People
= organizer
= technologist
= teacher
= researcher
Administrative Team
Executive Director
Alex Wermer-Colan
Academic Director, Temple University, Scholars Studio
Project Manager
Allan Gomez
Community Engagement Liaison
Chris Mehretab
Community Outreach Coordinators
Heather Lewis-Weber
Sr. Coordinator of Community Engagement, Temple University, College of Liberal Arts
Kate Goodman
Community Initiatives Specialist, Free Library of Philadelphia
Board of Directors
Will Dean
Research and Data Services Librarian, Temple University Libraries
Allan Gomez Project Manager, Philly Community Wireless
Jonathan Latko
Computer Recycling Center, Temple University
Jessa Lingel
Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Rev. Michael A. Major
Board President, Called to Serve CDC
Sascha Meinrath
Palmer Chair in Telecommunications, Bellisario College of Communications, Pennsylvania State University
Stasia Monteiro
NAC Program Director, HACE
Mark Steckel
Founder, PhillyWisper
Devren Washington
Senior Policy Organizer, Movement Alliance Project
Heather Lewis-Weber
Sr. Coordinator of Community Engagement, Temple University, College of Liberal Arts
Alex Wermer-Colan
Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Temple University, Scholars Studio
Grant Wythoff
Digital Humanities Strategist, Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton University
Technical Advisory Board
Adam Bouhmad
Project WAVES (Baltimore)
Addie Barron
Technologist and Software Engineer
Quinn Batten
Data Engineer
Dillon Bergin
Data Journalist
David L. Johnson
iNethi (Cape Town, South Africa)
Greta Byrum
Community Tech NY (New York)
Andrew Coy
Digital Harbor Foundation (Baltimore)
Raul Enriquez
Community Tech NY (New York)
Dylan Hutchinson
IT Engineer
Colby Hollabaugh
Meta Mesh (Pittsburgh)
Ani Martinez
Remake Learning (Pittsburgh)
Franca Muller Paz
Baltimore Teachers Union (Baltimore)
Dave Onion
Dialectrician, Holobiont Lab
Jennifer Oxenford
Director, Member Services and NYC Dark Fiber Program at NYSERNet
Houman Saberi
Community Tech NY (New York)
Graphic Design
Katie Garth
Video Production
Eli Laban, Big Picture Alliance
Current Interns
Megha Govindu, Unviersity of Pennsylvania, 2023
Former Interns
Tejas Gupta, Princeton University, 2020
Amber Whetstone, Temple University (now at Cornell University), 2021
Chris Mehretab, Temple University, 2021
Sarah Fingerhood, University of Pennsylvania, 2021
Anika Prakash, University of Pennsylvania, 2021
Additional Volunteers
Jen Meagher
Product Manager
Tim Traversy
Software Engineer
Felipe Valdez
GIS Specialist
Norris Square Community Partners
Kensington Branch of the Free Library
Norris Square Community Alliance
Norris Square Neighborhood Project
Philly Community Partners
Village of the Arts and Humanities
Temple University, Digital Equity Center
Allied Orgs
Digital Harbor Foundation, Baltimore
Project WAVES, Baltimore
iNethi, Cape Town
KINBER, Harrsiburg
Community Tech NY, New York
NYC Mesh, NYC
MetaMesh, Pittsburgh
X-Lab, Washington, DC
Fiscal Sponsor
Funders
Digital Literacy Alliance, The Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia
Digital Equity Grant of the Independent Public Media Foundation
Rapid Response Magic Project of the Princeton Humanities Council
RISE (Recognizing Inequalities and Standing for Equality), Pace Center for Civic Engagement