Helen Spiridellis

Board Member

Brief info

Ms. Spiridellis started her career in the management consulting industry. While at Arthur Andersen, she helped Fortune 100 companies adjust to organizational changes. She then worked at US Trust in Private Banking where she assisted high net worth clients in wealth management and family legacy planning. In 2002, she moved coasts to bring their family business, Jibjab, to Los Angeles where they were able to pivot into an ecard business boasting over 100 million website visits annually until its successful exit in 2019.

Ms. Spiridellis was raised a Philadelphia Quaker, learning early on the importance of peaceful activism and standing up to injustice. She graduated with Honors from the University of Richmond in 1997 and spent time studying and working abroad in France. She currently resides with her family in Boulder, Colorado where she works as an end of life doula, helping individuals navigate the sacred transition at the end of their life.

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Fritzi Horstman

Founder and Executive Director

 

Fritzi Horstman is the Founder and Executive Director of Compassion Prison Project. She is a Grammy-award winning producer for her work on “The Defiant Ones”, has been a producer and post-producer on dozens of television projects and documentaries and has directed several films. She believes it is urgent to bring humanity and compassion to those living behind bars and these acts will help transform our society. She has a Bachelor’s Degree from Vassar College.

Helen Spiridellis