{"id":270,"date":"2024-10-07T13:32:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T18:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/csi\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:38:26","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/csi\/about\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\">CSI is part of the University Strategic Partners Initiative sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/strategic-partnerships\/\">Office of Strategic Partnerships<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card-grid uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--equal-y uwm-l-grid--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--color-head uwm-p-card--contact uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--profile-header\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--profile-header-text\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Joe Hamann<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--subtitle\">Executive Director<\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/csi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/708\/2025\/01\/joe-hamann-20240521_TCF_CSI_7753.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Hamann\" \/><\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<ul class=\"uwm-c-list--contact uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><i class=\"fa-solid fa-envelope fa-fw\"><\/i><a href=\"mailto:jahamann@uwm.edu\">jahamann@uwm.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--color-head uwm-p-card--contact uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--profile-header\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--profile-header-text\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Atish Sinha<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--subtitle\">Academic Director<\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/csi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/708\/2025\/01\/Sinha-Atish-1107web20.jpg\" alt=\"Atish Sinha\" \/><\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<ul 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