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.