Not Sorry Team
Lara Glass
Projects director (she/her)
Lara is the Projects Director for Not Sorry. She manages a variety of administrative systems across Not Sorry projects. Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Lara received her BA from Grinnell College in Iowa and her Masters of Divinity with a focus on chaplaincy in higher education from Harvard Divinity School.
Lara loves a good young adult fantasy novel, dancing in all forms, and outdoor adventures.
Erica Huang
Audio engineer (she/they)
Erica is an audio engineer for Not Sorry. Their other recent podcasts include “More Like This” from Netflix (Editor, Mixer), “And Nothing Less” from PRX (Composer), and “HiberNation”, an upcoming show from Spoke Media (Associate Producer, Editor, Sound Designer). They’ve also sound designed for theatre, mixed and scored a handful of short films, and performed as a musician around the city.
Maeve Hammond
Chaplain (she/her)
Maeve helps facilitate sacred reading classes and leads chaplaincy classes. She received her BA in English & Hispanic Studies from Davidson College, and she is currently a Master of Divinity Candidate at Harvard Divinity School.
Malika Gumpangkum
editor (she/her)
Malika is based in Atlanta, G.A. and is the proud daughter of two immigrants from Thailand. She has a B.A. in English Literature from Emory University and an M.A. in Sound Arts from Northwestern University. She cut her teeth in audio production while working at NPR in Washington, D.C. Eventually, she went into sound design, edit and mixing for podcasts, feature films, short films, television broadcasting and more! She is a Consulting Editor for HAB and others.
AJ Jaramaz
Producer (He/him)
AJ Jaramaz is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and currently lives in Los Angeles. He is a producer for Not Sorry, working across projects. He received his B.A. in English from UCLA, and enjoys making music and reading in his spare time.
Gaby Iori
Administrative Intern (she/her)
Gaby is the social media intern for Not Sorry. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Communications Studies and Global Cinema, and works in Chapel Hill as a bookseller. She loves doing yoga, cooking big meals, and reading romance novels outside.
Casper ter Kuile
Co-host, The Real Question (he/him)
Casper ter Kuile brings new possibilities for community and spirituality to life. He's the co-creator and founding co-host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, the co-host of The Real Question, and a board member of Not Sorry.
Casper is the author of The Power of Ritual (HarperOne, 2020) and the co-founder of Sacred Design Lab, a soul-centered research and development lab. A graduate of Harvard's Kennedy and Divinity Schools, he served as a Ministry Innovation Fellow for Harvard Divinity School from 2016-2021.
Casper's at his happiest when he's harmony folk singing, keeping his tech sabbath, or stopping for a tea break on a long country walk. Originally from England and Holland, he lives with his husband in Brooklyn, NY.
Ariana Nedelman
Executive Producer of Not Sorry (she/her)
Ariana Nedelman is the Executive Producer of Not Sorry. She produces Hot & Bothered and The Real Question, and oversees all of the content that comes out of Not Sorry. She has her BA from the University of Chicago and enjoyed a brief stint at Harvard Divinity School before dropping out to become a full time podcaster.
In her spare time, Ariana is working on an audio project called When We All Get to Heaven, which tells the story of how a LGBTQ Christian congregation responded to the HIV/AIDS crisis in 1980s and 90s San Francisco. She loves contra dancing, British panel shows, and reading aloud.
Colette Potts
Chaplain (she/her)
Colette is an educator, family therapist, and parent of three Harry Potter fans. She serves as chaplain on our pilgrimages, runs our HPST children’s classes, and shares a life with Matt Potts, the co-host of HPST. Colette has worked with families across the developmental spectrum in settings ranging from urban public schools to rural homes, to help parents raise loving children, using caring communities to make it easier – and more fun.
Matthew Potts
Co-Host, Harry Potter and the Sacred Text (he/him)
Matt grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and graduated from Notre Dame with a BA in English. After a brief stint in the navy in Japan, he began graduate school and took both his M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard. He serves on the Harvard faculty now and teaches courses on religion and literature. He's also an Episcopal priest and has ministered to several congregations in Massachusetts. Matt is the co-host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. He likes running, cooking, walking his dog, the Detroit Tigers, dessert, and doing nearly anything with his wife and kids. He also likes a lot of books.
Hannah Rehak
patreon manager (she/her)
Hannah Rehak is a comedy writer, performer, filmmaker and podcast producer. She is a proud Chicago Public Schools and Macalester College alum with a background in critical race theory and media and cultural studies. Outside of her work at Not Sorry, she is the producer of the podcast Witch, Please, an understudy at The Second City, and a headline contributor at Reductress and Humor Darling. In her free time, Hannah can be found doing improv, designing websites or rearranging her furniture. You can learn more about her at hannahrehak.com.
Lauren O. Sandler
Co-Host, Hot & Bothered: On Eyre (she/they)
Lauren Sandler is co-host of Hot & Bothered: On Eyre, and a journalist and author. Her most recent book is This Is All I Got: A New Mother’s Search for Home, a 2020 New York Times Notable Book. Sandler’s journalism has appeared in dozens of publications including Time, The New York Times, Slate, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and New York. She has been on staff at Salon and NPR, a columnist at HuffPost, and has led OpEd Project fellowships at Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, and the University of Virginia. She lives in Brooklyn.
Vanessa Zoltan
Ceo of Not Sorry // Co-Host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, Hot & Bothered, and the Real Question (she/her)
Vanessa is the CEO of Not Sorry. She is on three of our podcasts: Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, The Real Question, and Hot & Bothered. She founded Common Ground Pilgrimages in order to travel with brilliant faculty to beautiful places and talk about books with amazing pilgrims. It was a great trick she pulled off. She is also the author of the book, "Praying with Jane Eyre".
Vanessa was trained as a non-denominational chaplain at Harvard Divinity School. She is a proud California girl who currently lives in MA with her gorgeous, blended family. Her Romance novelist pseudonym, if she ever publishes a Romance novel, will be Lorelai Mason, as you can see in her profile pic.