Our globally distributed team is made up of full-time and part-time staff, contractors and volunteers. Our expertise ranges from mental health care to design, research and technology. These are our staff members.

Hera Hussain (she/her) Founder and CEO Hera has over a decade of experience supporting survivors. Born in Scotland, raised in Pakistan and living in the UK, Hera knew from early on she wanted to empower women. Hera was on the Forbes 30 Under 30 and MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 list and was awarded the British Empire Medal by Her Majesty the Queen. Hera speaks English, Urdu, and Punjabi.

Eva Blum-Dumontet (she/her) Head of Movement Building and Policy

Eva Blum-Dumontet is a technology and human rights policy expert working at the intersection of gender, technology and social justice. As Head of Movement Building and Policy at Chayn, she leads work to challenge technology-facilitated gender-based violence and build a digital world that better serves survivors. Her work includes exploring how feminist approaches to AI can support survivors of image-based abuse, advocating for encryption as a feminist issue, and bringing the experiences of marginalised communities into technology policy.

Before joining Chayn, Eva spent eight years at Privacy International researching privacy, surveillance and the impacts of technology on marginalised communities. Her work on menstruation apps led to policy changes that better protect the privacy of millions of women across the world. She later worked as a Senior Policy Adviser at the Royal Society, leading the society's policy strategy on AI in scientific research. Across her work, Eva is committed to challenging harmful power structures and making technology safer, fairer and more accountable.

Nadine Krish Spencer (she/her) ****Head of Product and Experience Nadine spent the first decade of her career working with tech startups. Initially in London, supporting the growth of seed-stage companies, and later in Barcelona working within a series of commercial, hypergrowth environments. Before joining Chayn, she spent some time freelancing on Tech for Good projects in the mental health space. Namely an online toolkit to support recovery for people dependent on alcohol, and a trauma-informed intake and triaging tool designed to make it easier for those suffering with their mental health to describe their experiences. A born and bred North Londoner, she now lives in Barcelona and speaks English, Spanish and Catalan.

Manpreet Dillon (she/her) Director of Operations Manpreet Dhillon is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) in the workplace, particularly within the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) and the Future of Work. Before joining Chayn, with over 20 years of experience in HR and DE&I, she founded Veza Global to empower organizations across government, tech, non-profit, and the UN to build more equitable and inclusive workplaces. Manpreet's leadership journey encompasses coaching, HR, change management, internal audits, and community development. She brings a unique perspective as a settler in Canada, born to Indian immigrants, and living with an invisible disability. This lived experience fuels her commitment to systemic change that dismantles institutionalized inequalities and ensures authentic representation.

Francesca Jarvis (she/her) ****Head of Survivor Services Lead Francesca joined Chayn as the Survivor Services Lead in 2022, and has nearly ten years experience in frontline sexual violence work, and around three years experience working with children and young people. She has an array of experience supporting survivors around and through the criminal legal system in England, managing teams of frontline workers, and developing and project managing frontline service delivery. Francesca also has some experience in community accountability, and is particularly interested in relational work, participatory and collaborative practices, and ways of being accountable for and transforming harm. She speaks English and is learning Spanish very slowly! Francesca grew up in the UK and lives in London.

Ellie Re-em (she/her) ****Full Stack Engineer

Ellie did a software engineering short course in her early 20s and has been working as an engineer ever since. She worked in a few different industries such as green energy, gardening industry and at charitable foundations like the Wellcome Trust. She used to speak Chinese as a child but unfortunately has forgotten most of it and these days only speaks English. Currently, she is working on developing the Bloom platform and maintaining Chayn’s tech services.

Janice Levenhagen (she/her) Operations Janice is a nonprofit leader with over 15 years of experience in programme development, organisational leadership, and building communities that drive social change. Before joining Chayn, she founded and led ChickTech, a US-based nonprofit that expanded to more than 20 cities, engaging thousands of women and girls in technology each year. She later co-founded Wevise, a mentoring platform focused on expanding access to professional networks and opportunities. Janice is also the co-founder of the Solena Collective, a global initiative connecting women through local communities, shared learning, and collective action to create lasting change. Her work has spanned the US and Europe, supporting organisations in developing programmes, strengthening operations, and scaling their impact. She holds an MBA and a Master's in International Development from Sciences Po Paris.

Debbie Cunningham (she/her) Finance Manager

Debbie is an ACCA-qualified accountant with more than 25 years' experience in finance, tax and compliance. Her career spans global law firms and financial institutions, including Linklaters, NYSE and Thomson Reuters. She later stepped away from large corporates to focus on community interest companies (CICs) and charities, where she can see her work make a different impact.