About Golden

Unlocking the Power
of Volunteers

Golden is a technology ecosystem unlocking volunteers’ and donors’ potential to improve the future


Founded 2015

Golden makes public service more inspiring, engaging, and productive. We believe in the potential each person has to lead a fulfilling life by prioritizing the needs of others, and we continually improve our industry-leading volunteer management software and donations AI to help organizations deliver their missions more effectively.

Our work includes pioneering the world’s first mobile apps for finding and tracking volunteering, creating enterprise-scale dashboards that coordinate supporters in real-time, integrating cross-sector collaboration efforts through a shared system-of-record, and developing mission-critical field tools for disaster responders. But these innovations stem from a deeper commitment: closing the gaps that have historically prevented the people we serve from fulfilling their human potential together.

Golden operates as an R&D social enterprise. Our multidisciplinary team brings together subject matter experts with profound, lived experience, whose life’s work centers on enabling our users to improve quality of life in their communities. We collaborate with global authorities on operational, AI, and policy research, applying world-class technology, human-centered design, and artificial intelligence toward creating meaning, resilience, and productivity in the real world.


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Meet the Team

Our team at Golden is a passionate group of technologists, community builders, and support specialists dedicated to helping volunteers connect with meaningful opportunities and empowering organizers to run impactful, efficient programs with ease

Sam Fankuchen

Founder & CEO

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Johann Shudlick

COO

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Kiara Anderson

CTO

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Stephen Moreland

Head of Growth

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Marcel Fang

Head of Product

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Meredith Hughes

Head of Partnerships

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Albert Blanco

Head of Support

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Michelle Chiang

Head of Design

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Rob Petit

Distinguished Engineer

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Michael Collier

Engineering Program Director

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Carina Garcia

Client Strategy Lead

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Chris Woods

Client Strategy Lead

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Tim Adkins

Client Strategy Lead

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Rajesh Kambalapally

Revenue Operations Lead

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Arielle Meizen

Enterprise Account Executive

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Quan Nguyen

Director of Sales & Partners

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Jack Mahoney

Business Development Manager

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Kelly Cristaldi

Sr. Partner & Product Marketing Manager

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Daniel Bejarano

Platform Engineer

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Felipe Arroyo

Platform Engineer

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Matt Yang

Principal Software Engineer

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