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Apply to be a mentor
We are looking for women, trans people of any gender, and non-binary mentors who are mid-senior level in impactful career paths and excited to support promising newcomers. To express an interest, please complete this application.
Apply to be a mentee
While applications for mentorship are currently closed until early summer, we are delighted to announce that we will additionally offer one-off introductory chats for women, non-binary and trans people of all genders interested in pursuing high- impact careers. We expect this will be most helpful for newcomers to Effective Altruism or those who would like to get looped into the WANBAM community between mentorship rounds. You can book a call here.
Team
Our Board of Directors
Two of our directors work at the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), from whom we received a grant via the EA Infrastructure Fund. Neither had any previous involvement with Meta Fund grantmaking and will recuse themselves from any input on future grants.
Kathryn Mecrow-Flynn
Director (President) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Kathryn Mecrow-Flynn started her career in international development and human rights public interest litigation. Five years ago, she became involved in Effective Altruism. This culminated in her running the UK operations of the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA). She then worked as the Curriculum Developer and Philanthropic Educator for The Life You Can Save where she focused upon the Giving Games Project. She founded WANBAM in 2019 and acts as a Consultant for high impact organizations.
Habiba Islam
Director (Secretary)
Habiba Islam is an Advisor at 80,000 Hours. Habiba previously served as the Senior Administrator for the Future of Humanity Institute and the Global Priorities Institute at Oxford. Before that, she qualified as a barrister and worked in management consulting specialising in operations for public and third sector clients.
Catherine Low
Director (Treasurer)
Catherine is Groups Support for the EA Local Groups team of the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA). She has held many roles as a Community Builder for Effective Altruism including as a founding member of Effective Altruism New Zealand, compiling resources for the LEAN Project, and acting as a manager for SHIC.
Karolina Sarek
Director
Karolina Sarek is a Co-founder and Director of Research at Charity Entrepreneurship and a board member at Charity Science. She leads the research team, aiming to find the most evidence-based, cost-effective and neglected interventions, and train others in starting high impact charities to implement them. She also serves as a Fund Manager at Effective Altruism Animal Welfare Fund.
Sky Mayhew
Director
Sky provides support, resources, and strategy recommendations to individuals and organizations in the effective altruism community. She works in close collaboration with Julia on community health at the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA). Currently, she primarily consults on media, mentorship, and diversity, equity, & inclusion.
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