Outreach Staff
Jenni Acosta, Executive Director of CFI Austin, has long been a leader in community organizations, has a background in planning activities on campus, and has written articles on teaching science to young children. She has an M.A. in anthropology and has worked as a social scientist.
Derek Araujo, Executive Director of CFI-New York City, has extensive experience in campus and community organizing. During his college years, he was the founding president of the Campus Freethought Alliance (now CFI-On Campus) and of the Harvard Secular Society. He is a licensed attorney and an experienced advocate for scientific integrity and church-state separation.
Lauren Becker, field organizer for the Center for Inquiry, is a science and nature interpreter who has taught at museums, parks, and planetariums around the country. Known for her commentaries on Point of Inquiry, the radio show and podcast of CFI, she is an experienced environmental activist and advocate for science literacy and education.
Elizabeth Daerr
Debbie Goddard has an extensive background in volunteering and campus and community organizing. Before coming to work for CFI as a field organizer, she volunteered with CFI’s campus outreach initiative on the local and national level. She has been involved with church-state separation and secular activism, as well as with GLTB and progressive issues, for many years.
D.J. Grothe
Corey Neil has a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Mental Health Counseling. He is an event coordinator at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst where he oversees local events and activities. He also has extensive experience directing and producing musical theater.
Jeff Seaver is Vice President of a Michigan-based strategic marketing and graphic design firm, and Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry Michigan.
Justin Trottier is Executive Director of the Centre for Inquiry Ontario. Trottier has had television appearances on CBC, CTS, OMNI, CH and CityTV, as well as dozens of radio appearances and coverage in campus, city and national newspapers. He is a contributor to Humanist Perspective magazine and the Point of Inquiry podcast.
Reba Boyd Wooden is Executive Director of Center for Inquiry Indiana. She founded the Humanist Friendship Group of Central Indiana in 1999, which transitioned into Center for Inquiry Community of Indiana in 2005 and opened a physical location as Center for Inquiry Indiana in April 2007. Reba spent 37 years in public education at the high school level, teaching psychology and social studies such as U.S. History for most of her career. She spent the last 13 years as a high school guidance counselor, retiring in 2005. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of ACLU of Indiana.
