Clint Delapaz is a brilliant designer who believes that good design starts with smart thinking. His experience includes work for the Mexican Cultural Institute, California Charter Schools Organization, Project Inform, the University of California San Diego, and the California State Parks Foundation.

Michael Gharabiklou is a technology consultant with experience in nonprofit website design and development, online media publishing, e-commerce, map integration, travel-booking engines, and children’s learning products. As a Senior Web Project Leader at Mission Minded, Michael focuses on user experience (UX) design, information architecture, and content management system (CMS) implementation. He provides lead UX consultation in the development of an open-source CMS. Read more

Zack Kushner is an award-winning professional writer who crafts Web, marketing, and creative copy for clients ranging from Kaiser Permanente to Industrial Light & Magic. His experiences in public relations, healthcare, and Hollywood provide a secure platform for his precise, insightful work. He ran the official blog for Live Earth, wrote and edited health information for Kaiser Permanente, created a Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle, and won the SOLAS Award for the funniest travel article, “Vampires from Venus.”

Christine Macpherson's decades of writing, editing, and project-management experience allow her to restructure, rewrite, and edit a wide variety of nonprofit and public sector content with confidence. Her project history encompasses Web copy, marketing collateral and copy, newsletters, annual reports, research and analysis, technical documentation, creative pieces, and more. She has a knack for thoroughly assessing clients’ core priorities and responding with concise, clear messages. Read more

Holly Minch helps do-gooders of every stripe unlock the potential of strategic communications so they can get busy changing the world. Her recent work includes an award-winning multilingual ad campaign that ran in ethnic media statewide, and smart communications strategies for numerous nonprofits and philanthropies. Holly served as Director of the SPIN Project, assisting hundreds of grassroots groups with strategic communications resources. Read more

Felicia Mello is a writer and editor specializing in labor, social justice, and the environment. Her work has been published in The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times Magazine, and Salon.com, among others. She speaks Spanish fluently and has reported from Central and South America. She holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor’s degree in Politics from Oberlin College.

Nicole Parizeau is a writer, editor, and consultant with more than 20 years’ multidisciplinary experience. She specializes in demystifying, clarifying, and enlivening communications for dissemination to professionals, intelligent lay audiences, and second-language speakers. Nicole’s areas of focus are human rights (including Peace Brigades International, Senegal Literacy Project, City of Montreal Refugee Program, Zambian Community Hospital Access); Read more

Ed Reese is Mission Minded’s search engine optimization expert. His depth of experience includes work for a number of high-profile sites. At Hotbed Media, Ed has served as Director of Business Development. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Media Communications.

Dan Rosenthal has been a software engineer for more than 10 years, specializing in ColdFusion and database programming. He has worked on many high-profile websites for companies such as Autobytel, El Pollo Loco, and Best Buy. His coding is impeccable, except for the occasional cat-walking-across-the-keyboard incidents.

Bill Summer is a highly skilled software development professional with a proven track record of building, leading, and managing complex IT projects, while also possessing the rare ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise manner to technical and non-technical audiences. Bill has served as Manager of Programming at Lumetra, Manager of Web Engineering at Sega.com, and Manager of Web Development at FamilyWonder.com. Read more

Lori Warren is a passionate brand strategist with more than 20 years experience in developing effective marketing and media campaigns for nonprofits, foundations, and consumer brands. Her approach to communications and issue-oriented marketing is firmly grounded in classical marketing training; she spent 10 years working on consumer product branding at some of the most highly regarded advertising agencies in the country. She spent five years helping a San Francisco–based advertising/design agency change its focus from for-profit to nonprofit clients. Read more

Shaun Webb is a Web savant, providing user-interface design, programming, and production for a wide range of clients. His experience includes work on behalf of Rainforest Action Network and AIDS Project Los Angeles, as well as work as part of the Mission Minded team.

Amy Weiher has more than 15 years experience in graphic design, creating award-winning projects for wide range of clients. Amy is professional, meticulous, and passionate about her work and has extensive experience designing for arts, education, and nonprofit clients. As part of Mission Minded’s design studio, Amy brings a special talent for understanding how to creatively achieve the most with each client’s budget. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Tyler School of Art.

Heath Wickline has spent most of the past decade helping nonprofits figure out who they need to be talking to, what to say, and how to do it with clarity, forcefulness, and style—all while staying within their budgets. Most recently, Heath worked as Senior Account Manager at Underground Advertising. Prior to joining Underground, he served as Director of the SPIN Project, a nonprofit communications capacity-building organization. Read more

Paul Ziller has more than 15 years of experience as an art director and designer in the Bay Area. He creates evocative and effective branding, design communications, and interactive experiences. Clients have included VeriSign, Genentech, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Zinzanni, and Robert Mondavi Winery. He graduated cum laude from the University of Cincinnati, School of DAAP, College of Graphic Design. He is also a frequent performer on local stages.