A Team Committed to
a New View of the Future

Immigrant. Visionary. Nature Walker.

Marina Gorbis

Executive Director

@mgorbis

“What if” thinker. Sense-maker. Dot connector.

Cindy Baskin

Director of Fundraising Operations

Visual Creative. Half-Marathoner. Blue Sky Enthusiast

Robin Bogott

Art Director

Event Designer. Pilates Enthusiast.

Amber Bragg

Project Manager for Foresight Essentials

Author. Digital Nomad. Favorite Uncle.

Gabe Cervantes

Director, Scalable Foresight

Cautious optimist. Admirer of complexity. Mountain enthusiast.

Quinault Childs

Research Director

Social Inventor. Design Futurist. Teacher

Jake Dunagan

Director, Governance Futures Lab

Visual thinker. Tinkerer. Diplomat.

Julie Ericsson

Communications & Engagement Manager

Rod Falcon

IFTF Advisory Services Program Director

World Explorer. Violinist. Knitter.

Susanne Forchheimer

Research Manager, Emerging Media Lab

Maker. Sketcher. Urban Walker.

Mark Frauenfelder

Editorial Director

Optimistic Skeptic. Purpose Seeker. Sun Worshiper.

Ayça K. Güralp

Research, Project, and Community Manager

Conductor. Translator. Creative

Jean Hagan

Executive Producer

Extender of benefit of the doubt.

Ben Hamamoto

Research Director

Citizen. Impresario. Tap Dancer.

Rachel Hatch

Chief Operating Officer

Worldbuilder. Synthesizer. Communicator.

Dylan Hendricks

Director of the Ten-Year Forecast

Meta-media-maker. Cultural mythologist. Future curious.

Toshi Anders Hoo

Director, Emerging Media Lab

Listener. Ethnographer. Tree Hugger.

Lyn Jeffery

Distinguished Fellow & Director, IFTF Foresight Essentials

Full-spectrum Thinker. Futureback Advocate. Humble Futurist.

Bob Johansen

Distinguished Fellow

Bridge-builder. Dot connector. Lover of shared laughter.

Maureen McMillen Kirchner

Communications Director, IFTF Vantage Partnership

Imagineer. Pixel Pusher. Ethereal Excavator.

Trent Kühn

Digital Artist & Illustrator

Pattern Finder. Planner. Chocolate Appreciator.

Nathalie Lopez

Research Manager

Dog lover. Austinite. Well-being enthusiast.

Rachel Maguire

Research Director

Urgent optimist. Player of games. Future climate migrant.

Jane McGonigal

Director, Game Research & Development

Outdoor enthusiast. Lover of travel. Analytical thinker.

JoAnn Monroe

Engagement Manager

Futures thinker. Challenger. Incurably curious.

Wayne Pan

Research Director

Social Scientist. Skeptic. Explorer.

Rebecca Shamash

Research Director

Questioner. Facilitator. Farmers market enthusiast

Sara Skvirsky

Director of Strategic Learning

Storyteller. Tinkerer. Soccer fanatic.

Teffera G. Teffera

Digital Experiences Manager

Joy Seeker. Trail rider. Traveler.

Salley Westergaard

Manager, Accounts Receivable and Administration

Travel Enthusiast. Novice Baker. Fun Mom.

Lindy Willis

Senior Accounting + HR Manager