FOUNDING STORY
We founded Esper to transform how policies are created with better data and transparency
Company values
TRUTH
Honest in our words and actions
TENACITY
Ruthless optimism
RESPECT
The golden rule
FORWARD THINKING
Cultivate curiosity & open-mindedness
Meet the team
CEO & CO-FOUNDER
Maleka Momand
Maleka holds a degree in political science from the University of Central Arkansas. Prior to Esper, she was the President of Argive, a non-profit dedicated to regulatory research. Maleka is an advisor to the Cicero Institute and calls Austin, Texas home.
CTO & CO-FOUNDER
Lilli Oetting
Lilli previously cofounded Sesh, an academic platform for college students acquired by GoFundMe in 2016. Lilli received a B.S. in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) from Stanford University and is currently on leave from the M.S. program. She now volunteers as a Computer Science teacher in the Austin public school system.
HEAD OF ENGINEERING
Chris Dunn
Chris joined Esper with decades of senior engineering leadership experience from companies including Head of Engineering at Blend Labs, VP of Engineering at Greystripe (acquired by ValueClick in 2010) and VP of Engineering at Pandora, where he was responsible for the development of Pandora’s advertising and subscription platforms generating over 1B dollars annual revenue.
Joe Lonsdale
Co-Founder & Board Director
Taylor Lonsdale
Co-Founder & Board Director
Zac Bookman
CEO of OpenGov & Board Director
Kevin Simler
Board Director
Dr. Patrick McLaughlin
Advisor
Deny Khoung
Designer at 8VC & Advisor
Jason Mirra
Founder of Addepar & Advisor
John DeStefano
Advisor
Our investors
