The Team
Who We Are
Marlene Stockamp-Tsai
Founder & CEO
Marlene Stockamp-Tsai is the founder and CEO of Aavita, where she guides the company’s product vision, operations, and growth strategy. Her motivation comes from both personal experience with an eating disorder and witnessing the struggles of people close to her, which gave her a deep understanding of the need for compassionate, stigma-free recovery tools.
Passionate about mental health advocacy, Marlene is dedicated to building technology that feels intuitive, supportive, and accessible to anyone on their recovery journey. At Aavita, she combines this mission with innovative AI solutions, shaping a platform that empowers users while reimagining how recovery support can look and feel.
Dina Said Dwyer
Strategic Advisor
Dina Said Dwyer is a strategic advisor to Aavita, where she lends over two decades of expertise in private equity, investment strategy, and business growth. With a strong track record in guiding companies through expansion and long-term scalability, she helps shape Aavita’s financial strategy and roadmap for sustainable success.
Dina is deeply committed to supporting ventures that create meaningful social impact. At Aavita, she applies her financial insight and strategic perspective to ensure the platform can grow responsibly while staying true to its mission of making eating disorder recovery support more accessible, stigma-free, and effective. Her guidance is central to positioning Aavita not just as a product, but as a long-term leader in mental health innovation.
Thevindu Edirisinghe
Commercial Advisor
Thevindu Edirisinghe serves as a strategic advisor to Aavita, contributing deep expertise in commercial strategy, AI product design, and go-to-market positioning. With a strong background in clinical-grade AI and digital product innovation, he helps guide how Aavita balances cutting-edge technology with user experience and accessibility.
His insight into market scalability and user engagement ensures that Aavita’s platform not only delivers stigma-free support but also evolves into a trusted tool for long-term recovery. Thevindu is passionate about the intersection of technology and human wellbeing, and his contributions help shape Aavita’s vision of redefining eating disorder recovery through personalized, compassionate, and scalable digital care.
Lisa Maltby
Clinical Advisor
Lisa Maltby is an experienced Integrative and Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counsellor with over 20 years of practice supporting adolescents, young adults, and families through trauma, grief, anxiety, and depression. Her work has a strong focus on eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and disordered eating, helping individuals rebuild healthier relationships with food, body, and self in a safe, non-judgmental environment.
At Aavita, Lisa ensures that the therapeutic content and recovery pathways are grounded in best practices and evidence-based approaches. Her trauma-informed, person-centered perspective is central to creating a platform that feels compassionate, inclusive, and clinically sound. Lisa’s role bridges professional care and innovative technology, ensuring that Aavita delivers recovery tools that are both emotionally safe and practically effective.
