NTEN is run by a team of smart, passionate, and quirky individuals who are committed to using technology for social change. Learn more about us, and get connected!
Find out what it’s like to work at NTEN, and view any available job openings.
Contact a Team
- To reach our education team with questions about courses, our Nonprofit Tech Professional Certificate, or other educational programs: training@nten.org
- To reach our membership and engagement team with questions about membership, community groups, Tech Clubs, or other ways to participate in the NTEN community: membership@nten.org
- To reach our editorial team with questions about contributing an article, sharing content, or any content on the NTEN website: editor@nten.org
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Amy Sample Ward
Chief Executive Officer
Driven by a belief that the nonprofit technology community can be a movement-based force for positive change, Amy is NTEN’s CEO and former membership director. Her prior experience in direct ( more... )
Andrea Post
Conference Director
Andrea plans gatherings. She thrives on creating the spaces for activists, advocates, and changemakers to connect. She started her career as an organizer on political campaigns, did her obligatory time as ( more... )
Ash Shepherd
Chief Program Officer
Ash has been in love with the nonprofit sector for over two decades, where he has worked in the areas of conservation, environmental education, social work, technology consulting, project management, ( more... )
Daniel Fellini
Web Development Manager
Dan comes to NTEN with a long history of nonprofit technology work, starting in public broadcasting, and most recently in several roles, including vice president of media, at the global ( more... )
Drew Pizzolato
Senior Education Manager
A passionate advocate for digital inclusion, Drew joined the NTEN team in 2016, bringing his deep experience in the sector to the NTEN Digital Inclusion Fellowship. Prior to joining our ( more... )
Eileigh Doineau
Senior Development Manager
Arriving at NTEN has been a happy bend in the road for Eileigh, who comes from a background in environmental design and English literature. After a year in AmeriCorps teaching ( more... )
Jeremy Garcia
Program Manager
Jeremy thrives working with community-based organizations. His experience includes client services, outreach, and communications and marketing efforts in the nonprofit sector. Jeremy earned a bachelor’s degree from The University of ( more... )
Jude Parker Koski
Membership Director
Jude has dedicated his career to serving marginalized communities in the nonprofit sector since 1996, where he has worked in the areas of access to education for youth experiencing homelessness, ( more... )
Karl Hedstrom
IT Director
Karl believes strongly in the power of technology to make our world a better place. While serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger (’04-’06), he experienced first hand many ( more... )
Lauren Gall
Administrative Assistant
Lauren joined the NTEN team as their administrative assistant in January 2014. She is co-owner of VaVa Virtual Assistants, currently residing in Atlanta, GA. With over 7 years of administrative ( more... )
Leana Mayzlina
Senior Program Manager
Leana is passionate about embracing technology to achieve transformative social change. She believes that solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges can be found in grassroots communities from Chile ( more... )
Pattie Carlin
Finance & Operations Director
Pattie has over fourteen years of experience in nonprofit administration as well as formal and independent studies on issues of leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion. She has spent most of ( more... )
Thomas Negron
Communications Director
Thomas spent a decade in the advertising industry before joining the nonprofit sector in 2009. Social media had started gaining traction in organizations and Thomas was interested in how nonprofits ( more... )
Tristan Penn
Community Engagement & Equity Manager
Tristan is originally from Central Kansas and went to college at KU in Lawrence, Kansas (Rock Chalk Jayhawk!). He moved to Portland in 2014 and he loves it so far! ( more... )