Our team
Ethel Karskens
Founder and CEO
Ethel is an experienced data and product lead. She has worked with multiple start-ups and for-purpose organisations, and has specialised in Forensics Analytics, Product Analytics and Social Impact Measurement.
Her passion for social impact, data and innovation brought her to create Civita. She currently leads the organisation.
Binal Dodhia
Content coordinator and social impact
Binal is a finance associate at RGA and specialised in equity and financial analysis.
She supports Civita with social impact projects and content coordination.
Wendy Doan
Co-founder and COO
Wendy has a background in digital transformation and project management. She's currently completing her BBA at Macquarie University and holds a Diploma in IT.
At Civita, she's on the operations and provides project support.
Civita advisors
Stuart Lloyd-Hurwitz
Stuart is an experienced executive, adviser, strategist and technologist in the social and sustainability sectors focused on strategy development, organisational transformation and culture change through evidence and analytics. His diverse background includes leading and advising not-for-profit, wealth management, retail financial services, and insurance organisations.
Stuart supports Civita with general strategic questions, especially about governance and innovation.
Yael Wasserman
Yael has over 15 years experience in the NFP fundraising industry specialising in Donor Analytics and data team leadership. Yael has worked with a number of large Australian charities and is currently the Marketing Insights Lead at Cancer Council NSW.
Yael supports Civita with strategic questions about for-purpose organisations engagement and new data for good projects
Mike Allwright
Mike has been working in data science for the last 15 years, and during that time he founded the not for profit Minerva Collective. He runs a data analytics company and is passionate about the use of machine learning in neuroscience. He also runs the organisation "Homeless In Focus" whose mission is to empower people affected by homelessness through photography and entrepreneurship.
Mike supports Civita with questions related to data, innovation and data-hackathons.