Team

Meet the Team

Meet Adam

In addition to humbly serving as CSI's Executive Director, Adam acts as the primary product owner assessing the needs and opportunities present in new client relationships. Before founding the Civic Software Initiative, Adam advised on tech policy and enforcement as a technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, worked in product at some of the largest cloud providers in tech, and founded a game studio that culminated in a multi-platform release. Outside of work, Adam is an active member in his community advocating for tax justice, healthy housing markets, voter representation and voting reform. He enjoys cuddling up with a book about macroeconomic history, a cup of tea, and his cat Bagel.

Meet Zack

Zack is a software engineer at CSI, where he develops technology solutions for our clients. He has deep expertise in software architecture and building scalable, reliable and secure web systems. Prior to CSI he worked at startups across the mobile gaming and climate spaces. Zack is based out of Seattle, and spends most of his time outside of work raising his baby daughter with his wife Jen, or exploring the outdoors with their dog Jolie.

Meet Shoshana

Shoshana supports CSI’s research, policy, and communications work by helping nonprofits and mission-driven organizations make sense of complex technical systems. Drawing on her experience at the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology and as an investigative journalist covering adtech, privacy, and platform accountability, she makes messy technical realities easier to understand, so organizations can make decisions that actually move their work forward. Outside of work, Shoshana spends time digging through thrift stores, catching punk shows, and attempting to train her two cats, Cajal and Curie, to tolerate leashes.

Meet Stephanie

Stephanie leads strategy and operations at CSI, building the internal structures and organizational practices that help good ideas move from concept to implementation. She has spent her career advancing financial security and consumer protection through research, strategy, product innovation, and cross-sector collaboration at nonprofits like Consumer Reports and Prosperity Now. Outside of CSI, Stephanie spends her time exploring the patios of Washington DC, cuddling with her two cats Evie and Ricki, and feeding her theatre addiction by working as a front of house manager at Studio Theatre.

Meet Pragathi

Pragathi is CSI's resident designer. They have spent their career on improving the reach and accessibility of tech products. Though they started off at Microsoft, they are most proud of the work they did in civic tech at Luum and as the co-founder of Iris (I'm Represented In School). The experiences they built helped employees claim pretax transit benefits, assisted teachers with SEL curriculum development, and increased access to mental healthcare for LGBTQ+ patients. During their off hours, they write short stories and are currently working on their first novel!

Meet Seann

Seann is a software engineer at CSI, designing and building the technical foundations that power our clients' missions. He spent nearly a decade at Microsoft, specializing in authorization systems, security, and customer-facing data ingestion APIs at scale. That depth of enterprise experience, paired with a drive to build technology that serves people rather than profit, brought him to CSI. Outside of work, Seann tends to his garden, experiments in the kitchen, and goes on adventures with his dog, Griswold.

Meet Sam

Sam is a product manager at CSI, where she brings her background spanning program management, organizational strategy, market research, and product strategy. Before joining CSI, she worked at a boutique strategy consultancy focused on the intersection of technology and social impact, partnering with nonprofit, philanthropic, and tech clients. She thrives on navigating challenging strategic questions and helping clients bring structure and intention to their work. Outside of work, Sam enjoys spending time with her dog, Larry, camping, cooking, and trail running. She also serves on the board of Washington Wild, a conservation-focused nonprofit.