Our Team

As the CEO of CollaborateUp, Richard advises businesses, governments, and non-profits on how to work together to solve big problems. He also serves as a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies as part of its Project on Prosperity, conducting research and hosting multi-sector dialogues on how to improve lives in emerging economies while addressing US foreign policy goals. Richard has served on multiple boards for companies and NGOs, including The Corporate Responsibility Association and the Office Depot Foundation. He currently chairs the Finance Committee and serves on the Board of Directors of the Global Electronics Council and chairs the Governance Committee and serves on the Board of Directors of the Falls Church Education Foundation. He has been an adjunct professor at The George Washington University School of Business teaching public-private partnerships and a featured lecturer on social innovation at Georgetown University and at the Harvard School of Public Health.

During his career, Richard has worked across the private, public, and civil sectors, designing and implementing organization strategies, collective impact programs, and public-private partnerships. This includes projects with the US Department of Defense, the US Agency for International Development, the US Global Leadership Coalition, serving as Executive Director of Corporate Responsibility Officers Association, and as President of SharedXpertise Media, the publishers of Corporate Responsibility Magazine and organizer of the COMMIT!Forum. Richard is an alumnus of both The George Washington University and the Harvard Business School.

Richard, along with his wife Emily, also serves as personal assistant, cook, and chauffeur to three over-scheduled children headquartered in their home in Falls Church, VA. In between his personal and professional responsibilities, Richard is also learning to re-landscape golf courses one shot at a time and rocking out to the snap, crackle, pop of his knees on the tennis court. He also hopes one day to be reincarnated as one of his children.

Caroline Royster is a Manager at CollaborateUp where she works to support CollaborateUp’s portfolio of collective impact programs. She is skilled at designing and delivering tailored content across industries. She also brings her extensive experience building and launching leadership development programs with her to CollaborateUp. Her previous experience includes serving as a Project Lead with McChrystal Group where she delivered leadership development programs and developed new business, and as a staff writer with BORGEN magazine. Caroline graduated with merit from The London School of Economics with a Master of Science in International Relations. She also earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and English Literature from The University of North Carolina Wilmington. She enjoys snowboarding, hiking, spending time with her partner Caleb and Bernese Mountain Dog, Ralphie.

Imakando Sinyama is a Senior Manager at CollaborateUp. Imakando specializes in human capacity development and institutional strengthening through participatory methodologies such as social learning. He has a background in Collaboration, Learning, and Adaptation and has served as a learning advisor on several USAID projects. He has designed and facilitated multi-stakeholder workshops with USAID, bringing together donors, implementers, government officials, and private sector actors, to collectively design solutions and strategies across Southern Africa.

Beth Skorochod is Senior Director at CollaborateUp. She is a skilled program designer, facilitator and creator of inclusive approaches to international development and social innovation. Beth has designed, facilitated and led workshops and meetings of global stakeholders to collaboratively develop innovative solutions for target users.

Her experience covers social and behavior change, co-creation and collective impact, and service delivery projects in multiple sectors and initiatives, including HIV, reproductive health, gender, wildlife conservation, youth, and others. She has worked with a variety of donors including USAID, WHO, World Bank, Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation and a number of private sector firms.

In between raising two kids and a large, anxiety-riddled rescue dog named Harriet, Beth earned a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University with a concentration in behavioral science. She is trained in design thinking at the Stanford Design School and has led several multi-disciplinary teams to research and design solutions using complementary disciplines, including user-centered design, behavioral economics, and commercial marketing.

Sadie is a Senior Associate at CollaborateUp where she supports learning workshops, project facilitation, and client outreach. She has a Master’s degree in International Affairs from The George Washington University and a Bachelor’s degree in History from Truman State University. Her background includes work with UNICEF, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and the Truman National Security Project. She was a Fulbright grantee in Spain for two years, where she studied renewable energy in the Canary Islands and taught in Spanish public schools, and has extensive experience in international education and child development programs. In her free time, she enjoys reading, being outside, skiing, and going to shows at the Kennedy Center.