-growing tech consultancies. Most recently he was CTO of Crowdbabble, a Toronto-based social analytics company. Previously, he worked with numerous clients in the US and Latin America in the areas of healthcare, e-commerce, web analytics, education, alternative energy, and travel. Committed to achieving a double bottom line, Daniel has also contributed to organizations with a social mission, including La Misión Anti-inflación, Changemakers, and The Sedge.
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Karla Papadopoulou
Partnerships, Greece
Advisors
Deborah Mills-Scofield
Strategic Consulting, Brown University Entrepreneur in Residence
Heather Henyon
CFO Advisor
Heather has 18 years of experience in entrepreneurship, emerging markets, angel investing, financial technology, credit and impact investment. She is currently Founding Partner of Athena CFO, an outsourced CFO and finance advisory firm for start-ups, SMEs, growth companies and investors. Heather founded Balthazar Capital, a social enterprise investment advisory firm for the Arab region in 2010. As the founding general manager of Grameen-Jameel, she originated, structured and closed $44 million in leveraged commercial debt financing for microfinance institutions in Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. In 2013, Heather started the Women’s Angel Investor Network (WAIN), the first women’s angel investment group in the Middle East.
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Paul Ellingstad
PTI Advisors, Partnerships Support
Catherine Tziboukas
Technical Support
CTO Catherine Tsibikous has spent over 15 years in the Tech and New Media sector. She started in Silicon Valley during the heady days of the dotcom boom and has worked with clients such as The Brookings Institution, Adobe and buy.com. Since then she has specialized in web application development, helping companies large and small achieve their goals online. Catherine enjoys working with NGOs and the charity sector to support mission-based work.
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