The Ei Story

Sara Loncka has built her career on a simple premise: the most powerful learning happens when you interrupt the expected. From leading the Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs, where emerging leaders tackled real civic challenges, to designing immersive LA expeditions for undergrad students that transformed the city into their classroom.

She's the kind of person who sees a dinner party as a chance to create an experience, not just serve a meal. Now, as CEO of Experience Institute, she partners with companies to design experiences that intentionally interrupt established ways of working — building the capabilities leaders need before they're urgently needed.

She's shared her work at SXSW and ATD, is a founding member of the Experience House Mastermind, an inner circle of experience designers and community builders crafting a more connected world, and serves on the external advisory board for NYU Stern's Initiative for Purpose and Flourishing.

When she's not working, Sara is stumbling through French, drafting a novel, or putting miles on her moped across Los Angeles.

In 2012, Victor founded Experience Institute after designing his own Master’s through 12 work experiences in 12 months. Since then, he’s worked with thousands of students and professionals to grow their careers through engaging curriculum and meaningful experiences. He’s also a Lecturer in Design at Stanford and a Forbes 30Under30 recipient in the field of education. Today, he serves as Ei's Chairman of the Board and Partner at NextGen Growth Partners.

Erin’s career (and, well, her life) has been shaped by a core belief: transformation happens through taking risks, connecting with others, and making sense of new experiences together. As Director of Partnerships at Experience Institute, she brings this philosophy to work every day, partnering with organizations to build cultures where people actively experiment to change how they work.

Before joining Ei, Erin spent a decade designing immersive, travel-based learning programs that pushed young adults beyond the classroom, first as Director of Student Impact at Rustic Pathways and then as Director of Programs at Verto Education. She holds a master’s from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her own experiential learning includes teaching at a university in Thailand for three years after college, training as a birth doula (though she’s only attended one birth so far), and next up, learning to ride a unicycle.

Amelia Rosenman has built a career around helping people stretch out of their comfort zones – whether that’s a 10-year-old walking in the woods at night, a CEO arbitrating a team conflict, or a 70-year-old learning to swim.

Amelia spent over a decade working in outdoor experiential education, with stints at San Mateo Outdoor Education, the BEETLES project at UC Berkeley, and the California Academy of Sciences. After a stint at LifeLabs learning, she’s now the Director of Programs at Experience Institute, bringing her expertise in learning and leadership to workplaces from startups to Fortune 100s.

Whether she's leading an in-person innovation sprint for 60 people or a virtual coaching circle for 6, she gets people to think in ways they’ve never thought before. As a strategic advisor to our partners, she helps make the most of those perspective shifts, in order to catalyze systems-level change.

Katie brings years of experience in high-performance, demanding environments. Her background in Music Management and Event Coordination has fostered her interpersonal skills, administrative prowess, and technical abilities. Katie now manages Ei's systems and logistics for Ei learning experiences and coordination. She’s also the ring leader for her two high-energy kids and the Crain family’s grand adventures.

Chauncey is the Managing Partner of Adult Learning Leaders, a consultancy focused on catalyzing behavioral change for the greater good. With 18+ years in career, workforce, and leadership development, he’s coached 200+ leaders and held executive roles at Goldman Sachs, General Assembly, and Multiverse. A proud Ghanaian immigrant, hot sauce enthusiast, and co-founder of three daughters, he’s driven by a mission to help people build choice-filled careers and lives they love.

The son of an architect and a public school teacher, Aaron found his calling designing and facilitating learning programs. As Ei’s former Director of Programs, he provided leadership and coordination for Ei’s corporate and higher ed programming. Previously, Aaron supported the development of the Henry Ford Learning Institute's core Design Thinking curriculum and related professional development programs for teachers, partners, and educational communities. Aaron also has a long history of working alongside Allies for Change and Justice Leaders Collaborative, providing anti-oppression education, training, and resources for individuals and organizations committed to social change.

Dustin's research interests center on what makes transformative learning possible. Previously, he's worked to support the professional learning and network activation of educators in both K-12 and post-secondary settings. In addition to his collaboration with Ei, Dustin is currently a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University and working to power organizations through human-centered gatherings.

Kaz was a master facilitator and systems thinker who brought incredible curiosity to complex challenges. She helped shape Ei’s innovation and management practice areas and left a lasting legacy on our programs. A Stanford graduate, Certified Scrum Master, faculty at THNK School of Creative Leadership, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Kaz led with empathy, rigor, and joy. Though she passed away in 2025, her presence is still deeply felt. Here's what Kaz taught us.

JC is a passionate facilitator of growth & learning for individuals and organizations. A connector to insight, learning, tools & resources, he designs solutions to social problems in the immediate community. JC also serves as the Associate Director of the Changemaker Hub at the University of San Diego and adjunct faculty at the Kroc School for Peace Studies.

Megan is a Strategist and Sr. Facilitator at Experience Institute. Over the past 10 years, she has designed and led courses in leadership, innovation, and business development for hundreds of founders, teams, and nonprofit leaders around the world. Megan holds an MBA and MA in International Environmental Policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and is a Faculty Instructor at Baumhart MBA, Loyola University Quinlan School of Business.

Zak is the resident CFO for Experience Institute. Prior to joining the team he spent a decade inside large corporations building financial systems and designing new business models. Now he helps creative-first companies stay financially healthy and poised for growth. He is an alum of Ei's year-long program, a student coach, and business operations facilitator.

Stephanie has spent the past 10 years working with creative companies and studios as a CPA and small business consultant. Her work focuses on helping business owners manage their accounting and financial systems. Since 2015, she's supported Experience Institute's financial health maintenance and served as the link between the team and our clients so great learning can continue to happen.

Ryan is an executive advisor specializing in strategic leadership and organizational alignment in discontinuous environments. He works with senior teams to build executive capability and design adaptive systems for navigating unprecedented change. He holds a PhD in Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University and is based in Portland, Oregon.