Who We Are

Our founding Director was Brian Kantor — WB6CYT, who passed away in November 2019.

Staff

  • Executive Director
    Rosy Schechter – KJ7RYV
  • Technical Director
    Jon Kemper – KA6NVY
  • Grants Manager
    Chelsea Párraga – KF0FVJ
  • Communications Manager
    Dan Romanchik – KB6NU
  • Outreach Manager
    John Hays – K7VE
  • Operations Manager
    Merideth Stroh – KK7BKI

Contractors

  • 44Net Administrator + IT Lead
    Chris Smith – G1FEF
  • Technology Management Consultant
    Tim Požár – KC6GNJ

Technology Partners

Board of Directors

  • President/CEO:
    Phil Karn — KA9Q
  • Treasurer:
    Bdale Garbee — KB0G
  • Secretary:
    John Gilmore — W0GNU
  • Founding Director:
    kc claffy — KC6KCC
  • Director:
    Keith Packard — K7WQ
  • Director:
    Ria Jairam — N2RJ

2023 Grants Advisory Committee (GAC)

  • Staff Lead: John Hays – K7VE
  • Chair: Bob Witte – K0NR
  • Dewayne Hendricks – WA8DZP
  • Douglas Kingston – KD7DK
  • Brian Mileshosky – N5ZGT
  • Leandro Soares Indrusiak – G5LSI
  • Don Prosnitz – N6PRZ
  • Dennis Derickson – AC0P
  • William Thomas –  WT0DX
  • Katie Allen – WY7YL
  • Judi Clark – KK6ZCU
  • Randy Wilkinson – W4LKS
  • Jim Idelson – K1IR
  • Kristin Paget – KJ6GCG
  • David Burgess

2023 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

  • Staff Lead: Jon Kemper – KA6NVY
  • Chair: Pierre Martel – VE2PF
  • Adam Lewis – KC7GDY
  • Zachary Seguin – VA3ZTS
  • Rob Janssen – PE1CHL
  • Chip Eckardt – W9OQI
  • Dave Gingrich – K9DC
  • Rich Gopstein – KD2CQ
  • Alvaro Prieto – KC2VVE
  • Ian Redden – VA3IAN
  • Randy Neals – VE3RWN/W3RWN

Community Ambassadors

  • Jann Traschewski – DG8NGN

Alumni

Board of Directors

  • Brian Kantor, Founder, WB6CYT  (2011-2019)
  • Erin Keneally, Founding Director & Secretary (2011-2019)
  • Robert McGwier, Director, N4HY (2021-2022)

GAC

  • Tim Požár – KC6GNJ (2020)
  • Jann Traschewski – DG8NGN (2020)
  • Robert McGwier – N4HY (2020)
  • Hank Magnuski – KA6M (2020-2022)
  • Renzo Rossi – IW0SAB (2021)
  • Steve Stroh – N8GNJ (2021-2022)
  • Randy Neals – W3RWN (2022)
  • Dave Pascoe – KM3T (2022)

TAC

  • Antonios Chariton – SV2OIY (2021)
  • Jann Traschewski – DG8NGN (2021)
  • Caleb Pal – KD7KAB (2021)
  • Tim Požár – KC6GNJ (2022)