Our Team
Markku Kostamo
CEO & Lead Strategist
Markku has served as an executive in the non-profit sector for over 20 years and is passionate about seeing organizations grow and develop in executing their mission and impact. To enable this, Markku is a Metronomics CEO & Leadership Team Coach and a 6 Levers Consultant and takes an entrepreneurial and relational approach to revenue generation and partnerships. Markku has raised over $30 million by working with 20 organizations. Markku is passionate about helping CEOs and Leadership Teams develop and implement an organization's strategy and operating system.
Nadia VanderKuip
Chief Growth Officer
Nadia has spent 25 years in non-profit work, from founding an inner-city youth ministry to running a global fellowship program that trained and equipped emerging leaders to launch non-profit organizations around the world. Nadia’s passion is to introduce change and tension into a system to encourage growth and development in people and organizations. She sees the world in patterns, potential, relationships and connections and loves to work collaboratively to help others find their sweet spot so that they can thrive.
Charisse Pagarigan
Chief Innovation Officer
Charisse got her first taste of the nonprofit world in 2007 and knew she had found her place. She has an ever-growing desire to increase organizational impact through harnessing the power of people and technology toward maximizing operational and administrative efficiencies. Her experiences have honed her focus toward supporting small organizations by bolstering their capacity for achievement.
Misti Hurst
PR and Communications Specialist
Misti has been a journalist, writer and editor for over 18 years. She has in-depth experience creating and executing PR campaigns, maintaining a strong rapport with industry media outlets, and tracking current media trends. Energetic, positive, and outgoing, she can creatively source, write, edit, pitch and share stories through various media platforms.
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Shauna Kostamo
Lead Grant Writer
Shauna's background is in ESL teaching and tutoring, where she enjoys working with people from other cultures and languages. More recently, she has added editing and writing at an academic level to her work experience. She thrives on making the English language interesting and is passionate about correct grammar and thoughtful articulation.
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Matthew Kostamo
Filmmaker
Matthew has seven years of filmmaking experience, mostly from shooting alone and deep in the mountains. His experience includes creating business ads, editing videos for non-profit organizations, and making personal adventure films. Whether behind the camera or the computer, he is dedicated to working on the project until everyone is satisfied.
Moira Guidon
Executive Assistant
Moira has eight years of leadership, administrative and communications experience and seeks out any opportunity to work closely with nonprofit organizations and small businesses. While she creatively manages the marketing and social media sides of Kaci, Moira also keeps her finger on the pulse of the various projects that are on the go and communicates with the team accordingly.
Carien van Zyl
Administration Specialist
Carien is a consultant who specializes in general HR assistance and recruitment. Carien is a positive and energetic worker. This energy has revealed itself throughout her career in her upbeat attitude and ability to keep busy. She has a strong desire to help others, which has led to her past success and awakened her desire to get involved in nonprofit organizations.
Jen McAllister
Events Specialist
Celebration and hospitality are at the core of Jen’s vision for life, and she brings that vision to all of her projects. She has successfully run silent auctions, artisan markets, concerts, and other events for nonprofits, local businesses, and religious groups. Over the years, she has cultivated excellent working relationships with musicians, photographers, artists, caterers, and many others in the fields of hospitality and entertainment.
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Kalia Pattern
Junior Creative
Kalia has studied photography and media design through coursework over the past five years and particularly enjoys nature photography. She loves finding creative ways to reframe, refocus and refine words and images. Kalia brings a fresh eye to approaching projects creatively and looks forward to growing her skills as part of the Kaci team.
Joy Pagarigan
Junior Grant Writer
Joy has a background in linguistics and ESL teaching. With a lifelong passion for language, Joy has a keen interest in the seemingly mundane aspects of language such as grammar and syntax. She brings this passion for languages and effective communication to the grant writing team as a junior grant writer.
Megan Delport
Junior Writer
With a background in English literature, Megan brings her passion for clear and effective communication to her work. Her creative spirit allows her to turn thoughts and ideas into well-crafted content. She is eager to learn and find her niche within the team and will assist with various projects in copywriting, content creation and grant writing.