Our Current Team

 

Leena Prasad

Founder/Director/Webmeister

Leena stumbled onto the idea of PolitiKafe after a conversation with Lee Konstantinou. With encouragement from Sunil Maulik and with lots of enthusiasm from Lee Konstantinou, she founded PolitiKafe. Leena has a B. S. degree in Computer Science from Tulane University and an M. A. in Journalism from Stanford University. She is a Software Engineer, a Technology Consultant, and an Art Student.

In the past, Leena has produced/hosted a public-affairs radio show at Stanford, was a staff writer for the Stanford Daily, has published/edited a cultural magazine called Accent, and produced/hosted an interpersonal-relationship talk show for a local access television station.

 

 

 

Dr. Sunil Maulik

Advisory Board/Moderator

Dr. Sunil Maulik obtained his B. Sc. (Hons) degree in Biology and Physics from Kings College, London, M. S. in X-ray crystallography from Birkbeck College, London, and his Ph.D. in Biophysics from Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. He is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GeneEd.

 

Lee Konstantinou

Advisory Board

Lee is an English Ph.D. student at Stanford University who is studying twentieth century literature. His interest in the twentieth century includes theories of science, literature, politics, economics, and history. He was born in New York City.

 

Volunteers

This list contains regular volunteers; one-time contributors (unless they make a significant contribution) are not listed.

Arun Nemani
Moderator

Brian Ng
Photographer

William C. Wyatt
Finance Whiz

     

 

Mark van der Harst
Speakers Coordinator

 

 

 

 

 

Chiraz Zapf
Outreach, Speakers

 

 

 

Carl Nicolari
Reading Group Leader

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Gordinier, Logo Design

 

Join Our Team

 

If you can help with any of the following, please email volunteer@PolitiKafe.org for a meeting schedule and other details.

Leadership Events Marketing Website Business
  • moderate talks
  • scout locations (cafes, bars, non-profit space)
  • organize events
  • hep setup event
  • sell tickets for events
  • create flyers and brochures, and other marketing literature
  • write Press Releases
  • contact newspapers and magazines about our events
  • hand out brochures
  • put up flyers

  • videography (filming, editing, preparing for web, etc.)
  • graphics
  • design/manage website
  • develop a database driven infrastructure
  • 501 (c)(3) paperwork
  • Accounting/Bookeeping
  • Business Plan