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Our Team
Chris Maury
Executive Director
Chris is a serial social entrepreneur who focuses on problems which aren't getting the investment they deserve. He was the inaugural winner of the UpPrize Social Impact award with his startup, Conversant Labs, which was subsequently acquired by Apple, where he spent the last 7 years working on Accessibility features such as Personal Voice.
Amy Whipple
Reporter
Amy Whipple is a part-time writer, part-time writing instructor and full-time awesome. In addition to InformUp, her work can be found in PublicSource, Pittsburgh Magazine and The Imprint.
Alexis Wary
Video Content
Alexis is a Pittsburgh based photojournalist who is also a Masters in Library and Information Science graduate student at Pitt. She has worked with many Pittsburgh area newspapers, photographed for the Pittsburgh Symphony and Orchestra, and photographed concerts at various local music venues.
Ann Belser
Editing
Ann Belser is the owner and publisher of Print, Pittsburgh's East End monthly newspaper. Before founding Print she was a reporter for the Post-Gazette for more than 20 years. She has a masters degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and lives in Squirrel Hill with her wife, Jan Kurth, their children and their Welsh Corgi, Ffred.
Board of Directors
Colleen Hannagan
Chair
Colleen is the former Principal of Poff Elementary and brings years of educational expertise and operational excellence to the board. She is motivated by operating in challenging environments, leading her school through the COVID Pandemic.
Jeff Bigham
Vice Chair
Jeff is the head of Responsible AI at Apple and is passionate about community engagement, having successfully lobbied the Pittsburgh Public school board to push back High School start times to 7:45am.
Chardaè Jones
Secretary
Chardaè is the former Mayor and current Borough council member of Braddock. She enjoys community advocacy and is dedicated to promoting transparent and accessible government.
Kate Dewey
Member
Kate is a mainstay of the Pittsburgh nonprofit community. She is the former President of the Forbes Funds and has many years developing and empowering nonprofits.
Mike Capsambelis
Interim Treasurer
Mike Capsambelis is a product leader and community advocate with over 25 years of experience commercializing data-intensive technologies across the media, financial services, healthcare, and civic sectors. Recently entering semi-retirement after a 14-year tenure at Google—where he served as Director of Product Management leading Ads, Commerce, and Civic Engagement teams—Mike has long championed inclusive innovation, connecting underrepresented entrepreneurs and students with resources to thrive.
Deeply rooted in Pittsburgh's social enterprise scene, he is the founder of Awesome Pittsburgh, a micro-grant organization that has awarded over 170 grants to local grassroots initiatives, and serves as Board Chair for PACE and board member for the Mon Metro Chamber of Commerce.
Martina Battistone
Member
As North America Practice Lead at Social Pinpoint, Marti supports and cultivates best practices in online community engagement within the public and non-profit sectors. Previously, Marti worked as an Environmental Planner at the City of Pittsburgh, which received the 2024 IAP2 USA Core Values Award for Organization of the Year.
As a member of the Department of City Planning's Sustainability and Resilience Division, Marti led park planning across the city, working to create long-term visions and investment strategies that reflected resident priorities in parks and open spaces.