The NTEN staff combines decades of experience as activists and community organizers with deep knowledge of the nonprofit sector.
Working from our homes across the U.S., we understand firsthand the challenges of navigating our work and personal lives during the pandemic. As a powerful addition to our shared lived experience, it re-enforces our commitment to emphasizing nonprofit knowledge over tech expertise in our hiring.
Find out what it’s like to work at NTEN, and view any available job openings.
Amy Sample Ward
Chief Executive Officer
Amy is driven by a belief that the nonprofit technology community can be a movement-based force for positive change. Their prior experience in direct service, policy, philanthropy, and capacity-building organizations ( 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
Senior 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 Program & Product 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... )
Jarlisa Corbett
Office & Admin Coordinator
Jarlisa comes from a background in communications, arts administration, and youth development. Their advocacy work has included making things within community organizing more equitable and accessible, in which they believe ( more... )
Jeremy Garcia
Senior 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 & Community Director
Jude has dedicated his career to serving marginalized communities through work in the nonprofit sector since 1996. He has helped youth experiencing homelessness access education, advocated for LGBTQIA+ youth and ( 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 (2004–06), 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... )
Michelle Samplin-Salgado
Art Director
Michelle cares deeply about creating things that matter and is passionate about the role of design to inspire change. Before coming to NTEN, she designed public health campaigns, messages, and ( more... )
Pattie Carlin
Finance & Operations Director
Pattie has over sixteen 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... )
Samara Islam
Program Coordinator
Samara believes strongly in the power of human cooperation and collaboration and is passionate about community engagement, DEI, and fair representation. She has a BA degree in Organizational Communication from ( 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
Senior Manager of Equity and Accountability
Tristan is originally from Central Kansas and is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. Tristan went to college at KU in Lawrence, Kansas (Rock Chalk Jayhawk!). He moved to Portland ( more... )