Our Team

Meet our directors and administration team. Please contact the appropriate person if you need assistance with any aspect of Compassionate Inquiry®.

Our Values 

We embody these in all that we do :

  • Curiosity: We invite people to connect with the truth within themselves 
  • Exploration: We bring understanding to ourselves and how the past shows up in the present 
  • Liberation: We free ourselves from our conditioning 
  • Connection: We create safety with one another, and access emotions, the felt sense and the true Self 
  • Community: We value the relationships we create with one another, recognizing commonality while respecting differences

This page lists the primary team members for our English administrative team. See also Español / Română / Português.

Co-Directors

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Dr. Gabor Maté

Executive Director

Gabor is the creator of the Compassionate Inquiry approach to psychotherapy.

  • Executive Director of Compassionate Inquiry and works alongside Sat Dharam Kaur, ND on the overall vision and long-term planning.
  • Guides and supervises the activities of the corporation and of the staff, facilitators and students of the year-long professional training program.
  • Facilitates the monthly Zoom calls and engages in Guest Lectures.
  • Can be contacted via his website here.


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Sat Dharam Kaur ND

Co-Executive Director, CEO, CI Facilitation Director

Contact Sat Dharam for inquiries about:

  • Course material that the Facilitator is unable to answer
  • Conflicts within the biweekly groups that are unresolved
  • Facilitated Monthly Workshops, Monthly Discussion Groups, L2 Video Reviews
  • Changes to the Compassionate Inquiry curriculum
  • Suggestions for Guest Lectures
  • Zoom calls with Gabor


Operations Team

Kristen DeLorenzi

Kristen DeLorenzi

Director of Operations

Kristen is on Maternity Leave until 2026. Please contact Alicia for all related tasks.

  • Management of the Compassionate Inquiry Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Workflows, project management and integration across various teams within CI
  • New CI international offerings
  • Communication between departments
  • Issues related to Human Resources


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Alicia Rivera

Interim Director of Operations

Contact Alicia for inquiries about:

  • Management of the Compassionate Inquiry Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Workflows, project management and integration across various teams within CI
  • New CI international offerings
  • Communication between departments

Email: [email protected]


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Gabriel Olivella

Operations Administrator

Contact Gabriel for inquiries about:

  • Course Completion
  • CE Credits
  • Compassionate Inquiry Educator Certificates and Compassionate Inquiry Short Course Certificates

Email: [email protected]


Daniela Garcia

Daniela Garcia

Translation/Transcription Director, Operations Analyst

Contact Daniela for inquiries about:

  • Monthly Zoom Call Emails
  • Circle Community Forum
  • Translation and transcription management
  • Operational analytics
  • Projects oversight

Email: [email protected]


Marketing and Events

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Bogdan Bâra

Marketing Director

Contact Bogdan for inquiries about:

  • Marketing materials and program launches
  • Public communications
  • Partnerships


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Karolina Sotomayor

Digital Content Coordinator

Contact Karolina for questions regarding:

  • Compassionate Inquiry English Social Media
  • Compassionate Inquiry Blog posts and newsletters.
  • General information about The Professional Training Course including: applications, subsidies, and waitlist.
  • The Professional Training Course communication including: newsletter, course emails, and workshop notifications.
  • Self-Study Short Course for individuals.
  • General information about Compassionate Inquiry Spanish, including applications and course emails.
  • Compassionate Inquiry Circles Español.
  • Compassionate Inquiry Spanish Submittable documents.
  • Compassionate Inquiry Spanish Social Media.


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Marko Miljkovic

Marketing Planner & Strategist

Contact Marko for inquiries about:

  • Development of comprehensive, multi-channel marketing plans and strategies
  • Design and execution of social media campaigns promoting CI programs, facilitators, practitioners, and partners
  • Implementation and continuous optimization of marketing strategies across digital and traditional platforms
  • Market research and audience analysis


Caroina Beltran

Carolina Beltran

Communications Officer and Marketing Strategist

Contact Caro for:

  • Strategies and briefs for campaigns
  • Email marketing
  • Writing copy and review email copy for internal emails
  • Writting copy for ads for Meta
  • Marketing for Podcast

Email: [email protected]


Technical Support Team

At any time, you may reach out to [email protected] for technical support with all programs.

