Team Funetix
Communications and Marketing

Doug Stine
Communications and Marketing Team Lead
Doug Stine has more than 25 years of experience in marketing, advertising, and public relations. He spent much of his career in Silicon Valley, where he was account manager for Apple and Seagate. Doug also served as worldwide advertising manager for Cypress Semiconductor, a Fortune 1000 company, and as marcom manager for Optibase, Inc., which he helped take public on NASDAQ in 2001. He has also taught marketing and copywriting at the University of New Mexico. Doug has a passion for music and travel and has been to more than 29 countries and every continent except Antarctica. He also enjoys outdoor activities and has been scuba diving in Thailand, Fiji, and the Great Barrier Reef, and has competed in dozens of triathlons, including Escape from Alcatraz in San Francisco. He plays guitar, saxophone, and ukulele.

Sonja Bogart
Communications and Marketing Team Member
I am a retired energy industry executive with 20-plus years marketing, sales and communication experience. I am excited about the Funetix app and the possibilities it has for improving childhood literacy rates.

Harleen Kochar
Communications and Marketing Team Member
Harleen has been many things. So far and counting: soccer player, CEO, Mind-body coach, yoga teacher, astrologer, Health at Every Size (HAES) advocate, and literacy warrior. She is very passionate about equity in all areas of life. At Funetix, she is a part of the Marketing and Communications team. Guilty secret: She likes to pass off her husband’s cooking as her own. She also likes to refer to herself in the third person.

Faizneen Bharmal
Communications and Marketing Team Lead
Experienced communications professional with 12+ yrs in humanitarian crises, rural transformation, public health (HIV/AIDS, FGM, Mental Health), human rights, women's rights, literacy, and poverty alleviation. As a Communications Team Lead at Funetix I work to inspire action & meaningful engagement via content creation, storytelling, & media.

Sruthi Menon
Communications and Marketing Team Member
Journalist, budding documentary filmmaker, and communications specialist with a passion for community service and outreach.
The American Youth Literacy Foundation, 501(c)(3), dba FUNetix, is a nationwide, charitable non-profit dedicated to bringing literacy to every child before they reach the end of 3rd grade. Contact: info@funetix.org. EIN 26-3211521. 21 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA 19426, (484)744-9742