Hearken Staff
Hearken staff hail from a variety of sectors including journalism, higher education, NGO and corporate.
We are a women-founded, women-owned and women-majority company.
Hearkeners
The Hearken Leadership Team

Chelsea Haring, CEO

Kavya Sukumar, VP of Product

Kaori Freda, Director of Operations

Tina Hart, Chief of Staff
Consulting & Success Teams

Jennifer Brandel, co-founder & SVP Global Partnerships

Mara Zepeda, co-founder & Senior Manager

Summer Fields, Senior Engagement Manager & Growth Lead

Stephanie Snyder, Senior Engagement Manager

Meredith Turk, Engagement Analyst & Election SOS Community Manager

Kate Richey, Engagement Manager

Grace Alexander, Account Manager

Anna Mass, Senior Success Account Manager

Ashley Gates, Engagement Strategist
Product Engineering Team

Sam Withrow, Software Architect

Alison Jones, Full-Stack Developer

Jason Klug, Full-Stack Developer

Kieran Hanrahan, Engagement Strategist
Election SOS Team

Bridget Thoreson, Engagement Strategist & Election SOS Director

John Ketchum, Track Producer, Election SOS

Malii Watts Witten, Senior Strategist, Election SOS

Kamila Jambulatova, Marketing Coordinator

Anthony Cave, Digital Producer Election SOS

Yemile Bucay, Digital Producer Election SOS

Kerrie Vila, Pitch & Story Database Coordinator

Matthew Gladly, Fellowships Coordinator Election SOS

Christiana Lily, Fellowships Coordinator Election SOS

James Hoyt, Fellowships Coordinator Election SOS

Ashley Trawick, Outreach & Research Coordinator

Patty McMahon, Trusted Elections Expert Network Coordinator
Hearken Europe Team

Morten Andersen, Executive Director, Hearken Europe

Morten Ro, Engagement Strategist, Hearken Europe

Christian Hougaard, CCO, Europe
Hearken Support Team

Yvonne Afable, Accounting

Ilya Zlatkin, Jen Wong, Legal

Carla Titus, CFO Support
Hearken’s visual brand is thanks to the tremendous talents of:
- Melissa Small – Hearken Logo
- Nadine Nakanishi and Nick Butcher (Sonnenzimmer) – Website Banners
- Smith + Connors – Collateral and Brand Extension
Hearken Inc. is governed by a board of directors.