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Gurudayal Khalsa

Technical Director, Media Producer

Contact Gurudayal for inquiries about:

  • How to access the course, website, or online forum(s).
  • Technical difficulties with emails, content, or videos.
  • Updating or managing practitioner listings on the website.
  • Access to the Submittable platform for course applications or course completion submissions.
  • Access to media and Zoom call recordings.
  • Pages on the website or course platform.
  • Files and forms related to the training and intake process.


Ognjen

Ognjen Vukotić

Technical Administrator

Contact Ognjen for inquiries about:

  • Technical and troubleshooting issues related to the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training, Compassionate Inquiry Circles, Mentorship Program, Mentor-in-Training Program, Mentoring Support Program, and Suicide Attention Training
  • Email support related to our online course platform(s)
  • Management and updates of the website, online course platform(s), practitioner listings, and Circles Community platform maintenance
  • Technical support for live Zoom calls and workshops, video editing, content organization


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John Florea

Technical Support Specialist

Contact John for inquiries about:

  • Technical and troubleshooting issues related to the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training, Suicide Attention Training, The Portal Training
  • Updates of the practitioner listings- Email support related to the CI online course platform.
  • Online course FAQ
  • Email support for English and Romanian program


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Pedro Feital

Technical Support Specialist

Contact Pedro for questions regarding:

  • Email support related to the CI online course platform and programs
  • Online course FAQ
  • Email support for English and Portuguese Programs
  • Transcripts and subtitles for the videos included in the course
  • Technical Support for English and Portuguese CI Circles Program


Administration


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Sahiba / Dayana Rivera

Professional Training Program Administrator (English)

Contact Sahiba for inquiries about:

  • Biweekly groups management, including rescheduling and student withdrawals
  • Administrative documentation for each cohort including attendance sheets, pod schedulers, safety plans, and mastersheets
  • Focus Groups

Email: [email protected]



Alina

Alina Karlewicz

Financial Controller, Human Resources Specialist

Contact Alina for inquiries about:

  • Issues related to Human Resources; Contact Email: [email protected]

  • Accounts Payable, Invoicing Inquiries, Management of Financial Controls




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Jill Forsyth

Administrative Assistant, Short Course Coordinator

Contact Jill for inquiries about:

  • Feedback forms and general feedback for CI Programs
  • Issues related to intellectual property, trademark permission and violations of copyright
  • CI Circles online and in-person
  • Compassionate Inquiry Self-Study Short Course
  • Compassionate Inquiry Short Course with Facilitation for organizations and groups


Anapaula Ramirez

Anapaula Ramirez

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Coordinator 

Contact Anapaula for inquiries about:

- Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, including questions on accessibility.

- Suggestions and feedback on how to improve CI's response to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility issues in our programs.

- Claims or requests regarding diversity, equity, inclusion or accessibility in CI.

Email: [email protected]


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Ildiko Acs

Internship and Volunteer Coordinator

Contact Ildiko for inquiries about:

  • Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training Internship and Volunteer programs


Stephen Brown

Stephen Brown

Graduate Program Specialist, Mentoring Support Program Coordinator

Contact Stephen for inquiries about:

  • Mentor-in-Training Program and Mentoring Support Program
  • Private Mentors
  • Overall structure of Mentorship, Internship, Volunteers, Certification


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Tony Coffey

Mentorship Coordinator, Certification Coordinator

Contact Tony for:

  • Mentorship Program
  • Certification and recertification submissions, as well as the outcome of all applications of certification and recertification 

Email: [email protected]


Mary Lennon

Mary Lennon

Skill Lab Coordinator

Contact Mary for inquiries about:

  • Skill-building Labs


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Luke Sniewski

Assistant Facilitation Director

Contact Luke for inquiries about:

  • Facilitation


Compassionate Inquiry® Circles:

Dispute Resolution:

The Office of Integrity and Equality is available to anyone who is aggrieved by anything that happens or anything that is done or said in the context of Compassionate Inquiry. The Office of Integrity and Equality promotes an ethical community culture based on our shared values of integrity, accountability, transparency and respect, and based on the Compassionate Inquiry Code of Ethics, which can be found here.

We invite you to submit any complaint, grievance, or dispute that you may have in the context of Compassionate Inquiry to us, after you have first spoken to the person directly about the issue using the Compassionate Inquiry Communication Guidelines, and after you have practiced Compassionate Inquiry with yourself using self-inquiry, or worked it through with a Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner or your therapist. Please submit your complaint, grievance or dispute here. Once you have done so, please email Siri Dharma at [email protected].

