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
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Sat Dharam Kaur ND

Co-Executive Director, CEO, CI Facilitation Director

Operations Team

Kristen DeLorenzi

Kristen DeLorenzi

Director of Operations
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Alicia Rivera

Associate Director of Operations
Daniela Garcia

Daniela Garcia

Translation/Transcription Director, Operations Analyst
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Gabriel Olivella

Operations Administrator
Kristen DeLorenzi

Kristen DeLorenzi

Director of Operations
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Alicia Rivera

Associate Director of Operations
Daniela Garcia

Daniela Garcia

Translation/Transcription Director, Operations Analyst
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Gabriel Olivella

Operations Administrator

Marketing and Events

Bogdan Bara

Bogdan Bâra

Marketing Director
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Marko Miljkovic

Marketing Planner & Strategist
Caroina Beltran

Carolina Beltran

Communications Officer and Marketing Strategist
Bogdan Bara

Bogdan Bâra

Marketing Director
Marko (1)

Marko Miljkovic

Marketing Planner & Strategist
Caroina Beltran

Carolina Beltran

Communications Officer and Marketing Strategist

Technical Support Team

At any time, you may reach out to online@compinqdev.com for technical support with all programs.

Ozedf

Gurudayal Khalsa

Technical Director, Media Producer
Ognjen

Ognjen Vukotić

Technical Administrator
Leo

Leonardo Salas Zapata

Spanish Program Technical Assistant
John

John Florea

Technical Support Specialist
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Pedro Feital

Technical Support Specialist
Daniela Garcia

Daniela Garcia

Translation/Transcription Director, Operations Analyst
Ozedf

Gurudayal Khalsa

Technical Director, Media Producer
Ognjen

Ognjen Vukotić

Technical Administrator
Leo

Leonardo Salas Zapata

Spanish Program Technical Assistant
John

John Florea

Technical Support Specialist
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Pedro Feital

Technical Support Specialist
Daniela Garcia

Daniela Garcia

Translation/Transcription Director, Operations Analyst

Administration

Alina

Alina Karlewicz

Financial Controller, Human Resources Specialist
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Sahiba Rivera

Professional Training Program Administrator (English)
Idiko

Ildiko Acs

Internship and Volunteer Coordinator
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Jill Forsyth

Administrative Assistant, Short Course Coordinator
Stephen Brown

Stephen Brown

Graduate Program Specialist, Mentoring Support Program Coordinator
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Luke Sniewski

Assistant Facilitation Director
Anapaula Ramirez

Anapaula Ramirez

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Coordinator 
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Verena Rohner

Accounts Receivable Specialist
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Tony Coffey

Mentorship Coordinator, Certification Coordinator
Alina

Alina Karlewicz

Financial Controller, Human Resources Specialist
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Sahiba Rivera

Professional Training Program Administrator (English)
Idiko

Ildiko Acs

Internship and Volunteer Coordinator
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Jill Forsyth

Administrative Assistant, Short Course Coordinator
Stephen Brown

Stephen Brown

Graduate Program Specialist, Mentoring Support Program Coordinator
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Luke Sniewski

Assistant Facilitation Director
Anapaula Ramirez

Anapaula Ramirez

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Coordinator 
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Verena Rohner

Accounts Receivable Specialist
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Tony Coffey

Mentorship Coordinator, Certification Coordinator

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 ci.siridharma@gmail.com.

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

Admin

Tech

Marketing

Facilitators

Mentors

Practitioners

Co-Directors

Operations Team

Marketing and Events

Technical Support Team

At any time, you may reach out to online@compinqdev.com for technical support with all programs.

Administration


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 ci.siridharma@gmail.com.

Members of the Dispute resolution team:

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Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Training 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.

Our Certified Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioners can support you in healing mental-emotional and physical symptoms, unresolved trauma, relationship issues and addictions by helping you connect with the deeper parts of you, your body and emotions.

They have completed the 330-hour year-long professional training as well as a 6-month Mentorship Program and a Certification Review. They come from a variety of backgrounds with different levels of previous training and experience.


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.


 


Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Training 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.

Our Certified Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioners can support you in healing mental-emotional and physical symptoms, unresolved trauma, relationship issues and addictions by helping you connect with the deeper parts of you, your body and emotions.

They have completed the 330-hour year-long professional training as well as a 6-month Mentorship Program and a Certification Review. They come from a variety of backgrounds with different levels of previous training and experience.

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