2024 Board

  • Noémi Giszpenc (Secretary), Keystone Development Center
  • Colombene Gorton (Treasurer), Solidarity LA
  • Steve Ediger, ChiCommons LWCA
  • Chris Lepre, Cooperative Development Institute
  • Riley Wong, Emergent Research
  • Thomas van Dijk, Waag Future Lab

Financial Supporters

  • Ethan Miller
  • Sarah Stranahan
  • Noemi Giszpenc
  • Craig Saddlemire
  • Permacycle
  • Cheyenna Weber
  • David Gowler
  • Benjamin Blackshear
  • David Ellerman
  • Greg Bloom
  • John Abrams
  • Eric Ebel
  • Frank Cetera
  • Eli Feghali
  • Mary Hoyer
  • Emma Yorra
  • Dana Curtis
  • Caitlin Quigley
  • Equal Exchange
  • Tim Huet
  • Brett Tolley
  • Lynda Brushett
  • Carol Crystal
  • Brian Van Slyke
  • Thomas Bowen
  • Jim Johnson
  • Matt Cropp
  • Jane Susswein
  • Annie Sullivan-Chin
  • Fund for Democratic Communities
  • Margaret Bau
  • David Brinovec: Supported rescue of techworker.coop domain
  • Jennifer Caruso
  • South Mountain Company
  • Rainbow Grocery Cooperative
  • USDA Rural Development: A USDA RBEG grant was instrumental to the development of the Data Commons as a (with luck) viable business.
  • Rebecca Dunn
  • Cooperative Fund of New England
  • Equal Exchange
  • Pedal Express
  • Frank Lindenfeld
  • Community Pharmacy
  • Cooperative Charitable Trust: We are very grateful to the CCT for its low-bureaucracy giving. Its grants were very helpful for sustaining momentum at key moments in the project’s evolution.

Volunteers

Far too many people have helped out in making the co-op a reality than we can reasonably name here, or in ways that do not fit the categories above. Here are some highlights:

  • Bill Morrissett: individual member who has contributed to project management and website design
  • Krys Cail: co-op developer involved in data gathering who has contributed to the data sharing working group (data use agreement, data field development)
  • Katherine Bessey: staff member at the Cooperative Development Institute who has contributed to the Data Sharing Working Group
  • Marty Heyman: contributed to DCC visioning as a member of the GEO Collective
  • Benjamin Bradley: contributed to the development of find.coop while at Ronin Tech Collective and then GaiaHost Collective
  • Josh Crawford: helped create an early prototype of find.coop, while at Brattleboro Tech Collective
  • Patrick J. Deluhery: took care of the legal aspects of the co-op’s incorporation and fine-tuned its bylaws
  • Dave Evans: helped create an early prototype of find.coop, while at Brattleboro Tech Collective
  • Jason Lemieux: contributed to the development of find.coop while at Eggplant Active Media Workers Collective
  • Jason Mott: contributed to the development of find.coop while at Brattleboro Tech Collective and then Ronin Tech Collective
  • Charles Uchu Strader: provided hosting support for find.coop with GaiaHost Collective long before the Data Commons could pay its way

Alumni

  • Paul Fitzpatrick: former Director, former Steering Committee member, Tech Team member
  • Alex Stone: former Board President
  • Kaeleigh Barker: former Board member
  • Carla Ilten: former Director, former Treasurer
  • Julia Stantoznik: former Director
  • Jeff Piestrak: former Director.
  • Devin Balkind: Former Vision Team member
  • Ben Blackshear: former Director
  • David Morgan: former Director
  • Jamie Campbell: former Director, former President, former Treasurer
  • Jennifer Caruso: former Operations Team member
  • Devin Case-Ruchala: former Director
  • Leah Feder: former Director
  • Kathleen Fekete: former Operations Team member, Incorporator
  • Melissa Hoover: former Director, former Membership Committee member, former Steering Committee member
  • Lauren Hudson: former Director, former President
  • Neily Jennings: former Operations Team member, former Steering Committee member
  • Emily Lippold-Cheney: former Director
  • Daphne Loring: former Operations Team member
  • Mira Luna: former Director
  • Jim Johnson: former Director, former Treasurer, former Steering Committee member, Tech Team member
  • Joe Marraffino: former Director, former President; former Operations Team member.
  • Ethan Miller: former Director, former President, former Membership Committee member; former Steering Committee member; former Tech Team member
  • Adam Schwartz: former Steering Committee member

Incorporators

  • Steve Backman
  • Andy Danforth
  • Kathleen Fekete
  • Micha Josephy
  • Ben Mauer
  • Brian van Slyke
  • Jeremiah Ward

How We Work

Our working board members and volunteers collaborate to propose, plan and maintain our various projects. We often meet on a weekly basis.