Nicole Ross
Head of Community Health and Special Projects
Nicole leads our team, setting our strategic direction and helping us achieve our goals within individual projects and across the team at large. Nicole has also coordinated with other EA organizations and projects across a broad range of areas, such as communications and politics. She was previously a trustee of EV US.
Before joining CEA, Nicole worked at Open Philanthropy, GiveWell, and the Center for Healthcare Ethics at Cedars-Sinai. Outside of work, Nicole is a fan of dogs and hiking.
You can contact Nicole if you have questions, feedback, or concerns about our team. Additionally, if you’re interested in working with us, please reach out to her.
You can contact Nicole via this form (you'll be anonymous by default) or via email: nicole.ross@centreforeffectivealtruism.org.
Chana Messinger
Deputy Head of Community Health and Special Projects
Chana is the deputy head of the team, and she works on proactive investigations for issues in the EA community.
Before becoming our deputy team head, Chana focused on supporting high school outreach efforts and investigating areas of improvement for community epistemics (how we form beliefs about the world).
Previously, Chana was a high school math teacher in Pittsburgh, New York, and London. She has also contracted for the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. She holds a BA from the University of Chicago and an MA from Columbia University. In her free time, she loves crossword puzzles and escape rooms.
You can contact Chana via this form (with the option of being anonymous)or via email: chana.messinger@centreforeffectivealtruism.org.
Julia Wise
Community Liaison
Julia is one of the people community members can contact about problems they've noticed or experienced in the EA community.
Julia has particular experience advising about
- Organizational health and policies
- Serious mental health issues
- Serious interpersonal harm
- Being a contact person for multi-day events such as conferences and retreats
She writes about effective altruism, parenting, and other topics at Otherwise. She was president of Giving What We Can from 2017-2020. Before joining CEA, Julia was a social worker, and studied sociology at Bryn Mawr College. Outside of EA, she's active in the folk dancing community.
You can contact Julia via this form (you'll be anonymous by default)or via email: julia.wise@centreforeffectivealtruism.org.
Note - Julia is not functioning as a social worker in her work in effective altruism. She doesn’t have an additional requirement to report concerns, even though she’s licensed as a social worker, unless you specifically tell her, “I’m telling you this because you’re a social worker,” and tell her about abuse or neglect of a person under 18, over 60, or with an intellectual disability.
Catherine Low
Community Liaison
Catherine is one of the people community members can contact about problems they've noticed or experienced in the EA community.
Catherine has particular experience advising about
- Problems with city, national, or professional EA groups
- Projects with significant potential downside risks, e.g., those related to policy, in a new field, a new location, a sensitive topic, or that involve significant outreach
- Dealing with people in the community who could cause significant problems, including people who might harass others, could be untrustworthy, or might take unnecessary risks
She is also an advisor for EA Funds and is on the board of Magnify Mentoring and Effective Altruism New Zealand Charitable Trust. Before joining CEA, Catherine managed the Students for High-Impact Charity program and taught science, physics, and ethics at the high school level. She was also heavily involved in EA community building in New Zealand and Australia. Catherine holds a PhD in physics from the University of Melbourne. Outside of work, Catherine's hobbies include kayaking and trail running.
You can contact Catherine via this form (you'll be anonymous by default) or via email catherine@centreforeffectivealtruism.org.
Charlotte Darnell
Community Liaison
Charlotte is one of the people community members can contact problems they’ve noticed or experienced in the EA community.
Charlotte has particular experience advising about
- Problems in university EA groups
- Being a contact person for multi-day events such as conferences and retreats
- Interpersonal issues relating to gender
Before joining our team, Charlotte worked on CEA’s Events team, running events like EA Global and the Summit on Existential Security. She has also worked on various community building projects before joining CEA, such as EAGxOxford 2022 and safeguarding for a UK high school outreach project. She studied History and Modern Languages at the University of Exeter, where she organized an EA group. Charlotte spends her free time on watersports and many different craft projects.
You can contact Charlotte via this form (you'll be anonymous by default) or via email: charlotte.darnell@centreforeffectivealtruism.org.
Eve McCormick
Community Health Project Manager and Senior Assistant
Eve is responsible for our internal systems, as well as supporting the work of Nicole and other members of the team. Eve also acts as one of the main point people between our team and other organizations we advise. If you're not sure who to contact, Eve can point you in the right direction.
Before joining CEA, she ran EA Cambridge full-time. Eve holds a degree in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic from the University of Cambridge and is particularly interested in the early medieval period. She also enjoys archaeology and fantasy/sci-fi.
You can contact Eve via email: eve@centreforeffectivealtruism.org
Lisanne van den Bosch
Community Health Team Assistant and Systems Associate
Lisanne works on internal systems and conducts analyses on our work, as well as supporting Catherine and other members of the team.
Before joining our team, Lisanne worked as a contractor on CEA’s Groups team and has been a Positive Impact Society Erasmus board member. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a master’s in Global Mental Health from Trinity College Dublin. In her free time, she likes to do salsa dancing and improv.
You can contact Lisanne via email: lisanne@centreforeffectivealtruism.org
