Giving

a distinct vision for democratized philanthropy.

Our Team

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    Rob Sobhani

    With a Georgetown PhD in political economy, the founder of Sparo and the Sparo Foundation, Rob has been a university professor and active political advisor who now serves as a valued corporate board member (e.g., ZAC, an Artificial Intelligence company, and Sienza, a battery company incubated at CalTech). He is the chairman/CEO of Caspian Group, supporting companies with business interests in the U.S. and the Middle East. Rob is also the Chairman of the Advisory Board, Firuza Foundation.

  • Nancy Kuhn, Outside Counsel

    Nancy Kuhn has a strong and diverse background in tax planning, tax policy, representation of taxpayers before the IRS, and general litigation. She supports clients, including domestic and foreign high-net-worth individuals, corporations, nonprofit organizations, and domestic and foreign limited liability entities in a variety of federal and state tax and non-tax matters and litigation in federal and state courts.

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    Kenneth Svendsen

    Executive Board Member, Investor, and Partner with two decades of experience as CEO, President, and Global Head in the global experience and consumer industry. Former CEO of Disney Parks and Board Member at Start Harbor.

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    Kyril Revels

    Kyril Revels brought to Sparo a University of Maryland degree in Information Systems and nearly twenty years of experience as a software engineer focused on advertising technology. He's Sparo's leading "technologist," the designer of software guaranteeing efficient merchant integration and flawless backend technology. When not busy with his multiple work assignments, Kyril is busy as (his favorite role in life) a father.