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Kian Alavi

Chief Executive Officer
& Co-founder

Building Mazlo continues Kian’s personal journey. He spent his early career in investment services with Morgan Stanley, learning about investments, banking, and SEC-driven financial compliance. At 30, he left the for-profit world to dedicate himself to community building. Over 14 years, Kian built, ran, and scaled nonprofits serving thousands of families in San Francisco. He served as Deputy Director of Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, working in finance, HR, fundraising, technology overhauls, and board work. He has advised local government departments, chaired nonprofit leadership forums, and received the Jefferson Award for community service and a YBCA 100 honoree for global activism. Kian now serves on the boards of the Homeless Prenatal Program and AXIS Dance.

Kian Alavi

Chief Executive Officer
& Co-founder

Previously, Kian served as the Deputy Director for the Good Samaritan Family Resource Center. In the last decade, he has served in various community posts including committee member of the San Francisco Mayor’s Children and Families Pandemic Recovery Task Force, represented the Mission District on the Transportation Authority’s Citizen Advisory Committee, and co-chaired the Children and Youth Fund Service Providers Working Group. He is a recipient of the Jefferson Award for Community Service and a YBCA 100 honoree. He earned his BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Sean Anderson

Chief Product Officer
& Co-founder

Sean wears many hats at Mazlo. As a generalist, he’s spent the last four years overseeing the design, branding, business strategy and engineering at Mazlo. After studying Aeronautical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, he honed his passion for problem solving and eventually launched a software development agency that focused on enterprise applications.

Our Team

Adrien Herron

People & Banking

Ava Williamson

Operations & Banking

Munim Zafar

Engineer

Harley

Chief Morale Officer

Adam Dostalik

Lead Engineer

Chad Haynes

Chief Technology Officer

Suleman Mahmood

Engineer

Jojo

Sr. Technical Analyst

Our Advisors

Andrew Schulman

Fiscal Sponsorship Expert

Lyslynn Lacoste

Government & Fiscal Sponsorship Expert

Oliver Hack

Fiscal Sponsorship Expert

Tim Leach

Commercial Banking & Asset Management

Laura Choe

Nonprofit & Community Foundation Expert

Mario Paz
Nonprofit & Community Building Expert

Rev. Dr. Joseph Bryant, Jr.
Nonprofit & Church Operations Expert
Vimal Ghorecha

Software Architecture