A founding member of the Education Team at Infinite Legacy in 2019, Kai brings his expertise in teaching, material development, and facilitation to HR. As a trans man and member of the LGBTQIA+ community, Kai’s work centers on what it means to be included and how to reflect that in company culture from the onboarding of new team members, to tenured staff and leadership.

His credentials include the following:

18 Years of teaching experience as a karate instructor, English as a second language teacher, and a language tutor for students studying English or Japanese
BA: Asian Studies
MA: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Certifications: TESOL, Instructional Design, DEI, JLPT 4

 
Kai enjoys keeping active. When he isn’t spending time with his family, he enjoys playing video games, doing art of many kinds, studying foreign languages, and preparing for performances with his belly dance troupe.

Melissa Onate is a Bilingual Community Outreach Coordinator at Infinite Legacy, specializing in Hispanic Outreach and community program building. A graduate of McDaniel College with a double major in Business Administration and Psychology, Melissa is passionate about her work at Infinite Legacy, where she actively contributes to spread the message about saving lives through organ, eye and tissue donation and stilling hope in those on the wait list.

With nearly three decades of experience in journalism, creative services, communications and public relations, Sharon Cindrich has worked with a wide variety of organizations including Microsoft, Chicago Tribune, Random House, Mattel, The National Education Association, Disney and Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters. Sharon holds a Master of Public Administration and Leadership from The John Glenn School of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University, and her expertise in the healthcare, education and business sectors includes strategy, government affairs, social marketing, internal communications, health literacy and media management. Sharon is currently the chair of the Masters Committee for Central Ohio Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and is honored to serve the lifesaving and healing mission of organ, eye and tissue donation as Chief Communications Officer for Lifeline of Ohio, the largest regional organization in Ohio that facilitates donation.