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We are delighted to announce that Ezekiel Christopoulos has joined our team as the new Director of Mindful Operations & Finance!
Ezekiel Christopoulos, affectionately known as “Zeke,” has thirty years of experience spanning operations, corporate finance, nonprofit management, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. In 2001, Zeke founded Tranzmission, an Asheville-based nonprofit serving the Southeast’s nonbinary and transgender community through education, advocacy, and support programs, with fierce anti-racist, social justice, and for-us-by-us tenets at the heart of the organization. He was also instrumental in launching the Asheville Jewish Community Center’s LGBTQ Jew program in 2014.
Zeke began a career in corporate finance in 2008, initially as a branch manager and then as an area manager, leading offices across Western North Carolina, Upstate South Carolina, and Eastern Tennessee. He received multiple awards for client service and community involvement. In addition to these roles, he led the Asian American, Disability, and Pride Employee Resource Groups at local and enterprise levels. Most recently, Zeke served as Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion during his last five years at a top ten US financial institution.
Zeke’s lived experience as a Middle Eastern, Jewish, queer, and transgender person has informed his passion for social justice. His work has spanned local, state, and national efforts, focusing on historically underserved and underfunded communities in the southeast. Zeke enjoys being in beloved community, traveling, biking, hiking, growing vegetables, and having culinary experiences with his spouse, Caroline, and their child, Cosima.