Our team

Our team’s combined 100+ years of experience on both sides of the desk and presence in 100+ international markets give us a unique understanding of the challenges that counselors and university educators face, as well as foresight into emerging trends.

Meet the Cialfolks who believe in making education accessible

Leadership team

Our leaders bring you a combined work experience of over 100 years

Rohan Pasari

Co-founder & CEO

Stanley Chia

Co-founder & COO

William Hund

Co-founder & CPO

Felicja Syska

VP, Client Engagement

Andy Ankam

Senior VP, Engineering

Our Board of Directors

Cath

Associate Director - Client Experience

Charles

Program Manager

Priyanka

Associate Director of Strategic Operations

Our Advisory boards

It takes a village.
As we work at our mission, we rely on expert advice from stalwarts across the worlds of college counseling and higher education. Meet the advisors who are generously sharing their time and insights with us in an effort to co-create a brighter future!

Our K-12 advisors

Alison Lewis

International School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cherilyn Reynolds

The Pingry School, USA

Cyndy Crum

Episcopal Academy, USA

Dave Bonner

Culver Academies, USA

Francis Miller

Xi'an Tie Yi High School, China

Gabrielle McColgan

Castilleja School, USA

Jeff Neill

Graded, The American School of São Paulo

Lauren Hoyt

The Hill School, USA

Lucy Scholz

Collegiate Academies, USA

Michelle Duschang

Hisar School, Turkey

Olivia Huie

JSerra Catholic School, USA

Terry Kung

Hewitt School, USA

Wilson Lee

Singapore American School, Singapore

Goentoer Giovani

North Jakarta Intercultural School

Kevin Keller

Bangkok Patana School, Thailand

Shanice Kok

Taipei American School, Taiwan

Thomas Waterfall

K. International School, Tokyo

Adam Kendis

Santa Cruz Cooperative School, Bolivia

Our University advisors

Dan Marshner

Loyola Marymount

John Wilkerson

Indiana University

Bryce Benton

Denison University

Adrienne Amador Oddi

Queens University of Charlotte

Andrew Palumbo

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Holly (Moninder) Singh

Arizona State University

Jose Aviles

Louisiana State University

Joseph Montgomery

Tuskegee University

Karen Kristof

Colorado College

Nancy Machles Rothschild

Syracuse University

Patriece Campbell

Millersville University

Satyajit Dattagupta

Northeastern University

Yvonne Romero da Silva

Rice University

Our Stories

Cialfolks

We call ourselves “Cialfolk” and share a common passion for making education accessible to students across the world. Although located in 14 different spots on the globe, we are united by our shared values of customer focus and teamwork, and the desire to change the world.

Cath

Associate Director - Client Experience

I love the impact we have on our clients and the relationships we build with them and for them

Charles

Program Manager

What I love about Cialfo? The products that we build, and the people that we work with!

Priyanka

Associate Director of Strategic Operations

I love a bit of everything about Cialfo - the product, the versatility of being able to do a variety of challenging tasks, the leadership opportunities, the company values but binding all this together are THE PEOPLE at Cialfo and I cherish the friendships I have built along the way!

Swati

Regional Director - South Asia

Cialfo mission is a lot related to my passion which I always wanted to do. Help students and make education accessible to them

Vanessa

Senior Campaign Manager

I've been able to learn so much about myself by experiencing so many different areas of work through the projects I've developed. I also love that I am able to work daily with some of the most talented people I've met in my life, as well as feeling supported and taken care of by our amazing marketing team.

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