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.