Members of the Dispute resolution team:

Our Team

Meet our directors and administration team. Please contact the appropriate person if you need assistance with any aspect of Compassionate Inquiry®.

Our Values 

We embody these in all that we do :

  • Curiosity: We invite people to connect with the truth within themselves 
  • Exploration: We bring understanding to ourselves and how the past shows up in the present 
  • Liberation: We free ourselves from our conditioning 
  • Connection: We create safety with one another, and access emotions, the felt sense and the true Self 
  • Community: We value the relationships we create with one another, recognizing commonality while respecting differences

This page lists the primary team members for our English administrative team. See also Español / Română / Português.

Directors

Operations

Tech

Marketing

Admin

Facilitators

Mentors

Practitioners

Co-Directors

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Operations Team

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Marketing and Events

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Technical Support Team

At any time, you may reach out to [email protected] for technical support with all programs.

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Compassionate Inquiry® Circles:

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Dispute Resolution:

The Office of Integrity and Equality is available to anyone who is aggrieved by anything that happens or anything that is done or said in the context of Compassionate Inquiry. The Office of Integrity and Equality promotes an ethical community culture based on our shared values of integrity, accountability, transparency and respect, and based on the Compassionate Inquiry Code of Ethics, which can be found here.

We invite you to submit any complaint, grievance, or dispute that you may have in the context of Compassionate Inquiry to us, after you have first spoken to the person directly about the issue using the Compassionate Inquiry Communication Guidelines, and after you have practiced Compassionate Inquiry with yourself using self-inquiry, or worked it through with a Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner or your therapist. Please submit your complaint, grievance or dispute here. Once you have done so, please email Siri Dharma at [email protected].

Members of the Dispute resolution team:

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All Compassionate Inquiry® Facilitators:

Click here to see all online facilitators for the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Online Training.

Compassionate Inquiry® Founding Facilitators:

Meet the Founding Facilitators of the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training Program. Under the leadership, stewardship and direction of Sat Dharam, the Founding Facilitators collaborated in the development and delivery of the Compassionate Inquiry course. With Sat Dharam and Gabor, the Founding Facilitators launched the program and trained the next generation of facilitators and practitioners who now use Compassionate Inquiry as a therapeutic modality. We are grateful for their dedication and meaningful contributions.

Click here to see the Founding Facilitators for the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Online Training.

Private Mentors:

Click here to see all private mentors for those working on developing their skills in the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Online Training or Mentorship Program.

Certified Practitioners:

Click here to see a list of certified practitioners available to work with you one-on-one using Compassionate Inquiry.


Vimalasara (Valerie) Mason-John

Vimalasara (Valerie Mason-John)

CI Facilitator and Practitioner

Dr. Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John M.A (hon.doc) is the award-winning author of 9 books. She worked as an international correspondent covering Aboriginal deaths in custody and Land Rights in Australia. After retiring from journalism she trained in the field of anger management and conflict resolution, going on to work as a senior trainer for one of the leading organizations in the UK, LEAP Confronting Conflicts, whose clients included the police, social services, the educational system,  prisons, gangs, and youth offending teams. In 2007 she moved to Canada, and retrained in the field of Restorative Justice RJ, working for Alberta Conflict Transformation ACTS, and developed a Train the Trainer program for youth to deliver the RJ circle. She has trained teachers throughout Canada in RJ approaches for education. She works as a public speaker in the field of Conflict Transformation, and Mindfulness Approaches for addiction. She is an ordained Buddhist and is Chair of Vancouver Buddhist Centre.


 

All Compassionate Inquiry® Facilitators:

Click here to see all online facilitators for the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Online Training.

Compassionate Inquiry® Founding Facilitators:

Meet the Founding Facilitators of the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training Program. Under the leadership, stewardship and direction of Sat Dharam, the Founding Facilitators collaborated in the development and delivery of the Compassionate Inquiry course. With Sat Dharam and Gabor, the Founding Facilitators launched the program and trained the next generation of facilitators and practitioners who now use Compassionate Inquiry as a therapeutic modality. We are grateful for their dedication and meaningful contributions.

Click here to see the Founding Facilitators for the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Online Training.

Private Mentors:

Click here to see all private mentors for those working on developing their skills in the Compassionate Inquiry Professional Online Training or Mentorship Program.

Certified Practitioners:

Click here to see a list of certified practitioners available to work with you one-on-one using Compassionate Inquiry.

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