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Adria does a little of everything to support Catapult's program work and capacity building initiatives. Before joining Catapult, she served as a Kiva Fellow in Samoa with South Pacific Business Development, where she became hooked on young coconuts. Prior to that, Adria was able to combine her passions for social impact and sports as a member of Americorps' Coach Across America program with Urban Dove, a sports-based youth development program. She gained her first experience in the social innovation arena at GlobalGiving in Washington, DC, where she provided support for CSR programs and GlobalGiving's corporate partnerships.

Adria studied Development Studies at Brown University and managed to extend her rugby-playing obsession into a nerdy-rugby exercise, writing her thesis on the intersection of national identity and gender roles in female rugby players in Uganda. She currently plays for the New York Rugby Club-go orange and blue!

Alenka's energy, creativity and particular sensitivity to type make her a valuable addition to Catapult's design team. Prior joining Catapult, Alenka worked for a variety of clients: creating print and digital materials for the Museum of Arts and Design, Cannon, BNB Paribas, Florida Blue, collaborate on Exxon Mobil branding for McCann Erickson, design children's publications for Star Bright Books and create magazine layouts, invitations and prepare gallery installations at NY Arts Magazine.

Armed with a Bachelor of Urban Planning and Design from the University of Ljubljana in her native Slovenia, Alenka studied typography and design at the School of Visual Arts and gained a Master of Visual Communication Design from the Pratt Institute.

While not working, Alenka enjoys exploring New York City's art scene, taking trips out of the city and trying to pick her best tasting Tiramisu.

Devon manages Catapult's community and social media channels. She joined the Catapult team after serving as a Kiva Fellow in Mombasa, Kenya with Milango Financial Services. Devon has spent the last few years researching and working in the micro-finance sector in Washington DC with Oikocredit USA, serving as their Communications Coordinator. She then travelled back to California to provide support to Kiva's communications and marketing team in San Francisco. Devon holds her Master's degree in International Studies from the University of San Francisco and received her BA in Intercultural Communication Studies from the University of San Diego.

Devon has been known to throw quite the dinner party! She finds peace in this crazy world by keeping her friends nearby and their bellies full.

Maz designed and developed Catapult as a way to help address the huge global problem of gender inequality.

Maz began as a musician, songwriter and synthesist in New York's downtown music scene at the center of the digital music revolution. In the '90s, she joined Microsoft's Social Interface Group, going on to co-found FunArts Software in San Francisco. FunArts helped pioneer socially intelligent and voice user interfaces, and clients included Microsoft, General Magic, Schwab, Bandai Entertainment, and BMW. In 2002 Maz helped to found Keep a Child Alive, an HIV/AIDS foundation focusing on families and children, then joined Advocacy International as Creative Director. At Advocacy International, Maz worked with Ann Pettifor to design and develop a multidisciplinary DfID program focused on increasing maternal and newborn survival across six countries. Maz has also consulted with Women Deliver, ICEC, AIDS-Free World, Options and DfID.

Rati's one of our partner gurus. She works with partnering organizations using Catapult to launch projects, making sure the platform represents the spectrum of work going on globally to end gender inequality.

Rati brings more than six years of editorial and project management experience to Catapult. In addition to a master's in public policy and administration from New York University, she's earned her chops in Washington, D.C., as a health care policy editor and a defense reporter. She also served as a board member of Asha for Women, a non-profit serving South Asian American survivors of domestic violence. Rati joined Women Deliver in 2011, and transitioned to Catapult as one of the founding staff members in 2012.

When Rati's not working with partners, she's traveling, taking photos and spending time with people who make her laugh.

Ravi began his career studying Neuroscience at Wesleyan University but ultimately transitioned to management consulting, where he worked for Booz Allen. At Booz Allen, he worked with large organizations on objectives related to strategy, process improvement, and organizational architecture. There he was a thought leader on Smart Grid technology and process analytics. During that time he also consulted for a large investment bank and an NGO specializing in economic analysis on matters of green energy investment and strategic planning, respectively. On multiple occasions, Ravi has been to Tanzania with an organization call GSL - started by the founder of Women's World Banking, where he helped developed a curriculum for entrepreneurship and IT for women. Ravi has worked for Bridgewater Associates - the largest and best performing hedge fund in the world and now is working to start and run a M&A advisory firm specializing in the financial services industry. Ravi brings his analytics and leadership skills to bear as the Executive Advisory to Catapult's management team. His goal is simply to ensure Catapult continues down the path of realizing its full potential.

Prior to joining Catapult in September of 2012, Robby spent the better part of the last decade as Creative Director of Mobile and Consumer Services at Nuance Communications. In that capacity, he led a series of large-scale solutions teams designing and implementing dozens of now familiar products we all use on a daily basis. From Delta to Dell, Ford to Intel, Robby brings his unique blend of consumer-centric design and deep technical know-how to the Catapult team and our mission to build-out a lasting infrastructure for social giving.

During his misspent youth, Robby was a prominent "session player" performing live and on numerous records with such household names as Steve Winwood, Mick Jagger, James Taylor, Eric Clapton and Cyndi Lauper. He is also a Grammy Award winning composer and producer with several film and television scores to his credit.

Sue helps us find amazing organizations and projects to launch on Catapult.

Sue grew up in L.A., got her Graphic Communications degree at New York University, then joined MTV International. There, she managed small grants for young people working in HIV/AIDS through MTV's Staying Alive Foundation.

In 2007, Sue moved to Taiwan to study Chinese and teach English for two years. She came back to New York to work for the Maternal Health Task Force. She worked on design, managed the Young Champions of Maternal Health program, and handled all their online communications.

Sue loves to travel. Her goal is to get all seven continents on her passport before it expires in 2014; Antarctica is the only one left on her list. French fries are her weakness.

Tyler helps connect people who care about women and girls with Catapult and our projects that make a difference in the world, using the power of the internet.Tyler is an accomplished digital strategist and communications professional, with a decade of experience in writing, editing, advocacy, and training. She is passionate about advocating for women's health and fighting poverty and injustice. After launching the award-winning reproductive health online publication RH Reality Check, Tyler managed traditional and social media for Population Action International. Before joining Catapult, Tyler spent several years with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation -- first in Global Health Policy and Advocacy, then in Communications on the New Media team. She earned her BA in American Studies at Wesleyan University, and her Master of Public Policy at George Washington University.

Tyler lives in Seattle with her wife and their pets. She is thrilled to live near mountains and water, and balances time spent outdoors with her love of movies and books. Tyler enjoys learning and is currently attempting to improve her Spanish and ukulele skills.