Contributors & Gratitude

From day one, the Indaba platform has been a collaboration across organizations and fields. On behalf of the entire Indaba team, I’d like to publicly thank the following people for helping us get this far.

– Jonathan Eyler-Werve, platform team leader

User stories and vision:

  • Lisa Brooks, IssueLab
  • Samah Elsayed, World Resources Institute
  • Hazel Feigenblatt, Global Integrity
  • Gabi Fitz, IssueLab
  • Colum Garrity, World Bank
  • Sheri Hansen, Hewlett Foundation
  • Courtney Heck, Results for Development
  • Raymond June, Global Integrity
  • Monika Kerdeman, The Access Initiative
  • Norah Mallaney, Global Integrity
  • Harika Masud, Open Budget Partnership
  • Jed Miller, Revenue Watch Institute
  • Grace Morgan, World Bank
  • Laura Neuman, Carter Center
  • Ory Okolloh, Ushahidi and Mzalendo
  • Agustina Paglayan, World Bank
  • Juan Carlos Quiroz, Revenue Watch Institute
  • Vivek Ramkumar, Open Budget Partnership
  • Dena Ringold, World Bank
  • Lisa Smith, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
  • Sandhosh Srinivasan, World Bank
  • Courtney Tolmie, Results for Development
  • Stephanie Trapnell, World Bank

Code and design team:

  • Open Concept Systems’ programming team in Beijing
  • Yan Cheng, Open Concept Systems
  • Nathaniel Heller, Global Integrity
  • Mike Gattos, Croix Connect
  • Lu Lu, Open Concept Systems
  • Brian Roberts, Croix Connect

Process awesomeness:

  • Chuck Geiger, Silicon Valley Product Group
  • Allen Gunn, Aspiration

Funding and strategic support:

  • Kevin Bohrer, Hewlett Foundation
  • Stacy Donahue, Omidyar Network
  • Janet Haven, Open Society Institute

Advice and cheerleading:

  • Peter Bofin, Swahili Street
  • Chicago Net Tuesday meetup
  • Sabine Donnor, Bertlesmann Siftung
  • Kate Eyler-Werve
  • Evan “rabble” Henshaw-Plath, anarchogeek.com
  • Justin Massa, Metro Chicago Information Center
  • Navigators Guild
  • Net Squared
  • Robert Ottenhoff, GuideStar
  • RFP folks: Appirio, Arc90, Civic Actions, EnterWorks, Fuse IQ, Prognoz, Top Coder
  • the Sync Tech Center
  • Yesenia Sotelo, silverbell.org

Indaba name:

  • Marianne Camerer, Global Integrity
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