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
- The Communication Gateway LTD (SysAdmin, Portal development)
- Open Tech Strategies (Grants Administration Software development)
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)
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Jann Traschewski – DG8NGN (2020)
- Robert McGwier – N4HY (2020)
- Hank Magnuski – KA6M (2020-2022)
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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)